U. of 0. Library
Eugene, Ot-egcm
Bsirael Wainrfis IRfiirtheir Hleo"no"5irDS
Hells Canyon Dam Measure
Argued Wednesday Night
In Hearing Held In Salem
y PAUL W. HARVEY J.
SALEM Representative!
of farm, labor and public power
groups pleaded Wednesday night
for a federal high dam in Hells
Canyon as a means of providing
more power to create much-needed
employment in Oregon.
But Idaho Power Co., which has
a Federal Power Commission li.
cense to build three low dams in
the canyon on the Snake River,
countered that these projects
would produce almost as much !
pwwn mgn uim, ami uo u ;
much more quickly,
The hearing was before the Sen
ate State and Federal Affairs
Committee, which is considering
a House-passed memorial asking
Congress to appropriate funds to
Receiver For Three
Debt-Ridden Firms
Named By Court
A. J. Bishop, comptroller for Pa-
debt-ridden lumber firms being
sued by the Douglas County State
Bank.
Faced with debts of about $320,
000, Commercial Lumber Sales,
Inc.: Winston Mills, Inc., and Jay
Mark Lumber Co. filed a motion
in circuit court asking for the ap-
pointment of the receiver. Judge
Carl E. Wimberly made the ap
pointment.
Asking for the appointment were
Oscar Peterson, who identified
himself as president of Winston
Mills and a principal stockholder
in that firm as well as Commer
cial Lumber Sales and Jay-Mark,
and W. H. Gerretson, who listed
himself as president of the latter
two firms and a principal stock
holder in all three.
The petitions seeking the receiv
ership declared it was necessary
"because of the condition of the
lumber industry, unless the prop
erties can be put to productive use
so as to properly maintain and con
serve the same, there is danger
that the sums realized on foreclos
ure sale will not be sufficient to
pay off the mortgage indebtedness
and all claims for insurance, in
terest and taxes."
The firm officials said they be
lieve the mills can be put to pro
ductive use and "th rents re
ceived for the us of said plants
would defray the tax and insur
ance expenses and could be applied
on part payment of the mortgage
indebtedness."
Both men cited the "changa in
the lumber market" as the reason
the firms have been unable to
meet current operating expenses
and make payments on loans and
debts "in excess of $300,000."
Representing the defendants in
the case is the law firm of Geddes,
Felker, Walton and Richmond. The
bank's suit was filed by Donald A.
Dole for Long, Neuner and Davis.
Telephone Vandalism
Reported In Roseburg;
nnchurtf Dohce were notified
this morning that vandalism is be-,
ing practiced on some telephones
in outdoor booths in the Roseburg
ares. --i
Harold O. Nelson, a sPe'
agent for the Bell Telephone Co.,
called from Portland the police
said, and reported that the speak-
ing diaphragms of several tele-
pnones in inis area nu in i-
agea oy me insertion i wwiy
instrument such as a pin into the
sneaker. This causes a short cir
cuit, Nelson told the police.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Interesting and rather hope
fulnews: The heads of six Western Eu
ropean states France, West Ger
many. Italy, Belgium, The Neth
erlands and Luxembourg an
nounce they have reached agree
ments on customs ana atomic re
c,f?c i&fr5- V"t "other
u--in.i. .. .Ii.,.. ii,... 14 millions for equipment now on
sources treaties. The treaties call j ended today with a farewell flight
upon the six nations to pool their to the South Pole,
economies in a single powerful cus-1 A U. S Air Force Globemaster
tnms union snd to merge their roared off the ict runway at this
atomic resources. j antarctic base to parachute last-
The idea is to make it as easy minute supplies to the IS Amer
for these nations to trade with ' jeans manning the scientific out
each other as it is for our Amer- po,t ,t the bottom of the world.
ican states to trade with each oth-
Why is that hopeful
It's always hopeful when nations
gt together to talk PEACEFUL
TRADE instead of war.
