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U. of 0. Library Migoao, Oregon Comp oce WofthtoQds Asm mm AN INVITATION Little Sally McCullum, 4, is wide-eyed os Larry Knudson, president of the Roseburg Shrine Club, relates the sights she'll see this weekend os guest of honor -at the Shrine-Polack Bros. Circus. The youngster spent months in the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland. Hal Esselstrom, left, chairman of the circus committee, joined with Knudson in telling her the good news. . (Darrsll Maddox). .; W BEFORE TREATMENT Little) Sally was forced to wear this type of cast in order that she could learn to walk. She wos born with a deformed hip socket. Record Voter Registration Is Anticipated A new record voter registration in Douglas County is "anticipated by County Clerk Charles Doerner. The total, as of Sent. 14. is 27,- 323. That is less than 1,000 behind the 1952 high of 28,233. The 1956 figures, when broken down by par' ly, show a distinct trend. This vear Democratic registrants surpass Republicans by 1,603. In dividually mere are i4,i uemos and 12.580 GOP members. The pic ture was different in 1952 when the Democrats nosed their major op position by a scant 127. Total then favored them by 13,801 to 13,674. In releasing the new figures Thursday. Doerner Dointcd out that the counts will be increased for three more weeks. He said the reg istration total had gone up "steadi ly." He says the final figure should run between 29,000 and 30.000. The 1954 total, incidentally, was 27,678. The Democratic edge was 87. They had 13,546. the Republi cans listed 13,459 voters. Poll books close Oct. 6. The elec tions office in the courthouse in Roseburg will remain open until 8 p.m. as a voter service, Doerner said. The 53 official registrars else where in the county have tha privi lege of remaining open until that hour if they wish. . , , As a matter of fact, the regis trars could stay open 24 hours of each day, until the 8 p.m. dead line of Oct. 6, Doerner pointed out. The only limitation is that- they cannot leave their official places of registration. LITTLE RAIN EXPECTED Little or ne precipitation is ex pected through Wednesday, though a possibility of scattered showers is forecast at the beginning of the week, according to the U.S. Weath er Bureau. Some warmer temper atures are expected early in the week. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Nobody's shooting yet in the Suez area and the politicians are forking over the same old pile of straw. So left turn to run-of-the-m i 1 1 news: Two San Francisco women died in the crash of their automobile into an embankment 18 miles south of Ukiah on Highway 101. The Cal- ifornia highway patrol says the car went out of control on a turn, hit the bank and rolled over. (Evidently the driver went Into the turn too fast, which is an easy way to get into trouble). Near Sayrc. Okla., a Lakewood Village (California) woman was killed on big Highway 66 when the (Continued on Page 4. OoL 3) The Weather Ganrlly fair through Saturday except for pitches of morning I fog. I Highest lamp, last 54 hours M Lowest temp, last 24 hours 40 1 Highest tamp, any Stpt. 104 - Lowtit ttmp. any Stpt. IV Prteip. last 14 hours .01 1 Praeip. from Stpt. 1 .44 Dtfle. from Sept. 1 -.20 1 Sunset tonight, 4:13 p.m. Sunriie tomorrow, 4 a.m. ' uippiea uwa Near Recovery, Is Circus Guest A pretty 4-year-old Roseburg girl will nave two days sue 11 never for get this weekend when the Shrine' Polack Bros. Circus comes to the city. Crippled in her infancy when her right hip socket failed to develop properly, Sally ' McCullum now is well enough that she will be able to take a ride in a convertible to the Douglas County Fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday. She'll oc cupy a special seat there to watch the circus. Little Sally's malformed hip dates back to her birth. Her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mc Cullum, 1333 W. Harvard Ave., weren't even aware of her condi tion until she started to walk. Now she's on the road to re covery. The little blonde miss still must go with her parents periodically to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland to receive out patient treatment, but doctors say she'll be able to walk and play normally. The Roseburg Shrine Club enter ed the picture soon after the young ster's condition was noticed. Her father, a state policeman, was un able to bear the huge cost 'of cor recting saiiys disability. The Shrine is a fraternal organi zation within the Masonic Lodge. Its primary function in financing (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2) Flood Rains Hit Luzon In Wake Of Typhoon MANILA tfl Flood rains