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Newspaper Page Text' 2 Th Nawt-RtWaw, Retburfl, Or. Tum., Jan. 24, 1950 Battle Against Handicaps Of Winter Related At Forum By H. C. Wells. Dist. Copco Head , A story of destruction and hardship, caused by high winds, rain and heavy mows, was related yesterday to the Chamber of Com merce noon forum luncheon audience by H. C. "Doc" Wells, district manager for California Oregon Wells said local citizens are oft en lulled by the Information that Roseburg's wind velocity is prac tically nil and that it snows here "seldom." "Other areas In which we op erate are not so fortunate," Wells said. He related troubles of the coastal area, where a 90-mlle wind blew steel doors off a con crete, power building near Coos Bay, collapsed mill construction and Inflicted mora damage In the Coquille area, -i "We never guessed we would have all four of our power lines flat on the ground at the same time," Wells declared, "and at the same time have help nullified from- the Northwest power pool. Jilt by burned-out generators at Bonneville and other troubles." He said all this damage in flicted by the weather coincided with' the "greatest power de mands of all time" In the state, especially Jn the Portland area. Power troubles In the Umpqua district (Including Roseburg) were' relatively minor, but "we underrated the power of the weather," he said According to Wells, lines were broken or oth erwise put out of working order by trees catupulting off mountain sides in areas where the usual right-of-way widths seemed suf- Doll Clothes Hand-mod doll clothes and sweater sets mad to order. Open 9 a. m. lo 5 p. m. Young's Doll & Toy Shoppe , 10 S. Ma'n across from ,: i Safoway. s-ZJl Shoe A (Z2m Books fv Skate A Cowboy (tfc- - - j Bootr Bedroom Slippers- Wrkr$ In mmr than 2500 Qrmgon tlrmt hmvm Q.P,S.mdltol and h$pltal protection m m 'It 1 oil I . MORE O.P.S. Sponsored ond Approved by t jj jj cuoiet Oregon Slot Medical Society , BnODN I mm Mall ' ' ' ' rl Oregon w 1 mm INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE While They Last! Reg. Price Salt Prici 1 0S lb. staggarsiJ dg red roofing 4.1 i sq. 3.S0 sj. Ovtrhecd garag door hdvm. 3" eitarene 23.45 11.45 14 easing nails by th ksg o!y 13.00 S.00 Insido door latches l.fS 1.65 Inslds door locks 2.40 2.00 Outside 5 pin tumbler locks 5.20 4.30 Red barn paint In S's Pittsburgh 4.04 gal. 2.40 gal. 16x6-8 flush doors t.tS 5.00 Ping pong table and stand 58" plywood 22.40 17.90 Ping pong table and stand 34" plywood 24.20 19.90 Gasoline powered water pumps 159.00 105.00 2 only as Is . . . fine for summer Irrigative West Coast Building Supply Co. Power company, flclent. Snow depths ranging over seven feet within a few miles of Roseburg caused more damage and hampered repairmen, nearly frozen from com ana dampness. Plans For Future Told "We are doubling precautions and taking steps to overcome dif ficulties in the future caused by weather such as we have just wit nessed," Wells said. He. said transformers which were -on order 29 months arrived 30 days ago for Days Creek and that some Installation had been done, only to find that parts of tne switcning apparatus were missing. "When these are Install ed, we will have service from Tiller to Roseburg service which we could have Drovided durlne the recent outages If the equip ment had been complete, ne sal a. An access road to install a Days Creek-Glendale line (125.000 KW) was actually under construction, only to be halted by heavy snows. Be said another line from Toketee south to Ft. Klamath is contem plated and there is a possibility that a double circuit line from Days ' Creek to Dlxonville may also be constructed. All this construction, when com pleted, will provide a re-routing scheme making possible power to Roseburg during almost any emergency, Wells said. The most recent power diffi culty, the Sutherlln substation fire, which Wells termed "a big financial loss," also struck just prior to installation of three transformers which were on the site. He said the damage has now been repaired and that almost all power users in that area are now being served. Installation of the additional transformers In creases the efficiency of the Sutherlln plant by 230 percent. ho declared. Wells cited figures In an at tempt to prove that construction of a power-providing steam plant In this area would not be justi fied. He said trrrt after the plant was installed, the cost of fuel per unit would amount t more than THAN-120,000 Oregonisns have prepaid security on sn iniiviiuid, .J i family or group basil. These modest- V cost O.P.S. plsns offer a wide selection ! of physicians, surgeons, consulting spe- cialisrs and hospitals. Please use the V coupon for details. hysicims Service 1114 S. W. SIXTH, MUN 4 411 MUST STRUT, SAIIM Mtoroea 1UI10INS, Mtorosa or in a wi?f iiraearuet - rNTl(lN HHIIill MMM laatl fnaiaiuia. mUv4 ar alf.aalavaa' ..4 IMaailaa I O.P.S. ..dk.i ... ha,!.! . ch.ik ..) Individual aaila Family aailf Ofaua aa.lt h O.M. M atll.aa'. Sal.