U. of 0. Library
Eugene, Oregon
Corrp
epybDkomis
Ike
Republicans Hold Out Hope
To Cut Taxes In Platform,
Seek Budget Balance First
t
ARTHUR B. LANGLIE
. . . Republican keynoter
Langlie Delivers
Milder Keynote
Address To GOP
SAN FRANCISCO Wl Gov. Ar
thur B. Langlie of Washington has
set the keynote of the Republican
National Convention: "Peace, pros
perity and progress."
Langlie, giving the convention's
slemwindtng speech late Monday,
told delegates:
"We are here to pledge to the
American people four more years
of honest, efficient administration
. . . four more years of our cru
sade for a finer America in a bet
ter world under the competent,
steadfast, forthright leadership of
Dwight D. Eisenhower."
Langlie denounced the Demo
crats as corrupt and divided. He
warmly praised the Republicans
as bringers of "peace, prosperity
and progress."
The 56-year-old governor, who
is running for the U.S. Senate in
Washington against Democratic
Sen. Warren Magnuson, wa pre
sented by Sen. William F. Know
land of California, who also lam
basted the Democrats.
In the 48 years he has lived,
Knowland said, there has been
peace under five Republican pres
idents and war under three Demo
crats. Peace was his main theme
but he also accused the Democrats
of attempting "usurpation" of off
shore state oil lands. He cited
more than a dozen GOP "ad
vances." Both Langlie and Knowland lit
into the Democratic keynoter at
Chicago last week Gov. Frank
G. Clement of Tennessee.
Obviously referring to Clement's
hot brand of oratory, Langlie said
the GOP's job is to give the people
leadership "not to give 'em heU."
Langlie drew a big laugh when he
imitated Clement's style at the
outset of his talk "How long,
O America, will we keep our Re
publican administration in Wash
ington?" Then he replied to the question
with great vigor and seriousness:
"The American people will, I be
lieve, and I hope, throw the Re
publicans out of office the day
when, if ever, they copy the Demo
crats and put the party first and
America second."
Knowland praised Vice Presi
dest Nixon, with whom he had
been at odds politically until re
cently, and Secretary of State
Dulles, with whom he has often
disagreed. He called Nixon an
able assistant to Preisdent Eisen
hower. He called Dulles "great."
Minor Power Failures
Attributed To Storm
Minor power disturbances in the
Roseburg area Monday night were
attributed to a storm in the Grants
Pass-Mcdford area by a local California-Oregon
Power Co. spokes
man. According to the Roseburg Copco
office, no damage to local lines
came from the lightning, which
struck last night in some parts of
the county.
Gary A. Nichols Faces
Petty Larceny Charge
Gary A. Nichols, 19, of Rt. 3,
Box 1090. Roseburg, has been re
leased after posting $500 bail fol
lowing his arrest for petty lar
ceny, reports Sheriff Ira C. Byrd.
He is charged by J. A Jones of
Rt. 2, Box 635, Roseburg, of steal
ing tire. Jones said the $12.95
tire was missing immediately aft
er Nichols had bought gas at the
Speedway Service Station.
The Weather
Pirtly cloudy tonight and Wed
ntsday with possible afternoon or
evening thunder showers. Contin
ued warm.
Highest temp, last 24 hours 91
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 5'
Highest temp, any August 106
Lowest temp, any August 39
Precip. last 24 hours t
Precip. from August 1 26
Precip. from Sept. 1 50.40
Excess from Sept. 1 19.M
Sunset tonight, 7:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:2 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO Wl Repub
licans held out to the nation's
voters Tuesday a campaign
pledge to cut taxes for low and
middle income families and for
small independent businesses.
The promise was contained in
the completed draft of the GOP
platform expected to be approved
by the party's convention later in
the day.
The draft pledged continued
efforts to reduce government ex
penditures, to balance the budget
and to reduce the national debt. It
then said that consistent with
these primary aims taxes should
be cut "with particular consider
ation for low and middle income
families."
