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TOUCH TYPING IN 90 MINUTES Philip Cross of Brooklyn,
"N. Y., shows the keyboard of his "Tuch-Rite" fypewriting sys
tem -with which he claims he can teach anybody how to type
in 90 minutes. Gross, who has been studying typing since 1925,
bases his system on the simultaneous hearing, sight and touch
theory.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE foreign office of the Chi
nese Nationalist government
(which is making a last stand on
the big islaml of Formosa, just
off the China coast) issues a
formal statement in which it ex
presses the hop-; that the Flying
Arrow incident will not affect
the ; "friendly feelings between
the Chinese and American
peoples.'
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MAYBE we'd better get this "in
cident" straight in our minds.
The Flying Arrow is an Ameri
can ship. It is loaded with goods
that the COMMUNIST govern
ment of China wants very much.
It is headed for the port of Shang
hai, which the Chinese Commu
nists now control, along with
most of the rest of mainland
China.
It has been attacked and shot
tip by the naval forcej of the Na
tionalist government which has
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Death Penalty For Spies
Restored By Russia
MOSCOW, Jan. 13 UP) -The
death penalty returned yester
day to Soviet Russia's statute
books after an absence of almost
two years.
The local press published an
edict by the presidium of the Su
preme Soviet decreeing revival
of the penalty for "traitors to the
homeland, spies and saboteurs."
For other crimes the death sen
tence still will not be given.
(Speculation at once arose in
London that the return of the
death penalty presaged new pro
secution similar to the 1937 Mos
cow treason trials.)
The presidium abolished capi
tal punishment on May 26, 1947,
because, its edict then said, it
was "no longer necessary in
peacetime conditions." This, the
decree explained, was because
Russia's world war two victory
had demonstrated "the excep
tional loyalty of the entire popu
lation of the Soviet Union to the
Soviet country and the Soviet
government."
W. W. Wiser Convicted Of
Theft Of Truck Tires
"Guilty as charged" was the
finding of the jury Thursday in
the trial of W. W. Wiser, accused
of the theft of four truck tires.
The verdict was split, with two
members casting ballots for ac
quittal. In his instructions to the jury,
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
said a 10-vote majority was need
ed to determine the future status
of a defendant in a felony trial
other than a capital offense.
Judge Wimberly set Friday,
Jan. 20, as the date for sentenc
ing. Ray Compton, counsel for
Wiser, said the defense may ap
peal. Wiser'i alleged accomplice,
Richard Backus, was returned
from the state penitentiary to ap
pear as a state's witness.
Yets1 Dividend Checks. Going
Monday, Exempt From Debts,
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 -fP)
GI dividend checks are exempt
from seizure for payment of
debts, the Veterans administra
tion said today.
The Treasury department
printed its first large batch of
the world War II insurance divi
dned checks yesterday, and the
Post Office department will start
mailing them at a proposed rate
of 200,000 a day, 1,000,000 a week
next Mondav.
The major part of the $2,800,
000,000 dividend is to be paid out
by next June 30. Ther are about
16.000,000 policy holders.
The Veter.-ns administration
aid that the dividend checks
"may not be withheld from Vet
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Patient Accused
In Hospital Fire
DAVENPORT, la., Jan. 13
UP) A young woman patient who
admitted setting a mental ward
fire that killed 41"women because
"I thought I could escape if the
building would burn," is to be
arraigned tomorrow on a charge
of murder.
. Mrs. Elnora Epperly, 23, of
Rock Island, III., was charged by
Scott county Attorney Clark O.
Filseth yesterday with "murder
committed in the perpetration of
arson."
Authorities said they were
checking further into the story
told by the woman, who was a
patient in St. Elizabeth's mental
ward at Mercy hospital. The
mental ward was destroyed by
fire last Saturday morning.
Dr. Werener M. Hollander,
Davenport psychiatrist, said Mrs.
Epperly was "schizophrenic." He
added her story was typical of
her type of patient.
(Schizophrenia is a form of
mental derangement resulting in
inaction or simulating of quali
ties one does not possess).
Formed Mental Patient
Kills Wife And Infant
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 13 UP)
A World War II veteran re
cent state mental patient last
night admitted to deputy sheriffs
he killed his pretty wife and 'aby
daughter.
Darrell L. Welch, 28, tried to
kill himself after beating and
stabbing to death his wife, Rose
lyn, 26, and 15-month-old Mary
Cecelia, in their suburban Colon
ial hills home, Deputy Sheriff
Paul Stormont said.
