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Judgments Hit Shipping Firm PORTLAND (AP) Two insur ance companies won judgments totaling $1,230,000 in a decision, filed Tuesday in federal court here, which grew out of an ocean tragedy. The S.S. Pennsylvania sank off the Pacific Northwest coast in January, 1952, taking the lives of IRIS BLOOMING Sea them now at . . . Miller's Iris Gardens Sit Miles Eart of DUenville on the Buckhorn Rood its -ifi-man crew. The cargo aboard the States Steamship Co. vessel was lost. The decision was by U.S. Dist. Judge Dave ling of Phoenix. Ariz. Earlier he had held that the steamship company was lia ble for the losses because the ship was not seaworthy. The loss es were paid off by the two com panies who insured the cargo. Then they sued to recover the money. Judge Ling awarded $379,185 plus 6 per cent in interest from the day of the sinking to the At- Mutual Cn Ho nrHitrpri ! $479,083 plus interest paid to the National nre insurance to. The estates of the men who died with the ship were settled out of court. States Steamship now has lost nearly three million dollars as result of the sinking. Judge Ling was assigned to the federal district court here to try the case. 1AOQ Registration Seen For 5-Day IOOF Conference CASUAL CARNIVAL z -I U for girls on s the go! What a going summer girl needs pairs and pairs of . . . hurry! They're the coolest, end made of such soft materials. Styled by America's finest ond selected Imported styles from Europe. mi Choose from more than 70 different styles in sizes from 4 to 10 in AAA to E widths. Styles in straws, meshes, leathers ond glamorous plastics. nnu..ttrn'e nHH Fellows and Re bekah lodges today unveiled a busy calendar of social and business events to set the stage for hosting the lOOF Grand Lodge and Re bekah Assembly of Oregon at a five-day session opening Sunday. An estimated 1,500 members of the two organiiations are expected to convene here for their annual program. For the Grand Lodge it will be the 103rd session. A flag-raising ceremony at the Roseburg Fire Station Sunday aft ernoon, followed by evening serv ices at the Presbyterian Church ...ill l..,-nh itnnvfintinn W1U muiivu mo A reception Sunday nignt ior an branches of the Odd Fellows of Oregon and their friends will wind up opening day events at the IOOF Hall, rne rnnaienau uwii" Roseburg Rebekah Lodge will en tertain. Registration begins at 2 p.m. c...in ; th lnhhv nf thf Umn- auiiuaj - . qua Hotel, headquarters for the session that will continue through Thursday. Here to taKe pan in ceremo nies will be E. O. Richards of runnnii Vnh Hpnntv sovereicn grand master,' Independent Order of Odd Fellows, lie comes iii-ie from California where ne is attenu ing the Golden Bear State's annual session this week. Civic Record Listed Richards, past grand master of Nebraska's Odd Fellows, lists among his numerous fraternal and other connections the title of past noble grand of his Rebekah lodge and past chief patriarch in i the bn campment Branch of the Odd Fel- ; nt Nehraska dis- 1UWS. I"J BB" J - trict vice commander for the Amer ican Legion, a memDer oi u International and a former Rotar- ian. ..... . du.i io nnst master of his ii nAna ond nnsr command- er of the Chappell Temple Com- manury, jvuigma " " i' i ? . m Patriarchs ,i ?rr ' 1 Field and Staff lUlillaiil. .- - . Officers open the business sessions with a nreaKtast me uie i-h" Hotel. The Department v- u u .. - lt tnaatlnO DI M H.II1. UU Opens 113 - - - -- second floor of the IOOF Hall. The previous evenmB, 5:30 p.m., the President s Assn. oi Ladies Auxiliaries Patriarchs Mili tant convene for dinner at the ho tel later joining ine ramaicu group for special church services at 7:30 p.m. Breakfast At Hotel A breakfast for past presidents of the Rebekahs in the hotel will start their sessions, followed by a 9 p.m. meeting at the lodge hall. The nurseB group na their annual luncheon at noon on Monday. . . . , ,,. Highlight of the Patriarch s Mili tant and Assn. of Ladies Auxdiar ies Patriarch's Militant will be the bestowing of the Degree of Chival ry on honored members at a pub lie ceremony in the Roseburg Ar mory Monday at cau p i will be followed by a grand march for members in uniform only, and then a military ball to wnicn au branches and tneir menus wo m- Vit.ed- .... ... .., ,nrrlinr and A SCIlOUl i"i financial secretaries of Rebekah lodges IS to De conuutieu w""b at 2 p.m. Monday by Miss Louise 1 . tf.MJJfifK-Mm riY ti wmi z u priced for all budget , 3" 1095 E. O. RICHARDS . . . IOOF leader slated Smith, Assembly secretary, in the Roseburg Armory. 84th Session Planned Tnpsriav the 84th session of the flrnnH F.npaninmimt. Independent Order Odd Fellows, and the Grand Ladies jsncampmeni Auxuiary both convene at 9 a.m. in the TnnF Hall. PrepeHinp this hour. they join for a no-host breakfast at the Umoaua Hotel. At rtnnn Merrill Maxwell. Brand patriarch, and Garnet Draper, grana matriarcn, eacn entertain their officers at luncheon at the Umpqua hotel, witn tne comple tion of their respective meetings tnai aiternoon, tney win meet at ttia Rncolmi-cT Armnm nt 7'. n m for entertainment and jomt public mstauation ot newiy tiecieu oui cers. This will be followed by a grand march and ball. The branch having the largest attendance will be the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon meeting at the I Armory on Tuesday, Wednesday, 1 Wl,..,....!..,, flnuninif KsntmAnipt TupgHhv hpuin at 8:30 a.m. and anv Rebekah member or friend mav attend. Official opening ot tne Assembly is schedtded for 9 o'clock, followed by conferring