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Show Business Occupies Time LOS ANGELES Hi It was show business day in court Singer Peggy King tiled suit for divorce yesterday. Awarded di vorces were actresses Jeanne Crain and Joanne Gilbert and the wives of actor Edward G. Robin son and Art Baker, radio and tele vision announcer and commenta tor. Another Robinson, Edward G. Jr.., 24, appeared in another court room adjoining his mother's and pleaded innocent to a felony drunk driving charge. Miss King, 25, charging cruelty, asked to end her shaky marriage to trumpet player Knobby Lee, 28, whose true name is Norbert Lidr bauch. They had separated sever al times since their marriage here Feb. 2, 1953. Miss Crain, 30, distraught and fighting to retain composure, said her husband, manufacturer Paul Brinkman, 37, displayed hostility toward her mother. She said Brinkman also dragged her by the hair from a Beverly Hills restau rant last January. Brinkman did not attend the hearing and his attorney withdrew a cross complaint. Attorneys said the Brinkman fi nancial settlement will provide for equal division of $500,000 in com munity property. She waived ali mony but will receive $300 a month support for their four chil dren, Paul Jr., 9; Michael, 7; Tim othy, 6 and jeanine, 4. Corvallis Man Dies At Home Of Daughter' Lyn A. Brown, 64, of Corvallis died Monday morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. W. R. (Bette) Wright in Garden Valley where he was visiting. Surviving are his wife, Gertrude Brown; a son, Lyn Brown Jr.; and Mrs. W. R. Wright. The body has been removed to the Chapel of the Roses. Funeral services will be announced later. Governor Confirms Three Death Sentences NICOSIA, Cyprus tfi Gov. Sir John Harding today confirmed the death sentences of three Greek Cypriot extremists the final le gal step before they go to the gal lows. A ban on traffic was imposed in this capital city, setting off ru mors the executions would be held shortly. A similar ban accompanied the execution in May of the only two men hung thus far in the clamp down by British authorities on ter rorists fighting for union with Greece Extremists, meanwhile, planted two time bomb at the govern ment radio station. Both went off, causing minor property damage but no injuries. FOURTEEN INJURED ST. LOUIS Ifl! Fourteen per sons reported minor injuries in the derailment of the New York Cen tral's Knickerbocker Limited yes terday at Mitchell, 111., on its run from New York to St. Louis. None of the injured 10 pas sengers and four crew members required hospitalization. CHINESE FOOD TO TAKEOUT 5:30 to 10.00 p.m. Mondays thru Saturdays UMPQUA HOTEL COFFEE SHOP She shall have money wherever she goes DltCCT ROSEBURG BRANCH lip. ' TWI ImlTtO STATU NATIONAL 1ANK Of fOT'NO MtMtCI Mlltll tltOIII IMSWIAMCt Day In Court Of judges , Mrs. Robinson, '59, testified that her husband of 29 years told her he "wanted to lead his own life." She said Robinson, 62, stayed away from home almost every night and on weekends. The court - approved property settlement awarded her half of a four-million-dollar fortune. It in cludes $3,500 a month alimony for 11 months and 25 per cent of Rob inson's income for life, or until her remarriage. She also is to get half of the cash received for the Robinson art collection, valued at $2,800,000. Miss Gilbert, 24, divorced screen writer Benny Arnold, 31, saying ner husband once said his career t as a writer was more important to mm man a wile. Mrs. Alice Baker, 48, testified her husband, 58, "mostly just wants to be free." Mrs. Baker will receive 15 per cent of her husband's income if it exceeds $50,000 a year, but only 14 per cent if it drops below that figure. Young Robinson's trial was set for Oct. 15. He was charged with felony drunk driving after h i 8 sports car crashed into another car and his passenger was seri ously injured last June 21. County Building . Permits Totaled $269,582 In July Valuation of construction deter mined from Douglas County build ing permits during July totaled $2G9,582, according to County Building Inspector Charles Boniols. The biggest single job was an addition to Sutherlin Grade School for $52,500. Applications were also made for two service stations, one to be constructed by Steve Harriman of Dillard and the other by A. J. Young of Tiller. The Harriman permit was for $19,000 and the Young permit for $18,000. Another major job was construc tion by Suburban Gas Co. of Rose burg for $11,350. A total 50 permits were issued, 19 of them for dwelling house con struction totaling $113,414. Eight een other permits for additions to dwellings were filed totaling $30, 106. Nine were filed for private garages totaling $8,164 and six for commercial buildings totaling $54, 048 Permit fees totaled $656, Boniols said. Service Station Owner Reports Theft Of Oil William V. Washington of Suth erlin reported to the sheriff's of fice Monday that someone had ap parently used a passkey to enter his service station at 2070 NE Stephens Sunday night and steal almost 30 quarts of oil. A deputy is investigating the en try into a storage room at the sta tion, from where the oil was taken. Washington reported nothing else missing. COMPLETES COURSE William J. E. Welt, son of Au stin H. Welt of 1632 SE Main St., Roseburg, is among those who completed recruit training Aug. 4 at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif. The graduation exercises, wnich marked the end of nine weeks of ''boot camp," included a full dress parade and review before military officials and civilian dig nitaries. With a U. checkbook at the point of your pen. It's a wise womiut Of man who doesn't carry large amount! of cash. Put your money in a U. S. National checking account where you know it's safe. You'll also enjoy the convenience and prestige of paying by check. And you'll have an accurate record of expenditures as well as legal proof of payment with your cancelled checks. Open your checking occomt now HANOI Of ,v at MRS. ETHEL N. GIBBS , Rebakah president Oregon Rebekah Assembly Head Dates Roseburg Visiting in Roseburg and sur rounding area this week is Mrs. Ethel N. Gibbs, president of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon. She is paying her official visit to Roseburg and surrounding Re bekah lodges. Sirs. Gibbs will also attend the District Convention here Thursday. , A resident of Oregon for 46 years, Mrs. Gibbs makes her home in Ocean Lake where her husband, Roy H. Gibbs, is in business. She is a member of Ocean Spray Re bekah lodge at Cloverdale. In 1921, Mrs. Gibbs served as noble grand of Gresham Lodge No. 61. She has served as chairman of District 8 of Hobekah Lodges in Lincoln County and was appointed publicity chairman of the Rebekah Assembly by Olive Ramey. She is also affiliated with Eastern Star and Amaranth. Her husband has also been ac tive in lodge work. He is a past grand master of the Grand Lodge n,M TZl h. Vc grand treasurer of the orgnaiza-1 uon. Mrs. Gibbs states that her prin cipal hobby is her camera. She has traveled extensively through out the United States and has tak en colored slides in almost every state. One of her most recent visita tions was the Western Star lodge at Coos Bay. Last Sunday, Mrs. Gibbs participated in the presenta tion of a piano from the Coos Bay lodge to Camp Easter Seal at Ten- miie Lake. All Rebekahs in this area havebfcn fr many decades the center been invited to attend the district convention Thursday and the Rose burg lodge meeting on Tuesday. FREAKISH DEATH SHERIDAN, Wyo. 11 The freakish death of 2-year-old Sophia Louise Hair at Sheridan County Fairgrounds Saturday at an All American Indian Days celebration was ruled an "unavoidable acci dent" yesterday at a coroner's in quest. The little girl died instantly of a skull fracture when Delbert Amiotte. 25, of Rapid City, S.D., collapsed from a seisure and fejl on her when he stood for the na tional anthem. , ENDS 'BOOT CAMP' Donald L. Kimberling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimberling, Yoncalla, recently graduated from recuit training at the U. i. Naval Training Center, San Diego. After two-week leave, he will receive an assignment. S. National Bank you'll have money" COlrftlATIOM Typhoon Called One Of Wildest; Death Toll 2,100 By JOHN RODERICK HONG KONG Ifl Reports from Red China said Tuesday that Ty phoon Wanda was one of the cen tury's worst, killing more than 2,100 persons and leaving millions homeless on the Chinese mainland. A compilation of dispatches from the Communist New China News Agency put the number of known dead at 2,161 and the injured at almost the same figure. The casualties may be boosted when reports reach the Red Re gime's capital of Peiping from re mote regions where communica tions were cut by the monster storm. Crops were devastated in an immense area. Heavy rains threatened to flood the llai River network in North China. Wanda struck the China coast with devastating force Wednesday and veered north. It spent itself deep in the interior. Chekiang Province, south of Shanghai on the. coast, bore the brunt of the terrible blow. Winds of up to 150 