More interesting news:
Knmneera have struck oil
southwestern France maybe in
quantities sufficient to meet half
of France s future needs
r ranees tuture neeas.
That is more important to France
(Continued on Paje 4 CoL 4)
The Weather
Decrease. CHjvdiness and shew-
er activity tonight. Partly cleudy
Friday. Ceeier tonianT.
Hiehett tamp, last 34 hours .
fc.wiT romp. ia - mww. .
Highest tamp, any Fab. 7
Lewest temp, eny Feb. :.-. '
,.,,. i... is k,r. 41
Precis! from Feb. 1 1 '-7
Precip. from Sept. 1
Dtfic. from Soot. I
Sunset tonight. I: SI p.m.
Sunrise) tomorrow. Ml a.m.
build the high dam. It would flood
out the sues of the three low
dams, one of which is under con
struction. Elmer McClure, master of the
Oregon State Grange, declared
that the difference in power out
put between the high dam and
the low dams would mean 10,000
additional jobs.
However, Robert F. Ball, Boise,
assistant to the president of Idaho
Power Co., argued that while the
high dam would produce 785.000
iiwwsiu oi aepenaaoie power.
compared with 767.000 bv the low.
er dams, the high dam would cost
399 million dollars, and the low
dams 133 millions.
"So," Ball said, "for only- an
extra 18.000 kilowatts 'you would
spend an extra quarter of a billion
dollars of public funds. In our
three low dams, the public isn't
asKea to contribute any money,
,nT,. j f,omPny would Py 10 j
miUion dollars a year in taxes, in-
eluding one million to the state of
Oregon."
Ball said the company already
has spent 16 $ million dollars on
the Brownlee Dam. the first of
order.
Brownlee, ht said, now is one
third finished, and win be com
pleted by late next year.
He said preliminary work now
is being done on the Oxbow sua.
James T. Marr, secretary of the
National Hells Canyon Assn. and
executive secretary of the AFL-
iiu state Labor council, said the
company is acting illegally in
building the low dams without a
state license. It applied for a li-
(Continued on Paga 1. CoL SI
Missing Man
Finds Way Out
To Logging Camp
Hugh Sisk, Northwest Grove
Lane. Roseburg. missing in the
Reston Ridge area since Tuesday,
walked into a coast logging opera
tion near Myrtle Point this morn
ing aa a major search effort was
set to get underway.
Mrs. Sisk told the News-Review
this morning that she had receiv
ed a call from the McMannua Log
ging Co., North Bend, telling her
mat ner nusoana naa waned into
one of their camps off the Myrtle
Point access road. Mrs. Sisk add
ed that the logging company re
ported ner nusoana was "co d.
hungry and tired, but otherwise
all right." They estimated to her
that Sisk had walked 17 miles to
reach their camp.
Mrs. Sisk added that she be
came worried when her husband
didn t come home Tuesday night.
I knew he was an experienced
woodsman, she said, "but he day night at 6:30 in Drain High
didn t have a flashlight or gua or school. Slides on industrial arts
anything. activities will be shown.
Mrs. Sisk called the state police I Shop teachers attending from
Wednesday to report her husband : Roseburg High School will be:
as missing on the Reston Ridge ' Frank France, mechanical draw
area. She said that her husband ! ing: William Mattson, crafts: Dale
had gone into the area to search Lindsey. metals: Gunnar Roos.
for some old car motors with two
f.; i
,n. oth.r (wn (indjn. eir wsy
, im ,he Melr05e ,rel Den..tn
Under, Mri. sisk ,,.d
1 A group of volunteers started to
hunt for Sisk W ednesday afternoon,
i, he ,,. hce ljd lnd t.,e
phoned at 12:30 . m, today to ,ly
,hey were ,oing lookin(! on ,e
CaU,n, Trajl routa after ailure
,0 ..Bet
in by way of Reston
Ridge.
Sheriff Ira C. Bvrd said today
that arrangements were beingjorate Washington's birthday. Mail
made to start a major search for will be distributed to post office
Sisk when word was received that boxes, collected and dispatched,
he had been found. as usual Carstens said.
