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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 Published Daily News-Review Kntinf tt iccond clan matter My 1, ltt, at lh pott aftlM at Botebnrf, Orcion, ondr set ! Hareli , 1871 CHARLES V. 8TANT0N Editor Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher! Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations KprMnted br WEST-HOLL1DAT CO.. INC., frioei la Now Tvrk, Chlef. Sao FrancUoo, Lot AnfiUa, Saattla, Portland, IU Loals. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Orefon By Hall Par tmr SIM, fti month! I4.H, Mire monlht 18.50. Br City Carrier Par ytar IfO.M (In advanoa). In tbaa on rear, per month II. AO. Ontild Ortfan -Bj Hall Par 7ar -, ill month ti.75, Ihrei montbi ft. 78, CONGRATULATIONS I By CHARLES V. STANTON Our congratulations go today to our neighboring publica tion, The Grants Pass Courier, which this week moved into its new building. The Courier now is housed in one of Southern Oregon's finest publishing plants. The newspaper is being printed on a new 16-page Uni-Tube press, a press of the same make as the one installed last spring by The News-Review. Monday's edition of The Courier, the plant, carries a complete change in format and a new head ing, in which an artist's drawing of the new building is linked with the title. The Grants Pass Courier is published by Amos E. Voorhies and his son, Earle E. Voorhies. The senior Mr. Voorhies is the dean of Oregon publishers, having been engaged in the publishing business in one location longer than any other publisher in the state. He has headed The Courier organiza tion since 1897. The Grants Pass Courier has a long-standing reputation for keeping in the forefront of mechanical progress. Mr. Voorhies has always shown a keen interest in advancement in the science of printing and has kept his newspaper plant well furnished with the most modern machinery and equip ment. The Courier several years ago pioneered in the field of pictorial news presentation at a time when small dailies had few facilities for engraving. In later years the engraving department has become an essential adjunct to publication of small town dailies and all Oregon newspapers have had much inspiration and assistance from the early work done in this field by Mr. Voorhies and his son. Under the able supervision of Editor Frank H. Streeter, The Grants Pass Courier is performing an outstanding serv ice in its field. The residents of our neighboring city have a right to feel very proud of their newspaper. The management of that publication has indicated faith in the continuing progress of Southern Oregon by their large financial invest ment in building, machinery and equipment and deserve the best cooperation the community can give. Again we extend our congratulations to Mr. Voorhies, his son, the editor and the staff and employes of The Grants Pass Courier as they begin this new year in a completely new plant, opening a new era in the the community served. , Legislative Leadership The 1940. session of the Oregon Legislature will have one important advantage over some of the previous meetings the leadership has been chosen, organizational work already is well advanced, and the Legislature should be in a position to start its grind with little delay, instead of spending several weeks on preliminaries. It is generally accepted that Senator William E. Walsh, Coos County, will serve as president of the Senate. Senator Walsh is exceptionally well qualified for this po sition. Ho was elected last November to his third four-year term. His past experience makes him thoroughly familiar with Senate procedure and he has shown himself highly capable as a legislator. While he was assured of the presi dency of the Senate after a very close race, he is the type of man who will harbor no grudges against Senators who may have supported his rival. He will endeavor to conduct, the affairs of the Senate in a businesslike manner. An ex ceptionally able parliamentarian, Senator Walsh can show authority when necessary, but has the rare ability to secure cooperation without being forced to use the power of his office. Senator Walsh, a practicing attorney at Coos Pay, has served ns district attorney for Coos County and has been very active in civic and fraternal affairs. The House of Representatives also will have most able leadership through the selection of Representative Frank