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Rockefeller Seeks Reorganizing Of Government In Senate Parley Completes Long Service WASHINGTON (AP) New York's Gov. Nelson A. Rocke feller today called ior a reorgan ization of the federal government so that "able men can perform the great deeds demanded by the challenges of our times." Rockefeller said "the blunt truth" is that despite past prog ress in streamlining the executive branch, the federal government is still not geared to support a pres- Somalia Revels In Wild Party MOGADISCIO, Somalia (AP) Impoverished Somalia today cele brated with a million-dollar party on becoming the 15th African na tion to gain independence since World War II. Tribesmen danced and sang in the streets of this dusty old port ci'y in a splurge that cost the equivalent o the territory s an nual trade deficit. Italians, who for 91 years have administered the coastal strip ex ending from the bulge of East Africa to the Kenya border, joined in saluting the new nation. Rome's representatives signed agreements with the new govern; mcnt promising economic, tcchni cal and cultural aid. Italian Somaliland and neigh boring British Somaliland on iha north, which became independant Sunday, immediately merged into a republic in the first step to ward a goal of uniting all 2Vi mil lion Somali tribesmen in East Af rica. About 1,800,000 live in the new republic. But Somali leaders hope eventually to embrace the others who live in neighboring Ethiopia, French Somaliland and Kenya. Grave economic problems face the new republic. The native lead ers, once the celebrations are over, must seek a foreign source for funds to balance the budget. Italy, administering Italian So maliland as a United Nations trust territory since 1950, has mot the deficit for that part of the new republic. The British have done the same in their protector ate, which they have governed since 1887. Sixty-eight countries sent dele gations to Mogadiscio for the in dependence celebrations. Both the Western and Communist blocs saluted the birth of Africa's sec ond new nation within 24 hours. The former Belgian Congo gained its independence Thursday. ident enough "in dealing with a world of danger, of opportunity and of fantastically rapid change." He spoke to the Senate subcom mittee headed by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash) which is look ing into how national policy-making machinery works. Although Rockefeller, a Repub lican, has recently been delight ing Democrats with some out spoken comment about Eisenhow er administration performance, there was nothing of an anti-Ei senhower note in his prepared testimony before the Democratic controlled committee. Rockefeller has held important posts both in the Eisenhower and previous Democratic administra tions. As things now stand the Presi dent has an almost impossible burden with more than 50 depart ments and agencies reporting di rectly to him and various conflict ing advice besieging him from all sides, Rockefeller said. In the foreign affairs and na tional security field, Rockefeller recommended creating a super post of first secretary of govern ment. The first secretary would rank higher than any Cabinet of ficer and would be a top presi dential lieutenant with wide pow er to act for the President in for eign and national security affairs, For domestic affairs. Rockefel ler recommended setting up an executive assistant to the Presi dent to head an office handling planning and management and domestic affairs. Various functions now scattered among departments would be con solidated under the Rockefeller plan. For example governmental transportation functions would be concentrated in a single new "de partment of transportation. NOTICE J.M.Bartley Repair Shop 309 SE Jackson Street WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY July 2nd, 3rd, 4th p rl'f--!W05s .1?- Hi. ifii -fi. LAST DAY ON THE JOB was Thursday for Mrs. Orlena Slattery, who retired as head of the Douglas County tax department after 22 years of service. Shown wishing her luck during a tea given during the afternoon is Morris Bowker, county assessor, whose office works closely with the tax office. (News-Review Staff Photo) Til.. July 1, I960 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 Gone Is The Swing From 52nd Street; ; Now The Zing May Be Knocked Out, Too NEW YORK (AP) The wreck- old 52nd trt ll Hales the in- ing ball long ago knocked the vasiun of strip teasers to about swing nut of 52nd street. Today , 1940 and thinks the closing of bur the State Liquor Authority secins lesqut in 1942 hastened the evolu- oena on KnocKing urn img uui ui uon. it as well. t At anv rate, after World War The SLA earlier this week II. .iPnd ir..i wm nrettv closed seven of 52nd street's re-1 much of a pattern one strip joint maining night clubs, labelling them flanking snother on both sides of nothing but clip and strip joints, j the street. Mot of them were clos The license-lifting could mark the d out by the wrecking of the old end of a New York era. buildings. Fifty - second street originally I Some of the joints moved east was a block of residential brown-1 10 the next block between Sixth stones between Fifth and S i x t h ! and Seventh avenues, elbowing avenues, converted during prohi-i their wav in