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Newspaper Page TextComp. IM Jl The Weather Cloudy with Intermittent snow occasionally mixed with rain today. Some clearing to night. Partly cloudy with a few snow flurries Saturday. Con tinued cold. Low tonight 25 de grees. Var Burdens Thrust Upon Vice President U. Of 0. Litrary Eugene, Oregon ka IIUTM MS WHO DOES WHAT 1 wwm mmrmmmmmmimi u iuji imiusiiihi . in mm. imsuii. mi i i.iiiWiii.w.iiwRMiw ' miimi i iiwui -1 W I . HERSEY MeBROOM it an electrician with the Roseburg. Elec tric Co. At the time the picture appearing above was snapped he was installing an outlet box in the "mug" room of the photo graphic quarters in the News-Review. From the looks of the pic tures on the walls, the photographer there must like girls. I wouldn't wish to come right out and say that Hersey was quite a while longer completing the installation of an outlet in this room with the pin-ups than he was in another where there were none; but the thought crossed my mind. Hersey, with his wife and five children, lives in Elgarose, where the three older youngsters go to school. If he's late getting to work this morning, I'll lay it to the rather heavy snow which fell last night. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS YOU have read In this news paper that President Truman is reported to be about ready to ask Congress for eight, billion dollars In payroll taxes to finance a vastly expanded social security program including such things as the right to go on to the doctor and charge the bill to the govern ment. . As you read the item, COULD YOU VISUALIZE . EIGHT BIL MON DOLLARS? V PROBABLY not. s It takes a fairly well trained mind to imagine a million, which Is a thousand thousands. A billion is a MILLION thousands. FROM time to time, you hear such sums as eight billion dol lars referred to as "astronomical" figures. Why? Well, the astronomers deal with such staggering distances (in outer space) that even their train ed minds can't grasp them. So they have to Invent terms to make It seem simpler and more com prehenslble. One of their terms Is "light year." A light year is the distance traveled by light In a year's time. Light travels at a speed of 186,000 MILES PER SECOND. (Miles, re- (Continued on Page Four) Minister Labels Three Types of Church-Goers LA GRANDE, Jan. 21. IP The Rev. Ronald A. Merrix of - San Francisco, speaking at the (Episcopal Church here, pinned Vabeli on three types of church goers: "Twlcet" they go to church , on Christmas and Easter; ...."Sprinklers" baptism, mar. 'riage and death get them Into "church; "Weather Christians" they ge when the weather Is good. He is field secretary for the province of the Pacific. TO HALT RAIDS ON SALMON Bill Seeks Deletion Of 'Incidental Catch' Clause In Umpqua River Closure - Legislation to correct the "Incidental catch" provision In the Umpqua River commercial fishery closure bill, passed at the 1947 session of the Oregon Legislature, has been introduced by Senator Thomas Parkinson. The amendment, Inadequately described in recent press reports from Salem, would enact Into law regulations Imposed during 1948 by the Oregon Fish Commission, and would provide the Fish Com mission with much wider author ity in the control of commercial fishing for non-game species. The amendment proposes re moval of the "Incidental catch", clause, which permitted commer cial fishermen in 1947 to raid saimon and steelhead runs under the subterfuge of fishing for legal non-game species. If the amendments now pro posed are adopted, the bill, which would establish by law deadlines now set only by regulation, would f'rmit nighttime driftnet fishing Tor shad from May 10 until July 1 and daylight fishing only, from July 1 to Sept. 15, for striped bass. , 1 . - Ill issfcn Icy Wave Grips Rocky Mountain States, Canada DENVER, Jan. 21. (JP) The weather in the Rocky Mountain States today was lovely for hyper boreans (Eskimos). It was 36 degrees below zero at Bozeman, Mont., In the early morning hours. By comparison there was . a "heat wave" in Alaska with Fairbanks reporting 17 below at the same time and Anchorage 12 above. Even Canada's ice box was no colder. Regina, Saskatchewan, re ported minus 32 and Edmonton, Alberta, 20 below. Montana's capital of Helena shivered at 22 below. Minus 20 readings were reported by Sheri dan and Douglas, Wyo., Butte, Mont., and Malad City, Idaho. The mass of cold air nipped Western Nebraska with Chadron frozen by a minus 25 reading. It was 19 below at Rapid City, S. Dak. Colorado cities reported near zero readings with Akron in the northeastern corner the coldest. It was three below there shortly after midnight. Hotel Swept by Fire; One Guest is Missing WILMINGTON, N. C, Jan. 21. (JP) Fire raged through the Or ton Hotel early today, routed 40 guests, and spread to six adjoin