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Newspaper Page TextU. cf.O. library Eugeno, Oregon Comp ov.Fdubus Withdraws Gyoirdsmroem IViiiwmiiiimimmmwmmmmmmu -. RED HAT DAY was observed Friday at the luncheon follow-, ing the planning and development hearing when smiling Gov. Robert Holmes accepted a hat from W. 0. Kelsay, state representative from Roseburg. The hats indicate the wearer has pledged to be courteous and observe safety rules while' hunting. (Paul Jenkins) Gov. Holmes Says Stored Water Is Most Important Question In Development By BOB CLARK Staff Writer, News-Review (See story also page 2) Governor Robert Holmes told a luncheon gathering at (he Roseburg Elks Lodge Friday afternoon that stored wa ter is the most important question to be considered in plan nine the long-range industrial development of Oregon. Senators Criticize Armed Forces Cut WASHINGTON tin Sen. Mans-! field (D-Mont) said today the EH senhower administration may be - "placing economy ahead oi our se-1 ruritv" in reducing the strength of curity" in reducing the strength i the armed forces. Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) said at the same time the Pentagon's or ders to reduce military manpower bv 200,000 men "would reduce our armed forces below levels ap proved bv. Congress." "This has been done strictly by the administration without consul tation with Congress." Jackon said in a telephone interview from Washington State. The critical comments of the two Democratic senators were aimed at a new order, announced Thursday, requiring the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to reduce their forces by another 100. 000 men by next June 30. This order comes on top of a directive , . T..I-. I..- ..,h nh ft 1IHIIIIHI. man oi l m ist be completed' by ' Review Editor Charles V. Stanton .,' o, that railroad freight rates are dis- Tak'cn together, the two c u t s criminatory against Oregon ship would lower total American Pcrs. armed strength to 2.600,000 men ! The governor said that the flat instead of the 2.800,000 authorized rain now in effect work more rnr the fiscal vear which began I against shippers m Oregon and last July 1 Rnih .iackson and Mansfield said the administration apparently is ignoring what Congress consiners in he lhe minimum military torce necessary for national security. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Here's a little tale from far-away I France. If you get the point of it, it's worth reading. For 200 years a colony of beav- i crs has lived contentedly along the i Rhone Ri "T. which flows south-! ward through a part of France; that is so charming that for cen-; tunes it has been conceded to be the most delightful area of Western ! Tho vaiiou nf ih Khnnn which ends where the great river flows into the dreamy Mediterran-: ran not too far from the place where the romantic French Riviera negins, nas long Decn ceienraiea in song and story. Thata hnivorc il annpars fi'll into the way of 'life that is char-, actcnstic of tire Rhone Valley. It is an EASY way of life. The fuh- Robert D. Holmes appeared after damentals of food, shelter and'Uie state planning and develop rlothing are not too hard to get ment meeting, was a substitute for there. In the slow course of time Those beavers Ql.1T WORKING, LIKE BEAVERS. There was bark (Continued on Page 4. Ooi. 3) j The Weather j Fair this afttrnoon tonight and Sunday. Continued warm. Higheit ttmp. last 24 hours . 1 Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours 40 Highest ttmp. any Stptembtr 102 Lowtst ttmp. any Stptembtr 32 Prtcip. lost 24 hours 0 Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 Dtfic. from Stpt. 1 . Sunitt tonight t:13 p.m. Sunrist tomorrow, i:00 a.m Loggers Firo Wtathtr Extreme hiRh fire danser in western and c t n t r a 1 Oregon inroucn nunoay. lowest numim- tics- Northwest Oregon 15-25 per cent. Easterly winds arrows the Cascades, increasing Saturday nu:ht. uoiines mane ine comment ai the close of a 16-city tour o Ore gon in wmcn me governor, De partment of Planning and Develop ment Director Julius Jensen and other state officials gathered local I opinion on the state s industrial 1 development, The governor said extensive study of water storage to the Col- ,sicin aim m uuicr river systems "wdl play one of the major roles" in helping the new department form a definite program. Just before the governor spoke, Ivan Bloch, industrial consultant to the department, termed the construction of multiple water storage facilities in the Umpqua Basin "the key to industrial de velopment" in the Douglas County area. Dams Said Necessary Bloch said the construction of both large and small dams in the basin is necessary for this area to realize its full industrial po tential. Touching on another prominent topic of the day, Holmes agreed HI CUMICI 3ia ICIII fill UV IBW I other western states than they do against producers further east. Holmes also mentioned another problem of consequence to Oregon """"K "? ium.