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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).
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. -