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3H Sty 2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Feb., ,15 1961 Goldberg Sees 13 Months Increasing Unemployment WASHINGTON (AP) Secre tary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg estimated today that three million more Americans will suffer long term unemployment in the next 13 months and urged Congress to pass swiftly President Kennedy's bill to. extend jobless benefits. Goldberg testified before the House Ways and Means Commit tee as the administration opened its drive for enactment of its eco nomic package. The measure picked for. that effort is the one generally considered to have the least opposition. It would provide federal funds for extension, up to 13 weeks, of unemployment bene fits to those who have used up their rights under existing law. Now Storm Signals ' . , As the hearing got under way the Republicans ran up new storm signals for the whole program, as sailing what they called "Demo cratic gloom-and-doom ' distor tions." The GOP national committee publication "Battle Line" labeled as a major political exaggeration n statement by House Speaker Sam Rayburn that the need to do something about unemployment is Post Office At Canyonville Delivers 32-Year-Old Card The mail has gone through, even though it is 32 years lute. Canyonville Postmaster Norman Hanson today reported a postcard dated May 29, 1929, has been sent to Mrs. wuiaru Mason oi meuiuiu. She wants it as a keepsake. rrU ...n.n.,n in iL'hfllll I lift I'lTant postcard was addressed 32 years ago died mree years ago. m. J. Neff died- in Roseburg. It all started in 1929, when some one, who signed "Dad" to the card wrote to Mrs. Neff, in care of Mrs. Jessie Newton. It was mailed from Brockway to Canyonville. Then last week, the card was found among the day's mail. Mrs. Norman Wilson, a postal clerk, took an amazed second look to find Oakland Masons To Be Honored Two 50-year members of the Oak land Masonic Lodge will be hon ored Thursday at a meeting, re ports Edith Dunn, correspondent. A short meeting will be held, followed by presentation of 50-ycar nin unit a nrocram in the dining room. Those to receive pins will be Walter A. Davis ana Jiarvey Roeder. . Leaves For Visit Mrs. Minnie Smith of Oakland has gone to Lynjwood, Calif., where she will visit with her daughter-in-law, Mrs, Milo Smith, . and daughter, Sandra. Mrs. Smith will also visit at Kseondido, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. James Watson of Blue River recently visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Watson, north of Oakland. Edward Everett Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown of Oakland, has enlisted in the Navy. Supt. and Mrs. Cecil Barnett at tended a tea at Salem, Sunday, given hv Gov. Mark Hatfield in honor of' the new slate superintend ent of schools. Mrs. Doris Nceley, an Oakland High School teacher, is receiving medical care at Mercy Hospital, Roscburg. Drain City Worker Will Attend Sewer Course The Drain Cllv Council, meeting Tuesday afternoon, approved send ing Bill Guthrie to the 1961 Sew age Work Operator Short School to be held at Oregon Mate college next week. In other action the council agreed to share the cost of recon struction of a private' looturidge across Elk Creek. The bridge was washed out by the recent flood in Drain, Mrs. William Guthrie, News- Review correspondent reports. A representative of tho Public Utilities Commission spoke with the council at considerable length about the possibility of placing a warning signal at the railroad crossing in Drain. Ook & Kone EVERY PROVISION FOR COMPLETE SERVICE i - Mildred Wilion Monoging "the most urgent since the Great Depression." The publication said that while unemployment is serious in a few areas, the state of the economy is generally sound. Destructive Effects Goldberg, who recently com pleted a tour of some of the hardest-hit unemployment areas, told the committee he had seen at first hand what he called the destruc tive effects of unemployment not only on the jobless themselves but on "the economic health of our communities and the nation." "This (unemployment compen sation) program will quickly put into circulation almost a billion dollars of purchasing power to buy the necessities of life," Gold berg said, adding that the money would go out quickly to a large number of people and therefore "be most beneficial to our econ omy." Benefits Exhausted He