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dy. Hiflhert temp, for any Jan. 71
Loweit temp, for any Jan. .6
Hlgheit temp, yesterday 45
Loweet temp, lait night 32
Precipitation yesterday . 0
Precipitation from Jan. 1 5.77
Excesa from Jan. 1, 1946 .. 63
Excess from Sept. 1, 1945 7.08
In the Day's News
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be mighty good for ua especially
In this Ja,m we've got ourselves
Into.)
HE ADDS:
IThero has been a growing
Reeling throughout the country
that price Increases would be
about the worst thing that could
happen to us. To my mind, LACK
OK PRODUCTION is the worst
thing."
THAT is tc sa.v, if you want It
but CAN'T G ET IT what dif
ference does the price make?
This newspaper's photographic
department, for example, is out
of flash bulbs. It would rather
pay more for them than to go on
doing without them.
(When you want butter, but,
can't get It, you may or may not
feel the same way.)
IF CPA Boss Small were lust an
other Washington bureaucrat
talking to the reporters, what he
has. to say might not be signifl
canU One suspects, however, that
this Isn't the case. t V
It has been fairly obvious all
along that the EASY way out of
out strike troubles would be to
permit Industry to increase prices
enough to offset wage Increases.
Politicians, like the rest of us,
like the easy way out They sel
dom take the HARD way.
It Is a fair guess that Instead
of merely going off at half-cock
Civilian Production Boss Small
was PUT UP TO IT by the higher-ups,
who are on a very hot
spot Indeed as a result of a strike
situation that has got badly out
of hand.
They've got themselves Into a
position where permitting prices
to rise enough too offset the cost
of rising wages Is about the only
way to get off this hot spot with
out being badly burned.
If this guess is accurate, we
shall see OPA receding slowly In
to the background, muttering an
grily Into its beard as It retires.
UHATEVER we do, let's not kid
If ourselves about this new pol
ley (if it Is to be THE new pol
icy.)
What it means Is that we are
shifting to a new level In which
the lucky ones will have MORE
dollars that will BUY LESS.
(The unlucky ones are another
story. Unfortunately for them.
they are scattered and unorgan
ized and their PRESSURE power
Is small.)
THE stock market reacts prompt'
I ly to what looks like tha new
government wage-price . policy.
Trading . Is so heavy on Tuesday
morning that the ticker Is
swamped again, although tho
price ups ate not so sharp as on
Monday, when the vague outlines
of tills new policy began to
emerge dimly from the mists..
It is the business of smart
stock market traders to see these
things coming and act quickly.
They acted quickly Monday.
Motorists Told Not to
Use Vacant License Plat
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 30.-Ot
Secretary of State Farivl. ad
vised motor vehicle owners n
terdav, that they must not put
anything on the front nf their
cars where their license plae used
to he.
This Is the fin.t year that cars
and trucks hve had a ningtr
plate, b-aving the plateholrtrm at
the front end of the. vehicles va
cant. Farrell said h Issued the
warning because some commer
cial linns taav been Retting ideas
about putting advertising pla-carev-on
h front end ul .cars
tuid truck.
WE HAVE A NEW MACHINE
By Charles V. Stento,
Being one of those persons who loves to stand around
and kibitzer while others work, we've been neglecting our
editorial deuk woefully for the past two weeks while erectors
from the Mergenthaler factory have been installing a new
Model 30 Linotype machine in the News-Review's mechanical
department.
Although we've been around newspaper shops for more
than 25 years, we never tire of watching a linotype in
operation. There is something fascinating about the
machine a piece of equipment which drops metal "mats"
as keys on a complicated keyboard are depressed. Each
"mat" has a letter indented in its face. A line of mats slides
against a mold and hot metal is poured, filling the indenta
tions and casting a "slug." The "slug" bears raised letters,
formed by the indentations on the "mat" faces, and thus
produces a line of type, from which the machine gets its
name, "Linotype."
After slugs are cast, mats are returned to a distributor
and, through a combination of notches, fitting on a serrated
V-shaped slide, are fed back into proper channels in a
magazine, ready to drop again when needed.
