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EL PC SI si ALI to FRE B TWO NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948 Denverites Cheer Truman's Blasts At Wall Street DENVER, Sept. 21 UP) Preil dent Truman pledged the contin ued development of the nation's water resource yesterday before cheering Rocky Mountain voters whom he rallied to a light against "Republican under-cover sabotage of the west." He spoke to a crowd overflow ing the State Capitol grounds. Assistant State Highway Patrol Chief James D. Cole estimated that 15,000 persons, standing on the sun-baked grounds, heard the president's prediction that If the Republicans tKe over tne gov ernment, "they will try to turn back the clock to the time when the west was an economy colony of Wall Street." The speech followed a whistl ing, cheering, handclapplng wel ' come to Denver from what police chief John O'Donnell estimated ; were 50,000 persons lining down town streets for the presidential narade. Mr. Truman told the western era their hope for "new develop ments of your agriculture, your Industry and your commerce" lies In Insuring the election of a Democratic administration "pledged to give you that aid 'and support." In the second major address of his current campaign swing he said the Republicans in con gress "consistently tried to cut the grounds from under our con servation program." "There Is a hard fight ahead,' Mr. Truman asserted. Mr. Truman declared that "we of the Democratic party are eager for that fight." "We are firmly determined to leave after us a land that la bet ter than we found It." Party's Rscord Cited While he laid special emphasis on hydro-e 1 eet rl e power and other water development projects of the west, the president also again attacked the Republicans on housing and price control Is sues. Of the west he said. Demo cratic administrations In 16 years "have built a firm foundation tor a new and greater west." "We restored grazing lands forests e ' established a sound conservation policy built the federal system of hydro electric and Irrigation protects" and have led "the fight for de cent housing, effective reduction of the cost of living, and a rise In living standards. That is the Democratic record," he said. On the other hand, the presi dent declared, during Republican administrations from 1921 to 1933 "big business groups prevented adequate conservation measures from being put Into effect. They wanted quick profits, the easy The result, he said, was that western forests, range lands and farm land were stripped and left barren "while the west contin- ued to bow to Wall Street, furn ishing raw materials at low prices and buying back finished goods at high prices." Then, he said, came the Roose velt administration under whlrh "conservation was made a living reality.' Gr.it Results Listed "You of the west see the re sulhi of our victory every day. You see those results In hleger and better crops; in new Indus tries: In the growing natlonnl I larks and forests and the tour sts who visit them. In the ris ing standards of living of the peoples of the west; and In the stronger economy or the whole nation." There still la a long way to go in western conservation to catch up with timber use. fight erosion and disastrous floods, he said. "In the face of all this." he aid, the Republicans In the congress consistently tried to cut the ground from under out conservation program." He de clared the Democrats In the Sen ate saved Its life, hut It wan ser iously damaged by the Repub licans. OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams Sutherlin fiWtry&-CH, YOU 'SLID ( WE'RE 1 6ETTIN ii V I iKJTD THE RUT? V A cio&bv CAR Uf4-Z WELL.THE END OP 1 ( SO I WON'T HAVE.y . . THESE PAVEMENTS TO CALL TH ROLL' , T WILL -SOON BE-THE '):,&) J AFTER EVERV', VjJU JWW' BORN THIRTY eVEARS TOO 60ON gf. 9 2 J Best of Friends Must Part 1 rr&.r mm U '1 SUTHERLIN-Blllle Lon Rob- erts. Sutherlin boy, who was struck by a car last Saturday, is reported to be getting along About to exit from Vashon Island, Wash., is Felix, a two-year-old lion. Townspeople forced tha Jungle cat Into exile because he and his owner, Frank Brown, an ex-circus performer, live too near the elementary school. Felix seems unhappy about the parting. business In Roseburg Monday. Returns From Hawaii Joe Coenenberg of the Army Air Force, who has been sta tioned In the Hawaiian islands, arrived home In Sutherlin Satur- day night, having received his honorable discharge. Joe plans to enter college alter spending a few davs with his Darents. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Coenenberg of this city. The new Rand theater Is hav ing a dome shaped roof put on it and men are also busy building a stone front. The work ts prog ressing very nicely and they nope to have it finished soon. George Martinson has purchas ed the Ray Pfaender property east of town and moved his fam ily there. Mr. Pfaender purchased the Martinson home and moved his family there last week. Portland Hard Hit By Shortage of Gasoline PORTLAND, Sept. 21. .P The gasoline shortage struck Portland hard yesterday. Several service stations, their otiota of ens eone. did not ooen. Others sold gas for 40 minutes and closed. Many more were open only a few hours. Queues of cars waited along the street before some service sta tions. The 2 cents-a-gallon price Increase, Inaugurated by a few Independent operators last week, spread to several more independ ent stations today. Post-Death Report Of Bernadotte On Holy Land Bared PARIS. Sept. 21. (-pyA post humous report by the murdered Count- Folke Bernadotte declares the United Nations should step In I to end the Palestine war if the Arabs and Jews fall to make peace. The mediator wrote that "Israel exists In Palestine," and the fu ture of Arab Palestine should be left to the Arab states." In full consultation with the Arab in habitants" of the Holy Land. His 35,000-word report was dis trlbuted to the 58 U. N. member states as his body and that of French Lt. Col. Andre Pierre Serot were being flown home. The Holy City of Jerusalem, where he and Serot were shot to death last Friday, should be plac ed under United Nations control, the report said. The report, which will be one of the problems facing tne Gen eral Assembly