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2 Tht Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Tuei., Jan. 3, 1950 Roseburg Wind Velocity In Dec. Low As Usual Roseburg lived up to lis name (as the city with the lowest wind velocity where a weather bureau station Is maintained) during the month ot December, according to a report released Tuesday by Richard S. Way, acting official in charge of the local bureau. "As usual," the report stales, "winds were quite llRht, averaging 4 mph. with prevailing direction south." However, a velocity of 29 mph. was recorded for a brief period during the afternoon of Dec. 4. The average temperature for December (41.8) was normal, ac cording to statistics, with a low ol J!9 on Dec. 4 and Dec. JO and a high of 69 on Dec. 4. Freezing temperatures were reached on nine days during the month. We didn't have as much rain as normal, the report says. The 3.82 inches recorded was 1.52 Inches below average. Some rain fall occurred on 22 days, and traces of snow were recorded on . six days. The month was rather cloudy, with only one comnletelv clear day, three partly cloudy, and 27 ciouay aays. The wettest December on rec- ord was 12.82 Inches of nrecinita tion In 1907. The driest was 1.46 Inches In 1903. That "lucky old sun" shone on Roseburg 69 hours during the past month, statistics show. That's out oi a possible ibo hours. County Schools' Growth Shown In Bond Issues (Continued from Page One) the 1948-49 school year. This to . tal does not Include the Rose burg school district, and Is for grades 1-12. Teachers Increased by 50 Another Indication of county chool growth Is the Increase of teachers from 300 to 350. Barne- burg said there are two exdana. tiorw for this Increase. The. first. of course, is the Jump in enroll ment, nowever, ne said tne coun ty school system would not be justified in adding fifty addition al teachers because ot a pupil increase oi wf. Barneburg said the principal explanation Is that additional classroom apace was made avail able. Not onlv did this sneederi up building program alleviate overcrowded conditions In county scnoois, k aiso lessened the load on those faculty members who were teaching classes In existing rooms. As more rooms became available, more teachers were hired. Barneburg said the addi tional teachers made It possible for the county school system to meet the standards of teaching efficiency set by 1he state.- ' A third malor Increase noted during the 1948-49 school year was the revised property evaluation from $39,500,000 last year to Daptndobl Parforman with" VSSTON CHAW SAW D.iign.d end built by Diiilon, America's foremost law manu-, faetvrer, this h Ihe saw you' need to lower your com and step up your production. It's ay to operate, and built for trouble-free service, let us give you all the facts about the Oiitton Chain Saw with Mercury Gasoline Engine. Come in ond talk it over. CARL J. PEETZ 920 4. 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Long and Orr Is In charge of local arrangements. The body will arrive here tonight and lie in stale at the mortuary until Thursday noon. $44,600,000 for the present school year. 1949-50. Topping the list of 17 major county school construction efforts of the year is the $416,000 project at Rcedsport. In addition to the new union high school being built there, Rcedsport officials are im proving the athletic facilities and are planning to take over all of Ihe present high school building for elementary classes. This building is now shared by all grades, one through 12. Next largest school construc tion Job was the new Oakland high school structure and four room grade school annex. This work, In addition to alterations on the old high school building, was financed by a $273,000 bond election. Another new high school building, at neighboring Suther lin, was put into use for Ihe first time this fall. Cost of this project is borne by a bond election for $220,000. A fourth high school con struction Job, financed hy a $200, 000 bond election, is nearly com plete near Yoncalla's south city limits. Much At Little Cost Not all county school building was as costly, however. Gunter, which spent Ihe smallest amount set-type gymnasium, also has th? for additions In building its quon- distinction of being the only dis trict not to re-sort to a bond elec tion for financing. The $4,000 building was paid for In advance by saving over a period of years. Work has progressed to the foundation-laying stage on the county's smallest new school building a one-room school house at Anchor. The $5,000 build ing is located near the headwa ters of Cow creek on a site near the Robert Dollar Lumber com pany plant. Olher county school pro eels on which work has begun or which have recently been completed In clude the following: (All figures quoted are bond elections only, not cost figures. J lireen, K-room school and audi torium for grades 1-8, $332,000; Dlllard