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NEW QUARTERS for the Umpqua Savings & Loon Assn.
at Jackson and Oak will look like this sketch made by
the architect, Lyle Glenn of Roseburg. Down will come
the present building to make room for a modern, fire
resistant structure with masonry exterior walls and concrete
balcony and stairs. The exterior will be brick veneer with
Top Of World
Draws Fleet
SEATTLE 11 A man "wilh
my fingers crossed," Rear Adm.
Frederick C. Stelter, Jr., is sail
ing this afternoon for a rendezvous
with his 48-ship task force at the
ice-fringed top of the world.
The admiral commands the sup
ply fleet which will carry food,
fuel and other necessities to the
scattered outposts of the Distant-Early-Warning
(DEW) line. In the
holds are 19,655 measurement tons
of general cargo and 193,000 bar
rels p petroleum products.
Tum Working
A 38 - man Navy tinder-water
demolition team is working ahead
of the fleet to clear the frosly
beaches where cargo will be un
loaded. Survey ships left port July
1 and supply vessels began head
ing northward Monday, and
aboard his flagship, El Dorado,
the admiral will rendezvous with
the fleet July 28 off Icy Cape,
round the rim of the continent and
skirt the polar ice pack for 1,730
miles to deliver their cargoes at
the DEW-line's faraway places.
In the fleet are two icebreak
ers, the Navy's Burton Island and
Canada's Labrador, plus three
Coast Guard Cutters. These will
lead the way in a search for a
deep - draft Arctic passage from
the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans
through Bellot Strait.
'Kty To Drum1
"The route," said Admiral Stelt
er. "may be the key to the cen
turies old dream of a practical
deep-draft Northwest Passage."
The supply fleet is expected
back in Seattle late in Septemb
er, hut the admiral won't set a
target date.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
State Secretary Dulles tells re
porters in Washington that the re
cent purge of party leaders in Mos
cow was due to an "irresistible
demand on the part of the Rus
sian people for more freedom."
The Kremlin, he said, is divided
on how to handle that problem.
One side, led by Khruschchev,
wanted to let the people HOPE
for better things.
The other side the side that
Inst nut wanted to return to the
old iron rule of the Stalin days.
So Khrushchev wants to "let
'cm hope for better things in the
future."
Il-m-m-m-m. Let's go highbrow
for a moment. In his Essay on
.Man. Alexander Pope says:
"Hope springs eternal in the
human breast:
"Man never IS. but always
TO BE, blest."
That is to say:
Things are always going lo be
better TOMORROW.
Pandora, who according to Greek
Mythology was the first woman,
received from Jupiter as a dowry
a box which she was to present
to the man who married her. She
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The Weather
Msttly fair tonight and Sunday
xctpt for morning cloudiness. A
few afternoon or tvtning thundar
showers evtr the mountains. Cool
tr Sunday.
Hightit ttmp. last 74 hours ... II
Low.it ttmp. last 24 hours .... 5
Hightit tamp, any July . ...... 10
Lnwttt ttmp. any July 40
Prtcip, last 24 hours 0
Prtcip, from July 1 32
Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 29.75
Dtfic. from Sept. 1 .39
Sunttt tonight, 7:41 p.m.
Sunritt tomorrow, 4:51 a.m.
Loggtrs' Fir Wtithtr .
Moderate fire danger in interior
Northwest Oregon through Sunday
with afternoon humidity failing
briefly near or below 30 per cent.
Hiah danger in interior Southwest
Oregon and from Cascades east
ward. I.ow hazard in Coast Range
vuih humidity above 30 per cent
ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1957
Possibility Of A 37th
Oregon County Mulled
SANDY (if A meeting
may be called here soon lo
discuss ways of forming a new
county in Oregon.
Chamber of Commerce
President John Mills said the
new county would include res
idents of the Mount Hood dis
trict. If created, he said, the coun
ty would include parts of what
are now Clackamas, Hood Riv
er and Wasco counties.
Pioneer Daughter
Of Douglas County
Dies In Hospital
Maud Jones Hagan, 80, life-long
resident oi KoseDurg, oiaa rnaay,
at a local hospital. She was a resi
dent of Huntley Street.
