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9 2 The News-Review. Roseburg, Or. Sot., April 16, 1960 Banishment To Backwoods Threaten Africans Already Showing Slump In Morale iftuiwreui'op cvtuth Afrira'im alleeed Nezro inciter!. (AP) -The South' African gov-l Ther. was a question whether ernment threatened today to ban- African, could Uge an effective ish Negro workers to native re-1 week-long boycott. Many Africans serves in the remote interior if already are short of money from they join the stay-home strike the previous stoppages. Many also railed for next week. I are frightened by the severe police The """KSSSSir. the African organ Bantu Admmutrauon and rvel.j fc.rf.-ship badly de opmentwarned the African wwk . by iorce tney woum h,;il.T The effectiveness of the strike lh?,'L,0b,, tf.,nd AtolnN-i" be apparent beiore Tues called by underground African f di leaaers. !js a work holiday for most people The warning was issued at Cape Africl Tfi i.n .rir thousands of leaflets -rv. v i. i . v . i. calling for a week-long work toy-ty. rk tor , todiy after coil were aiuiuuu " quiet Good fnday hannesburg area. The outlawed African national' Congress caUed the strike to force Slnygr Granted abolition of the passbook system j "MJ wiMiiiWM by which white police controljn laif;! ftlj movement rDfOW 1116 UIQ leTbe government statement re -' Job AWQit S HllTI .nH4 Afnrn that, as a resuil I of work boycotts in the past four j PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fa- eets m connecuon : ,her imprUoIied for i!aying antipass campaisn my .c.u, hj u already have lost their jobs. Many c,,.1. ,j i 7T Ji rr ,wT. Esfr Sunday and return to SriSE SST J?" lESibii job and a frelh start on Hon- left jobless when the government ordered employers not to give work to any African who could not produce a book. Minister of Justice Francois day. "I have rarely felt more sorry for a defendant." said Judge David L. Lllman in granting Kay this week the government alreadv P1'" , . , . . was "shipping manr idle and!,. "H ' Ml that a man superfluous Bantu back to their 5i,,n provocation for what he homelands- - meaning from they'd, explained Judge Oman a ...... .., m. h.,t,ww. r.t t;. Jew. "His conduct in prison has oeen exemplary, lie it a unwt Catholic and Sunday is Easter. His family has no resources. I reserves, said: African's Morale Weakens Johannesburg while police al ready have taken direct action to prevent or break the threatened strike by staging raids to round New Trial Grant Here Overruled By Supreme Court The state Supreme Court has overruled a decision by former circuit Judge (.an t. Mimberly granting a new trial in a case in which a jury in 1918 awarded r.fxrt h. Lane ol Koseourg more than $22,000 for injuries received in an accident. The Supreme Court in its deci sion rendered this week said the jury's verdict will stand because granting ot a new trial was not justified. Kbert. now a Roseburg junk dealer, was the plaintiff in the case against Vern and Esther Stewart of Ashland, Neb. He charged that the Stewarts' negli gence in operating a ca on High way 101 caused a truck Ebert was driving to overturn, injuring him. According to the complaint, Vern Stewart passed the truck Ebert was driving just as they approach ed a curve near Florence in 1956. It continues that Stewart lost con trol of the car forcing Ebert to swerve the truck, loaded with a tractor, and the truck overturned. As a result, Ebert says, he re ceived head, shoulder and back in juries. He asked $50,000 general and more than $7,000 special dam ages. The jury in January 1958 allowed him $15,000 general and $7,091.90 special damages. The defendants asked for a new trial. Included in grounds for the retrial was that the verdict was excessive and was given "under influence of passion and preju dice." Judge Wimbcrly granted the retrial. The plaintiff's attorney then ap pealed to the Supreme Court. am releasing him as of now- Last summer Tomczak, 32 and the father of six, chased Michael Aquilla, 30. from bis home and stabbed him in the back with a bayonet He was convicted Feb. 5 of second-degree murder. He said at his trial that Aquilla had been visiting his wife. Judge Lllman observed that Aquilla had been blackmailing Mrs. Tomciak. Her husband's sentence was ll'i to 23 months. O A. Protest Countered The district attorney's office and a lawyer for the slain man's fam ily protested: "What example to the community is a two-month sentence for such a vicious kill- "" ... . "No uselul purpose will oe served to bring about this man's rehabilitation by keeping him in prison, and that is the essential I purpose of prison," Judge UN man replied. Tomciak