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Newspaper Page Texti I 2 Tht New-Rvlw, Reieburg, Ore. Tuei., Jan. 10, 1950 Economy Cry Grows Louder In Congress (Continued from page One) boost would help blot out some of the $5,133,000,000 in red ink that's in prospect for the year starting next July 1. Pottal Rates May Be Hiked Furthermore, it looked as If that $5,133,000,000 deficit might be bigger then Mr. Truman counted on. He based his esti mate partly on an idea that Con gress would up mall rated by $395,000,000. If Congress falls to provide part or all of the increase, the deficit will go up by just that much. . A bill to raise postal ratC8 DV $131,000,000 has been okayed by a house committee, while a $113, 000,000 bill has betn approved by a Senate committee. But backers say they expect trouble In getting either one all the way through Congress. The deficit is the gap between the $42,439,000,000 spending and $37,306,000,000 in income Mr. i ru men estimated for the govern men tin the coming fiscal year. The new figures compare with $43,297,000,000 of expenditures, $37,763,000,000 of revenue and a deficit of $5,534,000,000 for the S resent year closing next June 0. For the most part Democrats were silent on tne nuaget. Here and there one of the ton leaders had a good word for it, when a reporter asked lor it. rtepunn cans were quick to seize the op portunity for criticism. . Timber Prices Soars At Umpqua Forest Auction (Continued from page One) National forest brought $13 for Douglas fir about two weeks ago for another tract. The bidding Monday, however, was not as spirited as in the first two years Immediately after the lifting of ceilings following the war. Then bids ran as high as $28.50. A total of 82 saparte bids were submitted by the two competing companies before the final bid was entered. Nelson announced another sale for Thursday on a 26,000,000 board feet timber tract, located on the headwaters of Cavil t creek, 30 miles east of Myrtle Creek. The area is tapped by a road up South Myrtle. INSURANCE LIFE AUTO (TRi. State Farm Mutual Insurance O. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank HOME TOWN NEWS 0 L o Me 0 H 0 , o 9 , 9 0 ff "YOU CAN COME IN . . . BUT SIS SAID TO TELL YOU SHE'S NOT HOME TONIGHT." Come to the ROSEBURG LUMBER COMPANY when you're reody to order more slobwood and sawdust for fuel. We have a large stock and offer immediate delivery. v - JSt' V TltAtUM 5S5K a"- Riding Backward In Planes Cuts Crash Injuries WASHINGTON, -119) Air plane passengers of the future may ride backward for protec tion against crash injuries. The Air Force disclosed that volunteers "duplicating" plane crashes In a rocket-propelled sled have withstood tremendous forces by facing to the rear. It said a number of these ex perlmental "crashes" have been made at Edwards Air Force base, Muroc, Calif. The tests have provided heretofore unob tainable Information on just how much of the terrific deceleratlve force encountered in a crash the human body can safely with stand. Apparently, with proper sup port, it can withstand plenty. The contraption used in the ex periments was developed for the Air Force by Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Dubbed a "human deceler- ator," it is a sled which is guided by railway tracks and propelled by solid fuel rockets into a series of mechanical brakes. The brakes stop the sled with a force equivalent to that ex perienced In actual crash land ings. Six volunteer airmen, an of fleer and five enlisted men, have undergone deceleratlve forces up to 35 times the force of gravity while facing in both forward and backward positions on the sled. 1 hat force is achieved by slow ing the carriage and rider from a speed of 150 miles an hour to 75 miles in one-fifth of a second. The result is the same as if an automobile driver traveling a t 75 miles an hour should stop his car within 9 feet. Seated in a backward position, the volunteers withstood a force of 35 G's with little difficulty. Fac ing forward, they had to be strapped in with a special har ness, Walkouts Of Miners Spread Congress Acts (Continued from page One) over agreeing on a new contract has been getting steadily hotter since the old pact expired last July 1, Truman Inactive Neither President Truman nor Robert N. Denham, general coun sel of the National Labor Rela tions board, showed any signs of acting on separate demands that they seek court Injunctions to force miners back on a five-day week. Miners now are working on a three-day week on UMW Presi dent Lewis' instructions. It is ad mittedly a pressure move to fa Thunderstorm Lashes Vicinity Of Roseburg (Continued from page One) ditions in this area have not been affected by surplus water, but motorists were warned that trouble could develop at any time. South of here, snow was falling heavily In the Grants Pass-Men-ford area, causing some diffi culty In road travel. Highway 99 was closed for a time by a elide at Dunsmulr, Call'., nut is open now to one-way travel. The passing of what is called a weather front was given by the Weather bureau for the heavy thunderstorm of last night. Tem peratures rose