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Newspaper Page TextTWO - ROSEBURS NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1944. Issued Dallr Kstfept Sunday by the Aew-HcTlew Compmr. Inc. Member of the Assoewted I'ress ' The Assoclatea j-ress is oiciuiyo !t entitled to the use for repubi.cn tlon of all news dispatches crodlted to It or not otherwise cedited In this' paper and to all local news published heroin. All Tlgtals of re' publication of peclal dispatches, herein are also reserved. ' CKAa V. STANTON. Editor , . . Manager EDWIN U B.Al-r. Enterea as aecunu io May 17, 120, at the postofflce at Roneburg-, Oregon, under aot of March 1, 1878. . Mearesentce) by SfW Tuts 1 ti oiaaison n. L'hlniKn 360 N. Mlchiifnn A'.' Ian Franelaea 26 Market Street ! !. A.'-l Spring eireet Srnltle K03 Stewart Struct Portlnnd 52l 8. W. Sixth Street at. l,oul 411 N. Tenth Btrei U .. , 09EG10QI PUBLIShiER I AT 1 0 N ' Subscription Rates Dully, per year by mall.. S3.R0 Dally. 6 months by mall J2.75 Dally. 3 months by mall $1.50 The Weather j :. !v ....' t r. U. S. Weather Bureau. Office, Roseburg, Oregon. Forecast' for Roseburg and vi cinity: Parti cloudy, and colder tonight,, and Tuesday'. , Highest ternp.,foc any Jar) 71 Highest temp, yesterday 47 Lowest temp, for any Jan. -6 Lowest temp, last night 38 Precipitation, yesterday ,77 Preoip., from Jan. .1 2.56 Deficit, from Jan, 1 1.38 Deficit,from Sept. 1, 1943 .,.....:.5.32 f " i .... i . . Editorials oh News I , (Coatlnunl (rom page 1.) where one gets a, look at them curry signs: ."Quota sold out," "No gas,!1 etc. t r .t :,: ? Nobody complains, ior in thlp great port of embarkutlon, where the convoys come and go and the warships slip In unostentatiously for. .repair and refitting and the streets, are full of service . men wearing the, .ribbons, of all ,thp Pacific, campaigns, it isn't hard ,lo realize that the whole vast Pa cific war (which so far Is .out standingly a navy war) Is being' lought wltn California gas. IERE ., was a, time , when wo, here on the Pacific coast. had the feeling that we were being shorted on, gasqline merely be cause the Easterners hud to take 11 along, with them, but as the I, r irln ...l.u WUI moves Jlliu mi; x,aciiti, win. It.. Iw.m..-n .ll-tor,.,. oil ..r 113, I IIIIIK TIIQU UI3IIIIVa (fit whch have to, ,bq covered with, --another of its forms we can realize that gasoline is a precious, commodity to be used with the utmost discretion and care. JfS gasoline gets scarcer, . the. 'Aslrcctcure gct fuller and full erand fuller and, fuller, and fuller.. The cable cars especially. They're small, and fill up quick ly". And piling onto the cable carjs until' they can't make it up the hill has always been a leading San Francisco sport,. ... , . , Nearly all the ears cany signs reading: "Women wanted to man this car." Women conductors are among the commonest sights In this, and other cities, but you don't see many of them bundling the grip levers of the cable cars. . Loaning back on the lever to get grip enough on the cahlo I", get up the Powell street or Cali fornia street hills, with people hanging all over the cars like honey bees swarming on a limb, is no Job for the frailer sex. , . Women build ships and planes, and service the railroad trains and carry grips in the hotels, hut they take one look at the job of grlpman on the cable cars and know they've met their match. N" KW, YORK subways used to have I he reputation of pack ing people In tighter than Nor wegians could pack sardines in a can, hul that's another distinc tion that is gone from the Big Town. People now PACK THEM SELVES Into cars everywhere tighter Hum the most accomplish ed packer-inner that ever skipper ed a Brooklyn subway train ctaiixl .to attempt in his grimmest and most determined moments. if they don't they'll have to walk - and there's nothing we Americans hale worse than walk-1 lug. I DEMEMHEIt. the days when we I looked Umiii the streetcar as a vanishing institution, and eo pie who owned streetcar com pany stock were tripping over themselves In their haste to get rid of It? Well, those days ate GONE. The streetcar has come back Inlo ils own, and the town that is served by plenty of street our lines is sitting on the world. . . ; ' By Charlci V. Stanton P'riVATE' FIRST CLASS RICHARD P. BARRETT of Roseburg proudly' wears' the ribbon 'which" denotes