Operation Deep Freeze II
Ends With Farewell Flight
To The South Pole Thursday
MCMURDO SOUND, Antarctica
u Operation Deep Freeze II
The flight wound up man's big
gest assault to date on this ice
bound continent.
,uno conunen,
Freeie. which ended last Janu-I.L" flu'ml at six science sta-.-.
ihi ih t.hihm.nt nf tions and this air base were near-
ary. mcluded the establishment of
mam bases at McMurdo and Lit- j aeientisU, technicians and
tie America V and exploration forfavy support personnel. They will
nih.p .n.ntifu. .i.iinn. it w a s uv. and work in their snow-buried
! described as the "biggest baseinu' through the long antarctic
building and aerial exploratory
mission ever mounted in . single
antarctic expedition."
( 0p,rion Deep FreeIt n
ssw
the work fan out to set up and
supply other bsses In the snowy lonely outposts,
wastes. Operation Deep Freeie At the South Pole, antarctic ex
Ill, expected to start next Octo-'plorer Paul Siple and IT ether
brr. will bring in supplies aid;
frh personnel to replace the
mfn ho will serve at the sta -
tions Uirougn the antarctic winter,
jn( operationa are being car-
nen oui as pan oi uie ubhii
States' role in the International
t Geophysical Year program.
Highlights of Operation Deep
Freeie II included the first air-
15 4 plane landing at the South Pole, ilished antarctic bases for the scHWkb Parker, arrested Wednes
4.t the first parachute jump to t a e entifie study. The IGY program Idav. is charged with non support.
( poie ana tne ronstrucuoa oi uie,
first village there.
Established 1873
24
Property Tax
GOP Members
Force Vote
On Measure
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
C 1 PU .. t - .1-1.
property tax succeeded Thursday i
in forcing the Senate Taxation
Committee to bring to the floor a
bill that would permanently take
the state out of the property tax
field.
The vote was 20-9. AU IS Repub-1
licans supported the move, and
five Democrats Joined them
The motion to take the bill away
from the committee was made by
Sen. Warren Gill (R). Lebanon,
one of the authors of the bill. The
bill must be brought to the Sen
ate lloor lhursdav afternoon.
The Senate's action marks the!
first time in years that either
house has taken a bill away from '
a committee,
The action followed a hearing
by the Senate Tax Committee on
the bill. The committees four
nnm'ii vii ,., . n.,k
lican move to recommend passage t
of the bill. The three Rep jblicans I
.?.". c?.mm"te? supported it-
uiu toia tne senate that it isl
fair, eouitabl and nroner" fo :
take the state out of the oroDertv !
tax field. He added that the Sen
ate should express itself before
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 2)
Future Farmer
Student Banquet
Slated Tonight
Parents of students in the Future
Farmers of America, a Roseburg'
High School club, will be honored
tonight at a banquet of the organ-
ization.
The banquet wUI be held at 6:45
at the fairgrounds pavilion. Includ
ed on the program will be presen
tation of two Safeway awards
IP0"' activities, conferring ofuiesday, all involving light or mod
honorary degrees, a movie entitled
"That Inspiring Task." and pres
entation of an award to the out
standing senior.
Roseburg High School shop
t,.hr. mill itnt . rfmnor Fri.
general shop: Robert Moldenhau-
er, woodworking: Russel Madsen,
auto mechanics and Homer Grow,
agriculture.
No City Or Rural Mail
Delivery Slated Friday
No city or rural delivery of mail
is scheduled rriday, Llyde W. Car-
stens, Roseburg postmaster, an-
i nounced.
I The postal service will commem-
"This has been a very happy
operation," said Rear Adm.
George J. Dufek. "I couldn't be
more pleased.
Dufek, the silver-haired com
mander of the Navy task force
in the antarctic, plans to fly to
new Zealand tomorrow. He
scheduled to be in Washington!
March 1$.
