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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. .JANUARY 6, 1944,
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CHAS. V.i STANTON..
EDWIN U- KNAPP..
.. ..Editor
.Manager
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U. S. Weather, Bureau Office, .
: Roseburg, Oreooii I
Forecast for Roseburg and vi
cinity: PartlV cloudy tonight and
Friday; cooler tonight. ' '
Highest temp, for any.,Jan...'..i..7l
Highest temp, yesterday..
l-owest temp, for any Jan. -6
Lowest temp, last bjght.. 34
precipitation Yesterday '.!.. ..57
Preelp. from Jan. 1.... 1.30
Excess from Jan. 1 ,., ; .45
Deficit from Sept. 1, 1943 ...v.t;3.48
Editorials on Hew
(Coatlnutd from pas 1.)
; ., - . r , '
j the "rocket gun" coast and some
times as the "invasion" coasL
' ...(It the Germans have so many
! rocket guns thero, It's odd they
I don't fire some of them at Eng
. land.) ' ' i 1
J 1 recent Russian communique
A tolls of hazls surrendering by
i "hundreds", throwing down
J their arms and going over to the
' side qf thc,rcd army by ENTIRE
COMPANIES. , . , , ,, ."
...ip TRUE,, that's the . most sig-
hlflqant news yet., But . 'before
, Jumping to.. any conclusions, lot's
5 be SURE It's true ON A BIG
.; SCALE. .
Whenever the Gorman army
; begins tq crupible GENERALLY,
1 the Jig will be up.
ft
YN the homo front, there's a
I big j'uekus on oyer t he recent
ma,tement by,a,!'hlgh Washington
personage" that axis propaganda
based on American rail and steel
disputes and near strikes has pro
longed the war and cost many
allied lives.
(Meaning that naz) leaders
have .used these disturbances on
tin; American home front to In
spire the German people with the
hope that America is,. about to
crack up and that Germany can
win If she fights long enough.)
A
IS. to the statement Itself, it
i may or may not be true. If
we should hear of similar distur
bances In JAPAN, we'd be buck
ed, up ho end. News of acute
labor troubles In Germany would
, thrill us because we'd accept
Ihent as ah Indication that Ger
man home front morale-Is crack
ing ; .
. It, must be equally true that the
Germans are encouraged (per
haps even Jed to hold out LONG
ER) by the garbled ami propa
gandized reports of our labor dif
ficulties that are feci to them by
Ihclr leaders.
It certalntly must be true that
the nazl propagandists are using
these reports of trouble on the
American production front for
all they are worth.
. By Charles V. Stanton
THE Roseburg city council and the Douglas county court,
in our opinion, should not longer postpone settlement of the
iSSUe COncerninc VuiVlYlent fVir thft iv)iuilt aiiannnaiAM fiwvik
bridge tributary- to UrhiVqua park. We are hot attempting
to criticize, either the : county .court or llie pity council. , We
eld riot venture an opinion oh the merits of the minor co'ntro-
yei'sy. We do believe, however, that these are times in which
cooperiYi'beYweeh governing bodies is vitally essential. It
l!V.0.in ffi ,rne :fuNest endeavor, of all .administrative
agencies td wjoi-k out forthcoming problems that will multiply
in proportion to Douglas cbuhiy's rapid growth, These are
not times to permit sores to fester. , Our governing bodies
should' have a spirit of, muiual confidence and trust with no
cJ$9Yr on the part of .one to ''jgouge" the other a spirit of
sincere effort to work in the greatest haraionv to nromote
the welfare of the county as a whole.