It promised continued study to
correct tax inequities and to
initiate "a sound policy of tax
reductions" to encourage small
independent business.
In saying they were for a tax
cut, the Republicans never said
how .it should be accomplished.
They did not get as specific as
the Democratic, pledge at their
Chicago convention last week to
raise the personal income tax
exemption from $600 to $800.
The proposed GOP platform
cautioned that government econo
my, no matter how desirable,
should not come at the price of
a weakened national defense. On
the question of defense it pledged
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 8)
Stevenson Says
Langlie Confused
Facts, Falsehoods
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
LIBERTYVILLE. 111. un Ad-
lai Stevenson Tuesday accused
Republican keynoter Gov. Arthur
Langlie of having "shamelessly
confused facts and falsehoods" in
his address to the GOP national
convention Monday night.
The Democratic presidential
nominee called the Washington
State Republican governor's ad
dress "another example of the ad
ministration's smug, self right
eous complacency."
He said Gov. Langlie accused
him in 1952 of having run up a
large deficit in Illinois when he
actually "left the state with a
large treasury balance" without
raising general revenue taxes.
"I recall no apology from the
gentleman and Monday night's
performance did not enhance my
respect for his accuracy."
Stevenson told newsmen he
hopes to be able to announce
later this week, possibly as early
as Thursday, what he called "the
table of organization" for his
dawn to midnight campaigning,
the great bulk of which will be
done by automobile because of
limited finances.
This table of organization will
be perfected during a conference
Wednesday with James A. Finne-
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 7)
Cirl At Church Camp
Falls In Pool, Drowns
SANDY M Marilyn J. Robin
son, 14, Salem, died Saturday after
falling into a swimming pool at
a church camp near here.
A Sandy physician pronounced
the girl dead after artificial res
piration failed to revive her. The
coroner's office said the victim
may have suffered a heart attack
or a dizzy spell. She had been
sitting on the pool edge and sud
denly toppled into the water.
The death occurred at Trout
Creek Camp, operated by the
United Evangelical Church of the
Deaf.
Republican Conclave Opens
On Milder Note; Speakers
Have Confident Attitudes
By SAUL PETT
SAN FRANCISCO I The Re
publican National Convention open
ed yesterday with a steal from
Ted Lewis. '
"Is everyone happy?" boomed
National Chairman Leonard Hall
from the speaker's platform.
"Yes," the audience roared
back.
That about concluded debate for
the day.
Mayor George Christopher wel
comed the delegates to San Fran
cisco. Gov. Goodwin Knight wel
comed them to California. Then
came a parade of 20 Republican
congressional candidates, they
moved in and out briskly, each
with two minutes of denunciation!,
nf Democrats
The evening session was no less
exciting.
Actor Wendell Corey was master
of ceremonies. He introduced the
music and the flag demonstrations
and then, with a flourish, as though
the crowd had never met him be-
; fore, he announced, "Ladies and !
gentlemen, the chairman of t h e
Kepumican iauonai committee
Leonard W. Hall."
Big, bald Hall came down the
ramp, beaming. As he spoke, he
became an interesting study in self
confidence. He talked easily, al
most languidly, with his hands in
the pockets of his television-blue
suit. It was a gentle sales talk.
No sweat, no strain.
He spoke of the greatness of
I President Eisenhower and V 1 e e
Established 1873
More Nations
Accept Dulles
Plan On Suez
LONDON w The U. S. plan
for solving the Suez Canal crisis
got new support Tuesday from
four nations Pakistan, Turkey,
Iran and Ethopia.
As the 22-n a t i o n conference
neared its end, only five countries
held out against the U.S. pro
posals. They are Russia, India,
Spain, Ceylon and Indonesia.
The four new supporting nations
presented minor amendments to
Secretary of State Dulles' plan for
an international board to operate
the waterway. Dulles immediately
accepted the changes.
Dulles then invited the four to
become associated with the plan.
