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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1943. Warplane Score Favors Allies by Ratio of 4 to 1 WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (AP) American army and navy plan es are besting the enemy by a score of four to one or better, an official report says, in every phase of air fiphtine. Army aircraft, the Office of W.ar Information announces, have destroyed almost four axis planes for every one American craft lost from Dec. 7, 1941, to Sept. 1, 1B43. The navy says its nir arm has taken a toll of four or five enemy planes for every United States loss. The estimates do not include thousands ol German and Japa nese planes damaged and count less others listed as "probable Josses. OWI's second report on Amor- s. GAS, OIL and GROCERIES Cooper's Service in Dillord (MMomPi COME TO WINTER-PROOF HEADQUARTERS To Keep the Weather Gremlins Out of Your Car Don't let Winter-weather Gremlins lay up your car. The four important Winter-proof "must" services, done in our expert way, will drive 'em out and help make your car last longer. Complete Wlnrer-Piuofing Service U. S. Tires G. P. Batteries. Official OPA Tire Inspector Dick Frost Service Station 143 N. Stephens Hi TOM-TOM COOS JUNCTION GARAGE is now OPEN FOR BUSINESS General repairing all makes of cars, trucks and tractors First Class Mechanics Electric and Acetylene Welding WINTER-PROOF NOW! SEE US! CARL LANQUIST COOS JUNCTION lean combat plane performance said the ratio or superiority over enemy craft may be increased sharply with the production of a larger and more deadly bomlier. The most notable achievement was made by fliers commanded by ilaj. On. Claire I- C'hennault in China during the 13 months rnded Aug. 4. They bagged 442 Japanese planes, probably de stroyed 11 others, sank 41.000 ions or shipping and damaged 35,000 tons. American losses amounted to 41 planes. Freight Bill Tax Slash Demanded SALEM, Ore., Oct. 19--IAP) Public L'tlitics Commissioner George 11. Flagg appealed to Oregon's congressional delega tion yesterday to have the feder al Ihree per cent tax on freight shipments reduced us far as ship ments from Oregon are con cerned. Flagg said several Pacific coast business organizations will fight to have the lax reduced on shipments from the coast. "Adding n three per cent tax to the regular chai'RC lor ship ping livestock from La Grande to Omaha forces the Oregon ship per to pay three times the amount of taxes than does the Kansas shipper, who also gets the short haul and lower rates," Flagg said. "The samo thing appiles to ap ples, potatoes, sugur, lumber, wool, and other Oregon farm products. "Congress slapped the three per cent flat tax on all freight bills because it needed to find new sources of war revenue. In doing so, congress penalized Pa cific coast shippers. Being much farther from the markets. It Is found that Ihe taxes are two and three times greater than Is as sessed against competitors who are nearer Ihe large market centers." Phone 321-L Roscburg n Retail Lumber Sales Put Under Interim Ceilings SEATTLE. Oct. 14 tAP) In-i terim ceilings have been set up I for retail sales of lumber from j softwood distribution yards in j Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana, Nevada, Wisconsin and the upper Michigan peninsula, Wytze Gorier, district OPA price exec utive, said yesterday. They are effective October 21. These ceilings give specific! area mark ups to be added to mill prices on sales from the yards and are to be used until riollarsandeents ceilings, tailor ed to indivitlual requirements In various parts of the country, are established, Gorier said. Studies ere under way to establish the latter ceilings. Most Important of certain oth er changes In Ihe original pric ing Instructions are the inclu sion of specific mark-ups to be made to mill prices In determin ing selling prices for hardwood flooring. Prices Are Specified In Ihe northwest area, which Includes Washington, Oregon, Id aho, Montana and Nevada, Gor ter said, the Interim ceilings for sales of lumber from softwood distribution yards are establish ed as follows: The mill ceiling price, plus al lowable freight, plus $5 per 1, 000 hoard leet for handling and Ihe following mark-ups 25 per cent on "lower bracket" items and 3!5 per cent on "upper brack et" Items. The "lower bracket" items In clude No. 1 common and low er grade southern pine, Douglas fir, west coasl hemlock, Sitka