2 The News-Reylew, Roseburg, Ore Frl., Jan. 6, 1950
Wyoming Movie
Shown To Lions
"Wyoming and Its Natural Re
sources," a sound color film,
from the Oregon State college
visual education urjrary, was ine
program feature at the weekly
uom ciud meeting in ine noiej
Umpqua, Thursday.
The film, produced by the bur
eau of Mines, portrayed the in
dustries of the state and the de
velopment of its natural resourc
es, togeiner wiin iu scenic ai
tractions. The program was ar.
raneed bv Frank von Borstel Jr.
Founders' week will be observ
ed at next Thursday's meeting,
The club's charter members will
be honored. For the program,
Allen Clute will review the book
"World's Biggest Doers," by Bob
Casey and W.A.S. Douglas. The
dook tens ine msiory ana pur
Doses of Llonism.
As January Is Melvin Jones
month, attention was called to'
Drew Pearson's broadcast over
ABC stations Sunday, Jan. 8, at
8 p.m. Melvin Jones is the found
er and secretary-general of Lions
international.
Earl Henry was named as the
attendance committee chairman.
The heads of each committee
were asked to prepare and sub
mit a project for the club's con
sideration at the monthly direc
tors meeting, which will be held
lollowlng tne regular ciud meet
ing next Thursday.
Mora Light, Less Cost In
Business Zone's System
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99 remains in the budget for
electric street lighting. At the
rate of current expenditure, the
city will require $3,902 for the re
mainder of the year.
Immediate Installation of lights
for West Roseburg would require
the budget to exceeded by some
$695.11. However, the council
does not believe it would be pos
sible to make the installations
for quite some time, even if ad
ditional operating funds were
made available. Slankard has
been instructed to ascertain when
the work might be done and the
cost.
The city manager's report stat
es that It can be assumed that
Miller's addition will aha require
some lighting, as that part of
town Is very dark at night.
County Road Progress
During Last Year Told ;
(Continued from Page One)
tailed near Stevens.
In at least one case, the county
elected to raise the level of ths
road rather than build a series
of small bridges. This was done
along Halo trail near Yoncalla
at a cost of approximately $3,200.
thus providing a year-round out
let for people of that area and
averting the ever-present danger
from high water.
Definite plans for future work
on bridges Include completion of
the paint job being applied to 12
of the county's steel bridges. Tn
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Louise Cunningham, 62,
Drain Pioneer, Dies
Louise Rozelle Cunningham, 62,
Douglas county pioneer, died
Thursday afternoon at the home
of her daugmer, Mrs. raary hui,
west of Drain after a long ill
ness. She was born at Drain June
27, 1887. She was the daughter
of pioneer settlers, Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Putnam. She was mar
ried to Franklin P. Cunningham
In Oct.. 1911 at the family home
in Sunnydale valley, five miles
west of Drain. She was a mem
ber of the Methodist church.
Survlvlne are the widower;
three daughters and two sons,
Mrs. Marv Hill. Sunnydale val
ley; Horace and Bruce Cunning
ham of Drain, Mrs. Catherine
Hunt and Mrs. Fay Root, both
of Terrebonne, Ore., a sister,
Mrs. Esther Brown, Camas Val
ley; 11 grandchildren and two
step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at the Drain Christian church
Sunday at 1 p.m., with Rev. Wil
liam N. Byers officiating. Inter
ment will be In Putnam ceme
tery. Stearns mortuary, Oakland,
Is In charge.
date, ten have received a coat of
paint, with the remainder to be
painted in the spring. Total con
tract Drlce Is $25,000 for these
bridges, located throughout the
county.
In line with Ihe policy tnat
work is done where it is most
needed, the county constructed
icverai connecting or loop roaos,
which in some cases, provided
county residents with roads for
the first time. This was noted on
the south side of Elk hreek near
Drain, where 1.5 miles of new
grade will serve the people of
the area.