estimated that the number of unemployed who have exhaust ed their benefits, now one-half million, will rise to 600,000 by April 1 and "in the 12 months fol lowing April 1 at least anomor 3 the card was 32 years old. It in formed Mrs. Neff that if she ar rived at Brockway before Sunday, she would find nothing cooked be cause "Dad" didn't have time to keep up the fire. The card was addressed in care of Mrs. Jessie Newton. Neither Mrs. Newton nor Mrs. Neff could be found in Canyonville when the card was discovered last week. But Mrs. Newton's son, Lloyd of 528 W. Hickory St., Roseburg, read about the find in The News-Review and informed the post office that his mother, Mrs. Willard Mason, who had been Mrs. Newton in 1929, now lived in Medford. She wanted the card as a keepsake. In keeping with postal tradition, Postmaster Hanson decided she should have it. It was sent to her. Meanwhile, the mystery of how the card became lost and then suddenly turned up 32 years later may never be solved, . Explosives Found On Former Convict PORTLAND (AP.) - Police ar rested an ex-convict after a bur glary here today and said they found two ounces of nitroglycerin in his briefcase and nine ounces more of the explosive in his apart ment. George Robert Nelson, 38, of Portland, wj was released from the Oregon State Prison last De cember after serving a term for burglary, was arrested by police as he walked toward his parked car in the pre dawn darkness. Patrolmen searched his brief- rase, said they fuund the ex plosive and burned it in a park ing ini, j nen iney iookcu arounu and fuund that a safe had been blown at the nearby Longshore men's Hiring Hall and $909 taken. Nelson was booked on a charge of burglary and bail fur him was set at $25,000. Police said Nelson later told them he had moro explosives hid den on a shelf in his apartment. Patrolmen went there and found nine ounces of nitroglycerin in three bottles. It, too, was burned. Umpqua Men Get Credit For Rescue Of Sheep Quick action and the coopera tion of several men in the Ump qua community i were responsible in saving a large number of very valuable sheep from being swept away in the Calapooia River re cently. Wailing in ' water some times shoulder high, and using a boat the men took the sheep to higher ground, according to Mrs. George Munson, News-Review correspond ent. VILSON'S of Tfi ROSEBURG FUNERAL HOME Streets Phone OR 3-4455 Meredith Wilton Owncn million workers are expected to exhaust benefits before they get jobs, of which about 2.4 million are expected to draw extended benefits under this program." The outlook, he said, is for worse unemployment than pre vailed in . when, he said, 2.7 million persons exhausted their rights during the corresponding months. The administration bill would provide federal advances to the states to extend unemployment benefits, and would boost the un employment tax on employers by increasing its base from $3,000 to $4,800 per employe. Goldberg said the increased yield would enable the states to repay the lcdcrai government within five years and also build up their reserves. Salisbury Slated For Local Talk John Salisbury, well - known throughout the state as a television commentator, will be guest speak er at the regular Roseburg Cham ber of Commerce noon luncheon meeting Monday. , Salisbury, public relations direc tor for Richard G. Montgomery & JOHN SALISBURY ... speaks here Associates, Inc., Portland adver tising and public relations firm, will discuss Oregon's highway sys tem before members of the cham ber's Transportation and Develop ment Committee. He appears on behalf of the Cement Industry of Oregon. Before joining the Montgomery firm in November last year, Salis bury was news director and news caster for KPTV in Portland. Muster Day Slated By National Guard Roseburc's National Guard con tingent will participate in the sixth annual nationwide "Muster Day" Sunday with drills, a display of in fantry weapons and a nue maicn. This year, the theme for Muster Day is "The National Guard in the Cold War." The purpose, ac cording to Muj. Gen. Alfred Hintz, Oregon adjutant general, is "to call public attention to the Oregon National Guard and the vital role it plays as a cold war deterrent." Roseburg is one of 39 Oregon com munities in which armories will be open for public display. National Guardsmen will be on hand to demonstrate their assigned mili tary equipment. The displays will include all in fantry weapons, which