-iii.-uii lam. mat was ne problem of developing water transportation to facilitate ship- ment nf Oregon nrrtdiirlc In mar. Ikets. Competition Soon "By full development of water transportation, we can bring into Oregon a competitive economic system," said the governor. Along the same lines. Stanton 1 earlier suggested solution to (Continued on Page 2 Col. 4) Chamber Of Commerce To Hear Porter Sept 30 The regular Monday noon lunch- t d i -i -t , Commerce won't be held next week, according to President T. n. Pargetcr. The next forum meeting will be the sneaker will O Porter F s u. i-oner, r.u sept. 30, when be Rep. Charles n..nn . A chamber forum Kridav noon at the Elks Lodoe. at which Gov. next Monday's meeting. So. Douglas Safety Council Sets Session The Suthcrlin Douglas Safety council nas set datiuday, Nov. 2.1. as a date of a in Canyonville. At a meeting in Myrtle Creek, new officers were elected: James Fowler, Hanna Nickel Smelting Co.. Riddle, president: Helene Al tree, Canyonville. secretary, and Boh Trenholm, Little Twig Log ging Co., Canyonville, director. T sutnerlin extends Low Summer Water Rates The City of Suthcrlin will offer its low summer water rates for an additional period of time be - cause of the dryness of this sum - mer. according to City .Manager uean hmitn. Normally, the summer rales are ended at the end nf September. But this rar, thev will continue , until Oct. 20, Smith said. Established 1873 14 Pooei ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1957 222-57 PRICE 5c Norway's King Crown Prince Olai Succeeds To The Throne OSLO, Norway i King Haak on VU of Norway, an old sailor who- rode out the storms of inva sion to reign for more than half a century, died early today in the royal palace. He was 85 and the world's oldest reigning monarch. The king had been growing weak er in his fight against a circula tory ailment. Death came shortly after heart trouble developed at 4:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m. EST Fri day). Crown Prince Olav, regent of the realm since his father broke a thigh bone in a fall in 1955, im mediately became the new king Olav V. No Coronation There will be no coronation. Norway's constitution provided that Haakon was to be the last king formally crowned in corona tion ceremonies in Norway, i Olav submitted a written state ment to a special cabinet meet ing saying he had succeeded his latner. "I promise and swear I will rule the monarchy of Norway in agree ment with its constitution," the statement said. The 54-year-old Olav must re peat the oath orally after a new Parliament is convened in Janu- arv. i uiav s son. Prince Harald, re- ceived the title of crown prince (Continued on Pag 2 Col. T) Jean Sibelius, Composer, Dies I will be held in M. Joseph s Catho HELSINKI i Jean Sibelius, jc church Mondav at 9 a.m. The a brooding, mystical giant among rpv. Edmund Hv'land will offici the world s composers, died last ate. Interment will follow In the night at the age of 91 (Catholic Cemetcrv. ne naa oeen in gooa neaun un til stricken with a brain hemor rhage at the villa which he built near Helsinki 53 years ago. Sibelius left his imprint on the world of music with 13 symphonic sagas, seven symphonies and sev eral works for piano and strings. He also left mystery. Although nis last publisned music appeared illegal possession of liquor, and in the late 1920 s, he was believed ; wncn a passerby had what sher to have worked on an eighth sym-1 iff5 deputies termed a "profane" phony in more recent years. His Icomment. he was jailed on a va death may yield the answer. Igrancy charge. .lie b'-.i. wu ui ma mile poem rinlandia has intrigued and mystified audiences since it was first performed in 1899. The Russians who then ruled the land of the Finns, fearing that its grandeur might incite freedom rights, banned it for a while. The "Swan of Tuonela," with a dark philosophy of death and dam nation, was second to "Finlandia" in the favor of western audiences Sibelius' symphonies, those in E and in D widely played. especially also were Gideons To Place 10,000 Bibles In Oregon's Hotels And Motels M. A. Henderson, Chicago, cxe- culive director of The Gideons, i said Friday night in Roseburg that! i tlrcuon tiK cons nave lancn up a challenge o distribute 0,000 Bi- j ; blus. In ,hoU-'1 anl1 ""'lt'' ,uomsi Henderson, the Keynote speaKer 01 "" annual slale convention of the Gideons, told delegates in the (;oM Hmm q( L-nlpqlia 0ie that. 2.150 Bibles were distributed , ln Oregon ast year The deadline for distribution dur ing the coming vear. Henderson said, will be July of 1958 when lhe Gideons hold their national convention at lxiuisville, Ky. May Assist Florida He said Oregon members may use the S7.0O0 now in their treas ury to distribute Bibles in Oregon, or may send part of it to Gideons safety