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. 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?
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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. ,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.