swept Luzon Island Friday as er ratic Typhoon Gilda, packing winds up to 130 miles an hour, slammed into the northern Phil ippines. The typhoon struck Luzon for the second time as reports from Sorsogon Province in southwest Luzon said 7 died, 20 were in jured and thousands were left homeless. Heavy property dam ago was reported throughout Sor sogon. Gilda hit Sorsogon last Wednes day, veered out to the Pacific, changed course again and struck north Luzon and Batanes Island. Torrential rains fell in Manila and throughout Luzon. Gilda -is the eighth typhoon to affect Luzon since Aug. 1. Albert Evine Pierce Enters Guilty Plea Albert Evine Pierce, 35, 439 Rus sell St., Roseburg, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with a sus pended operator's license when ar raigned in district court Thursday. Judge Warren Woodruff sentenced him 'to 30 days in the Douglas County jail. Pierce was ordered to pay $5 court costs. A passenger in his car, Lareu Estes Reeves, 57, Rt. 1 Box 628, Roseburg, pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk on a public highway. He was fined $20 and $5 costs. The men were arrested Wednes day by state police. Reedsport Fishermen Tell Ordeal After Boat Sinks NEWPORT, Ore. im Two fish ermen, rescued after drifting in a life raft some 60 miles out in the ocean, told Thursday of the sink ing of their tuna boat. They were heading for home. in the early morning darkness with a catch valued at $3,000 when the boat suddenly sprung leak, ap parently from a sea cock that had rusted away. Skipper Dick Altree. 30. Reeds port, said the first indication of trouble was when the boat, the Al Jr., became hard to steer. He checked below and found the boat rapidly filling with water. He and his lone crewman, Dan Taflrcnn 9A Rpprisnnrt. started ne pump but quickly realized it wa, . losing battle. They inflated a life raft and jumped on it when it floated away from the deck. Altree said it was only 45 min- U(cj from the first warning until the boat went under. "We were less than 30 feet away when the boat went down, stern first," he said. They managed to send i dis- tress call before abandoning the Established 1873 Harry Bridges Beaten Savagely In Restaurant SAUSALITO. Calif. Wl Long shore leader Harry Bridges was beaten savagely early Friday by two assailants in the men's lounge of Sally Stanford's plush Alhalla restaurant in this city just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. In the ensuing melee. Miss Stan ford was kicked and slugged and her maitre d'hotel and bartender were cut and bruised. Police Chief Louis Mountanos said it took him and two officers to subdue and jail the two at tackers. He identified them as merchant seamen from San Francisco, Don ald R. Hansen, 28, and Fred Rip pini, 35. Bridges said he never saw the men before. He said robbery might have been the motive for the attack. Mountanos said Hansen and Rippini recognized the name, Harry Bridges, head of the Inter Warehousemen's Union, but had never seen Bridges before. Mountanos said Bridges was having a quiet social drink with (Continued on Page 2 Col. 3) Two More Roseburg Policemen Resign, Both Cite Low Pay Two more Roseburg policemen resigned today, and both cited low pay as the. reason. Sgt. Denzel Forney and Patrol man Charles T. Harcourt submit ted their resignations to Police Chief Carl E. Rumpf. That made three the number of resignations in the past week. Robert Bramlett quit last Saturday, saying he wasn't making enough money. Forney said in his letter to the chief that he decided to .quit be cause an operation last January had made it necessary to request a leave of absence this October and November. He ask that the leave be granted without pay, Rumpf and City Manager George r arrell refused, he said, t There are "unsatisfactory condi tions and low salaries in the po lice department." Forney said, add ing that "it's impossible to do the job the city is entitled to" because of a turnover of personnel. He said there was a 75 per cent turn over in the three months, although Rumpf checked records and found it to be slightly over 50 per cent. The sergeant named Sept. 27 as his last working day. Rumpf said he understood Forney has bought into a dry-cleaning busmess in Sutherlin. Harcourt said in his resigna tion that "as far as I am concern ed, there is no other job in the world, but you can't ask a fellow man to live on the love ot a job." He said he accepted a job as deal er for the Oregon Journal at "more than double" the wages he re ceived as a policeman. Forney, earnng $352 a month, Is at the top . of the scale for ser geants in Roseburg. Harcourt' was earning $310 a month. Rumpf said both men were ex cellent policemen and added that "they will be difficult to replace because new men will be untrain ed." Both men, and Bramlett, prais ed Rumpf's leadership in the po lice department. STOIC WINDOWS BROKEN Jack Day, proprietor of Day's Supp.y in Glendale, reported this morning that some person or per sons had thrown rocks through 18 of his windows on the south side of the store some time during the viight. The act occurred some time between 6 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. Mer chandise was damaged slightly. boat and it was picked up by A. L. Sibley. 