The second year of Operation
ueep freeze closed with Dufek s
tl,k ,telmjng for
,
winter nigni.
Darkness soon will cloak t h e
'continent. Temperatures will sink
far below sero. Shrieking winds
: and stinging snow will lash the
men will attempt to be the first
to survive a winter there. Siple
1 expects temperatures
10 ae -
grees Below aero.
Scientists at all the scattered
diki wiu siuay weatner condl-
' tions, movements and structure
1 of ice and local phenomena aa
part of the IGY program.
Other nations also have estsb-
Begins ntticiauy in July and coo-
unuoa thrauah December iu
ROSEIURG,
Salaries Pegged
For Supervisors
By School Board
The Roseburg School District No.
4 school board agreed that all su
pervisors and principals should re
ceive a salary higher than the
highest paid teacher under them
al a special meeting Wednesday
night.
School Supt. M. C. Deller said
'the "salaries were pegged to the
I worth of position" by the board
which reached its settlement after
four years of study and plan-
ning of trying to place teachers
ana supervisors on . salary ached-
me.
In other business the board voted ;
to table all requests for cafeterias.
multi-purpose rooms, etc., Deller
said, until a time when the board
is prepared to submit 1 proposi
tion to th votera that would make
sucn requests possible. He add-
ni mat we vuaiu lias tv tiiuw Uie
district's classroom needs are tak
en care of first. The action was
taken in answer to a petition pre-
sented by the Hucrest PTA at the
Fe,b- ls mtin , asking that a
c,'ete.M Pu " Hucrest
t. I a ,.. a-...
,. z. "'r, , l"'
Hayslip. Tuft and Hewlett as archt-
te . lT . ?t elementary
school that will be built in West
Roseburg, Deller stated.
Deller added that the board's
Fagot
regular March 13 meeting wail0"" taken in the design and han-
changed to avoid spring vacation.
The date set was March 8, Deller
said, when the board will consider
filling teaching positions for the
1957-58 school year. Deller pointed
out that Oregon law requires ac
tion of this type by school beard
before March IS.
State Police
1 1 TL...
j IXepUIT I 11X66
i .
I M inOf ACCIuefif S
Three separate
accidents were
reported by the state police Wed-
w.rf.
erate property damage.
The police located a car in the
ditch along the North Umpqua
Highway seven miles east of Rose
burg Wednesday afternoon. They
stated the car was registered to
Paul Ingle, 1450 SE Mill St., Rose
burg, and that the driver had left
the car.
The vehicle was apparently go
ing west, the police .said, and re
ceived light front end damage
when it went down a bank.
A second accident occurred near
Myrtle Creek on U.S. Highway 09
at 7 p.m., the police reported. The
lead car in a group of three south
bound cars, driven by Mrs.
Gladys Clementine Towns, Gatley
Route, Myrtle Creek, stopped to
turn left into a driveway, state po
lice said.
A second car, driven by Lloyd
Anthony Wilson, Myrtle Creek,
halted behind it, police added, but
a third vehicle, driven by William
Fred Ludwig, Myrtle Creek, fad
ed to stop in time. He rammed
into the rear end of Wilson's car.
police said, causing it to ram into
the rear end of Mrs, Town s ve
hicle. Police said the vehicles received
front and rear end damages and
that Ludwig was cited for follow-
in. ,i.i
In a third accident about 11:30
n m a cr rfnv.n h Bnh.rl R.k.
er Hodges, 35, Eugene, sideswiped
a light standard on U.S. Highway
90 at the Fairgrounds interchange.
state police reported. They said
Hodges was driving north when his
car struck a blinker light.
50 Pounds Of Airmail
Leave Roseburg Daily
An average of 50 pounds of sir-
I mail leaves Rnsehun -h H.v
is,civrf. w r.r.i... "....,..,.,'
'd in ' ,,,7
"V5:L? i.?
day.