will be set up on the Roseburg Armory floor. The open house will take place between 1 and 4 p.m. Drills will be held all day long by tho Roseburg unit. Also on the agenda is a rifle match at tho Roseburg Rod and Gun Club at Winchester in which battle groups will participate. Teams will be sent from Cottage Grove, Grants Pass and Medford to compete in the matches with .22 caliber pieces. Five In Douglas County Enlist In U.S. Navy TIih ftnsehtirv Nuvv Keeriiilini! Office recently announced the en listment of four Douglas County men and one woman into the Navy. The girl, Patricia r.. l.uzier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lu '. tier of Sutherlin, is currently un dergoing WAVE trailing at Bain bridge, Maryland Naval Training Center. Three new enlistees, Richard C. Evers, son of Mrs. Edward L. Itife, Tiller; Edward E. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett M, Brown, Oakland; and Edward V. Grover, son of Mr. and Mis. James H. Grover, Sutherlin, are undergoing hoot training at the San Diego, Calif, training renter. Glen W. Barton, son of Glen Bar ton of Winston, has re enlisted in the Navy as a machinist Mate 3rd Class and is awaiting assignment by the Navy Department, Young Artist Audition Slated By Symphony The Roseburg Symphony Board announced the coming young art- j ists' audition, which will be held in March at a dale whieh'll be i announced. 1 Applications may be obtained fruiu Mrs. William I). Green and must be tilled ill and returned not later than Tuesday, Feb. 28. Con testants must be between Ihe ages of 8 and 21 years, a resident of Douglas County, and may enter as an mslrumcntalist (keyboard or orchestral) or as a vocalist. The winner of the audition will ha featured in a mini tier with the Koschurg Symphony Orrhcstra at its May concert. Last year'i win- j nrr was Eugene Gerliti. m i did New Look ForOld Structure RENOVATION Workmen ore shown putting in new oluminum window cosings in the Federal Building on the corner of SE Coss Ave. and SE Stephens St. The new windows ore only a part of the extensive renovation to both the interior and exterior of the building which is presently being done. Most federal offices will be in tegrated into the new building. (News-Review Photo), More Hard Time Forecast For State Forest Industry By FRED MARTIN SALEM (AP) More hard times were forecast Tuesday for the forest products industry, farmers and ship repair and con version industries in Oregon. Ihe forecasts came at an economic conference called by Gov. Mark O. Hattield. Loran Stewart, Eugene, of the Bohemian Lumber Co., said there will be a lot of bankruptcies in the next six months among the small primary users of logs in Oregon. Stewart said plywood mills have overproduced. He said the Defendant Favored In Judgment Suit V.ILI.UII tfuugo .uaiii;s nuvu-i l 1 - i. .j ! ricn nas eniereu a juugineiii oiuer favoring the defendant Cynthia Ann Powers in a suit brought by Margaret Lewis to collect $2,665.55 upon a contract for direct pay ment of money for hospital, medi cal and nursing care furnished to L. L. Powers. Ruling in favor of the plaintiff in effect sustained a demurrer of the defendant. The demurrer con tended the plaintiff's complaint was based upon a theory that a third parly beneficiary, not a par ty to a contract, may maintain an action against the defendant to re cover sums sought in the com plaint. Role Of Parents The defendant's demurrer ar gued that the complaint does not slate facts sufficient to constitute an action. This action was based upon a contract entered into be tween the defendant as a promisor with her parents as promisees. The judge ruled the plaintiff is not such a third party beneficiary. An attachment against the I.aur clwood home of Cynthia Ann Pow ers was sought in the suit. This property was transferred to her by her parents in exchange for their care. The amount asked in the complaint was assigned by Mercy Hospital to the plaintiff. The final judgment order was entered Monday by the judge when the, plaintiff failed to further plead to the findings of facts and con clusions of law filed Jan. 30. The defendant was authorized to re cover her costs and disburse ments. Roseburg Group Slates First Annual Concert The Roseburg Drama and Music Art Association will present its first annual concert April 10 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. The concert will feature outstand ing performers from the Roseburg