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Finale Of Record Timber
Days Fete At Sulherlin
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CHOP CHOP The chips really flew Sunday at the
Douglas County Timber Days in Sutherlin when John
Miller, Dallas, took first place in the' hand chopping
contest. Miller cut through the 36-inch log in 33 25
seconds. (Paul Jenkins)
Top money-maker in the logging
contests of the tenth annual Doug.
las County Timber Days, celebra
tion at Sutherlin Sunday was Jim
Dunlap, of Powers.
Dunlap took home checks total
ing $127.50 when the day was over.
Bight behind him was Wendell
(Pokey) Allen, of Roseburg, with
$125.
Dunlap picked up $112.50 in the
speed climbing event. He and
Malcolm Harper, of Cheshire, were
the only two to enter and tied each
other's time. They split the total
prize money for the contest. Dun
lap also placed third in the ax
throwing.
Allen collected his funds by
placing first in the power saw,
bucking, second in -ax throwing,
and second in hand bucking.
Close to 5,000 persons watched
the contests Sunday, the conclud-
Sleeping Sickness Kills
Horses In Union County
LAGRANDE Iff Veterinarians
report 19 cases of equine encepha
litis or sleeping sickness in horses
in Oregon's Union County since
July 29.
1 Two animals have died from
the disease, which now has spread
through the county.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
At the moment of writing this,
the professional political world is
holding its breath and waiting to
see what candidate at Chicago will
get Harry's blessing.
HST, of course, LOVES it. Who
wouldn't? It's wonderful to feel
important.
But what of us common ordinary
everyday voters? I expect we
aren't missing any meals.
The big fight at Chicago, in
these days before the actual voting
on candidates begins, is over the
civil rights issue that is, the
supreme court decision on segrega
tion. The real issue is whether to
FORCE COMPLIANCE IMMEDIA
TELY thus inflaming tempers
and fanning ancient prejudices to
white heat again or to take
time enough to let tolerance and
human decency bring about some
thing that is inevitable anyway.
You will note, I hope, that this
civil rights ruckus at Chicago is
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The Weather
Fair through Tuttday except for
arly morning cloudiness.
Highest temp, last 24 hours' 91
Lowest temp, last 24 hours ,51 !
Highest temp, any August
te i
Lowest temp, any August
Precip. last 24 hours
Precip. from August 1
Precip. from Sept. 1
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. 50.40 ,
Excess from Sept. 1
..-20.03 I
Sunset tonight, 7:19 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:17 a.m.
Pictures On Page 3
ing event of the. two-day celebra-
tion which opened Friday night
with the crowning of queen Sandra
McCullough, of Sutherlin.
Crowd Sets Ntw Rtcord
The largest crowd in the history
of the celebration watched the
grand parade Saturday morning.
Police estimated the throng at 12,
000. Nordic Plywood's "Emancipa
tion Proclamation" float took top
honors.
After the final logging contest
Sunday, the winners lined up for
their trophies and cash prizes and
before it ended, each member of
the Timber Days court was sound
ly kissed by the jubilant victors.
Festivities came to an official
close when Harry Sprague, general
chairman of Timber Days and Jim
Dunlap were thrown into the log
rolling pond for jobs well done.
DRUNK DRIVE RAPPED
Lester LeRoy Oliver, 48, Bly,
pleaded guilty today in Douglas
County District Court to a charge
of drunken driving. District Judge
Warren Woodruff fined him $150
and sentenced him to -serve 10
days in jail.
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Also pleading guilty was Vin-.The occupants bailed out before
cent Frederick Larkin, 39, Reeds- the plane plummeted to earth on
port. He was charged with being the farm of Mr. and llrs. Ronald
drunk on a public highway. HeGithens, some 20 miles northwest
was fined $25. of here and west of Junction City.
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Traffic On
To Press
GRANTS PASS 11 A rope
barricade and a private property
sign stopped traffic on U.S. High
way 99 Sunday afternoon as four
brothers sought to support their
claim of ownership on a 16W-foot
strip across the heavily traveled
route.
Most tourists took the delay in
good humor and some stopped to
talk with Robert G. Stumbo, a
Wolf Creek, Ore., logger and
spokesman for his clan. Stumbo
and three brothers, Clair and
Allan, claim their father pur
chased the property 40 years ago.
When the highway was built, the
Stumbos say, no one bothered to
ask for a right-of-way or to pur
chase the land.
