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2 The New-Reviw, Roieburg, Ore. Mon. July 8, 1957 European Heat Wave Toll Set At 130; Cooling Seen LONDON Wl Europe's known heat wave deaths soared to 130 ' Monday. j Temperatures dropped a bit In , Norinern turope, oui naiy an lied in the hottest weather there since World War II. Some read ings were around 100 degrees. Fifteen inmates died in a night of horror at a home for the aged in Venice. All were elderly and under treatment for heart ail ments or other Infirmities. A 1 1 hut two were women. The deaths were among 38 in Italy blamed on the heat. In the Milan industrial area, factories shut down at noon for four hours as an emergency meas ure. Bathers Succumb About 20 persons died in Aus tria Sunday while bathing. Count less others collapsed. In down town Vienna a young woman, ap parently heat-stricken, was rushed to a lirst aid station after dis robing on the street. Budapest was short of water. Supplies failed entirely in some higher parts of the Hungarian capital. West Germany reported seven heat stroke deaths and several drownings in the last few days. A severe thunderstorm ended the hot spell in Berlin, but smashed windows and blew the roofs off some houses. One per son was killed and nine were in jured. Britain Gats Storms Thunderstorms have punctuated the heat wave in Britain, where at least five persons died in the hot weather. At Lulworlh Cove, a south coast beauty spot, rains softened the cliff face and sent hundreds of tons of rock tumbling on a crowd' ed beach. More than 100 holiday, makers were injured. Rains also fell on Paris, where seven deaths from heat stroke and 18 drownings have been re ported in 10 days. The tempera ture there sank to 76. Eleven deaths were reported in Belgium and 15 in me Ketner- lands, most of them from drown ing. Five drowned in iVorway. Boy Scouts' Jamboree City Awaits Invasion Of 60,000 VALLEY FORGE, Pa. W Jam boree City, a man-made tempo rary community built for Boy Scouts only, is ready today for the greatest gathering of Ameri can youth in the nation s nisiory. The Scout troops begin moving in Tuesday on the hallowed, his toric rolling hills made famous by George Washington's Revolution ary War army. Nearly 60,000 Boy Scouts and their adult leaders, ready and an xious to show off in-the-ficld scout ing accomplishments, pour into this city of 25.000 tenls in the next three days. -On Friday the day-and-night program of the fourth National Jamboree officially be gins. It ends July 18. The 3,000-acre canvas city, when fully occupied, will become Penn sylvania's 16th largest city. Jamboree City has everything for comfortable living and camping. Facilities Providtd Besides the tents the sleep ing ones hold two Scouts each there are roads and hospitals, wa ter, power and telephone lines, post offices, snack bars, an inter camp bus line and a daily camp newspaper. O. B. Evcnson. responsible for stocking the jamboree witli pro visions, says, "Never in rroderu limes, even by the military, have 60,000 camped in one place and in a totally temporary city." The statistics of operation are staggering. For instance: Eight miles of pipe carry Hi Portland Man Held In Fatal Stabbing PORTLAND Wl A 54-year-old Portland man was held without hail Monday as police investigated the fatal stabbing of I.uther M Kidin, 37, in a North Side home Sunday. Elton Campbell was arrested when police found a pair of blood stained trousers at his home. Fred Gunter, a friend of the victim, told police he heard a scream for help and broke down Kidin's door. Inside, Gunter said, he found Campbell with a knife in his hand and disarmed him by beating him with a broom. Police said Gunter told them the men had argued over a S3 debt. million gallons of water daily . . . 509,000 eggs will be con-umed. washed down by 559,252 quarts of milk . . . 