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Birmingham Faces Une asy Desegregation Truce Today By United Prtu International An uneasy racial truce pre vailed in Birmingham today but Negroes vowed to continue dem onstrating (or "across-the-board desegregation" in North Carolina. A Negro civil rights leader warned at Jackson, Miss., Mon day night that racial turbulence would upset the Mississippi capi tal unless it changes its racial policies. Birmingham school officials Monday expelled 1,098 Negro stu- Posse Horse Show Slated For June 2 The Douglas County Sheriff's Posse's annual Spring Horse Show will be held June 2 at 1 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. . The show is approved by the Or egon Horsemen's Association and the Western Horsemen of Oregon. C. Tollcfson, show chairman, said the high point winner will receive a saddle presented by business men of Roscburg. There will be events for all horse owners, including ootn juniors ana seniors. There will be novice and onen horse classes. Novice races will include scurry, keyhole, Texas barrel and pole bending. Onen events will be scur ry, keyhole, western pleasure, Tex as barrel, English pleasure, pole bending, three galled and clover- leaf. Others are the rescue race, junior western pleasure, flag race and potato race. Team events will include potato, flag and baton rac es, pole bending and a bareback relay.' First Roseburg Manager Visits Matt Slankard, Roscburg's first city manager, was a visitor with friends here over the weekend. Slankard recently resigned as city manager at Port Angeles, Wash., where ha has been employ ed for the past five years and Is expecting to . locate in California, where he has applied for a position now open. He presently Is planning an ex tended vacation and left Roseburg for Modesto to visit with two daugh ters living there. While in Roseburg he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Wright, Doris Ave., Green. Mrs. Wright formerly was secretary lo Slankard and to city Manager Gil christ who came to Roseburg after Mankard departure. Salvation Army Sets Open House Open bouse will be held by the Salvation Army in Roseburg Wed nesday in observance of National Salvation Army Week, May 19 to May 26. The public Is invited to call at the Roscburg Corps building, 507 NE Winchester between 2 and 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., says Capt. Lester Craddock. The event will give the people of Roscburg and surrounding area and the families of the Army's manv volunteers a closer look at the or ganization's work, he said. Friday evening a band concert will be given at the Salvation Army hall by members of the Salem and Roseburg corps bands. Uolh bands are comprised mainly of young people. The concert is at 7:30. Capt. Craddock, in making the announcement of the open house and concert, said, "The Solvalinn Army is profoundly grateful for the time and Rifts contributed directly or through the Central Douglas United Kund which encourage and expand the ministry. We look for ward to welcoming everyone." Andrea Van Allen Funeral services for Andrea Van Allen, 80, who died Saturday in Myrtle Creek following a prolonged Illness, will be held at Wilson's Chapel of the Roses Thursday al 11 a.m. with Klder Ashley Knimer of the Seventh - day A,k,..,t,.i wiurcn ouiciating. Private commit-, fL'T'.u nd 'n,"mt will fol- low at the Hosehnn MumnrUt ... ' j " , Mrs. Van Allen is survived bv one son, Dr. Leland Van Allen of Roseburg; two sisters, Mrs. (iina ninny ot natford cilv, N. D., and Mrs. Una Taylor of Kansas Cilv, Mo.; one brother, Selmer l.invcl of Encmilas, Calif,; and four grandchildren. William Ray Simpson William Ray Simmon. 4i, rii... this morning al a Portland houpt-1 ii. : Funeral arrangements will he an-j nounced later by Wilson's Chapel of the Roses. 