So now they plan to go to court,
if necessary, to clarify the situa
tion. The brothers staked their
claim near Azalea Flats, about 40
miles north of Grants Pass and
on the route to Roseburg. They
strung the stout rope across the
road, and a sign which read:
Private property permission to
trespass revocable at any time.'
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and some reports said they were
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Entry Of Harriman,
With Truman Backing,
Creates No Stampede
By JACK BELL
CHICAGO Wl Adlai E. Steven
son stood off two waves of chal
lengers to maintain a front - run
ning pace toward the Democratic
presidential nomination in the par
ty's national convention opening to
day. A bang of the eavel hv Nntinnnl
Chairman Paul 11. Butler official
ly opened the 32nd nominating
meeting in a haze of conflicting
claims by candidates, North-South
disagreement over civil rights and
some unspoken doubts about the
party's chances in November.
The schedule of the convention
included a keynote address tonight
by Gov. Frank G. Clement of Ken
tucky. But tile lanfare of the first of
ficial sessions could hardlv corn-
pete in interest with the downtown
tug-of-war for the 686V4 votes need
ed to nominate a presidential can
didate in balloting to begin Thurs
day. there Stevenson vied aeainst a
combination of New York Gov.
Averell Harriman and former
President Harry S. Truman for
the support of unpledged state
delegations.
Quick Decision Sought
Dogging Stevenson's heels also
was a group ot "lavonle son" can-
dates captained primarily by
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas,
tho Senate's majority leader.
The Harriman . Truman combi
nation and the favorite son group
naa one objective in common to
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Three Dodge Death
In Fiery vAir Crash
EUGENE Wl A crippled Navy
plane plunged in flames into a
farmer's field northwest of here
Sunday, but the three men aboard
parachuted to safety. All three
suffered burns but are recovering
in a hospital here.
The singic-engined AD5 attack
bomber, a World War II plane
converted for transport purposes,
crashed on a flight from Sand
point Naval Air Station, Seattle,
to the Navy's North Island base
near San Diego. The plane was
based at North Island.
Navy spokesmen in Seattle
identified the fliers as Lt. (jg)
Gene Dankinbring, Lt. (jg) R. W.
Bogan and Airman James E. Mc
Carthy. The Navy said their home
addresses were not immediately
available.
j Witnesses said the plane ap-
peareu 10 caicn lire in tne air.
Adlca
Nomii
rothers Block
Highway 99
Claim
They planned to take the case
to Roseburg on Monday, however,
and ask the Douglas County Court
for a toll road franchise. Their
attorney, Jim McGoodwin of Mcd
ford, said other action is contem
plated. A handbill distributed by the
Stumbos related, in part: "After
waiting nine years for some com
pensation, or at least a thank you
note, we have decided to remind
the state of our ownership. In
order to repossess our land it has
been necessary to temporarily
close the highway."
They did just that, bringing state
police and sheriffs' deputies from
surrounding towns to check on
reports ot a major traffic tie-up.
Vehicles were backed up for half
a mile on each side of the barri
cade and as many as 200 cars
and trucks were delayed.
At Salem, the state Highway
Commission was checking the
title on the disputed property.
Robert L. Way Jr., assistant
counsel for the commission, said
the property had been acquired in
1946. ,
The Stumbos should have noti
fied the commission ''to let us
straighten this thing out, instead
of blocking traffic before giving
us a chance," he said.
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Scottsburg Driver
Dies As Auto Dives
into Umpqua River
A weeV punctuated by violent
deaths in Douglas Countey end
ed Sunday morning with the re
covery of the body of Hobert
Ray Grogg, 31, of Scottsburg
from the Umpqua River.
Saturday night, Grogg's car
had gone out of control on High
way 38 between Scottsburg and
Green Acres and had plunged
over a 100-foot bank into the riv
er. Three cars were following
Grogg's and saw the car fail to
negotiate a curve. 1
State police, sheriff's deputies
and residents of the area searched
the river after the accident, which
occurred at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Search operations started again
Sunday morning and the body was
found by skindiver Frank Suniga
of Florence, who volunteered to
make the search.
Coroner L. L. Powers said
Grogg's death had resulted from
drowning. He said the car had
plunged into about 20 feet -of wa
ter. The car was pulled out of the
water after the accident but it did
not contain the body. The search
followed.
Grogg's only known relative is
a cousin, Lee Kellison, of Eugene.
Ex-Auditor Pleads
Guilty To Stealing
Funds Of Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, 111. Lfl Orville
E. Hodge, ousted state auditor ac
cuscd of taking about a, million
dollars of state . funds, Traded
guilty Monday to charges of em
bczzlement, forgery and confi
dence game.