area in music, drama and ballet, as well as lop paintings and sculp ture. The Drama and Music Art As sociation was formed recently to further cultural advancement of these arts in this area. According to Mrs. W. L. Heup, 612 NK Polk St., general chairman of the or ganisation, this will mark the first attempt to combine the many tal ented people of the Roseburg area in one program and will involve more than 100 performers. T) KIRBY OWNERS If you purchased a Kirby vacuum cleaner on or before 1955 call th local Kirby off ica about factory replacement. This offer is limited . . . call now! OR 3-6356 2161 N. E. Stephens same is true in pulp, smaller firms will fail. Stewart said that over the next two years the outlook is good if the industry stays alert through trade promotion and research. Director James Short of the state Department of Agriculture said there was no promise of re lief for the farmer whose net in come has declined sharply. But Jonel Hill, state public util ities commissioner, said the out look for transportation ranges from cautious to bold optimism. Hill said the transportation in terests feel that the nation is in the grip of a psychological reces sion a "Harvard recession" in the words of Hill. This was disputed by Francis Murnane, Portland, of the Inter Warehousemen's Union. He said men without an income cannot buy products, and a way must De lounu lo put mem back to work. A representative of Oregon's textile industry called the long term outlook good for the indus try but said the! major- firms planned most of their expansion outside of Oregon. Don E. Kennedy, Portland, of Jantzen, Inc., said the tax bite in Oregon and the high cost of freight to eastern markets forced expansion elsewhere. He said the cost of labor also was high in Oregon. Don Ellis, treasurer for Tek tronix, Inc., Portland, said that the outlook was for a 20 to 30 per cent sales increase this year for his firm. He said it had ex panded from 1,400 to 3,800 em ployes in the last three years and had added one plant in Europe and planned a second. David Cameron, director of the Oregon Department of Unemploy ment, said that for the first time since World War 11 wood prod ucts employment in Oregon is less than 50 per cent of the total stale employment. Arnold Rodley Word has been received recent ly of the sudden death of Arnold Rodley, 55, in Rosevillc, Calif., ac cording to Mrs. Hazel Marsh, News-Review correspondent. He was born in Lookingglass valley and after finishing school there, went to Roseburg where he was employed in the automobile indus try until 17 years ago, when he went to Roseville to take a dealer ship. His death came as the re sult of a heart attack on Feb. 7. He was an active member of the Roseville Chamber of Com merce, the Automobile Dealers As sociation, and the Elks Lodge. He was also a Mason and member of Roseville Lodge 222 and of Ben All Shrine, Sacramento. He is survived by his wife and daughters Lois Marie and Ragne Caroline, lie has three sisters liv ing: Mrs. Orvil Whitman of As toria, Mrs. Robert Teleford of Eu gene and Mrs. Louie Privratsky of Spokane, Wash., a brother Ralph of Dunsmuir, Calif., and a num ber of nieces and nephews. His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thorvold Rodley, were residents of lookingglass valley for many years. Services were held in Rosevillc with interment in the Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Roseville. ATTENTION Welfare Members In Blank Denial Of Hatfield Charges At Hearing SALEM (AP) The seven members of the state Public Wel fare Commission Tuesday night issued a blanket denial of Gov. Mark Hatfield's charges against them. They invited two House committees to examine their rec ords. At the second hearing on the governor's charges, Joseph E. Harvey Jr., commission chair man, read tne statement wmcn said the charges "are at vari- MC Turns Down Garbage Contract A franchise amendment to a gar bage disposal contract, proposed by the contracting firm, was turn ed down by the Myrtle Creek City Council at its Tuesday night ses sion, according to Lorraine Biren baum, News - Review correspond ent. ' , The company had proposed both a "carry-all" system, in which cans would be removed by house holders to the curb for collection, and a higher differential should this not be done. The council senti ment was against it. The group suggested that it would prefer an over-all rate increase if necessary to a differential