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2 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tue., July 12, 1949 Cut In Excise Taxes During 1950 Probable (Continued From Page One) tax increases. Bad Precedent Feared George said and Doughton agreed In a separate Interview that If congress lifts the lid on excises now there might be no stopping repeal of most of such levies. The Finance Committee al ready has cleared a proposal by Senator Johnson (D.-Colo.) to knock out a long list of these taxes at a revenue loss running up to $725,000,000. Administration leaders are sitting on this move, despite its support by Senator McGrath of Rhode Island, the Democratic national chairman. George said the tax on freight, which adds to the retail cost of about everything, "should be one of the first to come off." He found himself unable to agree with the President's pro posal that estate and gift taxes be raised, but said that something is almost certain to be done about softening business loss carry backs and carryovers next year. These permit averaging out a firm's taxable Income over good years and bad. Doughton made it clear that It will take time for Congress to level the excise tax barriers. He said if consumers are holding their buying for a tax cut, they will have, to "wait quite awhile' before they get one. The one-celled animal never grows old and never dies, unless it is eaten by another animal or meets with an accident. To pro pagate, it simply divides Itself in two. The Weather U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Fair today, tonight and Wednesday. Highest temp, for any July... 109 Lowest temp for any July.. 40 Highest temp, yesterday.... 85 Lowest temp, last 24 hrt. 53 Precipitation last 24 hri.. 0 Precipitation since Sept. 1 ...29.84 Precipitation since July 1...... 0 Deficiency since July 1 .19 Raise Wages, Cut Taxes, Advice Of Economist (Continued From Page One) War Production Board. The Nathan report was far more than an argument for higher wages. It Included a "positive pro gram" for the government to use in combatting unemployment and preserving a healthy economy. President Truman's report also advocated a positive program in stead of "letting nature take 1U course" (they both used that ex pression). Nathan's "positive program" for the government included, be sides public works and tax cuts, these things: Prompt repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, greater unemploy ment benefits, greater social se curity benefits, a higher mini, mum wage, vast housing and slum clearance, stimulation of private Investment abroad, stimu lation of investment through go ernment loans and Incentives, and a revised farm program pro viding for incornesupports rather than price supports. REPAIR YOUR EQUIPMENT Pacific Supply Cooperative . Minneapolii-Moline J. I. Case Fairbanks Morse Wisconsin Engines John Bean Sprayers R. M. Wade Drag Saws Cascade Supply J. A. Freeman John Deere If we do not have parts in stock,' we will do our best to get them. TRY OUR SHOP WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES BUY WHERE YOU SHARE !N THE IaVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks 56 Perish In Crashes Of Two Large Airliners (Continued From Page One) out among passengers on the New York-to-Long Beach, Calif., unscheduled flight. There were 48 persons aboard. The Air Traffic Control Bur eau at Burbank received a radio message from the pilot, Roy White, 25 minutes before the re port of the crash, saying that a violent fight had broken out aboard the ship. "Two of the passengers started fighting over Riverside," said the message. "I want police at the airport at Burbank and I want one of the men arrested. One man is badly beaten." The pilot requested permission to set down at Burbank. The plane was scheduled to land at Long Beach. It was only a short time later that the sheriff received a call that a big airliner had crashed one mile north of the Chatsworth reservoir. Reports said the craft burst into flames immediately. A call then was received in North Hollywood for three ambulances. Stanley Weiss, president of Standard Airlines, flew over the wrecked plane in a cabin mono plane and said the pilot's cabin appeared to be burned out "but the rest of the plane doesn't look so bad." The injured passengers were taken to Birmingham veterans' hospital in Van Nuys. Plane Nearly Consumed An unidentified boy spotted the crash and ran a mile to the Box Canyon Ranger Station to report it. Standard Airlines said the twin-engine Curtis-Wright ship, number NC-978, belonged to Trans-National Airlines, which Standard represents locally. "There is only one wing and the tail left," a sheriff's aero squadron plane flying over the wreckage reported. "The rest of the plane was entirely burned." A rescue crew was aispatcnea by the Los Angeles Red Cross to augment early arrivals at the crash scene who had Deen iignt ing a forest fire in the region yesterday. The Los Angeles county fire department sent two companies to aid in rescue work and prevent the flames from starting new fires in the surrounding brush and scrub oak country. Yesterday a French military plane plunged into the sea junt off French Morocco. Eighteen persons were killed. A U. S. C.-54 Airlift transport crashed last night in the Russian zone near Berlin. Air searcheis could see no sign of life near tha wreckage and the three crewmen were believed dead. A Coast Guard seaplane cracked up in the Pacific about 480 miles northwest of San Fran cisco last night, on a rescue mis sion, but all 11 persons aboard were saved. The plane was trying to remove an ailing passenger from a steamer. GLENDALE Woman Burned As Firecracker Lands In Hair By MRS. GERALD B. FOX In a 4th of July accident, Mrs. Merle Richardson, Glendale, was buraed about the head, waist and am, when struck by a carelessly thrown firecracker, Mrs. Richard son was waiting for the parade when the firecracker landed in her hair catching It on fire. The flames spread, according to spec tators, and caught her clothing, inflicting painful burns. An ar rest was made, but Mrs. Richard son declined to prefer charges, and the case was dropped. Bids for construction of Glen dale's new school units will be called for, as soon as the state bond examiner approves the al ready consumated sale of school bonds, Board Chairman Howard Edson revealed. Mr. Edson states that plans have been approved and will be available at the school for estimates by local builders