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2 The Nawi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Thur., June 30, 1949 Ellsworth, Horan Hit Housing Bill WASHINGTON, June 3W.T) Two congressmen from the Pa cific Northwest raised objections to the administration's housing bill before it was passed by the House. ' Rep. Horan (R.-Wosh.) Issued a statement attacking what he call ed the "all or nothing boys." He said they tried to make out that anyone who opposed any part of the bill "is against housing." Ho ran added "nothing could be fur ther from the truth." A statement by Rep. Ellsworth tR.-Ore.) referred to President Truman's recent censure of a "real estate lobby" and contin ued: 'The cold truth about It is that while there may be some lobby ists around who represent real estate dealers, I have never seen one. No other member (of Con gress) I have talked with has seen one. Organized real estate lobbying against the bill was not noticeable but pressure of groups lobbying for the bill has been extremely heavy." Horan asserted the "mere threat" of the housing bill "has scared the home building indus try so badly that construction has fallen off since last November. The administration bill is a cruel Kolltical hoax on those who need eln." Ellsworth said "even the Amer ican Legion has urged passage of the bill." - . "This statement," he went on, "was especially Interesting be cause the bill will not particular ly benefit veterans. Nevertheless tney will have the privilege of paying thecosrt over the next 40 years. My mail from people whom I know to be ' veterans proves that the membership of the American Legion is not by any means solidly in favor of the housing bill." Housing Bill Error Found After Passage (Continued from Page One) Democratic side. Opponents, mustering all their strength in an effort to kill the bill if possible, or cripple it In any case, succeeded at one point In reducing the measure to a skeleton oi ine program Mr. Hu man had requested. . .. Victory Margin S Votes Shouting "Socialism" and argu ing that the housing costs would imperil the nation's financial stability, a coalition of Republi cans and Southern Democrats mustered 168 votes to the admin istration's 165 In a drive to kill the publicly-owned housing pro gram. Two hours later administration leaders asked for a roll call on the public housing section, which accounts for about five-sixths of the money authorization in the bill. They won by a five vote mar gin 20!). to 204. ' y - ' Among those who applauded the victory was Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman of the Senate Re publican Policy Commit lee, who had fought for the bill In the Senate. Communism Spreading In Alaska, Synod Told PORTLAND, June 30.-(r Communism is spreading in Alas ka, a Presbyterian Church offi cial said here yesterday. Dr. Frederick Thome, New York, represenlallng the Board of National Missions of the Presby terian Church, said Russians, traders and others were indoc trinating the natives. "The head of Indian Affairs In Alaska, Dr. C. L. Dale, said to me that Communism was making for midable efforts to infiltrate all of Alaska, especially the Indian and Eskimo population," Thorne related at the annual session of the Presbyterian Synod of Ore gon. Thorne added, "he said that Protestant missions were the greatest force he knew of In Alaska for slopping Communism and upholding Democracy." West Salem Vote On Joining Salem Probable SALEM, June 30 ,T Mayor Walter Musgrave of West Salem says an election' probably will be held In July to decide whether West Salem and Salem should be Joined together. He said there already are enough signatures on petitions to call the election. Salton Sea in the Colorado desert was a salt marsh before 1305, when defective Irrigation ranals turned It into a lake 40 miles long. Smoky says- Li NETTLES JUS' WON'T TETCH HIS PO'K CHOPS AN' HAM BONES SINCE WE'VE HAO HICKOM SMOKED POTATO CHIPS AROUN't Fresh at your grocer c ... . n V'V-W Distributed By , Volley Wholesale Co. , 100 E. Rico Roseburg , July 4 Celebrations Set In Four Douglas Towns (Continued From Page One) dene Sparks. Roseburg Rodeo queen, will be one of the con testants. The Rodeo each day will start at 2 p.m. and is slated to be run off as quickly as possible, to pro vide a two to three-hour show of fast action, which will give the audience plenty for their money, said Ike Orr, president of the Riddle Roping Club. Sunday evening there will be barbecue, starling around 7 o'clock, with a dance at 9 p.m. following. On Monday, July 4, a street parade is scheduled at 10 a.m. In the evening, following the Rodeo show, an hour's fireworks display is slated, with the dance to fol low. ' At Yoncalla and Glendale The Yoncalla Saddle Club Is completing plans for its third annual 4th of July Rodeo to be held Monday. A street parade will precede the Rodeo. Contest ants are showing interest in sign ing up for competition, the club reports. Glendalc's 4th of July celebra tion will include a parade at noon, the first in the city's history, The day's events will