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I'. Cx" C. Library Euonc, Ci-igon Con.? eon. Oe Goyile Airiroves Don Potds School Board Gets Request To Expand String Music Program Into Grade Schools An appeal to expand, if possible, the string music pro- pram in the schools was made Wednesday night to tht1 Rosebunr School Board by the tra Society Brian Graves, member of ors, said the organization feels which was discontinued in the elementary schools about three years ago, is important for a well-rounded education. He asked whit the society should do as lay citizens to make the bid and the delivery data of the school board aware of their feel- j t djd , ,atis( bld ,'!!f!SW5rd e Pr8r,,m: None of , waJ "rejected. the board members could remem- . . . ... . . ber exactly why the string music1 . fur blds Emitted for an nr. ,.t ,n ih. .i . ! intercommunications system at the I. v nientary schools, but Supt. M. C Deller said the school budget, three i i K - -J-.-..,. ..i hM inn axu. ubj ucru uciciiru ton. the last school board meeting and' tabled, as it was Wednesday night, until the Roseburg School Evalua tion Steering Committee makes it's report later this summer. Craves also made an aDDeal for I financial assistance. The society nas ncen reining mc i.ruuai lor High School auditorium for its concerts. He asked the school board to allow the society to use the auditorium under the present hoard policy of letting the audi torium be used rent free for youth activities associated with tht schools. The orchestra is conv posed of many students and free 1 compnmeniary tickets are given 10 tudents and educators, Graves I said. The board told Graves they would take his requests under con sideration. In other business before the hoard, the bid of Roseburg con tractor Steve Ferche was accept-! ed for construction of a retaining 1 wall at Huerest School. He submit- j ted a bid of $7,130. Other bids sub-1 nutted were Murphy Construction lo 234. and Wallace R. Case-1 beer. S8.8O0. . . . . ... D , . Seme. Equ.pm.nt Bid R.tl Only one bid was received for science equipment at the high school. Since there was only one I imes and the school board felt that D1"a " Dt.0","meai ,a? JUD the budget could be cut by elimina- w"Nnor,te "1 tine the string music program. Dl-V Lo - J4-84": Kpnt Radio and ling me siring music program. j Televjslon K gn. Slneed $7,453.. Matter Again Tabled Ofl. and Manchester-Chandler, $6.-1 Tht matter was brought up at;30 I Bill To Aid Unemployment Won't Do Oregon Any Good, Criticizes Governor Holmes SAI.E.M (AP) A Senate-passed hill to aid the unemployed proo-! ablv will out no money in the! pockets of jobless Oregon workers, Gov. Robert Holmes said Thurs-i day ilolmes denounced the bill and accused Congress of sitting on the sidelines instead of creating need - en anti-recession programs. The bill, now awaiting the Presi- dent's signature, would permit; slates to float federal loans to ex - lend unemployment compensation benefits ' n.,l,. h. rfnuhlerf !h slate could participate because of an plovers who pay into the compen opinion earlier this month by Atty. sation trust fund. Gen. Robert Thornton. "In view of his ruling that we Kven if legal obstacles could he could not borrow earlier, 1 cer clearcd. Holmes said he would tainly want his opinion on our au- hae serious doubts about borrow- ing the money. Meanwhile, a stale official said 91 niul llr.ni.n recirient have CX- hausted their unemployment com-i Holmes said he felt Thornton1 Activities are scheduled to gel pensation benefits. probably would rule that the 1-eg-1 underway at 9 a m. Thursday with islature would have to first pass a 1 registration. Roseburg lodge mem B.mfits Running Out law permitting the state to borrow : bers may register Monday. Na- And tht benefits are running out for about 1.000 additional per - sons each week said Mrs. Cecelia Galey chairman of the state I n- Unemployment Bill Passed By Senate WASHINGTON fi Only Presi - dent Eisenhower s signature was needed today to autnonie federal advances to the states for a tern porary extension of unemploy ment benefits. A hill to permit that action was passed 80-0 by the Senate last night after all attempts to broad en and strengthen it were defeat ed The House passed it Slav 1. The passage vote was unanimous desmte sharp criticism from some: senators that the bill was largely uialaci at nn it mn fa I art t &L-n by AFL-CIO spokesmen. Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-lll.) eauen n uir great runarouna Ol 1!S8 " Sen. Pat McNamara (D Mich) said he feared it would prove "a cruel hoax" on the mil linns of unemployed. The bill authorizes the federal government to advance funds to Iht states to extend by at much as one half the number of weeks in which workers eligible for un employment insurance may draw benelils. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly cloudy tniht and day. Little- wirmir Friday. Hiflhtf torn p. latt 34 hur Lawttt tamp, latt 24 hur . Highait tamp, any May T low tit ttmp. any May .... Prtcip. latt 24 hewrt .. Pracip. fran May 1 .... Prtcip. from Sapt. 1 .. ... Eictti fram Sap. 1 Suntat tantahf, 7:44 p.m. Sunrita torn a r raw, 4 37 a.m. Roseburg Symphony Orcrtes-i the society board of direct the atrinjr music program, I h BUn- ht thm mftltot- uif tabled so that more information concerning the product of the low concer ... . . , n: . Two Roseburg banks submitted identical bids for purchase of a bond of $35,000 for improvements in the science department at the i high school. Douglas County and! United States National banks sub-i mitted bids of S3.877.5u with an in- - f period of five years. Douglas loun ty State Bank won the bid by a flip of the coin. "A bid of S5.496.1J for instrument al music equipment was accepted. Ricketts Music Store Inc., 702 SE Jackson St., was the low bidder. The store will discount $200 since the entire bid was awarded to Rick- ftts Graves Music and Art store, 5i6 se Jackson St.. submitted a bid of $6,060.38. On the bid Graves had 17 items listed at $5,973.20. but when the hoard totaled the items I up it came out $6,060.38. I Five Teacher Vacancies Deller reported that there are fjve teacher vacancies at the high school, none in the junior highs land three in the elementary schools. He announced that t h 1 1 school administrative office person nel will follow the usual summer procedure of ,Ur1ing to work at 7:30 m th, m0rning and quitting (Continued on Page 1 Col. i) employment Compensation Com mission. Holmes said he will ask Thorn 1 ton Thursday for an opinion on whether the state ran borrow the ! money from the federal govern- ment. Oregon earlier borrowed 14 mU- 1 lion dollars to shore up its sagging; compensation trust tuna. Thornton, however, ruled that such a loan could be made only 1 with the permission of the Legis-i lalure. As a result, tax rales increased Brest v for most nf the 12 000 em- tnority under the new hill before 1 take any action . " L.W rifSt Holmes said. the funds. ' But. the governor said, even if he was given the go-ahead "f would want to look at the situa- tion very carefully first " Holmes saM that he favored a version of the bill which called for the government to require all ' slates to extend benefits for 16. weeks. That version was smoth - ered under Senate opposition. The version sent to the Presi- dent "it not a federal mnn tn : combat the recession. It rolls back to the slates anv anti-recession movements." Holmes said. "J don't think they want to do nything about the anti recession measures." Holmes said. Favors Grants To Loans The governor said he fasored a a system of grants to the stales. instead of loans which would have to ne repaid, .,n Washington D. C, opponents ,he bl11 said that about a third of the states, like Oregon, would j"Jv ,0 hav special legislation lo ,,im if Thornton would rule against borrowing th? mnney. he nimht be tempted to call a special seion of the Legis lature to draft enabling law But a special session si ill is eon- (Continued oo Paga 1 Col. 4 L2&t mu'si::;fm - -.rUK IlKt KIs Pan., FrM.u 5 Ettobliihtd 1873 12 mpqua Favorable To Kraft Plant Report States Central Area Well Qualified By CHUCK CRELL News-Review City Editor The Umpqua Valley apparently tioa nunrvthino takpt In nrnHiie. lt )east 30u tonJ o krafl paper ,,j i,nu,t,rj . j,.. rh ; th,no' h.,i . n.iln and paper mli).' And if one were located here, it would De earning a gross of $6.5 million dollars a year a gross return of 23 per cent on an estimated capital investment of 28 6 million dollars. Such is the appraisal of Sand well & Co., Inc., Seattle, which completed a survey of pulp and paper potential in the area in ; March. The facts are contained in a report now in the hands of the I Roseburg Chamber of Commerce and the Oregon Department of Planning and Development, which shared the $3,000 cost of the survey, riewy or impa The key to pulp, paper and liner- knnt nrrHiiftisn in tht Tf ATI- pears to be a potential supply of! .k.i.. frnm uwmilU and 11 grecn-veneer mills, all lucal. which! are regarded in the Sandwell re- i port as long-term suppliers. 