He was taken to Ohio State
university hospital after he
stabbed himself and swallowed, a
quantity of poison (iodine). Hos
pital attendants said his condi
tion was "fair" today.
Only last Nov. 9 Welch was re
leased from the Columbus state
hospital and placed in his wife's
custody. Two months before he
had been judged mentally incom
petent in probate court. He was
released for a "trial visit" at
home upon the Insistence of re
latives and friends.
Fire Razes Lumber Mill
In North Vancouver, B. C.
NORTH VANCOUVER, B. C,
Jan. 13 VP) A 35-minute fire,
fanned by cold winds and fed by
popping fuel drums, destroyed
the Lions Gate Lumber com
pany's main mill here last night.
Along with the $100,000 mill
which employed 120 men, the fire
burned 20,000 feet of cut lum
ber, a huge saw, planers and
edgers. A 4,000-volt power line
was seared, blacking out neigh
boring mills and a small residen
tial district.
Cause of the blaze was not de
termined. PROBABLY "BONING UP"
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 UP)
Rudolph M. Nelson, 30, is book
ed today on suspicion of robbery
after department store detectives
accused him of swiping a book.
The book: "Alcatraz Island
Prison ant", the Men Who Live
There."
erans as security for indebted
ness due an individual or firm."
It added that it issued the an
nouncement "after noting that
some veterans have directed
that their checks be mailed to
certain business establishments
in various localities."
"We have no choice but to hon
or such requests, since the Vet
eran has the right to have his
check mailed to any address he
designates," VA said.
"However, no one has the legal
right to withhold dividend checks
from Veterans after receipt, eith
er for settlement of a debt or for
any other reasons."
The dividend checks also are
exempt from income taxes.
The Weather
Cloudy with mixed rain and
snow today. Snow showers and
colder tonight and Saturday.
Sunset today 5 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:43 a. m.
Established 1873
Winter Storm
Continues In
Oregon Areas
Heavy Snows Reported,
Chains Needed On Cars;
Coos Road In Bad Shape
Road conditions both north
and south of Roseburg reflected
a continuation of the combina
tion snow-rain-ice storm which
hit areas bordering highway 99
almost a week ago.
State police today said the
highway is passable north of
here and chains are not required,
although the highways are slushy.
According to an Associated Press
report, the State Highway com
mission is requiring motorists to
use chains from Corvallls north
to Portland. The road report for
that area, as of 9:15 a. m. to
day, indicates it is still snowing
hard at Salem and Corvallis
north to Portland, with road
crews attempting to clear the
highway by plowing. Road con
ditions at Eugene are similar to
those in Roseburg, light snow
and rain, with the pack breaking
up.
South of Roseburg, state police
are requiring motorists to use
chains for highway travel. Grams
Pass reports it is snowing hard
there, to put another layer on
the packed snow already on the
roads. 'Chains are also required
on the Siskiyous south of Ash
land, and Redwood highway 199
is termed passable with chains
but is very hazardous, according
to state police. Although the pave
ment is bare at Medford, state
police said the sky is overcast,
presaging more storms today.
Vehicles Turned Back
The Coos Bay highway is also
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Plane Crashes In
Street; Two Die
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 13
UP) Two Air Force Reserve
fliers were killed and , three
others escaped with light injuries
in the crash of a training plane
on a residential street last night.
Apparently only the quick skill
of the pilot, who perished, saved
the plane from crashing into a
row of homes.
Dead are Capt. M. D. Dennlson,
the pilot, Long Beach, and 2nd
Lt. C. J. Knee, co-pilot, of Los
Angeles.
The other three crew members
were Thrown or jumped clear of
the plane as it tipped a roof and
were able to walk away from the
scene. The pilot was able to nose
the plane into the street, where
it struck two parked cars and
burst into flames.
The home which was struck
but undamaged is that of Charles
Partridge. Mrs. Partridge, who
ran out to see the plane burst
into flames, collapsed and was
treated for shock.
Aberdeen Licenses Pinball
Despite Court Decision
ABERDEEN, Jan. 13 UP) The
Aberdeen city council Thursday
approved a motion by the license
committee to license the opera
tion of pinball machines here this
year.
No reference was made to a
recent state supreme court deci
sion holding such devices ille
gal. The committee motion would
permit the Grays Harbor Amuse
ment Co., to operate 162 ma
chines in the city by pavment of
a $1,000 master fee and $15 a
month for each machine.