Tti Krrnt
i ne nrsi cross-country airmail
flight loft n t. ,., i in
flignt left San francisco at 4.30
I g It
23, an elapsed time of more than
n h,r. nn,n.r,n. ..u .i .
23 hours, comparing with about day by si vine mOTe- narkmg $,'ra-M4' " a county contribu
eight hours for the flieht today. l.y."y "v.'n. J"0"!. " PrK'n tl0 o( l205.ll. The original budg
Th. Pn.l hM
fly one and a half billion pieces,.., ov.rlooked b Hnv,r, WJL
l5. .u. y" j.
June 30 the highest yearly total
in nistory,
NYBIRO CONVICTED
Richard L. Nvberg. 32. Star
Route, Winston, wss found guilty
of cashing a check with insuffi-
cient funds to cover in district
I court Wednesday. He was sentenc
il in vi a.r. ,. ,k. Iinuilas
County jail by DisL Judge Warren
Woodruff.
PRELIMINARY HEARINO
A district court preliminary hear
ing was set for 3 p m. Mondav for
Jam II Prkp 91 V.kima
Dist. J1 Warren Woodruff set
I k.,i ti i.o
OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1957
Bill u
U.S. Prepared
To Use Atomic
Blasts In Air
(See story also pas T.)
WASHINGTON 141 The United
States is prepared to use atomic
explosiona high in the air to blast
down any attacking enemy bomb
ers. The Defense Department dis
closed isst night not only that
atomic rockets have been devel
oped for that Duroose. but that
they have been made available to
air defense forces in this country.
The present rockets are design-
ad for firing fror jet fighter-inter-
ceptors. Nuclear weapons are to
be provided later for ground firing
from antiaircraft defense positions.
The department sought to mini
mize the possible danger from the
rockets, both in storage near cit
ies ana in use high in the air.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
said the weapons "provide by far
we most etiecuve lorm of defense
against air attack." He said they
can "destroy aircraft within a
considerable distance from the
point of burst," meaning no direct
hit or near miss is necessary.
In ita unprecedented disclosure
of a military secret, the govern
ment sought to forestall anxiety
uy saying wai:
1. "Elaborate precautions have
uiuiB oi uie weapons to minimize
the possibility of accident.
2. Tests made by the Atomic
Energy Commission confirm that
"the possibility of any nuclear ex
plosion occurring either by impact
i apparently somewing like a mis
sile falling off a truck or accident
ally dropping from a plane) or fir
is virtually nonexistent.
3. Stored weapons don't emit
dangerous raaiauon io) persona uv
ing nearby or passing locations
where weapons are located.
4. If the weapons must someday
be used against enemy bombers.
hioh .itii,, iha, .i. , .
? . v? t"T
eny on uie ground would not be in
danger from blast, heat or radia
tion. The Pentagon recalled that a
high-altitude test of a nuclear ex
plosion waa made in 1955 at the
Nevada Proving Grounds and that
no damage or injury resulted.
Bonneville Lets
Two Contracts
Bonneville Power Administration
today announced award of two con
tracts totaling 177,138 to complete
construction of new facilities serv
ing growing Southwest Oregon pow
er loads.
An award of 155,280 went to Sig
Andersson, North Bend, for con
struction of the Fairview substa
tion control house and water sys
tem seven miles east of Coquiile,
while Murray Bros. Construction,
Inc., Bend, received a $21,858 con
tract for clearing right-of-way and
construction of access roads be
tween McKinley and the substation.
Contractors will have 210 davs
and 110 days, respectively, to com
plete tne two projects.
Energization of the Alvey-Rest-
on-Fairview 230.000 volt transmis-
? f1 """"on lacuities
lt in 1957 will provide added
"P,0.".'?1" ,ou,hwert Oregon
".
Federal, State, County
Offices Plan To Close
Federal, state and county offices
will be closed Friday in observance
01 Washington birthday.
The state offices closure is cou
pled with a "maybe." Workers
said here today there Is a pos
sibility orders to remain open
L. . t . 1 . , I
'""'" " ".vca irom aaiem, so
touay wont goes on as usual
Employes. Federal offices, includ-
ling the post office, will close.