Foreign Minister Haidul Haq
Chtwdry of Pakistan submitted
an amendment emphasizing the
importance of Egypt's rights as
a sovereign nation.
"I welcome anything that will
help underline the respect for
Egypt's sovereignty," Dulles said
in accepting the amendment.
While allied to Britain in the
Baghdad Pact, Pakistan, Turkey
and Iran had held some reserva
tions on the Western plan.
Pakistan and Iran had endorsed
Egypt's right to nationalize . the
canal. Turkey was lukewarm to
ward the idea of international con
trol. Ethiopia also had been listed
as doubtful.
Despite the parade of support
to the plan advanced by Dulles
on behalf of the United States,
Britain and France, V. K. Krishna
Menon of India declared Egypt
would reject it.
' Menon, who visited President
Nasser in Cairo before coming to
the conference, told a press con
ference the Western plan was
"entirely impracticable."
The India envoy Monday put a
compromise proposal before the
22-nation conference called to deal
with the Suez dispute. The Indian
plan would give Egypt full control
of the- 103-mile waterway, with
an international body to act only
in a consultative and advisory ca
pacity. Menon said the plan presented
by Dulles in effect would interna
tionalize the present canal com
pany. Nasser announced July 26
Egypt had nationalized the canal
company.
Timber Sale Reflects
Dip In Plywood Market
The dip in the plywood market
was reflected in Monday's Ump
qua National Forest timber sale
here.
Roseburg Lumber Co. paid less
than $300 over the appraised price
for a tract of 14.900,000 board feet
of timber located on 365 acres in
the South Unipqua Ranger District,
29 miles northeast of Tiller.
Roseburg Lumber's high bid
was $296,625 for the tract apprais
ed at $296,305. It included $4.50 on
2,600,000 feet of minor species ap
praised at $4.40 per thousand and
the appraised prices of $21.15 on
10.200,000 feet of Douglas fir and
$32.95 on 2,100.000 feet of pine.
Only other bidder was Umpqua
Plywood Corp. of Myrtle Creek.
PROWLER REPORTED
City police found no prowler at
the 1500 block on SE Pine Street
Monday. They were called to the
address after a resident reported
hearing someone trying to pull a
screen door open.
President Nixon, whose pictures,
each 10 by 20 feet, hang from one
end of the hall. There are no other
pictures there.
"There is nothing we need say
about Adlai Stevenson that Ke
fauver hasn't already said," Hall
said to laughing approval. "There
is nothing that we need say about
the Stevenson Kefauver ticket
that Harry Truman hasn't already
said."
A little later, Hall said this is
a "free and open convention."
Gov. Arthur Langlie of Washing
ton, as keynote speaker, was an
interesting contrast to Gov. Frank
G. Clement of Tennessee, the Dem
ocratic keynoter. In effect, it was
(he djffercnce between warm
ovaltine and corn liquor.
Langlie got his share of ap
plause but he didn't set the hall
on fire. He used none of the thun
der and oratorical calisthenics dis
;Pia.veu oy Yemeni, unciie was
n. spell-binder. He was more like
" 8" cn" history teacner, ear
nest, neat, orderly
Actress Irene Dunne read "The
President's prayer.". At a signal
from Murphy, the big organ at the
other end of the hall began "Amer
ica, the Beautiful" and rolled up a
great crescendo as Miss Dunne
finished.
Hall entertained a motion to ad
journ and it was so moved. The
delegates left with a quiet gentil
itv not at all like warriors rush
ing off to battle.
36 Paget
ROSEBURG.
Roseburg Legion
Team, Twin Falls
Meet In Finals
Roseburg's Lockwood Motors Le
gion Junior baseball team and
Twin Falls, Idaho, hook up in the
titantic of the Northwest regional
playoffs tonight at 6:30.
Roseburg rested Monday night
while Twin Falls was pulling one
of the biggest upsets of the tourna
ment. The Idaho squad won its
way into the final with a surprise
3-0 victory over Billings, Mont.,
the pre-tournament favorite.