J. Van Dyke, Med ford, as speaker. Representative Van Dyke has served through th fee ses ci i "i in. i.iw ,n, iuuvp in iii'puoijcan political a II aim, ho hns a brilliant record in civic nnd fraternal work, lie ha, shown j outstanding leadership in past ture and his elevation to the speaker's rostrum was so well assured that little advance opposition was in evidence as preparations were made for the forthcoming session. The I'M!) Legislature will have a difficult time solving the many problems to be submitted to it. It should be n source of satisfaction to all interested persons that the session will convene with its leadership established, committee appoint ments carefully studied in advance and preliminary work well in hand. Fire Alarm Brings Aid To Distracted Father NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -(.?- For two nnd n half months, Thomas ! Cutler. .')0, has been c.ioking. nome with the children. washing and mending for his four young children. Tuesday, he led the four to : Youths Arrested After n fire alarm box nnd turned In1- . a false alarm. He told a police, j Service Station Holdup m'?.n: ... . ! OLYMI'IA, Wash., Jan. "I wanted to get arrested so . This c 'p,,,,' hsa ,1,,'On,Vv0llM ,ake 'al''' (,f """I trouble, had another outbreak t Taken before a city magistrate. i;,lv ,.e hollll , M Cutler said his wife lcit homejvllle. Calif., youths In connection last Oct. 16. Ho said he tried tin-'with the holdup of a service sia- surreys full v to flnri heln he mnln ;tl a....k. t.. 1 afford to care for the children . .- ' -e - . . He finally got a leave from his Job as a railroad worker to care for them himself. Magistrate Robert F. Mahoney promised to try to get a social Except Sunday by th Company, Inc. 1&2 EDWIN L. KNAPP Managar first to be printed in the new expansion of their plant and sessions of the State I.egisla-1 , , , , . sei vice worker who could at least i I'l.-pnie me cnuuren s nreakiasts anci help get the older ones oft to school. Then he paroled Cutler on the 'alse alarm charge, and sent him ....I, rant I ui'MidV The attendant. Leo North .iM the two 'teen-agers held a shot gun at his head and robbed the cash register of $111150. Ihree hours later police picked up the Callfornlans. IS fl iff II r ' xkm When one lives In the same town, or has frequent contact with the senders of greeting cards bearing only the signa tures of the senders, such cards do very well. And the saving in postage is considerable. But for those of us who have left all along life's trail many friends from whom one usually hears only at the holiday season, well I like Freda M's idea! "How do you like my Idea of us ing last year's cards with little 'books' in them for letters?" she asked In the newsy greeting she wrote this Christmas. "I make them while I enjoy the radio with the family it's one thing one can do at such a time!" There were half a dozen 'leaves' In the little booklet made of plain white pa per caught Inside a very pretty Christmas card and oh, it was a newsy letter! I like Carmen C's Idea, too. "I begin my Christmas letters Dec. 1." she always remarks In her letters, "so I don't have to hur ry!" So, soon after Dec. 1, along comes one's first Christmas greeting, newsy and friendly and nengntrui. she thinks to tell al! thq little things one needs to know to catch up since the last letter. The greeting c a r d s seemed lovelier than ever this season! I Just wished I could buy as many as I liked of the most expensive Editorial From Th Oregon Press TANNIN FROM DOUGLAS FIR BARK (Oregon City Enterprise) Prnhahlv the miblic linle k it. hul trio dovt'lopmont the OroRon Forest Products I.ohora- ! tnrv filGml t,, Ct..... . 'W .ncneatinK that tannin can Srk'irmo'JSSl.y1! quantities, has a long history o i naniner oi i omnierce pioneer ing. Tannin, of course, is u.-ed in limning leather, and going hack some years before the war. when Oregon needed industries seiious Iv. no one but the Chamliers of I ommeive were doing much about it. Progress was slow. Chambers of Commerce scant funds were used to make re search and to interest capital in trying out the Douglas fir bark. j Nothing much happened, but I namneps or Commerce are jm-nv miriv I -S(HM1S1IIC ir gel ling the Oregon Forests Products mil! nil- wici'll riMCSIS ITOtlllCIS Laboratory and now some Ian Rihle progress It at band From the lalmratory we learn that a light even-colored leather can be produced using Douglas nr lannin. 