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2 Th Newj-Rc.;:v, Rojcburg, Supreme Court Rules Sex, Obscenity Not Synonymous By PAUL M. YOST WASHINGTON Ufi The Su picnic Court, citing a June deci sion which said sex and obscenity are not synonymous, has ruled against a Chicago ban on a French movie, "The Game of Love." Unanimously, the high tribunal overturned Tuesday a decision by the U. S. Circuit court in Chicago that had approved the ban. The Supreme Court's action, taken in a brief, unsigned order without the usual hearing of arguments, was in line with decisions of re cent years limiting film censor ship. A Chicago ordinance requires censorship of. movies before their fiublic showing. If the Chicago l'o ice Board finds films immoral or obscene their exhibition may be prohibited. Distributor Attacked Ban Times Film Corp., distributor of "The Game of Love," in at tacking the ban,' stressed artistic merits of the film and said it had been shown in more than 150 cities in this country. Felix J. Bilgrcy, the company's attorney, said in New York, Tues day the court's ruling "may spell the end of censorship of the con tent of motion pictures." As far as censorship is concerned, he Ike Speaks Again To Nation Tonight WASHINGTON I - President Kisenhowcr left by plane Wednes day for Oklahoma City, from where he will outline to the nation Wednesday night a plan for train ing more ,V.. S. youths scien tists. His plane Columbine III took off from National Airport shortly aft er noon on the approximately 41-i-hour flight to Oklahoma City. Eisenhower, hatless and wear ing a charcoal gray suit, was ac companied only by members of his staff. M!e plans to fly back to Washington early Thursday. Some key scientific advisers to the President reportedly have sug gested to him that the federal government grant scholarships to promising students as an incen tive. But the White House de clined advance discussion of what Eisenhower will recommend. For tonight's coast to-coast tele vision-radio address, the second in a "chins up" scries, the President travels oy plane to Oklahoma City. The speech will be carried live and all four major radio networks. ABC and CBS television will cany the address from film at 11:13 p.m. Juvenile Advisory Croup Formed For Douglas Co. (Continued from Page 1) tinnal phase of the meeting, Judge Woodrich, who had contacted al most all organizations in the conn Iv. indicated that the iuvenilo de linquoncy problem is becoming more acute each year. Ho said the magnitude of the problem is in dicated in the county by the 319 delinquency cases remanded or pe titioned into juvenile court last year. He then briefly outlined Iho history and functions of the ju venile court. Judge Woodrich said it will be the duty of the advisory council to help the juvenile department in formulating ways of prevention of delinquency and rehabilitation of young offenders. The council will also serve as a laiason group be tween the court and the commun ities of the county. Lawyer Speaks Featured speaker for Hie eve ning was Ralph F. Cobb, a Eu gene lawyer and long-time mem ber of the Lane County Juvenile Council. He gave an outline of the work of the council and told proud ly of the goals the council had achieved. Included among these goals were construction of a new detention home for juveniles and an adequate budget for the ju venile department. As a final act of the evening, a rail was made by Chairman Davis of the new council to organisations and individuals of the county. He asked them to send him names and qualifications of persons who ran be considered for positions on the advisory council's executive committee lie asked that thev lie sent to him at PO Box 587 in Itoseburg. jnTon J 7 i t d I H To! V pacific I rf V I ri L I RAILROAD I V mu. Or Wed. Nov. 13, 1937 said, the decision puts movies In me same category as dooks ana newspapers and "will discourage municipalities from trying to cen sor films." In Chicago. Police Commission er Timothy J. O'Connor said: "I still think the movie shouldn't be shown. But 1 have no choice in the matter. The law is the law." Refers To Decision In overturning the circuit court, the Supreme Court referred tu the June 24 decision which involcd ob scene literature. The June deci sion was that federal and state governments may outlaw obscene material. Such material was defined as that which "deals with sex in a