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U. of 0. Library Eugene , Oregon . ' " v -r -, . ' " Corrp . , ' nmisini Soiys Aid Meed Mot $mved J MOVE TOWARD CITY HALL Mayor Ernest M. Barker Jr. Tuesday signed the ordinance calling for an election on a special $25,000 tax levy to continue for 10 years. Tha money collected would' be applied to a sinking fund for construction of a new city hall for Roseburg. The elec tion will be June 21. City Manager George Farrell (stand ing) loaned his office in the "olde towne hall" for the oc casion. (Paul Jenkins photo). ' Douglas Stretches Pay Roll Higher; Holds Third Place Douglas County stretched its lead for third spot among Oregon counties in covered payrolls dur ing 1955, according to the State Un employment Compensation .Com mission. Covered payrolls are those re ported to the commission by busi ness and industrial firms. ' With payrolls reaching an all time high of $1,390,065,127 for the state as a whole, Douglas County added more than $8,500,000 to its 1954 total to bring its 1955 payrolls to $70,922,979, one of the best dol lar gains in the state Douglas County, prior to its in dustrial boom, stood in 19th place among Oregon counties in total payrolls. Since the boom began during the Second World War, at . which time the timber industry en tired the area, the county has climbed rapidly and in late years has been behind only Multnomah and Lane counties. In percentage gains, Douglas County's 13.8 per cent increase in 1955 over 1954, compares with a state average increase of 8.7 per cent. Multnomah county's increase was 7.7 per cent and Lane Coun ty's 11.3 per cent. Coos County, in fourth place, gained 13.8 per cent with total pay rolls of $57,457,889. Marion County remained in fifth place with pay rolls of $55,408,137, an increase of 10.3 per cent. Payrolls for state employes are not included in Mar ion County's total, as comparisons are made only of industrial and business concerns contributing to the unemployment insurance fund. Forgery Charge Against Fay Garrison Dropped A charge against Fay Delcina Garrison, 46, Scottsburg, of forgery has been dropped at the request of Dist. Atty. Robert M. Stults. She was arrested May 14 and charged with forging checks total ing between $500 and $600. Later, an alleged accomplice, John Browning, admitted the forgeries and was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly then or dered the Scottsburg woman re leased. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Farm markets note: Hog receipts went down and HOG PRICES WENT UP at Mid west markets Monday. Last week, the reverse was true with hog re ceipts go ng up and hog prices going down. As a result, prices today ranged from steady to 50 cents HIGHER than last Friday in the Eastern cornbelt. That lends emphasis to a state ment made the other day by Secretary of Agriculture Benson. Speaking at the state dairy festi val in Rutland, Vermont, he said: "Once farm surpluses are dis posed of, it will be necessary to AVOID LIKE A PLAGUE policies and programs that would create NEW over-supplies of farm prod ucts." He added: "The government's new soil bank program is designed to bring (Continued on 'Page Four Col. 3) The Weather Fair today through Thursday with conjidtnblt high cloudintti. Hightst ttmp, last 24 hours . ... 77 Lowttt Ump. last 24 hours ..... 41 Hightst ttmp. any June 104 Lowtst ttmp. any Jun 34 Prtcip. last 24 hours 0 Prtcip. from Jun 1 64 Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 4?.30 Excess from Stpt. f - If. 74 Sunitt tonight, Jo 54 p.m. 0 Sunrise tomorrow, 4:32 a.m. m Y 1 I Woman Killed As Bus Carrying Pickers Upsets HILLSBORO, Ore. (A A bus carrying 57 children and five adults, heading home after a day of strawberry picking, went out of control west of hero Tuesday afternoon, rolled over and killed Mrs. Lauren Brooks, 47. A dozen children were hospital ized here and in Portland but attendants- said none was seriously hurt. The body of Mrs. Brooks was found under the bus when wreck ers lifted it. She was a Portland grade school teacher and had been in charge of tile children on their picking expedition to the Charles Springer farm as workers for the Birds lSye division of Gen eral Foods Corp. Her husband, a checker for the company, also was on the bus as was the couple's son, Bobby, 15. Most of the children were in their teens but one was as young as 7. The bus driver, Dennis Bell of Portland, said the brakes on the bus a 1939 model school bus- failed as he started down a steep hill. He threw the gear into com pound low but it slipped out and he then turned off the highway, across a ditch and into a field. In the field the bus turned over. Police said had Bell not turned from the highway the bus soon would have been on a much sleep er hill and in even greater dan ger. Most of the children were from the north Portland districts of Kenton' and St. Johns. The adults aboard, in addition' to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks and the driver, were Mrs. Thomas R. Lipscomb. 