- aa Uadlaid. Northw.it In Grip Of Another Frigid Wove (Continued from page One) after a four-day respite. With its return, the tall of storm-caused deaths since the recent Friday the 13:h blizzard soared to 21. Three persons were killed in British Columbia and a fourth in Spokane. Traffic, just back to normal after last week's paralysis, . was snarled by snow and slides in the Canadian province and by water-covered highways in Ore gon. Boulders loosened by rains and snows tumbled onto high ways, causing at least two crash es in Oregon. A near blizzard dropped s 1 ' Inches of snow sn Vancouver, B. C. Northern Washington reported from one to three Inches while to the south the flakes melted almost as xast as they fell. British Columbia victims In cluded two trainmen trapped in a locomotive cab when it was swept Into Seton Lake, 150 miles northeast of Vancouver, by a mountain avalanche during a bliz zard. Three other ears were de railed. The trainmen were iden tified as Alec L. Munro, 42, t h e engineer, and fireman Harry P. Seymour, 27, both of Squamlsh, B. C. Eight-year-old Antoinette Pas quail was killed at Cranbrook when Ice slid from a schoolhouse roof. In Spokane, 20-year-old Bur dette E. Elder was injured fat ally when his car struck a truck which officers said was skidding on an icy highway. A Florida couole were Injured seriously east of Baker when their car hit a truck while avoid ing another storm-loosened rock. -Snow and rock slides blocked the Columbia river highway 10 miles east of Cascade Locks, Ore. On the Washington side of the river, the Evergreen highway still was blocked at Stevenson. Blizzard, Heavy Rains Sweeping Midwest States By The Associated Press Winter hammered a wet. cold punch across the northern half of the country today. unzzara conditions prevailed over Minnesota and sections of the Dakotas and Montana. Tem peratures tumbled and strong winds whipped snow into huge drifts. Some highways were blocked. Colder weather was forcast as the storm moved south and east ward Into the central states anf! was expected to hit as far south as the Oklahoma Texas Pan handle. The mercury was 22 be low zero at Great. Falls, Mont., and-12 at MInot, N. D early to day. The heaviest snowfall was in Minnesota. Snow . fell in upper xnicnigan ana XNormern Wiscon sin westward through Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Northern Colorado. A rain belt extended over In diana and Illinois. Freezing rain was reported over most of Iowa, southern Wisconsin and southern Michigan. Glazed highways made driving hazardous. u. s. wignway 10, tne main east-west artery In North Dakota, was blocked by the drifting and blowing snow. winds reached a velocity of 56 miles per hour in the Rapid city, a. u area last nignt as tne storm howled Into the tri-state region of Minnesota and the Da kotas. Meanwhile, flood conditions in the midwest improved and the threat of new serious floods in the lower Mississippi Valley eas ed. VITAL STATISTICS Divorce Suit Filed COOKSON Ota I. vs. William F. Cookson. Married July 28, 1925. Galena. Kansas. Plaintiff charges cruel and inhuman treat ment: asKs court coniirmauon oi a property settlement. the cost of a kilowatt hour now selling to mills. He concluded his talk by praising the work of his fellow worker, Bill Stinson, district su perintendent, who Wells called "a real goln' dog." This Week Only! Chrysler Facing Threat Of Strike DETROIT, Jan. 24 (JP The automobile Industry's high geared 1950 production drive ran up against a possible snag today a threatened Chrvaler strike. Tomorrow at. 10 a. rru, 89,000 Chrysler workers are to walk out. However, negotiators strove tor a 16th consecutive day today to compromise the dispute. Yesterday the CIO United Auio workers, In a surprise maneu ver, offered to abandon their $100 monthly pension demand in ex change for a straight wage boost. The S100 pension has been the Union's No. 1 objective of its 19-49-50 bargaining program. Chrysler gave no sign that it was willing to agree to the new proposal. The union proposed a flat 10 cents an hour increase, Its "rock-bottom" offer. President Walter Reuther, now heading union negotiations, said that Chrysler "has got to accept or we strike." , Congress Inclined To Write Own Tax Program (Continued from page One) gram: a crackdown on tax dod gers of the middle-Income brac kets who do not report all their taxable income. Congress Has Own Ideas 1. The tax bill Congress finally whips together may slash excis es well beyond Mr. Truman'a re commendations - possibly as much as $1,000,000,000 to $1,500, 000,000. The president said he couldn't sign any bill reducing excises unless it provided for re placing the lost revenue. 