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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1949)
j) Ms3Ar. 3 Ji w - j fVEf Tehphoto) THE VEEP'S WEDDING PRESENT M"- Carleton S. Hadley stands beside the new Oldsmeblle convertible given to her in St. Louis, Mo, by her liance. Vice President Alben W. Barkley. The vehicle is black with a tan top and cost $3000. I Costs Of Welfare Appear Modest Compared To U.S. Military Budget By DOUGLAS LARSEN ' NEA SUff Cormpondwit WASHINGTON (NEA ) A congressional report Just completed attempts to give an abjective, non-political analysis of just how much of a "welfare state" America does have. It's a study of what is being done by government directly to aid the unemployed and low-income families. The suthsrs.. istisbers of the Joint Commltte on the Economic Keport, avoid any com ment on what is good or bad about the various programs. But certain evaluations are obvious. Most apparent is the modest cost of this country's direct "wel fare" efforts in comparison to the staggering expenditures on such things as foreign aid and national defense. For instance, last year the total bill for old-age assistance, aid to dependent chil dren, aid to the blind and general assistance was sijou.ouo.ouo. That includes costs to federal, state and local governments. Per U. s. inhabitant the cost was $11.86. That's close to less than one-tenth of what was spent for military purposes. Under a new public low-rent hnusin? Drneram annual mntri. butions of about $238,000,000 have been authorized for the whole country. That's Just ' about the same sum appropriated for mill' tary housing. There are about 17,200,000 Ex-GI Confesses 150 Burglaries In Five Months SAN FRANCISCO, -UP) A 21-year-old ex-GI, who said he had a Japanese wife and baby daughter in Tokyo, walked into central police station and said he had averaged $400 a week for the last five months from 150 burglaries. , The youth Floyd Christy, was booked for investigation. Christy turned a .22 caliber pistol over to police. The Inspec tors' bureau- said he admitted committing the burglaries in rortiana, ios Angeles and San Francisco. The police report said Christy gave this account: He would knock on the door of a darkened home. If anyone answered, he would ask for a firtitlntis pirl and ffo awav. If not, he would jimmy a 'window and make off with cash and jew elry. He Joined the Army when he was 18, he told newsmen, and went to Japan as an agent from the criminal investigation depart ment. There, he said, he married a 20-year-old Japanese girl nam ed' Toshiko and they had a dau ghter, Linda. He was discharged from the army last June and enrolled in an airplane designing school in Los Angeles but lasted only ten days, he said. Christy, an orphan, said h e spent three years in the Oregon State training school for boys at Woodburn for petty theft. i The Place to Look for the Best in HYDRAULIC Farm Tools Farmers are really going for hydrauli oally operated machines and John Deere, as usual, is out ahead with the EXCLUSIVE DUAL hydraullo POWR TROL. It's the nearest thing yet to eompletely automatlo operation of drawn and Integral equipment! Hrw I fw Jfk' tWl I Lifts . . Lowers . . . Regulates Integral and Drawn Equipment At a touch of your hand the John Deere POWR-TROL hydraullo svstem con trols drawn implements through an easily-attached remote cylinder integ- equlpment from tne rockshafts. You RAISE and LOWER plow bottoms, grain drill openers, mower cutter bars, combine platforms . . . ANGLE and STRAIGHTEN disk harrow gangs . . . Instantly change working angle, depth or height without slowing down. We'll be glad to demonstrate the hydraullo POWR-TROL on new John Deere trac tors. A limited number of changeover, for present machine, are available too. Ask us. t .rrrrtT LOOK"in rv. . Go outfora trial drive! Get the newest motoring thrill! New 1950 Studebaker's WmdeRide" TAKE a look take a ride and you'll take it away!" That's what people everywhere are saying about the excitingly different 1950 Stude- Come in now and see for yourself how right they are. Arrange to go out for a convincing trial arive in a raw, long, alluring, new 1950 Srudcbaker. Enjoy to the full the deep-bedded, soft-sprung comfort of the new Stude baker "Miracle Ride." Come in and drive this 1950 Stude baker! See how different it is! Try out this car that's being bought faster than any Studebaker in history! KEEL MOTOR CO. 443 N. Jackson Phone 129 workers who are not covered by any kind of old-age or unemploy ment insurance. They include ag ricultural workers, domestic help and others. . The report states: "Inability to engage in gainful work because of illness or injury ranks high among the economic hazards of .workers inMhe U. S. But only the states of Rhode Island, California and New Jer sey now administer temporary disability Droerams providing cash benefits in case of nonoccu pational disability." Those examples show how little co-ordination that there has been in the long-time development or overall welfare programs. The money is not going to satisfy greatest needs first. Nevertheless, the report furnishes an Imposing list of activities that are being carried on in this field. By August of this year there were over 2,600,000 persons get tincr old-age assistance and 1,400.