ing buildings with a loss esti mated at about $1,000,000. J. R. Mallard, 70, of Charlotte, N. C, was missing. He came here to visit a sick brother. The fire, which firemen de scribed as one of the worst in the history of this Atlantic seaboard town, started in a women's shoe store adjacent to the five-story, 100-room hotel and soon engulfed the entire structure. France Shuts Exchanges Preparatory to Loan PARIS, Jan. 21. (P) The fl nance ministry unexpectedly or dered the French stock exchange closed today and announced all bonds issued by the French gov ernment will be revalued prepa. lory to a loan. Premier Queullle has announc ed that the loan will be for 100, 000,000,000 francs (about $310, 000,000). It will be used for re. construction. The amendments will specify the purpose of the act to "permit maximum escapement of fish of the game species," and will charge the Fish Commission with regulating nets, as to mesh and strength and methods of fishing, to carry out the purpose and in tent of the act. The Commission will be given authority to make further restrictions In seasons and deadlines, alter methods from time to time, as may be warrant ed to protect game fish from com mercial gear, and to limit, sus pend or cancel licenses granted commercial fishermen. Authority given the Game Com mission to seize any game fish taken in commercial gear, as pro vided in the 1947 bill, will be re tained, in the amended bill. r Established 11)73 Battle Over Proposed Dam Due at Salem Fish Interests Oppose Power Project Designed For Deschutes River By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. MP) The Legislature's fish vs. power battle, billed as one of the big gest ever staged here, will get underway next Monday. The sparks that touched off the dispute was the application yes terday for a $12,000,000 private power dam on the Deschutes River. The argument will start Mon day when the State Fish Commis sion comes here to plan with leg islative fish committees on how to pass its bill to prohibit power dams in the Deschutes. Peoples' Utility Districts are ex pected to join hands with the fish industry in blocking the dam. The Central Oregon PUD wants to build a power dam at almost the same site and there's only room enough for one dam. The legislative game commit tees also will meet Monday, and they, probably will fight to block the dam, too. The Deschutes River Is quite a sports fishing stream, too, and they claim there wouldn't be any sports fishing left after a dam was built. But the private power interests have a lot of strength, especially because the Northwest needs power so badly. Would Stop Check Racket The House passed and sent to the Senate yesterday a bill to end a widespread check-writing racket. The bill will make It a felony, with five years in prison, for knowingly writing a check with out sufficient funds in the hank. Sponsors of the measure said It is designed to catch a person (Continued on Page Two) Handicapped Children Topic At Institute (Picture on Page Seven) It was a holiday for elemen tary school pupils today, as their teachers attended an institute at the Rose School. About 275 teach ers were to be here today, to hear discussion of the problems of handicapped children. Walter Snyder, Salem, assis tant superintendent of public in struction, and Dr. E. J. Wainscolt, county health officer, headed pan el of speakers. The program was designed to help the classroom teacher un derstand the nature of various handicapping conditions with which children are afflicted and what can be done in the class room to fit them into the pro gram of education, explained Ken neth Barneburg, county school superintendent. The Institute will be followed up with an examination and study of afflicted children by teachers, who will refer the handicap- cases they observe to the clinic. Consultations also will be held with parents, Barneburg pointed out. The Institute today started at 9 o'clock and extended through the afternoon. Lunch was served In the school cafeteria at noon. Teachers here represented schools In the eastern half of Douglas County. Among guest speakers and their topics were Dora Grouter, speaking on problems of the visually handicapped; Thelma Sherman, speech; Verna Hogg, maladjusted; John Taylor, hard-of-hearing. All are supervisors of the State Department of Educa tion. Flier Scores Bull's-Eyes In Parachuting Supplies Perfect bull's-eyes were scored by Roy Hatfield of the Tri-City Airport, who Tuesday parachuted 21 bundles of supplies to a timber cruising party spending two weeks on the Acker divide, be tween the South Umpqua and Jackson Creek watersheds. Headed by Wright Mallory, timber management assistant for the Umpqua National Forest, the party of six men snowshoed In to their scene of operations, at an elevation of 4,000 feet. Their supplies