She was born Oct. 9, 1876, to pio
neers George W. and Amanda
Dixon Jones, who came to Rose
burg in 1852. She attended the Rose
burg Schools and was married Oct.
14, 1915, to Horace H. Hagan. She
was a life-long member of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Roseburg.
Surviving are her husband, Hor
ace H., Roseburg; a foster daugh
ter, Mrs. Jim (Lois) Herrington,
Roseburg: four nieces. Mrs. E. S.
(Marie) Hall. Airs. Joe (Vivian)
Marsters. both of Roseburg; Mrs.
E. G. (Mabel) Randolph, Medford;
and Mrs. William (Shirley) Cal
houn, Myrtle Creek; five nephews,
Ken Gilkeson, Clarence Gilkeson,
Darley Ware, Junian Jones, all of
Roseburg, and Richard Jones, in
the U. S. Navy.
Funeral services will be held in
The Chapel of the Roses Monday
at 1 p.m. The Rev. John Adams of
the First Presbyterian Church will
officiate. Vault interment will fol
low in the Roseburg Memorial Gar
dens. Los Angeles County Man
Picked By Pacific Chiefs
PORTLAND I The chief of
the Los Angeles County Fire De
partment Friday was elected
president' of the Pacific Coast
Inter - Mountain Assn. of Fire
Chiefs. ,
He is J. E. Klinger. who will
succeed Jack Caldwell, Ellens
burg, Wash., Jan. 1.
Some 500 firemen from eight
Western states, Alaska, Hawaii
and Mexico discussed fire fight
ing methods before ending their
annual meeting here.
IWA. Coos Head Timber
Reach New Agreement
COOS BAY i A new agree
ment affecting wages and other
conditions was announced Friday
by the International Woodworkers
of America and Coos Head Tim
ber Co.
A union spokesman said the
agreement, retroactive to June 1,
will boost the minimum hourly
wage to $2, and provides for other
fringe benefits. .
About 3O0 of the firm's employ
ers are affected by the pact.
Girl Who Lost Arm, Leg
Expecting To Have -Baby
SAX MARINO. Calif, i Boni
Buehler, the former airline hostess;
who lost an arm and a leg in a
motorboat accident, says sht is !
expecting a child at the end of the
year.
Miss Buehler married Charles
Blalack Jr., a San Marino invest
ment broker, in Las Vegas, Nev.,
last March.
She was awarded $265,000 in
damages as the result of the boat
accident on nearby Lake Arrow
head. HIT-RUN DAMAGES
Wesley M. Pearson, Eugene,
complained lo Roseburg police
Friday that a hit-run driver had
damaged his car, which was park
ed on Rose Street near Oak Av
enue during the early morning.
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granite facing and trim at the entrances. Umpqua Savings
& Loan Assn. was organized in July 1917 and has occupied
its present quarters since 1926. When first organized 40
years ago, the firm was located on the corner of Jackson
and Washington streets.
Umpqua Savings And Loan
To Construct New Building
There's a change to be made on
Roseburg's main intersection
Jackson and Oak.
Scheduled to be torn down is
the Umpqua Savings & Loan Assn.
building a long - time land
mark. In its place will rise a mod
ern, one - story office building
to be occupied by the same firm.
Dtmolition Slated
Demolition of the present struc
ture is scheduled to start July 29.
It will be torn down by the firm
which won the contract for the re
placement, Murphy Construction
Co. of Roseburg.
Murphy was the low bidder on
the job and will be awarded the
general contract to build the new
structure with a basie bid of S128,
469.' Other bidders were H. G.
Carl Construction Co., Salem
$136,728, and Todd Building Co.
Roseburg, 140,866.
The new building will be a 3D
by 100-toot structure with an in
terior balcony. About one - third
of the space will be rented. Archi
tect for the building is Lyle Glenn
of Roseburg.
Mort Spict Pltnntd
The new quarters for the loan
association will be a fire - re
sistant building of masonry, con
crete and steel construction. The
association will have larger op
erating space with new bank-type
fixtures and facilities, including
offices and directors' room on the
main floor with rest rooms, lunch
Two Boys Fight Holdup
Gunman; Arrest Made
PORTLAND Ml Dennis P.