A little over a year ago the old footbridge was condemned
by the county cour,t, . which was prepared to remove the
structure because of its dangerous condition. Residents of
Umpqua park, which is directly across the South Umnciua
river, from the south city limits, objected strenuously. Peti
tions were submitted. The county court finally agreed to
rebuild the bridge, .conditional upon the "City of Roseburg as
suming a share in the cost. . : . '"s...v '-.t'
; The county court claims the city council agreed to share
C0-5Q in the cost.'1 :The council contends' that the citv's ratio
of participation was nevoi definitely fixed." The council also
claims that tlie bridge was too expensive;, that it should have
b't-eh built t ii-itouch lower figure., The council admits it is
a good bridge. ( The courtngreea that he .bridge could have
bcei bliift at less exjiense but that Jt would not have been as
good, a bridge as, the present structure which, barring acci-
aenv, M'lii servo loij algreat many years,
t There also is the issue of the preliminary estimate, which
the council feels should have had ratification by tho city.,
,:, To use round figures, the bridge cost ap'p'roximatey $3100.
The city has been billed for one-half the expense or more
than 1500.'-.
. Regarding the detailed phases of the case we are not con
cerned. Wo believe that if a committee of the council had met
with, the. county . court when the bill was first presented.
around six months ago, a 30-nu'nute discussion would have !
clarified the whole matter and everyone would have been
satisfied and there .would have been mutual respect, confi
dence and good will.
Now, however, the matter has been normil.teH to rlrair
along, flach discussion touches a new sore point. Distrust
grows. ; Neither the council nor the countv court will he ns
ready to cooperate on some future project, which may be
far more important than a footbridge.
1 hat ih why we say there should be no further riostnoiio-
nicnt. Representatives of the city and the county govern
ments should get together -without further delay, talk out
their differences and reach a prompt settlement. To allow
the matter to continue means widening the breach of confi
dence. . That is a dangerous situation for the future. The
danger lies not in the issues themselves but rather in the
possibility of further, exaggeration of their importance
through continued ,procrastinatioh. A settlement can be
reached quickly if the two bodies will only get together and
talk it over. ;
There always has been, and still is, too much disposition
on the part of county courts to treat municipalities as if they
were separate entities. The fact is that municipalities are
still a part of tho county. The present county court has gone
a long way in overcoming jealousies, but there arc still evi
dences of a mental .separation of municipalities from the
county. We should not think of "Roseburg and Douglas
County," but instead it should bo,, "Roseburg in Douglas
county." And because, Roseburg is hi. Douglas
county, the city, should be just us seriously concerned with
the welfare of the general county As with its own success.
Until We start thinking of Douglas county as a whole rather,
than as a collection of urban and rural communities, each
w-ying 10 suiie me omer, we are going to seriously retard!
the rate of future development.
i V
urge ror rterurn
Of Prohibition is
Faced By Congress
WASHINGTON,, Jan. 5, (AP)
pun-nig io qemanas oi more
man. 100,000 individual petition
er for immediate legislative ac
tion, a,., house . Judiciary sub
committee will begin DUbllc hear.
ings next week , on national pro-
Uikill
iiiijiuuii ii-Kisjauon.' ,
The hearings will be on legisla-
uoii iiurouucea last March , by
Kep. Bryson. (D., S. ,C.) , .to, out
law ut.-vi.-i ages containing more
than one half of one per cent al
cohol by volume, the prohibition
to remain in effect until "the ter
mination of demobilization" at the
end of the war. ,
. i.Its professed purpose Is "to re
duce absenteeism, conserve man
power and speed production of
materials necessary for winning
oi me war. . . ,
a outer light ,1s. exoected to
develop over the proposal, which
has strong house backing. Oppon
ents contend it would, po unfair
to members of the armed forces
to impose prohibition by statute
at a time, when they can pot ex
press their views in a referendum.
"We did it in the last war and
four millions soldiers lumped on
congress for Its action." said ReD.
Ramspeck of Georgia, democratic
whip. .VThere will bo at Jcast
eight million of them ready to
complain, if it's.. done again. -I
will never support such legisla
tion." ,
. Petitions, pro and con, have
been pouring jn since Bryson in
troduced the bill. Many were fil
ed with the house bill clerk dur
ing the current recess.
, William McDcrmott, chief 'bill
clerk, estimated that more than
X.000 , petitions have been Jlled,
with an estimated 300,000 signers.
"If I had to make an estimate,"
he told reporters, "I would say
that there are as many, If hot
more petitioners against the lee-
islation as there are for It."