spruce, while fir, redwood, west ern spruce, aspen, eastern hem lock, red cedar and tidewater red cypress, No. 2 common and lower Jack pine, Kngelmann spruce, lodgepole pine and larch, and No. 3 common and lower ponderosa pine, Norway pine, Idaho pine, sugar pine, eastern and northern white pine and Ot tawa white pine In slated sizes. In the "upper bracket" are all grades higher, sizes larger and lengths longer than in Ihe "low er bracket." A further addition of 10 per cent, Goiter said, may be made if Ihe sale amounts to $7.50 or li.utt Allnw;ihln ft-ptirhl is the car load freight from a stated basing point to the yard and basing points ares specified for each kind of wood. The handling addition allows tor maximum handling charges Winter-proof Nowl KEEP DRAGGY OUT OF GEARS This is one of the most important Winter proof "musts" due now. Protect vital gears for the duration. Maybe they can't be replac ed. PACIFIC HIGHWAY GARAGE E. Bollinbaugh Ray Bartley Canyonville ; GAS AND OIL CAMAS VALLEY SERVICE Mn. Phillip Srandlcy operator ol 30 cents a square for shingles and 60 cents per 1,000 pieces for lath. Not subject to the established mark-ups, Gorier said, arc mould ings, grounds plant stakes, cor ttrlps and battens. Yards are to continue to price them under the general price regulation. For hardwood flooring, the re tail distribution yard mark-up over mill prices permitted for the northwest is 35 per cent. Movie Producer Mayer Top Salary Recipient in I). S. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (API The biggest pay check report ed to the treasury for the calen dar year 1911 or fiscal year end ing In 1942 was received by Louis P. Mayer, movie producer $949, 705.84. The treasury revealed the mo tion picture industry, as usual, furnished the lion's share of the personal service incomes above 575,000 shown In corporation In come tax returns. The list of such incomes, made public by Secretary Morgenthau as required by law, including 922 names, 215 of them movie fig ures. Loew's Inc., paid Mayer $157,500 salary and $792,265.84 Hi commissions for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 1942. Second place went to a big money newcomer, C. G. Swebil I us, president of the Dixwell Corp., Hamden, Conn. The man agement and engineering service firm paid him S631.809.1U salary for the year ending Nov. 30, 1941, and $199,143.11 for the next fis cal year. I E. G. Grace, president of Ihe Bethlehem Steel Co., was third with an income of $537,724 : $.'157,721 In the foi m of a bonus for 1941. I A larger payment- $588,423. ! 13 was listed for comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Coslello. Jointly they received a $221,458. 32 salary and $363,964.83 other compensation from Universal pic tures for the fiscal year ending Inst Oct. 31. Largest individual salaries list ed for film stars included the $300,000 paid Jeanette MacDon aid and Bing Crosby by Loew's and Paramount, respectively; Gary Cooper's $299,177.84 from Samuel Goldwyn and Bob Hope's $294. 166.67 from Paramount. Forgotten Coal Pile Proves Boon POTTSVILLK, Pa del. 13 l API- A million tons of hard coal, mined a half-century at;o and forgotten, has been rediscov ered lust in time to help relieve the pinch of an acute fuel short age in the east. The coal is small-sized anthra cite, for which there was no mar ket when It was mined before tl-.e turn of the century. But stok ers and other modern equipment make It suitable for home heat Ins now. Operators estimate there is enough or it to heat 100, 0(10 homes all winter. When Ihe nnthraclte shortage became serious recently, and talk of ralionltiR was heard, an crucial or the Stevens Coal com pany suddenly remembered the huge banks or "waste," piled C. E. REECE Gremlin Killer General Merchandise and Groceries A handy Place to Refuel and Food Shop MELROSE STORE ROSE THEATRE 7 COMING SUNDAY OCTOBER 24th "MY FRIEND FLICKA" witn rodoy Mcdowell and PRESTON FOSTER Gremlins Miss Storm Meets i u With her winning smile, Gale Storm, feature player in the new Monogram pictures, "Nearly Eighteen" and "Campus Rhythm", registers the delight that young folks, and even grownups, are tak ing in the new Gremlin cutouts, now being given away at Mobilgas stations. In her hand kiss Storm holds a cutout figure of "Squeaky," the newly-discovered Goblin who puts squeaks in automobiles. about 10 miles outside this city. Investigation revealed that most of the coal could be salvaged with camparatlvcly