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TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURg, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945 fablliibrd DUIr Kxont Bonds bj IK Entered as second class matter May IT, ivso, at we postoiuce at Kosenuxa, Ofogon, Uner tffrt of March t, 187. CHAJU.ES V. STANTON tnWIN L. KSAVP Member o the ABsoclated Press. Ore gon Newspaper ruoiuners macKuauon, the Auiit Bureau of Circulations Rmu-vented by WEST-HQLtJDAY CO. inu, JIJJCCB ui new iuh, vuii-aiiy, dii lYancusco, Los Angelas, Seattle, Port- lana, pi. juouis. abioripUon Km tea .. In By Wnil Oregon Per Year W.M Six Montlu Three Month 1J Per year, by city carrier , Per month, by city carrier . Onto State 11.00 3.00 1.78 7.50 u. , The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Forecast for Roseburg and vi cinity: Clear tonight and Friday. Highest temp, for any July....107 Lowest temp, for any July ...40 Highest temp, yesterday 86 Lowest temp, last night 51 PreelDltatlon yesterday... .........0 Precipitation from July 1 .0 Deficit from July 1, 1945 -.10 Doficit from Sept. 1, 1944 6.20 in the Day's News (Continued Irom page 1) ri" 1 l Nev-ulhea being Nos. 1 and 2 ( Au.stral&i! fa, a continent). Balik-papim- Is1 the most important oil center in the Dutch East Indies. The Australians now have a three-cornered grip oh It at Ballkpapan on the cast coast, at Taraknn at the northern tip, and ut Brunei bay bn the west coast. MacArthur says we now have dominatibri ot all of Borneo, which gives us tactical control of the entire fcouthwest Pacific. Our ships can now sail under the pro tection of land-based planes to ANY POINT in the southwest Pacific. , THERE is one interesting point in the news. The Japs had de sorted their system of connected tunnels and pillboxes in the ridges back of the Balikpiipan beaches. That Is usually where they stick to the last. MAC ARTHUR went ashore a few hours after the first wave. A JAP sniper filed a full clip nt him and an aide as they were studying a map, but missed. MacArthur and his aide went studying the map. :'.', THE Ballkpapan landing was made in the Strait of Macas sar, where In January ot 1942, only a month after Pearl Harbor, four antiquated U. S. destroyers nado a heroic but outweighed and unsuccessful attempt to stop the huge Jap convoy heading for the conquest of Java. , " We thrilled with pride then, and still do, at the grim courage of our men who threw themselves at the hopelessly superior Jap naval force, selling their lives for time. BUT that terrible first year after Pearl Harbor taught us a lesson which, please God, we shall NEVER forget. NEVER AGAIN must we be so Weak as to have to sell American lives for time. JAP cities are hit In our 33)-d fife-bomb assault by 600 B 29s tills time (550 had been the lurgest previous attack). Four thousand tons were dropped on four towns. . Results appear to have been good. Jap opposition was not too strong. , OUR smaller planes range up and ,down the China coast, their week-end bag including seven Jap ships sunk and 19 dam uged and a blownup oil refinery on Formosa. The Japs, cut off from their conquests In Ihn south, ure now operating on STOKED oil. Every refinery, every storage depot, blasted by us leaves them just that much less. HERE'S a point to keep in mind: The typhoon season Is Just be ginning in the western Pacific, and will last for three months. Springing a big operation In the typhoon season would be taking a long risk. In Burma British op erations are slowed down by the monsoon season. Weather Is quite an item in war. S. P. WWS CENSORSHIP By Charles V, Stanton For the past two months the district freight office of the Southern Pacific company at Portland has most gracidusly furnished the News-Review with a weekly report of Douglas county car loadings. These listings have proVen exceedingly interesting and informative arid, we arq advised, have shown considerable effect in stimulating production irt the iurhber industry by creating competitive spirit. The fact that Doug las county has been averaging well over 800 carloads of products weekly for export by rail was a revelation to a great many people, even to persons closely connected with the industry. We are now informed that the Southern Pacific cohipahy no longer can furnish this