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10 Th News-Review, Roteburg, Or. Tuci., Aug. 16, 194 7r. N A i v DAM TAKES SHAPE lluse concrete piers rive preliminary form to the Cffi 3 r j FREAK CRASH Twenty-four pa.wwrrra and three erew members escaped death when this Northeast (Airlines plane plopped to the ground and caiwht fire after Its propellers reversed while coming in for landing at the Municipal Airport, Portland, Me. Stewardess Patricia Oonnellan, who had been flying only a month, wm hailed as the heroine of the crash. She led all passengers to safety through a rear escape hatch. The white on the plane Is fire-fighting foam. Tin Pan Alley Demands Quality In New Songs; Amateur Offered Advice By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK. (JPy The way to success In Tin Pan alley today Is as wide open as a closed door. "But It la usually an amateur songwriter's own fault If he finds the door Is closed," argues Lou Levy, president of Leeds Music company and manager of the Andrews Sisters. "He doesn't dig hard cnoiiRh, The song writing game is like ny other game. You get ahead by hard work. "But the amateur won't keep polishing his product. If he d even take the trouble to dream up a great title for his song, he'd be half-way home. "And anyone who gets one good song hit will find every door CLEAN AS A WHISTLE! The Vernon I). Clement house cleaning spe cialists can make your home as clean as a whistle. Saxe yourself time and work . . . rhonc S15-R ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN f) Complete Interior Houst Cleaning f) Window Washing A Specialty 0 Professional Floor Wosing VERNON D. CLEMENT House Cleaning Specialists Phone 815-R m$.3 (JI ! 1953. II U med ,o, ii; in Tin Tan alley will open up to him. We have too many writers now who are second rate.' The itatistics are a little de pressing to anyone who Just wants to wiile his nation's sours and practically everybody seems to want to. "Nine out of every ten people 9W ! Uti Senator. Ch.r.e. L. McNsry. ritTt -i--vr-i have tiled to write a song." said Levy. "Every year 85,000 new songs are copyrighted." And what happens to them? "Only about 5.000 of the 85,000 are even glanced at bv publish pis," said Lew, "and of this 5,' 000 perhaps only 2,000 are actual ly played and listened to. There's gold in song writing but it doesn't come easy. Advice For Amateurs Levy said too many young writ ers make the mistake of coming directly to New York to try to peddle their unpublished songs. "To put a tong over is a feat In Itself. The best way for an am aleur to get his song started is to pet it aired over his hometown radio stalion. "Instead of spending $S0 to come here himself from Akron, O,, he ought to use the money to have a band make a recording of his song. He needs a profes sional demonstration of his cre ation." Levy, now .IS, started his music publishing firm ten vears ago with and a single song copy right. Today his firm controls some 17.000 copyrighls. And Lou is buying up more right along. "I think they're a better invest ment than diamonds or old mas ters." he said. "When you buy a new song vou're never sure of what you've rot. But if an old song made money once it can do It again. PIANO MOVING We're specialists at this. Modern equipment, quick service R0SEBURG TRANSFER & STORAGE Phone 927 A6INTS rOR 10N0 DIITANCI MOVIN 101 ICONOMT-tlt US NANDll All DIIAIlt V SEN. MORSE ANSWERED Employers Not Trying To Win Strike By Breaking Union. Hawaiian Declares HONOLULU, Aug. 16. UPlDwIght C. Steele, president of the Hawaii Employers council, Monday took issue with Sen. Wayne Morse R.-Ore. on his recent Senate statements advocating arbi tration of the Hawaii waterfront strike. Steele's statement accused Morse, a member of the Senate com mittee on labor and public welfare, of taking his cue "solely on the basis of representations made by one party, namely the ILWU (CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union. This appears from the many Instances in which you have spok en without regard for the facts and data submitted to you as a member of the Senate committee on labor and public welfare by the stevedoring industry of Ha waii," the statement said. "De snlte the record, and despite its availability to you for study, not once have you credited the indus try with an lota of sincerity in negotiations. The record is abun dantly clear that the companies nave made every eiiort, save ac ceptance of arbitration of wages. to end this strike. "Hawaii is an agricultural community, depending on two crops sugar and pineapple. Sug ar and pineapple employes are almost completely organized, and collective bargaining is fully accepted. You know, this is an unusual situation in agriculture. These industries support year round employment for a large number of workers. Wages paid them are the highest agricultural wages paid anywhere in the world. Sugar workers receive an average wage in excess of $8.'X) a day and pineapple plantation workers average In excess of $9.00 per day. This compares with an average farm wage in the mainland United States of $4.25 per day. Not Trying To Break Union "You stated that Hawaii's stev edoring companies are trying to 'break the union and win the strike'? The companies are try ing to settle this strike on a fair, equitable basis; break the un ion? No. They have stated cate gorically in negotiations with the ILWU that they expect to con clude an agreement with this un ion. In further reference to strike breaking you stated they want the U.S. government to help them do it.' The stevedore companies have in no instances requested or sought government intervention of any kind. "You further stated that poor labor-management relations demonstrate a lack of aDUity. We would appreciate any exam ple where It can be shown that west coast maritime, labor rela tions, Involving the ILWU, have even approached the stability found in Hawaii since union or ganijition in 1941 to dale." The statement added that more than 400 collective bargaining agreements had been reached In Hawaii since the end of the war. Most of these have been reached with the ILWU, the statement said. Steele pointed out the employ ers a creed to accept a fact find ing hoard's recommendation of a 1-cent wage increase. The un ion rejected it. The CIO longshoremen struck 108 days ago, demanding a 32 cent increase. The basic hourly wage when they struck was $1.40. The Tea Bureau reports that two-thirds of all Americans 12 vears old and over drink iced tea in the summer. A good song never dies. It comes back every 