tents, axes, food, extra clothing were drop ped In a 200-foot diameter hole in the heavily timbered area. Hatfield swooped over the drop ping site at 400 to 500 feet, his aiming designated by a large fire which the cruising party had kindled. Of all the bundles dropped, only one became tangled In the trees. It contains axes and Is caught 200 feet above the ground In a tall fir. "We suppose they'll have to use Jacknives now," For est Service officials here com mented. v mi mWW SNOW BLANKETS CITY Once again Roseburg was mantled in white today. It was the heavieit (now yet and more flurries were predicted by the weatherman for tonight and tomorrow. Here Mrs. Paul Jenkins, left, Mrs. Noble Coettel, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wardlaw view the snow-laden branches of trees in the garden of the Goettel home at 954 Riverside Drive. Elsewhere in the city, householders were clearing sidewalki.and cleaning their automobiles of "drifts" whieh covered windshields and heaped against wheels. People walking to work left tracks in the snow, while traffic on the streets quickly turned the snow to slush. Snow Blankets Roseburg; More Due Tomorrow Snow was In the air again to day. This morning it blanketed the city with three to six inches, while additional flurries were predicted by the Weather Bureau lor tonight' and tomorrow, mixed with rain. The covering of snow in the streets quickly turned to slush, and elsewhere It was melting un der the sun. The snow blanket was thicker today than It has been previously this winter. Low temperature last night, as reported officially, was 32 de grees. The forecast for tonight predicts a low of 25 degrees and continued cold tomorrow. For the first time this winter, householders have had an appre ciable amount of enow to sweep from sidewalks. Many walks were cleaned by 8:30. Downtown, and on most heavily travelled suburban arterials, the snow turned to slush. No accidents resulting from the weather were reported by the stale police. City Manager M. W. Slankard said the street department had been sanding the streets, but thHt no slickness is expected to result as In recent combinations of ex treme low temperatures and snowfall. AH streets are open to traffic. Auto Executive Would Welcome Buyer's Market LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21. (JP) Whether the automobile Industry is in a buyer's market should be determined within the next couple of months. That's the opinion of Karl M. Greiner, vice-president and gener al manager of Packard Motors, here on a tour of the company's California holdings. "Frankly," Greiner told a press conference today, "we're glad that times are changing, because a buyer's market is a normal mar ket. Our industry grew great on buyer's markets, not on seller's markets. Our industry has pro duced more than 100 million mot or vehicles In the past 55 years, because competition was strong and everybody had to sell to stay in business." He Injected a cautious note, however. He said no one can tell "with accurate finality" Just what's happening to th car market. Airliner, Five Aboard, Crashes in Alaska SEATTLE, Jan. 21. OP) The CAA reported today that an Alaska Airlines DC-3 apparently crash-landed in rugged country 30 miles northeast of Homer, Alaska, with fate of Its five oc cupants undetermined. The report, which came from the CAA's Anchorage office, said only that the plane, which dis appeared last night on a flight from Homer to Kenal, Alaska, had been sighted on the slope of a hill. , jt, ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949 TV. Roseburg Postal Receipts In 1948 Establish New Record With Total Nearly $140,000 Roseburg's postofflc?, from the standpoint of postal receipts, showed a banner year in 1948. According to figures released today by Postmaster L. L. Wimberly, gross receipts totaled $139,689.80, which Is nearly three times the $17,430.10 record for 1940, The Increase since 19-10 has been substantial each year, and last year's gain, while not quite the percentage gain for the prev ious year, was $18,855 greater than for 1947. The postoffice now has In addi tion to the postmaster 11 regular clerks, eight substitute clerks, sev en regular carriers and four sub stitute carriers. Roseburg Is the supply office for six other post offices and has five star routes, two rural routes and one mounted route. Poslal receipts for he last nine Slayer's Plea Of Insanity Wins SEATTLE, Jan. 21. (JP)A Superior Court Jury last night found Vernon S. Allen innocent by reason of Insanity of killing his sweetheart, Wave I.t. Cmdr. Margaret Jones. The Jury ruled the 42-year-old former Spokane man must spend the rest of his life In the state prison or some olher Institution unless he Is found sane in some subsequent Jury trial. In (he opinion of the Jury, Al len was Insane when he shot