information. Consequently, there will be no further reporting of Douglas county car loadings, unless the railroad company relents. Mr. L. P. Hopkins, district superintendent, has written us a very nice letter in response to our appeal to continue the weekly reports. Mr. Hopkins points but that since this information has been furnished the News-Review it has been demanded by other newspapers of the state and that, due to shortage of clerical help, the district office cannot accept the "enormous job"' which such reporting would1 en tail, and that the S. P. cannot show partiality to the News Review. We can sympathize with the Southern Pacific in its help shortage problem. We've had our experience, too, but we'll lay our bottom dollar on the line that not the help shortage, nof any of the apologetic excuses made by Mr. Hopkins, have anything to do with discontinuance of car loading reports. We're only speculating, of course ; we cduldn't prove a single statement, but we'll gamble that Mr. Hopkins, who is ft mighty swell fellow and really embodies the friendliness of the "Friendly" Southern Pacific, .has succeeded in getting himself "in Dutch" with some of tlie higlicr-ups because he let lis have this Information in the first place. For that we are truly regretful. But the excuses simply dori't hold water. The Southern Pacific company) like every other corpora tion, spends thousands upon thousands of dollars annually on public relations and advertising. Our local agent, Jim Clark, comes into our office every few days with a publicity release, often supplemented with an expensive cut with which to illustrate some activity of the railroad company. The Southern Pacific company is a regular News-Review advertiser- and spends a Very considerable amount of money each year oh paid advertising in this newspaper. ' "' J Any public relations or advertising expert knows full Well that the weekly report of Douglas county car loadings is the finest piece of public relations work the Southern Pacific could do. The S. P. company is spending thousands of dollars to get small items of news ill newspapers, know ing full well that the majority of releases will go in the wastcpiiper basket, or,, if they appear at all, it1 will be lit some obscure position in the newspaper. But the car load-7 ing reports are Page One news in any newspaper; they promote business for the company, they stimulate local pride and they attract new industry, which, in the end, produces more revenue for the railroad. The car loading reports which we have been most grateful to receive arid which we published free of charge, oh the front page, are worth more to the Southern Pacific company than all of the publicity and advertising which cost it so much money each year. It isn't reasonable to believe the Southern Pacific com pany would pass up this opportunity unless some factor other than help shortage was involved. We cart think of one reason right off the bat which' we believe is behind the decision. The higher-ups in the Southern Pacific company manage ment have been diligently endeavoring for years to side track the Southern Oregon area. We have the word of not One but several Southern Pacific company enginemen and trainmen that whenever one of the S. P. "Big-Shots" comes through on an inspection trip, all freight is hustled out of Southern Oregon yards and moved to Eugene of Northern California terminals, so the inspector may be shown empty yards south of Eugene, while the Eugene tracks are crowded. The "Big Shot" can then carry back a report of no Southern Oregon business to be spread upon Ihe records. But a weekly carloading: report, published in a newspaper, doesn't square with that kind of report. Then, too, a community shipping but more than 2,000 car loads of war essential products per month might be entitled to some consideration for passenger service, if word were spread around. The Southern Pacific might have to improve crt the "Hoot Owl Express." As we've stated before, we haven't a shred of evidence to back up our surmises; we re only guessing. But we'll bet that Mr. Hopkins is just as disappointed ;s we are that pub lication of carloading reports has been discontinued, and that if he had his way, and his public relations and advertis ing hien had their Way, these reports