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MRS. CRACE BUSH cuts a birthday cake presented to her dur-
ing rett period last Saturday by her fellow employes at the
New Service laundry on West Lane street. Pictured with her
is Mrs. Mabel Walbrecht.
Mrs. Bush has been engaged in laundry work for 31 years
' and in point of service is the oldest employee of the laundry,
having been there since 1932. The previous year the business
had been purchased by J.' A. Hart, present owner.
CHEST DRIVE CONTINUES
Goal To Be Reached Even
If Necessary To Extend
Time. Art Lamka States
Art Lamka, Roseburg Community Chest secretary, yesterday
noted a "favorable reaction" among local businessmen to the con
tinuation of the city fund drive.
He said the city was still inching its way toward the $25,500
quota set when the drive opened early in November. An additional
$1,000 in donations over the last ten days raises the present total
to $21,000 still approximately $5,000 short of the goal.
T ..M It la tha nlan nt iha
In fhe Day's News
v By FRANH JENKINS ' -
V fTRAWS In the world winds:
J Czechoslovakia (Moscow com
munist ruled) is "purging"
Titoists. ' .
, Bulgaria (Moscow communist
ruled) is purging Titoists.
Yugoslavia (TITO COMMU
NIST ruled) is purging Stalinists.
WE'RE happy, of course, to see
these various breeds of com
munists purging each other. But
what will happen if and when
their tempers become so inflamed
by the purges that they START
SHOOTING?
.
OPTIMISTIC (but improbable)
thought:
Wouldn't It be WONDERFUL
If they kept It up till they purged
each other completely out of the
picture?
REPRESENTATIVE J. Parnell
Thomas, Republican, goes to
Jail for stealing money out of
the government till. Confused
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FIRE HITS GUN CLUB
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 UP)
Fire fighters were kept hopping
as flames destroyed an office,
h repair shop and ammunltioi
' I warehouse at the Portland Gun
club east of here yesterday.
I About 50 cases of shotgun shells
Vere in the flames, the shells
popping like firecrackers.
BENEFIT HIKES COMING
Two Million WarVets.
Widows Will Get Fatter
Checks After January 1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. WV-Some 2,000,000 war veterans and
their dependents are due shortly for that Congress-voted raise in
the amount of benefit money they receive from the government
The Veterans administration announced yesterday that checks
to be issued late this month for delivery after Jan. 1 will show
increases voted by the 81st Congress. These cover service connected
disability and death compensations.
Veterans with service connect
ed disabilities ranging from 10 to
100 percent in degree will receive
8.7 percent more money than
they have in the past
The old rates range from $13.80
to $138.00 a month for war serv
ice and $11.04 to $110.40 for peace
time service, depending on the
dogree of disability.
The new scale raises these
rates to $15 minimum and $150
maximum for war service disa
bilities; $13 minimum and $120
maximum for peacetime serv
ice. About 58.000 widows receiving
compensation because of the
service connected death of a vet
eran, and who have one or more
children, also will get Increases,
Chest agencies to continue the
drive until tne quota is met, even
if it means going into February
or March." .
He said It the quota is met, the
six participating agencies will not
be forced to conduct separate
Hrl.raa in rafcA mnnpv with which
to operate during the coming
year.
By successiui completion oi
the ririvp we will have a true
'one-package' campaign," Lamka
said, pointing out that this type
ui campaign woa i.ic unc en
dorsed by 90 percent of the Rose
hnffr huatnpcampn in rpfinnnsp to
a Chamber of 'Commerce ques
tionnaire.
Clvlo Clubs' Aid Cited
by the five local men's service
clubs ana two women s organiza
tions which have aided in con
ducting the drive. He said these
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Taxes Erasing Small
Business, Expert Declares
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 UP)
A tax expert declared today that
high estate and Inheritance taxes
are slowly wiping out the nation's
small businesses.
Federal and state tax proper
ties, he said, are forcing estate
liquidation and making it almost
impossible for a business to pass
from father to son.
This was the picture drawn by
W. T. Hackett, vice president and
trust officer of the Huntington
National bank of Columbus, Ohio,
before a Senate-House Economic
committee studying ways to en
courage more investment in
small firms.
Inheritance taxes pick off small
businesses one by one, Hackett
said, as those who inherit usual
ly are forced to sell to get enough
cash to pay up.