he has been decorated with the Army's Silver Star medal for excep tional bravery. , Barrett was fighting 'at New Georgia, iii the Solomon Islands, 'last July 31, . parrett fought until he had expended his last round of ammunition., llnable to continue in the battle, he faced the choice where he undoubtedly had a or crossing an exposed area supply dump. A less brave soldier would and permitted his, comrades to was not lacking in bravery, nor was he shirking in battle. Facing the enemy's fire,, he crawled across the open field, a distance of 50 yards. He replenished his supply of ammu nition, then returned 'through the hail of death to join his comrades in successfully routing the Jajis from their hotly defended position. . . , We have a right here in Douglas county to feel extremely proud of Private Barrett, just as we take pride in all of those .who are wearing the uniforms of the military services. But his, heroic act should make us stop and think. What would have happened if there had been no ammu nition to replace that which' he had fired at the enemy? Barrett would not have been considered a coward nor a skirker if . he, had stayed in his place of comparative se curity' instead of deliberately risking his life in a determina tion to stay in the fight. How does his act on the battlefield compare with our deeds at home? We are now engaged in a campaign to raise money to buy ammunition. The success of our Fourth War Loan will assure that boys like Barrett, who need bullets to fire at" our enemies, will not be caught without the necessary supplies. Buying war bonds does not cause us to risk either our lives or our money. There is uo safer investment than war bonds and stamps. ' i , '. Barrett could have stayed in his fox hole while his comrades continued the fight. Perhaps the outcome of the battle would not have been , affected. We can keep our money in the bank vaults if we desire and allow our friends and neighbors to carry the responsibility of the, Fourth, War Loan. Undoubtedly the goals will. be. reached, the desired (mount of money raised. Whether the huge total contains our own little contribution is a matter of individual choice. But Private Barrett was not willing" that his comrades should fight without his help. He placed his life in ex treme jeopardy in order that he might continue to do his bhare. Can we on the home; front fail to do our duty in the face of his example on the battle line? Could we look Dick Barrett in the eye, when he comes home, if we shirked our duty and left to others the responsibility that has been placed upon us? . His brave deed should be an inspiration to us in .many ways, not .only in sacrificing' fd buy war bonds in the cam paign now in progress but also to work harder and longer to bo sure we are giving our best to every essential activity on the home front. '..,.. It is to be regretted that a motion picture of his deed is not nvailable to show to those .who. would hinder' war' pro duction by strikes or slow-downs, as well as to those who are inclined to let the other fellow buy bonds. Washington News From an Inside View t. ,. . Argument, Sentiment, Comment , By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Congressman, Fourth Oregon District WASHINGTON, P. C, Jan. 15. - When congress reconvonod for Iho second session of the 7Slh congress last work,- many of llic xump legislative problems sub sidies, taxes, soliliei-s' vote legis lation, commanded the Immediate attention of congress. The president's message on the stale of the union did nut alter the picture materially. His recommendation , of a national service law was the only new element which congress did not have actually under considera tion. During the adjournment pe riod, the War Food administra tion, in response to a request for n recommendation on a bill pro posed by Senator Aiken of Ver mont, recommended a food stamp program In place of subsidies. According to tho War Kood ad ministration, the stamp plan would reach the groups of work ers In l he country in the low est Income brackets, and safe guard them from food price in creases. The WFA estimated that this program would cost tlie government approximately three billion dollars a year. By I he end of the first week In the session, the senate agricultural committee was holding hearings on Hie food stamp plan. In con trast