M-llUB snu ACnOOII Will nOl CIOSC.
, wuhmatM,', k.-tk.i.u k.
' """'ogion birthday may be con-
; sldertd , noud . , . m.,ma.
Banks and schools will not close,
The motormg public' wUlh.Ua,
' t . :.l.hr,7. .1! hni.
opportunity to celebrate the holi-
" "'"". Wl" " . " i
ttei meters out of habit.
, Fir.mtn Art Kill. 4
To Kwtll Kool Fir
The Kats (tamer Klub's "chief
" Jennny Huddlesten nettfied
I Rasebwr. police and fire depart-
- l menfs at 1:51 a.m. today that he
smollod smoke in his apartment
at U4S SE Cats Ave.
It turned out to bo a "keel"
fire. The Rosobwrf fire depart
ment said later that a sawdust
furnace was clogged, sauting the
smoke. The police reported
c hot icing the building later, about
) a.m., and finding all In order.
They aloe reported thet Huddle
00 mejuM to bof-1 9r KH
BUflWtD tF ttfrtr tfQl9k
Of Committee
Dimick's Blast
On Dog Catcher
Draws Protest
Sen. Dan Dimick's blast at Doug
las County's dog catcher Wednes
day brought about muttered pro
tests in the courthouse and a meet
ing of the dog control board with
members of the county court to
day.
The senator, just prior to Senate
passage of his bill to give dogs
a five-day reprieve before they
can be put to death, told his fel
low solons the Douglas County dog
catcher "is something of a sad
ist." County employes took a "he had
no right to say that" attitude when
they learned about Dimick's
charge. Bob Hall, county dog
catcher, said. "I'd like to know
where the aenator gets his infor
mation.
Hall went on to explain, "We
have never destroyed a dog be
longing to someone without that
owner knowing about it. The only
dogs killed immediately are those
touna Killing sneep.
"To the best of our knowledge.
no other county picks up stray
dogs upon request as we do here
in Douglas County. We go all over
the county to fill requests to pick
up straya and destroy them. I only
carry out orders given to me and
do not set policy."
The policy makers supervis
ors of the County Dog Control Dis
trict are meeting today in a
session believed to be a result of
Dimick's proposed state law, if not
because of the statements he made
before the Senate vote waa taken.
Dimick's bill provides that dogs
be impounded for five days before
being executed and that owners
would have to pay board bills for
impounded dogs.
Evaluation Group
Receives Reports
Subcommittee of the Roseburg
School Evaluation Steering Com
mittee made reports, at a meet
ing Wednesday night, on faculty
and achievement, Elliot Motschen
bacher, information director for
the group, said.
Mrs. William Green, chairman
of the subcommittee on achieve
ment, reported that members have
been assigned to determine vari
ous achievements in senior and
junior high schools and elementary
scnoois.
She said a conference with Ar
thur C. Judd, assistant superin
tendent of schools, revealed that
each student is given periodical
I Q. testa and achievement tests
every year. It la hoped that when
the final report is made it will de
termine how students in the Rose
burg school district compare with
other districts in achievement, she
said.
Bruce Hamilton, chairman of the
faculty subcommittee, reported
that information requested, in a
questionnaire prepared by the eval
uation committee, will come pri
marily from: interviews with ad
ministrators, printed material
from the state, questionnaires sent
to administrators and teachera
and salary schedule and compari
son with other aslarles.
Douglas Public Assistance
Budget Is Given Approval
By Commission Wednesday
The Douglas County public as -
sistance budget for 1KS7-M was ap -
proved Wednesday night by the
County Public Welfare Commis-
sion. The total budget comes to
$1,075,200, with the county's por-
tion to be $210,357.
Also aouroved at the commis -
S VrH'
1 """" bt 956-" or
,,.. .. ,iHh.
et provided for a county snare or
$196,977. The revised budget leaves
a balance of $8. $.34 additional coun
ty money needed. Collections have
amounted to $3,341 which brings
the total additional portion to $5,
493.
