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
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served as substitute in various
congregations. For more than 11
years he penned a "Daily Devo
tions feature Xo the News-Ke-view,
and for more than six
veal-s ronrillrteri the Aneleus
Hour, a devotional program over
the INewsKevlew s radio sta
tion, KRNR.
Funeral services will be held
at the First Methodist church of
Roseburg Thursday at 2 p.m.,
with Rev. W. A. MacArthur of
ficiating. Vault interment will be
In tne Masonic cemetery beside
his wife. 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
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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
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18-Degree Cold Clutches
Vicinity Of Roseburg
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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.
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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
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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
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allowed to act first on any legis
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the result might well be no en
actment of the oleo measure and
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The committee's stand was not i
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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
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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
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Year's. The 58 deaths Included 30
traffic fatalities.
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on Chinese forests.
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