1 nere is enough nr bark available, extraction 'plants' could tie set up in manv places i and a considerable Industry es-1 ' the Tacoma Times. Mr. Angel-! In fish traps and seines which! tablished to supply the tannin to I "If w as Inspired to write an open ' cannot lie directed to other uses. I the eastern and middle west tan-1 letter to Mr. Mayer, w hich 1 think ! While this Is a substantial invest. I nerles. I leaders w 111 find interesting in ment to be put out of business : United States Imports alu ut TO view of the background described by law if the ban helps to main-1 per cent of its tannin lodav. above : Main Ihe run of salmon in the i llouglas fir saw log production I "My IVar Mere Mr. Mayer: I river, then wealth will lie con Is about seven billion board feet! "So your dignity has suffered served on a long time basi -. Quite annually. About 12 to 14 imm cent an upset because 'mere reporters proliahlv. tim. the oricinal invest- of the saw ing is bark, w ith the tannin content being from S to . 18 percent of it. Thus In the West there's enough tannin available for extraction to supply the na tion's tanning Industry. Thus, once again the pioneer-1 Ing work of Chambers of Com-: meroe has laid the foundation for j another Oregon Industry, a good 1 Status Quo By Viahnett S. Martin g-TJ and send to everybody I thought of! It seems to me that the greet ing card Industry ought to kpep the post office out of the red! My word, there's a card for every day In the year now, and for every relationship and friend. But lovely as they all are, there's nothing like a newsy, homely, chatty, friendly letter, is there? No one enjoys the cards more than I do, no indeed! But I still like the letters don't you? Speaking of letters: With a large family of brothers and sis ters, such as I acquired with marriage to an ex-Texan, it seemed a hopelrss task to keep up with correspondence, although to an old child, as I had been, such a Jagdslide of brothers and sisters seemed like a Christmas all by Itself! So E.I and I, (he seems to think wife should do most of the letter-writing, al though he thoroughly enjoys re ceiving the letters!) hit upon the idea of making a lot of carbon copies on thin paper. It's like a i.mii., ,v,i... .i ,, i ' B-.M.-II..K, u..-y seem an ; together as we write! And then we putjhe pages into envelopes' and address them: one gets the ; uiiKiuui, nu we never Know which one. The rest get carbons and everybody is happy. They like the idea, too, they say, for there Is a feeling of together ness as they read, too. It Is better than the round robin Idea we used at first and quicker. Comment thing to remember as dues-paying time rolls around again. FACTS OF LIFE (Klamath Falls Herald nnd News I Years ago 1 winked under a managing editor who felt that no higher honor could a newspaerman than to call him ! a reporter. When he referred to ! "inS swans became scarce, indeed. ! himself in the third person in hut of recent years the species has his column, he called himfelf aj prospered exceedingly, so that reporter. Among (hose In the w hereas It used to be a red letter j craft, the title has always had laV when one saw a wild swan. cnnnolntioiM of respect and ",p great birds not infre-1 honor. jquentlv are seen in flight or at The other day. a story made rn'- MoT "rpeared this , Ihe rounds that Louis B. Mayer. ' ?u,umn at Mll,r than the movie magnate, had said he ,fm m"ny ycn'?as ; I:1soa(I "f ; was "very much insulted'' hen ' r"n' ,ha' R"-eburg "mere reporters and phologia i ?mi r', al"? ,Pass ave T" v's''"' -i . . . I " h- cit'nni It v.-nii H he strnnee hftH pners sought to Interview him for news about himself uid his bride, Lorena Danker. 41, at a California resort. Maver was quoted as saying that he shouldn't lie expected to talk to anvbodv less than newspaiier owners or press service heads. As might lie expected, that caused quite a stir in the rank. of working newspaper Deoulo mong them one Sam An 'efoff and photographers' have asked to interview and snap pictures of u. "Mv heart bleeds for you, sir. It aches because owners of rews- : pajiers didn't drop their work , and go rushing to you. the man ; seeking happiness In his tw Might i Hidden in your tower of ivory. 