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4 Th News-Review, Roiaburg, Ore.Tuei., Jon. 31, 1950 Published OlMy Except Sunday ! y the News-Ravie Company, Inc. CHA"LE8EdU.?TANT0N EWM.nigAPP Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newepaper publisher Association, the Audit Bureau of Clroulatlone T.HI)I.LIDr CO.. INU. met! m n.w ..... -" Bulk, W.l(. Uina " ' CITIES EXPANDING "D'yuh Need Any Help?" By CHARLES V. STANTON The long-standing barrier to municipal annexations in Oregon apparently is beginning to break. . Summarizing municipal activities for 1949, the League of Oregon Cities reports 40 annexation elections in Oregon during the year with 26 being successful. Rejections came from the outside dictricU, all proposals being approved within municipalities. Douglas county predominated in annexation elections held during the last threa months of 1949, six units voting on annexation with Myrtle Creek and three with Roseburg. Myrtle Creek elections resulted in annexation of four subur ban units; three by consent and one by favorable vote. Two were defeated. Roseburg had successful elections in two districts and the third joined by consent. More annexations were voted in 1949 than in any previous year in Oregon's history, according to information we have been able to gather.. This condition, of course, was entirely natural and developed because of the extremely high rate of population growth throughout all of Western tregon nut tint, nearly as much territory has entered munici palities as should do so for the safety and welfare of the Ktrnno- resistance to annexation still exists, thereby retarding orderly development of many communities, while permitting unsanitary conditions, dangerous ure imaaiua, and Inadequate police protection. i '. Several reasons impel people to erect homes outside mu nicipalities. The chief reason, of course, is to escape city tov Another is that many people dislike city congestion and prefer the more open areas. Cheaper land values also enter into the picture as does the fact that buildings may be constructed without conforming to any codes wnicn might increase cost. t Residents of suburban areas, enjoy benefits of the city s shopping rea, schools, churches, theaters, etc., contributing their trade dollars to the municipality's business and in- . dustrial welfare. tn twmit. vears thev have been able to obtain fire pro. tection through creation of rural fire districts, ' but lack . nolice nrotection, sanitary installations, street lighting, ana -Borne utility services enjoyed by the city dweller. On the whole, while the area remains sparsely settled, th suburban resident is comparatively well situated. As population grows, however, conditions change rapidly. Too many septic tanks in a small area overtax the capacity of the soil to absorb sewerage and health becomes endan gered by unsanitary conditions. As neighborhoods become '. rrnwHed. nolice services are needed to control youthful disregard for property rights, rowdyism, excess noise and other problems. Overcrowding of buildings, over which no construction supervision has been exercised, creates a most critical fire hazard, a condition reflected in the daily news reports detailing deaths of many people by burning in their homes. These conditions materialize slowly and the average resi dent, while aware that they exist, becomes accustomed to them by degrees. He still is motivated by the original reasons which caused him to locate outside the municipality in the first place and It is not until his surroundings become in tolerable that he consents to union with the city. The majority of annexations occurring during the past year undoubtedly were caused by conditions .which virtually forced municipal organization. But the fact that so many units were voted into municipalities will afford an oppor tunity to demonstrate advantages of consolidation of terri tory. We believe the example will encourage further en largement of cities during this year. It is to be hoped that wherever possible annexation will be brought about early enough to secure economic benefits from the 1950 cen sus, for allocation of various state revenues to municipali ties is based on census figures. Benefits from population in creases after the 1950 census will be lost until 19G0. Conse auently any annexations which cannot long be delayed, should ' be pressed to early consummation, because of the economic factors involved, if for no other reason. By Viaknttt S. Martin "The housewife," says Agnes3 Underwood, unique In being the only woman city editor of a great dally newspaper, the Los Angeles Herald-Express, "may make her life the greatest career of all. And millions of women do it efficiently without nagging hus bands and children into irrita tions frustrations that wind up in the City Hall Tower divorce courts.' Well, the author of Newspaper woman (Harper & Bros. 1949) should know! She says elsewhere, "City editor or not,' I still do my cooking, washing and ironing when I get home from work weekdays and on Saturdays and Sundays." Mrs. Underwood did confess to having a housekeeper while ' her two children were growing up! In Newspaperwoman the au thor also says: "The efficient housewife's day, I realize, is busy. Cooking Imaginatively so that the food does not taste like sodden sawdust; keeping the house, in cluding the kitchen and