38, who had her 7-year-old daughter with her, and Mrs. Dessie Koemg, 56. Explosion Blasts House, Kills One, Injures Seven CINCINNATI, Ohio W An ex plosion that burst out two sides of a Cincinnati apartment house irom cellar to roof late last night killed one man and injured 14 oth er persons, three of them critical ly. The body of Robert Swarts. 31. was found in the wreckage. He had been in the1 basement when the blast went off. Among the seriously injured was a 2-month-old baby. Dorothy Mil ler, who was blown out of her crib. Her skull was fractured. Aides at General Hospital identi fied the other two critically in jured as Buddy Aiarrs, 25, and Mike Riley, 48. The blast piled up a hill of rub ble behind the four-story brick and frame building in which seven families lived. Welfare Commission Has Major Budget Decision A major item of work confronts the Douglas County Welfare Com mission meeting Wednesday night in Roseburg. The commissioners will examine and discuss the proposed county welfare oudgets lor 1957-58 and 1958-59. They'll make suggestions and send the budgets as they pro pose them to the State Welfare Office for later presentation to the Legislature, according to Admin istrator Lois Baker. Other business to be examined includes the medical vendor pay ment at 7:30 p.m. in the county office. Cattlemen Reverse Stand On Government Subsidy ' PRINEVILLE tm The Oregon Cattlemen's Assn., long opposed to aid programs, has reversed its stand of previous years and will seek a government subsidy. Ed Coles, secretary of the or ganization, reported Tuesday that - members had favored federal aid 3 to 75 in a statewide poll, i The poll was taken after dele gates at this year's convention were unable to reach agreement. fc win irm mim nil .i.n-.ni.r , Established 1873 38 Poge ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1956 139-56 r PRICE 5c 1 ' President Has 25-Minute Talk With Staff WASHINGTON I President Eisenhower took up a consider able amount of official work Wednesday although suffering dis comfort in the wake of his emer gency operation. Eisenhower held a 25 minute meeting with key White House staff members, signed 27 bills and other official documents. He also arranged to meet Thursday in his Walter, Reed Hospital room with West German Chancellor Ade nauer. An aids said Eisenhower "looked and sounded quite chip per" and did some personal dic tating to his secretary, Mrs. Ann Whitman. This included a mes sage of thanks to Mexican Pres ident Ruiz Cortines, who tele phoned good wishes to the Presi dent earlier in the week. The "decompression tube" from nose to stomach now is being re moved periodically, Eisenhow er's doctors reported as the chief executive continued to make "sat isfactory" progress toward recov ery. However, the 1 p.m. medical bulletin said the President still is being fed intravenously. The physicians said Wednesday they expected to have the Presi dent taking, liquid food by mouth by Saturday. Presidential press secretary James C. Hagcry said the doctors had not explained why Eisenhower still was being fed through the tube which has been affixed to his arm since the ab dominal operation. Hagerty said the decompresion tube, inserted for drainage, was removed at least twice Wednes day. It was not in place while White House aides conferred with the President. Possessing Stolen Property Charged To G. Johnson Gerald Johnson, 22, Myrtle creeK, will appear in ine bouui Douglas Justice Court in Canyon ville Thursday to answer to charges of possession of stolen property, according to Myrtle Creek correspondent Ruth M. Ev ans. Johnson was arrested by city police Tuesday night. Myrtle Creek Chief of Police James Haun said Johnson had been arrested when several articles -stolen Mon day had been found in the trunk of his car. Also arrested by city police were two Myrtle Creek juveniles, ages 13 and 14, who were charged with burglary not in a dwelling. The two were charged with breaking into the Myrtle Creek Elks Club and stealing four bottles of li quor, four cartons of cigarettes, some cigars and gum, cigarette lighters and a carton of playing cards. Haun said entry was made by prying the lock off the door. The two will appear in Myrtle Creek municipal court today. Haun said the articles stolen had been found in the Johnson car. The burglary was reported by Herman Timm, manager of the club. , Camp Staff Members Attending Study Session Four staff members of the Camp Tyee Camp Fire Girls camp this summer are in Corvallis today at tending an all-day session on the subject of camping being sponsor ed by the State Game Commis sion. Girls attending the program are: Sandra Bushey, Norma Thiele and Judy Stadler of Roseburg and Kay Wheeler of Camas Valley. The three Roseburg girls were on the staff at camp last year. Miss Wheeler will become part of the staff for the first time this year. The camp is scheduled July 8 through Aug. 12. Court Members To Meet With Riddle Residents