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CHARLES V. STANTON T? EDWIN L. KNAPP
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OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
A FANTASTIC RULING
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Some of the rulings by the U. S. Post Office Department
are baffling to say the least. .
Newspapers are prohibited by postal laws from making
mention of any lottery or game of chance. It becomes ex
tremely difficult at times to print news of church bazaars at
which quilt are raffled, or grange meetings where prizes
are distributed, or any other major gift enterprise. The
postal authorities can think up all kinds of angles to define
lotteries and make it tough on newspapers.
The latest is a ruling directed against guessing contests
on athletic events.
During football season many newspapers offered prizes to
subscribers who turned in acurate predictions regarding
scores of principal weekend games. A coupon was printed
in the newspaper. Readers listed their predictions, and the
best forecasts received cash prizes. The idea was a good-will
plan- to promote readership interest, but now the postal de
partment comes along and turns thumbs-down, claiming the
plan to be a lottery.
The ordinary interpretation is that any gift enterprise to
be a lottery must involve some form of compensation or
consideration by the person seeking the prize. Purchase of
admission tickets, lottery tickets, bingo boards, etc., definitely
constitutes a lottery, the postal department rules. The latest
brainstorm is that the subscription cost of a newspaper is
sufficient consideration to provide basis for a lottery inter
pretation on the sports events guessing contests. To our mind
it's a fantastic ruling, but there it is.
The postmaster is authorized to reject for mailing any
edition of a newspaper containing news of a lottery, thus
keeping editors and reporters on their toes trying to avoid
penalties and still publish the news.
Congress, we believe, should pass some sort of a law which
would free newspapers from these freak rulings by postal
authorities.
We have been reading recently in one of the popular mag
azines a series of articles dealing with the obsolete methods
of the postal department. Our postal business Is one of the
nation's biggest financial operations, yet is handled in a most
unbusinesslike manner, the author claims, lie points par.
ucuiany to tne method or loot deliveries ot mail from door
to door and urges mobile units to handle collections and tie-
liveries, picking up parcels, selling stamps, etc., bringing the
post office to the patron. Any type of free enterprise having
the same problems as the postal department would have
adopted a mobile system years ago, the writer contends. He
further claims that the application of modern business meth
ods would change the postal department from its status of
continuing deficit to one of substantial profit margin.
And while we're on the subject of mobile post offices, the
announcement comes that the first highway post office in
the Pacific Northwest is to leave Portland, Oregon, Monday,
Jan. 10.
The highway post office, which has been named "Pony
Express," is n 35-foot motor truck especially designed as a
mobile post office.
It will serve the towns of I'.eaverton, Aloha, Hillsboro,
Forest Grove, Carlton, McMinnville, Amity, Dallas, Mon
mouth, Independence and intermediate stations between the
Portland and Corvallis terminals. A round trip will be made
daily with 22 stops to discharge and receive mail.
The first trip of the "Pony Express" reportedly is arous
ing considerable interest from stamp collectors who are
sending self-addressed envelopes to postmasters at Conallis
and Portland to obtain commemorative covers from the Jan.
10 inaugural trip.
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Jjf3p By Viahnett S. Martin y""'
Fortunately the hens touched
by the holiday spirit had been
Rpnerous, so there were two more
eggs to take the place of the ones
I didn't soft-boil for EJ's break
fast. It really wasn't my fault the
eggs were overcooked! I was do
ing all right, watching the egg
timer, not daring so much as a
glance at the calendar, when a
flash of gray on the hill caught
my eye. No, It wasn't Mrs.
Guinea flying over the gate, as
she does a dozen times a day;
It was a large gray bird with a
speckled breast, a plain gray
back, with a tall black crest on
Its head.
I called EJ, a bit excitedly per
haps, for he came with one shoe
on and carrying one: "Gosh, a frl
low npver knows what's the mat-
tfr. Aftpr all It might be the
house afire!" He lratiPd on the
sink, too, beside me." "Quail," he
said, and began remnlscences of
his boyhood In the country In
Texas.