1 Benson Pre-Schoolers Invited To Thursday Tea All pre-schoolers eligible to enter Benson School next fall are invited, with their mothers, lo a pre school tea aet for 1:15 p.m. this Thursday it the school. The prospective students will nave an opportunity lo visit first grade classes and a program will be presented for both children and IT) n t h r- dents who cut classes to partici pate in antisegregation demon strations several weeks ago. It was feared this action might jeopardize the truce that came with an agreement between Ne gro leaders and white business men to desegregate ' downtown stores. Say. True Stands But Negro leader Martin Luth er King Jr.. who returned to Bir mingham from his Atlanta home Monday night, said the truce "still stands. He will not call for a mass walkout or boycott nor a mass demonstration at this point." He said, however, that at torneys are investigating the pos sibility of a federal court suit seeking reinstatement of the ex pelled students. He said the stu dents were expelled without their right to a hearing. The Rev. Krcd Shuttlesworth, leader of the Alabama Christian Movement, warned at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday night, however, that the expulsions called for an "assessment of all possibilities" by Birmingham Negro leaders. Myrtle Creek Boys Hurt In Accident Two Myrtle Creek area youths were injured in an accident, which involved a car and a log truck about 8 a.m. three miles from Myrtle Creek on the South Myrtle Road Monday. Operator of the car, Lawrence Hurl Jensen, of Hie 1, Box 332, suf fered cuts, lacerations and numer ous other injuries. He was taken to Douglas Community Hospital for treatment. A passenger with him, Ronald Keith Wilson, 14, of South Myrtle Route, Box 185. suffered a broken right arm and leg and other injur ies. State police said the car entered onto the South Myrtle Road from a private drive and, In so doing, traveled across the center line. The car was struck broadside in the right front by the castbound truck, winch was registered to Leroy A. McCrackcn, South Myrtle Route, Box 239, and operated by William Brown Couch, Myrtle Creek. The impact took place in the south lane. Tho car had to be towed to Myrtle Creek. Mail Box Fixup Week Starts Here This week lias been officially pro claimed "Nationwide Mail Box Im provement Week," and Roseburg residents are urged by Postmas ter Robert Snider to carry out a spring cleaning on their mail box- A mail box In good condition, properly installed, and appropri ately giving the name and address on the side approached by the mail carrier will not only protect vnnr mail hnl will erpiillv aid the Post Olfice in eliminating errors in delivery," Snider said. "May we In the Post Office urge you to help us help your neigh borhood and help your commun ity, with a spring cleaning for your mail box?" he asked. Wave Gauge Bids Set For Umpqua So. Jetty The Portland U. S. Army Engin eer District has invited bids for construction of a wave gauge fa cility in the Pacific Ocean at the inoulli of the Umpqua River at Winchester Buy. Col. Sterling K. Kisiminger, Port land district engineer, said the work was expected to cost about $50,000 and that ho would open the bids at 2 p.m. June 18 in Room 628 Pillock Block, Portland. The recording device, which will bo south of Ihe smith Umpqua River jelly, will record the wave heights and periods of waves ap proaching the shore at this loca tion as part of a surveillance pro gram. Submarine cable will con nect the recording device with the Umpqua River Lifeboat Station at Winchester Hay. Dunlin a sum in Army Engineers will have a record of the intensity of the waves along the shore and the south Umpqua Jetty. Then, aft cr the slorm. thev will inspect dam age lo the jetty and correlate dam - .- ... .... mm ine wave intensity. i ne wave KU"Ke laci uy niusi w complcled by Oct. 1 of this year, j ! '-. ... . t . 22 'Flu' Cases During the week of May 11, 22 cases of influenta were reported in Douglas County, according to the Oregon Communicable Disease re port. Also listed were two cases of pneumonia, one of infectious ; meningitis. So tar this year, six cases of In 'orcnltiis and II ot Infectious hep- mis nave oeen reporietl. : ... , riles For Bankruptcy James Earl llarvev, llahii-.f i ' i? logger, has filed for bankruptcy in I i. n. District Court in Portland. He lists debts totaling $1,390 4S. Unknown Woman Drowns PORTLAND TPI A woman whose body j fund m Hock Creek near Bethany in Washing ton County Sunday drowned, Ihe Multnomah County coroner's of- lire sain uxiav. "It is not our Intention to be pushed into resuming these dem onstrations," he said. "We are hopeful that the truce will go on and we will resist all provoca tions." Polk Arr.it 400 Around 800 Negroes marched into downtown Greensboro, N.C., Monday night and milled around two cafeterias and