300 tons of charcoal briquets will be burned in cooking , . . And 9'i million pieces of paper goods cups, plates, spoons, nap kins will he used in the eating. The Scouts each contribute $50 to the gigantic food bill. Embassy Closures Follow Peron Feud BUENOS AIRES in Argentina and Venezuela closed their embas sies in each other's capitals today in a feud over ousted dictator Juan D. I'eron's activities in Ven ezuela. Increasingly bitter exchanges built up over a week to the open break in relations between the two countries, located at opposite ends of the South American continent. The Argentine ambassador to Caracas said on his way home that the Venezuelan government had begun- a mass roundup of Ar gentines in Caracas opposed to I'cron. Argentina charged Venezuela was permitting Peron to master mind a campaign of subversion and terror against Provisional President Pedro Aramburu's gov ernment from his exile in Cara cas. Aramburu charged Peron and his followers have "woven a tremendous intrigue around Vene zuelan authorities. Venezuela alleged Argentine agents had plqtted to kill political refugees in that country. Foreign Minister Jose Loreto Ansmendi later asserted the rupture was provoked by the Argentine am bassador in Caracas, Gen. Carlos Toranzo Montero, because he had been refused an audience with Venezuelan President Marcos Perez Jimenez. Storms Follow Heat In Parts Of U. S. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More hot and showery weather, with storms in some areas, was the outlook for most of the country today. It was a muggy night in many areas after yesterday's hot and humid weather but a little cooling appeared in sight for some re gions. Thunderstorms broke during the night and early morning in the warm, humid air pushing north ward over the upper Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes re gion. Severe storms hit some areas. Hail and heavy showers were reported from eastern Ne braska through southern Minne sota and northern Iowa. Wind gusts up to 81 m.p.h. lash ed Grand Island, Neb. Damaging wind and hail storms also struck areas in Michigan. Severe weath er warnings were posted through out the early morning, with the end indicated as cooler air from the Plains displaces the humid air in the upper Mississippi Val ley. A warming trend was reported In most areas east of the Missis sippi Valley, with highest temper atures in the steamy air in the Great Lakes region. Loaded Rifle Find Lands Two In Jail Stopped Sunday night for a traf fic violation, a 19-year-old Glide resident and 15-year-old Roseburg boy found themselves in jail after a sawed-off rifle was found in their car. Roseburg police had stopped the pair when they were found driving the wong way on Jackson Street. First they cited the driver, Jeff Swake of Glide, for not having a valid operator's license, and then took both to jail after discover ing the weapon under the front seat of the car. Police reported that the weapon was a .22 ca iber single shot rule which had been cut to an overall length of iust under 15 inches. They said (he youths claimed they had it loaded for "protection." Swake was charged with vagran cy and lodged in the city jail. The 15-year-old was booked for violating the city s curfew law and was taken to the county jail pend ing disposition of the case. Sutherlin Infant Girl Dies In Local Hospital Penny Jean Warren, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Warren, Sutherlin, died Sunday in a local hospital. Surviving besides her parents are three brothers, Kenneth, Roy and Gregory, all of Sutherlin; a sister, Wendy, Sutherlin; her pa ternal grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Johnson, Eugene; and her mater nal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Ommert, Milwaukee, Ore. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Roseburg Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Albert Kribs of the Sutherlin Christian Church will of ficiate. The Chapel of the Roses is in charge of- the arrangements. Pile Of Hay In Barn Burned; Building Saved TIGARD ii Fire destroyed a pile of hay inside a big barn west of here Sunday night, but fast work by Beaverton and Tual atin firemen prevented serious damage to the 80-foot-long build ing. Firemen hooked their pump em into an irrigation system to get water onto the blaze quickly. The fire was at the Baggenstos brothers potato farm on Bend Road. Crowd Sees Jumper Fall To Death As 'Chute Fails YOHKTON, Snsk. W Flying Officer Ronald Gienow, 28, fell to his death Sunday before the eyes of thousands attending a Kinds men Club regatta. His parachute failed to open during a demon stration jump. Gienow, an instructor at the Moose Jaw Royal Canadian Air Force station, jumped from 5.000 feet and landed in a field. It was his 74th jump since joining the force 10 