46. of Newport, who had also been fishing for tuna some 40 miles away. Sibley set out at once for the area from which the signal came and when he got there, stopped and waited until daybreak. Dawn disclosed the two paddling toward him in the lire raft. "I passed them in the darkness iM they saw my lights, but of course I couldn't see them," Sib ley said. Altree's wife, h!: 3-year-old daughter and his mother and step father were at the dock to greet him when MDley s Mat arrived. Altree, who has been fishing off and on for about IS years, had been buying the boat from his mother. Jackson had been his regular crewman for the pant year. Altree and Jackson lost all their gear when the ship went down even their shoes which they had removed in preparation for jump ing onto the life raft as their boat sank lower into the water. 22 Page Kef auver Holds Spotlight In State Political Picture By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Estes Kefauver, Demo cratic nominee for .vice president, took the limelight in his tour of Oregon Friday, but there was much activity on other political fronts. The Republican State Centra Committee issued another booklet aimed at drawing away votes from Sen. Wayne Morse, the Democratic senatorial nominee. The book, entitled, "The Record Wayne Morse Would Like to For get," quotes a number of news paper articles intended to prove the Republican contention that Morse has not been consistent. Douglas McKay, Morse's Repub lican opponent, told a Newport audience that liberalization of terms by the Federal Housing Administration for home construc tion was the result of pleas made to the White House by Oregon lumbering and construction indus tries. "This administration is keenly interested in the eebnomic welfare of the Northwest and a friendly hearing is assured on any problem when the facta are fully and honestly presented," McKay said, addmg: "If Oregon senators had been less interested in bitter partisan fighting with the administration and if they bad fully presented Oregon's case in a manner which could be believed, we could have had this helpful action long ago." i Morse, speaking in Portland, thanked Nixon for "the thousands of votes he made for me in his ' (Continued on Page 2 Col. 1) Appeal Made For Help For Burned Out Famliy The Douglas County Chapter, American Red Cross, has appeal ed, for necessities which can be given to a Glendale family whose home was burned down while they were on vacation. The family, including three chil dren, lacks the necessary funds to replace their household belongings. Articles such as working clothes, furniture, dishes and cooking uten sils are needed. People who have articles to do nate to the family may call the chapter headquarters at OR 3-3255, according to Mrs. R. E. Herman, executive secretary. Non Support Charge Against Man Dismissed A non-support charge lodged against Leonard Queener, 19, Burns, has been dismissed by Dis trict Judge Warren Woodruff, upon recommendation of D i t Atty. Robert Stults. Dep. Dist. Atty. Don Sanders said Queener and his wife, who signed the original complaint, have reconciled. Queener was returned to Roseburg Sept. 11 by Sheriff Ira C. Byrrl. He appeared in dis trict court Thursday for a contin uation of his arraignment. Demonstration Support Of Suez Seizure Fizzles BOMBAY, India HI An anti Western demonstration to support Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal fizzled Friday, Only 30 persons turned up and shouted Rlo?an? at the Socialist organized rally against Britain's deputy high commissioner. There were more police guard ing the office than demonstrators. The latter were taken into custody for breach of a ban on- slogan shouting. Clendale Woman To Get Psychiatric Examination A Glendale woman charged with assault with a dangerous weapon was given a mental hearing in Douglas County Circuit Court Thursday. Mrs. Hazel Dee Ball will be given a psychiatric examination at ,the Oregon State Hospital, ac cording to order of Judge Charles Woodrich. Mrs. Ball was charged by com plainant Mack Napier with threat ening him with a .22 caliber rifle the afternoon of Sept. 