Little hod mirch, a righthander,
allowed the highly-favored Billings
team only two hits, one a scratch
variety, as he struck out six and
walked only two. Twin Falls col
lected six of its eight hits in the
first two innings off Billings' star
pitcher, Eddie Komac.
tonight will mark the second
meeting of the two squads in the '
tournament, in its undeleated
course so far in the tourney, the
Roseburg team dumped Twin
Falls, 7-4, in an earlier game.
If Roseburg wins the 6:30 game,
it will become the choice to go to
Billings for the sectional tourna
ment which starts there Aug. 25.
In the event Roseburg loses, a sec
ond game will be played tonight
after the first to determine the
championship of the double elimi
nation tourney.
(For more details., see sports page)
Four Canadians
Face Additional
Charges In Court
Four Canadians, jailed Sunday
by Roseburg police on vagrancy
charges now face charges ot lar
ceny of personal property less than
$75. ine men requestea an attor
ney when arraigned, in aisirici
court Tuesday. '
Their case was continued until
9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Judge War
ren Woodruff set bail of $500 on
each and ordered them lodged in
the county jail.
The men, all from the province
of Manitoba, were arrested Sun
day morning following a complaint
by Leo Clawson, 1459 e Hamil
ton St. Clawson told police they
were loitering near a truck parked
in front of his residence.
The vagrancy charge was dis
missed Monday by Acting Muni-
ciDal Judge John Horn after truck
owner Billy G. Swinford signed a
complaint charging larceny, spe
cifically, the complaint says the
men took gasoline irom owinioro. s
truck.
According to Roseburg police, tne
men tola coninciiniz stones con
cerning entry into the United
States. They were nearly penniless
when apprehended. Local police
have requested, information from
immigration authorities and Wash
ington State Patrol officers.
According to police, me car me
men drove was "well equipped
with screwdrivers, hammers, pli
ers, chisels and the like. Officers
found a sack of cigarettes of va
rious brands in the car trunk along
with five cans of Shell motor oil.
Awaiting further action are: Al
len Robert Harrower, 24; David
Andrew Firth, 24; William Leslie
Tucker, 22; and Nickolas Fidscal-
ney, 19.
Richard Stout Waives
Preliminary Hearing
Richard A. Stout, 21, of 732 SE
Jackson St., Roseburg, waived his
preliminary hearing Monday and
was neia to answer to ine granu
jury.
He is charged wun larceny oy
conditional vendee. He allegedly
sold a television set which he was
buying on contract from James
Decker. Decker filed the complaint.
The charee is in addition to one
to which he pleaded guilty last
week. He was charged with lar
ceny of a $33 check from L. W.
Riley of Roseburg and was sen
tenced to serve 90 days in the
Douglas County jail.
Hi-Fi Record Player
Added To County Library
Soothing music is in store for pa
trons of the Douglas County Li
brary. Librarian Carol Trimble has an
nounced that a high-fidelity record
player, complete with ten speak
ers, has been added to the new
library.
The record player is a gift from
the Roseburg Library board,
which purchased it, and $100 worth
of records with funds from the city
library gift fund, Miss Trimble
said.
Two Roseburg men, Fred Porter
and George Singleton, donated
their services to install the equip
ment, the librarian said.
Creen Sanitary District
Board Meet Wednesday
The Green Sanitary District will
hold its regular board meeting
Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Green
School. This meeting was postpon
ed from Aug. 13.
A remonstrance meeting on the
proposed sanitary system for the
district will he on Aug. 27 at 7
p.m. in the Green School.
OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1956
Final Touches
Being Readied
For County Fair
Finishing touches that will lend
"spit 'n polish" to the 1956 Doug
las County Fair are being applied
to the grounds and many exhibits
today before the rush of entries
which will start Wednesday.
All exhibits for the fair must he
registered by 6 p.m. tomorrow, ac
cording to Manager Dick Turley.