conference 1 in Florida. He said Bibles are bad ly needed in that stale Henderson said The Gideons next year will celebrate the 50lh anni versary of Bible distribution in ho tels. The Gideons will try to put a Bible in every hotel and motel room in the U.S. and Canada be fore the Louisville convention, said Henderson. This, he said, would amount to a goal of 720.21(0 Bibles in the two countries. Registration for the convention of , The Gideons stood at i:u late this . morning, with delegates coming , from as far away as Alaska, : Delegates still were arriving from distant points and host officials hopes for a final registration of mure than 150. There were two del egates present from Alaska, and (Continued on Psgt I Col. 1) Earl Lee Crain, 58, Killed In Woods Accident Friday Earl Lee Crain, 58. of Roseburg was killed in a logging accident viiuay aa nc was i-ieaiiii a I1KI1L- of-way on Reynolds Creek Road ,.,,, ,!; i. l i,n ,,,,! coroner. Vernon Waddell, who witnessed the accident, had just made a cut on a windfall, when the windfall began rolling down the hill the two men were working on. Crain, who had just felled a tree, was moving away. According to Pow ers, the rolling windfall hit a stump, swung around and h i t crain, knocking mm 30 or 40 feet down the hill. The two men were working for the Hale Bros. Logging Co. of Springfield about 10 miles up Steamboat Creek Road. The acci dent, which occurred shortly after noon, was the ninth logging fatality ol the year in tne county . i t lie scene was auuui tu iniii;snn. a iw;i. n....;n,4 ...in urtn east of Roseburg. 'or "Budd" cars" The "Budd" cars Cram was born Feb. 1, 1899, at are self contained deisel units that Tenmile and had lived the past operate independently, thus elim four years in Roseburg. He wasijnatjnR lhe expense of , engine iiii-iiiuei ui oi. duseuus v.aiuu- lie Church. Surviving are his wife, Madge Mary, Roseburg; two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur (Mary) Graves, Po mona, Calif., and Mrs. Lee (Lois) Goodin, Brookings; two stepsons, Harold Burnett. Seattle, and Le Roy Burnett. Florence: a stcp- 'daughter, Mrs. Damon (Kay) I witty, Koseburg: a brother, George Crain. Florence; two sis ters, Mrs. Nettie Hansen, Cen tralia, Wash., and Mrs. Al (Eva) Olson, Astoria, and 14 grandchil dren. Recitation of the Rosary will be held in The Chapel of the Roses Sunday at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass 3 Boys Arrested On Liquor Count Three 17-vc.-ir.nld bnvs were nr. I rested Friday night on charges of i T. ... h . . . der arrest on NE Oakland Avenue, where they had been drinking in a car, when Clarence Paul Yundt III. 18, of 413 W. Ballf St., drove past and shouted from his car While one deputy completed the task of taking the boys into tow, another officer chased down Yundt and placed him under arrest. Yundt pleaded guiltv and Jus- tice of the Peace Ward Watson -Sutherlin, fined him $10 and $4.50 icosts this morning. 3 man. Hi; Hi ., ssi i -W v iW.w . A. i totoL-. GIDEONS Here ore some of the leading figures irt the state Gideons convention being held here today. Left to right, they are: Everett L. Annin, Boise, zone trustee; M. A. Henderson, Chicogo, executive director of Gideons International; William B. McCallum, Medford, state president; Ralph Arensmeier, Roseburg, state vice president and convention chairman, Mrs. Arensmeier, in charge of arranging the auxiliary program; and Mrs. Clorence Haon, Chicogo, national ouxiliory president. (Paul Jenkins) Haakon SP Passenger Service May Be Restored Resumption of limited passenger service on tho Southern Pacific line ucitvccu jujuc anu nniuanu may become a reality in the near future if his plans work out, ac cording to Rep. Charles 0. Porter. Porter told The News-Review to day that he had conferred with SP officials Sept. 13 and they had agreed to give the plan careful consideration. He said he met with J. W. Corbetl, vice president in charge of operations and C.E. Pe terson, vice president in charge of system passenger service and public relations, in San Francisco and presented his proposal for re suming passenger service. Would Use "Budd" cart he proposed lervice for a Porter reports that to resume passenger service and tie necessity nf fnrminc a whole train. SP now uses the "Budd" cars on several runs in California. According to Porter, the run would take about 7 or 8 hours, and (Continued on Pag 2 Col. 1) DimickTo Speak To Contractors In Salem Today Stat Sun. Dan Dimick of Rose burg spoke today at the annual state convention of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America at Salem The topic of today's speech at the opening session would be "Ore gon Needs contractors Licens ing Law." The state, said Dimick, "needs to protect the general public it connection with home building, re modeling and redecorating." The senator said he flew to Sa lem along with Gov. Robert I