grade school first used Sept., 1049, hullt on site adlacent to old building, $125,000; Myrtle Creek grade school, preliminary work begun, located near pres ent buildings, $95,000; Riddle now completing a new 5-room grade school building, $85,000; Drain, 4-room elementary unit added, plus heating plant and additional grade school property, $84,000. Melrose, recently consolidated with Elgarose and Cleveland, Is planning construction soon on a 6-room elementary building and remodeling the present 2 -room building and playshed, $65,000; Glendale. now completing a 5- rnom addition to tne iniiiding con structed a vear ago, $65,000; Till er, recently consolidated with Drew, building a 3-room elemen tary unit, combination gymnasium-auditorium and enlarging cafeteria, $62,000; Canyonvillc, 4- room grade school building on present site, $41,000; Umpqua, building 3-room structure on new site near old Shambrook Dlace. Hkin.uiKi, hlaled for aclion In the future s work on the following: Deer Creek, now nlanninc a 3-room addition to care for the Increased school population: Ten mile, may build an additional two ooms, depending unon nosslh e consolidation with Reslon and upper Olalla: navs Creek, n an- ning new gymnasium, neatlnc plant and additional classrooms In near future: Camas Vallev. a 2-elassroom unit and shop how being considered. Piul H. Krueger 636 8. Stephene Phone 2lu $10.10 Each six months Current Rates Plus $5.00 Nonrecurring Fee at Beginning of Policy The West's Leading Auto Insurance Carrier le eiJjeVfil Local News ii Returns Here Miss Verna rothers has returned to Roseburg after spending the holidays In Portland with relatives. Back to School Miss Patricia Holmquist left Sunday for Port land to resume her studies after spending the holidays with her parcnLs, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Holm quisl.'Melrose route. Visiting Miss Lalla Wanda McGreal of Kalispell, Mont., is visiting in Roseburg with Miss Barbara Lou Kilt, the latter re turned to Roseburg last Friday afler spending the holidays in Missoula, Mont., with her par ents. Office Open The Camp Fire office at Miller's Mercantile stora has resumed regular hours, 9:30 a. m. until 3 p. m., afler the holi days, according to Miss Barbara Lou Kitt, executive director for Camp Fire Girls In Douglas county, Baby Born Word has been re ceived here of the birth Friday of a daughter, Mary Carol, to Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Rogers Jr., of Charlotte, N. C. The haoy weighed seven pounds. Mrs. Rog ers is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H.C. Church of this city Mrs. Church is In Charlotte at Ihe Rog ers home, recuperating from an operation. She Is reported Im proving slowly. John Maragon Indicted On Charges Of Lying (Continued from Page One) iob with the Stale department on a mission to Greece. 4. Saying he borrowed $5,000 from his mother-in-law In 1949. Aiding 5 Percenters Charged The charges are all based on testimony that Maragon gave last July 28 to a Senalc committee. The commltlee was looking into activities of men who offered, for a fee that frequently was five per cent, to land government con tracts for business men. Maragon denied under oalh in secret testimony that he ever was paid off for arranging business deals with Ihe government. Other witnesses said they personally paid mm money. There was testimony also that Maragon at times represented himself as acting for MaJ. Gen. Harry Vaughan, President Iru man's military aide. Vaughan testified at the Senate committees hearings that Mara gon had never represented him. "Lobable Fellow" Vaughan But Vaughan acknowledged mat. Maragon had been a friend of his Vaughan called him a "lovable" fellow and had been In and out of the While House frequently In the years in ques tion. Maragon refused lo answer questions when the committee put mm on us witness siano at a pun lie hearing. Senate investigators said Mara gon denied in secret testimony that he ever got any money for business deals with the govern ment, whereas other witnesses testified publicly that Maragon was paid. At least two witnesses said they personally made pay ments lo Maragon. mere was another point or con flict In the Senate hearings last August: carmine s. Belllno, accountant for the investigating committee. said Maragon reported his Income was around $30,000 In a five-year period in which he banked about $120,000. Be inn said that Maragon testi fied at first that In 1945 he had only one hank account, In Wash ington, although he also had a checking account In San Antonio, Tex. Hoover, Taft Urge U. S. To Protect Formosa (Continued from Page One) tion leaders. Democratic Senate chiefs said "no comment." Apparently they were waiting for some word from the white house or slate depart ment on Ihe administration's fut ure China policy. To Ban Communism Spread Hoover said that the policy he proposed would be "at least a symbol of