manner appealing to the prurient interest," that is. "having, a ten dency to excite lustful thoughts." But the June opinion, written by Justice Brennan, explained further: "The portrayal of sex. e. g., in art, literature and scientific works, is not itself a sufficient reason to deny material the con stitutional protection of freedom of speech and press. . School Board Hit By Flu Absences Flu - bug caused absences brought about a postponement of me myrtle crock School Board meeting. The meeting, slated for Tuesdav night, was put over until Nov. 18 at cju p.m. in the primary school building. Not only trustees, but students in Myrtle Creek have been hit hard by influenza. Sunt. Al' Neet reports that the highest rate of nu anscnlccism so far has been recorded with 26 per cent missing school. In the district. US students and 8 teachers were absent. The high est rale was noted in the high school, according to Itulh Evans, News-Review correspondent, with 108 of the 350 enrollment absent. Neet pointed out a peculiarity of the disease one grade is hit and when the students in that grade re turn to school another grade is struck. Anton Bryant, grade school prin cipal, said a banquet in honor of the school's football team was called off Tuesday night because of flu and has been postponed in definitely. City Council Studies Rose Stephens Couplet (Continued from Page 1) similar plan since the Springfield experiment. The movie will be shown during a chamber of commerce meeting. Council members, Itotarians and downtown businessmen will see the film in addition to chamber mem bers. t Police Get Uniforms The new uniform of the city po lice was modeled for the council during the meeting. It consists of forest green cap and jacket with silver tan pants and trim. Chief Vernon Murdock Jr. said only part of tire police force will wear the new uniforms until next week be cause of necessary alterations. The council approved three pay ments on sewage projects. Thev are Slll.tMiS liO to Cornell, tlowlnnd. Hayes and Mcrryfield; $12,551.18 to E&W Construction; and $18,513.- 32 to Salem Sand and Gravel. Farrell said a public hearing on assessments for paving of Kane. West Union and West Maple Streets will be held after the council com mittee on streets prepares the as sessment material. He said the date of the hearing wilt be an nounced later. The council approved reports on all three projects by the Itoseburg Paving Co. Also approved was the granting of liquor licenses to the following: Stanley O. and Edith M. Olson, operators of Wally's Pastime Tav ern: Charles W. and Helen K. Martin, Martin's Grocery: Emery Joseph and Gertrude Mabel Fread man, Hhoad's Grocery; Victor Bean and William M. Gadway, An derson Place Market: Safeway Stores store No. 14!): Jess Wash ington Brown, Idle Hour Tavern Kind Itamberg. Umpqua Hotel and I. A. and Golda (.. Pa atchell, Pat's Tavern. Soil Conservation Report Presented To Kiwanis Club A ronort on soil conservation i was presented to the Itoseburg Ki- wanis Club Tuesday by Les Daven port, area conservationist from Grants Pass, during the club's an nual Farmer Guest Day, held at the Hotel Umpqua. Davenport outlined the develop ment of the present soil conser vation agency and its work toward helping farmers acquire maximum utilization from their land. A motion picture, "Planning to Prosper," traced the work of soil conservation and the savings and profit which it has reaped for the farm population of the country. Davenport described the work of the soil conservation office as one of, first offering methods to the farmer of getting soil on the ground and eliminating the loss of soil by erosion and water. The of fice also provides information aft er designating types of soil in the different districts. Other steps in formulating a soil conservation district include or ganizing hearings, petitions for a hearing and an election by the people in the district. "Our program is based on tech nical assistance to help the farm er lay out a plan for the ground," Davenport said. The basic steps by which t h e soil conservation district helps the farmer are to first conduct a soil survey and determine the lav of the land. Then to help him plan for the use of the land on his property. These practices are determined In save the farmer money and to help save the nation's top soil, "a third of which has been already lost because of our failure to do something about it earlier," Dav enport said. Officers Seek Accused Slayer LOS ANGELES I Sheriff's deputies acknowledged today that they have no definite clues to the whereabouts of an armed reform school boy sought in the slaying of 22 - month - old Laura Helen Wetzel. But they said they were leaving "no stone unturned" in the hunt for elusive John Lawrence (Larry) Miller, 15, who ran away from his parents Sunday as they were tak ing In in back to the Fred C, Nelles School for juvenile delin quents at nearby Whittier. He had been home on a pass. Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz said the Miller boy was linked to the Monday afternoon killing by a palm print found at the murder scene in a (tolling Hills Estates home. The heach community is about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Authroities quoted the teenager's father Harold Miller of Long Beach as saying: "I hope they catch my boy before he hurts anyone else." Republicans Offer , Compromise On Tax ! (Continued from Page 1) makes a settlement more remote than ever. Some Hope Setn However, there is a ray of hope in the fact that several Senate Republicans favor a settlement at 20 per cent. Doolcy said the Legislature should adjourn without any tax reduction rather than accept tho Republican demands. But Sen. Warren Gill. Lebanon. Senate Republican leader, said "the Democrats want to run away when they can't find an ea.-.y answer and when they are nailed with the fallacy of their own posi tion. Adjournment now would be playing into the spenders' hands." Senate memhers of the confer ence committee are Ben Musa (Dl. The Dailes. and Philip S. I.owry (It). Mcdford. l.owry told the House conferees that if the House negotiators were given a free hand, then the Re publicans would make a new pro posal. It was learned later that this offer would be 25 per cent. Jonas and Barton read a state ment that the Republicans "have been practicing deceit and have deliberately stalled and deceived us. Musa replied that the state ment reduced things to a "shame ful impasse." I.owry urged Hint the confer ence committee lie given a free hand, rather than ha-ing to report to party caucuses to get perniis- Hillah Temple Ceremonial This Weekend One of the Shriners' biggest ac tivities is planned for itoseburg this weekend when the Hillah Tem ple, comprising all of Southern Oregon, will hold its semi-annual ceremonial. Some 1,000 Shriners are expect ed to be on hand when the local Shrine Club of 17S members and the 60 member South Douglas Shrine Club from the Myrtle Creek area play host to the three-day event. Climax of the event will be the ceremonial to be held at the Doug las County Fairgrounds pavilion Saturday night at 8. This will mark the initiation of between SO and 60 new members and is open to annners onty. One of the highlights of the three day meet will be the Saturday aft ernoon parade scheduled for Rose- burg streets at 4 p.m. About 500 participants are expected in the parade which will include march ing and band units. The parade will start at the courthouse, go soutn on Jackson street, east on Cass Avenue and then north on Main Street. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sat urday, unuormeu units will per form on the streets and before and during the parade, free balloons will be distributed to children. The 1 Shriners' efforts behind the world- I wide movement in building crip- pled children's hospitals has be- icome almost synonymous with ! their activities everywhere, local I officials point outn preparing for me lonncoming event. I This is the first Shrine cere munial held here since 1948. Vis liling dignitaries from other Shrine temples in the Northwest are also expected, according to Bob Curtis, publicity chairman for the event. General chairman is Claude (Stub) bsselstrom. Grand Jury Indicts 13, Removes Nine Charges (Continued from Page 1) j a 14-year-old girl without her par ents consent. Accused of Burglary 7. Theodore Francis Pitt, 21, Drain; his brother, Charles LeRoy, 18, Drain, and Ellis Durwood Runk, 11), Cottage Grove, are charged with burglary of Randall's Store in biKton on June 23, They are alleged to have broken into the store and of taking beer, cigarettes and a toy truck. 