1 ". """"S' The mills are estimated to be 1 She was 63 years old. She was capable of producing 330.000 bone- born at Joplin, Mo., July 23, 1894 drv units of chips annually. (Aland moved to Sutherlin in 1910. bone-dry unit is 2.400 pounds of chins I. Of that amount. 135.000 Kill's are being supplied under five-year contracts to pulp and paper mills in Albany. 1-ongview, St. Helens, Camas and Lebanon. Between 50 and 60 per cent of the 830.000 BDU production can be ob- tained for local paper manufacture. the Sandwell report estimates. making a paper output of 100.000 tons a year (300 tons daily) pos - sihle The report savs that would be Initial production. Other sources of chips may be found in logging (Continued on Page 2 CoL 4) ! Plans Being Made For Elks Conclave Plans are being formulaled for U"" annual slale Elks convention wnicn will ne neiu ui nuseuum Thursday. Friday and Saturday of next week. Many plans are tentative and various committees are holding meetings to work out final details. Between 2.500 and 3.000 Elks and ! 'heir wives are expected to attend p,ii.h r'a me convention, noseourg Ruler Glen Miller said. 1 tional Grand Lxalted Killer 11. 1 Blackndge of Kearney. Neb., wili attend a noon luncheon at the I mp qua Hotel Thursday, A dinner meeting is scheduled for the hotel at 6 p.m. Attending this event will be exalted rulers, leading knights, secretaries and managers. The no host banquet iwill honor Klks Rupe Lewis of W'hittier. Calif., and Horace Wis- i ley of Salinas. Calif . candidate for 1h npvt 0rnnH eyaltprl ruler Business sessions are scheduled throughout the convention. A pa- rade through downtown Roseburg is set for 3 p.m. Saturday. About 40 units will participate Glen Ward, parade chairman, said. Free Bus Rides Slated For Saturday Shopping But ridaa in Rotaburg Satur day will b fraa. In an affort to mako shopping a simplar mattar for tho day. Hit Ratail Merchants Division of tho Chambor of Commerce, with tha corporation of tho Rotaburg bus company, is sponsoring tho frao ridas to and from town. Spoktsman Rod Novuo said no chargo would bo mado for ridaa during tho ontira day. Poges ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY. MAY 29, ft. MRS. BRITTAIN SLACK . . . correspondent passes Mrs. Brittain Slack OfSutherlin Dies At Local Hospital I-eona Savilla Slack, Sutherlin, correspondent for The News-Re- view for nearly 20 years, died at Roseburg hospital last W'ednes- ; She was married Nov. 24, 1912 to 1 Brittain Slack at Sutherlin Mr. and Mrs. lack for many years owned the Sutherlin Fruit Growers Assn., and retired two years ago. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Sutherlin and the Christian Church Survivors include her husband. Brittain. Sutherlin: one son. fcd j gar, San Diego, Calif.; two broth iers, Laverne Bamber. Portland and Clint Bamber, Sutherlin, and I three grandchildren. j Funeral arrangements are pend ing arrival of relatives. Elks To Place New Flag On Nebo Rosehurg Elks Club members will put up a new American flag on tht top of Mt. Nebo Memorial Day. The memtiers are scheduled to meet in the fairgrounds area about 7:30 Friday morning. A firing squad from Company D of the lNilth Infantry. Oregon National Guard, will also make the trip. The procession will make the trip in jeeps and expect to be on '"P of tne mountain about 8 a.m. .Raising of the flag on Mt. Nebo an annual event sponsored by the Elks Club. Blayne J. Flora, j two-year 1958-59 deficit at 15 bil chairman of the project, said. lion dollars. This exceeds treas A special act of Congress per-1 ur' estimalei by about two bil nuts the flag to be flown at all , llons- ""' n