Cox, 22, is in the Portland city
jail, accused of a SI 1.1 holdup Fri
day evening at the Alameda Shoe
Repair Shop.
Proprietor John E. Rumpakis
sent two teen-age boys running
after a fleeing gunman to see
where he went. The youngsters
Brian F. Lynch, 14, and Brian J.
McGuire. 13 did more than that.
They pursued the holdup man to
a getaway car and grappled with
him.
The gunman managed to shake
loose and drive away hut the boys
gave authorities the license num
ber and description of the get
away car.
Several hours later police
stopped a car Cox was driving.
and booked him on assault and
robbery charges.
When Cox was arrested, he was
accompanied by a girl friend from
Medford.
Joseph, Ore., Attorney
Came Commission Choice
SALEM lifi Gov. Robert
Holmes appointed Joseph, Ore.,
attorney Max Wilson to a five
year term on the Oregon Game
Commission.
Wilson, the eastern Oregon
town's city attorney for 25 years,
succeeds Delbert Gildersleeve of
Baker.
Wilson has been active in the
Izaak Walton League, and has
been secretary of the Joseph
Chamber of Commerce for many
years.
Drivers License Fees
To Increase In Price
SALEM i Xlregon resi
dents whoNe drivers licenses
expire after Aug. 19 will have
to pay an extra SI. bringing th
total to S2.50.
The extra $1 will be used to
finance student driver train
ing in high schools.
The licenses are good for
two years.
169-57 PRICE 5c
room, storage and additional work
space on the balcony. At the rear
of the building will be a rental
space consisting of an office suite
with balcony space.
I lie basement will contain a
boiler room, storage vault and a
service equipment room.
Saturday, July 27, the company
will move into temporary head
quarters at 815 SE Oak Ave., the
umpqua Hotel annex. The organ
ization expects to be in these
quarters for approximately six to
seven months. The company will
be closed the day the move is
made.
United Fund Hearings
Scheduled To Set Goal
United Fund public budget hear
ings which will determine the goal
of the 1957 fund drive will be held
Tuesday through Thursday nights
as the conference room of Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
"There are no 'closed door' meet
ings in our system," commented
Ormond Feldkamp, budget co
chairman. Requests will be heard Tuesday
from Robin Dale School, the Ar
thritis and Rheumatism Founda
tion, the American Cancer So
ciety, and for the administrative
budget. Hearings Wednesday will
he on the Boy Scouts, Camp
Fire Girls, and YMCA. Thursday
hearings will be on the Oregon
Chest, American Red Cross, and
Salvation Army.' Applications from
new members will also be heard.
Portland Women Report
Seeing Missing Pastor
PORTLAND I - Two Portland
women Friday said they saw a
man fitting the description of a
Baptist minister who said he had
just ended a 119-day fast get off
a train in Seattle.
The minister, the Rev. W. T.
Mugford. has been the object of
a search since he telephoned a
newspaper Wednesday night here
that he was ending the fast, then
vanished.
Mugford, a minister at a nearby
Estacada church, was last seen
here at his Willamette River
houseboat. When he vanished, two
brief cases went with him.
One of the women, Mrs. Curlis
Sonimor, said she saw a man fit
ting the minister's description
board a train for Seattle. She
added that "The Rev. W. T. Mug
ford" was stamped on one of two
briefcases the man was carrying.
Mrs. Sommer said the man
looked quite thin.
Mugford told the paper before
he disappeared he had lost 8.1
pounds during the fast.
Schrunk Claims Portland
Firms Covering Cambling
! PORTLAND 'in Six Portland
businessmen are using their firms
i to cover up gambling operations
! Mayor Terry Schrunk said Friday.
I Schrunk said he will take steps
:to remove the city licenses of
those firms here that are paying
'federal wagering license fees.
Canyonville Man Unable
To Pay $50 Fine, Jailed
Unable to pay a S50 fine levied
against him for driving while his
operator's license was revoked,
Ralph Hardy Ross, 33, Canyonville
was lodged in the Douglas County
jail Friday. Ross was returned to
Douglas Conntv from Medford by
Sheriff Ira C. Byrd.
