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2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Thur., June 7, 1962 Government Losing Timber In Racket, Senate Is Told WASHINGTON (AP)-Sen. John J. Williams, It-Del., told the Sen ate Wednesday that millions of dollars of valuable timber is being stripped from government lands under "the guise of filing a min ing claim." "This racket has expanded to the point where it is now laugh ingly classed as exploring for 'green gold'," the senator said. To correct what he called long time abuses, Williams introduced a bill under which the federal gov ernment would reserve "all timber Army Says No Roadblock Thrown In Path Of Swain WASHINGTON (AP) The Army says it didn't try to throw a roadblock in the way of William H. Mahoney's romance with a Ko rean girl. Mahoncy, the Army declared Wednesday, went AWOL from Ft. Lewis. Wash., about the time his application to marry Miss Song In Cha was to be forwarded to the Army command in Korea. Bob Paxon Given Eagle Scout Rank Another Roseburg Boy Scout has achieved the distinction of attain ing the rank of Eagle Scout. He is Bob Paxson, 14-year-old ninth grader at Joseph Lane Jun ior High School. He was presented the award Wednesday night by Mayor Peter Serafin. The cere mony took place at Riverside School. ' According to Scoutmaster Ed Kenny, this is the first Eagle Award received by a scout of Troop 02, sponsored by the Rose burg Lions Club, in the 15 years of its existence. Receiving Life Scout awards was Joe Howell. Harold Glover, district director for Douglas Fir District, made the presentation. Star Scout honors, presented by Frank von Borstel, president of the sponsoring Lions Club, went to Ken Ayers and Covin Brown. Special merit badges were pre sented to Ken Ayers, Joe Howell, Gevin Brown anil Ron Brown by Troop Committee Chairman Mor ton Fillmore. - First Class award went to Ron Brown, presentee by assistant Scout master Claude Baker; sec ond class to Arthur Baker, Chris Sherwood and Miko Byrd, present ed by Iroop Committeeman Gor don Brown. Receiving Tenderfoot awards from Scoutmaster Kenny were Move Morrison and Randy Slater, Returned To Roseburg ' William D. Johnson, 43, Seattle. Woshn., was relu. led to Roscburj Wednesday to face a charge of obtaining money by fnlse pretenses He Is wanted on a Douglas County Circuit Court order dating back to 1958. Johnson has just completed serv ing a four year term In Walla Walla sliilu prison in Washington. Deputy Sheriff Howard Frew went to Seattle and brought him hero. DOQUSfOKTH'S W&m ELM BLANKET ,-. -r- SHOP FRIDAY Ideal 3-lb. weight in a luxurious blend of 94 rayon and 6 Acrylic libera. Deep $'' nylon binding. 72xW" sire. Pink, blue, turquoise, red, gold, mini, camel, lilac, hunter green, brown, delphinium. 645 S. E. Jackson and other surface rights" in future patented mining claims. Recent Report Williams cited a recent report by the comptroller general, who acts as a watchdog for Congress, that 12 mining patent claimants obtained rights on 1,100 acres of forest land for $4,000 and then cut and sold over (750,000 worth of timber. "Accordingly, hundreds of mil linns of dollars worth of valuable timber are being lost to the tax payers as a result of what is either Mahoncy, of Riverside, Calif., had complained to West Coast newsmen the Army had stymied his efforts to marry the girl while he was stationed in Korea. Officers told him, he said, there wasn't time to process his mar riage application, that his request for a six-month duty extension in Korea was refused and that his bid for re-enlistment was reject ed. In response to queries, an Army spokesman said: Mahoney never filed a marriage application while he was in Korea. He applied for a six-month duty extension but bypassed his com pany commander so was told to reapply through channels. He did not reapply for several months, then came in with an ap plication on Jan. 26, when his or ders to return to the United States were already in hand and it was too late to act on the extension. He applied fur permission to marry on returning to Ft. Lewis hut 6th Armv headquarters there held that the matter would have to be handled by 8th Army com mand in Korea. The Army spokesman said the 6th Army was about to forward Mahoncy 8 application wnen tne soldier went absent without leave. Mahoney was convicted and sentenced to serve six months in the stockade and to forfeit $70 a month in pay, said the spokes man. He served 66 days of the sen tence, said the Army. The spokesman sain it was Mahoney's second AWOL sen tence. Drain Man Arraigned On Non-Support Charge Dclbert 3. Gurney, 30, of Star Rt., Drain, requested a preliminary hearing when arraigned In Doug las County District Court Wednes day on a charge of non-support. Judge Gerald R. Hayes set the hearing for 4 p.m. Monday, in a complaint filed by Lctha Gurney, the defendant is charged with ne glecting to support a 2-ycar-old child. Gurney was released on his own recognizance. William Lewis Usrcy, 30, of 149 NE Pleasant, pleaded guilty to a charge of permitting a vicious ani mal (a dog) to