moveie thea ters. Police arrested some 400 of the group, boosting to around Ihe 2,000 mark the number of persons arrested in antisegregation demon strations in North Carolina since last week. "The marches and arrests will continue until we have across-the-board desegregation," said Wil liam Thomas, president of the Greensboro chapter of the Con gress of Racial Equality (CORE). A crowd of about 2,000 Negroes gathered outside the Durham, N.C., city hall during the first meeting of a new city council. New Mayor Wense Grabarack had asked Negroes for two weeks lime to attempt a solution to Durham's racial problems. The Negroes re fused and scattered over the down town area, staging sit in attempts al restaurants. Around 600 were arrested. About 80 Negroes marched through Charlotte, N.C., Monday singing for an "end to segregation." Warns of "Turbultnt Times" Mcdgar Evers, Mississippi field secretary for the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), warned in a television broadcast Monday night that "turbulent times" may be ahead for Jackson. He was granted equal time on the station to reply to a speech made last week by Jackson Mayor Allen Thompson, who said the city was a target for "racial agitators" but segregation would be preserved. Evers said that integration was coining to the South even though "Mayor Thompson persists in de luding the people that conditions are going to remain the same in Jackson." Evers said Jackson can cither "recognize the situation" and meet changes or "have what Mayor Thompson called turbulent times. Crash Damages Two Automobiles Minor damage to two cars result ed In an accident on SE Stephens SI. at SE Douglas Ave. Saturday at 10 a.m., city police report. Leroy Lloyd Fromdahl of 483 Rust Court, operating a car regis tered lo I.lcivd C. Fromdahl. some address, reportedly struck the loft rear fender of another car operat ed bv Joseph Elmer Bailey of 2100 NE Stephens SI. Tho report said Bailey was trav eling north on Stephens on the in side lone, ond that Fromdahl trav eling south was turning from Ste phens left onto Douglas. He was cited for failure lo yield (he right of way to oncoming traffic. Fall From Vehicle Injures Youngster Cclcen DeAnn Einspahr, 6-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin II. Einspahr, 945 SE Terrace Ave., suffered minor injuries and was treated at Douglas Commun ity Hospital Monday after she fell from the rear of a pickup. The pickup, operated by her fa ther was just leaving the parking lot of Byrd's Morket on W. liar- yard Ave. City Police report the child stood up and fell onto tho roadway In front of another vehi cle. The other car, however, was able to slop. Einspahr was cited by police for carrying a child on the external part of a vehicle. An ambulance took the child to the hospital. Monkey Winner Of Human Prize T1TUSVI1.LE, Fla. (UPD You don't monkey around with Lucky Hi-Il'iM He won a J750 set of fancy dish rs in a drawing here, but it was obvious he wasn't impressed. It i was even more obvious he'd never use them. I The First Federal Savings and , Ian Association pulled his namej out ot a barrel last week and they j couldn't find hun. An ad was put i in the paper, and Lucky finally ! snoivro un 4i1u1111.1v. 1 - .,-.... 1 ... t.il i. ...ntn.f ' Jfi. 'hVTeflV'si for lr cameras. I.uckv is a monkey. ; His owner. Charles Briggs, put ! Lucky's name Into the contest be- j rime "lies almost numan ami he'd seen all those humans putting I their names In." Negro Woman Wins Civil Rights Suit PORTLAND (CPU A Circuit Court Jury Monday awarded S.SO0 to Mrs. Vivian James, a Negro woman, who filed soil against a tavern under the slate's civil -I 1 - "Kin Ml"""-" SJ"I I'"" urru refused service. She was given Ihe award from James and Bessie Barr. owners of the Lombard Inn They testi fied the woman had been refused service because she was intoxicated. Retire When You Please In Time To Enjoy It! Plan Naw With Lincoln Notionol Life h. ort -)34i ACK PATTERSON 2 Th Newt-Review, Roseburg, Or. Tues., May 21, 1963 JACK GREEN BERG, (right) director-counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, legal defense ond educational fund, and Constance Baker Mot ley, associate counsel, discuss the Supreme Court's rulings Monday. The Supreme Court hos momentarily removed the sting from southern sit-in prosecutions, but the great issue posed by the cases remains undecided. It Is: Does a business establishment open to the general public have a right to choose its own customers? Greenberg ond Motley conferred in New York. (UPI Telephoto) Riddle Men Get Jail Sentences Two Riddle men were sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $100 each on appearance in South Doug las Justice Court at Canyonville on charges of furnishing liquor to a minor. Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Nina Pietzold were Ray mond James Johnson, 23, of Rt. 1, Box 26, and Junior Darrell Wil son, 23. ' The court ordered suspension of the jail terms on payment of the fines. Johnson paid the fine and was released. Wilson was still in custody this morning. In Douglas County District Court Monday, Clare Lcvina Catron, 63, of 2571 NE Stephens Sr., and Floyd Robert Cantrcll, 41, of Junction Cily, asked jury trials following arraignment on vagrancy charges. Sheriff's Department complaints indicated the two were arrested in connection with a disturbance at a local restaurant last Sunday. Trial dates were set June 17 for the womon and June 14 for Can trcll. Each was released after post ing $500 bail. Marvin Ray Rader, 25, of Box 754, Page Road, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $150 and costs after pleading guilty before Judge Gerald Hayes on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The defendant was charged in a Roseburg slate Dolice complaint is sued May 17. Judge Hayes ordered that Racier may serve out the sen tence on weekends by remaining in jail from I p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Poppy Days Proclaimed By Roseburg's Mayor nmnhnre Mayor Thomas Garri- ,n. ha. nrnrlalmed Mav 24-25 t Fri day and Saturday) as Poppy Days in the cily. Airnnlinu In I .el In Garev. pop- nv chairman for the American Le gion Auxiliary, contributions receiv ed from Ihe poppies go airccuy miu Ihe rehabilitation ana cnua wel fare niomoms of the Legion and Auxiliary. Thit mnviir said in his nroclama- tlon that because the VFW Buddy and American Legion Flanders Poppies arc assembled by disabled veterans and the proceeds of (he sales ore used exclusively for the benefit of disabled and needy vet erans, their widows and orphans, he is urging everyone to wear a poppy this weekend. Battle Of Sexes Gets New Twist ALBANY. N.Y. (UPI) - The batlle of Ihe sexes developed a new twist Monday with an agree ment which ended a two-day strike at four Freihofer Bakery Co. plants in the capital district. The new contract gave male bakery workers two pairs of clean white panls a week and a 10-cent- n hour boost. However, it sparked a feud be tween male and female employes. "If I had known we women would have been walking the streets for men's pants. I would have never gone on strike," one woman said. The panls agreement, for men only, was estimated to be worth Iwo cents an hour in the package. The women, who wear cotton dresses at llielr work, will share only in the loeent increase. Zenith Hearing Aid Representative Naw Chapman's Pharmacy Every Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ktpain BtttrltsActMrit far matt ma hat SOUTHERN OREGON HEARING AID CENTER Martin Bros. Paving Road The relocated Stearns Ave. lead ing west from Oakland is being paved this week by Martin Bros. Container and Timber Products Corp., correspondent Edith Dunn reports. When completed, this will be the main road west to the free way and the old road running through the Martin plant will be closed to the public. The corporation is currently re activating a small gang mill to be used to cut small logs temporarily until plans for future construction are completed, Mrs. Dunn said. The sawmill operated by the Martin corporation was recently destroy ed by fire with a reported loss of over $1 million. , Rotary To Host Local Scholars Some 100 standout high school seniors from all high schools in Douglas County will be the guests of the Roscburg Rotary Club to- mgnt at the annual Rotary schol arship achievement banquet. The banquet will he held at 7 p.m. at tho Umpqua Hotel, with Dr. Walter Purvinc, president of urcgon Technical Institute, Klam a th Falls, as featured speaker. The banquet is held annually for the top 10 per cent of the gradual ing class at each high school. One of these students will be named to night as winner of the