m.p.h. ve locity tore across Chekiangi caus ing casualties put by Peiping Ra dio at 1,960 dead and 1.200 in jured. One report said 38.000 homes were destroyed in the prov ince and more than a million per sons were homeless. Before striking the mainland, Wanda destroyed many native homes and sheared off the roofs of Army warehouses on the U.S. base island of Okinawa, and drove 6.000 from their homes on nation alist Formosa. China's worst natural disasters in recent history include floods that took 900.000 lives in 1887 and 100,000 in 1911. Norblad Proposes Astoria For First Fish Stamp Sale WASHINGTON (A Rep. Nor bJad (R-Ore) wants the first issues of .a proposed "Salmon stamp placed on sale at Astoria Norblad said he understood the Postoffice Department is prepar ing to issue a series of three wild life stamps, and that one of them will bear a picture of a -salmon. In a letter to Postmaster Gen eral Arthur N. Summerfield, the Oregon congressman said: "It would seem to me only appropriate that the first issues of this stamp should be sold at Astoria, which is now and has of salmon fishing and canning industry, not only in the United States, but throughout the world. "I have learned that Seattle and certain Puget Sound interests have made a request for the first issues of the stamp there, but their salmon industry is minor in com parison to the prodctuion of the Columbia River with its center at Astoria." Oregon Candidates Get Top Political Assignments By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Several Oregon political canai- dates will have important roles in the presidential nominating conventions this month. Sen. Wayne Morse has accepted an invitation to speak at me Aug 14 session of the Democratic Na tional Convention at Chicago, his Washington office reported Thurs day. His Republican opponent, Doug las McKay, probably will have a prominent place in the Republi can convention at San Francisco. McKay's campaign manager said that party officials in Washington, D. C, had given him that assur ance. Phil Roth, Republican candidate for Third District (Multnomah County) representative to Con gress, has been appointed an as sistant reading clerk of the GOP convention. TRAINEE NAMED Roger A. Breedlove. Oakland, has been selected apprentice pet ty officer third class at the U: :. Naval Training Center. San Diego. Selection of apprentice petty offi cers is based on apuiuae ana ieaa ership of individuals. CAR SAID STOLEN A Eugene man reported a miss ine automobile to state police Tuesday. Terry Gullickson said his car was taken from the Puget pole yard, south of Roseburg. C II7 t.ITIft!ftlJV-p w 25' L up fer tingle roll L Largest election in H Oregon R FULLER PAINTS Custom made Draperies .Traverse Rods We give S-H Green Stamps f ' i VV 'safe- , r ' Tt.." A, i : 4'. '."!' & t ' . I ! KEN LOMAX ... with KRNR New Announcer On KRNR Duty A new announcer at KRNR be gan work last week, Manager Aar on Boe advises. Ken Lomax, 31, was formerly with KERG in Eugene. Boe said he was being added to the staff to specialize in news and disc joc key work. Lomax. a graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon in speech and radio, is married and has four children. He is currently looking for a house in which to settle his family, who is remaining mean while in Eugene. Boe also announced the resigna tion of Lee Jensen; 25, who has accepted a job as an account exec utive at station KYOS, Merced, Calif. Jensen has worked at station KRNR for the last year. He was just recently promoted to news di rector. Biddingfon Scheduled To Complete Training Milford C. Biddington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford C. Bidding ton of 1352 SE Hamilton St., Rose burg, is scheduled to completed re cruit training Aug. 16 at the Ma rine Corps Recruit Depot, San Di ego. Calif. ' The ten-week course includes in struction in all basic military sub jects and the firing of all basic infantry weapons. Upon completion of training, the new Marines are assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., for further infantry training, or to one of the many Marine Corps schools. - WCTU Convention Scheduled Here Friday The Douglas County convention of the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union will be held Friday at the First Baptist Church in Rose burg. v i The morning session will begin at 11 a.m.. and a notluck lunch will be served at noon. The con vention' concludes the work done during the past year, and plans for the coming year s activities will be made. All reports will be given at