HELD FOR NON-SUPPORT
Charged with non-support, Htiev
Crahtree, 43, Crescent City, Calif.,
is being held in the Douglas Coun
ty jail. Bail of $1,000 was set Fri
day by District Judge Warren A.
Woodruff when Crahtree was held
to answer to the charge.
Rocket Bomb To Extinguish
Forest Fires Being Tested
REDLANDS, Calif. A new
tvpe of rocket bomb to put out
forest fires will be demonstrated
today by a Redlands concern at
a press conterence.
Fired from a launcher at ground
level, the rocket carries 8' a gal
lons of extinguisher foam in a
heavy wax "warhead," and when
the extinguisher hits its target,
the impact splatters the foam
over a 60 foot area.
For Inacctsiblt Placts
"The primary purpose of this
extinguisher is to get into steep
ravines, shelves and cliffs to keep
a forest fire from going over the
crest of a mountain," said Charles
B. Bartley, head of the Grand
Central Rocket Co., manufacturer
of the bomb. "Existing firefight-
mg equipment for this purpose is
ridiculous in this modern age."
The launcher fur the rocket is
six feet long and can be made
for SI. It is made of two pieces
of board nailed together like a
trough, an adjustable stick in
front to lower or raise the launch
er, and two pieces of clothesline
to hold it down.
There are four guidance fins
on the tail. An auto battery can
be used to give it the electrical
impulse it needs for launching. In
larger orders, the rockets can be
produced for about $35 each.
Goes Fast
The rocket is powered by a solid
Hinkle Creek Crew
Snuffs Slash Fire
File crews from the Hinkle
Creek headquarters of the Doug
las Forest Protective Assn. put out
a half-acre logging slash fire north
of Nonpareil Friday afternoon.
Children playing with matches
started a grass fire at 1429 NE
Brooklyn Ave. Friday at 2:10 p.m.
No loss was reported in the fire.
Roseburg Rural firemen answered
the call.
No loss was reported in a car
fire at 9:15 a.m. Friday. A short
in wiring started a fire in a Cali
fornia car which was parked at
the Snack Shack, 1022 NE Steph
ens St. Roseburg rural firemen
also answered that call.
Emergency Operation
Performed On Geddes
Paul Geddes, prominent local at
torney and former state senator,
is convelscing in a Roseburg hos
pital following an emergency op
eration inursday morning.
Surgery was performed for acute
appendicitis and an inflammatory
condition in the intestine, accord
ing to his physician.
Geddes was struck by the condi
tion a year ago, but conservative
treatment subsided the inflamma
tion until recently. Hospital offici
als said tnac ne "was getting along
weu, ' mis morning.
Three Companies Here
Cited By Rep. Porter
Three major companies with op
erations in Douglas County were
among those named earlier in the
week by Rep. Charles O. Porter
as enjoying "discriminatory" log'
hauling rates by Southern Pacific
Co.
The companies, Porter said, in
clude Umpqua Plywood Corp..
U. S. Plywood Corp. and Weyer
haeuser Timber Co. The latter logs
its own land east of Sutherlin for
shipment to its Springfield mill.
Porter asked the Interstate Com'
merce Commission to investigate
the rales charged by SP. Porter
said the SP s special rate to maj
or firms of $5.50 a thousand feet
inside the state for hauling is op
posed to the $8 per thousand paid
y smaller operators.
Porter named I t "special" com
panics.
The congressman said the nrao-
tire "possibly violates the Elkms
anti-monopoly law.
Kelsay, Flegal Named
To Interim Committees
Douglas County ttato rtpro
ttntativts wtrt appointed to two
inttrim committtts by Spttktr
of the Houm Pat Doolty.
W. O. Ktlsay ii on the fith and
wildlife committt and Al Flo-
gtl will ttrvo on tht highway
committtt.
18-Year
Beauty
(Also So Pig I)
LONG BEACH, Calif. rf The
crown of Miss Universe rests to-
day atop the dark-brown hair of
j Peru's Gladys Zender. the first
i Latin American ever to win the
! coveted honor.
