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U. of 0. Iifcr-ry Eugene, Oregon Corrp Creek Moo y flimjjyiredl Myrtle" Seroysli . 14 ' IA I't.rJiA istoblishad 1873 18 Paget ROSEBURG. OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1956 300-56 PRICE 5e 4 V P a : If iui , i vr SIEGFRIED MAHN (right) and Ray Doerner (left) look over one of Doerner's hens at his ranch. Mahn returned to Oregon two weeks ago from his native Germany to study poultry husbandry ot Oregon State College. He is o 1954 graduate of Roseburg High School. (Jenkins). Siegfried Mahn Returns To Get College Education By BUD BODINE Staff Writer, News-Review Ninon Confers With Chancellor Kaab I er and mother hav a poultry and breeding farm. Umv miinh tra ABfi n.i Anion Siegfried Mahn. a 1934 graduate ; c.,,.) of Roseburg High School, has re-: nigs (S cents) eacn ,n(j people I international bodies and official mrneu ncre irum ins uaiivc uei- nino (R cents! each and DeoDelU.S. agencies. It u Insert In In. :.- : . : . . .. ' " - Visit Bolsters Refugees Hope; Cost Runs High VIENNA i Vice President Nixon made an unscheduled, se cret visit to the Hingarian border at 3:30 a.m. Friday to watch Hun garian refugees slipping into free Austria. He disclosed this Friday night and railed it the "most thrilling experience of my life." VIENNA I Vice President Nixon Friday predicted new U.S. aid for Hungarian refugees before Congress meets Jan. 3. This was reported by officials who heard Nixon at a meeting at the U.S. embassy devoted to refugee prob lems. The meeting brought together representatives of almost all groups working with the refugees private charity organizations, f I many to seek a college education. scnerally buy them individually or two and three at a time, ry at Oregon State College begi- mng next September. I In the meantime the 20-ycar-old j Mahn is living with the Kay Doer-1 ners, Rt. 3 Box 976, Roseburg, and j working for Doerner on his ranch. ! Mahn returned to his home on ' the North German coastal plain be tween Bremerhaven and Wilhelm haven after graduating from high ! school here as an exenange stu dent. After working and studying there for two years he is back to continue his education, working bis way as he goes through college, School District Seeks $134,000 Federal Funds The Roseburg school district has applied for $34,000 from the feder- Mahn landed at Quebec on an I 81 government to am in scnooi con- fmmiirrant shin on his return. He struction the next year. brought a motor bike with him The cash, if granted, would come which he rod from Montreal to ' as a entitlement from the Federal New York. He came the rest of I Housing and Home Finance Agen the way to Oregon by bus be-:cy. cause, he says, of the winter weath- a would be granted if Roseburg er. j is found to be among the school dis- Whv did Mahn decide on Ore-;tricta in the United States entitled gon State? press. borne of the meeting interpreted Nixon's statement to mean that President Eisenhower will permit more refugees to oome to the United States than the 21,500 due to be admitted this year. Earlier Nixon met Chancellor Julius Raab and most of the Aus trian Cabinet for an hour and a half, discussing hard facts and figures of the problem created by 140.000 Hungarian refugees. Nixon is seeking first-hand in formation to guide President Eis- CLO ANN MOW ATT , . . kidnaped Girl And Parents Reunited After Wreck Ends Flight (Continued on Page 2. Col. 3) Clothing, Funds For Refugees Being Collected "Well." Mahn says. "I know Ore gon State is pretty good (in the poultry husbandry field) and I know the people." He added that he feels he has a "home" in Ore gon. After graduation ha plans on re turning to Germany where his fath- ThA RnsnhtirO At inicfa.i ol it.n to aid because of school problems has announced a fund-raising and Bloodmobile Gets 154 Pints Blood resulting directly from employ ment of fathers on federal lands or in federal jobs. The school board, with $82,500 due soon under the same program, was undecided on what to do about the clothing to Europe about Jan. 15. 