To accomplish all this, there is a complicated piece of
machinery which seems almost human. In fact, operators
will tell you these machines are human. Furthermore, they
have a couple of gremlins "etaoin" and "shrdlu" which are
cropping up continually in places where they should not be
seen. To the unitiated, we might explain that "etaoin" and
"shrdlu" are formed by dragging a finger down each, of the
first lines on the keyboard, a practice of operators in filling
out a "pi line" a line in which an error is made. For some
unknown reason these lines are constantly getting into print
without being discovered.
Progress in development of typesetting machines in the
past quarter century has been remarkable. We remember
the first one we ever saw a one-magazine affair, operated
by a water-driven turbine and heated by a carbide gas
system.
By way of contrast, the
the News-Review plant has a total of 42,962 parts, three
electric motors, an automatic electric heater on the melting
pot, a saw which trims slugs to desired length, an air blower,
and a control system as complicated as an airplane instru
ment panel. It places 1$ different type faces, in eight sizes,
at instant command of the operator. Furthermore, it will
mix" any two desired sizes or faces on one slug.
,You are familiar with advertisements, particularly by
food stores, in which an. item is listed in large letters, an
explanatory or descriptive mention is given in small type,
and the price follows in big type. Something like this:
ONIONS Sura Tear Jerkers, lb.'.... 6c
jiflSs new machine handles
greatest of ease.
Incidentally, the type face
known as "Memphis." It is a comparatively new style of
type which is sweeping the country for advertising and head
letter use.
Addition of this machine
is in line with the policy of
ing to provide the best service
ing family of advertisers. If
that more newsprint is available so we can give our adver
tisers more space, we will be equipped to handle their most
exacting demands.
Because we are confident
and industrial expansion is
years, we are making every effort to keep abreast of the
times and publish, on behalf of our advertisers and readers,
the best possible newspaper within our ability. Efficient
publishing requires modern machinery, and we are adding
to our facilities as rapidly as equipment becomes available.
N.Umpqua Power
Tie With Klamath
Basin Copco Plan
KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 30.
MV-The proposed power plant on
the North Umpoua river at Toko
tee Falls will be connected di
rectly with the Klamath basin by
a. transmission line, Californla
lregon Power Company officials
here revealed In announcing de
tails of the planned development.
Original plans called for trans
mission from the plant to Dixon
vllle, near Roseburg, which will
be the first line constructed. This
will be followed by a line passing
east of Crater Lake National
Park and hooking up with the
Klamath basin power system at
Chiloquin.
Applicat Ions have been made by
Copco to federal and state auth
orities icr licenses to construct
the power plant of 25,000 kilo
watt capacity to be Operated ba
sically as a stream flow nlant. Es
timated cost of construction, In
cluding the line to Dixouvllle, but
exclusive of that to Klamath, Is
S3.?).(Vi0.
Tho Tokotee site Is on the
North Umnqua In iHMiglas coun
ty, atxmt 50 miles by road from
llnseburg. The river at this loca
tion passes through a deep can
yon and for about four miles av
erages a fall of approximately
1IH1 feet a mile. The comiwnv pro
poses a diversion dam having a
maximum height of 45 fccU
New Planting Gun to Be
Used on Tillamook Burn
FOREST GROVE. Ore.. Jan. 30.
A new planting gun which
places two-year-old trees and
trc.'its them with hormones at the
same time will he used in the Til
lamook burn. Supprvieor Eduaid
Schroeder sM today.
Tilt method, which costs $.1 an
acre aside Irom stock, enables
alxiut 80 ocr cent of til trees to
live, he reported.
" Kuhrooderdeclayed pubiia funds
should luunce the pro.rdiu Jwal-
new machine just installed in
that kind of a line with thi
'
in the display line above is
to our mechanical equipment
the News-Review in endeavor
possible to its rapidly grow
and when the time arrives
that Douglas County's business
certain to continue for many
ly adopted to rehabilitate the
blackened area. Th s years most
pressing problem is to protect
timbcrland outside the burn, he
said.
Citing lack of trained men as
a major obstacle In forest fire
control, he said a five or- six-d.iv
training school for lookouts is
planned tor June.
School Bill Topic
At Meeting Here
Marlon YVtnslow, superintend
ent of schools at Grants Pass, ad
dressed members of the School
Masters' Club In Roseburg this
week on the School Equalization
Support Hill which Is to be refer
red to popular vote in the No
vember elections.
Attending the meeting, in the
office of the county school super
intendent, were nicmbei-s from
Drain, Glide, Myrtle Creek, Mosc
burg, .Sulherlin and Oakland.