Members of the Douglas County Court will meet with residents of the Riddle area Thursday night at 8 in the grade school gymnasium to discuss improvements to the Glenbrook Looo county road. Money has been appropriated in the county road budget for im provement of the road, and now the county is making efforts to secure rights-of-way for the im provements. All property owners have boeni mailed notices of the meeting. REBELS SLAY ARABS ALGIERS, Algeria I The French said nationalist rebels slew 22 Arabs Tuesday night in the Bou Andas Mountains southeast of Algiers. That is in the "iron gates" area where 500 rebels were reported killed or captured in a French offensive two weeks ago. The nationalists count Arab friends of the French among their foes. Six Children Killed In Tunnel Cave-in At Huge Excavation NEW YORK I Vigorous in vestigations including one in which Mayor Robert F. Wagner ordered four city departments to join forces were pressed Wed nesday into the tragic Brooklyn cave-in that killed six small chil dren Tuesday night. Brooklyn Dist. Atty. Edward S. Silver already had a big staff at work, questioning all who could shed any light on the mishap and studying laws which might apply to the situation. A key question under study was whether any negligence was in volvedprimarily as to guarding the block - square excavation where the youngsters lost their lives playfully digging a tunnel. The huge excavation was an in viting spot for cops-and-robbers games for children in the crowd ed Williamsburg section a dis trict of aging, closely packed tene ments. Nine youngsters were playing at the foot of a 30-foot wall of the excavation when a 25-ton aval anche came roaring down, smoth ering and crushing to death four boys and two girls. Eleven-vear-old Marie Staniku- nas had been sent to call her brother and sister home for sup per. She saw them in the hole Just then the earth moved. Marie screamed and grabbed an other sister, Dolores. The cascad inn sand swirled around her an kles and sucked off her shoes, but the two girls escaped. A post otiice employe neara tne (Continued on Page 2 Col. 8) County Residents Urged To Observe Annual Flag Day Thursdav is Flag Day, and ap parently in Douglas County it will be celebrated simply. . However,. John T. Trozelle, ex alted ruler of the Roseburg Elks Lodge, has called for a community-wide demonstration of loyalty to flag and country. He urged that every citizen co operate in the Elks' "show your colors" campaign by flying the flag in commemoration of the 179th anniversary of the flag's adoption by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The Elks leader also appealed to all civic, fraternal and patriotic groups in the city to fly the flag as "an effective way of reaffirm ing our belief in the American tra dition of freedom and self gov ernment. "In recent years, too many of us have failed to give any out ward sign of our patriotism," Tro zelle said. "The flag staffs before too many homes have been bare on patriotic occasions. It is time every good American made known his love of freedom and his pride of citizenship. This can be done ef fectively by displaying Old Glory on June 14." New Road To North Lake Eyed By County Court - County Commissioner Frank Ashley and Durward Owens, head of the road department for the county, are in western Douglas County today investigating a re quest for a county road to link with one planned in Coos County which would allow overland entry to Camp Easter Seal. The request was made by the Oregon Assn. for Crippled Chil dren and Adults. At present, the camp for crippled children can only be reached by water. It is located on North Lake of Tcnmile Lake in Coos County. The association reports it has been informed Coos County will build a road to the Douglas Coun ty line north of the camp. It has asked Douglas County to complete the road. Local Nurseryman Honored By Garden Clubs Federation Dillard nurseryman C. E. Moyer has received the Federation of Ore gon Garden Clubs' contemporary horticultural award. Moyer, 85. was honored Tuesday evening at the federation's 29th an nual convention in Ontario. He was one- of three Douglas County resi dents to be specially honored. Mrs. C. J. Bielman of Sutherlin was elected vice president of the federation for the coming year. Oakland gardener Mrs. Loyal Stearns was named Umpqua dis trict director for the federation. The Oakland Garden Club won a special award for its bird scrap book. The horticultural award received by Moyer, who drove to Ontario with Mrs. T. L. Goodwin and Mrs. Lester Adams, is one of two given annually by the federation. Mover was honored for his "outstanding work" now being done in horticul ture. A posthumous award was giv- ( Continued on Page t Col. I) Argentina Now Seeks Second Revolt Leader By BRUCE HENDERSON BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Ml Authorities pushed a dogged hunt today for a second top leader of last weekend's rebellion after seizing and speedily executing