The 18-year-old daughter of one
of Lima's leading families was
last night judged the fairest in the
field of international beauties
I She is 5 feet 7 with 36-23 .16 mea
jsuremenls. There was no Ameri
can in the finals tiecause of the
disqualification of Leona Gage,
Maryland's married Miss United
I States.
i The girls from south of the bord
er made a runaway of the finale.
Blond Stcond
i A gorgeous blonde from Brazil,
Tererinhs Gnnralves Morango, 20,
propellant rocket motor with a
speed of 200 feet a second. It is 54
inches long. The motor burns for
l'i seconds to give the necessary
thrust, and then the rocket trav
els like a ballistics missile to the
fire target. With one motor it has
an effective range of 430 yards,
with two motors, 1,200 yards.
Richard Droege, superintendent
of Angeles National Forest, said
the device may prove very use
ful for rugged mountain areas.
The rocket has been named
"Little Vanguard."
Pilot Forced
To Land Here
A light airplane carrying three
persons made a forced landing in
the Green District about 6 o'clock
this morning.
The plane was piloted by Jack
Reichardt. Bob'DeVoe and Bob
SeUer, all of Seattle, were the pas
sengers. Reichardt apparently be'
came confused with his flight plan
and ran out of gas. He set the
plane down next to the Green Ele
nientary School.
Devoe said they were given a
ride to the Roseburg airport in a
milk truck. There, they got gaso
line and were returned to the plane
uv a deputy sheriff. 1 lie plane took
off on a dirt road, then landed at
the Roseburg Airport where the
plane was refueled, and took off
again for San Francisco about 10
a.m.
Originally they had planned to r
fuel at Medford and continue to
San Francisco. The three men were
on a weekend trip and, from San
Francisco, were going to Lake Ta-
hoe, Calif., to watch hydroplane
races.
Veterinarians Hold
Meet In Roseburg
A discussion of the new brucel
losis meat inspection and auction
yard laws was held Friday eve'
ning al a meeting or the South
western Oregon Veterinary Med
ical Assn. in Roseburg.
The main presentation was giv
en by Dr. K. J. Peterson of Sa
lem, state veterinarian and presi
dent of the slate association. Pet
terson talked of the new laws
which now bring the responsibility
of brucellosis inspection up to the
state level, ror many years pre
viously brucellosis inspection has
been handled by individual coun
ties. He also discussed meat inspec
tion which is compulsory now for
the entire state since a law was
enacted in the last legislature. Pct
terson spoke in favor of both new
laws. In the past, meat inspection
was conducted by privato prac
titioners at request.
Attending the meeting, held In
the Hotel Umpqua, were nine doc
tors and their wives from South
western Oregon counties, includ
ing Dr. William Bayless of Myr
tle Creek, and Dr. Don E. Bail
ey, Dr. Donald Rone and Dr. Dall
en H. Jones of Roseburg.
Two Oregonians Killed
In Idaho Headon Crash
AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho Ml -Three
persons, two of thorn from
Oregon, were killed Friday in the
headon collision of a station wagon
and a truck.
The Oregon victims, both from
Prineville, were James B. Lynch,
19, and Mrs. Olive Mae Lynch,
about 35. Mrs. A. M. Lynch, about
65, of Anderson, Calif., also was
killed.
The three were riding in the
station wagon with Norman E.
Lynch, 49, of Prineville, who was
reported in critical condition. The
truck driver, Robert Curzon, about
51, of Pocatcllo, Idaho, also was
hospitalized.
Sheriff Union Real, who identi
fied the victims, said he did not
know the relationship, if any, of
the three.
GRASS BLAZES
PORTLAND The Banfield
Expressway near Portland was
the scene Friday of a grass fire
which blazed for Iwo hours before
being brought under control.
Several houses were threatened
for a tunc, but firemen kept the
flames from reaching them.
- Old Lima, Peru,
Ruling 'Universe'
placed second, and dark - eyed
Maria Roea Gamio, 19, of Cuba,
was fourth.