The monthly payment for a wid
ow with one child is increased
from $100 to $105, and the allow
ance for each additional child
from $15 to $25, where the veter
an's death was due to war serv
ice. For death in peacetime serv
ice, the widow receives 80 per
cent of the war rates.
The new law also grants an In
crease in disability compensation
navable to 20.000 World War 1
veterans whose disabilities are
rlanlfied as "presumed to be due
to military service." Previously
entitled to only 75 percent of the
rates pavable for direct service
connected disabilities, veterans
in this group now will receive
the full rate.
The Weather
Mostly cloudy today, with oc
casional rain tonight. Showery
Wednesday.
Sunset today 4:38.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:38.
Established 1873
Oregon Wants
No CVAf Says
Wayne Morse
Senator Voices Claim
Following Tour Of State;
Hoover Report Backed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -4JP)
Senator Wayne Morse said here
today that be found in a monthV
tour of Oregon that the people of
his state oppose President Tru
man's proposal for a Columbia
Vallev administration in the Pa
cific Northwest. The agency
would be administered by a board
of there appointed by the presi
dent. "I found that in regard to the
CVA issue the people agreed with
me, generally, that we should not
take away from the people a vot
ing voice in determining the poli
cies which are to be adoped in
developing the river resources of
the Pacific Northwest," Morse
said.
"I found the Democrats will
make a great mistake if they
think the people of Oregon are
going to accept the pending CVA
bill as a satisfactory solution to
the need of greater coordination
of state and federal agencies
charged with developing sound
power construction, flood control,
reclamation, wild life and land
utilization programs in the Pa
cific Northwest.
"They have no intention of
turning over to three executive
appointees any such economic
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Lost Girl Still
Sought In Woods
KELSO. Wash.. Dec. 13. UP)
Through wet brush that soaked
them to the waist within minutes.
hopeful townspeople plodded on
today in their search for a 16-year-old
girl scout missing two
days.
. Hundreds took part, . fanning
but in the rugged hills six miles
northeast of here, an area over
grown with vines .brush and drip-
)lng evergreens a coio, wet
ungle with a slippery snow
blanket.
More than two Inches of snow
have fallen since Ruth Aberle
became lost while looking in the
woods for a Christmas tree for a
scout party.
rne tnermometer aroppea oe
low freezing Sunday night, and
it was close to the freezing noint
last night. Woodsmen said there
was little hope that the pert high
scnool gin couia nave survivea
even the first night.
The girl was with three teen
age companions when she dis
appeared. Her brother. Bill, first
went off to hunt a tree for the
scout party. Then she decided to
leave tne otner two to join Bin.
He came back In 45 minutes. Ruth
did not return.
She was clad quite warmly ex
cept for her feet. She wore blue
Jeans, two sweaters and a heavy
coat, cut ner snoes were ngiu
and low-cut.
Oregon Storm Blamed
For Traffic Deaths
PORTLAND. Dec. 13. UP)
The storm that drove rain Into
western Oregon and snow into
the mountains drew partial blame
yesterday for two highway
deaths.
Rain obscured the vision of
drivers at Portland and Hillsboro,
where pedestrians were killed.
The Portland victim was Mrs.
Orville Odiums, 41, the city's 27th
traffic fatality in 1949. Bertha
Margaret Ridings, about 50, was
killed at Hillsboro.
An earth slide blocked the Co
lumbia river highway near Larch
mountain east of Portland last
night. Eight-foot thick boulders
barricaded the road until high
way crews began clearing the
route.
Dr. Geo. E. Houck Suffers
Attack Of Pneumonia
Dr. George E. Houck, Rose
burg, was rushed to Mercy hos
pital last evening to receive me
dical treatment for an attack of
virus pneumonia. His condition
this morning was reported some
what better. His wife, who re
cently underwent a major opera
tion in Portland, is reported to be
convalescing satisfactorily a t
their home on South ' Stephens
street. Her daughter, Mrs. Ala
line Fields, of Portland arrived
in Roseburg Monday to spend a
few days visiting.