run at large and was fined $45 and costs. Execution of scntenco was suspended for six months. Usrey was charged in a complaint by Mabel King filed May 16. YOUR MONEY'S WORTH MORE AT . WOOLWQRTH'S Phone OR 3-6504 a weakness in our law or a weak ness in administration," Williams said. Under a mining patent available for $2.50 or $5 an acre, Williams said, many claimants harvest the timber but carry on no mining op erations. He said the Forest Service re ported 372 million board feet of timber went to holders of 3,640 mining claims, many of which had not been worked. Pending congressional action on his bill to eliminate timber rights from mining claims, Williams said "there is no reason why the offi cials of the national Forest Service should not arbitrarily insist upon a clause in all mining claims which would protect the interests of the U. S. government in our national forests." Williams said examples of tim ber obtained without cost under past mining claims included: "Rogue River National Forest. In the Rogue River National For est, Oregon, one claimant patent ed 475 acres of national forest land in 1954. This patent covered 23 mining claims for which the fed eral government received $2,375 at the date of patent. "As of January 1, 1960, this claimant had sold the timber from 8 of these 23 claims for which the Forest Service estimates that he received $150,000. The amount of timber which he subsequently sold from the remaining 15 patent claims was not available, but the Forest Service officials had esti mated that there were over seven million board feet of timber of the remaining 15 claims, upon which they placed a valuation of $232,000. "Here again we find this claim ant, in return for a $2,375 payment to the government for mineral rights, automatically obtained title to $382,000 worth of government timber. The Forest Service files show that there had been no min eral production on any of the 23 claims from the date of the patent in 1954 to January 1, 1960." Convicted Forger Gets Prison Term Carl Gene Liles, 20, Eufla, Okla., convicted of forgery on a plea of guilty May 2, Wednesday was sen tenced by Circuit Judge Don II. Sanders to serve one year in the Oregon State Correctional Institu tion. Ho had been awaiting a pre sentence investigation. Imposition of sentence was sus pended and probation was provid ed for three years for Liles' wile, Janis LaDonna, 19, who pleaded guilty May 2 to "uttering a forged instrument." Pre-sentence investi gation had been ordered. Barbara Ellen Holt, 20, Leban on, charged with attempting to ut ter a forged instrument to which she pleaded guilty, also drew one year in the Oregon State Peniten tiary. The three were arrested In Rose burg by city police in late April. Theodore L. Jones, 21, Myrtle Creek, has been bound over to the Douglas County Grand Jury under $2,500 bail, following a prelimin ary hearing in the Justice Court of Nina W. Pletzold at Canyon ville. He faces a charge of break and entering Dave's 76 Service Sta tion at Myrtle Creek May 31. A charge of non-support against Larry L. Parker has been dis missed by Judge Sanders on mo tion of the district attorney. Grounds were that he has been unemployed since tho birth of the child involved and he has repre sented to the district attorney that he will support the child after pro curing employment. Family Court To Hear Case Of U. S. Sailors YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP)-Four 19 year-old U. S. Sailors arrested after the fatal shooting of a Jap anese policeman were referred to day to a Japanese family court as juveniles. George T. Davis, San Francisco attorney who flew here to repre sent them, said a hearing will be held Monday to determine whether the case should be sent hack to tho prosecutor's office or taken over by the family court. The four are apprentice seamen Robert Driscoll of Dumont, N.J.; Joseph J. Urgan Jr., Canoga Park, Calif.; Eugene Paeelli, Atherton, Calif., and Richard Lee Jackson, Kansas City, Kan. A fifth American, Seaman Ed gar Williams. 20, of Scotts Mills. Ore., was indicted today on charges of obstructing police du ties. The policeman, Hiroshl Endo, 38, was shot to death with his own revolver during a brawl in this naval base city May 5. County Court Awards Contracts For Items The County Court has awarded two contracts for materials for use by the County Road Department this week. Wednesday the court signed an order for two 2 axle 8 to 12 ton rollers with trade-ins with llalirr Machinery Co., Portland. The firm was low bidder May 28 for the rollers with $11,900. Five other firms bid. Tuesday the court awarded contract for weed spray, soil steri lanl jnd wetting agent to L. II. ltuti'er Co.. Portland. The bid. est of eight, was 117,838 "0 giv en May 28. " Zn tut v f , PC' f . r- CNI ' ..