has been good to his family, often working double i shifts to support them properly, the judge said, and he has been promised Ms old joo as a noai wrighl if he returns by May 1. ' i ltiWH lU Sr. UNRATH MEMORIAL WINDOW A feature of the Eastar celebration ot the First Christion Church in Roseburg will be the first viewing of the memorial window installed in honor of the late William Unrath, who lost his life in the explosion last Aug. 7. Unrath was very active in church work os chairman of the church board, a deacon, Bible school superintandent and teacher, os well as an active participant in civic activities. The stained gloss window, now being installed and to be unveiled Easter Sunday, is donated by his wife and daughters, parents, aunt ond friends. The window will face the Douglas Ave. side of the church building. Pete Willemse, above, of the Bert Willemse Stained Glass Studio, Portland, puts the finishing touches on part of the window. A companion window, made possible by contributions from church members, later will be installed on the west side of the church edifice. (Paul Jenkins) Myron Strain Funeral services for James My ron Strain, 1-1, who was killed when a tractor overturned on him Thursday, are scheduled Monday at 2 p.m. in Wilson's Chapel of the Roses. The Lookingglass bov was born at Myrtle Point Jan. 20, 1946. and had been a resident of the Rose burg area for the last 10 years. He is survived by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Lyle Strain: three sisters, Jennifer, Joyce and Jan een; a brother, Jcrrold, all of Lookingglass: and his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ander son of Roseburg and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Strain of Phoenix, Arii. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Roy Garner of the Wins ton Assembly of God Church. In terment will follow at the Rose burg Memorial Gardens. M AS MIR BEFORE YOU CrW ASSURE HIS FUTURE By means of the Junior Adjustable Assurance pUa you can now make systematic payments on your son's behalf which will be of great value to him when he reaches manhood. Investigate (his remarkable new Sun Life plan under which the assurance increases from $1,000 to $5,000 at age 21, with no increase in premium. Many other valuable provisions contained in this policy. Applicable to children from one month to fifteen years. 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New York agents for the vessel The Rohncr, Gehrig Shipping Corp. said the crew was com posed largely of Greek seamen. The captain was listed as Dn medes L'aravias, 37, a naturalized American citizen of Greek origin. The radio officer was identified as Thomas Gibson, 28, of Great Britain. mm y I lilif mm Insurance Group Moves Into Lobby Of Umpqua Eugene V. Lincoln, represents tne of Uusiness Men's Assurance Co., announced that a central of fice has been established in Rose burg in the lobby of the Vmpqua Hotel. Previously representatives of the company operated out of tber homes. Lincoln said he has five men ' working with him. They are Par-! ley Dilworth, W illiam Holborow I and Jack Miner, all of Roseburg: Eugene Walker. Sutherlin, and' Clint Grooms. Riddle. I Walker is new with the company. having just been appointed to serve the Sutherlin area. Announcement of his appointment was made by II. G. Horn, manager of the com pany's Portland branch office. He is married and resides with his family in Sutherlin. C. S. EMMONS of Albony, (obove left), president of the Oregon State Bar, shows Gov. Mark O. Hatfield a replica of the Law Day, U.S A. billboards which are being exhi bited throughout the) state as part of the Oregon State Bar's Low Day observance. Gov, Hatfield has called on the people of Oregon to join with the bar in observing Low Day, designated as May 1 by presidential proclamation. I Darst B. Atherly, Roseburg at torney, has been chosen to be chair man of 1960 Law Day in Douglas County, according to Lamar Tooze, Portland the Oregon State Bar's chairman for the day. His job will be to coordinate ac tivities of the Douglas County Bar Assn. in local programs built around the Law Day theme, "Jus- I tice and Peace Through the Law." j The day is observed annually by presidential proclamation e a c b .May 1. May 1 falling on Sunday this year, churches throughout the state Pre-EasterHail, Tornadoes Inflict Midwest Damage By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain threatened to dampen some areas today, but the outlook seemed bright for Easter parades. Showers and thundershowers were expected today in the north ern and central Rockies, the south ern plains northeastward into the Great Lakes region and from the Gulf states northward into New York. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy weather was on tap. Kansas, Missouri and Illinois look the brunt of Friday night's storms. A small tornado struck near Louisburg. Kan., about 60 miles south of Kansas City, destroying a number of farm buildings and a state highway shop building. It moved into Missouri and dropped nearlv seven inches of rain at Pleasant Hill, Mo. Flash floods blocked several points along U.S. 71 between Belton and Peculiar, Mo. No injuries were reported. Another twister was sighted near Columbia. Mo., in the cen ter of the state, but apparently didn't touch ground. Heavy hail, some the size of baseballs, hit near Paola, Kan., about 12 miles southwest of Louis burg. Heavy hail and strong winds also swept across central and southern Illinois and northeastern Missouri, snapping some power lines. Damage was reported light. Fair weather except for a few or scattered showers was forecast for Sunday. A few showers are likely near the Northwest Coast, the northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region into upper New England. Scattered thunder showers are possible in the Middle Atlantic states and the mountains of the Carolinas. Mild temperatures should pre vail, except in the north-central tier of states. Butte, Mont., re ported a chilly 24 above tihs morning. Home, Pension Sought For Ex-Con After 65 Years LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP)-Hen-ry Sullivan, 83, who has spent the last 63 years in various penal and mental institutions, can go home now as soon as authorities can find a home for him. i Sullivan's only offense against society was the theft of S15 worth of brass from a paper mill in 1897, when he was 22. He was con victed of being an accessory to larceny. No court ever declared him in sane, but an executive order by Gov. Thomas R. Marshall sent him to a hospital for the criminal insane. He was treated for melan cholia, and doctors said he suf fered from hallucinations. Over the years he kept saying, "I'm not insane, and I'm not feeble-minded, either." Finally in 1938 he drew the attention of au thorities by walking away from Logansport State Hospital and taking his case directly to county officials. Psychiatrists examined Sullivan again and found him "very re sponsible and well related to real ity." Hospital officials ruled him sane and able to resume what ever place in society he can find. Herbert Small, Cass County at torney, asked Cass Circuit Court to appoint a guardian for the old man, now white-haired and fee ble. Small also asked the Welfare Department to give him a pen sion. I Authorities are Irving to find him a home in a boarding house or a nursing home. He visits downtown Logansport a few hours each week, gradually getting used to the outside world. Easter Season Trade Good But Unemployment Higher, Steel Output Still Slumps , By JACK LEFLER AP Businass Ntws Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A record Eastern shopping season, a con tinuing increase in automobile sales and a gain in homi building combined to paint a brighter busi ness picture this week. On the darker side were higher unemployment and the steady de cline of steel production. After being .discouraged by bad weather during the late winter and early spring, shoppers poured into the stores as Easter nearcd. Dun & Bradstreet reported a survey of merchants in 66 cities in 41 states showed retail trade in the three week? before Easter ex ceeded the similar pre-Easter pe riod of last year by two to six per cent. Biggest increases over last year were in women's apparel, men s suits and topcoats and children's merchandise. Car Sales Surge The surge in car sales was es pecially encouraging to business as a wnole, which has been watch ing the trend as a barometer of the economic climate. Dealers sold 160.420 cars in the first 10 days of April, a gain of ii rf ppn't over a vear a20. "Prospects for continuation of the sales boom appear good and are backed by a public interest in the U.S. compacts as each man- uiaciurer uuna iu una nwu, aw.u Ward's Automotive Reports. Oumut this week was estimated at 143.000, compared with 133.299 last week and 136,101 in tne com parable week a year ago. The pop ular comDaets accounted for 40.