11 was emphasized that at least proposing to spend the newest sum ,. to proceM 7nd ship clothin7f ,nd sponsors ot the project asked that DENVER i A pretty teen ager whose freckled face and arms are swathed m bandages was re united in her hospital room last night with the parents she last saw held at gunpoint and trussed oy ner wild-eyed husband and a companion. The tearful meeting was the first between Mr. and Mrs. John MowaU and their 17 - year - old daughter since they saw her taken from their Daly City, Calif., home last Monday night, . . Across "the hall from young Mrs. Clo Ann Wiegner in Denver Gen eral Hospital lay her husband, surly Mike Wiegner, 16, a Califor nia mental hospital escapee. Both in serious condition, they relayed vows of love to each other clothes-collection program to bene- ,,,?" ThZ fit refugees from Hunearv question them. Plans are heiniz marie In thin " 7"". "-" ." ickmci ximhir, v ,.- .k;.. i T i end cd before dawn Thursday when she and her husband were pulled from the wreckage of The Red Cross bloodmohUe col lected 154 pints of its 200 quota during ita visit ia Roseburg Thurs day. Blood Recruitment Chairman Mrs. Walter Briltell said the col lection was good considering the season and prevalence of winter j 5ion up,et those plans. The Board, sicknesses. i however, has virtually settled on A total 1G6 people turned out to requesting the services of Thomas offer donations of blood, but u naa Ai Balzhiser. Eugene, if the Rivers- which Asst. Supt. Arthur Judd said Thursday night may be grant ed. The report was mad to the school board. It had been intended to build a four-classroom addition to Rivers dale School, but Supt. M. C. Del ler pointed out that construction may be needed soon at Green School. Judd said that 16 new stu dents enrolled recently in the school. The board was to have selected an architect to draw plans for Riversdale School, but the discus- to be rejected. On the brighter side, five people became gallon donors. They are Alice Francis, Dons Cahill, Al fred A. Morris and Donald Roth. Mrs. Ethel Roselund became a three-gallon donor. In The Day's News dale project is approved In other business, the board: 1. Interviewed Herbert Quine, administrator of the district's in surance program, and requested an annual report of the insurance setup. 2. Tabled the request of Jak Leicht Insurance Agency to join the district insurance pool. ' donors include money to defray snipping costs. Especially needed are usable wool garments for men, women and children and babies' clothing. The following churches have been designated as receiving plac es for clothing and money: First Baptist Church, First Methodist Church, St. George's Episcopal Church, Assembly of God, West side Christian Church, Evangelical United Brethren Church and First Christian Church. The Rev. Newell Morgan, presi dent of the association, said that cash contributions other than that for shipping the clothing will be welcomed. Second Article On Roads Printed stolen car in which Wiegner tried to elude a Denver police cordon, Wiegner's companion Jesse Eastman, 34, was arrested late Thursday in another stolen car by state patrolmen in suburban Brigh ton. Both escaped from the Nap a. Calif., state hospital last Mondav before taking the girl from her home M miles away and starting their stolen ear jaunt over four states. New Salary Proposal Gets Board's Study By CHUCK GRELL Staff Writtr, Naws-Rtview A study of the requests of Rose burg school teachers for a revised salary schedule was started Thurs day night by the school board, but it appears that it will be some time before any answers can be given. The schedule was presented to the board two weeks ago by the Economic-Welfare Committee ot the Roseburg Education Assn, Since that time, board members have been studying it, but not until Thursday night was time found to discuss it. The discussion brought out number of points on which there may be widely diverging points of view: 1. It's possible that if the sched ule is adopted, some teachers could advance $525 in salary in one year. 2. Salaries of principals would be tied directly to the teachers' schedule. 