The bill would establish county
school committees to levy a uni
form tax throughout the county
for second and third class school
districts. Superintendent of
School Paul S Klliott explained.
It would not affect first class dis
tricts, although every voter In the
slate has the privilege of voiinK
for or aralnst the hill, he state.
Winslow was a member of. the
State Teachers' Asjux-iation and
Stale SpcrtnlrndenUT Association
committee to evaluate anil ascer
tain the hem-Ills and Ii.iikIk.iiw
exiKX'tcd from the bill, Elliott
said.
March of Dimes Dance
Dated at Myrtle Creek
MYRTLE CRFFK.-A March
of Nines dance will be held Sat
mitay. Feb. 2. at the I. V. O. Y.
hall. The dance will be open to
the public, with all proceeds to
go to t"i Poodles County Infan
tile Farahsis fund. Music will be
furnished by Grensky's five-piece
dunce hand. The Three Links club
of tli I. O. O. F. lodge will serve
refreshments. Arrangements are
being directed by MJe CJey,
couuuuiuty Uiairnuu.
Truman's Aide
HORIZONTAL
I Pictured
Presidential
administrative
aide
14 Teacher
15 Boredom
16 Malt drink
17 Traveling
19 Anger
20 Smaller
22 Clan
2.1 Poems
24 Tantalum
3 Hints
4 House of
Commons .. -Cab.)
5 Damage
American
' patriot '
7 Knot
8 Fall in drops
9 Small barrel
10 Half an em
1 1 Ceraint's wife
12 Heal '
13 Hurries :
18 Niton (ab.)
(symbol)
28 Area meamreJl Guided
27 Worked
23 Soeech
busily
30 Morocco '
seaport
34 Comforted
IS Cubic meter
18 Worship
37 Greased
38 Comparative
suffix
39 Negative
40 Small nail
43 Step .
47 Scolds
51 Household
god
52 Enlarge
54 Man's name
55 Water animal
57 He works on
problems
59 Irritable
SO Is made up
VERTICAL
1 Factual
2 Indolent
25 Viper
26 Malicious
burning
LETTERS
to the Editor
RENT CONTROL POLICIES
DECLARED UTTERLY UNFAIR
TO PRIVATE INVESTOR
It is with considerable interest
that we read in the newspapers
and hear over the radio about the
housing shortage, and that .the
President and Congress of the
United States think that some
thing should be done aboat it;-yet
at the same timeJ they maintain
an agency that w'as created as a
war Dany, is nowreacning lis aao
lescent age and will eventually
be a full grown part of a govern
ment by regulation, and a govern
ment that has forgotten its prom
ises of a returrfof government to
the states and the people, ana
that the wartime regulations
were to be removed when tne
war emergency ended, i
The rent control Drnpram so
operates that it is becoming more
and more unprofitable for an-iri
aivldB't) "I umirca means to ow
anfl ftriprove' houses, or build jjew
houses for rental 'purposos, and
forcing the average property
owner to throw these dwellings
on the market for sale In order to
sulvage his Investment. T
Under prewar conditions it was
considered a poor investment if
rental property would not pro
vide a gross 10 per cent on the in
vestment, leaving a net 6 per cent
when taxes, insurance and upkeep
were deducted. .
Under existing regulations, the
rent control agency maintains
this policy (quote): "The rent
regulation does not attempt to
guarantee a return on your in
vestment," and arbitrarily sets
rent.iis so low that the Investor
is fortwiate if he grosses 5 per
cent and has 2 per cent net after
deducting .for higher . taxes, inf
creased insurance, increased costs,
of upkeep ard depreciation.
Rent control that regulates
only for the benefit of the renter
and does not at the same timo
protect the investor affiliates it
self with the principles of gov
ernment found in Moscow, not In
a government of the people. .b.v.
the people and for the people oi
the United States of America.
If the rent control agency
would set up standards of reason
able returns on investment, wllh
reasonable Increases in rent duo
to increased taxes. Increased up
keep due to higher costs of labor
and materials, so that the lnves
tor would know in advance what
his probable Income would .be,
such would be fair and legitimate
regulation.