to nearly 45 de grees, with a drop In the barom eter, followed by a sharp drop in temperature and rising of the barometer. A mixing of cold and warm air and winds aloft, creat ed the thunderstorm condition. The thunderstorm was generally south of the Roseburg area. City Streets Awash Surface water was a problem In Roseburg. The surplus drained off the hills, flooding the streets, as the sewers became flooded beyond their capacity. The entire street department, said Slankard, Is out today at tempting to keep the sewers open. He said the water pres sure has forced off several man hole covers. These are being re placed as soon as the informa tion is learned, but pedestrians were cautioned to be on the lookout for any opening and to report the fact to the city hall. Deer creek was flooded. Base ments in many parts of town were filled with water. A portion of Harvard avenue near the Com munity hospital site was being undermined. Terrace avenue was especially damaged with the force of rushing water down the steep hill. Water was pouring through low garages and washing around home foundations. The street department will have a general "mess" to clean up, after the surface water has run off. Considerable rocks, dirt and debris is collecting In the sewers, according to Slankard. Residents of Cloverdale addi tion and other hilly neighbor hoods were casting worried eves at the gradually increasing streams rushing through their front yards. Melting snow and surface water combined to over flow drainage ditches and sew ers. Water was rising to the door steps of a few homes In the vicinity of the Deer creek bridge. White Jail Fugitives Slay Three Negroes (Continued from page One) other at tho back. Turner shot Harris In the back and then went Into the bedroom whe're he killed three children: Frankie C. Thur man, 10, Mary Burnside, 8, and Ruby Nell Harris, 4. The relation ship of the children to Harris was not immediately determined. Hhe Whitt men were armed with two rifles and a pistol. Fleeing Girl 8hot . , Rodgers said Pearline told him she hopped out of bed and ran to the back door but was turned back by one of the Whitts. She then scampered through the front door and under the house only to be pursued by the other Whitt who told her he would kill her if she did not come out. As she came out and started up the front steps, Turner shot her in the arm and right breast, She rested until she regained some strength and then, leaving a trail of blood, went to the home of neighbors to summon help. Harris' wife fled in her night clothes, taking, with her an In fant child only a few weeks old. Deputy Sheriff Everett Bntiey attributed the shooting to "mis taken vengeance." He said offi cers were convinced the white men returned and shot the Ne groes because they believed Har ris had turned them over to police last December. Actually, Bailey said, the tip on the whereabouts of the trio in December came from another source. "It was a case of mistaken re venge," Bailey added. achieve the union's goals. An ex ception is the 50,000 miners in seven states who went out on strike yesterday. The coal diggers abandoning the three-day week for a no-day week for the present are groups employed mostly by steel com- Eany mines and the big Pitts urgh Consolidation Coal com pany in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ken tucky, West Virginia, Alabama, Virginia and Utah. Mr. Truman has held to the position that there is no coal emergency warranting his use of the emergency Inlunctlon clause of the Taft-Hartley act. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY may have O.P.S. pre paid medical and hospital protection at moderate cost. There are three doctor-sponsored plans for employed and self-employed residents of Oregon and a wide selection of physicians, surgeons and hospitals. Please use the coupon for information. Oregon Physicians' (VlMIfVSlSV 12MS.W.6h, Portland 4 dUi vlLQ 455 Tt,r 51 -Sol,m Medford Bldg., Mtdford SPONSORED AND APPROVED IY OREGON STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY Mishap Victims Win Tough Fight With Arctic Cold DAWSON CITY, Y. T. (CP A "double-miracle" escape has saved two men from death in the clutches of Arctic cold. A story of hardship and es cape, during which their clothing froze to armor-hardness, was re lated from their hospital beds to day by Edward J. Klmbel and Fred Harper, both of Mayo, Y.T. The first escape came when the truck in which they were riding plunged through the ice into the Stewart river. Their second, when they ran and crawled four miles to safety in 40-below-zero temper atures. They found shelter in a sawmill cabin. Kimbel crawled the last quarter-mile after he fell and his froz en clothing prevented him from rising. "We sure thought we were gon ers," said Kimbel when he told how the truck plunged through an air hole Into 15 .feet of water, the cab submerged. "I don't know how long wo were under, but when water started sluicing through the cab we smashed our way out. "Then we started to run the four miles down river to a saw mill," he continued. "There was a vicious wind blowing and it froze our heavy clothing