Holmes Friday after the planning and development hearing in Rose burg. lie snirt ne conferred witn Holmes on taxes and other topics brought up during the hearing en route to the capital city. Later in the day, Dimick said. he travelled to Portland with slate planning and development Director Julius Jensen and summarized the economic needs of Douglas County Dimick was a member of the Senate Taxation Committee and was acting chairman of -the inter im committee on executive ap point ment s. the body which con firmed the appointment of Jensen. "Jensen is doing an outstanding job for the state and I know he will continue to do so," said Dim lick VII S if ' ; ' v . & v ( GEORGE NEUNER , . . heads state bor Qeorae Neuner 3 Named President Of Bar Association MEDFORD OB Th Oregon State Bar Saturday named s its president Georg W. Neuner of Roseburg. He succeeds Alan Davis of Portland. Other officers elected at the closing session of the annual meeting: Bert S. Gooding, Port land, vice president; John Hollo- way, Portland, re-elected secre tary; and Earl T. Bernard, Port land, treasurer. Neuner is the son of George E, Neuner, former Oregon attorney general. Open House Scheduled At Robin Dale School An open house for Robin Dale School now known as Central Douglas School for Exceptional Children, which was scheduled to be held tonight has been postpon ed until Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., it was announced today. Postponement was called be cause the school is being moved to the Edenbower School on Gar den Valley Road, a spokesman said. At the open house in the new quarters, the awarding of prizes which had been slated for tonight will be made. STUDENT REAPPOINTED Larry White, a senior at Wash ington State Collcoe, Pullman, has been reappointed student manager of the campus radio station, KtJGR. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whito, 1125 SE Pin St. uccumbs President Says Withdrawal Of Troops Vital By MARVIN ARROWSMITH NEWPORT. R. I. UH - Prcsi- dent Eisenhower called Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus' withdrawal of National Guardsmen from a Little Rock high school "a neces sary step in the right direction," Saturday. Commenting on that dramatic development in the Arkansas school integration case, the Pres ident also said in a statement at his vacation headquarters: "1 am confident that the citi zens of the city of Little Rock and the stale of Arkansas will welcome this opportunity to dem onstrate that in their city and in their state proper orders of a United States court will be exe cuted promptly and without dis order." Dtlighrod by Compliance The President obviously was de lighted by Faubus's compliance Friday night with a federal court order that he halt interference with school integration at the Lit tle Rock high school. The gover nor had been using Na t i o n a 1 Guard troops to bar mingling of wmte and ftcgro pupils. Eisenhower was advised of the Faubus move shortly after the governor pulled the -troops away from the school Friday night just a few hours short of one week after he and Faubus conferred at the Newport White House. James C. Hagerly, presidential press secretary, dictated Eisen hower s statement to newsmen about an hour after the President checked into his office at the U.S. naval base. 60-Acre Fire Burns South Of Umpqua Friday About 60 acres of grass, brush and some timber burned Friday on Woodruff Mountain south of Umpqua in a fire that broke out about 5 p.m., the Douglas Forest Protective Assn. reported today. The DFPA said tho fire burned about, eight acres of timber and was finally brought under control this morning. The fire is now be ing patroled to prevent a new out break. The Roseburg Rural Fire Dept. reported that two fires burned grass and brush in the Newton Creek area Friday afternoon. A fire on Hughes street start ed about noon and was confined between two streets. No damage was reported. A short time later, about 2:30. another grass fire started in the same neighborhood, at Newton Creek Road and Follett Street. This firs burned about 25 acres and the DFPA assisted in con taining it. SALEM I Wilh humidity dropping rapidly on tho higher ridges the tire situation in uregon remains critical, the state Fores try Department reported Satur day. The situation in tne Willamette Valley and along the coast re mained relatively unchanged with the humidity rate considerably higher than elsewhere. The 700-acrc fire near I.anglois in Coos County was expected to he trailed Saturday although the northern edge of the burn had not been contained late Friday. A north wind was expected to assist materially in building fire break. Four Jaycees Attending State Fall Board Meet Four Roseburg Junior Chamber nf Commerce members are in Redmond this weekend attending the state fall hoard meeting. They arc Dr. J. V. Anderson, President Robert Raffensperger, Dale Firk and