Portland Youth Killed
In Texas Traffic Crash
ORANGE, Tex., Dec. 13
Carl Lester Kruse, 20, Portland,
Ore., was killed today In the col
lision of his motorcycle and a
truck on highway 90 Just across
the Texas border in Louisiana.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Kratise sr., of Portland, he was
enroute from Pensacola, Fla., to
his home. The truck driver, who
was not hurt, said Krause ap
parently was trying to pass an
other truck at the time.
Corpse On
Highway Has
Bullet Wound
The body of Joseph Francis
Renfro, Sutherlin, about 20, was
found beside the highway north
of the Winchester bridge about
7 a. m. today, bearing a bullet
wound.
The case was investigated by
state police, the sheriff's office
and deputy coroner.
According to Sgt. Holly Hoi
comb, death was caused by a
gunshot wound in the body near
the heart. It is understood, he
said, that Renfro recently pur
chased a gun he allegedly used.
The body was lying at the side
of the road near his parked
car.
Renfro was born March 14,
1899, in Chandler, Oklahoma. He
was a member of the Eagles
lodge 3014, Sutherlin.
He Is survived by his widow,
Margaret A. Renfro; his mother,
Mrs. Annie May Renfro, Los An
geles, Calif., a brother, John W.,
and a sister, both of Germany.
Funeral arrangements will oe
announced later from the Rose
burg Funeral Home.
Kentro nao made complete ar
rangements for his funeral last
Friday afternoon, but had given
no other hint of a possible suicide,
according to L. L. Powers of the
Riseburg Funeral Home.
Polls Open Until 8 p.m.
For Annexation Vote
Polls will remain open until 8
p.m. today for balloting by city
voters on acceptance of proposed
annexation of suburban areas.
Areas affected are West Rose
burg, Sleepy Hollow-Miller's addi
tion ana Beuian addition.
Voters registered in ward 1 will
vote downstairs in the court
house; ward 2 at Junior high
school; ward 3 at the, Roseburg
hotel, and ward 4 at tne city nan.
Gunman Seized '
After Wounding
Four Persons
SEATTLE, Dec. 13 -W A
berserk gunman was captured
Monday after he wounded four
persons, three critically, in an
exchange of shots near Snoqual
mie, 25 miles cast of here.
The gunman, identified by one
of his victims as Walter Peden,
unemployed mlllworker about 60
years old, was captured by one
of the men he had wounded.
The most seriously wounded
was State Patrolman Paul John
son, 30, who had rushed earlier
to Ernie's grove, about one mile
from Meadowbrook off the main
road from Snoqualmie, to inves
tigate reports of a shooting. His
condition was "very poor" at a
Seattle hospital where he was
taken for treatment.
In fair condition in a North
Bend hospital were C. S. John
ston, 64, and Gordon L. Peters,
58, both of North Bend.
Johnson and officer Clair Pow
ers went to Peden's home after
receiving a report that he had
shot Johnston, Peters and George
Fitzgerald, who was only slightly
Injured.
Peden was taken to Seattle but
would give no reason for his ac
tion. He had had dinner last night
with Johnston.
All he would say on his way to
Seattle was "I don't know why I
did it." Then he laughed.
U. S. Becoming Nation Of
Clock Watchers, He Says
SPOKANE, Deo. 13. (PI
Dean Charles McAllister of the
Cathedral of St. John told
Washington state dairymen
yesterday American was "be
coming a nation of clock watch
ers." The only thing that can save
Democracy, he said, will be
"People who are willing, to
work for something. The trend
toward socialism la being caus
ed by people who are unwlll
Ing to accept responsibility."
California Truck Crops
Damaged By Cold Snap
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 P
Extensive loss to truck crops was
reported today but a warming
sun promised a break In a two-
day com snap.
In the Imperial valley, farm
ers feared the midwinter pea
crop was an almost total loss
from temperatures as low as 24
degrees, with heavy damage to
tomatoes, squash and possibly to
some citrus.
TO APPEAL CASE
PORTLAND. Dec, 13 UP) A
drue store firm Involved n labor
trouble said It would appeal to
the courts for aid.
The Haleston Drug stores said
it would appeal from an NLRB
decision in which the NLRB re
fused to handle the case on the
ground that Interstate commerce
was not Involved. The firm had
accused the AFL Culinary Work
ers of unfair labor practices.
ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, DEC.
