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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Feb. 1, 1950 Oregon Alumni Meeting Occurs Here Tomorrow Alumni and former students of the University of. Oregon, par ents of university students and Irler.ds oi the university are In' vited to attend the year's first Oregon Alumni meeting, to be held mursuay at b: in tne Hotel Unipqua civic banquet room. George Luoma, Douglas county director of tne alumni associa- tion. announced the Roseburg Lions club will join the others to hear four representatives of tne university tacuity, siaiea n sneak before the group. Featured will be Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean emeritus of the col lege of liberal arts and Jerry Lll- lie, assistant football coach and former head coach at Willamette university. Others to appear are Dr. Raymond Ellickson, head of tne physics department, ana Dean Theodore Kratt of the school of music. The four-man delegation will also appear at other functions during tne day, including .tne no tary club luncheon Thursday noon, and will speak at Roseburg senior high school during the morning. The event Is sponsored Jointly by the county alumni association and the local chapter of the Ore gon Mothers club. Cooperating is the Roseburg Lions club. Tickets, priced at $2 each, are on sale at Hotel Umpqua, Roy Young's office and Roseburg Re frigeration. Those planning to at tend are urged to purchase tick ets early to enable the hotel staff to plan the number of persons to De served. Russia's War Strength Cited Sy Symington (Continued from pag One) will be at its strongest position In armaments . That position will Increase steadily year by year. "So I say today that further reduction in our payment for na tional security is unthinkable." Symington drew a parallel be tween America's present position in relation to Russia with that of England to Germany at the out break of World War II and added: "At this point let me ask you In case our country In turn is caught with its defense guard down, what nation has the strength to stand behind us as we stood behind England?" Walter Cassel To Appear At Junior High Tonight Walter Cassel's appearance to night on the Junior high school auditorium's stage will be the sec ond in the Community Concert association series. The program begins at 8:15 p. m. Accompanist for Cassel, the leading baritone of the New York Opera company, will be Stewart Wille, noted pianist and song writer. Cassel's rapid rise to fame In radio, Metropolitan opera, musical comedy and light opera, the con cert stage and more recently the New York City Opera company, indicate the popularity of this Iowa born singer. Latch On . . . ... To building the way builders do it! Use quality tools and hard ware. They cost less In the long run. See our stock now! ' Umpqua Valley Hardware 202 N. Jackjon Phone 73 BUSINESS MEN! Flegel's have the Call ui when you move your office, and we will give your office furniture the betr of care. Don't Make o Move 'Til You See F LEG EL ; Transfer and Storage Co. 900 E. Third Street Phone 935 State Dept. Blunders Blamed For China's Woe (Continued from page One) to the Nationalists was Just one of the points DUlard nrougnt out in criticism oi tne state depart ment. He said acres of automo bile tires are stacked on China's docks, as well as other Items such as cost'y harvesting and farming equipment items which China did not want because they could not be put to use in the war against Chinese Reds. "What Chiang Kai-shek's gov ernment wanted was money and modern war equipment with tech nicians furnished by this country to train Nationalist troops In the said. "The Chinese merely want ed these things on a loan basis a loan they were prepared to back up with their many valuable assets. He said the Chinese do not un derstand our system of making loans, whereby tne state depart ment attaches strings to every bit of material we send. Instead, they think they should be able to do what they wish with money and materials borrowed from us lust like a private American citizen taking a loan at a bank. Confidence Forfeited Dillard said another Indication that our State department is not playing ball with China or the American people- is tne com plete souelch" put on the We- dermever renort. which was suh mltted to wasnington, v.u. ine report was Ignored, presumably because Its contents" disagreed with State department observa tions and brought to light certain facts which the department heads did not wish to be made public. Because of all this, Dillard said, the Chinese have "all the confidence In the world in Am erican people and none what ever in American officials." Speaking of Chiang Kai-shek, Dillard said he Is "still the strong man of China" who controls the north through loyalty and the south through fear. In his opin ion, he said, there will always be a threat to Chinese Commu nism as long as Kai-shek lives on Chinese soil. Dillard preceded these ' re marks bv citing little known facts on China's many valueWe assets. He refuted the idea that China is ancient and worn out, with the comment that China's resources range from the best fur and coal In the world to "terrific deposits" of precious metals and other met al ore used Industrially. "China is the only nation in tne world able to buy all Its process ed goods from us, supply us with all the raw materials we need and still have a dollar balance," Dillard declared. . More Power To Defend Pacific Line Urged (Continued from page One) Japan and the