8. Raymond Edward Smith, 29, Lewiston, Calif., charged with grand larceny involving the al leged theft of a well pump, pipe, fittings and copper tubing from a Loon Lake house on Sept. 12. Smith is alleged to have com mitted the crime with Wilbur Carl Huntley who already has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Not true bills war returned by the grand jury for: 1. Robert Linstead, 18, Rt. 1 Box 98 1) 2, Suthcrlin, who had been charged with grand larcenv. He had been accused of stealing car parts Jan. 31 from Emmett Stems, Oakland. 2. Claude Crabtrce, 25. Rose burg, who had faced a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property two trailer wheels be longing to Gladys Rostottan. Crab tree presently is serving a six- month term in the county jail for grand larceny. 3. Marvin ,Yf. Olscn, 44, Glide. who had been charged with for gery of a $54 check passed at Kelley's Texaco Service on June 24. Olsen is serving a two-year prison term after pleading guilty to another check charge on Oct. 9. 4. s. F. Ashwcll. 44. Portland charged with obtaining money by I false pretenses and forgery. He presently is in prison in Walla , Walla, Wash., where he was taken for parole violation. i S. Idar Steen, 40. Rt. 1 Box 291, ; Sutherlin. who had been accused i of threatening the commission of a felony. He had allegedly threat 1 encd to kill Joseph A. Pclland on i July 21. 1 sion to make anv move. Lowrv , said the conferees now are mere puppets of their parties. ' The Reinihlirans argue that ! large lax cut is needed to encour- age economy and prevent codec ! lion of more taxes than are 1 nreded during this two-year bud i gel period. Democrats want to carry over a big surplus to help finance the next two-year budget period, be ginning July 1, 1959. Cement Industry Urges Concrete Use For Highways The Cement Industry of Oregon, seeking to encourage use of con crete in highway construction, has made gains in its presentations, ac cording to Dick Montgomery Jr., Portland, public relations repre sentative for the industry associa tion. Montgomery spent Tuesday in Roseburg meeting with persons influential to the campaign. Although Oregon has a large con crete industry, comparatively lit tle concrete has been used in high way construction in recent years, Montgomery reports. Asphalt has been used almost exclusively in highway surfacing, he said. Studies, the industry claims, show that while concrete highways have a slightly higher original cost, maintenance costs are far lower than on asphalt roads. Oregon will be building many miles of super highway under the federal aid pro gram, in which the federal govern ment will participate in construc tion, but Oregon will be required to assume all maintenance. Thus the state will benefit over the years by surfacing with concrete wherever conditions permit, Mont gomery contends. To promote use of concrete, the various cement concerns doing business in the state have organ ized a cooperative campaign to present their data to the highway commission. That the campaign is showing results is evidenced by the fact that the state highway en gineer recently was authorized to surface two new sections of high way with concrete, the first con crete pavement to be laid In Ore gon since 1952, ' Montgomery re ports. Presidential Race Led By Garcia; MANILA IM Carlos P. Garcia, lolitical heir of the late President tamon Magsaysay, virtually clinched the Philippine presidency Wednesday. But the voters were giving him an opposition leader as vice president. Garcia and the apparent next vice president, Diosdado Macapa gal, are both considered good friends of the United States. Unless there is a complete re versal in the trend, this 11-year-old Asian republic will have a vice president with politics differ ent from the chief executive's for the first time. With 28 per cent of the esti mated 4'? million votes counted, Garcia, Nacionalista Party stand ard bearer, held a 150,000-vote lead over sugar magnate Jose Yulo, a Liberal. Macapagal, Liberal who spent his boyhood in a grass hut, was leading his Nacionalista opponent, House Speaker Jose B. Laurel Jr., by a thumping 262,000-vote mar gin. The latest presidential returns showed: Garcia, 504,741; Yulo, 353,188; Manuel P. Manahan, Pro gressive, 284,793; Sen. Claro M. Recto, Nationalist-Citizens, 116, 303; Antonio Quirino, Independent Liberal, 22,522. BICYCLE FOUND Some youngster's bicycle was found Tuesday at the home of Betty Biss, 1705 W. Harvard Ave., and has been brought to the Rose burg city garage by police to await a claimant. 