3. The schedule would boost the salaries of more experienced teach ers, but leave those of persons with six years or less of experi ence at the present level. Board members agreed that "slow bell" would be the speed needed to arrive at equitable con clusions. Only Chairman' Harold Hoyt spoke in favor of the schedule, and he said that it probably couldn't be established in less than three years. His reasoning was that taxpayers "won t buy it one lump. . The .final .say on. the matter would be by the taxpayers, who. of course, hold the decision when it comes time to vote on a special levy to balance any proposed budg et. And the teachers' salaries have to come from the general school fund. The REA committee, headed by Robert E. Robins, vocal music in structor at the high school, esti mated that the new schedule would cost the school district $22,056 more it adopted. That represents about 1 mill in taxation in the district. With increased administrators' salaries added, the total increase would be an estimated $38,052. Penitentiary Terms Meted Two Men Convicted Here Three convicted men were sen tenced to jail terms Thursday to cap a series of trials extending over the first part of tiie week. All were convicted in the robbery beating of George Joseph Altschaf fl, 29, Vancouver, B.C., near Look ingglass last July 12. Sentenced were: Marvin N. Harris. 26, Roseburg, five years in the state penitentiary. Lester J. LaBonte. 23, Glide, five years in the penitentiary. Jamea Howard Eaves. 37. Rose, burg, one year in the county jail. Harris and LaBonte, tried Mon day and Tuesday, respectively, each had been convicted of rob bery by force. Eaves was deemed guilty- of assault and battery, a misdemeanor. He was tried Wed nesday. Harris, tried oVfore Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly. was the ttrst to near nis sentence. He ap peared before the judge at 10 a.m. LaBonte and Eaves each were sen tenced at 1 p.m. by Circuit Judge Charles S. Woodrich, who heard their trials. All three had been accused of taking a watch from Altschaffl dur ing a fight between Altschaffl and Eaves. The charge stood up in the juries' eyes in the Harris and LaBonte trials, but the third jury chose to convict Eaves only on the assault and battery count. G. Peterson, Councilman, Hit By Train Crash Comts As Pickup Ltavcs Station; Copce Craw Aids In Rascua A Southern Pacific freight train smashed into a loaded m-ton feed truck near the Myrtle Creek depot today. The truck'! driver, Glenn Floyd Peterson, 52, of Myrtle Creek, ap parently did not hear the train s whistle or the warning shouts of horrified onlookers. Momenta later, he was trapped under the flaming wreckage ol the truck, ac cording to Myrtle Creek corres pondent Kuth M. bvans. State police reported shortly be fore presstime that Peterson ap peared to be in "very serious con dition." He was undergoing sur gery shortly before noon. Extent of his injuries was not known.. Chief of Police Jim Haun of Myr tle Creek said he did know his legs and feet had been burned badly. The injured man is a city coun cilman from Myrtle Creek's Ward II. He had held the position for about four months. He was ap pointed earlier this "ear to fill an unexpired term. He was elec ted to the post Nov. 6. Peterson is also an elder in the Latter Day Saints Church. The speed of the train was not reported, but state and Myrtle Creek city police said the chassis of the lil-ton truck was dragged (Continued on Page 1 CoL 4) i MARVIN N. HARRIS . . . five years Br FRANK JENKINS What of Nehru? So far, he has had little to say which is as it should be. His job is to decide whether he wants to play in communism's yard or in America's yard. He has made some pious cracks to the effect After a yearlong studv. the e uisuill insurance poui. 1 r. . - . i . , i , . , ... Douglas County Planning tommis- i o. uiuucu ii.u tuKcu iium me ' : h -m- - ...,u . .,., ncy were passea at lour nown- emergency fund to be paid a. ltaiLJP Ros.-burg business establish- district s snare ot drainage work I , -nerf . rlr . h,oh,..., menu on Dec 3. 7, 10 and 12 and near Fullerton School, Rosewood ft,. -,, Mail Delivery Sunday In City Mail will be delivered in Rose burg, but not on rural routes, Sun day, Postmaster Clyde W. Car stens said today. Christmas Day, the post office will be closed and no mail, other than gift parcels, will be distribut ed, he said. The temporary postal station in Miller's Dept. Store will be closed late Saturday afternoon. Carstens said Monday was the boys were arrested Thursday on 1 department's peak day for han- unng man. .igmy mousana piec es of "letter mail went out of the local post office that day. rive extra parcel post delivery vehicles have been added to the department's regular complement ol seven. Iwenty persons have been hired during the Christmas rush periods, Carstens said. The per sons are hired and let go as they are needed. 