Judging will begin at 7.
Monday afternoon, judging in
textiles, arts, photos, canned and
The magic of fair time is with
Douglas County again, and it's pre
dicted the 1956 edition of the coun
ty fair will be the biggest in his
tory. To salute the fair, scheduled
from Wednesday through Sunday,
The News-Review today carries a
special section devoted to the fair
and the industry which makes it
important, farming.
frozen foods, school arts and hob
bies was going ahead. These ex
hibits were entered Sunday.
Exhibitors are busy arranging
their wares for public viewing both
in these divisions and in the com
mercial booths. There are more
commercials exhibits this year
than before, Turley commented,
adding that the soace had been
sold out for over two months.
Fair officials are trying to make
the 1956 show, which officially
opens to the public Thursday, in
to a moaern version ot the "old
fashioned county fair," Turley
pointed out. To do this there will
be a barbecue Saturday, the daily
balloon ascension, horse racing.
talent show, carnival and helicop
ter rides.
Part of these events were once
standard narts of such fairs. Tur
ley pointed out. sometmng is plan
ned for the entire family.
Many 'of the things which will
add to the 1956 Fair will be little
unngs wiucn me puouc may not
even notice, more color is being
usea man ever oeiore.
Many of the exhibits, such as
ceramics, are beine taken off flat
tables and being arranged in a
stair-step fashion for better dis
play and easier viewing. Turley
pointed out.
Extensive us is being made of
"peg board" in such divisions as
textiles, the manager said. This
will allow greater variety and
more imagination in displays than
was given by the old "clothesline"
method.
Senator Morse To Visit
Douglas County Fair
Sen. Wayne L. Morse will visit
the Douglas County Fair Thurs
day and hold a public press con
ference on the fairgrounds, accord
ing to Al Roll, chairman of Doug
las County Democrats.
The press conference is sched
uled for 4:30 p.m. Sen. Morse will
arrive on the grounds at 4 and pro
ceed to the Democratic booth. Fol
lowing the press conference, he
will tour the fair, according to Roll.
the Democratic Party will show
moving picture of Sen. Morse
throughout the run of the fair, ac
cording to Roll. Party workers will
man the booth.
This will be his secood visit in
the county this month.
Airplane Landing Strip
Built On Hanna Property
Douglas County has a new air
plane, landing strip.
Men from canyonville. Myrtle
Creek and Riddle combined forces
to build the landing field on the
Hanna Nickel Smelting Co. prop
erty near Riddle.
The land was leased from the
Hanna company. The men building
the field were Darrell Brown and
Charles Hamlin of Canyonville. Wil
liam Markham and Rudy Paetz of
Riddle, Herb Paetz, Gene Mason,
and Gene MacDonald of Tri-City
and Mvrtlc Creek. The strip pro
vides the men with a landing spot
near home for their private planes.
They plan to improve the facility
with hangers and other additions
as it becomes practical, according
to Canyonville correspondent Vir
ginia proctor.
Former State Auditor
Enters Illinois Prison
CHESTER, III. ' Former
State Auditor Orville E. Hodge,
free-spending state official who
once aspired to the governor's
chair, today surveyed the cold reg
ulated life of Menard Prison as
Inmate No. 25303.
Hodge, once a leader in the Re
publican administration, entered
Menard last night. Earlier in the
day, he was sentenced to serve
12 to 15 years after pleading guilty
to charges of taking $637,000 in
state funds in a check-writing scan
dal that involved more than a doz
en state and federal investiga
tions. Hodge, SI, appeared dazed and
glassy eyed on arrival at the pris
on. He was given his first prison
meal and remarked lo newsmen
that he felt "much better."
Roseburg To Again
Vote On Proposed
Tax Base Increase
Roseburg's city fathers will
try again this year to secure ap
proval of an increase of a tax
bate for the city government
operation.