this time. All members are asked to at tend. Execution Of Arab Commando Is Ordered JERUSALEM A three-judge Israeli military court has ordered the execution of an Arab com mando who pleaded guilty to throwing a grenade and firing at Israeli soldiers. The army said the defendant, 20-ycar-old Abdul Riek Mustapha Aliu saratad, was a memner oi an Egyptian fedayeen group. The fetlayeen are suicide squads which infiltrate across the border, harass communications and raid farms and villages. An Israeli patrol wounded and captured Abdul after ha entered Israel from the Gaza Strip last April. "Pour yourself a smile, neighbor -of Sunny Brook whiskey, that is!" rich as a prospector's dream, good as a man's word ... finest of fine Kentucky whiskies! 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The BLM is completing plans for an access road into the middle fork area of Cow Creek where both the company and th BLM have considerable timber. Circuit Court Complaints ' Ted R. Baker vs. Slate Industri-: al Arrirfpnt Cnmmiceinn Plaintiff asks judgment order granting com pensation for permanent partial disability equal to 75 per cent loss of function of an arm. Asks jury trial. Seeks increase from 30 per cent permanent partial disability awarded earlier for loss of func tion of left thumb. Olive and Alfred Levasseur vs. Albert and Florence Meserve. Plaintiffs ask payment of $3,911.01 allegedly due on $7,410 land sale contract and foreclosure if amount is not paid in 30 days. Contract was allegedly made Aug. 1. 1951. lor properly in ttoscmirg. cily of Oakland vs. Lynn T. Mc Nabb. Plaintiff seeks condemna tion of real property owned by de- j lenrtant lor use for streets, side walks and related purposes. Plain tiff offers payment of $1,200 for land. I State Industrial Accident Com- j mission vs. Adrian LaVern Won- i ser and Arthur 1. Rich, doing busi ness as Double A lagging Co., a mining company. Plaintiff asks judgment of $76.36 plus interest i and costs for contributions alleged ly owed under the workmen's com-! pensation act. Dismissals Donald Clifford Smalley. by his guardian Granvcl C. Smalley, vs. James Gilmore. With prejudice. LaVern A. and Betty Marie Tanner vs. Ben F. Forbes and Adolph O. Skauge. Without preju dice. D. O. and Ethel A. Garner vs. Joe Wade and Mae Schull. With prejudice. D.cr.ts Edith L. Miller vs. Louise P. Vo- gel and others. 'Nile quieted on eight mining claims. H. W. and Bessie Bond Hermann vs. Lester O. Ericsson. James W. and .Cora Clifton. Title quieted on four lots in Hermann's Subdivision. Marriages Keep Ahead Of Divorces In July The marriage-divorce boxscore in Douglas County still showed marriages ahead by an almost two-to-one margin in July. Marriage licenses issued by the Douglas County clerk's office dur ing July numbered 48. Meanwhile, divorce suits filed in circuit court totaled only 25 in comparison. Twenty divorces during the same period of July 1 through 31 were granted by the court. . PICNIC SCHEDULED Members of the Camellia Club of Roseburg and their families will hold a picnic Sunday, Aug. VI, starting at z p.m. in umpqua Park. Those attending are asked to bring their lunch. The club will furnish coffee -and punch. Mrs. Barney G. Fenwick and Mrs. Wil liam Stiewig are co-chairmen of the affair. .g -yr yKINTVCKr 4 BLENDED Brook Whiskey Cheerful as its Name Tuet., Aug. 7, 1936 Th. Bible School Ends For Glide Students By MRS, ARTHUR. SELBY Thirty - three students of the Vacation Bible School of the Glide Church of the Open Bible complet ed their two-week course last week. Superintendents of the school were Miss Caroline Watt and M.iss Shirley Harks from the Bible Standard Institute at Eugene. Glide assistants were Mrs. K. R. Thomp son, Airs, ilelene Herrigcs, and Mrs. Kuth Damewood; teen-age assistants were Carla Brummett and Don Herriges. Following the close of school at the Glide Grange Hall, a picnic was held on the grounds. Refreshments were fur nished by parents of the scholars. The evening-s program was well attended. Songs and exercises opened the program.- Accompan ists were Mrs. Thompson and Miss Watt. The beginner and primary County Road Employes' Payday Not Changed A change of payday for employ es reported in The News-Review Saturday does not apply to road department employes. In the report of a county court order, it was related that general county employes will receive pay roll warrants the fifth day of each : month starting in September. This I applies only to employes of the county courthouse and county home. 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