to the estimates mmlit by WKA, Senator Aiken presented figures lo show that the food stamp plan would he available to approximately sixteen million IxMiple In the country, and that the over-all cost would be alwut four hundred million dollars. There was a general feeling that the War Kood administration's estimates were extremely high, and everyone wondered on what they based their calculations, 'i lie legislation involving subsi of; rermiiijing in his, position, shallow fox hole for protection, between him and the-forward have stayed , in the fox hole do the fighting, but Barrett dies, in the meantime, is await ing further action by the senate bunking and currency commit tee. The House Klectlons commit tee, having charge of the soldier vote bill, took immediate action and completed hearings and re ported a modified version of the bill passed by the senate. This hill-will come up in the house at about the time this Is printed. I believe there has been a mark ed change in attitude among the members in the last few weeks toward this legislation. Under the so-called federal ballot bills initially proposed, there was no certainty that, after tile soldiei-s had marked their federal ballots, such ballots would be counted in the respective stales, and it Is admittijd that there rests in con gress no auhorily to compel the slates to count ballots which do not conform to the state constitu tions and elecion laws. Conse quently, It becomes a slale prob lem In those stales which have not already made provision for soldier voting to adjust their laws to provide for methods of qualifying and arceptlng ahsent voters' ballots. 'Hie Job congirss has is to assist in every way ks slhle to distribute and collect ballots throughout tho armed forces so that the maximum num ber of ballots may bp cast and rc .turned In time to be counted. An increasing number ot members also reel that the pro posed straight federal "bob-tailed" ballot disenfranchises those in I he service tecauso no provi sion exists for oling on stale and local candidates on the fed eral ballot. II it is possible to do so, congress deslii'S those In service to Ih able to vote for all public officials, and not solely Excuse Us for Being Inquisitive, "but IF THIS HAS NO EFFECT ON THE SLACKERS. CHISELERS AND GOUGE RS i ' VMHAT ASSURANCE HAVE WE THAT THIS ' X'ttXT'- will Change Tiem? ' rSSv - ff-KL&rii A - :- smmm&- U S: Subs Depend 6ri' Mother Ship" and SRlT? 4 fP ''i"lr - t' - Like a mother hen t?ttcs care of her brood, this sub marine tender looks after the welfare of the sub marines she services. Daring Navy subs. carry the attack into Jap home waters, but they must have re pair facilities close at hand. On the tenders are skilled SRU's the Navy's Ship Repair Units ready and able to fix all except major damage. Part of the sue cess of our submarine campaign is attributable to the speed and efficiency with which SRU's keep the under- tho federal officials. . ! The . ta)2 bill reported out by the Senate Finance . committee just prior to adjournment was taken up immediately by the senate and pushed for early ac tion. The bill will not differ greatly from the bill as passed by the house last fall. Simplifi cation of our tax procedures is increasingly important, and . it seems probable that congress may take some specific steps to avoid the mass of complications that laces the average taxpayers when lie files his income tax re turn. Taxpayers are now re ceiving their blanks for the March 15tH tax statement. The public temper over income tax forms will rise steadily until the middle of March. A surprising number of taxpayers, on receiv ing the statement concerning their 10-12 taxes, have sent checks to the Bureau of Internal Reve nue, thinking that this state ment indicated the amount duo. These paymeiis . are being re lumed to the taxpayers who may imp more or less than this amount -if and when they are able lo figure the thing out.. IHiring the present session, problems involving the recon version of industry, disposition of military and government plants, equipment and supplies, and postwar planning will be come Increasingly important matters. Congress should estab lish at least preliminary poli cies regarding each of these Im portant subjects. A rapid and systematic return to a vigorous peace-time economy is vitally important 1o the people of this country and to our future Inter national relationships. R. H. Wells Slated for New Rorary President1 CHICAGO, Jan. 22.