resistance" which I could lead to saving southeastern Asia from Communism. He said other results would be to keep Chinese diplomatic posts from becoming nests of Commu nist conspiracies, prevent Com munist China from having a seat on the United Nations Security council, and -sidestep the danger of Chinese Communists having a hand In writing a Japanese peace tieaty. Taft proposed a naval and mil itary air base on Formosa simi lar lo those on Okinawa and In the rhillippines. This could be done legally, he argued, If the i NAN ftlUtf For Stuffiness, Coughs of Colds Tdu know like millions of others how wonderfully effective Vlcks VapoRub Is When you rub Ron. Now. ..here's amazing, special relief when there's much couehlns or stuffiness, that! "choked-up" feeling. It's VapoRub In Steam . . . and It brings rell.-f almost intlantlyl Put 1 or a spoonfuls of VapoRub In s vaporizer or bowl of boiling water. Then breathe In the soothing, medicated vspors. Every breath eases coughing spasms, makes breathing easier. And to prolong relief rub VapoRub on throat, chest and back. Use if in sfeam , . , Rub it 18-Degree Cold Clutches Vicinity Of Roseburg (Continued From Page One) of minor weekend traffic acci dents, most of them the result of slippery roads. None of them was serious, however. Conditions South Worse Highways to the south are re ported slippery as far as Redding, Calif., according to the police. Most cars traveling south are put ting on chains at Canyonville for the drive over Canyon mountain. The Associated Press report shows the highway clear at Eu gene and Medford, with spots of Ice around Grants Pass. The Slskiyous and Green Springs area are reported in bad condition. At 9 a.m. the report showed It lo he snowing hard. There is six Inches of fresh snow on top of packed snow and the condition Is getting worse. Snow plows are at work. Wide Region In Icy Spell's Grip; Montana Coldest 'By tht Auocliteri Pres.) Winter's twin punches, snow and sub-zero temperatures, struck across the central and western parts of the country today. It was 42 below at Cutbank, Mont. Cold air covered nearly all of the area from southern Califor na to northwestern Illinois. The frigid air moved Into the midwest from the Rocky Mountain region, sending the mercury down from abnormally high marks to zero and below. No Immediate relief from thp cold was in sight. The coldest weather of the winter season ap peared likely for many central and western states. Blizzard con ditions were predicted for some regions. Montana Coldest Montana was the coldest area today, as it was yesterday. The mercury dropped to 31 de grees below zero at Havre. It was below zero over the Dakota, western Minnesota, northwestern Iowa, Nebraska and around the zero mark In Colorado and other Rockv Mountain states. Snowfall was general over the cold belt, with the heaviest falls reported In Wyoming. Blizzard conditions were reported over most of Utah and in parts of the Dakotas. In Utah Ihere were scores of traffic accidents be cause of extremely icy roads. Several hundred cars were stalled near Point of the Mountain, 20 miles south of Salt Lake City. Many others were stalled In Par leys Canyon, east of Salt Lake Ci'ly, and near Heher, Utah. The slorm also swept across much of southern Idaho. Southern California Hit Southern California was get ting ready for freezing weather over most of the area tonight. Snow flurries were forecast over the mountain region today. The Pacific Northwest was ex pecting winter's coldest weather. Temperatures of 10 below were forecast for northwest Washing ton; 5 below In the normally mild Bellingham area in northwest Washington; zero or below in mirtheast Oregon and 12 above in western Oregon. More snow also was forecast for the area. A New Year's eve fall added 16 Inches on the Cascade moun tain ski resorts at Mount Hood and laid a few Inches over the northwestern part of the state down to the Pacific surf. Rain still fell over much of Ihe northeastern quarter of the coun try, extending from Virginia and Tennessee into the New England states. Nationalist government gives Its approval. Senator Knowland told report ers the Chinese Nationalists are eager to have American aid with American advisers to super vise the aid. Knowland said the Nationalists made a formal re quest about Dec. 23 for military help and advice. On the question of recognizing Ihe Communist regime in China. Rep. Eaton i R-N.Il said the Unit ed States should wait until the Communists "observe the decen cies of interntionai relation ships." talon, as top minority mem ber of the house foreign affairs committee and its former chair man, is a leading GOP spokes man on foreign policy. eventually, he said In an in terview, the Chinese Communist government will have to he rec? ognized, but there should be no hurry about It. OIL TO BURN For prompt courteous meter ed deliveries of high quality stove and burner oil CALL 152 MYERS OIL