2 Boys Arrested On Check Counts Three more Roseburg teen-age charges involving passing bad checks in the city. The police de partment continued ita investiga tion as more checks continued to come in. The apprehended youths were 15 and 14 years old. The checks were for $15, $12.50 and two for $14.50. iney were passed at four down llnmffc anrl Kt la.nnh Kjhnnl 4. Approved the request of the I ,The recommendations were bas Ellison Transportation Co. to add "1 on " of tratfic counts on to a school bus shelter at Melrose Prefent roadi, locations of lumber SpIiqqI mills, stands of timber, rights-of- 5. Adopted a tentative calendar iw,y P0'""' "d possible routes, i-aiiino fnr ih nart nf .hnni i I The recommended network that "world opinion no longer will j fa on Sept. 3 and the close on ' would hang on a skeleton of what permit powerful nations to impose ; j)aT 28, 1D58. i 'be commission designates as "A" their domination on weak coun-) 6 Accepted the resignation of thoroughfares, those most vital to tries." but in general he has Eiveni june Bouemier as second - grade i counl travel and economy, no indication of how his mind is , te,cher at Benson School and the On Page 1 Section 2 of today's worKing. .1 aDDointment of The ma C um to i News-Review is the outline of the were drawn against both Roseburg banks. The checks were cashed using a variety of names and generally were accompanied with no pur- cnases, ponce said Police Chief Carl E. Rumpf said Mrs. Greenlee Heads Section Of Heart Fund Mrs. Henrietta Greenlee, " 1742 SE Hamilton St.. has been appoint ed by the Oregon Heart Assn. as chairman of a phase of its pro gram called "memorial contributions." Executive secretary of the asso ciation, Mrs. Leon A. Goldsmith, said the memorial contributions pay tribute to the memory of de ceased relatives, associates or friends. The gifts are used for heart research exclusively. ine memorial program Is en tirely separate from the Roseburg Heart Fund campaign. At the present time, the Oregon Heart Assn. ia financing nearly $30,000 in research projects in the state. Mrs. Greenlee said. Ac knowledgements of contributions are sent to the families of per sons in whose memory the gifts are made, she added. mm Rock Creek Wettest Spot In Douglas Co. The Douglas County Water Re sources Survey office revealed Thursday that the heaviest rain fall recorded during last week's Heavy tall was at its Rock Creek station were 9.18 inches were re corded for the week ending Dec. 15. The Rock Creek station has prov ed to be the "wettest" of the Water Resources Survey's 15 stations in Douglas County, with an annual precipitation similar to that on the coast. Roseburg Youth Center Leases Bowling Alley recommendations of improvements and construction of "A" thorough fares in future years to adequate ly meet the demands of the travel and economy in the county. Rosa City Transit Co. Has Financial Troubles Justice Walter L. Tooze Dies At Home Early Today Judging by a few remarks he Ai... i... has let drop, it's a fair guess that , ' he's trying to sell us on the idea , of taking red China into the lodge. Qays Creek District , . . ,. J Awarded Entitlement The Kremlin (speaking through its heel-dog newspaper Pravdail a telegram today from Sen. says Vice-President Nixon is fly-1 Richard Neuberger reports that big to Austria to reorganize the re- Days Creek School district has von in Hungary, u says ni inp , awarded, a tentative entitle- is "gross interference in the af-:ment f $2.944 50 by the federal! PORTLAND The Rose City fairs of other nations. ' Opt. f Health, Education and : Trans Ce. said Thursday it is Pravria ha alreadv accused us u-if. havua faaafwial fliffii-iilti. nwr. of bringing refugee Hungarians to! The entitlement it made aadar ! atana Portleiid's aass transporta- month was found dead in bed by Public Law 174. d.sisa for dai : arenas anal it called on the P" " wnen sne iriea io arouse jtriets in which