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NO MONEY DOWN NO MONEY THIS MONTH NO MONEY NEXT MONTH COMPLETELY INSTALLED WITH A 220 GALLON OIL TANK BERGERON'S Three Air Force Jet Bombers Fly To Phillippines MANILA Three U. S. Air Force twin-jet B66 bombers swept into the Philippines today after nonstop flight from the U. S. West Coast. The Air Force laid the flight from George Air Force Base, Calif., made in just over IT hours, was part of an operation to show it can deliver a tactical striking force to help nip brush-fire wars anywhere in the world. A spokesman said the 1,000-mile nonstop trip was a record for B66s, which can carry atomic weapons. The flight refueld in the air off Hawaii. A fourth plane in the flight stop ped at Wake Island and was due tomorrow. The B66s are the vanguard of 47 jet fighter and bombers being moved from various U. S. bases to Pacific points in an operation call ed "Mobile Zebra." Thirty-one planes are coming to the Philippines and It others will stop at Guam. Docket Backlogged In Municipal Court The Veterans Day holiday creat- l ea a Dackiog oi work lor Koseourg 1 Municipal Judge Randolph Slocum, Tuesday. ' Six cases were on the docket I but in most cases the defendants ' failed to appear in court and for feited bail. Forfeiting bail were: Ira Frank lin Driggors, 50, Winston, $75 on a charge of being drunk in an auto; Dale Everett Sanders, 20, Rt. 1 Box 309, Roseburg, $25, illegal pos session of liquor; a 17-year-old Winston boy arrested with Sanders on the same charge also forfeited $25 bail. Clifford Bud Ashby, 51, 1634 SE Stephens St., and Robert H. Maney, 29, Rt. 1 Box 1435, Winchester, charged with disorderly conduct for fighting in a cafe forfeited bail of $35 each. Harley Daniel Valuer, 43, Rt. 2 Box 876, Roseburg, failed to appear on two charges, disorderly conduct and being drunk in a public place, and forfeited a total of $70 bail. Theron Henrcy Martin, 50, 951 Lookingglass Rd., pleaded innocent to a charge of drunken driving and had his trial set for March 12, 1958. Bail of $250 was continued. Sewell Avery Remains In Serious Condition CHICAGO I Sewell L. Avery. 84, retired board chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., remained in serious condition today in Chi cago Wesley Memorial Hospital. Avery, who was taken to the hos pital Alonday night, was reported by a hospital spokesman to be suf fering from "an acute infection with fever." He said he was un conscious part of the time yester day but was reported "resting comfortably" during the night. ELKTON EXTENSION UNIT The Elkton Home Extension Unit will meet at the Christian Church Thursday at 10 a.m. A pot luck lunch will be served at noon. Those attending are asked to bring their own table service. Frances Carnes and Helen Wilson will be project leaders and present "suit able dress for the occasion" as project for the day. - T0P HEATING SYSTEM TELEVISION Federal Agent Says Mafia Operating In New York City WASHINGTON in A federal agent testified Wednesday the Mafia, notorious criminal secret society, has moved in on New York's garbage collection rackets. Joseph Amato, head of a special Investigating squad in the Federal Narcotics Bureau, also told the Senate Rackets Investigating Com mittee that Vincent J. Squillante. whom the committee has named as a kingpin in the garbage rack et, is "an important figure," in the Mafia. "He is considered by me and my office as a major source of supply for narcotics as well as being a prominent racketeer," Amato said. Sen. Ives (R-NY) asked whether Amato had heard testimony that linked the name of Squillante with the slain gangster Albert Ana- Stumbo Arrested; Spends Night In County Jail (Continued from Page 1) of the commission's action of taking the land without buying it. First, a year ago, Robert, two brothers and a cousin barricaded the highway. After piling up long lines of traffic and making their point, the clan members took down the block ade and started muttering about making Stumbo Strip into a toll road with assorted tolls for dif ferent conveyances and livestock. This scheme was dropped in favor of the subdivision. Association Impatiant While legal manuevers dragged on in circuit court, members of the Southern Douglas County High way Assn. became impatient and instructed an officer to file a com plaint against Stumbo. A com plaint signed by Lee