Soma Hamilton. 23, a stalely
blonde from London, was thud
cnoice in uie juuging ami me
breath - takingly beautnul tieru
Daub, 19, of Germany was chosen
fifth from among 15 semifinalists.
Tears flowed freely backstage
after the winners were announced.
Mis Zender donned her peari
studded crown and faced photog
raphers with tears streaming
down her face and a smile of
joy on her lips. Her parents, Ed
uardo and Rosa Zender, rushed
damp-eyed to the stage to em
brace their beautiful daughter.
Tears Roll
The sight of th happy family
plus the long strain of the contest
snapped something inside Miss
Canyonville Set To Try
Budget Election Again
Canyonville's final chance lo
accept the proposed $54,689
figure beyond the 6 per cent
limitation on its 1957-58 school
budget conies up for special
election Monday.
This will be the fourth vote
there, and if the proposal
meets defeat again, it will
mean that the school district
will be sustained entirely by
Douglas County Rural School
Board funds. The entire budg
et proposed is $187,643.
In the last election held, the
budget went down by and 86
81 margin. Voters also reject
ed special levies for installa
tion of a cafeteria at the
school and for re - opening the
Anchor School at the last el
ection, and they will not be
voted on again.
Voting hours will be between
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the school
building.
Ike Appoints
Government
Study Group
WASHINGTON l President
Eisenhower Saturday appointed
the seven government members
of a joint federal-state "action
committee." The group will study
the functions and responsibilities
of the two types of governments.
The President proposed the
committee at the recent governors
conference at Williamsburg, Va.
The governors adopted a resolu
tion accepting the idea.
Eisenhower named Robert An
derson, secretary-designate of the
treasury, to serve as chairman.
Others named as federal mem
bers are:
Federal Mtmbtrs
Secretary of Labor Mitchell,
Secretary of Welfare Folsom,
Director of Uie Budget Percival
Brundagc, Meyer Kestenbaum, spe
cial assistant to the President,
John S, Bragdon, special assistant
to the President, and Howard
Pvle, deputy assistant to the Pres
ident for intergovernmental rela
tions. Eisenhower also designated
John H. Stambaugh to serve as
executive director for federal par
ticipation in the committee's work.
I lie white House also announced
Ihat Slainbaugh has been appoint
ed a presidential consultant. He
is vice chancellor of Vanderbiltlthe price d , presented
University. Nashville, Tenn. 'two month, .v n, ,..,.
The governors appointed 10
state representatives to the com
mittee earlier.
Fishing Expedition
Slated By Jaycees
A fishing trip for 15 underpriv
ileged boys to Ten Mile Lake will
be conducted Sunday by the Rose
burg Jaycces.
Last year the program was open
to all children. The fishing site
has also been changed this year.
In the past, gfoups were taken to
the North Umpqua and Little Riv
ers. At the lake the boys expected
to be able to catch their fill of no
limit perch.
The Jaycec's chairman for the
program is Gerald Davenport. Tho
group is being assisted by Pal
Mayo of Roseburg and Grant's
Boat Dock at Lakeside.
Jaycees Nab National
Award For Youth Job
A "Youth Fitness" award was
given to the Roseburg Jaycees
this week by the U. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The club
qualified for the award by conduct
ing programs in several sports, in
cluding tennis, golf, and track.
The Jaycees this week also took
possession of a Southern Oregon ro
tating trophy for the chapter that
chalks up the most man-miles in
inter-club visitations during the
year.
Trial Of 14 Who Tried
Coup Against Nasser Set
CAIRO t The trial of H per
sons accused of the attempted
coup d'etat against President Nas
ser will take place early in August,
the Egyptian weekly Akhbar El
yom said today.
The group whose arrests were
announced Thursday include two
former cabinet ministers and nine
army officers.
Germany. Huge tears rolled end
lessly down her face.
"I am homesick," she sobbed.
"Everyone seems lo have friends
and family hut I have no one. I
want to go home."
But the 19-year-old Hamburg
girl had a large portion of the
crowd with her and there was dis
tinct disappointment in some see
tors when her Grace Kelly - like
beauty was passed over by the
judges in favor of Miss Peru.