Philippines. Among otner suDjects aiscusseo was the question of where Japa nese loyalties would lie In any fu ture conflict. General Bradley's spokesman said the chain.ian of the Joint chiefs hopes the H-bomb never will be used In war. He said Bradley feels further development of weapons may prevent war be cause even the winning nation "may find the price too great to pay." The spokesman said Bradley looks upon the manufacture of the H-bomb as another step In the civilization which has harnessed electricity and produced the air plane. These developments have con tributed to civilization. And, the spokesman said, Bradley hopes the H-bomb may result In "bene fits for mankind." Japanese-Americans Back Hawaii, Alaska Statehood WASHINGTON, UP) The Japanese-American Citizens lea gue urged members of Congress Tuesday to support statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. Bills to make the two territor ies states will be debated In the House this year. Mike Nasaoka, legislative re presentative of the league, sent letters urging prompt action lo Democratic and Republican lead ers in the House and to all mem bers from Cnlifomla, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Neva da and Wyoming. The Oregon pioneers who blazed the trails now have de- 1 scendants who burn up the roads. equipment for heavy moving and freighting. We have the special hoists and trucks for moving your bulky files and safes. Arrests By State Police During 1949 Reported SALEM. Feb. 1 VP) State police reported today that in 1949, they arrested 43,707 persons for violating motor vehicle laws They handed out 82,896 warnings for similar offenses. The state police cars traveled 7,486,796 miles In enforcing the motor vehicle laws. The officers made 861 arrest? for drunken driving. In general law enforcement they made 4,660 arrests. They recovered 480 stolen auto mobiles and $103,550 worth of other stolen property. They made 3,066 arrests and handed out 1,135 warnings for violations of fishing and hunt ing violations. There now are 387,729 finger print cards in the files. The state police crime detec tion laboratory made 1,053 inves tigations during the year, Includ ing 20 autopsies. Lewis'- Tactics Target Of Action In Court (Continued from page One) fore Federal District Judge Rich mond B. Keech in Denham's case. Manoli started off by offering a score of exhibits. Heading the list was last week's report from James Boyd, director of the Bu reau of Mines, stating that a na tional crisis exists or shortly will exist unless normal coal output Is restored. The complaint is based on operator charges that In decree ing a three-day work week In the mines, Lewis and the XJMW were trying to bring pressure to force an illegal contract and were not bargaining collectively. there was some speculation 'n advance that the court might de lay action, especially since LewU is to renew contract negotiations with northern and western oper ators later today. rne miners ana tne operator meanwhile showed no great haste about replying to Mr. Truman' proposal sidestepping the Taft- Hartley law that Lewis detests that the disputants submit their cases - to a presidential fact-finding board. Most of the miners have been on a three-day week under Lewis' orders. Many of them, however, have not been working at all for weeks. As a result, coal produc tion is low and there have been many complaints of a real emer gency. Mr. Truman has not conceded yet there is a national emergency, under which he could Invoke the Taft-Hartley law's provisions for an 80-day Injunction against striking. Ho Old say yesterday that the miners and operators should agree to his peacemaking offer in tne national interest. "The government can no lon ger stand by," Mr. Truman's mes sage to both sides said, "and per mit the continuance of conditlors which have now come 'to such a serious effect upon, the public interest." Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) com- mened that Mr. Truman's "only intention Is to by-pass the Taft- Hartley act." Senator O'Mahoney tu-wyo) said "ine presidents plan has a better chance of suc cess than the injunctive process unHA tha To ft.Un,-ttnt, nf ..... .......j Lewis Demands Envisaged Lewis new contract demands. which he may detail for th5 northern and western operators now for the first time, can be guessed at generally. This is because In contracts he has made with some small oper ators, he has won a 95-cent dally wage Increase to $15; and an in crease of 15 cents a ton to boost the royalty payment Into the union's welfare fund to 35 cents. Some of his other contract wishes are involved In today's court proceeding. These Include a clause stating that miners shall work only when "able and will ing." He also has wanted continu ance of the union shop, in which only union members may be nireo. operators contend tnis is Illegal under the Taft-Hartley act, which permits such systems only where there has been approval by the workers In an NLRB elec tion. 2 Ranges mm comphw 117 W. Cass St. Christian Teaching Mission Will Start Here Tomorrow Spiritual Stimulation Aim Of City Ministerial Assn. Congregation and leaders of a majority of Roseburg churches begin this city's first participation In the National Christian Teach ing Mission tomorrow, with eight days of continuous city-wide church activity slated. Purpose of the crusade Is two fold, as outlined by the Roseburg Ministerial association. The teach lng mission aims to stimulate the spTrit'ial life and effectiveness of the present church memberships, including