Hodge, 51-year-old former offi
cial in the Illinois Republican ad
ministration, entered the plea be
fore Circuit Judge Clem Smith at
his arraignment on 46 state in
dictments resulting from the mil
lion dollar financial scandal.
Reportedly feeling ill and de
spondent, the dapper, free-snend'
ing political figure changed his
plea from innocent previously
entered to guilty as each of
the indictments was read to the
court.
Reading of the first indictment
and the change of plea took more
than 10 minutes. It was expected
that several hours would be con
sumed before all the indictments
were described to the court.
Hodge's attorney also said that
he would seek immediate sentenc
ing of his client, who once enter
tained dreams of winning the Illi
nois governor's chair.
the maximum sentence is 15
years, observers said, unless the
terms are run consecutively,
which would increase the term
several times over.
DIPLOMAT DIES
NEW YORK wi Arthur Bliss
Lane, 62, a career diplomat for
31 years in the United States for
eign service, died Sunday night
of acute hepatitis, a liver ailment.
O! Strip
Franchise For Toll Road
Asked By Stumbo Bros.
An application by the Stumbo
heirs for a franchise to operate
a toll road in Douglas County
was filed with the Douglas Coun
ty Clerk in Roseburg today.
The application, filed by Rob
ert G. Stumbo, will now have to
be presented to the county court
for action.
The application is for the 16
foot strip which the heirs claim
is still theirs. They ask one-tenth
of a mill for a sheep or hog,
four-tenths for each horse, mule,
ess or "neat" cow, whether be,j
ing led or driven loose.
It alto asks one mill for eech
person other than a footman end
not traveling in vehicle, two
mills for each two-wheeled ve
hicle, loaded or unloaded, and
four mills for each four-wheeled
vehicle.
Exempt are a footman, a per
son traveling from one portion
of farm to another and any per
son going or returning from a fu
neral, church or en election.
They ask for the franchise un
til 2005 A.D.
ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1956 190
County Fair
Details Enter
Final Stage s
Program Will Include
4 Entertaining Days;
Gov. Smith Will Speak
Planners for the Douglas Coun
ty Fair started their last and
probably most hectic week to
day. The fair will begin next week,
but a multitude of details have to
be ironed out beforehand.
Dick Turley, fair manager, said
first entries in the fair will start
this week. Two deadlines for en
tries have been set up according
to category.
Livestock, flowers, fruit, vege
tables and baking exhibits will be
accepted until Aug. 22, entry day
at the fair. But all other entries
must be made by this coming Sun
day, Aug. 19.
A long entertainment program
has been set up for the four days
at the fair, Aug. 23-26. Turley said
the program is in keeping with
the Douglas County Fair Board's
policy of providing something of
interest to all citizens of the coun
ty.
Most people. Turley explained
come to the fair to view the ex
hibits. But they and others who
might not attend otherwise will be
able to see features ranging from
sheepherding dogs to a parachute
jumper.
Governor Smith To Sneak
Personalities scheduled to bo in
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Ytnk Servicemen
Rescued From Mob
Of Angry Chinese
TAIPEI, Formosa ( A m ob
of Chinese tried to attack four
U.S. servicemen Sunday night af
ter one American became involv
ed in a street squabble with a
Nationalist major.
The Americans were given re
fuge for more than three hours in
a downtown police station across
the street from President Chiang
Kai shek's headquarters, then
were whisked away in a riot car
to safety.
Scores of Nationalist military
and civil police kept the mob at
bay. Once they had to lock arms
to keep the angry crowd from
Dursling into tne station.
Witnesses said the trouble be
gan when a pedicab carrying a
U.S. seaman and his wife ran
into the Chinese officer.
The U.S. Defense Command
identified the American as Alfred
D. Elsholz, seaman 2.C. of Grants
ville, Utah. The command said
he and his Chinese wife were on
downtown shopping trip.
Witnesses said three other
American servicemen joined in
the argument and Chinese by
slanders became incensed.
The U.S. command said El
sholz suffered slight bruises on
the arm and neck. The Chinese
said the Nationalist officer, Maj.
Yang Kuo-Chu, was cut on the
lip. Both U.S. and Nationalist of
ficials were investigating the in
cident.