13. New Corporation To Aid In Scholarship Crants A group of Douglas County resi dents who have been helping local young people obtain a college edu cation have banded together to or ganize a non-profit corporation for that purpose. Signing articles of incorporation in Salem for the Douglas County Scholarship Fund Inc. were T. L. Goodwin, Harland C. DeSpain and L. Earl Garrison. , FURNACE SMOKES A sawdust burner in the Jean Slaten home, 1313 SB Overlook Ave., smoked up this morning, and city firemen were called to pre vent any possible outbreak of flames. There wis no damage. i ROSEBURG. OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 21, 1956 3 More Greek Cypriots Hung; People Strike NICOSIA, Cyprus I Three more Greek Cypriot rebels were hanged today as fellow prisoners shouted and sang to protest Brit ain's rule over this Mediterranean island colony. The general strike by the Island's Greek Cypriot residents went into its second day. PEKA, a new na tionalist underground organization circulated leaflets saying the strike would continue three days "in tribute to three more heroes." Fresh , anti - British Violence flared. Hanged behind the walls of Ni cosia's central prison shortly be fore 2 a.m. were Michael Koutsof tas, Andreas Panayides and Stel ios Mavrommatis. Their deaths brought to eight the number of nationalist extremists hanged since Greek Cypriots 18 months ago began a campaign of violence to end British rule and join Cy prus to Greece. Koutsoftas and Panayides, both 22, were convicted of the slaying of a Royal Air Force corporal. Mavrommatis, 23, was convicted of shooting at two RAF cyclists. In the tense hours just before the hangings, the nearly 400 other prisoners in the central prison raised a deafening clamor in their cells. - They shouted ''Long live f:iOKA," and sang the Greek na ional anthem and hymns. Feelings Strong On Postponment Of Negro's Draft MONTGOMERY, Ala. GB-Strong feeling against postponement of Army induction for a young Mont gomery Negro attorney has brought nine resignations from the Selective Service system ' In central Alabama. More resigna tions were being considered today. The Fred D. Gray case has also provoked several telegrams and letters to Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Her shey, national Selective Service di rector, who recently postponed in duction of Gray indefinitely. The resignations, which started here Monday with three members of Gray's draft board, were all with comments that Hcrshey had improperly overridden the author ity of the local board. Some wore accompanied by criticism at what was tunned "political influence" that reached into the White House. Local 51 classified Gray 1-A aft er he had become prominent as legal spokesman for Negroes in the nine-month-old bus boycott here. The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People obtained a review of the case and the classification was sustained by the highest appeal board. Then after Gray was ordered to active duty Hershey asked that the case be reopened. He said he had been informed that the 25- year-old attorney was now full- time pastor ot a negro church, replacing the absent minister. Ministers are draft-exempt. California Juvenile Camps Consultant Making Study A California consultant on juve nile camps is in Douglas County this week starting a two-week study of juvenile problems in the county. B. F. Sherman, who is with the Dept. of Youth Authority in Cali fornia, has been requested by Cir cuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich to make the study. Among the problems Woodrich outlined for Sherman to solve are: (1) If a probation camp can be established in the county; (2) it it should operate in conjunction with adjoining counties; or (3) if some other type of institution should be established for supervision of youthful offenders who need 24-hour watching, . In any case, it would be set up for youths the circuit court feels shouldn't be placed in the McLar en School for Boys or other reform atories. Sherman said it will be next week before any definite facts or policies can be dele; mined from his study. He is being assisted in his survey by Judge Woodrich and Julian Hcllcck, county juvenile of ficer. People being contacted during the two-week period are law en forcement ag-'neics, schools, civic groups and other interested citi zens in the county. Among the first things to be un dertaken is a study of the 1955 cases of both boys and girls. That vear has been chosen because the case records are readily available and they can tell how the subjects are acting now. Other counties will be contacted to see what their attitudes toward (Continued on Page 2. Col. S) Eisenhower