- (AIM Diehard H. Wells. I'ocatello, Ida., business executive, was selected by the nominating committee of Holary International yesterday as its nominee for KH-i -lS presi dent of the organization. He will automatically become president July I, If no other nomination is received from a club member be fore April 1, the committee said. Wells is engaged in the lumber, hardware and coal business mid is a banker. tovl 'ril: . . p :h'v KRNR Mutual Broadcasting System, 1490 Kilocycles. REMAINING HOURS TODAY 4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr., Plough Chemical Co. 4:1!5 Johnson Family. , .4:30 Buddy Cole's Novelty Group. 4:45 Denny Bcckner's Orches- chest ra. !5:0OT-Moods in Musie.i 5:15 Superman, Kellogg's Pep. 5:30 Rhythm Road. 5:45 Gordon Burke, Stude- bakor. .. .. .. , . i 6.00 Gabriel Heattcr, Krcml. 6:15 Believe It or Not, Pall Mall Cigarettes. . 6:30 -Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney. PRESIDENT HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured 48 Pertaining' to parents, VERTICAL 1 Injure 2 Skill 3 Of the thing 4 Symbol for samarium 5 Poem 6 Triton , 7 Lecture platform 9 Born 10 He was a grandson of William Henry Harrison 11 Ratite bird former U. S. president, Benjamin, 7 Challenge 8 Arabian gulf 10 Portion 11 Mountain (abbr.) 13 Pitcher 15 Neat 16 House part 18 River duck 19 Legal point 20 Vessel for serving tea 22 Bone . 23Footlikc part 24 Courtesy title 25 Two-year-old sheep 26 Compass point 27 Editor (abbr.) 28 Foot soldier of Ceylon 30 Symbol for tellurium 31 Color 33 Clans 35 Wintry blanket 37 Enthusiastic ordor 38 College dance 41 Rock pinnacles : 43 Egypt (abbr.l 44 Chair, 45 Knraptured 4' Newspaper paragraph 4 -. I! i orrtciAL u. s. havt phstocrap seas craft in fighting trim,. For continued success, the Navy needs more men for this service machinists, metalsmiths, .carpenters, molders, riggers; sailmakers and men talented in many other trades: It's an excit ing job, with good pay, dependency allowances, $133 worth of uniforms free, low-cost government insur ance and other worthwhile extras. The Navy Re cruiting Station has full information. 7:00 Henry Gladstone, , , , 7:15 State , and. Local News, Motor Co. ... 7:20 Musical Interlude. 7:30 Lone Ranger. . 8:00 Chuck and Jack. 8:30 Point Sublime, Union Oil , ' Co. 9:00 Alka Seltzer, News. , 9:15 HI Neighbor, Carstcnj , Furniture, Store. 9:30 General Barrows, Union . Oil Co. . 9:45 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 10:00 Sherlock Holmes, Petri Wine Co. 10:30-Sign off. The South Atlantic coastal urea cf the United -States is virtually depopulated today because the Boll Weevil destroyed cotton, forcing the growers to migrate. Ammor tn I'rrTinuw I'lixglr !" LjUjNiARl TOIN L X -1 X -- F. MM CHUSt cjEllr Oirje R o s p; Js. e a 12 Spinning toys 14 Sun god 15 Investigators 16 Repair 17 Make damp 20 Doctrine 21 Woody plants 23 Energy 29 Egyptian river 32 Portal 34 Sock ... . 36 Swathe 38 Pare 39 Male sheep 40 Old Testament (abbr.) 42 Health rqsort 44 Station (abbr.) 46 Transpose (abbr.) 47 That thing Eh s fit cr DIAtjpLOG By SUSAN We haven't heard the new 15 minute variety show that's sched uled for 4:30 each afternoon, but the prospect sounds good ,to us. That's , one of. the program, corf rections we told you about the, other day. . Human Adventure and some of the other good 4:30 shows will be moved In to oth erand better listening ,. spots; we'll give you the dope on those later. For tonight be sure to get an earfull of Paul and Jerry at 6:30. Charlie McCarthy had bet ter be looking to. his laurels be cause the ."'mahogany moppet", on this show is mighty, good,. Chuck and. Jack at, 8 with their first half-hour show, Point Sub lime at 8:30, and then Jumping cicar down to 10 o'clock, which, is usually sign-off time, you'll hear Sherlock Holmes. ,;M , Tuesday .is a rccj. letter day on our calendar San Quenlne On the Air. will be with, us again coma .7.30,. and siace it's our fa vorite . program we're jubilant. It you aren't already a fan, he sure to tune this show Tuesday evening and see., if it isn't tops in entertainment with you, too. Tuesday, night is Music, You-Remember, at 6:30, too, with,.Anna loris bringing you the words, and music