system, didn't want the "carry-all" provision at all, and tabled the measure, until the present franchise runs out. The South Umpqua Disposal Service provides the facility under con tract. Wendell Serris made application to build a duplex on a piece of property he owned, but he was turned down because there was in sufficient footage on the lot. Financing of a water system in the East Mvrtle Creek district was held over for discussion for another week. A request by Clar ence Pruitt to log on city-owned timber was also defered pending inspection of the area. Plea Of Innocence Entered By Youths Clell Albert Holtecn, 19, of 1431 SE Reservoir Ave., and Ralph Eu gene Brown, 20 of 144 SE Mosher Ave., each pleaded innocent of pet ty larcenv when arraigned in the District Court of Gerald R. Hayes Tuesday. They were arrested by Roseburg City Police last Friday and charg ed with theft of gasoline from the car of Willis Johnson. Holteen's trial was set for March 20 and that of Brown on Feb. 21. Bail on each was set at $500. Earl Gordon Chapin, 41, Wilbur, pleaded innocent to a charge of indecent exposure, and trial was set Thursdav at 11 a.m. Bail was placed at $250. He was arrested last Friday bv a sheriff's demity. William Edward Walker, 2j of Glide, also pleaded innocent on ar raionmpnt. He is charged with the theft of a nanny goat, of less than $75 value, the property of Mary Ella Johnson, on Jan. so. ine case was continued to Feb. 27. Preliminary hearing for Dennis Russell Harris, 26. of Winston, charged with larceny of an auto, has been set over until Thursday. Soldier Returns From East Germany BERLIN (AP) An Oregon corporal, missing six months in communist East Germany, is back in Army custody in West Berlin. U.S. Army headquarters said Cp. Victor W. Rue, 33, whose mother, Mrs, Edith Howrey, lives at Seaside, Ore., was handed over by Soviet authorities Mon day. tuie was sent to a military hns p'ilal in Berlin for a physical checkup before being sent back to his unit, the 3rd Armored Di vision. He disappeared into East Ger many last September at the bor der town of Hebel, West Ger many. The Army did not disclose why Rue went into East Ger many or what he had been do ing the past six months. Rue's mother lives at 930 Holi day in Seaside. His wife and a 22 nionlh old daughter live in Hel ena, Mont. Umpqua AND LOAN Jackson and Ook FINANCED anee with the records." The governor's charges, made at the first hearing a week ago, were that the commission had a lack of concern for public funds, failed to establish a public works program, failed to provide sur plus food for the needy, failed to prosecute fraud cases, and raised standards of assistance in viola- Europeans See ROME (AP) The moon slipped in front of the sun today, produc ing a spectacular total solar eclipse that was probably watched by more millions than any other in history. The path of totality the area directly in the path of the moon's shadow was in almost complete darkness for more than a minute. Roosters crowed for the second time this morning. Motorists go ing to work switched on their lights. Stars sparkled. The 150-mile-wide path of total ity fell across southern France, northern Italy, Yugoslavia, Bul garia and the Soviet Union. At Florence, in the center of the path, hundreds of thousands of persons stood on hillsides sur rounding the picturesque city to watch the show. In Rome, 200 miles from Flor ence and out of the totality path, a strange half-light led homeown ers to switch on lights. Parisians were more blase. The eclipse was partial over the French capital but brilliantly ap parent through a light morning mist. Along the Champs Elysees a few curious looked up through smoked glasses while hundreds of others walked on to work. About 60 total eclipses of the sun occur every century, but most are at sea or over remote land areas. Today's came over a heav ily populated area, and more mil lions could see it as a partial eclipse in other areas of Europe, Africa and Asia. A joint televi sion broadcast by European sta tions carried the show to still more millions. Senator Neuberger Asks Forest Funds By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger, D Ore., called today for a larger federal allocation for national for est lands in Oregon. The proposed Forest Service budget submitted by former Pres ident Eisenhower called for $36.4 million to be spent in Oregon in fiscal 1962, a reduction of $1.6 mil lion from last year, she