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BEST BETS FOR TODAY
THURSDAY . , ,,,
6:30 Musjc, You Remember.
8:15 Chuck and jack. ,,
8:30 Musio That Endures.' "
FRIDAY ,. ,.;
9:30 Top of the IV)ornlng,!i .
1:00 Walter Compton.
. 1 :30 Treasury. Salute to tha
Small Farmers.
3:15 Dusty Records.
6:30 Double or Nothing. ,
7:00 Dale Carnegie, i i
8:00 Eye Witness News. ' '
8.30 Name That. Song. . .
tT
IUT all that, impoitant though
It may bo, Isn't tho point of the
controversy that Is shaking
Washington. , ,
The point Is that a statement
of such grave significance
SHOULDN'T BE MADE ANON
YMOUSLY. ,
Whoever makes a charge like
tlmt should, make it OPENLY,
over his own name.
WE'IIE thoroughly familiar, by
this time,, with "high Inform
ed sources," .Washington officials
"In the. know" but who mustn't
be quoted by name, etc.
, If you're like tills writer,
Jou'ro thoroughly disgusted by
the. whole system. .
. Why can't our public officials,
who know what Is what, come
out and toll us openly and honest
ly, In their OWN names, what is
going on?
Why all this mummery and
secrecy?
Liberty Ships Held
Unfit for Use as
Troop Transports
SEATTLE, Jan. IW (AP) - Rep.
Warren O. Magnuson (D., Wash.)
said last night he. had received
Information that one of the nine
Liberty ships reported to have
split or broken open In Alaskan
waters- the John C. Alnsworth
is now liclng converted to a
troop transport at a Portland,
Ore., yard.
"It Is a mat tor of grave con
sideration that, tho lives of hun
dreds nf our soldiers should bo
entrusted to a ship that already
has shown serious defects at sea.
I question whether any of the
ships suhlect to these mishaps
shbiild be used to transport
troops."
Magnuson said he would hrlnn
the matter of the conversion to
the attention of the senate Tru
man Investigating committee.
He said he would submit find
ings nf Investigations here as a
member of the house naval af
fairs committee to Senator Mon
C. Wallgren, tlx, Wash.) who Is
exported Monday to handle the
Truman committee investigation.
Wallgren precipitated the Tru
man committee action when ho
called for a halt to the conver
sion of the Liberty ships to
lump transports.
Tuesday Magnuson visited the
Utterly thlp Chief Walnikle be-
ing repaired here and reported
o naa jcarncu tne ship had brok
en apart twice after it was repair
ed following tho; original break,
Firearms Charge Faced
6y Ex-N. Y. Gangster
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 6
I API Charged w ith violation
of the national firearms act
through transportation of a sub
machine gun and two l.uger pis
tols from a undisclosed point in
Washington to Lewlslon, Idaho.
Waller Hnnnlster, 47, today was
being returned to Boise. Idaho.
Bannister was arrested In Cali
fornia in connection with burg
laries in Glenn county and turn
ed over to federal authorities
when tho charges were dismiss
ed. Dep. U. S. Marsnal Haydun
Saunders said Bannister at one
time was bodyguard and gunman
for the notorious Dutch Schultz,
late New York gangster.
Loans Enable Farmers
To Boost Production
REDMOND, Ore., Jan.. 6.
I AP) -, Central and Southern Ore
gon farmers w ho took out Farm
Security administration loans last
year produced 50 per cent more
eggs, meat and potatoes than bo
fore, the KSA district office re
ported today.
REMAINING HOURS TODAY
4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Plough
Chemical Co.
1: 15 -Johnson Family. .
4:30 Human, Adventure.
5:00 Junior Jamboree. i
5:15 Superman, Kellogg's Pep.
5:30-Rhythm Road.
5:45 Norman, Ncsbitt News,
Studebaker.
6:00 Gabriel Heattcr, Forhan's
Toothpaste. ,
6:15 Gracie Fields, Pall Mall
Cigarettes.