That's about aU for, today folks., Be, seeing; youand don't forget those dimes and dollars and checks for the, Infantile Pa ralysis fund. Keep ( 'em rolling rinht alnnfr iS Ntwsoroitt 9 MCNwWOMCN IM UNIFORM' ; ! Mrs., C. B, Digby of Roseburg has received word that her son, Ervin Denton, Talbert,. has finish ed his five months college train ing at the University of Minneso ta in Minneapolis, and Is await ing to receive assignment to San ta Ana, Calfornia, where he will receive flight training for avia tion cadet. According to word received, James E. Judd has been advanc ed in rank to private first class In the, 70th army , division nt Camp Ada)r, Goryallls, He is the sen of Mrs. James M. .Judd and a brother -of Mrs.- Robert" Kelly i i you're needed too! WHEN MARY JOINED the WAC, you thought it was pretty fine. You knew she was just the type to make a good soldier. . , , ,,The first time she came home in uniform, remember how proud she looked, and the lively way she talked about the places she'd been, the interesting people she'd met, and her job as an Army air plane and engine mechanic? You couldn't help feeling envious. . , Mary's having an important share in this war. She's doing a really vital job. r But there aren't enough "Marys" lo do all tho Army obi which must bo done. You are needed too. If you're not good at mechanics, perhaps you know how to type, or you like to drive a car. Of you THE THtft? NEEDS m ... WOMIN'l AIM! COIfl , . ., ..... THI ADJUTANT GINUAl , U,S. Army Rscrultlng and Induction Wtlon Munition. Ivlldtng, Wsihlngton, D. C. . I thM nkm complvt infsrtnsften mhmvf ths WAC. and Mrs. Frederick Chapman, Jr. all of Roseburg. . ;. i .to' J i '. i: j Private Donald G. Coon, son, of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Coon of Rose burg, has been transferred from Fort Lewis, Wash:, to Fort Knox, Kentucky, according to, .word re ceived. He is in the armored com mand division. .Vf-' -v '! !' ; Alfred Gurney of Umpqua has been assigned tq , . active duly nboard, a navy .tanker, according to word Received by his wife, the former Evilo Linnell, Roseburg. He received his early training at Camp Farragut, Idaho, and spent three months at Terminal island, San. Pedro, Calif.,, before heing assigned to active duty. He Is a son of Mrl .nd Mrs.- p. N. Gurney of Umpqua and prior to enlistment in .the, navy was, em ployed by the , Leonard Brothers Logging company. Private Jack M, Pcnnio is now located in the Hawaiian .islands, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and. Mrs, Max Pen nie, Roseburg: He, is serving with the coast artillery. , Gerald . Harding, son of Mrs. Constance E. Harding, Camas. Valley, has been promoted to the grade of sergeant,, according- to word received from ,Camp Clai borne, La., where he is serving with the 796th .forestry battalion of the U. S. engineers. .Private,. Agnes, G.i. Gallant, W AC, .205 W. Lane St., .Roseburg, has been, assigned; to duty, at Hill field, . Ogden, . Utah, according to word , received ., from Fort. Des Moines, Iowa, where she has com pleted basic and specialist train ing. Alterations Made to Schoblhouse" at" Sutherlin ' : SUTHERLIN , Ail.t e rations have been made at the Sutherlin public school recently. The study hall, has . been made -,irtoi,. two rooms and- the .stairway leading to . the .basement from, tho first floor has. been linedi wfith. sheet rock., Repairs were done by L. F. Mooney...., . , ,; , Another elementary teacher has been- added , to the .teaching staff, because of tho, increase .of school cnrpllment, over last year. Mrs. Evelyn. Elklns,, has been cn gaged to fill this position: - 1 1 - want to learn a new job some thing you've never done before. Even if you've never had any kind of job, the Army can train you, and you'll fill a vital spot in whichever branch you choose to serve the Army Ground Forces, , Arpiy Air Forces, or Army Service Forces. . , , Waci do 23? different types of. Army obs. And it takes al types . of women with all kinds of obill tiei lo do them. There is important and Interesting work waiting for you lo do. Don't leave it to Mary. The need is urgent. If you're between 20 and 50 years of age, without children under 14 get full de-1 tails about joining the WAC ro-, day I (Women in essential war industry must have release from the U.S. Employment Service.) NEEDWA(!S.W 17-OR-76