bath room, clean; shopping, sewing, mending, washing, Ironing, can ning and preserving, and keep ing herself fresh and cheerful that's one (she didn't use a blank here or elsewhere!) of a big Job!" Newspaperwoman Is the fasci nating and frankly written story of an orphan who came to Los Angeles "homeless, friendless ajid In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) Rod. Roosevelt Rapped For Night Club Addiction - ' . .. n. vn. I -I ... .ntllr.n ntl milt. lob discrimination i ti-vi legislation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 UP A Republican suggested In the House ypsterday that Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. stay away from New York night clubs and show up oftener at House meetings. Rep. Brown of Ohio told his col leagues the young Democrat-Liberal from New York had answer ed only 60 of the 129 roll calls since the start of the session Jan. 3. Roosevelt was not present when. Brown spoke. "There is grave concern among friends of this young man over the fact that he Isn't here as much as he should be," Brown said. He added: "I'd like to say to all the mem bers of the House that you slm- Ely can't learn the rules of this louse In a night club In New York," Brown said. "You simply can't solve any of the great so cial and moral problems by noc " turnal mediation on 52nd street. You've got to be right here to solve tnem. Parole Violator Given Jail Term, Fined $250 William Charles Dorsey. 43. Dlxonville. accused of violation of parole, was fined $250 and sen tenced to 30 days In the county Jail, Justice of the Peace A. i. Gedrics reported. r.uv lister Gordon. SI, Sagi naw, charged with obtaining money under lalse pretenses, failed to post $1,000 ball and was lodged in Jail. Rudolph Oscar Ednian, 40. Sa lem, was also committed to Jail when he failed to furnish $750 ball on a charge of non-support. scared, undersized, and under nourished" and battled to make a living, She married at seven teen. In 1926, when her daugh ter was four, and her son sixteen months old, the dauntless young woman took a temporary Job at the old Los Angeles Record as a relief telephone operator. Twenty-two years later, to her own great surprise, she became city editor where she "bosses a staff of more than fifty, including photographers, reporters and re write men." She is at her desk at five-thirty In the morning, her first crews come on at six, and he works until three-thirty or four in the afternoon. In addi tion she does her own housework. Reading that Mrs. Underwood is to be speaker at the Theta Sigma Phi's Matrix Table on Feb ruary 4 In Portland, reminded me that I had intended before this to say In this column how much, I think, any aspiring or practicing or I'd Imagine, even a top-rank writer will enjoy her lively book. Also people who know California well will find her professional reminiscences about the great cases she covered In the Southern California area, most interesting, a sort of "In side story" of cases that made headlines for more than a day. (State Library has Newspaper woman if the local library doesn't I happen to have It.) rocket that can be launched on this continent and landed on an other continent.) He declined to comment on our ability to guide such rockets AC CURATELY TO A TARGET. That is significant in view of the fact that Dr. Gibson had much to do with the development of the proximity fuse the little gadget In. the nose of a shell that causes it to explode when it nears its target. If we (or somebody else) could build a rocket that could be ac curately guided to a target 5,000 miles away, it would be some thing. rIETHER it would be some thing bad oi something good would depend on who got it first. If the Russians had it and we didn't, it would certainly be bad for us. e THERE was new threat of an- I other Russian blockade of Ber lin. Our people told us that If such a thing came to pass our airlift would be revived to keep the peo ple of our part of the city supplied with food and other essentials. Excise Taxes Need Reviewing Even If Offset Levies Are Necessary By BRUCE BIOSSAT During World War II Congress imposed a broad range of excise taxes on the nation's economy. Some of these were delsgned to bring in more revenue, but others aimed primarily at cutting con sumption of civilian goods. Luxuries like Jewelry, leather goods and cosmetics were a big target. But necessities were not exempted. For example, excises on railroad freight brought in $337,000,000 In one year, on pas senger traffic $251,000,000, on tel ephone and telegraph business $535,000,000. All these and many more were labeled wartime taxes but they are still with us four years after the end ot tne war. ReDubllcans in Con cress have been clamoring for their removal for a long time. Gradually nu merous Democrats Joined the chorus, and now Sen. Scott W. Lucas, the Senate Democratic leader, has spoken as if he were sympathetic toward this objec tive. Lucas noted a "tremendous sentiment in Congress and in the country" for knocking out the wartime levies. He thought such action mieht be a good stimu lant for business, but that the lawmakers would have to turn up some other revenue sources to make up the loss. Lucas made plain, however, that he has not consulted with President Truman. The President seldom overlooks a chance to call for higher taxes to close the wid ening gap between