At a surprise special meeting
of the City Council Monday
night, an ordinance was ap
proved for submitting the pro
posed tax-base increase. The
emergency clause was attach
ed. The ordinance calls for in
creasing the tax base from $78,
042.64 to $235,000. Voters will de
termine the issue at the Nov. 4
general election.
This will be the third attempt
to secure what City Manager
George Farrell calls "a more
realistic" tax base. At least two
departments have higher opera
ting costs than the present tax
base.
The issue was turned down by
voters at the primary election.
At that time, voters were being
asked to increase the base from
$73,425.13 (last year's tax base)
to $265,716.67.
Second Woman
Gets Courteous
Driver Award
The second woman in as many
weeks was named "courteous driv
er of the week" by the Alpha Lodge
47, Knights oE Pythias, which is
conducting a safc-dnving cam
Damn this month.
The second woman to oe named
in the three-weeks of selections of
courteous
drivers was E d i t .h
Wheeler,
young housewife who
Uves at 285 NE Chestnut.
Chestnut.
of several drivers
She was one
followed . by KP members in
marked police cars mrougn Kose
bura. Spokesman C. O. Slabaugh
of the lodge lauded her highly for
her ourteay-4n -driving .despite, the
fact she has only been driving
three years. The young (23) house
wife has lived in Roseburg all her
life. i
She is the third winner in the
"courtesy contest. Earlier win.
ners were Richard Gibbons of Rose
burg and Mrs. William Harris of
Winchester.
The contest is being carried on
by the Knights of Pythias as part
of a nation-wide campaign to cut
down on highway accidents cred
ited to the "human element."
Burglary From
Dwelling Charged
Private citizen and law officer
combined forces Monday to appre
hend an Albany man charged with
burglary of an Elkton dwelling.
Lodged in Douglas county Jail
is James L. Harris, 23. A construc
tion worker, he is charged with
taking articles of clothing and jew
elry valued at $70 by the sheriff's
department.
Harris was arraignca in norm
Douglas Justice Court at Drain.
He waived right to a preliminary
hearing and was bound over to
thp grand jury by Judge Clarence
Leonard. Bail was set at $2,000.
According to Sheriff Ira Byrd,
Harris allegedly took a wristwatch,
ring and some men's clothing from
the room of a boarding house early
Monday. The action was discover
ed by another citizen who notified
authorities, Byrd said. By 9:46
a.m. Harris was in the Drain city
jail, awaiting arraignment. He had
been arrested by a deputy ai he
headed south on the highway, the
sheriff said.
Three Bearded Frenchmen
Complete Atlantic Trip
Aboard Tiny Log Raft
FALMOUTH, England Wl
Three bearded Frenchmen step
ped ashore from a log raft Tues
day after an epic 89-day drift
across the Atlantic from Canada.
They said they'd go home "in a
big boat."
Hundreds of vacationers cheered
as the raft L'Egarer II "the lost
One" glided peacefully under
tow into this Cornish port at the
end of the 3,000-mile tourney.
"We are crazy frenchmen,
yes: yenca nenn oeauuui,
year-old leader of the expedition.
Beaudot ana inree companions
set out on their 13-by-17 foot raft
of ropc-ticd cedar logs from Hali
fax, N.S., May 24. One man sick
ened 380 miles out in the Atlantic
and a fishing boat took him back
to Canada. Caston Vanackere, 31,
and Marc Modcna, 27,, made it
across with their leader.
Two kittens also made the voy
age. The sturdy craft sighted Pen
zance, southernmost tip of Eng
land, Monday.
A small wooden cabin covered
with a tarnaulin was the voyag
ers' only shelter, a small sail all
they had to help them out of the
Gulf Stream.
"It was not too unpleasant, ex-
I
i!3Mv;:..-,g(SM
"7-56
PRICE 5o
Roseburq Board
Hires 17 New
School Teachers
The Roseburg school board ap
pointed 17 new teachers and ac
cepted resignations from four in
structors at a special noon meet
ing Monday. .
Supt. M. C. Deller said four
more teaching openings are still
unfilled in District 4.