N'ho- The flag was first put up in that location in 1919. Mora added. LUMBERMAN KILLED ARL'ATA, Calif. (AP) A mil lionaire Coos Bay, Ore., lumber man was killed in an autn aeri. dent Wednesday involving a lum per truck. State police said Al Peirce, 56. was thrown from his sports car when he swerved to avoid another car that was attempting to pass a lumber truck near here. OFFICE TO BE CLOSED The Camp Fire Girl' office will be closed Friday and Saturday, Mrv O. F. Amunrisnn. executive wcretary for the organization, an- nounren. Nordic Veneers Opens Perlcin's Plant Nordic eneers, a green veneer peeler plant, went inlo production near Roseburg Wednesday. The former Perkins Veneer Co. olant on the North Lmpqua High way about three mires east nf Hotehurg has been leased by Nor dic Plywood Inc. of Sulherlin tor tbe operation. The Roseburg plant will supply the Sutherlin mill with green veneer for processing. The Perkins company quit prooucnon Perkins company quit prmiucnon at the Roselmrg mill about two years ago. Norman Jarobson. secretary - treasurer of Nordic Plvwood, said the first of two shifts started work Wednesday. Nineteen men are em- ployed. This working force will he increased lo posiniv jj wun wie ..(.l.nn nf tl.a n.,.nrf shift .hfltll the middle ol June .Most of tha forct will b. hired from the Rose burg area, he said. Jacobson explained that tht plant had been leased in an effort to eliminate some costs of hauling veneers from th. roast. Th. Rose burg plant will supply about half (Continued on Taga I Col. 2) Business Group Bids High For Moore Property A combine of five Roseburg busi nessmen Wednesday offered high bid on two lots of the Lillie Moore property on Rose Street in Rose burg, according to the Associated Press. The General Services Adminis tration in Seattle took five bids on the property, which had been de clared surplus. Tht five businessmen bid $61,525. They are Emil A. Ham berg, Hans T. Hansen, C.eorge West, Roland West and L. E. Garrison. They are the men who plan to ! develop a parking lot on the two lots. They formed the combine un der the Civic Affairs Committee of the Roseburg Chamber of Com merce to provide customer parking in the downtown area. The five bids have been forward ed to Washington, DC, for "fu ture instruction," according to C.SA Regional Administrator W. A. Hollow-ay. He said that the proce dure is unusual because of "some J public opposition in Roseburg over government sale of the two lots, which Lillie Moore left to the fed eral government when she died." Presumably, the GSA had taken Into account the Douglas County Historical Society's request that tht two lots be preserved as part of an historical museum. The society was the next-lowest bidder at $25,000. Others who hid included: Lockwood Motors, $52 500; Asa I. Arnsberg. $37,750, and A. t. Anderson. $10,560. Rules Committee Okays Continuing .Corporate Taxes WASIIlGTnN' (API Th. h.ll continuing corporate income and excise taxes at their present lev els for another year until June 30, 1 1959, got rules committee clear i ance Thursday for a House vote 1 next week. Despite some grumbling, tht j committee approved the measure to avert a $2,600,000,000 drop in revenues next month when Korean War tax increases are now due to expire. 11 limited debate to two i hours. Rep Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark), chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, declined to predict in reply to questions when taxes might be reduced. Certainly not until there is a budget sur plus, he said. Mills then quoted estimates by the staff of the S e n a t e-liouse Committee on Internal Revenue placing the prospective deficit at $1 loo.ooo.ooo next year, with I Leaders hay. scheduled House action on the tax bill for late next week. Passage appeared assured with leaders of both political parties barking it. Lloyd Cox Pleads Cuilfy To Drunkenness Charge i Moyd M. Cox, 44-vearold rural RoL-ahMpn Inon.e r.l.HnJ .....It.. I I. rh,r f Hrl, . nh.i'ndUC",d l lie highwav Wednesday in the court of District ; A. Woodruff and ! and costs. Judge Warren was fined M He was arrextcd bv state police and booked on the charge last hun day eight miles east of Hoseburg on the North I mpqiia Highway He posted bond of JI00 pending ' nis arraignment. i . , ' . . . i ( Yj$'ch I JT' '"'...", : f I tr t ' ; ;?, I !