congregations and pas tors. The second purpose Is to obtain the names of the hundreds of persons in this area who are not now active participating mem bers of local churches. This awareness of the spiritual value of churches is already in- progress, with local ministers in terpreting the teaching mission to their followers. Guest leaders, outstanding ministers in the state, will be on hand to aid each local church participating in the teach ing mission. They will aid in pre paring the local program, will meet with ministers and congre gations in special spiritual clinics and will conduct special services. City Survey Planned Big day of the mission will be Sunday, when volunteer census takers from each church will at tempt to canvass the town and surrounding area during a two hour period. This complete religious census will be taken by hundreds of church members. Each church will be given an area within which its members will make a house-to-house survey. Results will be compiled for future use of par ticipating churches. Named to head the over-all pro gram in Roseburg Is Rev. Edward W. Gebhard of Chicago, associate director of educational evangel Ism for the International Council of Religious Education. The National Christian Teach ing mission is a cooperative proj ect in educational evangelism for the Protestant churches of local communities. It has been held in more than 60 communities since it, was first launched experimen tally In 1944. As a part of the United Evan gelistic Advance, sponsored in 1949 and 1950 by the major Protes tant denominations, the teaching mission will be held In more than 75 communities before the end of the year. Mutual Gain Foreseen in E. Roseburg Annexation (Continued on page Two) well as police and fire protection. Similar, improvements are being worked out in other areas recent ly admitted to the city he said. Surveys are going ahead to pro vide sewers in West Roseburg, said Slankard. Orders have been given to the California Oregon Power Co. to install street light ing. Streets are being maintained and building regulations are in effect. West Roseburg, Miller's addition and Sleepy Hollow have the same fire and police protec tion as other parts of the city. Roseburg, said the city man ager, has one of the lowest tax rates in the state 15.6 mills. Cost of city government has been low ered 25 per cent in the last two years, yet major city improve ments have been made recently. The current budget provided $93, 970 for the previous year. The street maintenance funds were raised $24,440, plus $15,000 taken from street funds to finance part of the new street lighting system. The low tax rate is largely be cause of the extremely high type construction of buildings within the city, said Slankard. The as sessed valuation of Roseburg Is $7,869,500, which is above the average for cities the size of Rose burg. (See Eait Roseburg Drawing Page 11). Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over Rexall Drug Store tailored High Styled Wood Range You'll agree this Is th finest weed rang you could own. Plcturt It In your kitchen gleaming all whit porcelain with solid, one-piece top plate that holds an even, steady heat with Just a dab of wood fuel, Fir box ctpeolally designed for ven heat. Large oven, porcelain lined, with full flberglaea Insulation. Brand new, 1950 models, Juet re eelved. Come to Carstena this week and examine this new Pacific wood range w bought it especially for you. Priced at Juet 12S.S0. Your own terms wunin reason. - Phone 10- Hydrogen Bomb Decision Gets Congress Approval (Continued from page One) all the major atomic plants. All planes coming within 100 miles of atomic plants in Tennessee, New Mexico and Washington state must file flight plans with defense authorities. A similar rule covers the Atlantic coastal region from Norfolk to Maine. The idea is to protect against surprise air raids. Fighter planes will be used to back up the new order. The Defense department said the plan is "not related to any specific international develop ment." Russia Says Nothing The decision of the President was accepted without surprise at the United Nations in New York. Russia had nothing to say for the moment. Two American Com munist leaders, Party Chairman William Z. Foster and Secretary Eugene Dennis, protested. They telegraphed Mr. Truman from New York that "this step . . . was not preceded by sincere in ternational negotiation for out tawing and destroying atomic weapons. It thus belies your pro fessed Intention of seeking peace." Some U. N. diplomats specu lated that the H-bomb announce ment might impel the Russians to come back into talks on con trol of the atom and weapons of mass destruction. They walked out Jan. 19 In protest against the presence of a Chinese Nationalist delegate. A plan for International con trol of atomic energy has been endorsed by 49 of the 59 mem bers of the U. N. The Soviet bloc wouldn't accept It and pro posed a counter-plan that has never even approached accept ances. A presidential associate said Mr. Truman's determination to go ahead with work on an H-bomb was no snap decision. He said the President had mulled over the Idea carefully with top advisers "for a long time." The prospective new weapon has been estimated by scientists to be many times more powerful than present atomic bombs for which uranium is the ray materi al. Some scientists have estimated that the atomic explosion of hy drogen would be up to 1,000 times as great as that of uranium prod ucts now used. Presumably scientists