his chief in the unrisine. Still sought was Gen. Raul Tan co, an army leader in the regime of ousted President Juan Peron. Executed by a firing squad last night was Gen. Juan Jose Valle, who had hoped to become presi dent if the revolt succeeded. An army spokesman said police were in hot pursuit of Tanco but gave no details. The government earlier asserted Tanco had been selected to take over as vice pres ident under Valle. Also cut down by a firing squad in the latest executions was Juan Alberto Abadie, an army reserve lieutenant who was second in com mand of the uprising within the 7th Infantry Regiment at La Plata. A government communique an nounced the two executions but did not say where or when they were carried out. Unofficial sources re ported Valle was put to death at the national penitentiary. He was seized in a police raid on a down town headquarters of Provisional President Pedro Aramburu. Langley Invites Probe But Fails To Take Stand PORTLAND un Dist. Atty. William M. Langley, removed by ine governor s oraer irom a grand jury probe into charges of vice and misconduct in Portland, in vited the jurors to inspect his rec ords. But he didn't show up Tuesday in person as the grand jury had invited mm to do. Police Chief Jim Purcell testi fied and so did Mayor Fred Peter son, both under invitation .lather than subpena.- Langley instead sent a letter whose contents he released to the press. The, Oregonian, hs said, had used "all its newspaper tech niques to smear me, including use of phony tape recordings. . . . But it has not and dares not charge me with the commission of any crime." "Any charge of official miscon duct against me must be based upon my official acts. "I therefore suggest and request that you (members of the jury) examine the files of my office and question the office personnel and you wilt have ine fullest coopera tion of myself and members of the district attorney's staff. "By such an examination you would be prepared to consider any charge of official misconduct against me which must be based upon my official acts." Langley was named by The Ore gonian in a series of copyrighted articles as having met with men the newspaper called plotters. The Oregonian printed what it said were excerpts from tape record ings of the meetings. As a result of the articles the grand jury investigation was placed by Gov. Elmo Smith under the control of Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton. The grand jury is now in its second week of study. Local Man Asks Court To Set Aside Tax Claim Sig J. Fett, Roseburg truck and farm equipment dealer, has asked the United States Tax Court in Washington, D. C, to set aside a claim for $4,076 in additional taxes for 1952-53. Fett claims the tax collector im properly refused to permit him to deduct $4,497 in travel and enter tainment expenses and $2,482 in capital loss carryovers. A A C. E. MOYER , gardeners honor D;-"'.,":l LAID DARLEY WARE . . . seeks office DarleyWare Files Roseburg Dist. 4 Board Candidacy Riversdale livestock Darley Ware is one of two canrii. dates for the five-year term to be nuea juiy is on the Roseburg school board. Ware, 47,, raises sheep and cat tle on his ranch in Riversdale. ne ana nis wile are members of the Riversdale Grange. Ware lists membership in several srouDs. in cluding the Douglas County Live stock Assn.. Oregon Wool Growers Assn., uougias county f arm Bu reau, Roseburg Elks Club. Uni versity of Oregon Dads Club and the Joseph Lane PTA. Ware is a past master of the grange. He has had previous experience in school affairs. Ware was a member of the District 33 school board for Edenbower School be fore the District 4 consolidation. Later he served for two years on the District 4 budget committee. This year. Ware has served as a member of the executive board of the Citizens' Assn. for B s 1 1 r Schools. Tuesday he told The News Review he-planned to resign from the latter group, if he "were elected to tne school Doard. He said many people naa requested ne seeK tne school board directorship before his, name was filed. "I feel it is my duty to accent the nomina tion, he said. He gave District 4 Clerk V, J. Micelli written notice of his acceptance Tuesday. candidate ware ana nis wile, Wanda have four children. The old est. Joanne. 