his fiancee last July 14. He also at tempted to take his own life. During the trial, Allen recount ed several operations and acci dents, which the defense contend ed affected his sanity. He said he could not remember what happen ed the day of the shooting. When the verdict was an nounced, Allen sat as If stunned. Tears came to his eyes as rela tives and friends crowded around him. Allen and Miss Jones had been schoolmates In Spokane. After the war, they met again here and became engaged. Pastor Quits in Row Over Police Appointment SHERIDAN, Ore., Jan. 21. P; Controversy over a police ap pointment has lead to resignation of the Rev. George B. Forrester as pastor of Sheridan Christian Church. Mayor W. H. Smith and the council have wrangled over the appointment since the first of the ypar. The pastor w-as active in discussions. W. A. Asbury, chair man of the church board, said this resulted In disagreements leading to the resignation. The mayor on laklng office named Earl R. Suhs to the force to replace John W'anless. The council refused to confirm tha appointment. years are listed as follows: Gain In Pol Ian over prvlniifi yrar l.nofli 3.840 32 S.02M4 4.i)4 Fit J7.1S1I.71 10.01341 12..t(n 17 20, (HIS 3:1 18,a35.28 Grow RrcelpH 47,4.10 in SI .27fUt3 SB.: MO 44 61 .244. VO 7R.:n til R8.4Ofl.02 ifKi.7fifi.in I20.n:i4 S2 139. tttiil. BO Ycnr 1040 1941 1!H2 l!44 14 l!47 11)40 Postal SavlnffB Dtpnttltn I1SB.HIS.00 . .,m Ht4,4:i3.IX 227. Km (Ml . SH7.fKIBOO K43.fllROO B3B,MM).00 Jan. 1040 Jan. Ifl42 Jan. I'M Jan. Ifi4fl Jan. 1948 Jan. 11(49 , California Legislature Gets $1 Million Budget SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 21. (Pi Governor Warren handed California's first billion-dollar annual state budget to the legis lature today. He proposed, to raise additional revenue: 1. A twocents a package clga ret tax. 2. A boost In the hard liquor tax from 80 cents to $1.50 a gal Ion. 3. Levying $4,000,000 a year more on horse race betting (pari mutual ). 4. Return to the 1943 (higher) schedule of sales, corporation and personal income taxes. The exact sum the governor recommended for the support of the state government and for public construction was $1,060, 187,939. But, he said, $147,908,944 of that billion would be paid out of funds already accumulated for proposed capital outlay, and taxes subject to his control would be affected only by the $233,638,000 to be drawn from the general fund. Award Meeting, Banquet For Boy Scouts Dated The Douglas County Boy Scout District award meeting and ban quet will be held Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Umpqua Hotel civic room, Rollie Cjuam, district Scout executive announced. The meeting will be open to the public and all parents of Scouts, Scouters and their wives and others interested are urged to attend. An outstanding speaker, to be announced, will 1m- secured, said Quam, and Roger Bayles, scout executive of the Oregon Trail Council, will be here to In stall district officers for 1949. A! liennlnger, in charge of the banquet and program, announces a very worthwhile evening Is being planned. Tickets at $1.75 a plate are available from John Todd, liennlnger, W. H. Scofield or Quam. r 17-49 Picture by Paul Jenklm Snowfall Area Includes Oregon tBy Th Aifociattd Pr.nl Snow sheathed much of Ore gon and Washington today. a coastal snowfall hit points irom Bcumgnam to saiem ctur. Ing the night and early morning, Eastern Washington, where the occurrence Is more commonplace, aiso reported ngni snowians. Winds as high as 46 miles an hour accompanied the snow early last night at Salem, but later eased off. Several Inches of snow were reported at Tillamook and Port land's streets were an Inch deep In white stuff at midnight. Sub- freezing temperatures accom panied the snow all along the route. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21-411 The State Highway Commission warned motorists to be careful as snow covered roads through out the entire state. The Commission said It Is afraid that snow In tha Willam ette Valley would turn to rain today, and then freeze tonight, This would make roads In the area a sheet of ice. The Commission suggested It would be a good Idea for motor ists not to use the highways un less u is essential. Drunken Driver Charged With Offering Bribe Charged with offering a bribe to escape being booked for drunk en driving, Roy William Rasmus sen, 51, of Dillard was arraigned Thursday and released on $500 ball pending a preliminary hear ing, Justice of the Peace A, J. Geddes reported. Chief of Police Calvin H. Balrd said that Rasmussen had offered $50 to the arresting officer to let him go, after his arrest early Thursday morning. In the Municipal Court, Ras mussen pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days In the city Jail. Municipal Judge Ira B. Rid dle reported he would suspend the Jail sentence UKn payment of the fine, but In addition had revoked Kasmussen's driver's li cense one year. Priest Discards Vow, Weds in Civil Ceremony LONDON, Jan. 2.