Suddenly I said, "Oh the
eggs!" He grinned. "Forgot 'em
again? Why don't you tell me
when you put them In? I can
keep my mind on something for
three minutes!" He had a look In
the pantry." Couple more. I'll boll
these. You tell me how the quail's
doing. . . ." Long ago I gave up
trying to convert EJ to 'hard-
cooked' eggs. I like hardbolled
eggs any time but for breakfast.
The hens have emphatic no
tions about guests who come for
dinner. And they see to It none
stay If uninvited. But the quail
and Mrs. Guinea are acceptable.
Mr. Bluejay? No! The hens stand
In a kind of a 'pointing' posture,
necks outstretched, their beady
eyes rlvlted on the saucy bluejay
perched on a fence post. He
watches his chance; swoops down
the hens converge upon him.
Off he goes again, with the most
uncomplimentary remarks In a
raucous screech. After a while
the performance Is repeated.
It was probably the cold snap
that brought so many wild things
close to the house? One morning
It was a wonder I did any house
work at all, for watching out the
windows! There was a sapsucker,
all day long. It seemed, sipslp
sipplng, clinging to the dlamond
rldged bark of our giant maple
that li In summer a vast um
brella with a 60-foot 'stick' sup
porting It. A pair of woodpeckers
hunting grubs, and finding
them? A flock of tiny creeping
birds, too small for sparrows, no
tip-tilted tail as wrens have; they
hunted the bare branches assidu
ously. Then lastly a big company
of grosbeaks: what flashes of
white when they flew! And of
course Mr. Bluejay where Is
Mrs. B? meddling in every
body's business with officious,
nolsv chatter.
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
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In the Day's Hews
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easily than they can be driven.
So the Kremlin prefers to WIN
the Germans rather than to force
them.
WAR prisoners are a lender sub
ject. They have relatives at
home. The Germans feel as
strongly about these men who are
being held In slavery as we would
fed. So our demand that they he
released, as per agreement, puts
us on the side of the Get mans and
against the cold blooded slavery
practices of Kilssia.
(We'd rather have the Germans
on our side In this ruckus than
on the Russian side. As the mat
ter now stands, It's a case of self
preservation, and both sides want
all the strength they can get.)
MORE Important, of course,
from every standpoint would
he an exact count of the RUS
SIAN'S who are held In slave
labor camps in Russia. That gets
down to the root of the whole
situation.
and savage practice.
But she is supposed to be hold
ing millions of HER OWN PEO
PLE In slave labor camps. These
are people who don't see eye to
eye with the rulers of Russia.
That, If true, betrays the fact
that the Communist rulers of
Russia ARE AFRAID OF THEIR
OWN PEOPLE.
That lells a significant story.
THERE is another significant
I tale In the news.
Dr. Kruno Glritra (a German)
resigns from (he SCIENCE
faculty of the Russian-controlled
Berlin I'nlvrrslty. He does so. he
says, as a protest against INTOL
ERAHI.E DOGMATIC PRES
SURE. Webster defines "dogmatic" as
"asserting a matter of opinion as
If it were a matter of fact." In
SCIENCE, you can't substitute
opinion for fact without getting
into bad trouble.
For example:
You can lay down as DOGMA
the rule that powder won't ex
plode. Hut the test Is tossing a
match into It. If the powder ex
plodes, the dogma Is wrong. If
! you are killed by the resulting
LEGION SEEKS VETERAN
PENSIONS AT 60
(Oregon City Enterprise)
The American Legion will ask
the Slst Congress to enact legis
lation granting old ace pensions
of $ti() a month to veterans of
both world wars upon reaching
lid years of age. The proposal
came out of the special commit
tee of the executive committee
and another committee has been
named to clarity It In view of
previous actions, hut a six point
(lireclive has been given to the
Legions national Legislative
Commission which will formulate
the Legion pension hill to le sub
mitted to congress. The six points
are:
1. The legislation shall Include
veterans of both World War 1
and World War II.
2. Eligible for pensiohs shall
be veterans w ho served Pfl days
or more on active duty or who
were discharged for service-connected
disability Incurred in line
of duty and who were discharged
under conditions other than dis-
honorable.