opening today, al so recommended changes in the Palestine partition plan. The Negeb desert of Southern Palestine, he said, should become Arab territory. Most of it was given to the Jews under the par tition plan. All of Galilee should be "defin ed as Jewish territory," he added. The partition plan gave Western Galilee to Arab Palestine but it now is under control oi tne Israeli Army. While Bernadotte left the dis position of Arab Palestine to the Aran states, ne recommenaea 'in view of the historical connec tion and common Interests of Trans-Jordan and Palestine, there would be compelling reasons for merging' Arab Palestine and neighboring Trans-Jordan. Bernadotte's report also recommended: The Jewish port of Haifa, In cluding oil refineries and ter minals, should be declared a iree Dort. The airport at Lydda should be declared a free airport. The right of 360.000 Arab refu- fees to return to their homes in ewlsh-controlled territory, or payment of compensation by Israel to those "choosing not to return. Union County Grain May Have to Be Ground-Piled LA GRANDE, Sept. 21. (.T) Grain may have to be dumped on the ground In the North Pow der area of Union County, ele vator men said. The North Powder elevators were reported 98 per cent filled. "We have had a bumper crop, more than we planned on, and we Just don't have the space to ac commodate it," said Chris F. Johnson, elevator manager. He predicted some 30.000 bushels might be ground-piled. The rest of Union County re ported no storage problem. Al most all the wheat is in. Wallowa county reported space shortage, but County Ag ent Garnet Best said some grain is being shipped to Lewiston and the rest being stored in farm outbuildings. All the county's elevators are full. Oregon Farmers' Receipts Upped In First Half-Year WASHINGTON (JFi Cash re ceipts of farmers In Washington were $18,452,000 less In the first six months of this year than In the first half of 1947 while farm ers in Oregon received $6,473,000 more than in the similiar period of last year. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that cash re ceipts of Washington farmers from January to June this year totaled $192,579,000 compared to $211,031,000 in the correspond ing six months of 1947. In Oregon the cash receipts for the first half of this year totaled $123,876,000 compared with $117,- 403.000 last year. Cash receipts for the whole of last year totaled $579,706,000 in Washington compared witn $516,772,000 the year before. Ore gon farmers In 1947 nad casn re ceipts of $370,847,000 compared Wltn $JO,My,wu tne previous vear. casn receipts received oy Cali fornia farmers amounted to $873,- 836.000 in the first six months of 1948 compared to $856,045,000 the same period or a year ago. Mon tana's total receipts for the six- month period of this year were S119.5ub.uuu tnis nan year com pared with $109,506,000 last vear. Idaho had cash reeeints of $135,- 543.000 this year compared with $123,831,000 last year. In Washington the first six months of this year livestock and livestock products brougnt in $98,693,000 compared to $87,- 118,000 last year while crops brought in $a3.886,000 compared with $123,913,000 for the same period a year ago. In Oregon livestock and live stock products brought in $73, 883.000 in the first half of this year compared with $69,278,000 for the same period last year. .Crop in Oregon brought $49, 993,000 compared to $48,125,000 last year. Objectionable Comics Face Bellingham Ban BELLINGHAM, Sept. 21. (.P) Magazine agencies Informed the Bellingham censor board yes terday that 50 "rejected" comic books would disappear from live newsstands as of October 1. In a recent survevy the censor board classed 50 comlc-j as unfit for distribution because of exces sive brutality, overplayed sex or similar reasons. Members of the board said In quiries had been received frou Portland, Everett and Vancouver, B. C, as to what method of cor rection was used here. yrfcRh If S if 3 i 6 j rWaVfala ii' -' CROWS WHEAT GERM PORTLAND, ORE0ON Replacement values of buildings and contents are going up. Have you increosed the amount of your insurance accordingly? 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Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bever and their small daughter left Thursday for Dakota, where they will visit for a couple of weeks with Mrs. 1 lever parents. Mother Very III Mrs. Harry Barker Is In Che halis. Wash., with her mother, Mary I'rquhart, who has been very 111. At this writing she is re ported as much better. Mrs. Nellie Peterson Is spend ing a few weeks at Chehalis, Washington, visiting with rela tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beck are enjoying a month's vacation tour ing points In the east. To Build Offlca Sherman Smith has been en gaged to build a city water de partment office in the city hall and a Mr. Bennett of Oakland, will take over the water collec tions the first of October. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Athey are enjoying an extended vacation and expect to go as far as Phila delphia to visit before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson spent last weekend In Washington where they purchased some new equipment for the Sun office. Miss Krances Torrey left Sat urday noon for Yachats. where she Joined her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Torrey, who are vaca tioning there. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Squler and children, were out of town over the weekend. Mrs. Helen Brown. Mrs. Juan Ita Atterbury and Mrs. Bud Mc Karland. shopped and transacted 'THE MIXER'S having such a hard time, Z THOUGHT IP BETTER HELP IT Dent varload your electric circuits. When yets build cr modernise provide ADIQUATI WIRINO. EXPERT ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIR FOR SALE ELECTRIC MOTORS, ALL SIZES STEECK ELECTRIC CO. 119 N. Stephen. Phone 3S3 WANTED Prune Pickers Picking Starts Sept. 20 Wages at Prevailing Scale Good Crop Apply at Bacon & Bacon Umpqua, Ore. I A GRAND OLD M CANA PRODUCED IN THE U.S.A. On I CanJIR llntir CORBY'S lio light, sociable blend. It il our sincer. belief you'll enjoy it smooth, saliffy log mellownetv Nest tint. ok tor CORBY'S. .a fin. whi.y. 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