Reception Will Honor
New Health Officers
The Douglas County TB and
Health Assn. is sponsoring a re
ception for the new public health
doctor and public health nurse
Wednesday night at the home of
Mrs. Edward Tauscher, executive
secretary of the organization, 326
W. Riverside Dr.
The reception will be held
from 8-10 p.m. and all persons
in the county who will be working
in close connection with the Doug
las County Health Dept. have been
invited to become acquainted with
its two new officials at this time.
Dr. Mary Soules is the county
health doctor and Miss I r m a
Plett is nursing supervisor.
Ellsworth Will Launch
His Campaign Tonight
Rep. Harris Ellsworth starts his
campaign for re election in Doug
las County tonight.
He will speak before the Doug
las County Republican Women at
8 p.m. in the Roseburg Woman's
Club on Mosher Avenue. Sunday,
the congressman was the speaker
at a Republican rally at Oakridge,
Following tonight's talk, which
is open to the public. Kllsworth
will take a 10-day rest before start
ing his full-scale campaign in the
rourtn congressional District.
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SIX FIRE DEPARTMENTS
business establishments in
, o warehouse, gutted three
Upper phorO' shows the plumbing warehouse owned by Ked
Custis where the fire spread after it started in a car gar
age. In the lower picture, firemen are pouring water ,on
cabin No. 6 of Foresters Cabins, owned by Lena Garand,
which are next to the warehouse, The back end of the
Foresters" Club was also burned out in the fire. (Riddle
News Photo)
Weather Violence
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boiling thunder clouds spawned
tornadoes and isolated cloudbursts
over the Midwest today.
Heavy thunderstorms lashed the
Mississippi and Ohio River valleys
with tornadoes reported in Indi
ana at Monticello and Logansport.
An unconfirmed twister struck
near Moline, 111.
No injuries were reported in the
wake of the storms, but damage
was widespread.
Windows were blown out
throughout Logansport, a town of
21,000 in north central Indiana.
The storm also knocked down
trees and left the city without
power.
Violent winds that hit during a
thunderstorm in Mokena, 111.,
blew down three tents last night
at the community's three-day car
nival. One man was injured when
a tent pole pinned his legs to the
ground as he hurled a small girl
to safety.
Strong winds and torrential
London's Bid Rejected
Nasser Offers Broader
Plan To End Suez Issue;
War Threat Countered
LONDON ( Britain today
went ahead with plans for a Suez
Canal conference without Egypt
and airlifted more troops to tne
Mediterranean.
President 'Nasser Saturday re
jected the British invitation to the
meeting opening here Thursday
and proposed instead a broader
parley of 45 maritime powers us
ing the Suez to re-affirm freedom
of shipping through the canal.
Western diplomats acknowledg
ed the Egyptian strongman's bid
would complicalo the deliberations
of the 22 nations scheduled to
meet in London. They said it
minht force the Western B i g
Three to modify their demands
for international management of
the canal.
These sources thought Nasser s
proposal seeming to concede
the need for an international guar
antee that the canal would remain
open appeared to reduce the pos
sibility ot western military action
to settle the crisis created by
Egypt's nationalization of the wa
terway. War Futilt, Nassar Says
Nasser denied that Egypt's seiz
ure of the Suez canal, operators of
the canal for nearly a century,
imperiled free navigation through
the waterway.
"Egypt always has owned the
canal, he said. "It is part of our
territory. We nationalized the ca-
lnal company which if an Egypt
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battled a blaze that destroyed
Canyonville Sunday afternoon.
cabins and damaged two others
Ravages Midwest
rains caused extensive damage
last night in the adjoining Minne
sota mining communities of Cros
by and lronton. trees, toppled by
the winds, crushed several roof
tops. A severe thunderstorm accom
panied by high winds hit the north
ern suburbs of Chicago last night,
flooding Streets, felling trees and
plunging several areas into dark
ness. Florida's East Coast
Faces Hurricane Threat ,
MIAMI, Fla. m All interests
on the Florida east coast from
Daytona Beach to Miami were
placed on hurricane watch Mon
day as the season's second trop
ical storm aimed 110 miles an
hour winds at this state.
The storm had swept past Turks
and Grand Caicos Islands in the
Bahamas chain after swiping at
Puerto Rico, where one person
was reported killed.
ian company under Egyptian law.
Of the Britlsh-r rencn tlireat to
use force against Egypt, Nasser
said:
"In war nobody knows who will
win. Those who begin wars do not
know where they will end. We are
only a small country, but we are
determined to defend our rights
to the last drop of our blood
"If we lose this struggle it will
mean that no small nations are
free. It will mean that any time
small nations act against the wish
es of big nations, there will be
mobilization threats and economic
pressure. This is not Egypt's case
alone but the case of all small
countries everywhere. We are
struggling to help them keep their
dignity, ngnts and sovereignty.