Much Crushed Rock Used
Owens said crushed rock was
used to a great extent during
1949, with contracts let to crush
ers In the area nearest the road
building lobs. And for the first
time, roads near Elkton and Kel
logg were rebuilt and repaired
with rock crushed at the scene
of construction. The big county
owned rock crusher is now op
erating up the Little river road.
Two of the county's main sur
facing Jobs were In the Roseburg
area, and on the Garden Valley
road, the other on Melrose road.
Shoulder widening and asphalt
surfacing for the 5.5 miles from
Wharton ave. to Melrose store
cost nearly $79,000. The other
nearby Job, resurfacing Garden
Valley road from the city limits
to Browns bridge (3.8 miles),
cost approximately $49,000, in
cluding the cost of some shoulder
wk'.enlng.
Speaking of damage to county
roads during last year's severe
winter, Owens said the cost of
repairs cut into the county road
budget by an estimated $40,000.-
"However, rebuilding and re
paring these roads have put them
tn such good shape that we're
actually ahead now," he said.
New Housing Program
Prepared For Congress
(Continued from Page One)
housing cooperatives. He said
this would be set up by use of
ud to $100,000,000 of treasury
funds and $50,000,000 of funds pro
vided by housing cooperatives
and private Individuals.
Fifty Years to Repay
The corporation could guaran
tee up to 95 percent of the value
of the housing at low Interest
rates and with 50 years for re
payment. Snarkman said Chairman May-
i bank (D-SC) of the Senate bank
ing committee would Introduce
the new housing measure, "prob
ably as an amendment to the om
nibus housing bill now pending
In the Senate."
Rep. Spence (D-Ky), chairman
of the House banking committee,
plans to Introduce an Identical
bill and order early hearings.
"This is a very good compro
mise on a highly controversial
matter," Sparkman said. "It was
kitten. Drive in today and
Truman Corrects Blunder
In His First Message
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (PI
President Truman caught up
today with a $4,000,000,000 bob
ble in his State of the Union
message Wednesday.
National production, he said
then, has reached "the stag
gering figure of 255 billion dol
lars a year."
In his economlo message to
day the figure was even more
staggering: 259 billion a year.
The accompanying report by
Mr. Truman's economio ad
visers bore out the second or
more staggering amount.
worked out by the administration
in cooperation witn housing om
clals, the staff of the congression
al committee and White House
advisers."
Sparkman said participating
groups must be oonaiide cooper
atives or non-profit organiza
tions, need assistance for fami
lies of moderate income and win
approval of plans for sound struc
tures of design adapted to lamlly
life.
Last year Congress approved
a multi-billion dollar housing bill
for low-Income families. It also
extended previous mortgage and
insurance provisions on housing
for veterans and persons able to
pay for standard or upper-Income
housing. '
Recession Beaten, Says
Truman In Message
(Continued from Page One)
now is not inflation."
As for wages, the administra
tion hopes to keep hands off.
"These adjustments," Mr. Tru
man said, "are now In the hands
of management and labor. That
is where they should remain."
The economic message, read to
both houses of Congress by
clerks, was the second of a trio
of early-session reports submitt
ed to the lawmakers by the pre
sident. The first, on Wednesday, was
the State of the Union message.
On Monday he sends Congress
the final one, outlining his bud
get proposals for the 12 months
starting next July 1.
Mum On Tax Charges
In the economic message, the
president seemed to have penned
a potent morale-builder for busi
ness. He Rave credit to Indus
try, labor and agriculture for the
"Judgment and restraint" which,
he said, helped pull the country
through the 1949 recession.
The lofty goals ahead, he pre
dicted, can be achieved If the
same groups pull together and
if government hews to wise pol
icies namely, the policies he
blueprinted In today's message
and Wednesday's State of the
Union address.
The proposed tax Increase will
not he severe, he promised. But
he kept his secret on the kind
of tax changes wanted, using the
same words as before: changes
which will "reduce present Ine
aulllos, stimulate business aoli
vity, and yield a moderate
amount of additional revenue."