1 you must believe that newspaper men In actual life! behave just like the ham actors do in your grade B flickers. "Get off the movie lot, Bub, and Ret the facts of life. "It's mere reporters who inter view the president of this won derful country, a great man In his own right. "It's mere reporters who talk to the kinRS and queens. "It was a mere reporter who was selected to tell the world about the atom bomb, more gi gantic than any motion picture you have ever put out. "It's mere reporters who turn up the cheats, the phoneys, the ballot box stuffers, the crooks and the killer.?. "It's mere reporters who let the air out of wind bags. "It was mere reporters who helped put you where vou arc today. And, it's mere reporters who can bring you back to earth. "I hope you come to Tacoma some day, Mr. Mayer. When you do I know one 'mere reporter' who will decline an assignment to Interview you. "By God's grace, a mere re porter, Sam Angeioff." THE WILD SWANS INCREASE (The Oregonian) Report from Kosehurg and Giants Pass that a small llock of wild swans, l. tely seen in those parts and fired upon, too be longs to the Portland area has been. In this latter respect, subse quently disallowed in the news comment. Our town has no wild swans wandering at large, though not long ago a whistling swan was ii-.n rrtiiview. it is inier- Kiuea near ostine in I liis instance to remark that farmers who bad befriended ,he beautiful big migrant, before - K," come when called to a repast of wheat sprinkled into the lake, tin der Ihe close protection they have received for many years, the whistlers lack something of wild ness. .Sometimes the considerable flock of swans on Silelz bay is mis taken for an assembly of wild birds. These, however, are perma nent residents of Lincoln county, and they are Kuropean whooping swans being the increase of the redoubtable Duke and his mate on Devils lake, vhere Multnomah's sheriff, Martin T. Pratt, liberated the two birds at his summer home a dozen years or so ago. Wild whistling swans surely alight there also, from time to time, hut the difference is that the Ameri can birds are not resident all the year, merely appearing as visiting migrants. In the late '30s. what with drouth in the nesting areas, and OMe ,mK Hml another, the wins bv swans, it would be strange had they not been on the itinerary. INVESTMENT SLUMPS I (Oregon Statesman. Salem) ! According to Arnie J. Suomela. t master fish warden of the state, i the Investment in fixed Rear for i fishing, now put out of business ! through Ihe lale initiative, repre-1 sents an investment of trom i $.'!X0tX) to $.V)0.O00. It Is mostly ment has been pretty well riepre-1 ciated through yc.irs of use. Seln j ing for fish In 'the Columbia has! been done for 100 years, and ' traps h.ive been in use since about 1ST!). i ! Some birds take shower l aths ! sitting and spreading their wings in the rain. , Big Game, Upland Birds Being Fed In Snow Regions Deep snows and extreme cold weather over the state may have serious effects on both the big game and the upland ame of uregon, n w-as announced today by C. A. Lockwood, Oregon stale game supervisor. He pointed out that although extensive feeding operations are being carried on and will be increased, the lack of browse on the winter ranges can not be offset by even the most elaborate feeding programs. Heavy snows in the Baker area have driven elk and deer down onto the ranches in the valley and for two weeks the game com mission has kept a crew busy establishing feed lines and cat tying on other operations to al leviate damage. Mr. Lockwood emphasized that these measures are not long range solutions for the big game wintering uroblerr.s but strictly emergency measures. Eighty-one tons of hay have been purchased for the feed lines in the Baker, Sumpter and Keat ing areas. Many ranchers are cooperating by rendering assist ance in plowing out roads and assisting with the feeding. Upland birds are being fed ex tensively through the cooperation of many sportsmen and ranchers tnrougnout the state, in the Baker area alone nearly two tons of grain have been purchased by the commission any many dona tions of grain have been received. Extensive quail trapping will begin this week. In some sections of the state many coveys of quail nave Dannea rogeiner due to the heavy snows. In these large concentrations the birds are easy victims to predators. This is also intensified when feeding is being carried on. Portions of these coveys will be trapped and trans planted to places where teed is available. Others that will oe trapped will be