Sets Out To Convince Farmers Of Effort By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Eisenhower ac cused by Adlai Stevenson of giv ing "only half the facts" on world peace set out today to convince the nation's farmers that "we're doing everything we, can for them. Eisenhower was billed to make two brief speeches in Iowa one to farmers attending the National Field Days near Newton, and a second at the Des Moines airport before he flies back to Washing ton. Next Tuesday, he will make a major farm speech at Peoria, HI. Stevenson, the Democratic pres- lnn,;i nAUnn ...in t.i. li. speaking turn at the Newton farm gathering Saturday at the outset of an 11-state tour. Last night, Stevenson fired a re (Continued on Page 2 Col. 3) Porter Scores Ellsworth Here Charles O. Porter, Eugene, Denv ocratic candidate for represen tative from the Fourth Congres-' sional District, touched on topics of interest to this area while cam paigning in central Douglas County Thursday (See picture Page 2) The candidate, who will be in southern Douglas County today. claimed that "at least a part" of the present drop in lumber prices is due to (Ren. Harris Ellsworth's "legislative activity on 'the public housing bill." He said that Ellsworth, a mem ber of the House Rules Commit tee had been against a bill which would have provided for construc tion of 135,000 family units per year. Ellsworth, he charged, had aided in holding the bill in com mittee after lt had been passed by the Senate. Later, the bill was released by the committee- with- the stipulation that construction be limited to 35, 000 units. Porter said. He also took Ellsworth to task for what he claimed was a vote against a bill which would have provided for the conversion of wasted heat into electrical energy at atomic plants. Had the bill passed, the Hanford, Wash., plant would have been contributing 5 per cent more power to the North west power pool. A "questionable contribution" In the Ellsworth record, Porter claim ed, is in the "partnership" plan of power development. But Porter called that "a pig in a poke" be cause there is no provision in the plan declaring which portions of expense- would be reimbursable. in his talk, Porter referred again to the Al Sarena case, Ellsworth's stand on foreign policy and "Ells worth's refusal to campaign." Port er declared that, if elected, 'he'd spend at least one-third of his time working on foreign policy. Porter said that he had can celled a speaking engagement at Riddle tonight. Instead, he will be in Springfield to introduce Sen. Estes Kefauver, Democratic can didate for vice president who now is on a swing through Oregon. I T r ...... ., UNDERTAKES STUDY B. F. Sherman, left, consultant on juvenile camps from California, shows Julian Helleck, county juvenile officer, possible ways of conducting a study of Douglas County juvenile problems. (Paul Jenkins). PRICE 5 Escapee Found Dead Floating In Willamette SALEM W Dan C. Ott. one of the four prisoners wit) escaped from the Lmn County jail, was found dead in the Willame'te Riv er Thursday. He had drowned and been In the water for several days, state po lice reported. Coroner Leson Howell said it was impossible .to determine if drowning had been accidental. He and three other prisoners, all facing possible life terms in the state penitentiary, broke out of the Albany jail after beating up the jailer and locking him in ceu. They fled in a stolen car which later was found near the town of Independence. More re cently the search has centered around Idaho Falls, Idaho, where three of the men were identified as having abandoned a stolen car. Ott had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for burglary and ne lacoa a possible naDituat crim inal charge. Meanwhile, the appeal of anoth er of the escapees, James A. Pat- ton, 39, went before the Oregon Supreme Court. He also faced a life prison sentence as an habitual criminal for Ms conviction of a store robbery. Patton insisted that two clerks in the store had mistakenly iden tified him as the holdup man. His attorney argued that he did not receive a fair trial. No mention was made at the hearing of bin escape. Orioles Catcher Believed Down In Chesapeake BALTIMORE I Chesapeake Bay offered a tingle clue Friday on Tommy Gastall, 33-year-old Baltimore- Orioles bonus catcher, whose light plane ip'parcntly crashed into the water late Thurs day on his second solo flight. The Coast Guard picked up a cushion floating on the water in the upper bay near the. mouth of the Patapsco River, which leads to Baltimore Harbor. They were try ing to determine if it were from Gastall's plane. The last word the radio tower at Harbor Field heard from the Bos ton athlete was: ". . . 