The budget will be balanced,
he said, "at the. earliest date
consistent with the welfare of the
country." Progress will be help
ed by improved business condi
tions and the fact the "federal
expenditures should decline
somewhat over the next few
years.
in tne long run, me govern
ment's fiscal position depends
upon the health of the national
economy. It will not be promot
ed by drastic slashes In expendi
tures which are essential to our
economic growth and to contin
ued peace.
"Neither will It be promoted
by tax Increases so drastic as
to stlffle business activity."
Old Proposals Repeated
Both the new legislative re
quests are familiar administra
tion proposals. Both are unpop
ular with bankers. In further de
tail, they are:
1. Permanent a u t h o r 1 1 y to
control consumer credit If need
be, and permanent authority to
regulate the credit given by all
banks covered by Federal depos
it insurance. Also, stronger con
trols over commodity specula
tion. This, and a repeated request
for another year of rent ceiling,
were Mr. Truman's only nods to
the hazard of inflation.
2. A "substantially" longer
period for the repayment of loans
made to business by the Recon
struction Finance corporation.
Ten years Is now the limit; the
administration thinks small busi
nesses, especially, need more
time.
Again and again the president
mm
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.'
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Britain Recognizes
Communist China
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big or Immediate advantages.
"On the other hand nothing
would be gained by boycotting
indefinitely a government ruling
over a vast teritory and popu
lation." Britain was the first major
western power to recognize Mao.
The nationalists promptly re
plied from Chiang's Formosa
headnuarter with a note break
ing off diplomatic relations with
Britain.
Other Nation! To Follow
Other western European pow
ers were expected to follow
quickly Britain's lead. Authorit
ative uanisn sources said JNor
way, Sweden and Denmark pro
bably would announce Joint ac
tion soon, simultaneously in tne
three Scandinavian capitals.
The Chinese nationalist am
bassador in London, Dr. Cheng
Tlen-Hsl, today termed the Bri
tish action "equivalent to bury
ing us wnnst we are still very
much alive." History, he said,
"will say that China has received
a knock-out blow, not from her
foes but from her friends and
former Allies."
Britain was the fourth nation
outside the Soviet orbit to recog
nize the Chinese Communist gov
ernment. India and Pakistan,
both members of the British com
monwealth, and Burma already
have taken that step.
Britain s pinion dollar stake in
China includes widely diversified
investments.
British capital owns two ma
jor shipping firms there, coal
mines in worth China, Banks,
import-export firms, egg-packing
plants in Hankow and Nanking
the latter now converted to a
cotton spinning mill telephone
systems, Insurance companies,
and much real estate.
Economists, while recognizing
British losses due to Japanese
wartime and prewar pressure
and nationalistic Chinese restric
tions since, say these represent
the largest foreign Interest in
what is now Communist China.
British officials, though they
cannot see Just how or when
the conflict with United States
views on recognition of the Red
regime will he settled, assert the
situation will be Straightened out
eventually just as were past dif
ference over lend-lease and
Palestine.
Grabs U. S. Trade
Britain's long foreshadowed
move automatically gives her
first chance of all the big west
ern powers to expand her trade
with China s 460,000,000 people
and also to Inherit America's past
share of China's foreign business.
It also dampens British hopes
that the U. S. night quickly back
a new "Marshall Plan" to stop
nearly a billion non-Chinese As
ians going Red. Most British of
ficials fear Congressional opposi
tion to them and their ideas about
the Far east will mount in the
next few months. They think
America's China policy has been
caught up in domestic party pol
itics. And they fear the U. S.
won't be able to launch any new
big aid program at least until
after next November's elections.
Recognition Of China Reds
Denounced In Congress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-.W
The White House was silent to
day on Britain's recognition of
Communist China but the move
hammered at a single theme
the need for business expansion
to absorb a constantly growing
labor force in well-paid jobs.
Almost as often, he stressed
a majbr hazard to prosperity
the slackening, already percep
tible, in business investment. If
it should continue, Mr. Truman
said, "our prospects for full re
covery and continued expansion
would be seriously endangered.
"There Is no need for this de
cline to continue," he declared.