income and outgo; so it is highly improbable that he will endorse removal oi the excise taxes now. That does not mean nothing will be done. With elections com ing up next fall, the 1950 session of Congress is certain to be tax conscious. If it could make a showing by removing irksome levies and hiking others less no ticeable to the public, Congress would probably be happy to do so. The question will be where to Dlace the heavier burdens to off set the lifting of excises. No bright suggestions have yet been heard. With the 1949-50 deficit expect ed to be around $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000 no one imag ines we can risk making the situ ation worse by a further flat re duction in government Income. It mav be argued that many of the excises are unwise and DerhaDs even- unfair. For all any one knows, the President might agree. But in the face of con stantly mounting financial de mands, he sees no course but to hang onto tne revenues now pum ing in. When the war ended, Informed guesses were putting tne couii try's postwar budget at around $2,0U0,0OU,UUU a year, ii even came close to that relative ly low level. And now it's hitting up at about the $46,000,000,000 mark. Naturally tax policies dreamed up at war's end had :o undergo revision to meet this unforeseen burden. So the excises, alons with steep corporate and person al income taxes, have stayed on the books. Still, the excise program de serves careful review next year, even if election year politics in evitably will become entwined in the issue. Taxes definitely de signed for a limited period should not be allowed to take on per manent character. Especially when there is danger they mav do real harm in fields like rail transportation, which is now suf- DAMAGES DEMANDED ' i Russell L. Seymour has filed ' salt in circuit court for $446.87, plus costs, from Marion James Brittson and Roseburg Lumber Co., for alleged damages iu me plaintiff's automobile, arising out of a collision between a truck owned by the Roseburg lumber company and driven by Brittson, -and the plaintiff's car. ferine considerably from a post war travel decline. Excises should be on the 1950 congressional agenda. LOOK 'Si SIGN PAINTING npr.CSATINO coNTrropsi AMERICA IT is rouR PROTECTION Fully Guarantee Reliable Quality Work At No Added Colt Roseburg Chapter P.D.CA. Phone 208 INCOME TAXES Hours: 8:30 a. m. 5:30 p. m. Sundays: 3:00 p. m. 5:00-p. m. Evenings by Appointment HOCKETT ACCOUNTING SERVICE . 200 8. Pine, Corner Pine and Lane PHONE 1486-J APPROVAL FOR HESS WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 (.f The nomination of Henry L. Hess as U.S. attorney for Oregon was approved by the Senate Judiciary committee today. President Truman nan nomi- Brown also accused Roosevelt' President Truman had nomi of several "misstatements" nated Hess to continue in offU Pacific Fleet's Strengthening Planned By Navy WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 UP) The navy is considering adding a half dozen destroyers and an aircraft carrier to its Pacific fleet. The trend toward rebuilding naval power In the Pacific, which started with the arrival of the new chief of naval operations, Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, ha shown signs of being accelerated by Communist successes in Chi na. Presumably the carrier would be transferred 'from the Atlantic. It is not clear whether all or part of the six-ship destroyer di vision would be transfers or some of them net additions to the over all destroyer force of the navy. Naval strength planned for un der the new budget provides for operating only six first line car riers. Eight have been In opera tion recently, of which two are in the Pacific. It is expected the navy will' keep its three 45,000 ton Midway class carriers in op eration, laving up some of the 27,000-ton Essex class flattops to bring the total down to budge tary limits. Destroyer strength in the Pa cific currently totals 46, as against 97 In the Atlantic. The escorting force that accom panies a carrier varies from one to two cruisers and from four to six destroyers. As part of Its program to re build some of the Pacific Strength, the navy announced last month its Intention to shift two cruisers from the Atlantic the heavv cruiser. Rochester and the anil-aircraft cruiser Juneau. While there have been rciwrtj that more submarines might be sent to the Pacific, the navy s-i far has made no announcement of such plans. At present, there are 44 subs In the active Atlantic fleet, 31 in the Pacific. Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses Issued STRALEY-GALLION Robert Henry Straley and Veru Eliza beth Gallion, both of Roseburg. Divorce Suits Filed DeDOBBELAERE Ella Rhoda from Jules G. DeDobbclaeru. Married May 27, 1929, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Plaintiff asks custody of one minor child, $20 per month support and con firmation of a property settlement. w HAT were the Russians aim ing at? It Is doubtful If anybody outside the Kremlin knows at any time what is really back of any par ticular Russian move on the world checkerboard. But It is a safe guess that it will be Moscow's over-all purpose to break up any combination between the Ger mans and the western nations. Why? Well, the Germans are gadget minded as we are. They have in dustrial know-how. In modern war, Industrial and