hetween respectable bition into speakeasies. restaurants. But little of 52nd We made our own entertain-j street's one-time glamour went show was always just starting in the old days along 5L'nd street. But, now it may be ending. .; Bus Strikers End New York Tie-Up NEW YORK (AP)-Rebel bus strikers went back to work today, ending a tieup that had disrupted transportation for a half million New Yorkers daily for four days. The wildcat strike collapsed as suddenly as it had begun last Monday night. Drivers flocked in to garages, took over their ve hicles and roared out into the street to return to their routes. Union leaders from the start had opposed the stoppage, aimed at the omnibus division of the city's largest private bus line, the Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. It halted service on 21 routes, all but one in Manhattan. The rank-and-file uprising had come over a plan to convert two north-south avenues to one-way traffic July 17, forcing transfers of some drivers. In voting to return to work, the drivers still registered their oppo sition to the projected new sched ules, but for the time being agreed to resume work on the old ones. The end of the strike came aft er many drivers, acting inde pendently, already had returned to work this morning. The Following Home Owned Roseburg Furniture Stores WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY AFTERNOONS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY CARSTENS FURNITURE JUDDS FURNITURE QUALITY FURNITURE CURTIS BROS. HOME FURNISHINGS Paper Guild Rejects Daily CHICAGO (AP) The Ameri can Newspaper Guild Thursday rejected a proposal to turn a semi - weekly strike newspaper into a daily publication at Port land, Ore. At the same time, the Guild, at its national convention here, pledged every possible effort to have the Portland strike declared a national emergency for all un ions. Delegates agreed upon continued publication of a strike paper the semi-weekly Port land Reporter "as an alterna tive medium" to the city's two struck dailies, the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian. However, the delegates rejected a proposal offered by West Coast delegates that the Guild provide $50,000 to the Reporter. Turned down, too, was the proposal that the Reporter be published daily. Later, in Portland, a spokesman for the Reporter said he was dis couraged by the action. A report adopted by delegates pledged the Guild members to start a boycott of goods against all products advertised in (he struck dailies, to provide any manpower needed in the strike effort, to renew the campaign to get Portland merchants and read ers to withdraw support from the newspapers and to extend the campaign to national advertisers. The strike against the news papers began nearly eight months ago when the Stereotypers Union walked out in the climax to a contract dispute. Other unions, in cluding the Portland Guild, have observed the picket line. The newspapers have continued to publish, using non-union help. Delegates also authorized Thursday exploration of a possible merger of the Guild and shop unions typographers, stereo typers, photoengravers and press men into one giant newspaper union, one that might also em brace all workers in printing, paper and related industries. Boy Scouts To Attend Tsiltcoos Lake Camp Scout troops from Roseburg and Winston will send representatives to the Boy Scout camp at Siltcoos Lake next week. The boys will attend camp from July 3 to 9. The Roseburg group, Troop 4. sponsored by the Metho dist Church, will be led by Homer Himennrand. Roseburg Lumber Co. Troop 82 of Winston will be head ed by Newell W. Howard. Troop 4 can take a few additional scouts wilh it, if they wish to go For further information, Robert Helliwell can be contacted at OR 3-3008. Mrs. Slattery Ends Long Service In Douglas County Tax Office Mrs. Orlena Slattery worked her last day Thursday as head of the uouglas County tax department and today begins a new life of lei sure. She has retired after 22 years of service to the county. She will be replaced by Miss Nclda Norris, a clerk who has been with the department for several years. Members of the tax office staff honored Mrs. Slattery Monday eve ning with a picnic at the J. B. Hennessy home near Winchester. For parting gifts she received a chair and a chaise lounge from staff members and a travel clock from Sheriff Ira C. Byrd. Mrs. Slattery entered county service in 1938 and worked her way up through the tax depart ment until she in 1943 became chief deputy in charge of the agen cy, which operates under the juris diction ot tne sneritt-tax collector. During her years in the tax of fice, broken only by two years of service in the sheriff's office, she has seen many changes made as the county, has grown. In 1938 annual (ax collections by the county were less than one mil lion dollars. Today the figure ex ceeds Tri million. Extra clerks were hired at bill ing time 22 years ago to make out some 11,000 tax bills by hand. To day, 45,000 bills are automatically printed by a bookkeeping machine. The department has grown only from four employes in 1938 to nine in I960, as the work load has in creased many times over, accord ing to Mrs. Slattery. The department collects real and personal properly taxes for the county and