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TWO NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948 Regulations To Curb Credit Get Final Touches WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 The Federal Reserve Board yesterday put the finishing touches on new regulations to . curtail Installment buying. The credit controls will be Issued tonight and go into effect In 30 days. They were provided under the Republican antl-lnfla-tlon bill passed by the special session of Congress. The board Is expected to re quire one-third down payments, with a 15-month limit on payment of the balance, on most retail Items costing more than $.V. Meantime, the board said ap proximately 13,500,000 families or about one out of every four were "dissavers" last year. A "dissaver" Is a person who spends more than he takes In, the Board noted In report. How ever it did not manifest any alarm over the trend not to save lor a rainy day. It said: The ability to dissave presumesl certain degree of financial well being, for to spend more than one Income, a person must eith er have sufficient Income or col lateral to be an acceptable risk for credits, or have past savings to. draw upon. School Dist. 7 Elects Director, Sets Opening Olalla-Tenmlle School District No. 7, elected Virgil Vance to fill the unexpired term of l D. lockwooc, who resigned as ul rector at the special school meet ing inursaay. It was decided to open the school year September 7. The Teacher-Parent Recreation club will hold its first meeting Octob er 1, at which time election of officers will be held. A movie film will be shown at that time. The committee for the meeting win ne air. and Mrs. Bvron Birdwell. Mr. and Mrs. Theo- dore Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hafer. The school board has requested first grade pupils to have their nirtn certificates and health cer tificates with them on the ooen- ng day of school. SNAPPER SAYS Snapper waited hours under a hot sombrero for just the pose he wanted. Do you think he took less pains with his equipment? You know he didn't! We supplied 'em. agamic fSfr t : - : . -ire 1 swo , S3K Sim ' rr ; ltl "f-V i C-ru rlW- lwuue uren jorgtn i Lodge, above, located seven miles south of Roseburq on Hiqhway 99 er TYinnon ivoos junction i, nas oeen openea tor approximately one month and is now operating on full scale, according to the owner, J. R. Jorgensen. The court contains 16 fully furnished modern units, all with garg, accommodating at full capacity, about 25 people. China Adopts New Gold Standard NANKING, Aug. 19 (Op)) China today adopted a new gold standard currency and ordered all banks closed for the next two days to permit an orderly conversion. Government Spokesman Holl- Ington Tong said the currency will be called "gold yuan" and that It will be backed by 100 per cent reserves. He said that It would be convertible to foreign exchange under control. The official announcement did not disclose rales for which the new currency will be exchanged for the old. Inflated paper money. But official sources said the rates would be one gold yuan for 3, 000,000 Chinese dollars of the national currency now In use. four gold yuans for each U. S. dollar and two gold yuans for each Chinese silver dollar. On this basis It was estimated that the government must issue at least half a billion gold yuans ro cover ine iau millions In na lonal currency outstanding. Lutheran Church Has New Pastor Some factories In Sweden which were moved to caves during the war continue to operate there be cause expenses for heat and maintenance are small. The Correct Time If you're (lowing up or racing ahead vour watch needs adjustment. Bring It here today! 3 TO 4 DAY SERVICE Roseburg Jewelry N. Jackson The Rev. Willis Erlckson, above, graduate of the Augus tana Seminary at Rook Island, 111., has assumed the pastorate of the Elgarose Lutheran Church about 12 miles west of Roseburg. He announced plans of the congregation for organization of a new Lutheran church In the citv. Nucleus of the new church will he the Roseburg circle of the Klgarose church, which is part of the Augustana Synod of the National Lutheran Council. Services will start In October. The Rev. Mr. Erickson. who has lived most of his life In Michigan and Minnesota. Is a gra duate of Gustavus Adolphus Col lege at St. Peter, Minn. His father Is the Rev. Charles W. Erlckson. now at Burnslde, la., He is living here at 242 N. Rose St. FINAL.... 5 No Exchanges or Refunds on Sale Merchandise One Week Only Starting Saturday August 21-9:30 A. M. REGULAR DRESSES IN: o Cotton o Silk Afso. . ; Assortment of Maternity Wear 1 OFF Vi OFF tiicrv (DErWER 128 S. Jackson Sawmill Workers At Toledo Picket Plant TOLEDO. Ore.. Aug. 19.v AKL Sawmill Workers picketed the C. D. Johnson Lumber Mill here yesterday. Idling one of the largest Western Oregon mills. Ray Boone, business scent for I Loral No. 2720 of the AKL Saw. mill and Lumber Workers, said the union and management had failed to agree in contract nego tiations underway since March. He said the union no longer felt hound by a contract which ex pired April 1. Wood workers, members of the CIO union, are not Involved In the dispute. About poo men are employed at the mill. The normal temperature of most birds Is between 104 and 108 