WASHINGTON Wl The United
States Monday reasserted its ,
"complete agreement with Brit
ain and France that there should
be "international means to insure
the practical and efficient func
tioning ' of the Suez canal.
The State Department, seeking
to deny any split with the British
and French government on this
important point, said in a state
ment: "The United States has not al
tered its views in this respect and
is not aware of any difference in
the matter between the British
and French governments and itself,"
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Warehouse
Razed, Three
Cabins Gutted
Fourth Structure
Damaged; Six Towns
Join In Fire Battle
A fire in Canyonville Sunday aft
ernoon destroyed a plumbing ware
house, gutted three cabins and
burned the back end out of another
business establishment.
Fire departments from Canyon
ville, Tri-City, Riddle, Myrtle
Creek, Harbor Plywood Company
and Douglas Forest Protective
Assn. battled the blaze for two
hours after it broke out at 12:20
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Canyonville fire chief George
McClane said this morning that
damage had not been estimated.
An investigation he conducted last
night showed the fire probably
started in a small car garage be
hind Harry's Supermarket, Mc
Clane said. He said the cause is not
definitely known yet.
The fire quickly spread to a
plumbing warehouse owned by Red
Custis and from there to the rear
of the Foresters Club, thence to
three cabins owned by Lena Gar
land. The buildings were located
in about a one acre area near
Canyon Creek in the south end of
the city.
The warehouse and its contents,
owned by Custis, were apparently
a total loss.
Firemen successfully battled to
keep the flames from spreading to
other establishments in thi busi
ness district.
Eisenhower
Urges G. OP.
To Tod Hard
SAN FRANCISCO Wl Repub
licans arriving early to prepare
tor tneir national convention were
greeted by a call for "hard, de
voted work" from President Ei
senhower. m
The President's message, con
tained in the 160-page convention
program, declared the work was
needed "to help make the bright
promise ot me party s luute
more man equal to me record ot
He added "I know our united
efforts will be rewarded with
success."
The convention opens next Mon
day. .
Addressed to "Republicans
everywhere," the message said
they were embarkine "on a new
century of political action" and
called for "complete dedication to
our country and a determination
that the Republican nartv will con
stantly grow, in effectiveness as
a political instrument to serve the
country."
Republicans are celebrating the
100th anniversary of the party's
formation.
Republicans made it no secret
that they are pleased with the
idea that the Democrats meeting
in Chicago show signs of a con
flict between two top candidates,
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and
Gov. Averell Harriman of New
York. Eisenhower has the Repub
lican nomination clinched.
Furnishings Stolen
From Room In Motel
Mrs. Frank Grensky of the Rose-
land Auto Court complained to
state police Sunday that four over
night guests at the motel had strip
ped a room of furnishings.
Missing, she said were: 2 pil
low slips, 2 pillows, 2 bed sheets,
1 bed pad, 2 plaid wool blankets,
1 chenille bed spread, l neo tamp,
1 shower curtain, 1 round mirror,
1 pink throw rug, 1 Datn room
rug. 1 green ash tray, 2 large
hand towels and 1 bath mat.
Mrs. Grcnsky told police that
two men and two women bo r.
rived at the auto court in a tw
tone blue Oidsmobile uccupieu ..te
room Saturday night. She said the
men signed the register as Edgar
Dee Jones and Harold Souersby
both of Corvallis. The articles tak
en were valued at over $75, police
said.
Parley In Hanna Mine
Strike Resumes Today
Negotiations before a federal me
diator were scheduled to start
again at noon today between Han
na Nickel Smelling Co. and Local
5074 of the United Steelworkers of
America at Riddle.
About 475 members of the union
have been idled 13 days by a strike
involving the writing of a new con
tract between the union and
company.
AUTO HOLDINGS DROP
DETROIT uTV New cars held
by retailers on Aug. 1 numbered
604,107, Automotive News report
ed Monday. The total compares
with 679,596 on July 1, and with
a record total of 903.789 on March
h this year.
Effective two years from
now, a new Federal low pro
hibits the sale of refrigerators
with doors that cannot be
opened from the Inside. Now
why not a law barring the sale
of bedding not equipped with
a fire alarm for the safety of
absent-minded srrjjkers.
i Levity Fact Rant
i By L F. Reizenstein