cities, school districts and other political subdivisions. Collected on a combined tax bill, these funds are distributed to the various taxing agencies. Special assessments for road im provements are also collected by the tax department. Ihe retiring tax chief was born in Roseburg, a member of a family that came to the community 85 years ago. Her maternal grandfa ther was Phillip Benedick, who ar rived here in 1875. Local News Mist Naomi Scott has been ill at her home on SE Blakeley Avenue the last few days. Mrs. Harry Hildtburn is back in her home in Roseburg, following a trip to Reno, Nev. to enjoy the duplicate bridge tournament. Mrs. Jamas O. Knudtson and daughter, Jeanne Ann, have re turned to their home on SE Doug las Ave., following several days in Portland visiting the former's sis ter, Mrs. Howard Eggers. Mr. and Mrs. Pater S, Williams and baby son, Bobby, of Corvallis, arrived in Roseburg today to visit over the Fourth of July holiday with Mrs. Williams' parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Riley. ' Lotus Knight Porter, society ed itor of the News-Review, who has been a patient at Mercy Hospital the last few days, is able to be home again, but is still unable to resume her work at the newspaper for the present time. According to word ractivtd hart. Mrs. Clair K. Allen of this city. became very ill while on a trip to the east with her husband, Dr. Allen, and Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Finlay of Roseburg. The two fam ilies had gone east to visit rela tives and friends. It is reported it will be a month before Mrs. Allen is able to travel again. j r yeor Equitable rpr.i.nlafiv JIM METZ 735 S. E, Cast Avenue Roseburg, Oregon Phone: ORchard 2-2689 Tkwm Equitable Savings planned rate 4. AP0 Automatic PayOff Savings 4'a. Thrift is a powerful habit. The more you save the more confidently you tackle the problems that life tosses in your path. It takes only a few dollars to open a high earning Equitable savings aicount. Then add a few dollars regu larly. That's the way to build up the money you need for a happier future. Why not start now by phoning me. Savings placed by the 10th of the month earn from the 1st. OPIN AN ACCOfNT NOW! FhorM or writ. n. I aaa Inumtnl la touitthle Sarinn hither taraina. Plraae contact nc far aa appointment. EduitaMr i open and trx-rjiilc aartnti at i rorninaa. ConltataVa aaactal APO, Automatic Pi KM pl.i at carninia. Co. Residents Named Sweetland Co-Chairmen Mrs. Edith Meti! and Clyde De Wilt are co-chairmen of the Doug las County campaign committee of Slate Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Dem ocratic candidate for secretary of stale. Mrs. Metz, of Yoncalla, and De Witt, of Recdsport, have both been active in Douglas County affairs. Both expressed pleasure at being associated with the Sweetland cam paign. Sweetland is publisher of the Mil waukee Review, a state senator from Clackamas County, and serves as chairman of the senate education committee. Dr. and Mrs. John G. Verberk moil and family spent last week at the coast on a vacation. Will Mtad of South Gate. Calif.. is in Roseburg visiting his brother ana sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. uavm u. mena. Miss Gladys H, Strong, who un derwent major surgery at Mercy Hospital a week ago, is now con valescing at the home of her broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. tan a. strong, in this city. Seely Hall of Menlo Park. Calif.. and his son, Seely Hall Jr., of Se ward, Alaska, were in Roseburg from Friday through Sunday visit ing the former's cousin, Dr. Hall Seely, and family, and with his aunt, Mrs. A. C. Seely. Dr. Hall Se.ly of this cilv left! today for Los Angeles, where he will take a plane for Paris, France, Rome, Italy, Greece and then on to Nariobi, Africa, for a hunting trip, and where he will be joined for the hunting by his cousin, Socly nan, ot jucnio 1'aiK, Lain. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Ellsworth of this city left today for Tacoma, Wash., to attend the christening of their newest granddaughter, who was born a weex ago lo their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dittman. The baby is the Dittmans' sixth child and the Ells worths' lenlh grandchild. They plan to remain In Tacoma over the Fourth of July holiday. Thata Rho girls will have a pub lic installation of officers Tuesday, July 5. at 7:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall. Shirley Oldfield will be installed as president and Shar on Lee, vice president. A short bus ness meeting will be held at 7 p.m Virginia Arnold of Myrtle Creek past president of the Theta Rho Assembly of Oregon, will be install ing officer. The Mothers Club will serve refreshments. ment in those days," recalls tertaincr Pat Harrington. It was with the end of prohibi tion in 1933 that professional en tertainment became the chief com modity of the block and 52nd street became Manhattan's "Swing street." Long since vanished before en croaching construction is the Fa mous Door, where Louis Prima and his band held sway. Kuss Sun jek, now of Broadcast Music Inc., recalls a wide-mouthed youngster who used to hang around, worship ing Prima and awaiting a chance to entertain between numbers. Her name was Martha Rayc. And when they booked Count Basic's 