22. a graduate of the UO, will be married Sunday. A son, Lionaia uaney, iu, is a jumur ai the university. Two other children, Romanso, 12, and Mollie, 11, will attend JoscDh Lane Junior High School in the fall. The family at tends the Presbyterian Church. Thefts, Break-in Reported Here Two thefts and a break-in were reported to Roseburg police Tues day and this morning. George AUcneaux, bzv ink rre mont Ave., told police today that a .22 caliber rifle was stolen from his pickup truck sometime during the night. The truck was unlock ed and parked near his home. The theft occurred between 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. today, he said. A prowler was spotted at the Self Service Laundry, 1618 SE Cobb St., about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, but escaped bclore ponce couia ar rive. A citizen saw the break-in and called police. Nothing was taken from the building, which was entered through a pricd-open door. Jean L. Nelson, 1146 NE Fre mont Ave., complained to olncers that her purse was stolen while she was in Fullerton's Drug Store, 635 SE Jackson St., Tuesday after noon. About $8 in cash and person al papers were in the purse, she said. Olson To Take Over Pastime Tavern July 1 Mr. and Mrs. Stan Olson will lake over operation of Wally's Pas time Tavern, 611 SE Cass Ave., on July 1. The Olsons will lease the tavern from Mrs. Tim Lefflcr and daugh ter, owners, on expiration of the lease now held by Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMullen. It was mistak enly reported in Tuesday's News Review that the McMullcns owned the business. Olson, former Roseburg police chief, resigned from his job a few weeks ago to enter private busi ness. Monday night, the Roseburg City Council approved the Olson's application for a liquor license, subject to further approval by the Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion. REGISTRATION EXTENDED Youngsters In the Glidc-Idlcyld Park area may register for Red Cross swimming lessons until Sat urday, reports News-Review cor respondent Mrs. Arthur Selby. Lessons will be given at the Rose burg Municipal Swimming Pool Poof from July 2 through July 14. Registration may be made with Mrs. Lincoln Kennady and Mrs, Don Wright. Petitions Ask Bond Election In Green Dist Petitions containing 261 names have been presented to the Green Sanitary District board requesting a bond election to raise money for construction of sewer facilities. The board accepted the petitions this week and reported that the pe titions would be turned over tn the county clerk to check validity of signatures. It took the stand that u me names are valid, an election will be held. This was the climax of the 10th regular meeting of the beleaguered district. C. H. Boniols, county building in spector, told the board it should go ahead on plans for construction as if 90 per cent of the voters approv ed continuation of the district. (Act ually, three votes since the dis- trict was formed last September have given slightly more than 50 per cent in favor of continuation). Boniols was asked if it would be possiDie to build houses in the dis trict if a bond election was nnf. ccssful. He said If bonds were sold allowing construction, the ennntv building department would recom mend mat Duuaing continue. Meanwhile, he said, no more eon struction of buildings will be al lowed in crowded areas. For ex ample, he said, the last permits have been issued on Landers Lane. "If you are going to grow any more, something will have to be clone, he said. He called the situa tion bad and said property prices are going oown ana will continue to dip. He indicated the district should go ahead on its own initiative. He related that the State Sanitary Au thority could force the district to nuua sewers. "But we want you to do it yourselves." he said. Also urging continued work on plans for construction was County sanitarian 1. Claude Baker, He said the maioritv vote was the an swer to the question. He said the county has been "pretty w e cleaned ud" but Green is still bad shape. He also - stated that building in the Green area would be cut to nothing unless the people go aneaa witn a sewer. One hurdle which may be placed in iront oi sucn a move, nowever. is the Green Committee for Dis solution which still holds the ace card of being able to call for a fourth dissolution election. The state attorney general has ruled that as many dissolution elections as requested legally must be held i i i i il. :.:-. ana iinmiceu uy me uisuici. YMCA Program Gets Under Way The YMCA summer youth pro gram goes into full swing today for both older and younger boys, reports director Bruce Hamilton. The first meeting of both groups in the Central Junior High School gymnasium slarted at 2 p.m. On the program for today were the first practices for the National YMCA athletic contest and some movies. The movie list for today includes these pictures: "Courtesy to Those Around Us," a travel film entitled "African Pygmy Thrills," an in dustrial film entitled "Young America" and a comedy. The athletic contest will find the younger hoys practicing in the gym for the standing broad jump and the older boys outside prac ticing the running broad jump. The program started last week with swimming instructions only. Hamilton is assisted in the pro gram by David Jackson, a Ili-Y boy. Other Hi-Y youths will assist sporadically as needed in the pro gram. Fishing Equipment Taken From Jeep Of W. Jones Fishing equipment valued at $247 was stolen from the jeep pickup of William E. Jones during the past weekend, according to a state police report. Jones' pickup was parked in front of his home in Garden Val ley during the period in which the articles