schsvl loads are a- L'ty Ceunra far a far aunH. ! fTavated by parteta werkaatl fori Ceneoay Cm Utr. KayaMnd ifsoVa-al afntcwa. I. Pmtie rarxa-trs' the main Neiierruer sare the ahtthrt at trovlaax ansr a per cast ate.liee , certified la reeetva leaaneoiatai pay-1 lasdwaae thai year aari a re- exnt nf 49 31$. cm vug Brra-va er aas dnv- ,rs. II adieJ that unless higher Roseburg Youth Center, Inc. has leased the fnrmpr Rmehnrir Rnwl. Friday that the fingerprint system ing Alley building at 745 SE Rose initiated a year ago has not been St., Mrs. Charles Brown, advisor used in nearly enough cases where to the group, said today. The lease merchant! have cashed checks for becomes effective today, strangera. He added that the po- The building has been leased by lice hope to have the check pass- Louis Fullerton, owner, tor a nine ing stopped soon. I year period. SALEM B Supreme Court Justice Walter L. Tooie. 69, died at his home Friday morning. Tooze. who was scheduled to be come Oregon's chief justice next (Continued on Page 4 Col. 1) The Weather Army as a captain in the 91st rii vision. He was discharged in July, 191K, and served IS years in the Oregon National Guard. I'pon returning from service, he practiced law in MrMinmille un til November. Id'D, wnen he moved to Portland. He was a Multnomah County LESTER J. LaBONTE . . . five years JbHr JAMES HOWARD EAVES . . .one year Legion Seeking. Funds For Vets Steve Ferche, rommandrr of L'mpiua Pont 16, American Legion, KoseburK. today made a request for contribution; to a special fund Highway Accidents Take Lives Of Six Oregon Residents By THI ASSOCIATtD PRESS A car skidded on ice, leaped the center divider on the Baldock Freeway southwest of Portland and brought death to two motor ists rnday morning. That raised the Oregon highway toll to six in the last 34 hours. In the freeway crash, a south bound car driven by Gordon Willis Little, 17, of Portland hit a patch of ice in a hollow near the Bonita Road junction and jumped across to the northbound section into the path of a car driven by Mrs. Myrtle Ella Barbce, 53, ot Salem. Mrs. Barbee, en route to her school teaching job in Portland, and Little, the only occupants of the two cars, were both killed out right. Four of the highway deaths came Thursday. Fred Walter Roswurm, 71, or Portland, was killed when he was struck by an automobile after getting off a hue in Portland. Wilfred William Bonner, 50, Junction City, was killed and eight persons were hurt in a truck automobile collision south of Junc tion City. Bonner was the driver of the car. Four of hia passengers were hurt. The driver of the truck, Mrs. Judy N. Westphall, 20, Junction City, her daughter, Judyrae, 3, and two other children, Richard and Victor Bailor, S and S, suf fered non-critical injuries. Bobby Backhues. 23. recently discharged from the Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., was killed and five other persons were injured in a four-car smashup near Ontario. .State police aaid Backhues car skidded on ice and collided with another vehicle. Two other cars crashed into the wreck in the fog. John Bergin, 35, of Beaverton, waa struck and killed by a hit run motorist while changing the battery in bis parked car in north Portland. Bonner and Bergin were the city's 42nd and 43rd traffic vic tims this year. At this time last year there were 3t fatalities. Arrested Man Admits Break-ins At Yoncalla A solution to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend break-ins at , to finance Christmas gifts to pa scnoois in xoncaiia, urain ami tients in veterans nospnais Oakland came to view Ihursday in a teletype message to Roseburg from the sheriff's office at Eureka, Calif. Apartment House Blue Routs 30 At Coos Bay COOS BAY W Thirty occu pants of an old two-story apart ment building here fled to safety, many in their nightclothes, as fire leveled the structure Wednesday night. The blaze came only a month Ferehe said men at the Rose burg Veterans Hospital would re ceive pens and pencils if they can after the city council, which long use them. Others will receive cloth-1 had considered the building a fire The Humboldt County sheriff's line 'hazard, had obtained an agree- office atated that Robert Kemmer, I The local American Legion post 1 