The board also voted to spend
money for blacktopping bus load
ing and unloading areas at Hu-
crest and Joseph Lane schools. At
Hucrest $1,750 was allotted and at
Joseph Lane $2,100 was allowed
for the project.
Deller told the board that cor
respondence had been received
from the Federal Housing and
Home Finance Agency saying that
plans and blueprints for the six
room addition at Hucrest School
had been annroved bv tin - anencv.
Some $82,500 in federal funds are
going to be used to build the addi
tion. The school district Qualified
for the grant by taking surveys of
school students In the district.
New teachers appointed include:
Helen Casey. English. Roseburg
High; Vincent Dcmarinis, business
education, Roseburg High; Ronald
Aiuiersun, mam-science, central;
Gaylord Kidney, science, Joseph
Lane; Ralph Anderson, band, Jo
seph Lane; Lorraine Jensen, first
grade, Green; Beverly Lavcns,
second grade, Green; EUcn Pen
nie, fourth grade, Melrose; Jane
C. Smith, third grade, Riverside;
Ruth Holyoak, fifth grade, River
side; Mary Williams, fourth
grade, Rose; James Gregory,
sixth grade, Rose; Carrie Willey,
first grade, Edenhower; Delia
Towne, first grade, Winchester
Winchester:
Margarete Black,
I Ros "hurB HiDh: Henrv RoeVwellM"".,. "" fining over
math. R,ew Hieh-. and Albert
math, Roseburg High; and Albert
1 Phelps, math, Roseburg High.
Charles Hill, Roseburg High; Mary
Jane Darwin. Green? Wavne Daf-
T.: l 1 1
win, Koseburg High, and Robert "l"" nana, umpqua wation
Chiodo, Central. ' al-Forest Service administrative;
ThA hnnrrl nlcn tnnfalivnlv arfnnf. J assistant. Said at Ittast sir nr atttran
pH thA nrnnnttprl till srhpriillA
the district. The schedule is
marie- nnrminnnl until aftpr
first few weeks of school so that
necessary changes can be made.
At the next meeting, Aug. 29,
the board decided, it will choose
a successor to Ellon Jackson on
the Evaluation Committee. Jack
son resigned from the group.
Democrat Women
Will Organize
An organizational meeting to
form a Douglas County Democrat
ic women s club will be held at the
Roseburg Woman's Club Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m.
County Chairman Al Roll an
nounced that the meeting will be
directed by Mrs. Edna Scales,
Portland, who is the vice chair
man of the Oregon Democratic
Partv. Assisting will be Mrs. Beu-
lnh Withers of Glide, Douglas
County vice chairman.
Mrs. Scales will arrive in Rose
burg by plane Wednesday from
Chicago where she attended the
Democratic national convention,
Roll revealed. She will give her
first-hand account of the conven
tion at the meeting. Thursday Mrs.
Scales will meet with Sen. Wayne
Morse and make an appearance
at the, Douglas County Fair.
All Democratic women in the
county are invited to the meeting.
and Hon nas requcsieu mat an
Democratic precinct committee
women attend. Election ot officers,
committee appointments and ac
tivity planning are scheduled for
the meeting.
cept in the worst of gales
Va
nackere reported. "But we have
done what we set out to do, which
was to allow the Gulf Stream to
carry us across the Atlantic using
the minimum of sail."
Food supplies gave out a month
ago and "wc practically lived on
fish, which we speared or caught
with lines, Beaudot said, touch
ine his taunt checks.
"For drink we had rain water
and there was never any shortage
of that, he added
"Then on we drilled, we speni , ra(liator of , logging tractor
rndl!n7oP:aygd.hweCleaecrh'didr''a wa, operating Monday after
a three-hour watch, then rested for I noon.
six hours.
"Several times terrific storms
hit us. Waves 35 feet high crashed
over us and the raft was awash.