75 Hotel, I'm going into the water." - That was all. He didn't give bis position, but the tower was under the impression he wasn t far away, The designation, "75 Hotel was his call sign. Coin Box Pried Open, Nets Thief 60 Cents A coin box pried open on a Coke machine at Merrill's Auto Body, 830 NW Garden Valley Blvd., Rose burg, Friday netted the thief an estimated 60 cents. Sheriff Ira C. Byrd said the theft apparently occurred between 6:30 and 8 a.m. He laid Investigating omcers sain tne box was forced open by some type of bar. 223-56 18-Nafions Conference Ends Friday LONDON Wl The 18-naUon Sues conference ended Friday night with France one of its . sponsors refusing immediate ap proval of the projected canal ; users' association. ' Foreign Minister Christian Pi neau told the conference'! final session France could , not sign up at the moment because of changes made in a document setting out the association's aims. These aims ' are primarily to seek by peaceful means to snare with Egypt in con trol of the Suez Canal. Pineau said if France finally de cides to take membership in the association it will make a reser vation that the existing document gives "too large a degree of lati tude" in payment of canal tolls. The United States which with Britain and France sponsored the original scheme for a users' as sociationannounced it would adopt the scheme, It was the first power to do so. As the conference ended, a high American source said it bad. been "reasonably successful." Pineau made clear the latitude to which ' he objected principally was concerned with methods of paying canal dues, France and Britain have refused to pay dues to the Egyptian Canal Authority' set up after Egypt's July 26 na tionalization of the international waterway. The association project apparent ly would allow members to pay dues to Egypt if they wished. The. Americans and' West Germans have in fact been paying transit dues to Egypt. - - Pakistan, long a holdout, hinted that it might join. Italy and Britain announced for mal adherence. Roseburg District 4 May Again Qualify For Federal Funds There is a good possibility that qualify for federal aid in school building construction for the sec ond year, according to Arthur Judd, assistant superintendent of schools. " ' - - Last year the school district wa ahln In Sitraltfv far SR9. WW 4n KiliM. ing construction. This money is currently being processed for use in the second phase of the Hucrest Elementary School construction. Bids should be opened on the Hucrest job this com ing week, Judd said. Federal aid is available to tha Roseburg district because of the vast amount of lumbering in the area and the growth in the school system during the last 10 years. - AU government-owned lands and buildings are tax exempt. On this basis the government makes funds available to the district which helps educate school-age children in that area. Judd called the system a kind of "payment in lieu of taxes." Roseburg receives its principal aid because of the Unipqua Na tional Forest Lands, the Oregon and California Revested lands, and the Veterans Administration Hospi tal, where many parents work. Schools in the area are all over crowded, Judd said. It is hoped that federal support will help re lieve the local pressure to some extent if the district continues to qualify each yoar for federal aid, Judd said. VA Red Cross Worker Back From California Mrs. Grant Jensen of Roseburg, American Red Cross representa tive at the Veterans Hospital here, has returned from a Red Cross staff conference at Pacific Grove, Calif. The reported that Edward Gilley, director of i!latr trvle m the organization, stated that Oregon is the only state in the Pacific area which has a definite and coordin ated plan of Civil Defense. Mrs, Jensen attended a number of sessions on the various phases of Red Cross service. Many of the sessions were on working relation ships in the Veterans Administra tion hospitals. Judge Hill, Ben Irving Back From Conference County Judge Carl C. Hill and Ben Irving, Douglas County water resources engineer, have rolurned to Ruscburg Irom Lincoln. Neb. Thoy attended a meeting of the Third National Watershed Congress at which the principal speaker was . Sec. of Agriculture Ezra T a f t Benson. . , Judge Hill and Irving were flown to the meeting by Sheriff Ira Byrd. I Fact Rt Levitv I act Slant By L F. Reizensfeln lii this presidential election year, the U. S. Dept. of Agri culture, to bolster the live stock market, announces it plant to buy surplus ham burger beef for school lunches. It's up to the Cmocrati now to horn in with pledge to furnish, in case of election, the customary concomitants of onions end relish. -