-.! U'sl I I :fW ' 1 j , - Iff m "-Of "t BEWARE! THE WORKERS John Phillips, who lives in rural Knox County, Ind., has put this sign near his beehive to warn raspberry pickers that, while the male, or drone bee, can't sting, it's sister, the worker bee, can and will (UPI Telephoto) Democratic Tempers Flare In Massachusetts Battle SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UPI) Ted Kennedy's political opponents charged that the Kennedy admin istration has turned on the heat here to help him win the Demo cratic nomination for U.S. sena tor. The Democratic state conven- Old Cow Creek Bridge Moved The state Highway Department office in Roseburg reported today that the old bridge at Riddle over Cow Creek has been dismantled and moved to its new position to serve as a detour while a new bridge is being built in its place. Meanwhile, pickets have gone back on the job. Pickets took up stations Wed nesday morning and then were called off during the day when union officials decided the dis manteling and move was an emer gency job. Today, Portland union officials said the iron workers were put on the picket line because some of the iron workers' jobs were being done by other trades. Tho officials said the iron workers are on strike in the state wide dispute with Associ ated General Contractors but are picketing only when their work is being done by others. The union then decided It would allow continuation of the disman tling of the old bridge and its re moval to a site where it is now being used as a detour. It was estimtcd this job would take 48 hours. The job, however was com pleted more quickly and is now replaced and in use. Odd-Sized Letters Out WASHINGTON (UPI) The Post Office Department today no tified tho general public that come next year it will have nothing to do with odd-shaped letters. The department said it was is suing a reminder since a pre vious announcement was carried primarily in trade papers. Under the regulation, mail less than 3 inches high or t"i inches long will be banned starting Jan. 1, 1963. It must meet both the height and length minimum stan dards. The department said it was also banning pieces of mail "that arc not of the normal rectangular shape." It gave as examples, postcards in the shape of autos and animals. The reason for the regulation is mechanization. The department pointed out that its new automat ic canceling machines have a great deal of trouble with letters that aren't of a standard size. The department said in a state ment that it did not think the pub lic would be unduly inconven ienced. It said that manufactur ers of baby announcements and similar cards, the most common type of mail to be affected, arc already making them in such a way as to conform to the new standards. Plane Wreckage Spotted From Air SEATTLE (AP) The wreckage of a small plane, its wings ripped , formed of the incident, off and its engine rammed baeki It was the first reported at into the cabin, was spotted from ; tempt by Soviet police to prevent the air Wednesday in the Olympic , Russian citizens from associating Mountains west of Brinnon. i with members of Goodman's or mnn. ...... n,A in ...n.1 in rhestra. u-hirh is nn a six.weck party to see if it was tho plane'wur oi me soviet union under in which three Kenton men disap Kenton men disao - peared May 26. The Renton men, Leon Coles. Clinton Julsen and Harold Mani fold, disappeared on a (light to Westport. The last time they were seen was when they had lunch in Shel'on. and the wreckage was found about 3S miles north of Snellen Attlea Leaves Hospital LONDON (AP Lord Attlee, 79 year old former I.abonte prime minister, was discharged today from a hospital where he under went surgery on a duodenal ulcer A hospital spokesman said he is iStiking a very satisfactory recovery. tion opens today with Kennedy seeking the nomination against Edward J. McCormack Jr., neph ew of House Speaker John W. McCormack. Both are backed by powerful Massachusetts ma chines, both are young and ag gressive and both have the asset of being Irish Catholics. But the fight is getting rough and Irish eyes aren't smiling here today. McCormack has been charging for a week that the Kennedy ad ministration, while outwardly keeping hands off, actually has been going all out for Ted. But not until the eve of the conven tion did he get specific. Resigns Federal Post He said William C. Hartigan had resigned as assistant U.S. postmaster general to come here to campaign for Kennedy and that three delegates from North Adams have been promised the job of local postmaster. McCormack said he had docu mentary evidence of Kennedy ad ministration pressure on the dele gates and that some of it would jeopardize President Kennedy's chances for reelection. But when he was asked to produce it, he declined. "I don't want to win the clcc tion for United States senator and lose the presidency for the Demo cratic party in 1964 or have my documents used as campaign ma terial in 1964," he said. It is difficult for an outsider to understand why tempers are run ning so high because the winner in this convention will not neces sarily be the Democratic nominee for U.S. senator. The loser can enter the pri mary in the fall and doubltess will. Vote Friday Some time after noon Friday there will be a roll call of the 1,700 delegates and either Kennc dy or McCormack will win the convention s endorsement by sim