would be inside avail able not only to the Newx-Review but to every newspaper in Oregon, regardless of help shortage. Anyway, we are grateful to Mr. Hopkins and the district office staff for the fine service given during the past .two months, and wo hope carloading reports Will be made avail able again at some future date. rUUU KAIIUIM dlAfYird uUvU , FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. .'1' REP STAMPS , .:.,.' Next stamps became good in June i slus stamps; W ' UPuDlEl FROM MAY I i I p3pillgij THRU AUG, 31 ? r 1 1 .stamps.becotp ooo InJunt sugarTstamp's I I I 1 . VsUOAIJ THRU JUNE 2 H t i' m . i ,i r A - ltfJPTTol ArtOM MAY I ISUSA"! THRU AUS.1 ' CUP HI5 CHART FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Washington News From an Inside View - '' Argument, Sentiment, Comment By HARRIS ELLSWORTH , Congressman, Fourth Oregon District TRUMAN goes personally before the senate to ask for quick ratification of the San Francisco charier. Me carefully puis the spotlight on the CHARTER not on Truman. He makes no per sonal broadcast. No personal pic tures are taken. HE says to the senators: "The choice Is not between this charter and something else. It is between this charter and no charter at atL" (Fifty nations got together to make this one. Fifty hatlons couldn't be got together to DO IT OVER.) HK adds: "This charter points down the ONLY enduring Mad to peace." It was only by giving up his LICENSE TO KILL that primi tive man reduced his chances of BEING KILLED. Only by limit ing their license to KILL AND DESTROY AT WILL can nations reduce the likelihood of war. The San Francisco charter is a first, perhaps faltering, step on that road. But at least It Is a step. is to be the American membrr of the all-Important security coun cil whose wisdom (or the lack of it) will determine whether this effort lo reduce the likelihood of, wnr Is to work or fall. B YRNES succeeds Stettinlus at secretary of state. Stettinlus ANDERSON, our new secretary of agriculture. Is sworn in and says: "There Is no magic wand I can wave t.-j Increase our food supply." True enough. But official slatislics showing MORE cattle while we have LICSS meat prompt the cynical thought that firing half a hun dred or so crackpots in strategic places might help. ... Fuel Oil Still Critical. The Petroleum Administration for War has lust informed me that, contrary to what appeal's to be a general assumption, the fuel oil situation is still critical, the toi lowing is the Petroleum Adminis trator's statement of the problem; in his letter to me: "As we shift oUr emphasis to the 'Pacific, the fuel oil require ments ot Ihe military Inornate trcrrumdoimlv. We havEtho ltitff- hjPHl navy mis r-oriu nas even svt-u. and every ship in' that great navy-.--bnltIcJh.tp, cruiser, carrier, landing barge and all other is powered by fuel oil. Jlo.il of this fuel oil is Navy Special., Which is made Up from a -blood of' heating oil and heavy .ln&isY trial fuel ami "furbished c-tjjy id the navy. Diesel fuel, another of the principal navy products, Is in terchangeable, gallon for gallon, lor heating oil. i ' "Now our war Is maiiv, miles' lalthrr away, and the dlstanti's are increasing every day so more and more fuel oil Is needed to sup port our military activities. ,tust as ah cxam-'ie ot what this means to the home owner, It has been estimated that 600,000,000 gallons of fuel oil were required tu bring up the men and materials to start and carry out the Okinawa cam paign. That amount of fuel oil, If divided among home heating oil burners In the rationed area of this country, would have Riven to each one an additional ,100 gal lonsan average of about an eighteen per cent increase in ra tions for this coming winter. I "The situation has changed from a two-front gasoline war io a one-front fuel, oil war. Conse quently, we were recently r.oie to make ' available '-additional sup-, plies of gasoline for civilians, lull, 1 am sure you realize tnat as loii? as (he Taoiflc War lasts :ut only is no Increase possible in fuel oil, but we will bo hah! pressed to furnish as much as last year. Our supply ,irogram prjvides lor the same amiunt for clviliuiu as (iui'inK the 1M-1-45, season, ;;d v e will make every cflort t-J fulfill that -program. Barring unfore-i seen eircuslanees, such as a fur ther increase In military require ments or a breakdown in our liniisportaUoii system, due to oaurt'S beyond our control, wc expect to iritvt our program." OPA Law Exendcd. The house bailie over Ihe UFA law exten sion ended la.st Saturday right. 