ment with the owners to vacate 25, arrested while burglarizing a safe in a local school, admitted in questioning that he broke into the three Douglas County schools. The Douglas t.ounty break-Ins has placed in many stores and the place by next June and have restaurants containers for the pur- it torn down, pose of collecting the funds for the I North Bend and Eastside de Christmas presents. Ipartments joined Coos Bay fire- Similar containers have been men naming tne oiaze. it iook were noted for the large amount I placed in most stores in Oregon 1 three hours to control the fire. of property damage involving windows, locks and doors in the three schools. Relatively little mon ey or property was removed,. coos bat airs cmamnki. him. A member of the court since V . k - - mu. f L. assistant chief justice the past two ii""''Jud".,rom ,91? to ....r. ' " when he became an Oregon Su- The court had elected him as its new chief justice for the two years beginning Jan. 7, and the to pay for gifts on Christmas day for over 2.0"0 veterans in Oregon hospitals, rerche said W. Cerman Parliament Ratifies Saarland Pact Heavy Fog Blankets Most Of Nation Today a tui AoeiaTiri paccc A sea of fog l.ooo miles wide '"d Uie treaties returning tied up must air traffic in the , Saarland and its eight coal mines mills to Germany TEIN-ASI DANCE Roseburg Youth Center, Inc., will sponsor a teen-age dance in the Gold Room of the Hotel Umpqua Friday beginning at S p.m. Wayne BONN, Germany i - The West I Wagner's orchestra will play. The German Parliament Friday rati- "" " the, to be Part) etovaV kaa fair Sreay writ fcaj rio sarniea hovrs. Hifataa Hat p. last W boars . 41 kaaavsr tan. tM W bears .. M HQH9 twaap. asnr Dae. ft Lexaas) teaaai. am Dee. . We tmt M bee's) . trmm. ana Or. I swe. " tmt. 1 asses. ae SRMae, t - I "f Ciassart it a TrrtaT i.iy. The to-cent fare to students would He practiced law m Dallas until ' children. Walter 111, , a, on, i,alf. " So continued. Hay. iai. when he entered the' James and Donald central section of the nation Fri day The Weather Bureau at Chicago said the fog extended from west ern Iowa to Pittsburgh. It closed on fares are granted, the firm prob- t U'Hn..iau MSBIISTOX a T.e-vi., ably will have an operating loss B(in) m Buttev'ilie .Ai it ak . a. m &i i inrm on ivram nap sua . . r 'we.. v vi- jcnooM in wnoflmim n CM'ms I The COm DanT wantl to Himin-I H- wit 0rrtntorf (mm fh I'ni ifeji T f'T: m iurair ate weekly pane and uhstilutc rity of Michigan law tchooi in " M it Rirf ! a itraixht 20-cenU-a-nde for the 1M. and was admittM to the - OO ait tv nMDttlt ra- asfj nrant three fir1s fnr VI font srje resumed his full work load He wa a hard worker r.n th Marion Coun- leourt, writing more opinions than 1H87. Tooie attended 1 any oher justice j Oov. Mmo Smith will oint his succeMor. I Justice Toora was reelrwicd laH Bi.mh to a six-year term Oregon bir a vear later I He leave a widow and latir and steel Jan. 1 rlhe Rundcsrat, upper house of n..i a ...... J preme Court justice. ,rn Iowa to Pittsburgh. It closed , ,n''n' ',h. Krench-C . r m . l'n He suffered a heart attack last in while Christmas travel rfss' T.,.i.ra i,v me lower house summer, but recovered so that he i building toward a peak. ;i, ()nlv the sianature of Chicago s Midway aMrport, nor-1 prinent Theodor lleuss now ia mally the busiest commercial i rn.rt I., romnlrie Wni C.er- iieia in uie worm, reponea only a few planea were moving. Two Northwest Air Lines planes returned to Minneapolis because they wet unable to 141 in Mil vsiVar. a major fog spot. North west said it expected ait ports on Suunne, I its system to be tiear for traffic i by noon. q u , Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizensteln A university survey finds that of all classes af people, man action on the agreement re- the ignorant are least luscep turning the industrial region and io, to ,,, headaches, its one million German-speaking w. . k. . ,fc. l citizens, taken from Germany aft- Wn "'easing in tne prob er World War II. lability that they have no The French National Assembly taxable property and con't already has approved the treaties. . .,..-.,..- -i F-rairr's Senate .ens debate on ''. ,h. pronouncements of the pacts Dec. X. 'political candidate. o O 0) 7) O
