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Page 8 .Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore,, Thuw.. July 8. 1948tlA1liammi fiflff Placement on Ballot Oil Company Stops Shipment BUCHAREST (U.PJ One of Ro mania's biggest oil companies suspended shipments to Yugo slavia last week, and Danube boat service to Belgrade has been stopped " for technical reasons," company officials disclosed Thurs day. It was not known whether other oil companies have discontinued shipments to Yugoslavia under current trade agreements since the Cominform attack on the Tito regime. No reason was given by the ! oil company officials for the sus i pension, and It could not be der I termined whether it followed a ; direct order from the Romanian j government, which has natlonal lred the oil Industry. Officials said the three times ; monthly boat service operated by 1 the Soviet-Romanian transport .' company has been suspended .! "until further notice" for "techni :; eel easons" which were not ex i plained. Teacher Asks Devil Debate ANNAPOLIS. Md.OP) Alex ander W. Andrews, who taught a Methodist Church Sunday school class for 30 years, says he can prove in ten minutes that there is no devil and no hell. He challenged "any three Pro testant clergymen in Anne Arun del County" to a one-hour radio debate on it. "They can have 50 minutes," he said. "I'll take ten." Andrews challenge was made in a quarter-page paid advertise ment in the Annapolis Evening Capital. It also was signed by Ed win R. Mowbray, general manager of radio station WASL who agreed to sell Andrews the time. "I've thought it out quite a bit,") Andrews said, "and come to the "There are many so-called re- .pu""' lieious movements springing up, field Is to be set up snortiy oy Lane Farmers Study Crops SALEM, Ore. U John Steel- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) hammer was assured a place on , fore another rainfall, then much the Marion County general elec-1 damage will be caused by discol tion ballot Thursday after a suilj ti contesting the former state repre sentative's nomination was dis missed by Circuit Judge E. M. Page. Steelhammer, a Republican can didate for state representative, won the GOP nomination over H. R. (farmer) Jones by one vote. Jones brought the suit declaring the county canvass board had made an error. Steelhammer asked the court to quash the citation on grounds the court had no jurisdiction. Farmers were in the process of cutting alta fescue grass for seed purposes, but were forced to quit because of the precipitation. Lane County has a large acreage of this crop and further rain would en danger the harvest. Army Creates New Information Field i Soil Experts Work I On Flooded Farms i PORTLAND OP) The U.S. ! Soil Conservation Service has as- ' signed four engineers to work with ; ': farmers in the Pacific Northwest flood zones to repair damaged ij farmlands. 1 Fred H. Larson will work in the :! Oregon sector of the lower Colum- '' bia and Francis K. Muceus on the Washington side. 0. H. Hosmer will go to north Idaho and M. V. 'I Penwell to central Washington, j All are from the Portland office, i At the same time the Forest ' Service announced that 85 to 90 , per cent of a $2,350,00 fund for ' repair of flood damaged forest ' roads and bridges will be spent on !; the Chelan and Wenatchee forests. - The two areas lost 166 road and ; trail bridges and, about 60 miles i of roads. 1CUHS Absorbs Riverview Area JUNCTION CITY Riverview will be the first district to be added to the original group which formed an union high school dis trict, U-13, 11 years ago, here, as ; result of Wednesday's voting. Only eight persons voted at the j Junction City election, all voting 1 yes. In Riverview, 24 voted yes, 13 no. Lyl; Day was appointed to fill . out the unexpired term of Coun ; cilman Jim Lehman, who has ( moved out of the city, at Tue day's council meeting. Two and 1 a half years remain of Lehman's term. Day is a former council man with many years experience. 