6:30 Music You Remember,
Oouglas Supply Co. .
6:45 -Stardust Serenade.
7:00 - Raymond Clapper.
7:15 State and Local NewsJ
Keel Motor Co.
7:30 -Musical Interlude..
7:30 Education for Freedom.
7:45 -Bernle Cummins Orchestra.
8:00 Swingphor.y Hall.
8:15 Chuck and Jack.
8:30 - Music That Endures.
9:00 Alka SelUer. News,
i 9:15 Rex Miller, Wildroot. ,
,i9:30 Faces and Places, Vlcks
! Products.
f):45 Fulton -Lewis, Jr.
10:00 Sign off.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7
6:43 Rise and Shine.
7:00 News, Los Angeles Soap
Co.
7:15 Stuff and Nonsense.
7:3 State and Local News,
Boring Optical.
7:35 Judd Furniture Store.
7:40 Rhapsody In Wax.
8:00 Dr. .Louis Talbot.
8:30 Oregon Music.
8:15 Wax Shop.
8.55- Treasury Song Parade.
!):00 - Boake Carter.
9:15 Man About Town.
!):30 Moment Musicale.
9:30 Top of the Morning, Hen-
ningcr's Marts.
9:45 -Melodic Varieties.
9:55 Aunt Jemima, Quaker
Oats.
10:00 Alka SelUer News.
10:15 Shoppers Guide.
10:30 -Luncheon With Lopez.
11:00 Wheel of Fortune.
11:45 - Melody Rendezvous.
12:00 -Musical Interlude. ,
12:10 Sports Review, Dunham
Transfer.
12:20 Parkinson's Information
Exchange.
12:25- Rhythm at Random.
12:40 State News, Hansen Mo
tors. 12:45 - News-Ueview of the Air:
12:55 Terminal Market Reports,
sig Fett.
1.00 Walter Compton.
I:i5 Rangeland Echoes.- ,
1:30 Treasury ; Salute to the
., , Small Farmers.. .......
1:45 Moods in-Music.
2:06 R,ay Dady, r .
2:15 Welcome Inn, G. W.
Young & Son.
2:30 Tho Dream House of
Melody. , ; , ,
3 :Q0 Phillip .keyno-Gordon,
3:15 Dusty Records. - -
8:45 Rendezvous. With Rhythm.
4:00 Fulton )ewis, Jr., Plough
v Chemical. Co. -4:15
Johnson Family., , ,
4:30 pon Redmon's. Orchestra.
5:00 Bible Adventures, Pres-.-
.byten'an .Church. .,
5:15 Superman,, .Kellogg's Pep.
5:30 Rhyfhra Road.:
5:45 Norman Nesbitt News,',
Studebaker.
6:00 Gabriel Heatter, Kreml.
6:15 Gracie Fields, Pall Mall .
,.(. Cigarettes. ... ,.f '
6:30 pouble r Nothing,
Feenamlnt. , i
7:00 Dale Carnegie. , ; i '.
7:15 State and Local News,-
Keel Motor, Co, ,. , . ,
7:20 Musical Interlude. i ,'
lLoneanssr..,. .oiK:o
$:00 Eye-Witness News, Copco.j
8:15 HereCom the ;Band,
" i DouglaSF.lour,iyilll. I
. 8:30 Name, That Song, 42 Hafr
Oil Products. ;. '
9:0Or-Aka, Seltzer News.'-,.
9:15 H i -Neighbor, Carstensur
i( nlture.St&re. . i
9:30 Qeneral- Barrows,! Unipp- f
,!. A , Oil c.4g j.j i
9:45 Fulton LewisjJr.'
10:00 Sign off.
" - :i
Fine, Jail.Term Meted";
Alleged Purse Snatcfier.