2. A concerted drive will be made to plug the tax loopholes by which the President said many groups find legal ways to "es cape their fair share of taxation." He mentioned present laws which he said give special advantages to oil well and mine owners, charitable and educational organ izations engaged In business, and life insurance companies. Some lawmakers are doubtful, how ever, that the plugs will be as big as the excise cuts. 3. The Senate may not approve this year a bill containing the $1,000,000,000 increase in taxes on large corporations, estates and gifts, that Mr. Truman wants. Some Increases may be passed by the House, but a tup Democrat said Informally he does not believe the senate will accept them. 4. Congress probably will join the administration in a drive against tax dodgers, giving the internal revenue bureau about 3, 000 additional agents to check on personal income statements. Democrats Differ Some Democrats applauded the tax message. They included House leader McCormack of Massachusetts and Rep. Forand of Rhode Island, a member of the House ways and means com mittee. But ways and means Chairman Doughton (D-MC) and Chairman George (D-GA) of the Senate finance committee would not comment on its contents. Doughton did say that he thought Congress should make up elsewhere what it lost in excise cuts. George already has said he likes the idea of reducing excis es in separate legislation. economy talking lawmaKers took a dim view of the call for tax increases. Senator Byrd (D VA) insisted that the President should put emphasis on economy instead of higher taxes. Senator Wheery (R-Neb), GOP senate floor leader, said the Pres sident is trying to raise taxes "To finance spendthrift social ism." GOP Leader Wants Action GOP House leader Martin de manded that Congress ignore the rail for a broad tax overhaul and instead "repeal the wartime ex cise taxes immediately. He said business is suffering be cause buyers are holding off in expectation of tax decreases. As for Mr. Truman's threat of a veto unless he gets what he says tne country a nnanciai posi tion demands, Martin said Con gress should not allow "one man to legislate taxes." Rep. Leonard W. Hall IR-NY) called the message "an Insult to Congress" and said Mr. Truman "has set himself up as a dicta tor." Pointing to a statement by the President that "we must continue to practice rigid economy," Rep. Brown tR-Ohto called this a laugh and asked: "continue what rigid economy?" A Democrat, Senator O'Conor of Maryland, said he looked with A HUSBAND'S VERV APT TO ROAM, WHEN HEAT IS IACWKKJ IM THE HOME 7,uu.uumi Folks wh try aiir fuel eil, don't ream. In fact, mast f them arrange far us ta maka regular deliveries. arn - - Snow-Trapped Family Goal Of Rescue Effort IContinued from page One) piloted by George Felt, who was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff "Red" Eckhardt. Another att empt will be made to fly over the area today, weather permit ting, said Byrd. The efforts of the volunteers may be seriously handicapped, since fresh snow was falling heavily in the Dutchman moun tain area, due south of Camas Valley. Oran, Ormand and Lowall Standley spent a day trying to open a road Into Elk Valley with a bulldcer, but were only able to get within about seven miles. It is believed that the road may be again partially closed from fresh snow. When the sheriffs office was notified, a call for all available anow shoes and skis met with very satisfactory results. The equipment was taken to Camas Valley last night, and the rescue party was formed to start out early today. utter Content Label On Grade A Milk Proposed EUGENE, Jan. 24 W) The Oregon . Dairymen's association convention will vote today on a proposal for statewide labeling of butter content on all grade A milk. The dairy products promotion committee resolution was aimed at clarifying what Chairman John I. Gale of Canby said was a situation for which the dairy men were being blamed. He said some Oregon markets are getting 3.2 percent butterfat milk, but the premium price is based on 3.3 percent milk. Gale said the distributors were pocketing the extra profit and that the dairymen and the con sumers were suffering. He add ed it was involved in the pro blem of public relations with con sumers. Tennis Court Fence Now leing Replaced City Park and Playground commission workmen are in the process of replacing the fence on the east side of the city tennis court in North Roseburg, if was announced today. The old fence has rotted away. The new fence will be six feet higher than the old one. The tennis court was donated to t h e city by the Business and Profes sional Women's club. Auto-Train Collision Kills Glide Resident (Continued from page One) Platka, Roseburg; two sons, Ed gar Van Horn, Canyonvlile; Mil lard R. Van Horn, Roseburg; three brothers, Joe Van Horn, Grants