Auto Skid Into Pond
Kills Three Persons
LONGVIEW, Wash., Jan. 13.
UP) An Army corporal's wife and
two children died early today
when the family car skidded from
an icy highway and plunged into
a roadside pond.
Cpl. Walter Warner, 25, the
husband and father, escaped from
the car but said he was unable to
rescue his trapped family. He was
suffering from exposure and
shock when he was rescued from
its top.
Into Mails Next
Income Taxes
Postmaster General Donald
son has urged that Veterans keep
home letterboxes locked and re
move mail promptly, lest forgers
try to steal the checks.
Secret Service Chief U. E.
Baughman also has advised mer
chants to guard against forger
ies and to require better per
sonal identification than Social
Security cards or drivers licens
es before cashing the dividend
checks.
Baughman pointed out that the
person who cashes a government
check on a forged endorsement
is the loser for the full amount
The checks will range in size
from 90 cents to $528, with the
average running about $125.
ROSEBURG,
LUCKY STOOP
Sight Restored
As Man Bends To
Tie Shoestring
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Jan. 13.
UP) The simple act of stooping
over to tie his shoestring was
credited today by a 41-year-old
salesman with helping to restore
his sight after 12 years of total
blindness.
Foster M. Wilson said that
when he stooped to tie his shoe
string recently he suddenly saw
a Deam of lignt. men tnere was
a fog and finally a light haze.
He rushed to the doctors he
said had told him he would never
see again. At first, the doctors
said his newly acquired vision
was "a temporary improvement
at best."
However, Wilson said, the im
provement continued and now he
has almost 20-20 vision with the
aid of thick-lens glasses.
Wilson, married and the fa
ther of 18-year-old twins, said
the doctors told him he lost his
sight because portions of his eyes
had become detached. The sud
den movement aof his head when
he stooped over, served to "weld"
the severed organs.
He plans to continue in his job
as a heating and air conditioning
salesman.
Slays His Bride
Because She's 15
Minutes Late
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 UP)
A young bride was killed bv her
jealous husband, police said to
day, Decause sne got nome is
minutes late.
The victim was Ann Taylor, 21,
a bride of three months.
Her husband, Thomas, 28, was
booked on a homicide charge aft
er he voluntarily gave himself
up last night.
Police said he told this story:
He and his wife had moved into
a one-room Brooklyn apartment
a week ago. Yesterday, at her
insistence, he permitted her to
go visit her foster mother. She
promised to return by 3:45 p.m.
When she didn't return 'until
4 p.m., the husband, in a rage
of jealousy, beat her with a ham
mer and then strangled her with
his belt.
"I thought I was going to lose
her," police quoted him. "I was
insanely jealous.
"I didn't believe her when she
told me that she had been delay
ed by three slow -moving trol
leys, he was quoted.
Police quoted Taylor as saying
of his wife: "How I loved that
gal. Let me kiss her goodbye
just once more, and I'll tell vou
everything you want to know."
President Urges Demo
Backing For FEP Bill
WASHINGTON, J?n. 13 UP)
The administration turned on the
heat today for passage of a bill
to ban job discrimination, follow
ing President Truman's plea to
Democratic congressmen to fall
in step with the entire "fair
deal."
Chairman Sabath (D-U) sum
moned the House Rules commit
tee to hearings on a measure to
establish a fair employment
practices commission to enforce
rules forbidding discrimination
against job-seeking Negroes and
others.
Mr. Truman said last night
that after next fall's congression
al elections "we will have a Dem
ocratic party that represents the
people" In both Senate and
House.
Penalty For Election
Slackers Is Suggested
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 -UP)
Rep. Brehm (ROhlo), admitting
that he is sorely perplexed, sug
gested today that people who
miss voting in two national elec
tions should lose the privilege for
the next four years.
So many people don't vote,
Brehm said sadly, that a con
gressman can't figure out the
wishes of the majority.
For instance: How can a Re
publican lawmaker decide what
the people in his district want
when they re-elect him. bu talso
give a majority to President Tru
man? "I want a majority opinion of
nil IhdCA T ranratanf '
said plaintively. "What I have
now is a majority opinion of min
ority, groups."
Coinage Of "Half-Bits,"
"Bits" Sought In Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 UP)
Kep. Patman (D-Tex) thinks it's
about time Congress did some-
tntng to give some legal dignltv
to the expression "two bits" a
quartT, that is.