.1. The pension Is to tie effec
tive at the attained age of 60
years at the rate of Si0.(Kl a
month and at the attained age of
(tt years at the rate of $!K).00
month.
4. Before attaining the age of
60 years, the following degree
of non -service-connected disabil
ity shall be payable.
SJ0.OO a month on a 20 per
cent disability rating.
$10 Oil on 4(1 per cent.
S60.00 on (0 per cent.
$!K).XM on total disability.
:t. Those veterans having service-connected
disabilities and re
ceiving compensation shall con
tinue to receive such benefits and
in addition thereto shall be re
cipients of the old age pension.
(i. Income shall not be consid
ered UH)ii application for pension.
The Legion also Is making
bias about ailments of the mind.
Except as mental ills are asso
ciated Willi war service Uhe Le
gion says that 53 per cent of all
hospitalized patients In the na
tion are menial cases) the effoit
in behalf of the mentally 111 may
not Increase the direct cost of
war. hut the "60 at til)" pension
proposal looms very large as a
war cost that a good many prob
ably never considered. As the
pension plan reaches Congress
we look for a lot of false patriot
ism to explode In public places.
22 Flee Hungary by Air
To Escape Red Terror
MUNICH, Germany. Jan. 6
(.Ti A group of refugees who
lied Hungary aboard a comman
deered plane say they were es
caping "Communist terror."
The fugitives made a surprise
landing here Tuesday night
aboard a Hungarian' National
Airways Liner. Twenty-two of
those aboard were In the escape
plot. Three others said they want
lo go hack to Hungary.
The pilot, Capt. Janus Majoros,
said he hatched the escape plot
because his life was In danger
for antl-Comnuinist activities.
"It was a question of lite or
death for me lo get out," he told
newsmen.
California Gunmen
Get Jobless Money
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6 (.t)
Two gunmen held up the State
Department of Employment of-
Truman Message
Draws Praise And
Sharp Criticism
(By Th Associated Press)
President Truman's state of
the union message to Congress
Wednesday has drawn a varying
response of sharp criticism and
praise from a cross section of
American newspapers.
Sample editorial comment!
Chicago Sun: "Economic Demo
cracy an idea as old as Ameri
ca, but one which demands new
applications for the 20th Cen
tury America that Is Mr. Tru
man's message. We believe he
has the people behind him in
proclaiming it."
New York Herald Tribune: Mr.
Truman's proposals "do not total
up to a consistent economic or
social strategy, In terms either of
the 'planned economy' or of the
enterprise system. Moderate as
it is In tone and at least super
ficially coordinated, it Is still a
'rag bag' message in the Truman
tradition, and its several parts
will have to take their several
chances unsupported by any
single, consistent view of the
issues of our times."
Philadelphia Inquirer. "It is
reasonable to Interpret this mes
sage as an effort to re
assure business that there will
be no reckless crack-downs. No
blows at the essence of our free
enterprise system."
'Ruinous Socialism'
Chicago Tribune: "His legis
lative proposals are for the same
ruinous socialism that he advo
cated on the stump. there
are enough Intelligent members
in the new Congress, it is fer
vently to be hoped, to turn down
most of Mr. Truman's unsound
proposals. If there are not, the
people of the United States are
in for a bad two years."
New York Times: "We do not
see eye-to-eye with the president
on the Taft-Hartley Act" or "Sup
port of farm prices . But
these two points excepted we
find ourselves In agreement with
the purposes at which Mr. Tru
man is aiming . Belter
housing, better health, better
schools, broader social security,
more areas reclaimed, as TVA
has reclaimed one mammoth val
ley surely these are all proper
objectives .
Huge Job Posed
Los Angeles Times: "He has
demanded more of Congress than
anybody could accomplish If it
remained in continuous session
throughout his four-year term.
If Congress takes him at
his word , the nation is in
for a tough and disturbing time."
Rocky Mountain News .Denver):
"If the Slst Congress in the ses
sion ahead enacts half the (Tru
man) program, It .will be a prodi
gious performance. And a pro
digious digestion our country will i
have to have to adjust itself to
so many new taxes and changes I
in such a short time, and be able j
union is slill as good."