little eftort. Anthracite operators said the bonanza would lirt some ot the great burden on the hard coal fields, which have been hard hit by abnormal war demands and labor shortages caused by miners leaving the pits to take war jobs or to loin Ihe nrmed services. yT HE'S ONE OF THE GREM Cf JIa fc-7 HIS SPECIALTY IS CAUSING SKIDS. ' IV Fed r P&uf Safe a Cause "Squeaky" TIMING LAMAR, Mo. Carl Moore stop ped at an Insurance ofHce to In sure his newly-purchased car. "Come on, it's raining," he said "To see my sister," she replied, been written, "give you- a ride home." He didn't though . . . his car had just been stolen. Galen, the ancient Greek phy sician, prescribed lettuce as a remedy for sleeplessness. Tires Top Quaftfy Since 90? Under O.P.A. regulations now non-skid Federal Tires may be available to you now. With Federal, on your car you may enjoy that lenie of security and satisfaction which a 36-year record for top quality assures. So whether your need is for dependable recapping or other tire service or for new quality tires that will serve you well, tee your Mobilgas dealer who handles Federal Tires. G. P. BATTERY Who wonts to be caught on a morning cold With a battery weak and worn and old? Who wants to be stalled when he's rarin' to go When his motor says ye and his battery, no? If you don'l want this to happen to you If you don't want to fuss and cuss and stew Get a G. P. battery that's guaranteed. And start your car with pep and speed. Grief for Tire Experts Offer Methods of Defeating the Mischief Makers Ever hear of a little guy called "Skiddy"? Most every motorist has suffer ed from his antics at one lime or another. Well, Skiddy is the mythical little Gremlin who follows in the wake of the first stormy weather of Wintertime, and brings grief and woe to those unwary motor ists who have worn their tires until the tread Is smooth. He's an unmanageable little imp, and whenever he starts working on a car the result is liable to be disastrous. While he's one of the busiest of the the Gremlins right now, he has plen ty of helpers to promote punc tures, cuts, blowouts and uneven wear. It's because of the damage Skiddy causes In stormy weather that Mobilgas dealers have In cluded tiro service as one of the 4 "Musts" of their Winter-proof campaign to protect cars against the ravages of mud, sludge and rain, and to help make them last longer during this critical pe riod of wartime driving, accord ing to L. J. Lohmcyer, district manager for General Petroleum Corporation. "It's a wise, motorist," ho states "who consults his Bobilgas deal er frequently about tire1 condi tions, and on what to do ,to keep good serviceable rubborjon his car. ' ' ' "While Winter-proofing covers all vital parts of the automobile, lire service is stressed both be cause ot the danger involved In neglect, and the possibility ot being without rubber for future driving. That's why it's so im iwrtant to have tires carefully checked and inflated to proper pressure every few days. This It surely is a helpless feeling When all of once your ear starts reeling. A skid can happen awful quick When tires are smooth and roads are slick. So now, when wnfer roi'ns are due, Why don't you take this safety cue? Refuse to drive a smooth, worn tire. The consequences may be dire. Get skid protection don't delay Consult your Mobil Man today. eral VEW Drivers L. J. LOHMEYER District Manager for General Petroleum Corporation. adds to the life of the tire, as does also the proper cross-switching every few thousand miles. It has been proven that such service as this can add at least 3,000 miles to the life of a tire." "Most Mobilgas and Mobllotl dealers are now equipped to fur nish high-grade recaps for any , motorist whose tires are worn smooth. Not only these recaps, but general repair service can be obtained by any motorist In need without securing a govern ment permit. "For those who arc able to buy new tires, many of these dealers are now in position to offer the well known and highly regarded Federal tire. The Federal tiro has been recognized as one of the top quality tires of the country since 1908. And since quality is so desirable in the purchase of I ires Ihese days, when they must last, the demand for this partic ular line has been heavy. "All Mobil dealers", Mr. Loh mcyer concluded, "are doing their utmost to help car owners keep their tires in service. Drivers are invited to lake advantage of this assistance. " Mobilgas SOCDNr-VACUUM M