The Peruvian charmer was by
no means an unpopular choice,
however. On each night of her ap
pearance she drew soma of t h e
loudest applause heard an the
crowd watched her slow, slinky
progress down th runway a
movement at once full of grace
and sex appeal.
Room Becomes
Pyre Friday
For Younasfers
SANDY, Ore. I Three little
girls the only daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald, Gaage of Sandy
died Friday night when fire
trapped them in an upstairs bed
room of their home.
The children were, Sherry Rae
Gaage, 3, and her sisters, Yvonne
Mae, 2, and Karen Lee, one
month.
The children's parents were
away from home and they were
being cared for by Mrs. Gaage's
sister, Mary Ann Weatherwix, 17,
ai tne time or me lire.
Sheriff s Deputy Paul Lowery
said that Miss Weatherwix stated
that the fire broke out in the
kitchen where the family had
been canning all day at about
9:25 p. m. She said she ran to a
neighbor s for help and by the
time they returned, flames had
spread throughout the two-story
house.
The children were 'asleep in an
upstairs bedroom when the fire
broke out.
Firemen said they believed that
wax from the canning caused the
fire.
Calm Settles
Over Uneasy
Local Scene
Another calm settled on Rose
burg's gasoline price war early
Saturday with no apparent chang
es on the scene, offering the op
portunity for speculation as to
wnat might develop from several
quarters.
Prices which dropped to tank
wagon delivery price Thursday
morning at one station held there,
while other stations retained their
initial advertised drop of some
three cents per gallon on two types
of gasoline.
Price Line Notod
The general price line was 37.1
(or ethyl aiffl 33.9 for regular.
Reports from dealers generally
agreed as to the possibilities of
another break in the price line,
with most dealers and companies
seemingly content to sit back and
wait for someone else to make the
next move.
Khali clutlnn mnn ...Un .. I n .. I .. .1
two months ago, took the stand
that no change is anticipated
unless there is 'cutting' by some
one el-sc in our area.
The owner at Robertson's Shell
Station on SE Stephens Street ob
served the situation as "steady"
this morning.
Union Oil dealers, who originated
the second price drop two months,
after Shell, last week, announce, I
the "possibility" of another drop,
but said they "couldn't say for
sure."
Speculation Rift
Other dealers, meanwhile, were
content to take the course of side
line observers to the developments
(or lack of) by either Shell or both
Shell and Union stations.
Some speculated that Shell was
conducting a survey with the in
tent of staying below the price of
other stations. Then, Union would
buck the Shell price. Other talk
making the rounds was that some
dealers were planning lo close up.
inrougn an this, the Shell men
were maintaining that the drop in
prices has put "Roseburg in line
and comparable to stations to the
North and South of us."
Robertson challenged that Rose
burg prices have been "consider
ably above Eugene, Grants Pass
and Medford," and that "people
were taking the attitude that Rose
burg was no place to slop for gas."
Underwater Record Said
Established In Portland
PORTLAND I Jerry Hiersche,
18, Portland, established what he
said was a world record for re
maining under water early Satur
day morning.
At that time he had been sub
merged 28 hours and 55 minutes
in a tank of water in front of a
sporting goods store. He is
equipped with an aqua lung.
Hiersche said the previous rec
ord was 28 hours and 53 minutes.
Hiersche plans to remain in the
tank 40 hours.
Southgate, Calif., Man
Granted Probation Here
Probation was granted to Lorcn
Eugene Welch, 34, Southgate,
Calif., Friday following his plea
of guilty to a charge of obtaining
property by false pretenses.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
sentenced Welch to not less than
one year In the state penitentiary
but ordered him placed on proba
tion subject to California authori
ties. Welch was Indicted by a grand
jury and charged with using a
worthless check to obtain gasoline
and oil.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
Side-by-tide news item:
1. Biennium liquor revenue
dumped more thon 25 million
dollars in Oregon's hungry
treasury, permitting larger
shores tor cities.
2. Oregon Dry League
launched petitions to put the
prohibition question on the
1958 ballot.
Shekels vs. Sobriety, with
two strikes already on the lat
ter, "f.