as soon as legal preliminaries are completed. A deposit will be required for each set of plans. A short city council meeting was held at the Glendale City Hall July 5. Current bills were approved for payment, and re ports were heard on progress of the new water system, ine city business tax was passed and is now law, representing a distinct forward step In city linances. The Grants Pass Presbyterian Church juniors spent a few days at the Fir Point Assembly grounds near Glendale. last week. This week the Grants Pass Pres byterian Junior High group will have use ot the grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mill and son and Mrs. C. E. Mill have been visiting the George Mill family in Glendale. Four babies were born to Glen dale couples last week, all in the Grants Pass hospital, iney in clude: A baby girl, Donna Jean, born July 4 to Mr. ana Mrs. J. Rogers; a boy, Arvill Gaines Mil ler, born to Mr, and Mrs. Orville Miller July 7; a girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. James Pryor July 8, and a boy, born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Winkleman July 9. Ex-Oregon Newspaper Scribes In Air Tragedy (Continued from Page One) Daylighters' Petition Almost Complete PORTLAND, July 12 UP) Daylight saving time advocates said today they were within 1500 names of success. Lee Stidd Jr., state daylight saving time committee chairman, said only 1,500 signatures were needed by Saturday to halt a state ban on fast time. Petitions calling for a referen dum on the Legislature's standard time bill, which outlaws daylight time except by the governor's decree, need i5,926 signatures. The vote would come in Novem ber, 1950. HERE'S THE LOWER-PRICED CAR the occupation which won him the Sigma Delta Chi award for foreign correspondence in that year. He returned to Germany in 1947 for a similar study at the in vitation of the Secretary of the Army. France awarded him the prized "Medallle de la Reconnaissance Francaise" counterpart award for other nationals to Its own medal of the resistance in recog nition of Gratkc s organization of the Monitor's coverage of France despite the Nazi occupation. Before coming to the Monitor, Gratke did free-lance writing in New York and had been on the staffs of the Detroit News, the Portland Oregonian and the Ore gon City enterprise. He began on his father's newspaper, the Astoria evening Budget. His wife, Elisabeth Whitehouse Gratke, lives at 12 Middle St., Marblehead. Fred V. Colvla Fred V. Colvlg, 36, was raised in Medford, Ore., alter graduat Ing in 1936 from the University of Oregon as a Phi Beta Kappa, he went to work for United Press for a year, then to the Portland Uregonian as a reporter, then as sistant Sunday editor. 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Six British army trucks, however. were cleared quickly by the Rus sian outpost. mere has as yet been no Rus sian explanation, although the Soviets had told the British they would send a letter today setting forth the reasons lor the new restrictions. An indication of what he ex planation might be was given in the official Soviet Army news paper Taegliche Rundschau. The paper printed a dispatch from the Soviet-Licensed news agency BPD quoting informed circles to the effect that German truckers going to Berlin through the Russian zon9 had frequently left their, prescribed routes to'buy foodstuffs with west marks which are banned in Russian- occupied Germany. Tax Code Will Be Investigated SALEM, July 12. UP) The State Board of Control ordered a complete tax Investigation to day. It will be conducted by the State lax commission, Budget Director Harry Dorman; S. W, Starr, chief of audits and Fred H. Paulus, deputy state treas urer. Tiey will study the present tax structure, investigate new tax sources, equalize taxes on income, inheritances and gifts; and study whether all tax money should be put in the state's general fund. They will report to the board by July 1, 1950, and the board will then present the findings to the legislature. A legislative interim commit tee also is making a similar siuay. The study was proposed by State Treasurer Walter J. Pear son. The board tlso directed its secretary to study whether the budgets of state institutions can be cut because of declining prices. Garage Bids Rejected By City Council (Continued From Page One) Standard Oil Enjoined From Sales Refusal LOS ANGELES, July 12 -OP) Standard Oil Co. is restrained by court order from refusing to sell gasoline to a serve-yourself firm. Eagle Oil Co., operator of 600 filling stations, several of the self-service type, in Los Angeles County, requested the restraining order granted yesterday. 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But the company wants some form of guarantee in the way of a fran chise before investing the amount necessary for the additional equipment. Use Of Hall At Issue Whether or not the Carpenters and Joiners local can construct proposed union hall, under terms of the city ordinance, de pends on the use to which the union intends to put the build ing. City Attorney Paul Geddes said the ordinance specifies that buildings for fraternities, lodges and other gathering places of this nature may be permitted in class 2 residential districts. But under the ordinance such build ings cannot be used for business purposes. The union has already purchased a lot at the Cobb Street location, but petitions bearing 25 names of property owners in the vicinity were re cently submitted to the Council protesting erection of the build ing. Councilman Frank Ashley, who is president of the Central Labor Council, said the union would use the building only as a meeting place, and that it would not be used as a hiring hall, dance hall, or place of business. , Historically, the peanut plant Is believed to have migrated from Latin America. Rent Decontrols Voted By Salem, Eugene Councils (By the Associated Press) City councils of Salem and Eugene voted last night in favor of decontrol of rents in their areas. The Salem action was a re versal of a vote on the same question before the members two weeks ago. At Eugene, where University of Oregon students swell the town's population and housing problem each school year, the vote for decontrol was 6 to 1. The recommendations will be sent to Gov. Douglas McKay for consideration under provisions of the federal rent control act. Jewelry, Cash Stolen From Portland Woman PORTLAND, July 12. 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