-4!P)- Tim othy Coakley, who took a vow of celibacy when he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest, married Patricia Ball, 23, In a civil cere mony yesterday. The office of the Archbishop In Cardiff, Wales, which supervises his former parish, said Coakley is automatically excommunicated. Coakley waj ordained 12 years ago. For four years, until last Oc tober, he was assistant priest at Our Lady of Lourdes Church In Swansea, Wales. Miss Ball, also t Catholic, was a regular worship per at his church. Coakley now It a clerk In..the British Admiralty. i Move Enables Chiang To Personally Avoid Deal For Peace With Reds By HAROLD K. MILKS NANKING, Jan. 21.- rresident Chiane Kai-shek hand. ed the burden t war or peace to day to Vice President Li Tsung. Jen and flew to Hangchow for a rest and possible retirement LI, accepting the acting presl. dency, faces the immediate prob lem of settling with the Commun ists, whose arms have steadily pressed t-niang back since last fall. Officially Chiang, who threat- ened many rimes in his stormy career to walk out, did not resign or lormany retire, tie just ten. Behind he left a statement say ing he took the step "to lessen the hardships of my people," an in formed source said. LI, in an acceptance statement. said he took on the presidential uuues in me nope tne people will give me their full support. ' as is ms annual custom, cniang flew south to "sweeo the tombs" of his ancestors. But many felt inai ne wouia not De oacK II LA were successful in dealing with the Communists. An official statement said Chiang expects to go to Fenghua, nis native place m cneKiang province, south of Shanghai. Statement Still Secret The generalissimo's debarture was secret. He left behind his lux uriously appointed $300,000 air plane and hopped into a smaller twin-engined ship. High officia s rjored over Chiang's statement. It has not yet been released. The chief of the Ju dicial Yuan was looking over it lor "constitutional points. There were indications that his original statement in Chinese was being revised to allow its presen tation to tne public in the most favorable light. It was reliably reported Pre mier Sun Fo visited Li and sub mitted the cabinet's resignation (Continued on Page Two) Drive Planned To Make Up Deficit In Boy Scout Fund Scouten of Douglas County are In the process of organizing a Boy Scout fund raising campaign to make up the 1949 deficit, Dis trict Scout Executive Rollie Quam announced. Tha Oregon Trail Council Is short $5,800 of its $36,000 goal, and more than half of this short age must be raised in Douglas County, said Quam. The cam paign is scheduled for the first two weeks in February. The drive has been deemed nee essary unless the county is to cur tail its scouting activities, - said Quam. The Community Chest drive in Roseburg and the county fell short of its goal. Roseburg had been asked for $4500 from the city chest, but received only $3000. Another $1000 had been asked from the county, but no funds have been received from olher areas. Scouting in Douglas County has been steadily on the Increase the last 20 years, but urless need ed funds are received, It may be necessary to place the Scout executive on a part time basis' rather than full time, and to cut down on other activities, Quam staled. Chairmen for the county and various towns will be announced within the next few days, and a meeting is scheduled next week to draw up plans for the commun. Hy campaigns, tha Scout execu tive said. Two Students Hurt In -Collision of Autos JOHN DAY, Ore., Jan. 21. (IP) Two high school students were Injured seriously yesterday in a head-on automobile collision on the highway between John Day and Canyon City. They are Marvin Parsons, a high school Junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons, and Vera Roberts, a freshman, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Clay Roberts. They were riding in a midget sedan. Charles M. Burt, Canyon City, driver of the other car, was re leased after being treated for shock. Nation's Fire Loss Last Year Highest in History NEW YORK, Jan. 21. P The nation's fire loss in 1948 la estimated at $711,114,000, high est In history, the National Board of Fire Underwriters reported. The record destruction of prop erty and resources is 2.7 higher than estimated losses of $692,635,. 000 In 1947, W. E. Mallalieu, gen eral manager of the board, said in a statement. levity pact ant By L. T. RtznsUla At church services en his In auguration day, President Tru man prayed for "divine quid ance." Before his staggering tax program Is disposed of, the nation may be praying for di l vine Intervention.