:: 4 2 ')) 'V
, Wllbert Raymond.. .Trent, re
cently arrested on oTiarws,,Bf''vagt
rancy and. larceny ofi personal
property, was sentencid in khi
Roseburg ..- justice, court ,. to..,. a
fine of $100 on., thqi (larceny
charge,, and ? 30-da'y j'ii term,for
vagrancy,.. after pleading . guilty
to both counts, .Judge .Thomas
Hartfiel, reported.. ..Trent,,, was
taken pff a southbound stage at
Rpseburg several days ago after
allegedly stealing a purse belong
ing , to Bessie Mae AquIss at a
Sutherlin cafe. :, 1
, Fines imposed, In the poseburg
court ,.for traffic law viola
tions, were reported by... Judge
Hartfiel as follows: Chester W.
Kimball, $25, speeding; Robert L.
Hamilton, $25, overloaded .truck;
Lee R. Powell, $10, failure to stop
at a railroad crossing; , Kenneth
S. Laman, $25, overloaded truck:
DiAtpi
By SUSAN .
We've just received ,,a pew
bunch of . Treasury Salutes to
the . various, groups, ,,who , Jtaye
done outstanding t work ; toward
furthering., the, war effprt-ahd
we'llj bo. bringing you the first
one on Friday p. m.-at, 1:30 It's
"Salute to the Small Farmers".
Wonder if that includes those of
us who cricked :our -b?icks. j and
blistered our hands over the to
mato plants in .the Victory gar
den last spring arid summer? We
have Walter, Compton commcnt.
ing on the -news at 7 o'clock
I cyer afternoon now. Do you rec
ognize him as, the, man wnp ori
ginated our favorite Double or
Nothing? And you'll . be .hearing
I said show on Friday at 6:30
this time with a salute to the
wearers of the Purple Heart and
with. Frank Forest .. singing
"When the Lights Go Oh Again."
Also, on Friday at 8;30, . our
favorite. "Name That Song". Did I
you happen to be... listening to
Superman, on Tuesday evening?
And did you get a ; hair-raising
scare, too vhen the , announcer,
in a very grim voice, said "Ladies
and gentleman, we interrupt this
broadcast-" artd then yvent pn to
say they were sq sqrry but they
had inadvertently repeated Mon
day s broadcast; so they started
all over' again. Well accidents
will happen and since we'd
v ' m. m v m w
missed Monday's episode It wa:
so inuch velvet for, us; yep,, wi
unblushinifly - admit It we're
Superman fans, too. : ' ' ?
"Hu" Wave Ebbs, Bur
Pneumonia on Increase
- PORTLAND, Jan. -6. (AP) J
Oregon 8 wave of influenza con
tinued to ebb today. j
- New cases were reported less!
frequent, and the state, board or
health said the peak was reache.
about December 20. The ne:
highest surge was about Dcce;
ber27...,,.-. . . . ,. ,
, . Pneumonia cases, however, par.
tlpuea ,to , increase, . reaching
total or z in ine state, 44 pei
cent higher tnan last week. Fi
deaths in Portland were reportei
yesterday;- 1 .-.,:
a . ,,
, 'a Condensed Report of the ,
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
' ' OF PotlTLAND. OnKtiON
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' COMPTROLLER OK THE CURRENCY -
, : AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1913 . . ,
V'
, ItESOURCKS
Cash ii (land and Due from Hanks.., .
United Stales Government Uonds -fl!ur(l(J(pal
nnd Oiber Bonds... .
iosns ami uisruunu...
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Hank rrcmises. (including (JranchrsJ-
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Other.
Customers. Lialiilily on Acceptances
Interest t-arned
.Vi'tjiiVk'viiryi'
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259,473,497.18
t,J76,127J4
39,8(13.321.02
. 41)3,000.00
373,120.53
1.00
20,027.37
880,082.06
106,151.30
$107,357,314.54
LIABILITIES
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"Mil,,
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Reserves
'rofiis-
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. 7.300.000.00
. 1.605,074.59
J 1,265,014.53
ltose'rvcs fur Interest, Taxes, elc
Arceplanccs.-
Iliviilends Declared..,
Deposits
Other Liabilities
16,370,089.12
"807,362.45
26,027.57
-. 78,750.00
390,035,770.62
,. 19,314.78
$ 107,357,314.5 1
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