scientific know-how is more important than ANYTHING else. Roseburg Newspapermen To Attend Press Meet Charles V. Stanton and Edwin L. Knapp, editor and business manager of the Roseburg News Review, will be among 120 Ore gon newspapermen to attend the Oregon Press conference to be held on the University of Oregon campus Feb. 1718. Editors and publishers from 109 Oregon weekly newspapers and 22 daily newspapers have been invited for this 31st annual Oregon press conference, which .will hear Marquis Chllds, noted columnist, as the Allen Memo rial lecturer. University faculty members, representatives of the state's newspapers, and outstanding men In the newspaper field and related fields will participate in the two-day program which ten tatively Includes panel oiscus sions. "forums, meetings of spe cial groups, business sessions. and the annual banauet. Most of the meetings will be held in 'he new University the atre, which will be dedicated the preceding week. Co-sponsors of the conference are the university school of Jour nalism and the Oregon Newspa per Publishers' association. , Spinach Is believed to have been transplanted from Asia to North Africa by the Moors. II ERE is another thought along II that line: The JAPS have Industrial and scientific know-how. For that reason, 100 million Japs (nobody knows exactly how many there are) are militarily more impor tant than the nearly half a billion Chinese. , So We might as well look for Rus sian demonstrations against Japan also. We can be reasonably sure that the Kremlin doesn't want both the Germans and the Japs on our side. Oregon Jayvee Head To Discuss Hoover Report The Hoover commission report is slated for a Roseburg airing starting Monday, Feb. 6. Bruce Kellv. slate Junior Chamber of Commerce president, will speak before several Roseburg civic or ganizations during a four-day stay here. At a meeting of Jaycees in the Umpqua hotel last night, Bill Tip ton, chairman of the Jaycee gav el club, currently publicizing the Hoover report, said Kelly is slat ed to speak before the Chamber of Commerce Feb.- 6. On Tues day, he will talk before the Kl wanls club and The Toastmas- ters. Thursday night, Roseburg Rotarians and Lions club will hear Kelly. He will also speak Wednesday. According to Tipton, Keuy will have something different to say at each gathering and persons belonging to several organiza tions are urged to attend as many meetings as possible. Petitions will be passed out at each meeting, . urging Oregon's congressmen to act on tne com mission's findings. The U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a pro gram of educating the public to the Hoover commission report.! On Feb. 17. 18 and 19, Rose burg will be the scene of the state Jaycee board meet. Two national vice presidents and other state Jaycee officers will be special guests. The VPs include Frank Merrill, Albany, and Ralnh Roweder, Chicago, National Directors Duane Duke and Doc Henry and Kelly will also attend. Duke will act as chairman. Sunday,- Feb. 5, members of the Roseburg Jaycee will attend a district Jaycee meet at Med- lord. Proeram at last night's meet Ing included motion pictures demonstrating muscular coordi nation and endurance in sports, Forcing Negro To Work Out Debt Draws Fines DALLAS. TEX.. Jan. 31 (P A former Texas county sheriff pleaded guilty Monday to federal I charges of reducing a Negro to i peonage by forcing him to work I out a $15 debt. Jack Pullen, former sheriff of the Northeast Texas county of ! Rockwall, was fined $750, given 1 a probated one-day sentence, and a scolding by Federal Judge T. i Whitfield Davidson. ! "This is not only a violation of the federal law, but you were do-1 ing this section of the country a great Injustice," Judge Davidson said. - Luther Hunter, former Rock wall county Jailer similarly charged, also pleaded guilty. He was fined $250. Pullen and Hunter were accus-; ed of depriving a Negro, R. D. Andrew, of his constitutional i rights In 1946 w hen he didn't pay the $13 aeot. CITY COURT CA8E3 George Benjamin Peck, 34, Roseburg, charged with vagran cv. was sentenced to serve IC days in the county Jail, when he appeared in Deer Creek Justice court Monday, Judge A. J. Ged- des reDorted. Frank Marion Covey, 43, Ump qua Park, Roseburg, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined $oO. KEEP YOUR MONEY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY Money deposited with us remains in DOUGLAS COUNTY. Investigate our banking services ... our up-to-date protections against loss. Bank-by-mail, safe deposit boxes and night de pository service are a few of the banking conveniences avail able for you today. Douglas County State Bank "Home-Owned, Home-Operated" Member... Fed. Dep. Ins. Corp. A Betlou Dont Know Hiis About Advertising t-t OaizlVo. ii How much does it cost to advertise the big-name brands of macaroni? 2fi? Ul U a package? iswer: It costs less than Vi a. package for macaroni advertising. That's only half the story. Advertising lowers your cost two ways: Cuts the selling costs. And by helping make mass production possible, lowers the produc tion costs, too. So advertising saves you many times the cost of that Vst per package. Advertising Department Phone 100 SINCERITY c t r Jlie Qiapet of the loSeS Roseburg Funerol Home Oak and Kane Street Roseburg, Oregon Funerals Tel. 600 Ambulance Service L. L. POWERS