Civil Rights
Program Will
Be Pressed
Oleo Tax Repeal, Social
Security Expansion Also
Will Confront Congress
By JACK BELL 1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -OP)
The Truman administration
chose the hard road today in a
quest lor civil rignts legislation:
It issued a demand for Senate
passage early next year of a fair
employment practices bill. '
Senator Lucas of Illinois,' the
Democratic leader, disclosed the
plan to seek a vote on the FEPC
bill. He said the attempt will be
made early in the next session
which he hopes will complete
work on president Truman s
"fair deal" program in July.
Lucas explained that he thinks
the FEPC bill is the heart of the
president's civil rights program.
It is aimed at curbing Job dis
crimination based on a worker's
color, race or religion. It also is
the most controversial of sever
al measures the president has
recommended and thus faces the
hardest fight
Some advocates have said it
might be easier to win approval
of the civil rights program on a
step by step basis. They want
anti-poll tax and anti-lynching
bills considered first. '
However, Lucas said the anil
lynching bill now on the Senate
calendar, is not satisfactory to
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Geo. Spaur New
State Forester
The state board of forestry
today announoed the appoint
ment of George Spaur, Rose
burg, as state forester.
Spaur has been acting fores
ter since the death of N. S.
Rogers In September. For three
years , before that, he wis
deputy state forester..,ft.-- -
The new forester Is a mem
ber of the pioneer Douglas
county family which settled In
the Winston area. . Born in
Douglas county, Spaur Is a
graduate of Roseburg senior
high . school and of Oregon
State college, with a master's
degree In forestry. He Joined
the state forestry department
In 1937. ...
He was appointed deputy
state forester following his re
turn from the service. He now
holds the rank of colonel In the
army reserves.
Rain Promises Relief
For Needy New York City
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-m
Good news for water-short New
York and northern New Jersey
seeped down from their northern
watershed areas today.
Steady, soaking rains of more
than an inch fell In several coun
ties, l he rain and muggy weather
melted heavy snow cover in some
areas. Streams which had been
dry or only a trickle for months
of drought were running again.
All this will be of help to Ihe
parched reservoirs upon which
me nuge metropolitan area de
pends. City officials emphasized there
was st ill a water shortage, how
ever. They went ahead with sev
eral conservation schemes, Includ
ing a water holiday on Friday.
TREE CUTTERS FINED
SHELTON, Dec. 13 UP)
Three men arrested for cutting
Christmas trees ellegally on
Washington state land were fin
ed $200 each yesterday approxi
mately one dollar for each tree.
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YULE TRAIN! For subway-trained New York youngsters, an
ideal treat ii a ride on this eerial train through the toy depart.
i . . U; !ntmnt ttnr Far ulna cants, a child can ride
high above 280 of clerics,
Christmas shopping confusion.
13, 1949
New Zealand Has
Government Shift
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SYDNEY HOLLAND
AUCKLAND. New Zealand.
Dec. 13 UP) Sidney Holland,
leader of the national partv
whose election victory ended this
country's 14-year labor govern
ment rule, was sworn in today as
the new Prime Minister of New
Zealand. He succeeds ; Laborite
Peter Fraser.
The affable 56-year-old prime
minister is a man with the com
mon touch. He got that way
tramping over most of New Zeal
and trying to sell a spray pump
which was the chief product In an
engineering works he founded.
The engineering works later be
came a sizable business.
Holland has been in Parliament
since 1935, when he won the seat
vacated by his father, who re
signed. He was the only national
party member in Parliament
then when the labor government
first was swept into power in
landslide election. -:;..
Woman Kills Her
Husband, Son, Self
PENDLETON. N. C. Dec. 13.
(P) A woman who apparently
believed she was being persecuted
by her husband and son shot both
to death and then took her own
life at their farm home near here.
The three were found dead in
their beds yesterday.
Coroner James T. Buff aloe of
Northhamnton county ruled the
deaths "premeditated murder and
suicide. He laentmea tne vic
tims as Mrs. Roberta L. Stephen
son, 53, her husband, D. D.
Stephenson, 59, prominent farm
er, and their son, B. Coley
Stephenson, 29, World War II
veteran.
The coroner said Mrs. Stephen
son, in 111 health for some time,
evidently had been studying plans
for the triple slaying for some
time. Found in the big home were
a marked book on the most effec
tive way to kill wild game, several
notes and a discharged 22 cali
bre rifle.