Altendorff, secretary, and a warrant issued by Dist. Judge Warren A. Woodruff. The judge set bail at $25 but Stumbo refused to post it when ar rested. Instead, he chose to re main in jail. He was brought into court this morning for arraignment and aft er hearing the charge against him read by Judge Woodruff, asked for a continuance. Stumbo said he had conferred with his Medford attorneys and they had advised him to ask for a delay. Stumbo told the judge his law yers would arrive in Roseburg some time today. He is represent ed by the firm of Boyer and Holmes. Continues Pleading Woodruff continued Stumbo's pleading to the charge until Thurs day at 9:30 a.m. He said if Stumbo desired an earlier time it would be worked into today's court calen dar. Stumbo. a logger, appeared in court dressed the part. He wore a green and black checked flannel shirt, black jeans and purple sus penders. When booked, he gave his age as 32 years. The husky (five feet, nine inch es, 192 pounds) logger said his ar rest came as a complete surprise. "At first I thought it was a joke," he said. "Then I thought it was absurd. I still do," Stumbo de clared. After a night in jail (he was booked at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday), Stumbo expressed praise for the jail. "It's a fine jail," he said. "The crusine is excellent." WONT BLISTER BARE FEET! SAFE FOR CHILDREN Is" L"TijHF i r EE . - j aLy id l i I . i i i WbJL 4 ri KNACK 1 1 DININS UVIN0 ' U -!,- ia It l0tN I I ! t-i-ll i xi.'..NjPP KK ;MtiN7 i l Refrigeration - Air Conditioning Heating and Sheet Metal Phone OR 2-2324 stasia and the garbage racket, and whether he considered the gar bage racket has become "some thing operated by the Mafia?" 'Yes, sir," Amato replied. Refuses Pictures Chairman McClcllan (D-Ark) forbade photographers to make pictures of the agent. Committee cbunsel Robert F. Kennedy said this was at the request of Harry J. Anslingcr, head of the Narcot ics Bureau. It was explained that Amato frequently engages in und ercover work. Before Amato took the witness chair, there had been testimony from two garbage collector broth ersJohn and Anthony Monte sano that gangsters moved in on the Garbage Collectors Assn. in Nassau. County, N. Y., in connec tion with negotiation of a contract with a Teamsters Union local. The Montesanos said the gang sters move began when they called in Squillante for assistance in con tract negotiations. Dillard Feud Brought Out At Board Meet (Continued from Page 1) it clear the outcome of the elec tion would not necessarily be the determining factor for Foster's reinstatement. The board would not be committed on the election results. If board members stand fast by their previous decision of dismissing Foster, the coming election will go for naught. Both Foster and Cox stood be fore the assembled parents and de fended themselves. Emotions were mixed among the approximately 180 present. Some spoke out in be half of Foster and some for Cox. Words Not Minced Previous discussions and meet ings on the -situation, which has been developing for some time, were filled with innuendo and no direct accusations. But Tuesday evening, no words were minced, accusations flowed freely and the cold war which had existed be came heated and passionate Foster told the group, "My rec ord stands for itself," and when asked why he had been dismissed if he had been -lcared, he an swered, "That's the $64 question." Supt. Cox, who was responsible for sending the inquiry to Okla homa that revealed the blemish in Foster's past, told the group in a husky emotion-filled voice. "I felt I had justification for checking on this man." He went on to explain the antagonism and bitter feeling that had existed between Foster and himself, giving illustrations of events that had happened that caused him to check on Foster's past. Many others present asked ques tions about the situation and still others presented opinions, pro and con, about '.he men in question. Both their reputations and charac ters were emblazoned more than once and several emotion packed speeches were roundly applauded. OPEN HOUSE SET Open house at Roseburg High School, as part of National Educa tion Week, will be held between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. tonight. Coffee will be served in the library. Here's A FLOOR FURNACE That Can Be Installed In the Hallway of Any 2 or 3 Bedroom Home 526 S. E. Lane