- 000 of the total, a new weekly high. Home Building Gains The Commerce Department re ported home building made sea snnal Bains in March desnite un usuallv poor weather. Builders started 97.000 new dwellings, about 20.000 more than in February. "The decline of the first two months has been halted: this is very encouraging." said Federal Housing Administrator Norman P. Mason. Secretary of the Treasury An derson, reporting on the economic outlook, said, "I960 promises to be the most prosperous year in our history with total output of the nation exceeding a half trillion dollars for the first time." "But perhaps even more sisniiL cant," he added, "is the fact that the prospects are better today for a long period of healthy, reward ing and non-inflationary growth than they have been at any time in the past two decades." The worst march storms in 20 years were reflected in a sharp in. crease in unemployment. The to. tal spurted above four million, in. creasing by 275,000 over February. Emnlovment declined by 253oim to 64,267,000. Employment usually climbs By aoout du,uvu Between February and March. Workers in construction, agri culture and trade were particular ly hard hit. The Labor Department predict ed the situation would show good improvement in April. Briefly around the business scene: The S12,000-a-year-man of 1960 has the purchasing power o the J5,0O0-a-year-man of 1939 be cause of higher taxes and infla tion, the National Industrial Con ference Board reports. . . . Ameri can Telephone 4: Telegraph Co. added 750.000 phones to its lines in the first three months of this year. . . . Visits of U.S. sales executives have resulted in supermarkets springing up all over Yugoslavia. . . . Firestone Tire fc Rubber Co. appropriated 120 million dollars for expansion. . . . Each major satellite launched by the United States costs between 10 and H million dollars. . . . Railroads asked Congress to require com mercial carriers to pay for use of government-financed highways, airways and waterways. TRAINING SESSION SET A training session for state De partment of Motor Vehicles per sonnel stationed in Roseburg will be held here June 11, the depart ment announced today. Driver examiners and registra tion employes will attend the ses sion to hear discussions of depart mental policies and procedures and the agency's mechanization program, which is now under way. LOOK A NEW IN POLITICS RAY DOERNER Pd. pol tit. by Dr. J. M. Hutson, Secy. RICH PLAN OFFERS YOUR FAMILY 'A Better Way of Living" You can enjoy: GRADE "A" FANCY FOODS Unconditionally guaranteed FREE HOME DELIVERY NATION-WIDE SERVICE PRICES BELOW RETAIL Current specials to our customer! include: 3 LBS. SHORTENING 49c 1-LB. COFFEE 49c MEDIUM SIZE SOAP ....... 10c Without obligation, pltaso hovo local Rich Plan rapre tantativo explain how I can enjoy this "Batter Way of Living". ADDRESS - Mail or phone inquiries to: 1810 N. W. Goetz St., Roseburg Ph. OR 3-4592 OUTFIT RETURN SOUGHT A complaint filed in Circuit Court Friday was by OUen Quick Refrig eration Co. Inc., plaintiff, vs. Mary J. and W. P. Jurpenscn, do ing business as Kim's Drive Inn. Plaintiff asks for return of vari ous refrigeration and kitchen equip ment, on which plaintiff says pay ments are in default on conditional sales contract. SPEEDER FINED $55 Russell Dwayne Koehn. 21, of 3.T0 1 ire holding special Law Dav serv NE Harden Valley Rd., Roseburg, I ices. Other observances will be was lined 135 for engaging in a held the next day. speeding contest by Douglas Conn-1 In connection with the day, the ty District Judge VVarrcn A. Wood- state Bar is sponsoring a stale ruff. I wide high school editonal contest, Koehn had been arrested by i the winners to be announced iu state police. Portland May 2. LEE HAZEL'S GEtOCEKY Kelley's Korner 0PEM EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Sheriff's Reserve Set For Fairgrounds Duty The Douglas County Sheriffs Re serve, not the Sheriff's Posse, will direct parking at the Roseburg community Kaster sunrise serv ices at the Fairgrounds Sunday. The services, sponsored by the Roseburg Veterans HospitaJ and the Roseburg Ministerial Assn.. is scheduled to start at 6 a.m. The service has formerly been held at the hospital, but the site was changed to the Fairgrounds this year. WHO S AT 6 2 2 S. E. JACKSON ST. rggjmmii,iiTi.i in mm. nn.il up El;-.v . .-"- jVv-l About John H. Horn . . . 1 Raised in Douglas County 0 Family Man with 2 Children, 9 yean and 5 yean old. 3o Veferon ... 1944 to 1946 4 Active Church Member 5. Circuit Judge NON-PARTISAN 0FFICI TO SERVE YOU WITH INTEG&TY AND SOUND JUDGEMENT 6. 7. 8. 1 10. Outstanding Record In High School and College Acquainted with Douglat County Economy, Industries, and Cus toms. Successful Attorney . . . with 9 years of practicol experience. Pott president of Douglas Co. Bar Association. Assistant Municipal Judge for 7 years. John, Horn pledget to odminisfer his court with fairness, under standing end impartiality. Horn for Circuit Judge Committee 435 S E. Main St. Roseburg, Oregon wal i