years ago. A friend of the flier said that shortly before going up Gienow told him he was using a new 28 foot parachute with a 24-foot emergency chute recently pur chased, lie said he did not trust the manufacturer's packing and repacked the 'chutes himself, the friend reported. MlMOHIll lllll F0I INIKMINt Willi MID IUHINI 1HI Will INDINI IUU I, m roa thi rouowiHt t GARDEN OF COMMUNION Srh F'l,n Slfi Roseburg Memorial Gardens j Operating Car Parts Stolen From Automobile Roseburg's car parts thieves are going beyond (he hulicap and ac cessory stage. The latest activity was reported bv Mildred M. Sim mons. 955 SE Mill St., who told Roseburg police that upon re turning from vacation she dis covered that the generator, fan belt and one tail light had been removed from her car parked in front of her house. Doom CJ 'Dam' Bill Predicted WASHINGTON in One spon sor concedes that only a "mira cle" will save Hells Canyon Dam legislation from burial Wednesday in a House Interior Committee pigeonhole. Republican opponents are con fident they will be able, with some lielp from Democrats, 10 kill bills which would authorize a high federal dam in the Snake River bordering Idaho and Ore gon. Rep. Gracie Pfost (D-Idaho), sponsor of one Hells Canyon bill, told a newsmen she guessed a "miracle" would be necessary to revive chances for the half-billion dollar project, which would flood sites of three Idaho Power Co. dams. Rep. Miller (Neb), ranking Re republican on the committee, ex pressed confidence that opponents could muster more than enough strength to table all Hells Canyon bills, including one which was passed by the Senate last month. Enacting Clause Out The several pending Hells Can yon measures appeared doomef iast week when a subcommittee struck the enacting clause from the Pfost bill and reported it to the parent Interior Committee. The vote was 15-12. Declaring "we've got it whipped," Miller told a newsman later the Republicans would pick up one or two additional votes in the full committees. The subcom mittee has 29 members; the full committee, 31. Mrs. Pfost apparently wis bas ing her hopes for a "miracle" on the possibility of vote switching when the committee acts Wednes day. Two Southern Democrats- Heps. Shuford (NO and Ha ev (Fla) voted with the subcommit tee's 13 Republicans last week. nep. rowell (U-ny) was absent. Ex-Oregon Sailor Dies Of Head Hurts BAINBRIDGE, Md. I The grandparents of an Illinois sailor who died here last Thursday have been notified that he died of head injuries. Seaman William A. Holthausen. 18, of Joliet, 111., collapsed and died last Thursday just after he had been swimming in the pool of the Naval Training Center here. A tentative ruling of a heart attack was not confirmed by an autopsy performed Friday, and a medical spokesman here said the Navy was seeking additional post mortem evidence. The boy's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Holthausen, re ported from Joliet Sunday night that they received a notice that the seaman died of head injuries suffered in the collapse. Young Holthausen had been aboard the aircraft carrier Can berra until March, when he was transferred to the Naval Dental School here. His father, Oscar, is believed to be living in Oregon, where he and the boy operated a bakery before the younger man enlisted in January, 1056. William Holthausen was reared by his grandparents and educated in Joliet. Sin.qer Pat Boone Ducks Scalping By Enthusiasts FRANKFORT, Ky. in Singer Pat Boone came close to a tie scalping Sunday. Boone, cast in the movie "April Love" being filmed at nearby Lex ington, came here to pay respects at the grave of his great, great, great, great grandfather pioneer Daniel Boone. As singer Boone addressed a crowd of about 1,000, an overeager fan with a yen for souvenirs step ped forward with a razor. A state police detective intervened in time to get a cut hand in the process. New England Vacation Site Seen For President WASHINGTON in The While House indicated Monday that President F.isenhowcr has picked a vacation site, possibly in a New hnglnnd area. "I think I know where the Pies ident will go and I hope to be able In make an announcement soon, James C. Ilagerty, press secre tary, told a news conference. He said that Secret Service agents have been checking "quite a lot of places" in the Cape