Rotary schol arship, good for a full tuition to any state-supported institute in Or egon.' Announcement of the winner will be made by Charles Dondero. chairman of the scholarship selec tion committee. Lawrence Smith will serve as toastmastcr, with Mike Coen and Vic Lewis as co-chairman of the banquet. Cops Chase Roped Safe Down Main City Street SWEET HOME (UPI) Stale police reported today a new tack in safe burglary. Officers said two men in a stol en truck kicked in the front door to a grocery store here, tied a log chain around a heavy floor safe, and made their getaway dragging it behind the truck down Sweet Home s main street. Police were alerted by an all night service station operator. Officers pursued the thieves about a mile out nf town where the chain broke. The safe con taining $1,600 was left in the mid dle of the road. The thieves parked their track and scrambled olf on foot.' Grease Fire Reported A minor grease fire at the Tim ber Grill, 732 SE Cass, brought the Roseburg City Fire Department into action at 6:05 this morning No damage was reported. CECIL HUGH WANTS TO WORK FOR YOU Ha will five fa quick aarvica an liltinf rvnehea, acrtafat, ana1 ami naa araatrty. Call Kim at KOSI lUfta KIAITY. OR 13144, c Kama at Oft l-JUT. 1fW Three Year Prison Sentence Contains Probation Terms For Young Winstonite A three-year sentence in the Oregon State Penitentiary con tains probation terms for Elden Grant Marlow. 19, of Winston. Marlow pleaded guilty in Circuit Court April 16 to a cnarge oi con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. Circuit Court Judge Charles Woodrich deferred sentencing at the time for a pre-sentence inves tigation. Appearing before the court Mon day. Marlow was sentenced to three vears in the Oregon state penitentiary. He was given credit for three months and 12 days al ready served in the county jail. It was ordered that after serving an additional 30 days in the coun Winston Voters Approve Budget Winston city voters in small num bers but in almost unanimous ac cord, Monday approved a total city budget of $127,547. "Yes" votes to taled 72 and "no" votes 16, corre spondent Phebe McGuire reports. Funds needed to round out the budget (amount outside 6 per cent limitation) were $41,939, with cash on hand and other sources of rev enue, such as -sewer assessments, making up the total figure, Mrs. McGuire said. The budget includes construction of a jail, to be built at the City Hall, landscaping of the City Hall grounds and the hiring of a full time working superintendent for city streets and other facilities. Some applications for this post are on hand and the hiring is expected to be done in the near future, ac cording to Mrs. McGuire. Rural Firemen Claim Trophy Firemen from the Roseburg Ru ral Fire Department completely outclassed the other teams in a tournament involving various hose evolutions held over' the weekend at the Rhododendron Festival at Florence. The local team had only one point scored against it during the tournament. Teams from t h e Southwestern Oregon Firemen's As sociation competed. The Roseburg team has won the trophy for the past two years. Included in the action was a game of water ball where the teams concentrate a stream of wa ter on a ball, a variation of a bar rel race where a barrel is placed in the middle nf the road and two teams charge the barrel from op positc directions, and a "make and break" contest. In the "make and break" contest the teams have to couple the hoses, climb a wall by means of a ladder and knock a barrel off the top of the wall. 19th 3N -AC V A Trusted Name In Roseburg FOR For 19 years, Trowbridge Electric Co. hoi been known for their policy of integrity, courtesy, service and value. For 19 years, residents of Doug las County have KNOWN that they can TRUST a Trowbridge Electric deal. Its' Our Birthday... but You Get The Presents Our 19th anniversary would never have been possible were it not far your support . . , your kind patronage. That's why we say "You Get The Presents" , . . presents in the form of special values from every depart ment at Trowbridge Electric. Yesterday's air conditioning advertisement was but the first of many special values being offered during our Anniver sary Sell-A-Brotion, Watch The News-Review for many other GENUINE values to be advertised daily thru next Tuesday. It's Our Way of Thanking You for 19 Wonderful Years We owe ft to YOU to continue offering the most distinctive and diver sified selections of quality merchandise we can find . . . end always at reasonable prices. Da come in, we sincerely appreciate, your potronoge. 