deprees. Avoid Punches! If you try to jam your feet in to footgear that is too small you'll find that your feet will suffer. But if fire destroys your home ond you ore under, insured then the shoe really pinches. Ask this ogency to check up on all your insur ance. ROY O. YOUNG Phone 417 20S West Cost Street Roseburg Bids for Alcohol Plant, Springfield, To Be Opened Today War Assets Administration will open bids today at 3 p. m. on the sale or lease of the al cohol plant at Springfield, report ed Congressman Harris Ells worth, who arrived In Roseburg Wednesday from Washington, D. C. Assurance that the plant will be put Into production, if any of the bids are accepted, is given In the stipulation that the purchas er or leaser must operate the Slant. However, he said, if no ids are accepted, the War As sets Administration has given assurance further opportunity will be given to discuss and to re advertise the property for sale or lease. Two bidders are known to have submitted offers, he said, but as yet there is no knowledge of their Proposals or whether they will f accepted. The plant must be used for the production of alcohol, or similar products, which would not materi ally affect the operation of the plant, according to requirements laid down by the Department of Defense. Minor changes could be made, but no maior chanee over would be permissible. The operator would be amply protect ed if the plant were requisitioned by the government in case of an emergency, said Ellsworth. Victoria lake in Africa is so large that Massachusetts, Con necticut and Rhode Island, if placed In Its center, could not be seen from Its shores. States of West Coast Will Gain 14 Congressmen ABERDEEN, Aug. 20 (rA)) West Coast states will gain at least 14 members in Congress in 1952 as a result of population growth, Representative Russell V. ! Mack of Hoquiam predicated yesterday. Mack said that Washington and Oregon will add two members of i Congress each, with California to add another 10. The three Pacific coast states now have 33 Congressman. California has 23, Oregon, four, and Washington six. The 1952 apportionment will give Call-. fornia 33, Oregon, six, and Wash ington, eight, Mack predicted. j The Increased number of con. gressmen. Mack said, will give the three Western States much greater congressional influence and will aid the west In securing additional funds for faster de velopment of electric power and reclamation projects. Mack also predicted that Ore gon and Washington" will grow at a much faster pace In the decade ahead than in the last 10 vears. "Development of additional low cost power on the Columbia river." Mack said, "certainly will bring new power-using industries to make Washington and Orecon continue as the fastest growing rcgiun oi me nation. "With our natural resources ' Washington and Oregon should, i In the next 25 years, have com bined population of between 8, 000,000 and 12,000,000 people." False Drunken Driving j Charge Saves Man's Life j DES MOINES, IA., Aug. 19 j (.T A drunken driving charge I probably saved the life of Dale i W. Flora, 31. Flora was arrested and so : charged following a minor ac-1 cident yesterday. A routine blood test at the hospital proved he was not intoxicated. But when police returned him to municipal court to reduce the charge to one of reckless driving, the hospital called. "Give Flora a candy bar or soft drink before he dies," the officers were ad vised. Doctors explained that Flora suffered from an acute lack of sugar in the blood, a condition much like Insulin shock sustain ed by diabetic patients. The sym ptoms are similar to those of In toxication and the condition fre quently is fatal. JtSjy. The Light of the World Apostolic Foith Cottage Services are being held at 1395 Umpqua Avenue TUESDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Morning Service, 1 1 :00 a.m. Evening Service, 8:00 p.m. It's a branch of Portland CHIROPODIST FOOT SPECIALIST Dr. E. W. Carter 1391 N. Jackson St. (Over RexaJl Drug Store) Hours 9 A.M. . 5 P.M. (Evening! by Appointment) Telephonet ' Office 1170 Residence 49S-L 4. BUILDERS-FARMERS For Your Millwork Needs Cell en the ROSEBURG CABINET & SUPPLY for SASH-e-WINDOWS WINDOW FRAMES FIR DOORS SCREEN DOORS WINDOW SCREENS KITCHEN CABINETS GENERAL WOODWORK OF ALL KINDS Come ond see u$ for quotation! or coll 303 Let ul help you with your millwork problems. ROSEBURG CABINET & SUPPLY 440 N. Jackson Phone 303 SEE US FOR LUMBER FRAMES WINDOWS jtiZr ! r Ada ... DOORS i ,-jLl SCREENS PLYWOODS N- H-fc7V CABINETS AND MILLWORK CITY LUMBER Cr BUILDERS SUPPLY Vi Mile Out of N. Umpqua Hwy Phone 659 Have You Shoes that 'Can't Be Fixed?' Don't You Believe It! IF THEY'RE WORTH FIXING WE CAN DO IT. STRINGER'S SHOE REBUILDING 535 S. Stephens Phone 1261-J WE ALSO DO CORRECTION WORK Six-Piece Place Setting DAMASK ROSE HEIRLOOM STERLING BEAUTIFUL EVERLASTING New at e Reduction 22.50 FINE JEWEL RY :116 N. Jackson Phone 44 Busier Uriiun Scholars put slreieh In shoe dollars! Buster Brown crafts top grades of leather Into chooltlme huskin that wear wonderfully, polish up like plump apple, and fit feet flexibly. Here are two of many patterns: rugged ghillie for boy-wear, and a practical moccasin for little boys and girls. A smart, sensible shoe buy! ARBUCKLES Right en Jackson 5 HI I