Cod, Mass., vicinity. As for the liming of the Presi dent's vacation. Ilagerty said he still had no information oo that. Roseburg Man Elected At Christian Convention Tl'HNKR UP Harold Johnson Jr., Kugene, was installed Sunday as president of the Oregon Christ ian convention. Other new officers elected at the annual meeting: The Rev. Harold Lyman, Salem, first vice president; Mrs. Blewford Osburn, Lebanon, second vice president; George Knox, Roseburg, record er; K.dward Dewees. Cohurg, manager, and Lyle Mosler, Port land, treasurer. Logging Transportation Tied In Idaho By Strike COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho in Thirty employees of the Lafferty Transportation Co. went on strike Monday and tied up all logging transportation on Lake Coeur d'A lene. The employees, members of the International Woodworkers o f America union, struck in support of contract demands, V. J. West, vice president of Lafferty, said the strike slops the hauling of logs to the Rutlcdge mill of Potlatch Forests Inc., the Ohio Match Co. and the Northwest Timber Co. Sutherlin Cafe Operator Dies Willi, w 'Rim Vodsl ca pr of the Knffep Knn fafo in Qih. erlin, died Sunday in a local hos pital. He was born June 10, 1888, in Santa Anna, Calif., and came to Oreeon 10 VPflr nan Hp hnH marla his home in Sutherlin for the past nine years. Surviving are. hi wifp Vora Sutherlin; two sons, Walter and Willis Jr., both of Los Angeles; a daughter, Miss Eva Vestal, Los Angeles. Funeral tprvippt will ha hnM in the Chapel of the Roses Wedncs- uay ai ix a.m. ine itev. urvei W. Prather of the Church of Christ. Oakland, will officiate. Vault in terment will follow in the Rose- Durg Memorial Gardens. British Plane Wreck Leads To Death Of Six SINGAPORE in Four persons were killed in the crash of a Brit ish jet fighter today and two oth ers died in the collision of a motor truck with a fire engine speeding to the crash. An RAF Venom on a training flight crashed into an airman's home1 at the Tengah air base near Singapore, killing the pilot and two women and a child in the house. The plane went down soon after taking off for a routine training Ilight. SENTENCED TO JAIL A 17-year-old Glide boy, charged with being drunk on a public street, was sentenced to serve two days in the county jail by Municipal Judge John liorn and was booked in on Saturday. The boy was nicked up bv city police last week and admitted drinking wine while attending a drive-in movie. .4 -TX Y Frvv, V t j V if if' . ' , f ft fc-'- jjl 1 f aU-A n A Iff .U' r- . d MliP- ? S fill .....'Si'..'. " ;'l-'s ft .if 5 w ; REPRESENTATIVES OF THREE PRESIDENTIAL ERAS A chipper Horry Truman grins happily as he poses in the new Truman Library at Independence, Mo., Saturday with distinguished visitors at dedication ceremonies. From left: Mrs. Truman; Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, widow of President Roosevelt; Chief Justice Earl Warren; former President Herbert Hoover; Basil O'Connor, president of the organization that collected money for the library, and Truman. (AP) . Thieves Swipe Wallet As Minister Preaches PORTLAND I - While the Rev. Charles E. Harlow was hold ing communion service Sunday, someone made off with his wallet and the $83.98 in it. The minister of the First Con gregational Church said the wal let was lifted from his coal, which he had left in the church office. Red Technology Threat To U.S, U0 Prexy Says LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. Ifl The president of the University of Oregon says Russia is threat ening U.S. technological suprem acy by using educational pro grams borrowed from the United States. Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, speak ing at the opening session of an industry education conference sponsored by the National Acad-1 cray ot Sciences and Hughes Aircraft Co., said education is "America's plowshare for culti vating and harvesting both ma terial and human resources." "In contrast," he said, "Russia is using education as a sword for achieving Communist goals." About 100 scientists, educators and industry representatives are attending the week-long confer ence. The purpose of the meeting is to find ways of improving science instruction in elementary and high schools as a long-range means of easing the shortage of scientists and engineers. ROCKET DISPLAYED NEW YORK Utt The