Still we survived. But 30 days ago
we ran out of food. All we had
left was one slice of bread, one
potato and one meat pie. We
shared them. After that we lived
on fish."
Beaudot, the only married man
of the three, said: "We shall go
home to Montreal by liner as soon
as possible, and we want to take
the raft with us. Wc think it ought
to be preserved."
All three live in Montreal.
Nixon Seems
Assured Of
Nomination
Roaring Welcome Ready
ror President1 Upon
Landing In California
By JACK BELL
and WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
, SAN FRANCISCO W Rcpub
licans eagerly awaited the arrival
of President Eisenhower Tuesday
in this city of their 100th anni
versary convention. They prepared
a roaring welcome for the man
they intend to renominate by ac
clamation. And by the time Eisenhower's
plane touches down at Internation
al Airport, about 6:30 p.m. PDT,
the convention expected to have
ready for him a campaign pledge
lo cut taxes for low and middle
income families and for small in
dependent businesses.
It was the standout plank in a
10.000-word platform to bo sub
mitted by a drafting committee
at the convention's third session
beginning at 3:30 p.m. PDT.
Barring some wholly unexpected
uidication from Eisenhower that
he would prefer a different run
ning mate, the convention was all
set to give a second nomination
also to Vice President Nixon. That
too may be by acclamation.
The formalities of naming the
ticket come Wednesday.
Eisenhower left Washington in
his private plane, the Columbine,
at mid-day.' Mrs. Eisenhower was
with him.
Others in the party included
their son, Maj. John Eisenhower,
and his wife.
The President appeared in a gay
mood as he left Washington. He
(Continued on Page. 2 Col. 6)
18 Fires Reported
In Douglas County
.From Lightning
At least 18 fires were burning
i Douglas County forests tnrt.v .
w S Bm 01 Ule county
Ust nieht
1 E
I uanv luworia infllPBIMl Tnni
l"" fires had covered over
?"rter of an acre yet. .
fnpf'res had been rcDnrterf in lha
notlC0"' Creek Ranger District below
ihp I Tiller and at lpast EflUPn in tha
Diamond Lake Ranger District.
A Douglas Forest Protective
Assn. spokesman said its crews
were fighting four fires in the
southern part of the county this
morning.
Rand said there was a "terrific"
lightning storm accompanied by
little moisture last night in the
area where the fires have start
ed. He indicated that other fires,
still unreported, may be burning
in the areas where the liehtnin?
struck.
Firefighters dispatched this
morning would require several
hours to reach most of the blazes.
Rand said. Smoke jumpers from
Cave Junction were being drop
ped on three of the fires in the
Diamond Lake district, Rand re
vealed. Elsewhere on the fire scene, the
Winston-Dillard Rural Fire Denart
m e n t put out three blazes
Monday. The fires were in fields
by the Clyde Conrad residence on
Lookingglass Road, on North Ron
ald Street in Winston and at the
junction of Highways 42 and 99.
Cirl Falls From Horse;
Man Hurt Repairing Car
A fall from a horse and a falling
car sent two Roseburg residents
to Douglas Community Hospital
Sunday, but both have been re
leased following treatment.
Hospital personnel said Betty
Siefker, 24, Rt, 3 Box 664, reported
ly fell from her horse while riding
Sunday. She received no apparent
injuries, they said.
Richard Mask, 18, 4208 Hooker
Rd., was not so fortunate. He
suffered a fraelnred collar bone
when his car fell on him. Mask
told attendants he was fixing his
car when it slipped.
Steam Burns Suffered
By J. B. McCallister
J. B. McCallister, 26, an em
ploye of Bailey Logging Co., Win
ston, was reported in satisfactory
condition today at Douglas Com-
I muniiy Hospital wnere ne was Be
ing treated fur leg burns.
Hospital personnel said McCal
lister was burned by steam from
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F, Reizenstein
Map of the state highway
commission's new program de
signates a Josephine County
construction area at Louse
Creek. Presumably job speci
fications will call for blasting
with insect Mwder.