held through the winter at the game farms and then will he released in the spring in regions that have suf fered severe population losses during the winter. In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Somebody pulled a pistol and cut loose. When the ruckus ended, one man was dead ... he, at least, j has nothing more to worry about. f ' IX New York, as the New Year I began, some 2,000 teen-agers started a riot in a downtown street . . . they pillaged store counters and tried to turn over a patrol car . . . police, called out in force, managed to break up the mob . . . one cop was hospitalized for cuts and bruises ... the dis patch adds: "Camparatively, It j was a quiet evening in New York." IN Miami, after the King Orange Jamboree parade, a "mob" set fire to the boxes and crates on which spectators had stood to watch the parade . . . hundreds of young people later rushed a drug store and looted counters of their merchandise. A police captain says: "It was fantastic. A mob of youngsters, apparently unorgan ized but all intent on looting and fighting with police and fire men." ' . OFF the cuff, without stopping to reflect, it sounds pretty bad. Saner second thought tells us that people tend to grow less ram bunctious as they grow older. Realization of tha fact, which history fully confirms, helps to calm our apprehensions about the younger generation. THOSE who stayed at home on New Year's eve and read the paper (or a good book.), went to bed early and slept soundly spent, according to modern stand ards, a stodgy evening. But they have clearer heads -and probably more money left in their pockets. Sometime, when you haven't anything else to do and are a little bored with yourself and inclined toward self pity because of your lot, read Emerson's essay on Com pensations. It will do you no harm. If you read understanding-, it will do you a lot of good. MULTNOMAH County's sheriff elect, after considerable trou ble, raised his S110.000 bond and made it stick. It is charged that during his campaign he made false statements about his age, his war record and his educa tional background. As a result of these charges, the bonding out fits are cautious. Well - We all fib a little about our ages. We never paint our war records any worse than they were. Nor do we normally inti mate that our educational back grounds could have been better. office is a public trust. It would be BETTER if candi dates resisted the wholly human temptation to touch the record up a little to make It look better. Caesar's wife, you know, must be above suspicion. Dutch Sentenca Three U. S. Fliers to Prison TANDJOENPINANG. N. E. I., Jan. 6 C) Three American fliers were convicted bv a Dutch court Tuesday of illegally import ing arms into Indonesia. Thev were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years to 18 months. The Americans were --eized at Dutch Airoboe Island, northwest of Singapore, Sept 14. Their Cat alina plane carried 40 case of arms and ammunition from Ma nila. The fliers contended they thought the arms were to be useii for fighting against Communist insurgents in Malaya. Sentenced were: Albert W. On stott, 26, Yuba City, Calif, four years; Connie W. Seig'ist. 27. Gore, Okla., three vears; William B. Hallam, 35, Portland, Ore, IS montns. Look Magazine Sued By Joe Louis For $500,000 CHICAGO, Jan. 6 CP) Cham pion Joe Louis Tuesday sued Look Magazine for $500,000, al leging he was libeled in the cur rent Issue by statements about his financial condition. His attorney, Truman K. Gib son Jr., said Louis declared he was not interviewed by any rep-, resentative of the magazine be fore the article was published and that no Interviews were given by his manager or the treasurer of Joe Louis Enterprises, Inc. The damage suit cialms the article - stated untruthfully that Louis Is always broke, and owes $175,000 in back income taxes. Fire Destroys Warehouse Of Flax Corporation CORNELIUS, Ore., Jan. 6 f.T) the Washington County Flax Corporation's warehouse, contain ing Ihe entire 1948 flax crop from this area, was destroved by fire shortly before midnight Tues day. Glenn Ritrhev, president of ths flax firm, estimated loss at $50. 000. Ritchey said he thought the fire started from spontaneous combustion of the flax straw. Firemen, handicapped bv lev roads and intense heat of the flames, were able to save only the adjoining buildings which contained flax processing ma chinery. Cold and Hunger Kill Thousands in Shanghai SHANGHAI, Jan. B-t.