said. The proposed budget reduction was due in large measure to a sharp decline in payments to Ore gon counties as their share of fed eral timber sales, Mrs. Neuberger said in a release from Washing ton. D. C. "It is now estimated, due to the condition of the lumber market, that payments to counties in 1962 will be $9.4 million, compared to $12.6 million for this year and $11.2 million for I960,'' the re lease said. In the proposed budget, there was a cut of nearly $200,000 in funds for research projects, but an increase of $1.8 million, to a total of nearly $8.3 million, for construction of roads and trails, she said. Drain Board Hears Evaluation Report The Drain Grade School Board of Directors met Tuesday evening and heard a report on the finding of the school evaluation taken re cently by the University of Ore gon School of Education. Board members expressed pleas ure with this report which com plimented the school and its teach ers for its efficiency, Mrs. William Gurthie, News-Review correspon dent reports. Lewis Lakey was named by the board to a three-year term on the district's budget committee. The budget committee will hold its first meeting to consider next year's budget on Feb. 27. In other action the board talked for some time on educational bills "CI Look into our A luiiiciii!; Inu tin's week. We'll enjoy eliowinir you how it rnn fit into your present income,- t t no obligation at all. Savings ASSOCIATION Phone OR 2-2656 BY SAVINGS AND LOAN Eclipse Of Sun lion of legislative directives. The governor has proposed that the Welfare Commission be abolished and that it be moved from Portland to Salem. A parade ef witnesses support-, ed the commission and said the governor's proposal would put the commission into politics. Then Warne Nunn, the governor's ad ministrative .assistant, said the charges of "administrative chaos and mismanagement still stand." Nunn said that neither the gov ernor nor the legislature has any control over what the commission spends. This was denied by Ger. son Goldsmith, a member of the commission, who said it is under strict legislative control. Nunn claimed that many county welfare commissioners have re signed because they object to "being rubber stamps for the state commission." Goldsmith answered that the commission has given the coun ties more powers than -ever be. fore. He added that "if we go to a political system, we will have far more difficulty getting coun ty welfare commissioners. They will object te having the gover nor dictate to them.' Third Annual Cat Show Set Saturday The Feline Fanciers of Oregon will present their third annual cat show Saturday and Sunday at the uougias uounty fairgrounds Com munity Building. It will be a triple Royal Merit Championship show in conjunction with the double Royal Merit Cham pionship show held by the Ameri can National Cat Club. The show will be under ACFA rules. Mousing Contest Judges will be Mars Hanson, Kansas City, Mo.; Betty Denny, Portland; Mary Lynn Holm, Rose burg; Patricia Krebs, Canago Park, Calif.; and Evelyn King of Portland. A world championship mousing contest will also be held in con junction with the show. Time trials will be Saturday at 5 p.m. with the finals set for the same hour on Sunday. Wide Entry Field Persons attending the show will see all recognized breeds of cats as well as a large selection of household and children's pets. Cats will be caged and on display at all times. Entries for the show have been received from Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, and Canada, Friendly Sewing Bees To Meet On Saturday The Friendly Sewing Bees, a k H club for the beginning sewing group, wiil meet at the home of the leader. Mrs. Charles A. Thom as,. 186 Kildeer St., Saturday at 9:30 a.m. ' The members are learning to use the sewing machine and will make barbecue place mats as their first project.. The club was organ ized during' December. Officers are: Laurette Fullerton, president; Susan Saunders, vice president; Kathryn Thomas, secretary; Khris tine Rugg, song-leader; and Gay Severson, reporter. G-E SPECIAL REGULAR 88.88 Less Cal-Ore League Bonus 15.00 YOU PAY$ ONLY 73.88 52 Gal. Quick Recovery Water Heater G-E Heat Trap H.at-Wrop Colrod Unit Automatic Thermostats Electronically Waldld Spudl , Efficient Insulation Cold Watir Baffl 3 WAYS TO PAY Cosh 90 Day with No Carry ing Charges Easy Pay Plan CARTER TIRE COMPANY 2oi S E. 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