1 arti lamiluu' with all of the amendments passed by ihe house. I can assure you tlrey wei" tvt. as advertised by the anti-congress propagandists, "crippling'' ntHern.1 meiils. if they had been left in the hill In conference, they would have Improved the functioeing ol Ol'A. 1 consider It almost a shameful ihlng thai, in view ot the numer ous indictments against OPA end the administration ot (lie price control law that, (al the iid-ni:i istrolion forces defended and up held ulJA and insisted that po .changes he made in Ihe law, and, lb) neither the administration nor (PA came forward with anv suggestion lor improving amend (Vents holding stubbornly to the s.i'nd that everything is fine. SuVh and at'itude will not helo win hack public confident'.1 ami will Jiot make OPA problems of the fillure any easier. Contact Offices for Veterans. As soon as desirable spaiv can be obtained and personnel procured, the Veterans Administration will establish what they call "cor.taet unils" at Coos Bay And Eugene. These unils will tie slaffetl by a contact representative and a: clerk-stenographer. More peroni nei win oe tuuiett u leqiiireti.' Those contact units are for the purpose of helping returning vet erans rcestaolish themselves in civilian life, and to provide them with information as to their ben efits under the GI law and ihe necessary procedures for obtain- 1 nj; such benefits. Congress will shortly recess for the summer. I am planir.ng lo spend all of August and ! least port of September in Oregon. 1 hope to be able to visit every County In my district and bring my knowledge of local conditions arid problems up to date. My of fice in Washington' will be open during the summer. All mat let s which need attention here will be handled promptly. This is the last letter I siu.ll write until congress reconvenes this fall. Sutherlin Leads in Census Gain Pet, Sutherlin has had a larger per centage growth than any Oregon municipality In which census fig ures have been secured by the of fice of Secretary of Stale Robert S. Farrell, under authorization given in a 191a law, it was stated today. The count shows Sulherlln's population to have Increased from 525 In JfMO lo 1500. Fan-ell reports. The census check nt Yon. ealla, shows a growth Horn 277 to 378. Present population figures are Important to municipalities be cause several state funds are dis tributed on a basts of population. C. P. Smith, editor of the Su therlin Sun, has been endeavor ing to secure increased quotas for Sutherlin restaurants and meat markel.i on a basis of in creased imputation, but io dale has had little success, he reports. busetfe Puts His Title on Block in Bout With Katonen George Dusette, the French muscle-man, will defend his cov eted Pacific coast Junior heavy weight wrestling crown at the Roseburg armory next Saturday night, according to ah announce ment made here Wednesday by Matchmaker Don Owen. .Dusette, the French-Canadian who boasts the finest shoulder and arm development in the wres tling game, has held the cham pionship for many months since defeating Gust Johnson. The sturdy-built grappler will he risk ing his title against a formidable foe probably the toughest oo pdnent he has met in a champion ship skirmish. The challenger Is Paavo Katonen, the rugged Fin nish veteran who won the right to the bout by beating Ern' j Pll uso here last Saturday night. Piluso's defeat was one of the most stUnning upsets in north west mat circles for many, many months. His recently, perfected "Hagan nammerlock" has carried him to victory after victory against the best talent on the Pa cific coast. Katonen's hangman's hold was too much for the Port land Italian and may prove to be the winning factor in his cam paign for the Junior heavywlght gonfalon. Both Dusette and Katonen are clean, scientific grapplen, but nothing will be lacking In dy namic and colorful mat woik. Facing the challenge bf Pete Bel castro, one of the most villainous matmen in the sport, last week end in Eugene, Dusette made a great comeback after dropping the first fall. Owen