- 000 dependent children receiving help. The federal government does not give direct cash help to needy persons except in those two categories, and in the case of a few persons who come under a "general assistance" program. Farm support Big Aid Under tne omce oi vocational rehabilitation, which works with the state agencies, 58,000 handi capped persons a year get rehabil itation training which enables them to become self-supporting. There are federal grants to the states totaling $22,000,000 a year for health and wciiare services for mothers and children and crippled children. And about one nuarter of all U. S. kids in public schools benefit from the national school-lunch program adminis tered by the department of agri culture. The authors admit that several other important federal pro grams, which they don't consider in detail, contribute indirectly to helping low-income families. They say: "Perhaps the most Important of these are the agricultural price supported program, although not specifically direct to that end, has reduced sharply the number of low-income farm families. Neith er does this report cover such broad general programs as educa tion or public health, which pro vide services that are of great significance to low-income fami lies but which are also available to the community as a whole." It is this latter area where the "welfare state" becomes a strict ly, political issue. ' . i , . ' o Library Building Aides Win Board's Gratitude The library board of the Can yonville Woman's Civic club has a feeling of gratitude toward John Bingham Jr.; C. E. Parker, L. B. Anderson, William Cox and George Binder, who donated their time Sunday to the new library building at the corner of Fine and 5th in Canyonville. At noon the ladies of the club served a chicken dinner to the workers in the council room of the city hall. The foundation for the building was laid last spring, but because it was believed the new highway was going to go on Fine street, work was suspended until the present time. It was recently learned tne nignway win be far ther west than Pine street. The building which the city do. nated last year to the club to be used as a library was found to be inadequate, so it was decided to buy materials and with the help of tne community, to erect a Det ter building with little additional cost. Now that the building has been started, it is hoped others will do nate a day's work toward the project. Persons should contact John Bingham Jr. or L. B. Ander son, or come to the building Sun day, if they can spare a few hours to work. Tuei., Nov. 22, 1949 The Ntwi-Rtvlew, Rosaburg, Ore. k 'i 1-29 BOMBERS COLLIDE Two B-29 bombers of the 92nd Bombardment group stationed at Spokane, Wash. on a routine training flight with eleven other Superfortt, collided high over Stockton, Calif., and crashed, on in flames. 18 crewmen are missing. Above is pictured the wreckage of tha plane which ploughed six feet into the mud on Rindge Tract, two miles north of the wreckage of the other aircraft, about 7 miles northwest of Stockton. There was one survivor from this plana. (AP Wirephotol. . ' ro,... 'Orf., Is Yours Enough? AFTER a fire, you may find the amount of insur ance you carry is not nearly enough to cover the loss to your household goods. Before it is too late, come in and check up the amount of your insurance with this Hartford agency. R. O. YOUNG Phone 417 20S W. Cass St. Rosaburg Club To Mull Proposed Angling Rule Changes Proposed changes in angling regulations will be drafted at a meeting of the Roseburg Rod and Gun club tonight at 8 p. m. at the club house at Winchester. The recommended chance must be submitted in time for presentation to the State Game commission at its January ses sion, and this will be the last meeting for this purpose, it was, announced. All sportsmen are in vited to be present. New City Officers At Canyonville Begin Duty Canyonvllle's new city officers began their duties Monday, Nov. 21, after being sworn in the pre-, vious luesoay nignt Dy uy re corder H. J. Hash. The new officers are "Poo" Green, mayor: Laura Goodell. re corder; Lela Hamlin, treasurer; councilmen i or two-year terms, J. C, Beals, C. F. Ferguson and Clinton Atherton; councilmen for one year term, Emmett Moyer. utner nusiness at tne Tuesday night council meeting included the tabling of the resignation of Police Chief Harry W. Howard. by the outgoing council members. IPYOUfeE'HOWN TALKOFYET-. ' if ' .evl m arm s ..eTtrie WHISTLE J mVm SH0P QUARTS Imperial is made by Hiram Walker. Blended whiskey. 86 proof. 70 grain neutral spirits. Hiram Walker Sons Inc., Peorit, Illinois. r"335 1 IMPERIAL F.FTV. IW T 1 j t& Oil helps grow food for you... in Hawaii Beyond the Islands', coral beaches, behind their blue, cliff-sharp hills, lie some of the most efficiently mechanized farming areas in all the world. The pineapple you eat and much of the sugar you serve are grown, not in palm. shaded tropical valleys, but on broad fields of rich, red soil . . , contour ploWed, expertly cultivated, carefully harvested. And in all these jobs, oil plays a major pare Oil powers plows and cultivators; petroleum emulsions control weeds in fields of young cane and pineapple plants; at harvest time, huge Diesel machines rake and load 130 tons of cane an hour, and ripe pineapples are gathered on conveyor belts. Trucks snd barges speed the harvest to can neries and mills. Supplying the oil Hawaii needs has been Standard of California's job ever since kerosene lamps burned in Honolulu's lighthouse. Today, this service has spread to all the Islands . . . provides millions of gallons of petroleum products every year . . . helps insure better living for the Islanders and better food for you. turn'