Dallas News: "The president
(says) he has to have higher
taxes. At the same time he urges
greater production and lower
prices which In large part are
dependent on tax policy. He can't
have his cake tnd eat It. too.v
Baltimore Sun: Mr. Truman
"has proven how right were those
persons who prophesied
that he would seek to take the
country much further along Into
a planned economy."
Ietroit Free Press: "Enact
ment of the total 'Truman Deal'
would set this country much far
ther to the left of center than
ever Mr. Roosevelt dared to go."
St. Paul Dispatch: The mes-
cage is a digest of the.tlli speech'
Dimes March Ball
To be Sponsored
By Active Club
The Roseburg Active Club
Wednesday night voted to take on
the responsibility of sponsoring
the March of Dimes dance the
latter part of January. The exact
date and place for the dance will
be announced as soon as arrange
ments can be made for a hall and
an orchestra. The Armory will
prooaoiy De secured it a satisfac
tory date can be worked out.
In addition to the dance, the
ciui) win put out the coin collec
tion containers in all public places
in Roseburg and vicinity, cover
ing the area from Winchester
south to Dillard. They will be
taken out Jan. 13, in order to be
ready for usa at the start of the
campaign Jan. 14.
Officers for the coming six
months were installed. Paul Wray
assumed the position of president,
replacing Ray Alder. The other
officers include Ken Atterbury,
vice-president; Lowell Atterburv.
secretary; Jack Schoonover, treas
urer; Lloyd Nelson, historian;
Bill Hansen and Arlo Jacklin, di
rectors for one yeai, and Clar
son Chitwood. director for six
months. Gordon Todd and Dick
Gilman are holdover directors.
Semester System Urged
By U. of O. Faculty
EUGENE. Ore -Tan 7,T)
The University of Oregon faculty
wennesoay voted to recommend
that the universilv Pfl nn a
semester system" instead of the
term system now in effect. The
close vote of the faculty group is
merely a recommendation to
President Hurrv k' Mnu hnrn onH
does not bind the president or the
aiaie eoaru oi mgner Education
to any action.
About 600 colleges and univer
sities in the United States are on
the semester system, with two
semesters a year, while only
about 100 observe the three-term
svstem used now hv the llnlt.ar-.
sity. The University of Oregon
operaieo on me semester system
u om auout inyf to lyiv.
Ousted Police Chief
Hints at Revenge Reason
CHENEY. Wash.. Jan. 7. JP
James A. Crawford, 46, Cheney
police chief for the past three
years, said yesterday he was fired
ivionoay.
He didn't know why, he said,
unless it was because he "had
stepped on some people's toes in
making arrests for traffic viola
tions and so on." He said Mavor
Lloyd Holladay signed the letter
asking for his resignation.
"Mr. Crawford resigned and
the council accepted his resigna
tion," the mayor said. "His suc
cessor has not been chosen." He
declined to amplify the statement.
Don't Ask for Money,
Oregon Lawmaker Says
MADRAS. Ore., Jan. 7. (P)
A state legislator told his con
stituents yesterday not to ask for
money.
Rep. William B. Morse, who Is
starting his third term as Crook
Jefferson Counties' representa
tive, declared that Oregon's bud
get is hadlv nut nf fmlanr-o nnH
should not be hamstrung with
u iiiaimn iui iiiuitj iippiupi lHUOnS.
Morse, a Prineville business
man, said he would not welcome
any request for appropriations,
unless thev are "absolutplv neees.
sary."
Morse serves on the Wavs and
Means Committee of the House.
Girl Found Hanging From
Altar Post in Church
PRESTON, Eng., Jan. 6 f.P)
A German girl was found hanged
from the altar post in St. Hilda's
Parish Church yesterday, authori
ties reported today.
The Bishop of Blackburn, the
Rt. Rev. Wilfred Marcus Askwith,
said he Is seeking a ruling from
High Church of England authori
ties whether it will be necessary
to reconsecrate the church. Even
if It isn't he said. "I shall, In anv
case, have some sort of service
there."