1 There was no other business i transacted at the meeting. which are nothing more or less than religious rackets. "What I object to are tne so- called soui-savers that make great use of the scare method. Andrews, who is 64, operates a little hotel and dabbles in real estate. His challenge had no immedi ate takers. His proof that there is no devil? Wait," said Andrews, "until the debate." Old Battleship Hurries Down ABOARD U. S. CARRIER BOX ER UP) The once tough old battleship New York survivor of two wars and two atomic bomb tests sank finally with just a slight push" from small bombs and shells. Navy task force officers expres sed regret that she didn't survive an experimental attack long enough for them to test their weird bat bombs. But a 52 year old chief store keeper who had boasted the New : York still could take a terrific beating sadly remarked: She was a tired old lady. What was the point in taking more of a ; beating" j He is Daniel Connor of Paw-, tucket, R. I., who served on herj when she was commlssoned 34 years ago. The exercises, 40 miles south west of Pearl Harbor Wednesday, cost the life of Marine Lt. John i Delile Petterborg of Preston, Ida-1 ho, a Marine fighter pilot. He spun , into the sea off the Boxer s stern nearly two hours after the sink ing. I the Department of the Army. Three-year enlistments will be ac cepted from qualified men for this public information work, al though no enlistment requests will be received until later in the year. All phases of journalism, radio, and public news dissemination will be offered in this newes branch of the Army The summer canning season at the Eugene Fruit Growers will begin Friday with the cherry pack. Approximately 100 people will be called to work for this first small More Seats Due For UO Sports (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) would seat between 9500 and 10,000 spectators. The Hayward Field plan calls for construction of a 7000-seat concrete unit at the south end of the field, moved within 20 feet of the playing field. The over-all Dlans for Hayward Field include another 7000-seat unit at the north end, replacing the present horseshoe, and" eventual construc tion of a complete block-O con orete stadium seating 35,000. . Welfare Checks Sent After .Multnomah Delay PORTLAND P) Oregon welfare checks were on their way Thursday to some 33,000 recipients after a delay since July 1 because 1. x j xu u . of a Multnomah County budget expected this year have already: been received at the cannery. Manager E. I. Pitkin said that, to date, it appears between 15 and 20 per cent of the cherries have been cracked by the rain. Only 30 per cent of a normal crop is expected for this year. The tonnage will be only about 15 per cent of the record 1946 crop. Beet canning is expected to begin within two weeks, and some small bean runs may start before the end of the month. Checks were mailed Wednesday after the federal social security board authorized use of funds al ready in the State Welfare Com mission treasury and sufficient to cover the Multnomah share. ELKS BAR REDS PHILADELPHIA OP) The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Thursday barred from membership persons who are "di rectly or indirectly" members of the Communist party. Wanted to Rent Register -Guard employe needs furnished house or apartment. One child 7 years old. A responsible couple who will lake good care of your properly. Phone Mr. Wells at 2038-1 or 8300. MUSSELIL'S ANOTAL JULY SALE CONTINUES! Lumber Price Suit on File PORTLAND W) Another suit charging violation of price ceilings while OPA was in effect was on file Thursday against the Danebo Lumber Co,, Inc., Eugene. Eight Nebraska plaintiffs said In a complaint filed in district court that they agreed to buy lumber from the Danebo firm at $10 per thousand board feet above the celling price. They asked federal court to can cel the contract and order a re fund of the $40,000 they said they paid for a "pretended option to purchase stock" in Danebo Lumber Co. They contended they never received the lumber. This is the second such suit filed against the Danebo firm. Boeing Union Held In Contempt of Court SEATTLE OP) Superior Judge James B. Klnne found the striking aero-mechanics union and its nresldent guilty of contempt Thursday. He held they violated, an Injunction earring me union, from intimidating non-striking workers at the Boeing