He then launched Into a glowing
picture, based on American
growth In the past, of a future
in which American families
would consume In evergrowing
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Memphis Battered By
Terrific Ice Storm
(Continued from Page One)
out of 150 lines leading from
Memphis in all directions, 100
were Droken.
The Illinois Central railroad re
ported that all Its private tele
phone and telegraph lines were
out of order last night between
here and Vicksburg, Miss.
The sprawling Kennedy vet
erans hospital has auxiliary
power for emergency surgery
only.
Bridge Blacked Out
Added to the city's traffic haz
ards of Ice-coated streets was the
blacking out of the new Memphis
and Arkansas bridge across the
Mississippi river. Police reported
the lights on the hugh span went
out early last night.
Every hotel lobby in town was
swamped with waiting lines of
residents whose homes were with
out light and heat.
The U. S. Weather Bureau sta
tion here called It the worst ice
storm to hit this Mississippi river
city of 350,000 since 1932. Then
Memphis was blanketed with Ice
from Dec. 9 to Dec. 18.
Mayor Wat kins Overton called
upon business establishments to
close early in the afternoon to
enable workers to get home be
fore larkness. Schools were closed
until Monday.
The weather bureau predicts
light snow flurries today and tem
peratures near 20. The bureau
forecast a rise In the river to the
34-foot flood level here, by early
next weeK. it said tne a-ioot iiood
stage In Caruthersville, Mo., may
be exceeded by four to six feet
Saturday.
sections along the river in West
was generally denounced in Con
gress.
The congressional criticism was
tempered in some quarters, how
ever, with the belief that Britain
was compelled to take the step to
protect her trade and economic
interests.
Senator Taft of Ohio, Republi
can policy leader, called the move
"unfortunate." And Chairman
Cannon (D.-Mo.) of the House
appropriations committee termed
it "a matter of extreme regret."
"You can't compromise with
evil," Cannon said, "no nation
which the communists are seek
ing to undermine should try to
placate them. This does not solve
the problem. It is stirring up
trouble for the future."
Cannon declined to discuss the
possible effect that" Britain's ac
tion might have on future Ameri
can aid to non-communist na
tions. All aid funds must clear
through his committee.
But Rcd. Judd (R.-Minn.). a
former missionary in China, said
the move might make it more dif
ficult for Congress to continue aid
to the British.
He told a reporter that many
members might hesitate to vote
more money for the recovery pro
gram designed to block commun
ism in Europe while Britain, a
major recipient of aid, recognizes
a similar ideology In China.
Rep. Kee (D., W. Va.), chairman
of the House foreign affairs com
mittee, said he doesn't like try
ing to halt communism in one
part of the world while "holding
out an open hand" in another
area.
TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 6. m
Chinese Nationalist Foreign
Minister Yeh announced the rup
ture of diplomatic relations with
Great Britain tonight In a bitter
statement assailing the British
position.
Yeh, who served In the Chinese
ministry of information in Lon
don during the war, said the Brit
ish step compromised "every tra
ditional idea of freedom held
dear by the British people."
His statement, released a few
hours after London recognized
the Chinese communists, said in
part:
"I view with mingled regret
and astonishment the phenome
non of Great Britain rushing to
offer recognition to the puppet
Peiping communist regime which
can lay no valid claim to either
full sovereignty or the voluntary
support of the great majority of
Chinese people.
nome ue . . .
Tennessee were told to expect
overuows.
Illinois, Indiana
Floods Continue
Their Rampage
(By Th Auoelated Preu
Bitter cold weather which had
chilled most of the midwest this
week moderated but more freez
ing weather threatened addition
al damage to California citrus
and vegetable crops.
Hundreds remained homeless in
the flooded areas. At least three
persons drowned as waters from
swollen rivers swept over widely
separated areas of Illlonls and
and Indiana, feame conditions also
were reported In parts of Mis
souri and Kentucky.
A wide band of freezing rain
and sleet impeded highway travel
irom iNortnern Ohio and North
west Pennsylvania southwestward
across most of Indiana and
southern Illinois Into southeast
Missouri and Arkansas. Rain fell
in eastern Texas and the Ten
nessee valley.