CO. Distributors of Hancock Petroleum Products For Douglas County on, tool Congress Faces 2nd Round On "Fair Deal" (Continued from Page One) ies provided Congress will vote new taxes to offset their loss and to cut down the deficit antici pated for the year starting Jan. 1. White House officials con firmed today that Mr. Truman will send a special tax message to congress soon, following up his state of the union, economic and budget messages. All of those will deal with his tax program In a general way. The tax mes sage will spell out the details. Emphasizing the political over tones of the 1950 session was a meeting of the Senate Republi can policy committee which agreed Informally to work with House members and the Republi can national committee in draft ing a statement of party prin ciples. The state of the union docu ment is expected to call for vir tually all of those seclions of th? Truman program which Congress shelved last year. Those include three which are expected to go no place this year repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, the farm pro gram of Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, and national health insurance. A White House official discuss ing the forthcoming message said: "There isn't any change, but simply a strong determination to carry out the proposals the President campaigned for when he was elected in November, 1948." There may be a hit of some thing new in the message tomor ?UY AND SAVE WOMEN'S BOYS' ENGINEER' BOOTS Reg. 12.95 NOW only 7" . ,T, .iiww 099 NOW ONLY jf WOMEN'S SPORT SHOES Regularly 7.95 to 9.95 NOW SALE NO SALES TO DEALERS rowadministration blessing for an excise tax cut, provided certain other taxes are raised to help erase the federal deficit. Mr. Truman reportedly is ready to recommend such a program, but he is understood to be pre paring a special tax message which will outline the details later. The Idea of reducing excises Is popular at the Capitol, but there is no support In sight for any tax Increase. In fact, demands already are flying again for a cut In government spending Instead. Oleo Tax Slated To Go The Democraic Policy commit tee of Ihe Senate met yesterday and stuck by an earlier decision to make the first order of Senate business a House-passed bill to repeal the federal taxes on oleo margarine. The Democratic policy unit also recommended that the House be allowed to act first on any legis lation to cut excise taxes. The committee said it would be a mis take to try to add a general ex cise reduction to the oleo bill. Senator Lucas of Illinois, the Democratic leader, said it would lead only to confusion and that the result might well be no en actment of the oleo measure and no excise reduction, either. The committee's stand was not i MIRRORS PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. ? Phone 242 SEMI-ANNUAL SHOES Selby Arch-Preserves Regularly 15.95 to 18.95 BOYS' Dress Oxfords 1 Odd Lot Heavy dress oxfords Broken sizes Reg. 7.95 ond 8.9S 4.99 , a'v -fry?-, ... ;y BUY SEVERAL PAIR AND SAVE! IN EFFECT A SHORT TIME ONLY The Weather T U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Continued cold. Partly cloudy today, Slightly warmer tonight with snow. Occasional snow Wednesday. Highest temp, for any Jan. 17 Lowest temp, for any Jan. -5 Highest temp, yesterday .. 35 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. .... 1s Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Precipitation from Jan. 1 03 Preolpitation from Sept. 1 11.74 Deficiency from Jan. 1 09 expected to discourage plans to offer an excise rider amendment to the oleo bill. Some senators from butter producing states are hopeful such strategy can kill the bill. Other senators feel that Con gress should try for a cut in ex cises at the first opportunity. MEN'S Dress Oxfords Mostly Large Siies Regularly 12.95 to 18.95 NOW only 7.99 ; A. B. MUNROE, M. D. ANNOUNCES . . . . i Tl I rr nil I a,I an a 111 ine vnonge wt wim. omen's t Dress Shoes i i i Regularly "V 12.95 CVy7 18.95 PV NOW ONLY (y) 4 ONLY Death Toll In Holiday Period Over 400 Mark i (Continued From Page One) eluding seven who perished in blaze which destroyed a farm house near Houston, Tex. There were 95 olher persons Killed in miscellaneous accidents, includ ing falls, shootings, asphyxiation, hunting accidents, plane crashes and other causes. Listed under the miscellaneous deaths were three Indians who died after i -lAnhnli,- anti-freez at ruining ch.-wm.. a New Year's party at the Warm Springs, ore., mo ickkiuui, f ...u!.h rAnnrteH fift vio. lent deaths over the Christmas holiday to lead tne nation, loppea onaln nvflP Nu Year's. The 58 deaths Included 30 traffic fatalities. Wood for coffins is said to pro vide one of the heaviest drains on Chinese forests. BUY AND SAVE Children's Shoes 1 Odd Lot Reg. 4.95 to 8.45 NOW only 99 ,'-f, A.-.-J w 99 ALL SALES FINAL Suite 301 Pacific Building 1 Roseburg, Oregon jj After January I, 1950 1