were found missing, ac cording to a friend. Jones listed as missing: Three wind reels, two with 24-pound test line and one with 18 pound line: three 7-foot salmon rods; a 7V4- foot, two-piece, brown glass spin . ning rod, one record spinning reel, one 7'.Vfoot fly rod and one fly reel with a 36-foot brown tapered line. Dixonville Logger, David Clark, Injured A 27-ycar-old Dixonville logger, David Clark, was reported in sat isfactory condition at Douglas Community Hospital Wednesday, following treatment for inju.'ics suffered in the woods. Clark suffered a cerebral con cussion and deep forehead laccra tions Tuesday, according to hospi tal personnel. He told them he had been struck by a limb. He is em ployed by the Walter Decker Log ging Co. of Roseburg. Senate Head Says No Case Yet Presented Ten Republicans Rally Behind President's Foreign Aid Request WASHINGTON Wt-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate Democratic leader, said Wednes day the Eisenhower administra tion has not yet "proved its case" for a Senate increase in the amount of foreign aid the House voted. - Johnson stated that view as the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee completed its first closed-door session on the House-passed $3, 800,000,000 authorization for funds to strengthen other countries against the communist threat. The. amount left in the measure is $1,104,000,000 less than the ad ministration asked. Sen. Knowland of California, the Republican leader, said the com mittee did not get down to the is sue of fund ceilings but might do ai an auernoon session. Johnson said senators would h willing to heed President F. hower's sickbed appeal for more am iunas - out tne administration is going to have to make a case which it hasn't done yet." "If it makes a case," the Dem ocratic leader said, "the Senate will do what is best for the coun try.' Ten Republican senators mean while rallied behind Eisenhower's plea for more money, calling on (Continued on Page 2 Col. 1) wo Persons File For Two Vacancies On Riddle Board Two persons have filed for tha two vacancies to be filled on the Kiddie school board. They are Mrs. B. O. (Virginia) Bordeaux and Richard Willey, ac cording to Mrs. Erma Best, Ncws- neview corresponuem. Mrs. Bordeaux filed for the 5 year directorship, Wllley for the 2 year term. Neither has served on a school board. If eleclcd, they will replace Leonard Dawson, who is retiring, and Elmer Sunday who has left the area, Mrs. Best said. Voting for the directors wilt be Monday from 2 to 8 p.m. Write-in-votes will be counted. Candidate Mrs. Bordeaux has. lived for 12 years in Riddle and has been active in community and school affairs. She helped organize the Riddle PTA and served as its first president. This past school year, she was a member of the countywide committee which in vestigated the needs of the countv school superintendent. She is a graduate of (he Uni versity of Southern California in Los Angeles and is a former teach er. Her husband operates a build ing supply store in Canyonville. They have two children, a daugh ter Susan and a son Bruce; both attend Riddle High School. Willoy. who seeks the two-year term, has resided In Riddle for more than four years. He is tim ber manager for the Multnomah Plywood Corp. of Glcndale. He is active in the Lions club and other civic affairs. In his 30's, he is married. Firemen Cet Three Calls After Blaze-Free Days Nine fire-free days in Roseburg were ended Tuesday morning for city firemen. Two calls on Tues day and a third this morning were answered. The first fire in nine days was t the M. R. Daugherty home, 2118 NE Fremont Ave., at 11:26 a.m. Tuesday. A hot iron burned an iron ing board, causing an esumatea $10 damage. At 10:44 p.m. Tuesday, firemen were called to the 700 block of Southeast Rose Street, where a cigarette burned a hole through the seat in a pickup truck, riremen were unable to learn the name of the absent owner of the parked truck. Damage was about $10. At 7:04 a.m. today, firemen stood by a flue fire at the Elnor L. Sherk home, 1443 su Maui M. There was no damage. Veteran Stage, Screen Actor Ralph Morgan Dies NEW YORK ( Funeral serv ices will be held tomorrow at the Little Church Around the Corner for Ralph Morgan, 72, veteran ac tor of stage and screen. Morgan, who died at his home here Monday night, began his act ing career in 1906. Illness forced his retirement 2Va years ago. He since had been under treatment for a lung ailment. ne was a brother of the late Frank Morgan, also an actor, His daughter Claudia is a radio and television actress. His greatest success was in the Eugene O'Neill tragedy "Strange Interlude" in 1929. He repeated the role In the film version. For the next 20 years Morgan concentrated on motion picture roles. He appeared in "The Mag nificent Obsession," "Orient Ex press," "Rasputin" and others. The newt report of a driver's death said "thj car went out of control." Was it the car? i c n 1 1 oU;u rit fffint By L F. Reiienstein j