-., - ' . - . , ,-. ' iJ L" . -. .-, . ..As P i.t il ii sx.imsi ii i i-ii imiai mini i iiiiii Imaii utmmt ttia. ...a BACK (N PRODUCTION thi H.ghwoy east of Roseburg. mo will work on twrj shifts.. 1958 126 Withnell Appointed Dean Of Boys; Lennevi lie Will Direct Roseburg High Band Harold Withnell, Roseburg High School band instructor, was ap pointed the school's dean of boys by the Roseburg School Board Wednesday night. Robert Lenneville, band instruc tor at Central Junior High School, was appointed to fill Withnell'a vacated position. Withnell is a graduate of Lin- field College at McMinnville. He did graduate work and received his master's degree from the Uni versity of Idaho. Withnell, who is in charge of the school district a instrumental music program, has been with the district for three years. Taught At Pew.rs He taught at Powers from 1939 to 1941. Coquille from 1942 to 1947 and Astoria from 1947 to 1955. Withnell has been praised for his work with the Roseburg High School band. "In my opinion, our band is second best to none." M. C. Deller, superintendent, said. "Withnell has brought increased mterest to our instrumental music program, Del ler added." Withnell is filling a position va cated by Joe Scallon who has ac cepted the principalship at Huerest School. The new high school band I ,tructor served at music director at Umatilla for two years and at Myrtle Creek for one year. Lenne ville was graduated with a mas ter's degree last summer from the University of Oregon. Lenne-ille served as a sergeant for four years in the 41st Army Division Band during World War (Continued on Paga 1 Col. 7) Charles W. Payne Found Innocent A district court jury has found Charles William Payne innocent of a citizen s complaint of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Payne, a 37-year-old county shop employe, lives at lenmile. He pleaded innocent to the alle gation earlier this year and was re leased on $400 bail set by Judge Warren A. Woodruff. The com plaint was filed by Virginia Rice, a passenger in a car hit by the vehicle Payne was driving on High way 42 the night of March 31. At the Tuesday trial witnesses testified Payne was sober at the time of the accident, and that the car in which the plaintiff was rid ing was parked without lights. The vehicle belonged to Edna White. Judge Woodruff yesterday set June at the dale for preliminary hearing of William Lawrence Dod son, 31-year-old Sutherlin welder, who has been charged by his wife with failure to support his family of five children. Bail has been set at $1,000. j Memorial Day Services Set Memorial Day Services will be Roseburg Memorial Gardens Knday at II a m Trumpet quartet music will be furnished by tht Roseburg Senior High School band. flev t.ilir C. (lknn Ih. VzAh 1 , .K..- ( t,.i, ,in ... .u. lLu,hc,,n huIcn '" f"5"1' the messjRe. inuuKni ior uto oay win he. "I ndimmed by Human Tears." week it rhtj old Perkins) Veneer mill on the North Umpqua Nordic Plywood, Sutherlin, took over operation. About 35 (Poxil Jenkins) I PRICE 5c HAROLD WITHNELL . . . new dean of boys ROBERT LENNEVILLE . . . new band director Lester Sells Out To W.J. Hebard Les Lester, owner of Lester's Toy and Hobby fchop at 404 SK Jack son St., has sold the establishment to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hebard of Sutherlin. The Hebards will take over the store June 1. Lester is going into the commercial fishing business, operating out of Coos Bay. Lester bought the shop in 1A47 from Forrest Losee. In 1053 he moved across the street to the pres ent location. Hebard, at one time. owned the Roseburg Merchant Po lice. The shop will he closed June 2 and 3 for inventory and reopen Wednesday morning under the new ownership. West Coast Airlines' New Plan Ready June 22 SEATTl.R A! The first of - 58 veveaiwpMvaM ' ;v , (C- . , J i ..-,. Minis' .. pnge?" Uanspo a.