Army artil lery's Sunday punch a 63-foot ballistic missile was set upright in Grand Central Terminal Sunday. The steel and aluminum missile, called the Redstone, will be on dis play for three weeks as a salute to the International Gcophvsical Year. Brush Fire Controlled West Of Klamath Falls KLAMATH FALLS IJPI A fire fought by 75 men was brought under control near here Saturday after It had spread over 60 acres of brush-covered hills. The blaze broke out about five miles west of here near the Oregon Tech campus. It burned for three hours. Rifle, Other Property Taken In House Burglary Burglars who entered the home of George Coatney on Carnes Road about five miles from Dixonville Thursday night made off with about S100 worth of property be fore they were frightened away. Extent of the loss was deter mined when the owners returned home and made a check of their belongings. They notified the sher iff's office that table knives, food stuffs, men's clothing and a .25-35 rifle had been taken. The burglary was discovered by a neighbor, Herman Steele, who said he had flushed prowlers away Thursday night and had discovered that the house had been entered in inves tigating the next day. Council To Open Bids Tonight On Sewer Bonds Bids on SSM.OOO in bonds for Roseburg's sewer improvement project will be opened tonight at the regular meeting of the City Council. With the exception of that busi ness, the agenda for the meeting is light. Scheduled is a partial pay- j ment on the paving program for ' V HfnlA n.wl ITninn ,iPBa. and possibly a report from the committee studying a joint sewer agreement among the city, coun ty and school board for a line ex tension to the new Eastwood School and county shops. Oklahomans To Picnic Sunday At Grants Pass The annual Southern Oregon Oklahoma picnic will be held at Cavemen's park in Grants Pass next Sunday, according to M r s. Neva Flood, Medford. She said barbecue, coffee and lemonade will be served, but pic nickers should bring their own ta ble service, salads and desserts. Entertainment will Include a fid dler's contest. Wallet, Keys, Coin Purse Found, Given To Police Roseburg police are holding wallet, keys and coin purse which were found over the weekend. The keys and coin purse were found at the corner of Southeast Oak Avenue and Spruce Street by Wendell Husky of the Roseburg Veterans Hospital, who notified po lice. The wallet was turned in at headquarters by Truman Ellis, cab operator, who said he had found it in the back of his taxicab but was unable to find the owner identified as Nelson James Sawyers, Drain. More Ship Repair Work Completed At Portland PORTLAND in Shifi repair work increased 12 per cent at the Port of Portland last year. Port Commissioner W. L. Wil liams said one of every 12 ships entering the harbor used the Port of Portland's Swan Island facility. The total handled at Swan Island was 280 ships. AUTOMOBILE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED British Motor Corporation products MG, MORRIS, AUSTIN-HEALY JAGUAR ReprtMntatlvt will b In Oregon latter week f July. Dealer wishitif contact! write or wire. BRITISH MOTOR CAR Oiltributorl, Ltd, 1800 Van Neti Avs-., Son Francises Telephone: PRospect 6-5120 CUSTOMS MAN NAMED WASHINGTON in President Eisenhower Monday nominated George F. Jameson, Portland, (Ire., for a new term as collector of customs at Portland. Jameson has held the position sinre 1953. The Loyal Order of Moose, Roieburg Lodge No. 1037 with to thank every one who helped make the recent stote convention of the Loyal Order of Moose a success. We particularly want to thank the following: Douglas County Sheriff's Possee Roseburg News-Review Roseburg Elks Lodge Roseburg Jaycees Paul Bunyans Tillamook Elk's Drum and Bugle Corps Roseburg City Police Department Douglas County Fair Board Dougettes Cene Smith Accordion Band Joy Powell Dance Studio KRXL K P I C All other businei firms, organiiotioni and fhe cititeni of Roseburg thot helped make the convention a memorable event. ?eches Flambees et Poulet Curry a la Crem e . . . i i Hamburgers, French Fries, Apple Pie and Ice Cream A -AT Gourmet's Feast or Family Picnic . . Any Meal Is Simply and Quickly Prepared From A HOME FOOD FREEZER . SEE Y0UR FAVORITE APPLIANCE DEALER TH CALIFORNIA ORIOON POWBR COMPANV A mem Ctmij fl -v-rf and AperMerf by n ritrm rmpU irvt idffi