include a num ber of logging and bucking con tests, and children's sports com petition. The program will be concluded with a fireworks dis play in the evening. Sutherlin's celebration, which will start Friday night and 5it urdav, will continue through Sunday and Monday. The new American Legion Hall will be dedicated Sunday morning. Mon day, Sulherlin will stage a par ade, logging, bucking, and high climbing contests, and numerous sports events. Federal Suit Hits Empire Of du Ponts (Continued From Page One) control E. I. duPont de Nemours Co. Clark asserted: "This case is directed to the breaking up of the largest single concentration of Industrial power In the United States. "The growth of duPont, General Motors, and United States Rubber to positions of market dominance In their resneetlve fields has been marked by the elimination of many Independent businesses and a decline in the strength and vigor of those that survived. The relief sought In this case will open the way for small and medium-sized manufacturers to compete for business in markets which have long been closed to them." The suit aliened that the defend ant corporations had violated the anti-trust laws trhough agree ments to purchase supplies from one another, by acquiring com peting concerns and by empioy ne "secret rebates and preferen tial prices" among the duPoift companies while selling the sarr.' products "to other customers at higher prices." Two Held In Holdup Of Portland Club Owner PORTLAND. June 30.-M') Assault charges have been filed against two men arrested here this morning in connection with the attempted holdup of Portland Night Club owner Barney Morris on June 4. The men, Charles Lee Ander son, 27, and John Joseph Vetter, 28, were Identified by Morris. Their bail was set at $1)000. Two men forced Morris lnlo his car in downtown Portland enrly on the morning of June 4. Morris said one man sat beside him and made him drive his car while the second man followed In another car. He managed to es cape both of them by running into a parked automobile and racing away on foot. Heiress Freed Of Murder Charge Will Marry Cop LOS ANGELES, June SO.fT) Roiilnh Louise Overoll, 20, and patrolman Robert Cannon, 28, will be married within a week. The heiress was acquitted with George (Bud) Gollum, her form er fiance. In 1!M7 of murder charges In the dynamite deaths of her wealthy parents. Mr. and Mrs. Waller E. Overell, aboard their yacht In Newport Harbor. Miss Overell and Cannon ob tained a license yesterday. Miss Overell, who upon her 21st birthday will inherit a for tune estimated at more than $300,000, plans to quit (he Uni versity of California at Los Ang eles for housekeeping. CUSTOM CURING AND SLAUGHTERING All meat cut, wrapped and marked ready to go into your frooxen food locker or cabinet, Pork Slaughtered Tuesday Beef and Veal Any Day WE HAVE A FEW LOCKERS FOR RENT ROSEBURG MEAT CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS 624 Winchester Phone 280 The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roieburg, Oregon Fair today, tonight and Friday. Warmer Friday. Highest temp, for any June.. 106 Lowest temp, for any June.... 36 Highest temp, yesterday........ 70 Loweit temp last 24 hrs 43 Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Precipitation since June 1 03 Precipitation since Sept. 1....27.S4 Deficiency since June 1 - 1.03 Excise Tax Cuts GOP Proposal WASHINGTON. June 30.- Rep. Martin (Mass.) House Re publican leader, moved today lor a quick vote on legislation re ducing some wartime excise taxes. The taxes are on such things as furs, silver, luggage, cosmetics, transportation and commuta tions. Martin said a petition is being signed to discharge the House Ways and Means Committee from any further consideration of the measure. If 218 House members a ma jority sign it, the bill would come to a House vote immedi ately. It would slash some taxes more than 50 percent. The measure would cut federal taxes by about $600,000,000 a year, some congressmen estimate. It would not reduce the war-Imposed extra rates on liquor, that now yield about $600,000,000 annually. mere wouia De no reduction in tobacco excises. Lewis Order Miners On Three-Day Work Week (Continued From Page One) number of days worked by the mines." However, he restrained them Irom working on any Saturday. The same contract terms will remain in force despite the termi nation of the one-year agreement tonignt. The order blanketed all east-of-Mississippi operations, Including those of the -Southern Coal Pro ducers Association and the U. S. Steel Corporation, with which Lewis is holding contract negotia tions. Anti-Trust Act Feared Meanwhile the operators them selves were standing firm against accepting Lewis' pian to spread lobs by adopting the short week. Mainly they fear the anti-trust law. "We are still opposed to It from the legal standpoint and because of the principle Involved," the operator who declined to be quoted by name said. "What would happen to our mines when the non-union mines could work six days? They would get the business." ine operators running