- :tJ fn Friendship ordered by West Coast Airlines will be delivered June 22. the com pany announced jnursday. Hie airliner will be turned over! al Kairrhild'i plant al llagers lown, Md. WVtt Oiavt uhii'h serves 44 ci ties in the 1acilio Norlhwosl, on - .rates now wilh a fleet of DCif. . six. 40 passenger rairrhild rJi.. , ' : " ",; " 1 Hero Greeted With Mixed Emotions President Cory Says Ceneril Only Man Who Can Prevent Civil War By CEORGI MCARTHUR PARIS i Gen. Charles de Gaulle arrived in Pari Thursday night less than three hours after President Rene Coty announced he was being summoned, as tht only man who can save France from civil war, to be premier. The general disappeared from public view shortly after reaching the capital from his village home 150 mile away but was expected to appear at the President's pal are shortly,' presumably to ar range formally the process of at tempting to form a government'. The 76-year-old Coty, in an nouncing that De Gaulle was being called, told the French Parliament he would resign if the National As sembly r f u s es to accept D. Gaulle at premier. Coty'a unprecedented message was received in the National As sembly with shouts of derision from the Communist and cheers from De Gaulusts on tht right. On Brink of War 'We find ourselvts on tht brink of civil war," Coty said. In the peril of tht motherland and the Republic, I turn myself toward the most illustrious French man." The Assembly recessed and oar- ties began feverish caucuses. First reports said the Socialists, who hold the balance of power, were holding firm in their opposition to De Gaulle. Outgoing Premier Pierr. Pflim. lin told the caucus of his Popular ncpuoiican rarty that members must support De Gaulle. Persons who attended tht session quoted him as saying: "I am convinced that in tht present circumstances whose aspects I know very well civil peace can only be preserved by the legal formation of a govern- (Continued on Paga i CoL 1) Most Local Stores To Keep Doors Open Day After Holiday All Roseburg stores art tlalcd to remain open Saturday except for appliance and furniture dealers, who met recently and decided to close in order to give employes a three-day weekend in observance of memorial Day. A aurvey this morning disclosed that all appliance and furniture dealers, with the exception of soma stores which carry other mer chandise as well as appliancea and furniture, apparently will close Sat urday. Department, clothing, jew elry and other typej of stores will remain open. Celebration of Memorial Dv FrL day in Roseburg will be highlight ed by services at the Veterans Hospital and ceremnnie at t h t bridge on the hospital grounds. Keynote Sptaktr Circuit Court Judce Churls. . Woodrich will be keynote speaker at the services, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The Hev. Ceorn. Knnv of W'estside Christian Church will deliver the invocation and Mayor no jacKiin will deliver tht wel come address. .Music will be fur nished by Thomas Helm, Roseburg High School singer. A march to the bridge will fol low the hospital services. Ceremon ies inert will be conducted by tha Daughters of the Union and th. Navy Mothers. Another ceremony win ne nein at the tomb of the un known soldier in the hosmtsl cem etery following the bridge rites. Other services are slated for Mt. Nebo, where the Roseburg Klks will sponsor a (lag-raising cere mony, and Roseburg Memorial P"- - ceremonies. I Meanwhile, Roseburg Poslinas I ter Clyde W. Carstens announced that all U.S. flags at postal instal lations will he tlnwn at half-mast. The procedure, in observance of the return and final interment nf !wo unknown soldiers killed in I World W ar IT, went into effect i Wednesday and will continue through Saturday. Swerxbin Accepts Post With North Texas Collego Richard Swerzbin, speech correr lionist with the Roseburg School District, has accepted a position as instructor in tht department of speech correction at North Texas State College in Denton. Swerzbin has been with the Rose burg School District for the pat two years. His new duties at North Texas State College will consist nf supervising clinic cases; and teach ing beginning courses in speech correction. Swerthin will move with his wife, Harriet, to Denton in July. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizenstein While 8,000 Americans are studying the Hussion language, 10 million Russians ere study ing English. Suggests Russia as a future source of teachers to supply the urgent need in American schools. Eh. what! t