the assembly degree on qualified tteDeKan memuers. With a full session planned for the remainder of the day they will also attend the Grand Encamp ment and Ladies Auxiliary instal lation at the Armory Tuesday eve ning. Instructions Scheduled Wednesday morning, Vice Presi dent Ruth Vose will conduct the district deputy presidents school of instruction at 7 a.m. in the Ar mory, The Assembly then con venes, at 9 a.m.. with election of officers scheduled for 10 a.m. The Grand Lodge will begin its annual session on Wednesday morning in the Gold Room of the tlmnniin Hntpl. Following a break fast at 7 a.m. and a special ses sion at 9 a.m. they plan to go into their regular business session at 10 o clock. a joint public installation with the Rebekah Assembly Wednesday eve ning at the Armory. This will be nreceded bv entertainment begin ning at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Muscovites hold a busi ness meeting at 6 p.m. and their ceremonial at 10 p.m. Wednesday. The men will confer their Musco vite Degree at 11:30 p.m. Both the Muscovites and the Lady Musco vites will meet in tne iuuf tiau. Thursday morning the new pres ident of the Rebekah Assembly entertains her officers at a break- focf at tha Wnmnn's Tilth RllilHilltf Also that morning, the secretaries of subordinate lodges, scnoes and clerks meet for breakfast in the Odd Fellows Hall. The Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly conclude their meet ings Thursday afternoon. - . ..! A ..." 1 Wed., Moy 13, 195 Tha News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 Alaska, River Given Attention SEATTLE (API Endorsement of joint U. S.-Canadian develop ment of the coiumuia Kiver anu - .1.. ha in, ipmnannr ntmn connections with Alaska were vot ed by .delegates to the racmc Northwest Trade Assn. Both projects were the subjects of resolutions passed unanimous ly as tne association cuncimieu us 41st general conference hero. One resolution commended, tne WORLD TRAVELER Mrs. Ro bert Sibley will tell the Ameri can Asociation of University women I hursaoy ner ODserva tinn rlurinn n recent triD to Poland, Russia ond South Africa. The AAUW wHI meet at 6:30 p.m. ot the hpm of Mrs. George French. Today she addressed the St. George's tpiscopal lauiia on tne same topic. Portland Mulls Hotel Room Tax PORTLAND (AP) The Port land City Council will take up May 27 a proposal to tax hotel rooms during this Centennial sum mer. Such a tax was suggested Tues day by Mayor Terry Schrunk and Uommissioner Manicy can to in crease city revenues. frmimiKsinner .Ruck Gravson does not like the idea. He said it would "look like were trying to reaD a harvest." Commissioner ApMnnd Tt Roan fthipptpH ton He said such a tax should be put off until next January. Schrunk and Earl proposed a 5 per cent lax on daily room charges. The estimated annual yield would be $400,000. O&C Withdrawal Asked Near Here Prtwnrvnfinn nf 9fHl aprp nf Orfl- n,.n an1 fnl ifnrn in rpvpctoH mil. road grant lands for scenic and recreational value is proposed in a withdrawal planned by the De partment of the Interior. The acreage includes 100 acres on the Little River about 31 miles east of Roseburg. A period of 30 days from the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register is provid ed ior llting ot pruu'sis ur i-um-ments by the public. Protests ol,,,M hp ariilrpssprl tn Vireil T. ileath, Oregon state supervisor for the Bureau ot i,ana iH.uinKeiutiii., 809 Nfc Sixtn Ave., roruanu, a, Ore. work of the International Colum bia River Engineering Board and the International Joint Commis sion in nearing an equitable solu tion to development ot uie Colum bia. In the second resolution the as- enfinfiitn uritnH inprpacpH artivilv on the part of the Alaska Interna tional Hail and Highway commis sion named by Congress in 19.V. The government of Canada and its provinces were asked to cooper ate in furthering the work of the commission. Af b MnfiirAniia li,nlinAn nrinr to Uie business session Dr. Nicho las isyrailt, lormer Hungarian fi nance minister, told members the issue between the United States and Kussia wm ne oecioea in Uie field of economics." Workshop speakers Tuesday in cluded Robert E. Rose, from the General Electric Co. plant at Han ford and Don Chapman, president of the Equitable Savings & Loan Assn., Portland. Hub Cap Stolen Molly V. Ellege, 1941 W. Harv ard Ave., reported to Roseburg police Tuesday the theft of a stain less steel hub cap from her 1951 model car early Tuesday morning. Champion bourbon chcnlcq Straight Bourbon IJfliiskey 8 Vears Old $34.5, Pint SHMICHT BOURBON WHISKEY. II PROOF. SCHtNLEY DISTIUERS CO., N.Y.C. 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Discharged Mrs. Carl Bay, Douglas Para zoo, Sutherlin; -Cynthia Menges, Mrs. John Paxton, Oakland. select yours today Oakland Boy Fined A 16-year-old Oakland youth has pleaded guilty in Roseburg Muni cipal Court to a charge of Illegal possession 'of liquor by a minor and was fined $25. Roseburg po lice arrested the boy in a be, oie- .k... Ct nopkinrt lnt nhnilt A D.m. Sunday after they found bottles of beer on tne dsck seat oi a cat in which the youth was sitting. Camera Award Made priPTT Awn ikP Th winner of the Oregon Centennial photog raphy contest for high school seniors is Kurt Rolfes, 17, a Lin coln student. He gets a $1,000 scholarship. He submitted pictures oi a nay in the life of his sister, a first grade student. , yM UP TO I WBTIEHOUSE f EMS lm r--rr V diiv MAlAfl i 4 mP 'ny: Avsy x DUI iWIWS IB MBS 41 - I - : r, . J ..... NBtfS(bnri'- . a I . 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