The dead girl was Identified as
Gertrude Rosa Gammisch, 24,
who came to England as a volun
teer worker in a cotton mill.
U. S. Slaps at Dutch For
Conduct in Indonesia
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-fP)
In a fresh slap at The Nether
lands' military action in Indo
nesia, the United States has re
called its delegate assigned to the
United Nations group trying to
settle the dispute.
The State Department said it
recalled delegate H. Merle Coch
ran for "consultation" because
The Netherlands action had
"abruptly interrupted the efforts
of the committee of good offices
to find through peaceful negotia
tions a satisfactory settlement of
the three-year dispute."
SK ATfcR DROWNS
OREGON CITY, Ore., Jan. 7.
CP) A young man who recently
moved to Oregon from Iowa
i owned Wednesday when he
plunged through the ice on Engle-
brecht Lake while skating.
Police said Keith Wayne Kee
ney, 18, was unable to reach
boards thrown toward the hole by
a passerby who saw him strug
gling in the water.
Starts SUNDAY One Week
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Short and Burke Streets
Phone 1294-R Roseburg, Ore.
VENETIAN BLIND SPECIAL
Kilglore Auto VBlind
FREE
with every VBlind or Drape order
of $50.00 or more.
Roseburg Venetian Blind Factory
We Use Flexalum Aluminum
Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping
Phone 1098-J
61S N. Jackson
Roseburg
Evangelist-Magician
Dated at Roseburg High
Stanlev Cain, evantrniut man).
clan and youth leader will appear
at the Senior High School Satur
day Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. He will
use professional magic lo illus
trate Bible truths.
Before his conversion, Cain was
a professional magician, traveling
in many Western and Central
Stales and in Canada. He has
since been using his magic in t Ills
novel form of missionary work.
He is a graduate of Northwest
ern Schools, Westmont College,
and has attended Winona Lake
School of Theology.
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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, Orezon
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
Hear These California Evangelists
Singers . . . Musicians
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
fice here '"day and escapee I with lP,"he m,ule in the campaign last
between $30,000 and $40,000 in
state unemployment funds.
The two men, one of them
wearing a red bandanna hand
kerchief over his face, entered
the cashier's office on the second
floor of the otfire building at j
liiOl) Mission Street a few minutes i
after an armored car had u
War Is an ancient and cynical explosion, you are ns dead as if ,.""i lmo ,np (l(,l '"r mental . liveied the cash
business. In earlier centuries, It
was quite the custom to enslave
conquered peoples. It isn't at nil
surprising that Russia, being what
she Is, should go back to this old gerous road
there had been no dogma.
If the Russians are going to
substitute dogma for scientific
FACT, thev are travellnu dan.!".' 81 ''immunities to encourage
illness and Its national medical
advisory board has called upc.nl Add mixed cooked vegetables
the 17.1KI posls and 12,tii"-r. auxil- to a ring of tomato aspic and
iarlos to undertake a campaign I serve with deviled rim for
fall. What It all adds up to is a
redeal of the new deal."
ATTEND 'FR AT' MEET
Mrs. Margaret Adair. Mrs.
Verna Carothers and Mrs. Lula
C. IJorrcll attended a recent ban
quet and meeting of Delta Kapoa
t,amma. honorary sncietv for
women educators, at the Oshorn
Hotel in Eugene. Chancellor
Emeritus Frederick M. Hunter of
the Oregon System of Higher
Education was the principal
ncourao a luncheon dish: fill ihe ivnttT tviL-np rho T.J...1..,-.- r
the development of mental health j of the ring with short spravs of the society will be held in Eugene
clinics and to dispel public pho- i watercress. iSsiuid.iv
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(Except Mondays
and baturdays)
Tonight
"Obtaining Our
Inheritance"
By Gladys Pearson
Colored rhalk talk drawing
by Mrs. Henry Carver to be
given lo the one bringing
the most new visitors to the
service.
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Marcaret Plunkett
Sunday Subjects:
A. M. "The Lost Coin
Margaret Plunkett.
P. M. "Will Son Be Judged'
by Gladys Pearson.
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