He introduced a bill yesterday
to authorize the coinage of "bits"
and "half-hits."
The "bit" would be worth
twelve and one half cents and
would contain a little more sil
ver than a dime.
The "half-bit" would be worth
six and one-quarter cents and
presumably would be made of
nickel and copper, although Pat-
man's bill doesn't specify that.
OREGON FRIDAY, JAN.
Coal Shortage
Gets Serious;
Survey Shows
Truman Still Refuses To
Invoke T-H Act, Saying
No Emergency Exists
By HAROLD W. WARD
(ADVANCE) WASHINGTON,
Jan. 13 UP) The U.S. Chamber
of Commerce today reported a
"critical" coal shortage in 36 cit
ies, hard on the heels of Presi
dent Truman's new denial that
the three-day mine week has cre
ated a coal emergency.
The Chamber statement appar
ently was prepared before Mr.
Truman's indication to his news
conference yesterday that he has
no Immediate plans to force full
production in the coal fields by
using his Taft-Hartley act emer
gency injunction powers against
John L. Lewis' United Mine
workers.
The Chamber reported that It
had surveyed areas in 10 "princi
pal bituminous coal using
states," with this result:
"With an average of less than
seven days' supply in dealers'
hands in 36 average sized towns
surveyed, telegraphed advices
from chambers of commerce in
these cities reveal that wide
spread suffering and hat-ship has
been averted so far primarily be-
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Lumber Co. Near
Roseburg Bought
Dave Kesner, bookkeeper and
office manager for the newly
formed Green Valley Lumber
company, announced today the
purchase of the Universal Lum
ber company by two local men
and one from Eugene,
i The Universal company, locat
ed three miles south of Roseburg
on highway 99, has been leased
and operated by the Crenshaw
Lumber company since May of
last year, it was recently: pur,
chased- by Lloyd Crenshaw, for
merly of the Crenshaw Lumber
company; Henry Bailey, Walker
Milling company; and Jack Kerr,
Kerr Lumber company, Eugene.
The new Green Valley plant
will function as a re-milllng
giant, surfacing up to 150,000
oard feet of lumber dally when
full production is reached. The
company operates its own saw
mill in Camas valley and also
buys rough stock from several
small mills in this locality.
Kesner said extensive improve
ments are planned for the re
milling plant in the near future,
including additional new equip
ment and increased yard facili
ties. A new office building is to
be constructed in the spring.
wnen running at capacity, Kes
ner said a total of 50 men will
be employed in the mill and plan
er.
Northwest Hit
By Icy Blizzard
IBy The Associated Pre,)
Bllzzard-like weather blasted at
the Pacific Northwest today.
winds reported up to tu miles
an hour hit the Washington
coast. The storm sank eight or
nine iisning Doats in tne moor
age on Grays harbor.
Many scnools closed. KUrai
schools have been closed for sev
eral days. City schools of Port
land, Tacoma, Aberdeen, Ho
quiam, Port Angeles, Everett,
Longview, Kelso, Olympla and
Kennewick closed In the face of
the snow and storm today.
All Cowlitz countv scnools
closed.
Vancouver's schools were the
only ones open in Clark county-
.
the weather Bureau at Port
land issued a special forecast to
warn that the city might have a
foot of snow by nightfall. The
city's schools were ordered closed
at noon.
Trains from the east were run
ning behind schedule. One line
reported a train nine hours late.
Taft Counters Truman
With Victory Forecast
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -IIP)
President Truman's talk of rosy
Democratic prospects In Ohio
was countered today by Repub
lican Senator Taft' claim that
he could be re-elected now and
will win In November.
Taft told reporters he sees no
reason why the conditions which
he thinks already favor his bid
for a new six-year senate term
won't be even better when vot
ing time rolls around.
K-Falls Hanging Death
Is Pronounced Suicide
KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 13
UP) An unemployed Dental
Technician, Almon Otis Bout
well, 46, was found dead in his
hotel room here yesterday after
noon, hanged in a closet doorway.
Sheriff Franey said the death
u-aa a atllrlrle. tie Said Rntltwpll
fiad used four strands of picture
wire.
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WINE WAR California Board
arocer Charles Hawkins, 37,
after arresting him for selling a
of 45c as set by the California Fair Trade act. Unconscious,
Hawkins lies in street with his head, on his wife's lap (bottom)
while officers wait for him to revive. A crowd booed police and
called them "Gestapo" as Hawkins was taken off to jail. (NEA
Telephotol.