pie majority vote. Democratic conventions here have a history of violence and state leaders are seriously con cerned lest fist fighting break out on the floor. State Chairman John M. Lynch has reminded the delegates that they will be under the scrutiny of 200 reporters and television cameras and has urged them to 3tand on their dignity and be a credit to the Democratic party. "If a fight breaks out between a couple of visitors," he said, "the cameras will cover the fight and forget about the solemn de liberations of the convention." Police Hold Soviet Friend Of Goodman MOSCOW (UPI) A Russian who became friendly with some members of Benny Goodman's touring jazz orchestra was arrest ed Wednesday night by Soviet po lice in the Black Sea resort of ..... .j .I itepuris reaenmg Here sao uici,. ... ,,.i in nnn , , . t tion held a color clinic in con- undent took place in front of ; ,lon n , mcetin the Primorskaya Hotel wh.le he Wednesday night at man was talking to some of the!., L...- ci n..rv on. musicians. The man who was arrested was identified only as an employe of a local television station. Police officers confiscated a book from the man and took some pictures from his companion. "It shows weakness on their 1 part. Goodman said when in- 1 ne cultural exenance program, Another minor incident occurred when Goodman's orchestra (in- ished playing Wednesday night at an open air theater. A guard pre- vented his ilnnt'hter Raehe from ! going backstage following the per formance Just two days ago. Goodman out h.. h,t run inin nm. mm restrictions but that they had "all 1 in Springfield at 6:30 p.m., stand cleared up." j an! time. Funeral services will be Goodman said at the time that held Saturday at 10 a m , also he "was rather miffed for awhile. v.. i...... d. "L , .1. PATRONlZt, N E W S - R E V I E W CVERTISFRS U. N. Assembly Resumes Debate Over Ruanda-Urundi Independence UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) The U.N. General Assembly re sumes its 16th annual session to day to debate whether to fix July 1 as independence day for Bel gium's troubled African trust ter- Reputed Leader Of Mafia Dies BAYSHORE, N.Y. (UPI)- Jo seph Profaci, 65, reputed Mafia leader described by Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy as "the most powerful" underworld figure in the United States, died in a hos pital here Wednesday night of ad vanced cancer of the liver, it was announced today. Profaci, who maintained a fa cade as a respectable olive oil importer with extensive business interests in Brooklyn, was ad mitted to Southside Hospital in this Long Island community Tues day. Despite his reputation as a kev figure in the dreaded Mafia, the only time Profaci ever spent be hind bars was as a young man in his native Italy when, at the age of 20, he was sent to jail for a year. The wealthy Italian Immigrant. who came here in 1921, was ar rested on a gun charge in 1928 when he was picked up at an un derworld convention in Cleveland which was described as a Mafia councu meeting. Nothing ever came of the charge. He managed to stay out of the limelight, but not police investiga tors files, until November, 1957, when along with 64 other under world figures he was .seized at the infamous Apalachin. N.Y.. gangland convention. With the others he evcnutally was convicted of conspiracy to ob struct justice as a result of an investigation which followed the gathering, but the convictions were later reversed by a higher court. A reversal also saver' him from being denaturalized. Sands, Legal Snarl Hold Luxury Boat NEAH BAY, Wash. (UPI) The 570,000 luxury cruiser Phoebe re mained on the beach about 14 miles south of here today. trapped by the sands and a legal snarl over the salvage job. The 42-foot cruiser was en route to the Seattle World's Fair from Portland, Ore.. June 1 when she ran into a gale off the Washington coast and hit the rocks near Cape Alava. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Woodruff and their son, Russell, Jr., were removed from the vessel which later floated free from the rocks and on to the beach about eight miles further north. The Insurance Co. of North America called for bids on the salvage job and said John Swcatt and Ron Little, both of Port An geles, were low bidders at S9.000 to deliver the Phoebe to Port An geles. The firm said a Makah Indian group also wanted the salvage job at a bid of $12,000. Sweatt said when he and Little arrived at the scene shortly after midnight Wednesday, a party of about 10 Indians including at least one packing a gun met them and handed them a restraining or der signed by Mahak Tribal Judge V. R. Bunn, Deputy Clifford John son and Mrs. Esther Elvrum, a tribal member. The order said the cruiser was on Makah Indian Reservation land and Sweatt and Little were for bidden to board the Phoebe or remove her. Sweatt and Little returned to Port Angeles and an insurance representative there aia he would see a lawyer today. Mrs. Alvrum said the Makahs also have a man in Seattle looking up a lawyer. Roseburg Beauticians Hold 'Color Clinic' i Roseburg Beauticians' Associa the Roseburg Salon of Beauty, ac cording to Zelma Davis, president. A representative of a beauty sup ply house was present to conduct the clinic and work out problems connected with hair coloring. During the business session final plans were made for a rummase sale to be held June 23 at the Woman's Club. Mrs. Lena Rowell Mrs. Lena Rowell of Springfield. . uirmi-riy ui i cunc,.i ' word receiveo in noscuuni iiiwj Mrs. Rowell and her husband op- crated the Tenmile More many i years ago prior to their move to fionnciieifl. I ncy nave Been ire- - ; quent visitors to the Tenmile - Rosc burg area. ! Recitation of the rosary be - : Fridav at Bucll 5 Memorial Chapel ! standard time, at st. Alices cain- t ni.