-Vl The cold streets of Shanghai in De cember yielded 4,727 dead. Benevolent societies reported 3.879 of them w ere children. Some were abandoned bv parents who could not feed and house them. The deaths were caused by cold and hunger. Baby With Two Heads, Three Legs Fails to Live FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan 6 UP)-A baby with two heads and three legs was horn in a nearby hospital Tuesday night. The child died after one hour. Doctors said the body was an arrested case of Siamese twins. The 27-year-old German mother was reported recovering. EDWARD R. BURT & COMPANY Certified Public Accountants New York City Announce the opening of accounting offices at 821 Equitable Building, Portland, Oregon. The merging of the practice of C. W. Wray, Certified Public Accountant 516 Hall Building, Coos Bay, Oregon 401 Pacific Building, Roseburg, Oregon 12 City Building, Reedsport, Oregon And the purchase of the practice of James Dutton, Certified Public Accountant . 821 Equitable Building, Portland, Oregon Tax Consultation Auditing System Installation Resident Partner, C. W. Wray, C. P. A. Roseburg Manager, D. D. Evans Report of the Condition of The Umpqua Savings and Loan Association Roseburg, Oregon as of December 31, 1948 Resources Bank Balance $ 18,710.86 Notes Secured by Stock 1,600 00 D. R. Loans Not Disbursed 58113 51 Notes Secured by D. R. Mortgages 1 1,4002."8 67 Notes Secured by Mortgages 2 41X100 Advanced to Borrowers ... 645 31 Interest Receivable " 2WX37 Sale Contracts 9 238 97 Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 12 400 00 Government Bonds 4.0OU00 Home Office Building 24.000.00 $1.572,627.69 Disbursements Investment Stock $1,255,071.66 Loan Stock 2 023 90 Building Account Reserve ......"Z " 11 400 (X) Contingent Reserve " " 26 983 36 surplus ;;;;;;;;; 8;8i2:oo Deferred Profit 1,963.29 Other Reserves i7 72 Money Borrowed '""Z ITJAKm Incomplete D. R. Ixians . 5s n.3 51 Undivided Profits ZZ jaS56.25 $1,572.627.69 State of Oregon, County of Douglas, ss. I, H. O. Pargeter. Secretary for the above association, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. O. PARGETER, Secretary. ATTEST: SAM J. SHOEMAKER, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of Janu ary, 1949. W. F. HARRIS. Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires Nov. 17, 1952, Demos' Control Of Foreign Relations ' Group Stirs GOP By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6(X A decision by Senate Democrats to take a three-vote edge In the Foreign Relations Committee stir, red a storm of Republican pro test Tuesday. GOP Senators called it as a threat to the bi-partisan " foreign policy. The Senate Democratic Steer ing Committee agreed yesterday to assign eight party members to the important Foreign Relations unit, and to give the Republicans only five places. In the last Con gress, controlled by the GOP, the division was seven Republi cans to six Democrats. The Democrats' decision to abandon the seven to six ratio In the Foreign Relations Com mittee came as a surprise. There had been talk it would be main-' tained In the interests of the bipartisan foreign policy. Senator Vandenberg (Mich.), chairman of the committee dur. Ing the GOP-dominated 80th Con gress and now ranking minority 11 member, called the decision "re- grettahle and not particularly lm pressive in its bi-partisan hos pitality." Senator Lodge (Mass.), an other Republican member, de clared: "It's a pity. It's certainly too bad." The sharpest criticism came from Senator Morse (R-Ore.), w hose application for member ship was voided by the decision." He termed the step "a shock ing repudiation of the bi-partisan foreign policy in the Senate," and added: "It is obvious that the deci sion of the Democrats will make It possible for them to plav par tisan politics with the issue of war or peace." And a Republican who asked not to be named said: "It is the worst thing the Demo crats could have done. Theyhav picked themselves a fight on foreign policy. This means that from now on we Republicans will go after some of the kev boys in the State Department, something we have refrained from doing." Beautiful Piatt. Mirrors Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 104 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 SLABWOOD in 12-16 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phont 658