Airplane Co. plant. The union ana us iresiaeni, Harold J. Gibson, were fined $300 each. Judge Klnne satd he did not order a jail sentence for Gibson only because the company had specifically requested him not to do ao. LUTHERAN WOMp, . . IIIOTD8H o i,. . ulo nef0rm Central Lutheran Church ; " evening. Mrs. pcier co-hostess. KISSIV JIM WINS CULLMAN, Ala. (U.B Circuit Judge James H. Crow, Jr., Thurs day dismissed the paternity suit to declare Gov. James E. "Kissin' " Folsom the father of a divorcee's two-year-old child. DORMEYER MIXERS SIGWART ELECTRIC (o Are iKt.li ' aao wmametle Pi, Ml (jcoecDaD Ntw Alr-Comfltloatd Coo c Km PORTLAND $185 ROUND TRIP . . . $3.31 Tier An He Lower fares f 0POT S7 Ptorl Shut PkoM 41 500 Mourners Visit Teddy , NEW YORK OP) About 800 persons attended a funeral in queens Wednesday after hundreds had filed past the satin-covered bier during two days. Some wept. A wreath of roses Inscribed Bless My Beloved" was placed on the casket. There was a funeral procession to the cemetery where roses were strewn on the ground. Mrs. Nora Gayle said, I feel as if I'd lost one of my children." The deceased was Teddy, 18, her setter-collie who had played in the neighborhood all his life. Tremendous Reductions In Every Department if Harrisburg Enlarges Town Sewer System HARRISBURG Harrisburg is enlarging its sanitary sewer sys tem with installation of service to about four block in the edge of the business district, between Kesling and LaSalle Streets west of Second, this summer. Sealed proposals are now being received until July 15. Plans, specifications and bid forms may be obtained at the office of the city recorder, John Tweedt. The area lies in the southwest part of Harrisburg, running from one block west of the highway to the river. Noted Belgian Cellist Succumbs in Oakland OAKLAND, Calif. OP) Robert Maas, 47, distinguished Belgian cellist, was fatally stricken with a heart illness Wednesday night at a concert at Mills College. iWth him was his wife, Julia. He leaves two daughters in Bel gium. Maas organized the Paganini string quartet, with which he was playing, two years ago. He had been ailing since his years of hard ; living during the German occu pation of Belgium. Rus sells MEN WANTED for Aircraft Work Boeing-Seattle plant pays highest wages In air craft Industry. Openings for skilled and semi skilled workers. Excellent working eondltions. i STEADY JOBS Company has backlog of orders totalling over three hundred million dollars for military and commercial airplanes. Openings now fori Aft! Mechanics Skilled Wood Workers Aircraft DeetrleleM Jig Builders General Aircraft Mechanics Write direct for application blank toi PERSONNflL MPARTMINT BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY SEATTLE 14, WASHINGTON Aero Mechanics lodge No. 751 li currently on strike at Boeing Seattle. However, the Federal Court hat found the strike unlawful and that the) union hat lost it collective bargaining status. More than 3,000 workers have been hired since the strike started. We Give and Redeem S&H Green Stamps om where I sit m ly Joe Marsh Will's Hospitality Isn't "Cracked"! Ever since January, Will Dodley planned to give his living room that "new look" planned to care fully refinish the woodwork and replaeter the walls. Every time Will got eut the putty to start ailing in the cracks, t neighbor stopped by to pais the time of day - and first thing you know, there was a group of as help ing Will do the job sp right After Will called a halt to the evening's work, we'd sit around the lire en joying a friendly argument and a sparkling glass of mellow beer. So Will's living room doesn't look like it did a year ago but it's by far the most "liable" living room I knowi A place yoa can always drop in for good talk, good beer, and a warm welcome,' From where I alt, so long as Will puts that atmosphere of hospital ity end good fellowship ahead of everything else, well all be happy Jo help Will change the look of hit tiring room any time he wants. ttrrttfo, JMi (ate- guty frtwf ifuoiitoi t'v A ,f V HN ' semi-annual MJE SAVE 50 OR MORE mD)E J OTHERS AT f J $1:97 997 WILLAMETTE STREET ps(kc! CORNER 10 & WILLAMETTE fcjserf vA'A,fjs vj&sr J , rsB
