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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.
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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.
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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
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position that there is no coal
emergency warranting his use of
the emergency Inlunctlon clause
of the Taft-Hartley act.
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Win Tough Fight
With Arctic Cold
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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
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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.
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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,-
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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.
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livestock transportation costs fa
vors producers close to district
markets.
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Lowest temp, for any Jan. ... -f
Higheet temp, yesterday .. 44
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. 35
Preolpltatlon last 24 hrs. .'. ,25
Precipitation from Jan, 1 .... I.St
Precipitation from Sept. 1 14.04
Excess from Jan. 1 1,1
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