20-piecc band into the Famous Door, Ihe quip along the block was that the musicians outnumbered the cus tomers. Gone, too, is the great old Club 18, on the downtown side of the block. There Harrington and Jack White ran through hilarious com edy routines, abetted from time to time by a young lany whose name was Jackie Gleason. Across the street, there's a park ing lot where Leon and Eddie's once stood. Eddie Davis used to direct the entertainment and a husky bouncer named Toots Shor kept an eye on things. Shor, inci dental, hopes to build his new restaurant on the site. There's no longer any trace ot the Onyx Club, which really start ed Swing street on its way. It featured at various times Art Tat urn, Eddie Condon, the Six Spir its of Rhythm, Cozy Cole, Johah Jones, and a song team of Mike i Riley and Ed Farley who's tune ! "The Music Goes Round" swept the nation in the mid-thirties. I From Harlem down to 52nd street came the late, great Billie Holliday, she of Ihe tortured soul with her blue notes as smokey as the cafe air around her head. And another who sang the blues in those nights of long ago on 52nd street was the late Mildred uaiicy. Sam Weiss, who managed the Famous Door, recalls the street as a citedal of economic respectabil ity in those days. "There was no rough stuff, no clipping. Every place was well run," he said. Milt Gabler, now wllh Decca records, ran a record shop on the with them Rapidly vanishing from the street are its most colorful char acters the night club doormen. Raucous, persistent, in fair weather or foul, they competed nichllv for customers, exhorting I them: "Come on in, the show s just starting. See it from the bar for the price of a single drink. Hottest show in town." It seemed, sometimes, like the SHADY POINT TRAILER SALES 1 Milt South, Hwy 99 BR OR 2-1438 If V0U mir tftuht YOU 0 on tl it il I tinier. Inn mt sM let wrt. Fin bimii Hir the uii.tr practicality plus leiut? f tiliv'i liera "Hmiii Whetii". TM tail tan tf Nunc ail adtfed lai inra lima far au. If it dam from inr pkaip easily Maiateaanct. WE FEATURE tbt Em atfi, Siltnatc, Capital aid lakawaad (mat and Mr campicta linici include! teaereut trida ia al lawaacat trailer!, furniture, ap pliaacei, ate. tMveaiaat fmiaciac, . saraace, and Parts L Semes Dipart meati. . C. H. Boniols, Owner CLOSED JULY 11 to 25th We will be gone for two weeks to enjoy a vocation. We sincerely hope this does not in convenience too many of our customers but feel we need a little time off. Please Call For Your Shoes By July 9 BRUTON'S SHOE SERVICE 412 South East Jackson CLEANING 1 VljuJl , 'Jc, Or fJ! ; Local Contestants To Vie At Albany Two men from Roseburg and a Suthcrlin resident are included among 40 entrants in the World Championship Timber Carnival to be held at Albany Saturday through Monday. They are John Miller, Rt. 1, Box 9A0, a former log chopping cham pion; Virgil Long, 6ZC SE Ramp Ud.; and Jack Culver, Suthcrlin. They will be competing for a share of. more than $4,000 in prize money to he awarded for such events as chopping, speed climb ing, bucking, axe throwing, tree topping and log rolling. Another event will be the "bull of the woods" contest in which two men stand on a log and fight with box ing gloves. The Timber Carnival will open Saturday wilh a parade, variety show carnival and queen's ball. LET US "POWER VAC" YOUR FURNACE A llua and haating syttam clogged with winter's accumulation of toot ii an invitation to a coitly fira in your noma. Watch your paper, tea how mony flua firei have occured recently. The pre vention i limple le- "-"roughly clean your entiie heating yitom now. Be tola, not torryl OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETELY CLEANS CIRCULATING HEATERS FIREPLACES BOILERS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS f BLOWER PIPES PIPES & DUCTS CHIMNEYS ATTICS BASEMENTS INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL S & S FURNACE CLEANING CO. Ownan: Jim Standley and Phil StiHon Driver: Gene Stewart 1741 S. E. HAMILTON ST. PHONE: Bui OR 2-4091 Res OR 3-7093 Municipal Court Orders Two Bail Forfeitures Two bail forfeitures were order ed Thursday in Hoscburg Munici pal Court when defendants failed to appear for trial on charges of being drunk in an automobile. Lincoln Douglas Rice, 46, Uillard, who forfeited $100, was arrested April 14 on SE Stephens St. a short distance north of Douglas Ave. Cecil Arthur Long, 53, 3251 NE Stephens St. lost $.15. He was ar rested April S on SE Stephens St. Mrs. Erma Johnson and daugh ter, Miss Kay, of Roseburg are leaving Portland Friday by Pan merican Jet plane for Hono lulu, where they will spend a vaca tion at the Hawaiian Village. They will return via Matson's luxury lin er SS Luiiine. Accompanying them of to Portland to see them off were Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Mrs. Frank Benson, and son. Bruce. and Miss Helen Benson, of Rose burg, and Mrs. Johnson's mother, Hostesses Strike PARIS (AP) A strike hostesses and stewards today forced Air France to cancel about one-fourth of its flights. A five day work stoppage was called in protest over working hours on I Mrs. Blanche Willey, of Eugene. Mrs. Bertha Kronke Mrs. Bertha Kronke died In Al bany, Calif., Thursday night at the age of 90. 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