Ruling Of Neuner Stymies
Plan To Set Aside 4 Blocks
For Expanding State Capitol
SALEM, Jan. 13. (API Attorney General George Neuner
tossed a roadblock today in plans for the state to save . a
four-block area for future state capitol buildings.'- -J' L. : .
Neuner ruled that neither"
the state emergency board has any power to pay $31,000 to
Robert Coates, Portland, who plans to build a $300,000 7-story
apartment house in the four-block area. The area is wanted
by the Capitol Planning commission for future state buildings.
Housing Project
Blast Kills Five
VINCENNES, Ind., Jan. 13 UP)
Residents of the Bowman ter
race federal housing project
watched nervously today as au
thorities started an investigation
to determine the cause of an ex
plosion which killed five mem
bers of two families.
Authorities agreed a gas ex
plosion of some kind was respon
sible for demolishing a two
family structure and killing two
young mothers and three chil
dren yesterday. Fire Chief
Dewey Shepherd said he believ
ed It was an accumulation of
either natural gas or sewer gas
under the floor of the basement
Jess house.
The structure was one of 42
such units closely grouped in the
project.
The dead were Mrs. Wanda M.
Cooper, 23; her two children,
Charles Wayne Cooper, 5, and
Barbara Jo Cooper, J; Mrs. Kose
Overfelt, 21, and her daughter,
Vickie June, 18 months.
The explosion leveled the one
story concrete block structure
and blasted a crater several feet
deep in the ground where the
house had stood. Ten other units
in the project were damaged,
four seriously. Debris was
thrown as far as a city block.
Springfield's Mayor
Facing Recall Fight
SPRINGFIELD, Ore., Jan. 13
UP) Mayor B. P. Larson, a
leader in the campaign to get a
municipal power system for Spr
ing field, faced a recall fight to
day. Recall charges against him
were filed yesterday by U. S.
Burt,' chairman of an organiza
tion titled the Good Government
league.
The charges specified that Lar
son had without authority obli
gated the city's funds in plan
ning for the municipal power sys
tem; that he failed to keep cam
paign promises and that he did
not cooperate with city employes
or residents.
Insurance Checks For
Veterans Begin Rolling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 UP)
The treasury has started rolling
out checks for the 16,000.000 vet
erans sharing in the $2,800,000
000 life insurance dividend. A
daily output of 200,000 checks is
the goal.
With the checks due to pour
Into the malls next Monday, post
master General Donaldson warn
ed the veterans to "keep mall
receptacles locked" while await
ing the pay-off.
ic 10-50
ot Equalization agents drag
from hit Stockton store (top)
bottle of wine for 39c instead
the state board of control nor
coates naci sain ne wouia
change his mind about building
the apartment house in the area
If he were repaid the $31,000 he
already has spent. This includes
a $13,000 lot.
Neuner ruled that 'the state
can't repay Coates the money un-
lestt tne legislature acts, Tne leg
islature doesn't meet until a year
from now.
Neuner ruled that the board
of control can't spend the money
because the legislature hasn't in
cluded those four blocks in the
capitol zone.
He ruled the emergency board
can't pay the $31,000 because no
emergency exists.
"mere is notning in tne law,
Neuner wrote, "which author
izes the emergency board to de
clare a deficiency or make an
appropriation for the acquisition
of land, the purchase of which
nas not oeen autnorizea oy an
act of the legislature. The board
Is an administrative agency. It
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Victims' Kin Win On Mercy
Appeal For Slayer
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 13
UP) John Kllngaman, 70, of
Walkerton, Ind., will receive a
relatively light punishment for
killing two men because the vie
1 1 m s relatives recommended
mercv.
Klingaman fatally shot Ora
Jack-son, 71, and nis cousin, Les
ter Jackson, 5J. botn ol WasKer
ton, last July. Police said he ex
plained the men had teased him
or years, accusing him of killing
a rabbit out of season.
In superior court yesterday
Judge J. Elmer Peale asked six
relatives of the dead men if they
would be satisified If Klingaman
pleaded guilty to a charge of
voluntary manslaughter. They
agreed. The elderly man entered
the plea and was sentenced to
two to 21 vears In orison. He had
been charged with first degree
murder in the slaylngs.
Lumber Industry Will
Expand At Medford
MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 13 tlP)
A million-dollar program to In
crease remanufacture of lumber
in this area was announced
Thursday.