the ne gotiations here insisted that they nave a contract in force until Aug. 14. . George H. Lovo, of Pittsburgh- Consolidated Coal Company and head of the North-West negotiat- ng group, asked, "why should we change or modify that contract when It still Is in force?" The Aug. 14 date enters the pic tures despite the automatic termi nation of the 1948 contract at midnight tonight because Lewis gave notice to the North-West operators on June 14 that he wanted to negotiate a new agree ment. Under the Taft-Hartley act he Is required to wait 60 days before calling the miners out, the em ployers think. But they also expressed belief that If the mines are permitted to remain in operation, that Lewis means to put Into effect his own Idea for stabilizing employ ment. 'Prosperity' To Continue, Treasury Aide Predicts CHICAGO, June 30. Wl Un der Secretary of the Treasury Edward H. Foley Jr. declared here today that all signs point to continued American prosperity "beyond anything we have ex perienced in the past." Americas economy is strong, Foley said. "There has been no under mining of that strength as we have readjusted our business structure to normal peacetime markets," he said. "Some few critics have mistaken readjust ment for something basically de structive. T believe they now are realizing their error. Foley cited the cash positron of Americans as one of the "founda tion stones of our economic power." Strike Threatens National Capita! (By the Associated Press) The nation's capital was threat ened today with a strike of pub lic transportation workers. Workers who operate Washing ton's street car and bus service have scheduled a strike vote for 12:01 a.m. Friday to back up demands for a wage hike. Negotiations between the Capi tal Transit Company and the AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes, repre senting 4,300 workers, broke up last night without reaching an agreement. The present contract expires at midnight tonight. ' A scheduled strike of some 4.400 workers 'at the Hershey Chocolate Corp., Hershey, Pa. set to start Saturday would vir tually cripple the entire city. The work stoppage, result of a union shop dispute, was voted Tuesday by the AFL-bakery and confec tionery workers union. The strike, if carried out, will affect the Jersey chocolate plant, the soap factory, laundry, lumber mill, furniture factory, two hotels and the telephone and water companies. Race Clash Shuts Swimming Pool WASHINGTON, June 30 UP) A government swimming pool which became the scene of disturbances when opened to both white and Negro youths has been closed. Secretary Krug of the Interior Department, which operates the pool, ordered it closed until fur ther notice. He acted after the mixed swimming led to a .pool side melee for a second straight day yesterday. Park police said hundreds were involved In the pushing and punching outside the Ana costia Pool In Southeast Wash ington. At least four youths were Injured, one a girl trampled by a mounted policeman's horse. There were five arrests. The interior department's or der of a no-segregation policy at ils four pools caused a rift with the District of Columbia Recre ation Board, which insisted that segregation be continued. Neg roes have begun swimming at only one olher pool, McKinley, But there has been no trouble there. Holiday Traffic Deaths Will Total 290, Estimate CHICAGO, June 30. UP) The National Safety Council estimat ed today that 290 Americans will die In tratric accidents during the three-day Fourth of July cele bration. This carnage, the council said. will be accomplished by 33 mil lion vehicles burning 340 million gallons of gasoline to travel about 4i billion miles during the holiday. No estimate was made of the total thafwlll be taken by drown ing, fireworks accidents, heat exhaustion, food poisoning and other summer holiday hazards. FOR SALE About 250 Used Coops. Ideal for hauling your chickens or turkeys around the ranch. $2.00 each. First Come First Choice Douglas County Poultry Oak A Spruce Sts. 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Rural School Districts Elect Board Members : (Continued From Page One) per cent limitation over and above that .' allowed by Rural school Board, - these extra am ounts are for items such as capital outlay, bond piincipal and Interest and additional funds the individual districts needed Reedsport voted a special levy oi s8j,jhi,mi, oi wntcji 5D(,381.ai was for principal payment and interest on bonds and $5,000 to improve the grounds of the new school. Riddle approved a special levy of $20,412.08, of which $13,877.50 was for bond principal and in terest; Sutherlin, $41,666.06 of which $20,225 was for bond principal and Interest; Elkton, $12,760, with $4,175 for bond principal and interest; Glendale, $15,200, with $7,300 for bond principal and interest; Green, $25,580, with $13,355 for bond principal and Interest, and South Deer Creek, $8,983, with $5,853 as bond principal and interest. Several olher districts voted on special levies in smaller am ounts. 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