promises another out standing match In the semi-final attraction. A definite announce ment is expected by Friday, Owen said. a member oi tne urauiiu church. . .. ,. . ... He is survived by his wife, Lula, of E. Douglas St., Roseburg, and a stepson, Raburn Kersey, ot Co- lumous, unio. . . , Funeral services will be held Friday, July 6, at 10:30 a. m. at the chapel of the Roseburg Fu neral Home, with Dr. R, L. Dunn officiating. Interment will be at the. Veterans, cemetery with mili tary honors. Funeral Services Held For Drowning Victims Funeral services lor both Law rence E. Linthicum, Jr., 11, and James R. VanHoy, 8, who were accidentally drowned June 30 at Garden valley, were held today at 2 p. m. at the chapel of the Rose burg Funeral Home. Dr. C. A. Edwards officiated. Lawrence Linthicum, Jr., is survived by his father and mother and two brothers, Eugene W.. 'ind Ronald K.i all of Rosebuig: James VanHoy is survived by his father and mother and two brothers, Junior Lee, and Ed ward Dean, all of Garden Val ley. Concluding services were held at the Civi I Bend cemetery. - - Would You Keep the Home l-ront heertuii J ' fxom "vsri Beavers Increase League's Lead by Twin Bill Victory (By the Assoilated Press) Baseball farts witnessed four Pacific Coast league Fourth of July baseball double-headers, in which Portland furnished the fireworks by stretching its loop lead to 55 games with a 6-0, 3-2 twin victory over the Oakland Acorns. Sharing the spotlight with the Beavers' double killing was the return of San Francisco's Joyce to the top of the circuit's pitch ing list as lie rang up victory No. 18 against six defeats. He replac ed San Diego's 15-game winner, Vallie Eaves, who dropped his sixth of the season yesterday. The third-place seals' 5-0, 3-4 split with the Sacramento Solons left them still two games below the Seattle Rainiets, who divided With the Los Angeles Angels by Identical scores, 3-4 and 50, to skid a tilt farther behind the Bea vers. Hollywood's cellar-holding stars capped the day's pyrotechnic dis play with a clean sweep over the San Diego Padres, winning both games by 3-2 scores. Portland's veteran submariner, Liska, turned in the top hurling chore, limiting the Oaks to two dinky hits in the curtain raiser for his 11th triumph of the year. His fellow-cliucker, Helser, reg istered win No. 12 in holding Oakland to six raps in the finale. Adams of Los Angeles held Seattle to five base knocks in squeezing out a 4-3 win in the matinee. The Rainiers' ancient Hal Turpin turned the tables in the nightcap, blanking the Angels with four safeties while his mates were converting six into five runs. Henry E. John, Roseburg Resident 33 Years, Dies Henry E. John, 76. died at the Veterans hospital Tuscday. He was horn in Indiana. Aug. 4, 18u3, and had made his home ir Rose burg for the last 38 years. He was a veteran of Ihe Spanlsh-An-ei iean war, serving with the 12th Inf., Company D. Mr. Jjlin was U. S. 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Foreign agent tTovrird 17 Drab 22 Occasion 23 Fabric 24 Mishandles 25 Up to 37 Place 28 Garden tool 31 Stonrt 32 Soon 34 Without hearing 35 Redact 39 Identical 40 Scent 41 Depict 42 Consider 45 Long pistol 46 Bulgarian coin 47Sainte (at.) 48 Skill 50 NegaUvc 51 Half -em FT ri rn i i rrn j S r?grJ wMv i iii. ii aat 111 -ii h& Li il - -i mmmmmi'T. 4 .vSffr f 5 S! P1-1" ! "I 11 11 I M I J NOTICE IMPERIAL CLEANERS WILL BE CLOSED JULY 9 TO JULY' 23 Anyone having garments at the Imperial Cleaners, please call for them by July 7. We're taking a rest; will be back July 23. ' ' IMPERIAL CLEANERS 342 N. Jackson Phone 277 ORDER NEXT WINTER'S WOOD NOW Good Service Available Now DENN-GERRETSEN CO. 402 W. Ook Phone 128 LEARN TO FLY NOW! ' " Wf Tri"cify Airport fif-j LARRY WOMACK - Instructor 4 Miles South of Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Hiway 99 Open 1 0 a. m. until dark Phone Myrtle Creek 8X0 CO-OP BATTERIES Co-op Tires, Tubes, Spark Plugs, Grease, Oils. Locking Gas Caps, Exhaust Deflectors, Tire Patching. BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE EARNINGS Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 w n E s. MAIN EVENT Georges Dusette vs. Paavo Katonen G Roseburg Armory Opening Bout Jack Lipscomb vs. Milt Olson - 8:30 p. m. Saturday, July 7 . . . . s ,- -.- , -