Jack Spindle. n.y Gold of Kenwood I ity, ualir., vice president of the national Jay ceo organization, will be principal speaker at the meelmg, which will end Sunday. GUNMEN TAKE CASH PHUT! AVn IIS Tu-n mnvlferi gunmen got $i!40 in cash from Walters Hardware Store in south east Portland Friday night. A rlerk. Glen G. Guyer, said he was lust locking up when the men tied lum and two customers and es caped in the customers' car. The car was recovered later. HUBCAPS STOLEN Marie Bolduc, an employe of the Veterans Administration Hospital, I Friday told Itoseburg police that four hubcaps were stolen from her car in a parking lot near the hos pnsl administration building. Will Appeal Judge's Order On Injunction Situation Remains Tense As Opening Of School Awaited LITTLE ROCK. Arlt in r.n Orval Faubus, in a lightning move, withdrew the National Guard from Central High School last night and was exploring various avenues of legal appeal today to the federal injunction that commanded him to pull out the troops. as long as this order is in ef fect and until its certain reversal on appeal, 1 will comply," Faubus said. But he added, with determina tion, that he will appeal it. Faubus made the statement in an appearance on a Utile Rock television program last night while the troops were pulling out. Troopers Appear' Less than an hour later, a few state troopers and one automobile carrying two Little Rock police men were parked beside t h school. But the officers said they were not ordered there. "Just hap- jicneu iu stop oy, tney said. ine Little Kock School Board said a few extra night watchmen were hired, but no policemen. After a meeting of the Board Saturday morning, Supt. Virgil Blossom said all adults, including newsmen and photographers, will be asked to stay outside the school building Monday morning. Events that transpire inside the building if Negro students enter will be relayed to newsmen about an hour later by school officials, Blossom said. "The schools will be open to all children Monday," the superinten dent said. Polict To Bo Posted A Little Rock police official, who asked not to be identified, said police will be posted al Central High Monday but exact strategy has not been worked out. Whether the nine Negro students who were turned away by Nation al Guardsmen Sept. 4 would try to enter Monday was not known. "i don't know and I don t think the others have decided," said Thclma Motheshed, one of the students. Mrs. L. C. Bates, head of the Arkansas branch of NAACP, said she had nc information on the matter yet. Little Rock residents anxiously awaited Fabubus next move and looked ahead to Monday. Arthur J. Bickel, one of the out spoken segregationists in the white crowd that gathered almost every day recently in front of Central High, was asked if there were plans for a demonstration at the school. "We have always been guaran teed the right to peacefully as semble," Bickel said. "1 know of some school parents who are go ing to be there. I don't know about any student boycotts or anything like that." Negro Withdraws Son From School DEALE, Md. iTl Dr. Harry N. Jones, bowing to the pressure of brick-throwing, cross-burning seg regationists, made plans today to enroll his 6-year-old son in another school. "It's hard to understand, but maybe one of these days it won't be this way," the 42-year-old Ne gro physician said of the events which had swirled around him since he enrolled his boy in a nearby white school Sept. 5. lie was talking on the telephone to Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin while newsmen waited in his of fice. Jones had withdrawn his son from a newly-integrated school room following a scries of window smashing, telephone threats and the burning of a cross in his yard. McKeldin promised him state po lice protection if he wanted to put the boy back in school and appar ently was sympathizing for tho turn of events, the governor pro claimed in a public statement that it was the "moronic" work of com munity "misfits" and would not bo tolerated. School Evaluation Croup To Resume Its Meetings The Roseburg School Evaluation Steering Committee will resume its meetings Wednesday with a re port on the school district subcom mittee. Making the progress report wilt he the subcommittee chairman. I.Mrs. Gordon Stewart, according to H. K. Schmcer, committee chairman. The meeting will be at S p.m. in Central Junior High School. Deer Rifle, Cash Loot In Apartment Burglary A .MOB deer rifle and S15 in "assorted" coins were stolen from an apartment at 424 SK Oak Ave , Koseburg police were informed Friday. Kenneth Moe, the apartment tenant, said the entry into his home and theft happened some time this week. He didn't discover the theft until Friday. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizenstein The letter "T" hat become a major symbol of much of our worries: Taxes, teeners, Ihievery and traffic tragedies."