An Industrial area will be de
veloped on the old Camp Uhlte
property, with mils and workers'
houses.
The Ross Lumber company
will build a $400,000 plant and
the White City Lumber company
a $500,000 plant, with planing and
resaw facilities to extend the re
manufacture of lumber products
here. Other firms are expected
to locate In the tame area.
The new plants will increase
the supply of materials for re
manufacturing plants here. The
project it expected to give em
ployment to about 300 men.
Divers Get t'o
Answers To
Taps On Hulk
Craft Sinki In Thames
Afttr Collision With
Tanker; Fifteen Saved
CHATHAM, Eng.. Jan. 13
Fifty -two men were feared
dead aboard the rammed and
sunken submarine Truculent to
day.
Divers and frogmen tapped out
messages on the hulk of the nunk-
en undersea raider, but up to
this afternoon apparently had re
ceived no response.
Vice Adm. G. B. Middleton of
the Chatham navy yard posted
a notice saying "great losi of
life" is feared.
Work from rescue craft at the
scene Indicated hope was fading
swiftly for the men still believed
to be aboard the submarine
which went to the bottom of the
Thames estuary last night after
she was rammed by the iron
clad prow of the Swedish tanker.
- "We have practically given up
hope," an admiralty spokesman
said after divers came up and
reported they found no sign of
life. Dusk was beginning to close
in on the rescue operations.
Nine are known dead. Three of
these were picked up last night
after the collision and six more
bodies were found today. Fifteen
men were rescued.
Air Tragedy Follows
In addition, all five . men
aboard a Lancaster rescue
plane were killed early today in
a takeoff crash at a Royal Air
Force station In Scotland. The
plane was to have picked up div
ers for the Chatham operation.
The submarine lay in silt about
42 feet below the surface at low
tide. The ebbing tide had aided
the divers in reaching the craft,
which had gone down in water
54 feet deep. i '
Of the 76 aboard, 58 were tai
lors and 18 were dockmen tail
ing as part of the crew in test
cruise after refitting.
This may be the biggest peace
time disaster to a British sub
marine since June, 1939, when
the Thetis sank in Llveroool bav
with a loss of 99 lives. The U. S.
submarine Squalua, which sank
off New Hampshire In May, 1939,
cost 26 lives.
The Truculent sent 20 Japanese
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Kiwdrtians Will
Fete Anniversary
Kiwanis International will ob
serve Its 35th anniversary dur
ing the week of Jan. 15 to 21.
Established in Detroit, Jan. 21,
1915, the community service or
ganization has grown from a tin
gle unit to a network of more
than 3,000 clubs and 200,000 mem
bers throughout the United
States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii
and Yukon territory.
Maurice Newland, Roseburg
Kiwanis club president, said
plans are being made for local ,
observance of Kiwanis Anniver
sary week, and that he had re
ceived a significant report on Ki
wanis International's accomplish
ments this past year.
Nearly $18,000,000 wai raised
by clubs to support community
funds, polio, heart and cancer
campaigns In 1949, he said. At
the same time Klwantans pur
chased $14,000,000 in government
savings bonds, provided recrea
tional opportunities to 1,650,000)
young people, and gave vocation
al guidance to 265,000 others,
along with other achievements.
Plans for Roseburg't partici
pation are under the education
and fellowship committee's direc
tion, with Horaoe Berg as chair
man. Raw Milk Sale Ban Aim
Of Portland Proposal
PORTLAND, Jan. 13 UP)
A city ordinance was ordered
drawn Thursday to ban retail
sale of raw milk here.
The ordinance, proposed by
Commissioner Fred L. Peterson,
Is based on recommendation of
the city health department. Al
though the amount of raw milk
sold is small, health authorities
contend it is a potential source
of disease.
The ordinance Is expected to
go before the city council next
week.
N. Y. City CIO and AFL
Form Political Merger
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (JP) The
CIO and AFL have pooled their
strength In New York City for
Joint political action on a year
round basis.
The decision was announced
yesterday by leaden of both big
labor organizations, who termed
the local political alliance "his
toric and unprecedented."
There was no Indication wheth
er they hoped to extend the plan
elsewhere.
Lvity fact J ant
By L. F. Reizenitern
Friday, 13th, It here ones mores
Watch your step lest ye
a-scootln'
When you least eipect
And break your neck
Or New Year's meJutien.
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