14 years. One Big Investment Once Lew boueht a small mu sic firm Just to get the copyright on a single song "Piccolo Pete." But 1 made my money Dae because the number on the other side was 'Heartaches.' one of the hit revivals last year, he said. Lou, a former vaudeville danc er. Is as adept at picking talent as song hits. In a decade as man ager of the Andrews Sisters he built the trios salary from $12o a week to si2.ooo. He went into the entertainment field after a brief and unhappy career as a vat stirrer in a per fume factory. One dav he fell into the vat and had to be hauled to safety. i I think I am one of the lew people who ever had to be res cued from drowning in perfume," he laughed. Levy has a simple prescription to get Tin Pan alley out of its current business slump. "We have to make America n nation of piano plavers again," he said. "We could do it If thev'd put a $90 plastic piano on the market. "But so far I haven't found a manufacturer who'd trv it." 2SSWN CMM SAW Deptndoble"y PerforrnonceVl wUh o ) Oetigned one) built by Dniton, America i toremott saw manu facturer, this is the taw you need to lower your cotrs ond step up your production, h't oiy to operate, and built for trouble-free service, let in give you oil the facts obout the Oititon Chain Saw with Mercury Gasoline Engine. Come in ond talk it over. CARL J. PEETZ (20 . Stephens Phone 27t House Balks At New "Stop-Gap" Appropriation WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-UP) The House refused Monday to pass another "stopgap" appro priation bill. This left the armed services and several other government de partments without funds to oper ate after midnight last night. The House voed 176 to 15 for the "stop-gap" appropriation to finance the departments until there is more time to act on their regular appropriations. Under me procedure used, however, a two-thirds majority was requir ed for passage. Administration leaders indi cated they probably will call up the bill again, perhaps today, un der procedures that require only a majority vote. Some members said the tem porary lack of funds may "par alyze" operations of the military establishment, causing "utter confusion and chaos." Others said the economic co operation administration, which administers Marsnall plan out lays, will be without funds. But the opponents argued that refusal to pass the "stopgap" bill will force the Senate to act swiftly on the long-delaved reg ular appropriation bills already Dassed by the House and now caught in the Senate legislative jam. One Cop Kills Another; Prank CLARKSBURG, W. VA., Aug. 16 (JP A Clarksburg policeman shot and killed another early Monday and Chief E.G. Amsler said it was the result of a prank. Patrolman Chester bhack was shot through the heart. Patrolman Robert Lee Fawley, 35, is held in jail on an open charge. Chief Amsler said this is what happened: Shack and Fawley patrolled ad joining beats, meeting at the street corner at intervals. As Fawley rounded the corner this morning, Shack tossed a blackjack at him, thinking to scare him. Fawley whipped out his .38 ser vice revolver and fired. Shack staggered into Fawley's arms. Fawley called headquarters for an emergency car, wnich rushed Shack to a hospital. He died on the operating table. The Harrison county coroner said there will be an inquest. Boy Gangsters Barred From "Green Hornet" CHEYENNE. Wyo., Aug. .P) Nine boys were under court sen tence oda" not to listen to radio's "Green Hornet" any more. They told Judge Walter Phelan that the radio character was the inspiration for their "ghost or der" one of several gangs which have inflicted injuries ranging from slight bruises to a broken collar bone recently. At the hearing before Judge Phelan. it was disclosed that the boys, aged nine to 14, left a card with their victims, indicat ing the injuries were inflicted by their gang. Police cracked down on the masked gang after one of the youngster's mask slipped when they attacked a victim and he was recognized. Hi t ! Because our storage space is full. we will be unable to accept any more grain until further notice. Douglas County Flour Mill North Pint Street PHONE 13 Theyll Do It Every HUH? I WAS Just gonna CLIP THIS ITEM ABOUT ft OFFICE SHUFFLEBQARa TEAM- Plan For School Early, Advice To War Veterans World War II veterans who plan to attend school or college under the G. I. Bill for the first time this fall have been advised by the Veterans Administration to start making their arrange ments immediately. Most Institutions are expected to be as crowded as ever this year, the VA says, and unless early application is made veter ans may find themselves unable to enroll. Veterans also should aoolv to the VA for their certificate of eligibility at least 30 days ahead of time, in order to allow plenty of time for processing their ap plications and establishing their eligibility for training. ii veterans Intend to apply for larger subsistence allowances for dependents, they should be pre pared to submit the necessary documents at the proper time. veterans were also advised to come to school prepared to fi nance themselves for the first six to eight weeks of their course. Generally, first subsistence checks will be received by veteran-students after they have completed 30 days of training. Field Men Assigned To Fight 'Hopper Menace WASHING fON, Aug. 16 -;P Agriculture field men have been assigned to g.asshopper infested areas In Oregon. Rep. Stockman (R-Ore) said. He told a reporter the depart ment has assured him that suf ficient funds will be made avail able for the control work there. The department's experts, h e added, believe the state can be protected from any further In vasion of the particular type of insect that has plagues the state this year. He said the depart ment reported no further exten sive mlgraions of grasshoppers from Wyoming and Montana, where he said most of the insects originated this year. France Given OK To Buy Cotton Under ECA Setup WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 CP) The Economic Cooperation ad ministration today gave France an okay to buy $20,000,000 worth cf cotton from United States sup pliers under the Marshall plan. The spending approval was contained in new recovery grants INSURANCE AUTO LIFE AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance 0. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank huh? i wasW don't you pare I kfoJ LA--- mL MVSy-J I oi 1W. KINO rEATI'REII nHMrATt. Ibc, Of Time OF THAT PAPER TILL Sl-TraH f VE. 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