until It felt we were packing heavy suits of armor. "We keot running, our lungs bursting, gasping for every breath. "Another quarter of a mile and we would nave irozen 10 aeaui on the trail," he said. "How we made it at all is a mystery to me." Both men blacked out after ihov otnmhled through the cabin door. They are suffering from se vere frost bite to their hands, face, feet ana prooaDiy men lungs. Near-Hurricane Rakes Northwest Coasts (Continued from page One) ward Southeastern Oregon and Nevada. Maximum Rakes Redmond u I ...lnJ BtoarlHu at- FtO TTlllPS 1L IIUW1CU a.tBut.j - V I an hour over Redmond in central Oregon before reaching a cres cendo of 72 miles an hour at 5 a. m. Awning were KnocKeo on, aim unn nana tnnl rnllincr down otrnnte Thpn the wind began abating and heavy snow set in. Tne center oi me siurm is ex pected to pass over Oregon some- ft J,,-lnn tho nlcrht hv which time winds will be down to 20-30 miles an hour on tne coast. The storm is wet and compara .i..ni.r mi.Qm ne It- cwpnt the west ern parts of the state. It dumped l.M incnes oi rain un rui uauu, almost an inch of it in six hours. At hlnknH nlatratlnnG thnlich. it turned to snow, and in southern Oregon, the Kiamatn nasin ana even up IU .. road crews were failing to keep up wun me nriviiiK "w- At mid-day communications were restored to Tillamook, New port, Coos Bay and Coqullle on the Oregon coast. There were scattered power disruptions In the uninmntio vallpv. hut all were coming back today. Bath Fixtures Banned To Conserve NY Water NEW YORK, UP) New re strictions are In effect to con serve New York City's short water supplv. Use of various fixtures in Rus sian and Turkish baths were banned. All swimming pools, except those used for medical patients, were ordered shut down. New supplies of water to ice skating rinks were cut off, thus closing all rinks except those, like the Madison Square Garden and Rockefeller Plaza rinks which have arranged to provide their own water or to save water from ice and re-freeze it. Water Commissioner Stephen Carney clamped on the new re gulations as a state supreme court ruling uphold the city's month-old ban against car wash ing. The city's reservoirs, at t h e latest check, stood at 36.5 per cent of capacity, compared t o 71 per cent at this time last year. Runoff from recent rains has provided some relief, but Carney says "we are just holding our own." The city plans a second bath less, shaveless "water holiday" next Thursday. Polio Costs' Hikes Cited At Meet To Plan Drive (Continued from page One) year ago. Prompt action by the Douglas county chapter In getting her into a Portland hospital and providing the best of care has re sulted in progressive recovery. She told of the terrible mental and physical struggle, the heart rending experiences in the hos pital and of her own joy at being able to return to her family, and her gratitude that the kindness of people in giving money to aid polio victims enabled her to see full recovery ahead. Foundation In Red The plight of the National Foundation was explained by Joe F. Kievlt, state representative, who said that 45,000 cases of in fantile paralysis were treated during 1949, as compared with 27,000 cases in 1948; that the cost of 1949 also included a large back log of continuing cases from the preceding year. The National Foundation, he said, not only has exhausted its funds, but has incurred several million dollars of indebtedness. Discussing research work, he declared that vaccine apparently has been produced to treat suc cessfully one of the several polio viruses. Researchers believe that they can see "the beginning of the end," when vaccines will pro vide complete protection from the dread disease. Oregon, Kievit said, was more fortunate last year than her neighboring states, but that even in Oregon the case load wejit from 220 to 350 and that many of the 1949 cases were exceedingly expensive to treat. He emphasized the importance of a succssful nationwide cam paign if the National Foundation is to continue both research and aid to patients. Del McKay, Roseburg chair man, announced the Roseburg goal for the 1950 campaign at $1 per capl.a. Among other workers attend ing the meeting were Mary Bar rett, county nurse, Roseburg; Reba Buttler, chairman for Win ston district; Phil G. Griswold, chairman for the Drain district, H. G. Hathaway, Leo P. Regan, E. W. Holmes, all of Drain; Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Deckler, Suth erlin; Don Forbes, Franklyn Voyt, Esther M. Harpham, secre tary, Jim Oakley, Mabel Lewis, Iris Helliwell, Dr. E. J. Wain scott, M. J. Newland, R. D. Bridges. Charles V. Stanton, all of Roseburg; T. L. Weaver, Can yonville; Mrs. J. Milton Clay, Mrs. G. J. Aspey, Riddle; Mrs. Madge Gazley, Myrtle Creek. les, one thrilling ride in the big, handsome new 1950 Mercury and you'll know why owners call it betier than evert For Mercury is better than ever in comfort with "Cushion-Coil" front springing, new "Lounge-Rest'' foam-rubber seat cushioning . , . livelier than ever with new, exclusive Mercury 8-cylinder, V-type "Hi-Power Compression" . . . thriftier than ever with new "Econ-O-Miser" Carburetion! And you'll find new "Stedi Line" Steering and "Super-Safety" Brakes make Mercury easier to handle eafer, too! Stop in today and go for a thrilling demonstration In the big new 1950 Mercury I One ride and you'll agree its better than ever to make your next car Mercury 1 N(W 1950 MERCURY SPORT SEDAN White tlde-wel Hm, raar mI iftMdl, optional at aatra cot. $r Come m and prove frto qotuself todaq ! LOCKWOOD MOTORS Ret and Oak Streets Bitter Battle Looms Over Plan For Extension Of Rent Controls By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) Federal housing expediter Tighe E. Woods has thus far found it necessary to reimpose rent controls In only three out of the nearly 200 previously decontrolled areas. They are Americus, Ga.; a part of Somerset county, south of Johnstown, Pa., and Harrodsburg, In each case, rents had risen precipitously after the controls naa neen removed, but it was the local rent control boards that recommended relmposition o f ceilings to the federal govern ment, ana not tne otner way a round. Two other petitions for reimposition of rent controls have been denied by the federal expeditor, because rents had not risen unduly, after ceilings came off. All these facts are 'now being kicked around by the real es tate lobby In Washington as ev idence that rent controls are no longer necessary. National Ass ociation of Real Estate Boards has just made a report on a nat ional survey, tending to show that wherever controls had been removed, there have been n o skyrocketing rents and no mass evictions only isolated adjust ments to iron out inequities. Lsrge Cities Stand Pat The picture today Is that a I though one-third of the rental areas have been decontrolled, only one-seventh of the actual rental units have been decontrol led. Nobody knows what would happen if all these areas were precipitously decontrolled. Even with limited decontrol, the Bur eau of Labor Statistics cost of living rent index has shown a rise of two points from 119.5 to 121.5 between December, 1948, and October, 1949, the latest fi gure available. Expediter Woods has been pushing decontrols fast as he has felt he could. It is surprising, but nonetheless true, that Woods has done more decontrolling than have the cities and states. Local communities are holding back. No large city has decon trolled. On the state level, Arizona and Utah have removed all rent con trols bv action of local boards. Nebraska and Texas state legis latures removea an rent control. Wisconsin has substituted state for federal control. Alabama has passed a law which will remove controls next May. So 43 of the 48 states, plus the District o f Columbia, still think rent con trols are necessary for a while longer. The housing expediter's office has been forced to rush decontrol for a simple lack of money for enforcement. The last session of Congress cut rent, control appro priations by a third roughly $9,- One ride will prove its w Ky, 000,000. This wa done with the distinct understanding that the expediter could come back in Jan uary and ask for a deficiency ap propriation. Housing Catching Up This is exactly what Mr, Woods proposes to do to the tune of &j,300,uuo to $4,uuu,uuu. 'mis is the extra amount now estimated as necessary to continue controls through June 30, 1950, the pre sent expiration date. Whether the new Congress will extend rent control authority for another year beyond this date is the big question. There is, of course, no denying that new housing construction is gradually catching up with de mand The 1,000,000 new units started this year establishes an all-time record, greater than the 937,000 units begun in 1925. About 35.000 of this year's starts are publicly financed rental units. Housing expediter Woods says the safe time to remove all rent controls will be when the new federal rental housing construc tion program really gets rolling. He estimates this will take "a bout a year." This would DUt a cut-off date at approximately Jan. 1951. Extending It to June 30, 1951, would provide a margin of safety. Real estate interests are pre nared to fight any such extension with everything they have, i n cluding the killing of all appro priations for rent-control e n f o r cement. Bank Optimistic For Stock Raisers SAN FRANCISCO. UP) A favorable long-term outlook for far western livestock producers is foreseen by the San Francisco federal reserve bank. Reviewing the livestock situa tion in the 12th Federal Reserve district, the bank reported; rer capita consumption oi meat is at record levels. Popualtion gains have created new outlets for the livestock pro dcued on district ranges. The sharp upward trend in livestock transportation costs fa vors producers close to district markets. Cattle and sheep operators o NEW 1950 fllEROIRY Better in Styling Better in Economy Betler in Performance Better in Comfort Betler in Value 'Better in Handling Ease Vi VI HI' I 'ia I II C'l 'VR s AX'jy 1 The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Moitly cloudy with rain show ers today becoming mixed with snow. Colder tonight and Wednes day. 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