7!t SI Oak A tv tail Marlow will be admitted I to probation for the balance of the term, providing ne snows viun proof of employment at the end of the 30-day period. Five Others Appear Five other defendants in crim inal actions came before Judge Woodrich Monday. William Elmer Turner, 30, of 4246 SW Stella, waived Grand Jury action and pleaded guilty to a dis trict attorney's information charg ing him with obtainimg money by false pretenses. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail. The information charged that on April 30 the defendant presented a $63.26 check (written on the Peo ple's Bank of Aurora, Colo.) at Kelley's Korner Store in exchange for certain goods and cash when he did not have that sum of money on deposit at that bank. Stntanc Suspended Woodrich suspended imposition of sentence for Claude A. Hanson, 19, of Little River Rt., Glide. Han son pleaded guilty April 4 to "lar ceny of personal property of value less than $75." Sentence was de ferred at (hat time for a pre-sentence investigation. The court ordered suspension of sentencing for one year, the de fendant to remain on probation for that period of time and under the legal custody of the state Board of Parole, and Probation. In addition to the usual rules and regulations of that board, defendant was per mitted to go to Alaska as soon as satisfactory arrangements con be made for his supervision while in that state. Edward Eugene Emerson, 31, of NAMcD vice president in charge of Oregon South, Elks Lodge, is Robert Stults of Roseburg, post exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge 326. Stults was elected to the post ot the State Elks Association con vention which was held re cently in Eugene. Oregon South includes the district from Eugene south to Ash land ond the coast. n SELL-A-BRATION YEARS Eugene, was allowed additional time before entering a plea fol lowing his arraignment on a charge of prejurv. The charge is contain ed in a Grand Jury indictment filed May 10. The case was continued to 9:30 a.m. Thursday. It involves alleged false testimony during a drunken driving trial in District Court in which he was (he defendant He is alleged to have denied he was driver of the vehicle involved. The court ordered a continuation of probation for George Abererom. hie, 23, of Newport Beach, Calif. This action stemmed from a court finding that the defendant had absconded from probation super vision in connection with a non support action and a subsequent de termination that he has executed an assignment of wages in order that his employer in Newport Beach may deduct $100 monthly for child support. Abercrombie pleaded guilty to non-support on March 17, 1961. He j was placed on probation for five years alter imposition of sentence was suspended. With the support matter now resolved. Woodrich or dered that the probation previously granted be continued. Man Injured When Train Hits Truck A 33-year-old Roseburg man was hospitalized Monday morning and treated for bruises and shock after the truck he was driving was struck by a train in the Roscburg Lumber Co. yards at Dillard. Howard Covey, of 1642 NE Hoi lis St., was released from Douglas Community Hospital Tuesday morn ing. Covey, a driver for the Moore Steel Service Co., Inc., was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train, the Siskiyou Line East, at 11:15 a.m. Monday. Moore Co. officials said Covey had pulled slowly onto the track and when he saw the train, was un able to get the truck in reverse when a gear stuck. The truck was declared almost a total loss. Covey was taken to the hospital by am bulance. State Police Ordered To Guard Mark's Home SALEM (UPI) A disturbance near the home of Gov. Mark Hat field Saturday brought quick re action from Ihe legislature. A House joint memorial intro duced today "directs the superin tendent of state police to provide security and protection for the governor and the governor's fam ily to the extent and in Ihe man ner the superintendent deems ap propriate and adequate." In Saturday's incident, a bullet was fired into a car parked in Hatfield's driveway.