I no rviKn innuii duukoi nil
been increased to provide emer
gency assistance to an average oi
600 families, according to Mrs.
Lois Baker, administrator. In Jan
uary $20,315 was spent in the gen
eral assistance category. To pro
vide for the continuing needs
through the quarter ending Msrch
31, Mrs. Baker said, it was neces
sary to approve additional funds
in this eatenory. This boost came1 State Civil Service salary plant
to $26.n with an additional JZ.
000 ui that category needed for
meaicsi care.
i, ..j - ,k. ....
It was
that Social Security grants to date
PRICE 5
Morgan Says
Traction Co.
Profits Larqe
PORTLAND I The state pub
lic utilities commissioner, contin
uing to clash with the Portland
Traction Co., presented figures
Wednesday intended to prove the
firm had big profits.
Commissioner Howard Morgan
said the profits averaged more
than 20 per cent annually from
1950 through 1956.
He introduced the figures as a
hearing ended on whether the
company should restore snuttie
bus service between west side
Portland and its suburban trolley
linea on the east side of Portland.
The company cut off the ahuttle-
bus service liec. 31.
Morgan earlier ordered the
service restored, nut a circuit
court judge ruled that order pre
mature, since hearings on tne
matter had not ended.
Morgan is not expected to again
issue the order at once. Attorneys
were given five days more to sub
mit brieis.
Morgan aaid the figures on prof
its were computed by his staff
from monthly reports oi tne com
pany.
The firm twice haa attempted
to halt passenger service on the
trolley runs, wnne retaining
freight service. Ufliciais saia tne
(Continued on Page 1 Col. 8)
SP Roundhouse
1$ Closed Here;
Diesels Blamed
One of Roseburg's landmarks,
the Southern Pacific roundhouse,
was closed permanently this week.
The announcement was made to
day by L. R. Smith, superintend
ent of the Portland Division.
He said the roundhouse was clos
ed because of the "dieselization'
of power on the SP. He said it was
in no way peculiar to KoseDurg.
The closure affects eight employ
es, including a foreman, binitn
said they were expected to be ab
sorbed elsewhere in the system.
Smith explained that increased
efficiency of diesel has resulted in
the re-arranging of runs, pooling of
power and closure of roundhouses
at other intermediate points
throughout the West and South
west. He said the locomotives are
able to make much longer runs
without service than steam engines.
He continued that the improved
performance of diesel locomotives
makes it possible to service them
in Eugene and Ashland for the
Siskivou runs.
The future or the building itseu
is uncertain. William Peebles, as
sistant freight and passenger
agent, said further utilization of
the property is being studied, but
no definite decisions have been
made.
DRAWN FOR JURY DUTY
Four additional names have been
drawn aa prospective circuit court
jurors to report Mondsy.
Notified that they must report
were Delia Reinhart, Hnseburg;
Arthur E. Bennett, Sutherlm; Mil
dred Horn, Roseburg, and Max K.
Dodd, Yoncalla.
. have remained fairly static but
1 that the medical care program
has increased noticeably. Part of
the medicsl increase Is laid to the
rise in the number of persons
needing nursing rare,
An increasing number of chil-
1 dren need services and fnter care.
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dren during January. Of these, 74 B'"' ,wh,en B.illiea service aa
received foster home care. administrator ends Thursday Lu-
Mrs. Baker said more children'"' ' hv headquarter, here,
continue to need services and fos- .The commission said it wiU be
ter home care and said the staff at least a few days before . per
, uru.n. ini.r.! nrnni in nil msnent administrator is appoint-
I the Welfare I'ommmior staff
- 1 learn more about the care pro
gram, tne servicea u provides ina
i oil mimi wmi. li can ur. maiia
foster parents.