The notes Indicated Mrs. Ste
phenson thought she was being
persecuted, Buffaloe said.
Prime Minister Quits In
Australian Party Loss
' SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 13
UP) Prime Minister Joseph B.
Chlfley, whose eight-year old la
bor government was defeated by
a free enterprise coalition in Sat
urday's balloting, tendered his
resignation today. He will be suc
ceeded by Robert Gordon Men
zles, leader of the triumphant co
alition. counters, customers and general
mi u
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192-49
Reform Plans
Summarized
In Eight Points
Ex-President Hoover
Forecasts $2 Billion
Saving To Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 UP)
A campaign for government re
form today boiled down to an
eight point program drawn up
oy Herbert Hoover, tie lore-
cast that it would save tne tax
payers $2,000,000,000 a year.
The former president, address.
Ing the National Reorganization
conference predicted that this fis
cal year's $5,500,000,000 excursion
Inti; red ink may be exceeded in
tne lonowing year.
"We mav be turning two Fran
kenstelns loose In the land,"
Hoover said. "Their terrifying
names are higher taxes and in
flatlon'."
The estimate of a $5,500,000,
000 deficit for this fiscal year,
ending next June 30, Is President
iTumans.
The conference, sponsored by
the non-partisan citizens commit
tee for the Hoover report, neared
its close today. Its wind-up sched
ule included presentation of an
award to Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson for his "courage
ous efforts" at cost-cutting and
unification in the military estao-
nsnment.
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, nation-
(Continued on Page Two)
Write-in Rival
Defeats Brady For
Labor Council Job
PORTLAND. Dec. 13 UP)
Phil Brady, president of the AFL
Portland Central Labor council
for 15 years, was defeated for
re-election last nignt Dy two vot
es In a write-in contest. .
Rov F.' Renoud. assistant - nua
iness- agent of the "Electrical
workers, neat uraay, to oz.
Renoud was not on the ballot.
. It apparently was part of a re
volt aealnst the teamsters union.
Brady a member of the State
Legislature is head oi tne fort
land council of teamsters. Other
teamsters defeated in last night's
voting were to candidates for
trustee positions: Oscar Abelson
and Mark Holmes.
Renoud ran against Brady a
year ago when the electrical
workers cnargea mat teamsters
were going through their picket
line at a struck appliance store.
There have been other com
plaints on -this score, but team
sters have answered they were
merely fulfilling contracts.
Renoud was nominated for a
place on the ticket at a nominat
ing meeting last week, but failed
to meet council requirements
that he either be present or say
in writing that he would accept.
So, ruled off the ballot, he he
came a write-in candidate, p
Britons Getting More
Food, Ministry States .
LONDON, Dec. 13 UP)
Britons are eating more, now
than two years ago, the ministry
of food announced today.
Consumption of some food
stuffs is even higher than before
the war, It said.
The annual average consump
tion of meat however, fell from
90 pounds in 1946 to lust under 70
pounds in 1948-49. The ministry
said that supply difficulties in
Argentina and Canada caused a
fall of imports of meat and bacon
respectively.
Britons are eetting now 55 per
cent more milk, 30 percent more
dairy products and 25 percent
more fish than before the war.
It added that the per capita
dally calorie level now averages
2,980.
Guests Discover Couple
Dead Of Bullet Wounds
, ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 13
-UP) Anchorage police said to
day that a middle-aged construc
tion worker and his wife were
found shot to death In their home
Saturday. They listed it as a
slaving and suicide.
The victims were Don Fullon,
45, and his wife, Ruth, 40, well
known nurse with the territorial
Health department.
Eight dinner guests arrived at
the Fulton home and waited an
hour before they discovered the
bodies. Mrs. Fulton was lying in
the bathroom with two bullet
holes in her chest. Fulton was
stretched on the bedroom floor
with a gaping hole in his head.
Police said they believed the
couple had quarreled, and Ful
ton shot his wife, then took his
own life.
STORK FAVORS OREGON
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. UP)
Oregon was the safest state tn
the nation for women at child
birth In 1948, the State Health
office reported today.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, head
of the office, said that the ma
ternal mortality rate was four
tenths of a percent in 1,000 births.
Only 15 mothers died In 34,937
oirtns, n said.