Pass; O. P. Van Horn, Roseburg; J. D. Van Horn, Myrtle Creek; and two sisters, Mrs. Ever- ai Jonnson, Koseburg, and Mrs. Chessie Scooling, Shereveport, Louisiana. Funeral services wll be an nounced by the Roseburg Funer al home upon arrival of relatives. disfavor on the tax increase pro posals affecting businesses and certain phases of the estate tax boost recommendation. l just saw he NEW DESOTO" Tt's mw nd exciting! It's big, X ful and breath-taking. It s the De Sole. It could be tour! This ear drrre a fine ear . , . one that's got til the room and luxury vour heart desires . . . that l ou an without shifting . . . that make. Ten proud eTerr minute. Dme this Oe Soto thtt't brand-new from front to twtt. mMSOTOr 11 Million In Soviet Slavery, Charge Of CIO WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 UP) The Congress of Industrial Or ganizations charged today that more than 11,000,000 persons are being worked to death in Soviet slave labor camps. A statement by James B. Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer, prepared for the Senate foreign relations committee, said In part: "Both Hitler and Stalin organ ized the greatest machinery for literally squeezing the blood out of human beings for two purpos es: first to get human energy without pay end secondly, to kill, through overwork, the undesir able people. "The population of slave labor camps In Germany reached al most eleven million. ... The number of Inmates from that Bal tic nations in the Siberian slave labor camps, Including the salt mines, is certainly higher." Carey urged American ratifica tion of the United Nations geno cide convention and expressed "the hope that all nations of the world will follow soon the Amer ican lead." The Senate committee is hold ing hearings on the United Na tions proposal to outlaw geno cide, which U. N. has defined as "a denial of the right of exist ence of entire human groups as homicide is the denial of hte right to live of individual human be ings." The V. N. action was prompt ed by the slaughter of Jews by Germany in World War II. CARS COLLIDE Cars operated by Frances Lo renzo Kenny, Idleyld route, and Elmer Brown Hicks, route 2, col lided on North Jackson street near Grimm's groceryf Chief of Police Calvin Baird reported. Kenny was driving south and Hicks was pulling out from the curbinsr when the accident oc curred. No one was injured, and damage to the cars was not exten sive. ERROR CORRECTED An item appearing in the Jan. 19 issue of the News-Review, tell ing of the dividend declared by the Roseburg National Farm Loan assiciation, termed the as sociation "a 10 percent coopera tive farm lending institution." The correct figure should have been 100 percent. SjKjagv. 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Police said he wrapped his hand in his handkerchief, threw the gun into a sewer, and calmly waited for police to come. His neat over coat was spattered with blood. He freely told a patrolman passerby how his wife of 13 months, Elizabeth, 57, wouldn't come home. She had gone to live with a nephew about two months ago. The bespectacled furrier was charged with murder. Charge Of Assaulting Tommy Bridges Finles LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24.- Verle L. Penney, 41, truck driver frorr. Portland, Ore., is free today of a charge of feloniousy assault ing his divorced wife and Thomas D. Bridges, ex-Detroit Tigers pitching star. Judge Joseph F. Chambers held yesterday that evidence did not warrant prosecution on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to commit murder. Penney's $2,500 bond was exoner ated. Bridges, now with the San Francisco Seals, testified in a pre liminary hearing that Penney sl'igged him with a pistol. Penney admitted he did but said Bridges hit him with his fists. Penney added he was attempting a re conciliation with his estranged wife, Mrs. Iona Penney, 35, who has obtained a preliminary di vorce decree. f HERMAN CONFIRMED ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-U&- Admiral Forrest P. Sherman to day was confirmed by the Senate as chief of naval operations. It was a voice vote. Sherman -ucceeds Admiral Umpqua Valley Hardware will be Qmei for Inventbiy Monday Tuesday Wednesday Jan. 30, Jan. 31, February 1 UMPQUA VALLEY ttBaby-l Tme m rat caoncim Mi.i wt Kgnt " The Weather U. S. Wtathtr lurtau Ottim Rostburg, Orsgen Cloudy with eocasienal anaw showara today, tonight and Wednesday. Cooltr tomerrew. highest tamp, any Jan. .... 7' Lowest temp, for any Jan. Highost ttmp. ytstorday .... S Lowest temp. Iatt'24 hrs. 81 Precipitation lait 24 hrs 87 Precipitation -from Jn. 1 l.0 Precipitation from Sept. 1 ..20.4S Exceia from Jen. 1 S.2S Louis F. Denfeld, fired by Presi dent Truman last November 2 at the request of Navy Secretary Matthews. Sefety pays! 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