Mrs. Baker reviewea tne (.ounty
Administrators meeting held
Portland last week. She said budg
- let problems and questions were
discussed snd nursing home, medi
cal care and federal legislation
were presented for the administra
tors. During the Portland session.
- 'were presented ny i nines lerry.
! Civil Service Commission director,
inn .ni-s argarPi nmw. ai.ir
I...V.I.. vi. i. , ...
1 sonnel director.
Eisenhower
Says Sanction
Only Choice
Expresses Hope That
Israel Will Withdraw
Troops From Egypt
JERUSALEM l Israel's re
ply to President Eisenhower is aa
appeal for further negotiations, in
formed sources reported Thurs
day. Premier David Ben-Gurion an
nounced that he would spell out
his reply in an address to the
Israeli Knesset (Parliament).
The President declared Wed
nesday night that the United Na
tions naa no choice nut to put
pressure on Israel to obtain her
withdrawal from Gaza and the
Gulf of Aqaba areas.
The President's statement was
regarded as a support for U. N.
sanctions against Israel. Further,
the President sent another per
sonal message to Ben-Gurion urg
ing Israel's withdrawal.
The cabinet discussed these de
velopments Thursday, and Ben-
uurion held separate conferences
with leading officials, including
the Army chief of staff, Maj. Gen.
Moshe Dayan.
Abba Ehan, Israeli ambassador
who flew from Washington to dis
cuss his negotiations with Secere
tary of Slate Dulles, attended the
cabinet meeting and was reported
afterward to have been instructed
to fly back to the United States
with a set of new proposals,
Israel has been holding out
against pulling back her troops
unless she gets firm guarantees
that Egypt will not bar Israel's
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Cost Of Living
Hits New Record
During January
WASHINGTON I The gov
ernment Thursday reported living
costs rose to a new record level
in January for the fifth consecu
tive month.
The boost means at least a
penny-an-hour pay boost for about
1,400,000 workera in the auto, air
craft and farm equipment indus
tries. Their labor contracts have
clausea gearing pay to the gov
ernment index.
I 1 he new Index, for mid-January ,
showed a rise of two-tenths of one
f per cent from mid - December.
This brought the Index to 118.2 per
cent of the 1947-19 average. It
thus now takes $11.82 to buy what
could be purchased fur a $10 bill
in the 1947-49 era.
Ewan Clague, labor statistics
commissioner, told newsmen in
appraising the living cost situa
tion:
'I'd say not much change com
ing in February. There seem to
be more factors nudging upward
than downward. I think it's going
to keep on creeping like this."
The record January living cost
level is 3.1 per cent higher than a
year ago. This compares with new
factory worker earning data put
out Thursday showing a 4 per cent
earnings rise in January over a
year ago, giving the worker a 1
per cent break.
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, UOIiar-r atterSOn
Mill To Continue
The Dollar - Patterson Lumber
Co. of Glendale which was sched
uled to close r riday will continue
to operate with a reduced crew,
Douglas Dollar, president of the
company, announced.
Present plans call for the mill
to operate with a crew of approxi
mately u employes who have the
highest seniority with the company.
Dollar said. The mill will continue
to run a double shift.
The company announced, approx
imately one month ago, that the
mill would close because of a poor
lumber market, high stumpage
prices and other problems. Dollar
said. Signs stating the mill would
close were put up when the an
nouncement was made. The signs
were taken down Tuesday night.
The mill employes 130 men when
a full crew is working, Dollar
said.
Barney Lucas N.m.d
Liquor Administrator
PORTLAND (1 The new Ore
eon Liquor Control Commission
Wednesday named one of its own
members acting administrator.
He is Barney Lucas, Gearhart,
who will take over from W. II.
to ' . .
- 1 tnree commissioners, re-
(.muim u w
ui -., - .....
tbey will complete an inventory of
I propeny rrumjr.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
i
Russia's phony "peocg"
proposals to U.S.A. ! Co. may
t .:.-,
oej Bimpi
ply summsrixed tout.
"Do os wo My, not os wo 4f,"
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