' 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-
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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
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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
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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
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Snow-Trapped Family
Goal Of Rescue Effort
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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.
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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.
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Slays Estranged Wife
For 'Refusing To Return
NEWARK. N.J., Jan. 34 (VP)
The dumpy little man stopped
his estranged wife in front of her
home and asked her to come
back to him.
When she refused he pulled a
gun, fired four shots. His wife lay
dead on the sidewalk beside a
loaf of bread that had rolled out
of her shopping bag.
The little man, 57-year-old
John Oravsky, had a bloody hand
where he had shot himself. 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
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showara today, tonight and
Wednesday. Cooltr tomerrew.
highest tamp, any Jan. .... 7'
Lowest temp, for any Jan.
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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
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dent Truman last November 2 at
the request of Navy Secretary
Matthews.
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