19 Survivors
Hurt , Some Of
Them Badly
Craft Veers Off Radar
Path During Fog White
Heading For Airport
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-f
- A Capital airliner wandered
off a radar path leading into fog.
bound National airport last night
and crashed in the mud of the
Potomac river, carrying four ot
the 23 persons on board to their
death.
The 19 survivors an amazingly
high number for a plane crash-
were taken to a hospital. Many
were badly hurt. . .
wavy and air loroe men wno
sped to the scene in crash boat
credited a number of factors for
the high rescue rate. High on tht
list were luck and the relative
calm of the survivors most of
them servicemen going home to
spend Christmas.
In addition, there were reports
that the plane's wheels were not
in landing position, but were re
tracted Into the fuselage. If true,
this would indicate that the pilot
Pakistan Plane Crash
Kills All 25 Aboard
KARACHI,' Pakistan, Dee. IS.
(Pi All 21 pasaangera and a
orew of - four were reported
killed In a Pakistan transport
plane orash last night 45 mllei
north of here, In destrt coun
try. had changed his mind about land
ing. It may have kept the death
toll down bv preventing the plan
from turning completely over In
the river's mud. With the wheels
up, a compartlvely smooth water
Innritncf uphi nnnslhlp.
rne plane, a uu-j, naa taxen
off from Memphis, Tenn., and had
made one stop at Norfolk, Va.
It arrived over Washington dur
ing what officials called one ot
the worst traffic days in the hog
tory of National airport. . .
The field was blanketed by fog
and soaked by a steady rain.
Weather conditions were de
scribed as "approximately mini
mum 4UO-ioot ceiling ana visi
bility of about 34 of a mile.
Swerves In Descant
The DC-3 took it splace over
the field In a "stack" of plane
which at one time numbered 40
aircraft, all waiting for a chance
to land. After about an hour, the
Capital l airliner started down.
(Continued on Page Two)
U. S-, Bulgers Near
Breaking Point
i i .
By The Associated Press '
Diplomatic relations between
the United States and Coram
nlst-led Bulgaria were near tht
snapping point today.
In Washington, Undersecretary
of State James E. Webb yester
day called In Dr. Peter Voutov,
top Bulgarian representative, for
a stiff warning. . i
Tne unitea states cnirsn
mining in Snfln hna'heen sub
jected to a series of indignities.
Articles in tne Bulgarian pra
nairt th n S State ripnArtment
and Minister Donald R. Heath de
liberately lied in denying the mln
siter had ever seen Trlacho Ros
tov, former vice premier, who la
the central figure In the current
purge trial,
it-notnv with 10 defendants.
is charged with plotting to mak
n.,ln-g uhsnrvlent tn Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia, arch-enemy
Of tne Soviet union, ine cniugei
against the 11 said the plot was
motivated ana encouragro uy
British and American intelli
gence. . '
Should a Drean come, it wouiu
be a partial reversal of tat
rfanortm-nt nnlllM. Tt tlAS beeil
keeping representative in com
munist capitals, regaroiesa oi
ippiiniwl rolntlnna. so thev can
serve as a "window" behind the
Imtt .t,t-tntn and Mnrl back Un
censored reports. In Sofia th
communists nave an dui owencu
out the legation "window."
Taxi Drivers Lose
Licenses In Morals Case
SALEM, Dec. 13 UP) The
Salem city council last night re
voked the licenses of nine taxi
cab drivers Involved In morals
charges with a 14-year-old girl.
They are among 14 men charg
ed with rape and contributing to
the delinquency of the girl.
The council delayed considera
tion of a proposal to revoke the
licenses of the three cab com
panies which hired the drivers,
HIGHWAYS IMPROVED
CATtriur nM 1 1 inn Hloh.
way conditions in Oregon were
mucn improvea toaay as pacKea
snow in mountain passes ,waa
sanded, the State Highway com
mission said.
Chains are still requlrea, now
ever, near Meacham, La Grande,
John Day, Austin and Seneca.
Levity fact J ant
By L. F. Relzensteln
A let of congressmen ere
swotting the Truman administra
tion for "went and eitreve
ganct" but se far none of them
have offered te ease the situa
tion by refunding the big in
crease In their salary pint
more allowance for clerk hire.