Rain fell over many parts of
the flooded sections of Illinois
and Indiana again today. High
ways were blocked in many
places and ran and highway trav
el was disrupted.
Cities Menaced
The rising waters of the Wa
bash river nearly Isolated Logans
port, a city of 20,000 in north
west Indiana. The crest of the
Wabash, which flows from north
east Indiana to the southwest
corner, was expected to reach
Clinton and Terre Haute today.
Both forks of the White river,
which courses across the lower
central part of Indiana and in
to the Wabash south of Vin
cennes, were above flood stage
and rising.
Four, units of the Indiana na
tional guard were on call for
emergency duty. In Illinois, the
Fifth army at Chicago sent aid
to some areas and kept in close
touch with conditions in the flood
ed sections.
The greatest flood daneer In
Illinois was in the eastern and
sou; era parts of the state. Many
lamiues were made temporarily j
homeless In Villa Grove by flood i
waters from the Embarrass river. !
Other families in Vandalia. in I
soutn central Illinois, lied their
homes when tht rain-swollen Kas-
kaskia river ripped through a
levee In three places, spilling
water over the lowlands.
Crop Damage In 2 States
No . immediate relief from the
cold was in sleht for southern
California. Temperatures of 24
above were reported In some In
land points today but generally
the readings were not as low as
yesterday. i
Growers in the Imperial and
Coachella valley vegetable areas
said tomato crops were badly
damaged by the freezing weather, j
nut tnus lar tne damage to citrus
groves has been confined to frost
ing of new leaf growth already
nipped' during -the December
freeze. .
Cold : weather in Texas was !
blamed for five deaths In the last
two days. j
Three nights of freezing tern-i
peratures In the Salt River valley 1
of Arizona have resulted in an 1
estimated $5,000,000 citrus crop !
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New Location
Bv ELSIE BROZZIO
The Wlblur post office has been
moved from Toddhunter's store
to a new location in north Wilbur.
It is located in the large new
store opened by Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Oakes of Klrby, Calif. The
new store plans to carry a iun
line ol groceries and meats.
J. J. Nelss of Concord, Calif.
has been visiting at the home of
his wiles parents, Mr. ana Mrs.
R. F. Stout, in Wilbur.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Balrd
celebrated their 35th wedding an
niversary last Wednesday. All
their friends extend congratula
tions and wish them many more.
Harold Groat from the Pacific
Bible college In Portland spent
the New Years holidays visiting
at the Charles Holcomb home in
Wilbur.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Holcomb
and daughter, Hilda, and Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Buker arrived home
after spending the holidays at
Twin Falls, Idaho, visiting at the
home of Mrs. Holcomb's and Mr.
Bukers's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Buker. Mrs. Holcomb and Hilda
stayed on for an extended visit.
Mr. and "Mrs. W. F. Naiman
and sons, Ronny and Larry, of
Hood Kiver spent a lew oays
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Broszlo. The Nai
mans formerly resided in Wil
bur. Mrs. Eva Lockman has been
quite ill at her home in Wilbur.
NOAH'S ARK OUTDONE
LOS ANGELES. (JP) The
Kester house trailer went Noah's
loss.
It was shirt-sleeve weather in
Florida and Georgia and along
mucn oi tne gun. nut it was suo
freezing in western Tennessee and
Arkansas, with rain.
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Roseburg, Oregon
Mostly cloudy with occasional
rain today, tonight and Saturday.
Highest temp, for any Jan.
Lowest temp, for any Jan.
Hlgheit temp, yesterday
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. ...
Precipitation last 24 hrs. ..
Precioltatlon from Jan. 1 ....
Precipitation from Sept. 1 12.03
Deficiency from Jan. 1 .21
Ark several better, police charg
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pleaded guilty to violation of city
health ordinances in keeping 89
pets In the .trailer 26 cats, 27
ducks 17 rabbits, 14 pigeons, four
goats and a dog. They asked pro
bation, which will be heard Jan.
18.
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