- Church in Snnn&field. I She is sunned by her husband. !(harlcs. of pringielcl; one son I Henry Rowell of Myrtle Point; I thrje daughters, Mrs. Irene Homol ika of Thurston. Ore.. Mrs. Kath 'erine Hammond and Mrs. Mary i Archer both of Springfield ritory of Ruanda-Urundi, de scribed by some delegates as a potential little Congo. The lot-nation assembly has a request from 39 African and Asian delegations that it also discuss how to bring independence to the Brit ish territory of Southern Rhodesia, termed by some another South Af rica. The opening meeting this after noon 'was set aside for a speech by Archbishop Jlakanos, visiting the United States and the U.N. for the first time since he became president of an independent Cy prus. Date Anticipated In deciding last Feb. 23 to hold the resumed session, the assem bly anticipated setting July 1 as the date to end trusteeship and proclaim independence in both Ruanda and Urundi, the two little countries that make up the terri tory. In a report published Wednes day night, the five-nation U. N. commission for Ruanda-Urandi said Urandi was under control and the assembly should end trustee ship there July 1. But it said there had been bloodshed and racial antagonism lately in Ruanda, and urged that before deciding to turn that coun try loose on July 1, the assembly should first decide whether the coalition cabinet formed May 14 was likely to last. The commission recommended that the assembly set up a volun tary aid fund for Ruanda and Urundi and that the neighboring Congo, Tanganyika and Uganda guarantee their frontiers with the assembly's help. Geological Group To Visit Roseburg The Geological Society of the Oregon Country, with headquart ers in Portland, is focusing its spot light Saturday and Sunday on Doug las and Josephine counties. A 15-car caravan containing members of the society will make a two-day field trip through the two counties, starting Saturday noon at the Douglas County Fair grounds in Roseburg. The tour will end at Grants Pass late Sunday. Included among the points of in terest to be visited in the two counties are the Hanna Mining Co installations at Riddle, the Golden and Joe-Joe placer mines and the old gold dredge on Pleasant Creek. William Freer, publicity chair man of the society, says the trip,! led by professionals, is one of the ! highlights of the society s calendar. Leading the group will be Len Hamp and Norm reterson ot me Grants Pass office of the Oregon Department of Geology and Miner al Industries. GERANIUM FIVE COLORS HEALTHY STARTS Ready To Plant . . . Grows in Full Sun or Part Shade . . . 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It warned that without protection, some 1,500 vi tally needed Belgian technicians might withdraw also, causing a serious crisis. The commission, headed by Miss Angie Brooks of Liberia, also includes Haitian, Iranian, Moroc e n and Togolese members. Soviet Bloc Nations Talking Economics MOSCOW (AP) Leaders of seven European countries in the Soviet bloc went into their second session today to unite and coordi nate their economic efforts. Doors were barred to outsiders and renegade Albania for the meeting that may bring forth a Red counterpart to the flourishing West European Common Market. Moscow newspapers made bare mention of the secret conference but the Soviet government news paper Izvestia already had under scored that the time has come for more centralization of the Red bloc's economies. Izvestia said Wednesday that the objective laws of economic de velopment now demand that the East European nations move from "foreign trade forms of co operation to direct production co operation, coordination of the plans of all branches of the na tional economy." What steps would be taken were not spelled out, but Izvestia pre dicted that great unity would emerge from the conference. Diamond Lake Trout Fishing Said Good Fishermen planning to test the waters of Diamond Lake over the weekend will be heartened by the news that the fish are biting hard. That was the word today from Larry Neely, co-operator of the campground at the lake. He said in the past two days fishing has increased appreciably with 2V4 to 3 pound Kamloops trout making the strikes. Neely said the fish are biting bait and almost anything thrown. He said most of the fish caught were 2 to 3-years-old. 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