However, their policy Is to tell
you to proceed with your improve"
ment or apartment. Permit the
tenant to move in and then the
acencv makes its appraisal on
comparable housing t?) on the
freeze dale. To this you must,
comply under heavy penally
(only to the owner of the proper
ty I. If you desire to have tne ten
ant vacate, you must wait 90 to
INI nays Dctorc you can again re
gain possession of your own prop
erty. .
'I his agency also advocates and
encourages I ho tenants to violate
the moral principles of legal
agreements signed voluntarily be
fore witnesses, between the ten
ant and the owner in which the
tenant agrees to vacate the prop
erty on a 90-day notice by the
o tier.
, ! wonder that there
is a shortage of rooms, apart
ments, and houses for rem? Is
there any reason why apartment'
owners ate closing up lln ir apart
mcnls Mhcn vacated, and leaving
them stand unoccupied? Is there
any reason why a small investor
should be forced to rent property
at rates that are below the gov
ernment standards oi 6 per cent
on inc investment
The answer can be found In the
regimcntali-d. dictatorial, unbusi
ncssllkc policies of the rent con
trol agency that still exist ss a
parasitical nangm-er from the
wartime emergency act.
There may be another reason
for this te of regulation that
discourages private Investment.
Possibly there are groups In
Washington that want govern
ment housing Instead of prtvatr
construction. Wasn't It only thico
rtr do mat wdjiddl alter c4U-
m. h n m
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reTlfHM Pnsle
ag-f Urn! ialSetf
f.m met! y Mf'b's'e
27 Vegetable - 44 Fish sauce
28 Boy 45 Bad (comb.
29 Equal (comb. form)
form)
48 Kind of Jacket
48 Points a
weapon -
49 Sand
50 Pouches
52 Arid
53 Actual being
56 And (Latin)
58 Diphthong
31 Babylonian
deity
32 Exist
33 Spread
40 Ink spot
41 Price
42 Talents
43 Mixed type
IT
w
dal was disclosed in these proj
ects, costing two to three times
as much as private construction
and In many cases with poorer
results?
The writer of this letter had
the apportunlty to live in a hous
ing project four rooms and bath
(shower), coal stoves for heat
and cooking, furnished your own
coal and wood, partitions so thin
that conversation from one apart
ment carried easily to another ad
Joining, no laundry conveniences,
no garage, at S37.50 Dec1 month.
, It is strange that government
sponsored projects such as the
Pine Court and other similar
housing projects rate higher ren
tals than privately owned dwell
ings, and yet the answer is sim
ple: "Thay are entitled to a rea
sonable return on the invest
ment". . .. BRUCE A. M ELLIS.
Figures on Red Cross
Production Corrected
Sirs. James Davidson, product
ion chairman for the Red Cross,
today reported a correction in
piuviuusiy aiinounceu pruoucuun
ficurvs for 1915. Douulas couiitv
Vopien have turned out? more
than ' HUO knitted garments, she
said. Instead of the 400-odd knit-
ten gjirmems iirsr repnrTPq.
. SPECIALS FOB FRIDAY
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1
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COFFEE
POUND
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JAR
RED & WHITE
SHAKER
SALT
Plain or IodUd
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2 1 13'
RED WHITE
VACUUM PACK
WHOLE KERNEL
CORN
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BE MAIN IN O IOUBI TODAT
4raltn Lewti. Jr.,
Pleach Chemical Cm,
4:IS Kex Miller, Nablae.
4:M tritkloe) Jhoe). Blhewoo4,
4;4A Ftetor't Bcrspseek,
Presbyterian Canrrk.
S: Maalral Clock. Modern FaralUM.
f: I-ftaptraian. KettoigM,
f:i CapUla Midnli-nL
1:11 Tom Mix, KUtoa farina.
; Gabriel Heatter,
For han't Toata paate).
9:15 Muaica) Interlude. .
aV2S State and Local New.. 1
:: Treasure Hear af Banc Caati.
7:00 Recital Hall of the Air.
7;IS Mlc Yea Remember,
Donrlaa Sapplr Ce.
tJe Eveaiar Mflodlea,
G. W. Veanr A Sen.
1:4.1 Hons el Melody, Cefe,
8:00 Leat We ForgeL
8: IS Let's Dance.
S:St Rome's Gallery, ritck Company.
;0Alka Seltser News.
:l!t James Crowley. Wlletreet,
; Year Sapper Clan,
Ray Bnckley Moterf.
t:4.1 Falton Lewis. Jr.. Hansen Tires.
10:00 Music for LUe Night
10:30 Sign Off.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 1044
8 30 Yawn Patrol.
r-tV Hrhrlcker Aerlloit.
l:a News, J. A. Folfer Ce.
7:1.1 Rise and Sblne, Sterling Drug Ce.
1:30 Hlale and Local News,
Boring Optical.
7:S5 Judd Fnrnlture.
7:40 Rhapsody In Wax.
S:to Dr. Talbot. L. A. Bible InatKate.
SUtO Take It Easy Time.
Van Camp and titeclfey.
8:4.1 Victor B. Llndlaar, Healtbalde.
:ew William Lang en the News,
Krcml.
:15 Songs by Morten Downey,
Coca-Cola.
t:St Man Aboat Town,
Josse and Lew lis.
t:4S Shoppers Guide,
Hartb's and Marshall-Wells.
0:99 Musical Interlude.
fe:0 Alka 8eltser Newt.
1:1S Something to Talk Aboat,
Wild root
It :3ft Mentholalnm Mountaineers.
io:: Joan j, Anthony, Carter Prodects.
11:00 Swap Shop.
11:15 Morning Melodies.
iUMn ror A Day, Alka Seltitr
and PAG.
13:00 Musical Interlude.
lt:M V. S. Recap of Sports,
U. S. Tire Stores.
ISrtf Bayers Galde,
Associated Distributers.
12:15 Musical Interlude.
12:25 Rhythm at Random.
12:4 Stste and Local News.
Hansen Motors.
12:45 National News, Douglas Ceiaty
State Bank.
12:55 Terminal Market Reports,
Stg Fett.
I Man On The Street.
Henninger's Marts.
1:15 The Johnson Family.
130 Swfngtime.
2:00 Smile Time.
2:15 Mail Order Melodies,
Montgomery Ward.
2:45 Western Serenade.
3:00 Jane Cowl.
2:1.1 Wheel of Porta ne. .
4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr.,
Pleagb Chemical.
4:15 Rex Miller. Nablsre.
4:SO Erskine Johnson, Purex.
4:45 Good News Program,
Assembly of God.
g: Mmlcal Clock. Modern Faratiare.
8:10 Superman, Kelleggs.
B:o Captain Midnight, Wander Co,
5:4. Tom Mix, Ralston Furim.
: Gabriel Hester. Kreml.
8:15 Musical Interlude.
8:25 State and Local New.
::ta Spotlight Bands, Coca-Cola.
7;lt Your Land and Mine,
General Motors.
1:15 Rhythm Round Vp,
Lor k wood. Motors.
7:30 The Lone Ranger.
8:00 Leave It To Mike.
. 8:30 So You Think You Know Music?
fl:Ht Alka Hdltser News.
u 9:1.1 Rex Miller. SAW Fine Foods. .
r :. rft Neighbor, Carstea's Farnltdre..
Fulton Lewis, Jr.,
Roxeburg Pharmacy.
10:OO Muitic For The Night.
10::io Sign Off.
AND
and 2
PEACHES
PEARS
PRUNES .2
HA I $ IMS f skdiess 4 p9- 5 3C
Crackers.
Irlspl J. Mb.
Hemo
Pound Jar
CATSUP
The birth rate In the United
States has decreased during the
past 150 years from 55 per thou
sand population to tess than 20.
"' Corky's
Electrical Appliance
Repair
OPENING AT 328 N. JACKSON
, For
FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE
. . Phone: 270
L acted With Roseburg Refrigeration
ULAH WINSTON
SCHOOL OF BALLET
Classes every Saturday, from 1 :30 to 5:00 f. M., beginning
Feb. 2 at Knights of Pythias Hall for pupils ages 8 to 20
years.
FOR INFORMATION
Phone: 21 -
LOOKINGGLASS STORE
Service Station and Garage
Under New Management
SCOn & REXFORD
Old and New Customers Welcome
BASKETBALL
Starting at 8:00 P. M.
ROSEBURG JUNIOR HIGH
vs.
MEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH
No Preliminary Game Scheduled.
Admission: Students, 25c: Adults, 50c, tax incl.
JUNIOR HIGH GYM ,
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1ST
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It is estimated that 81 per cent
oi the people in the world have a
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