will not be absolutely certain that such a super bomb will work until they assemble a model and test it possibly on some remote Pacific island. The evidence is that they are convinced of the probability that it will work. . More than half of all Oregon traffic accidents occur at inter sections. There are many ways to avoid trouble at Intersections but the best is to remember the old law of science which states that two solid bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time. When used In connection with automobiles, the word "accident'' Is the term people usually apply to their driving mistakes. SLABW00D in 12-16 and 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone 658 to your Dewey Slashes Budget In N.Y.; No Tax Changes ALBANY, N. Y., feb. 1-VP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey sent to the Legislature today a state budget of $861,722,632 that pro vides for a record slash of $77, 600,000 but no tax changes. The present 10 percent state income tax "forgiveness" will be continued. But Dewey probably will relax his pay-as-you-go pol icy to finance some highway con struction with bonds. Dewey, twice defeated Repub lican candidate for the presiden cy, criticized what he called an unfair federal tax drain on New York. He complained of what he termed Washington's "usurpation of taxes well-suited to state or local use" and "grants-in-aid as a substitute for state and local taxes and responsibility." New York state, he contended, "takes as much as a 5-to-l beat ing" on money It pays Washing ton and what It gets back in fed eral grants." Dewey told the Legislature he was not recommending any tax Increases in spite of a decline In state revenue for the first time in 10 years, plus mounting de mands for more public service and financial aid for localities. This also explained why there was to be no tax cut in he face of the reduced appropriations for the fiscal year starting April L Coal Miner Back On Job After Gas Controversy COLLINSVILLE, III., Feb. 1 UP) A coal miner who wanted to install gas heat in his home was back at work today after a three week layoff. Charles Walchekauskas, a min er for 37 years, was laid off Jan uary 9 after a controversy' with his union over the gas heat. Fel low workers refused to work with him. Bylaws of the Collinsville local of the Progressive Mine Workers union (Ind) prohibit members from using anything other than coal or wood to heat their homes. Waichekauskas, 56, had plan ned to install gas heat In his new home. He said fumes from his coal furnace were sickening to his 20-year-old adopted son, a victim of rheumatic fever. Neither Waichekauskas nor the president of the Collinsville local would comment on the return to work. They also declined to say whether Waichekauskas is ;till going to install gas in his new home. GETS BID TO PARTY UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene (Special) Jane Wiggen daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hjal mar Wiggen, 1740 N. Stephens, SINGER SEWING MACHINES February Clearance Singer Electric Portables .... Treadles, Prices start at SINGER SEWING CENTER Shopping for a range? Read about these! Combination Wood and Electric Here's convenience during power failure plus dozens of advantages use the wood burning unit as a circulating heater, the eleetrio units and oven for dally cooking. Takes no more space. Oversize oven, 1" x 18", porcelain-lined. Full fiberglass Insulation. Gleaming white porcelain exterior. Complete with light and minute minder. Everybody's turning to combination wood electric range and thl 19S0 Paciflo model top them all. A lifetime rang for Just 329.50. Your own term within reason. Radio Signals Revive Hope For Lost C-54 (Continued from page One) emergency radio set of the type carried by the missing plane. Hopes Revived The new development again raised hopes which had sunk to the lowest ebb since the search began last Thursday night. The spectre of what could be the worst crash in Canadian aviation history had haunted weary search workers at northern headquarters here. The big four-motored aircratt disappeared after last reporting by radio over Snag, Y. T., 200 miles northwest of here. It was on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Great Falls, Mont. All aboard were Americans. Highest death toll to date In an air crash in Canada occurred July 24, 1948, when 28 persons lost their lives on Gaspe peninsula In eastern Canada. Temperatures yesterday In the search region hit a low of 18 below zero at Snag and six below at Whitehorse. Search command ers said they believed the plane was down between these two points. Similar temperatures are ex pected in the region today, with skies clear for aerial searching. Roseburg, is one of 87 freshmen women on the University of Ore gon campus who was Invited to the Smarty Party given Tuesday evening, Jan. 31. The annual Smarty Party Is given by Mortar I Board, senior women s Honorary, for all freshmen women receiv ing a grade point average of at least a 3.00 for fall term. Miss Wiggen is majoring in art. DISSTON One-Man MTamraaNMO CHAIN SAW Save your mutcfes Head for the woodi with this new Diuton One Man Chain Saw. Light weight, gaa-otine-dnven power taw. Fells . . . Bucks . . . Limbs. Operates at any ancle . . even upside down. CARL J. PEETZ Phone 279 920 S. Stephens J Do The Job iJIH Demonstrators and Used Machines All machines guaranteed! Easy Budget Terms. Complete sewing course with all electric machines. See Them Today, But Hurry! Limited Quantity Also New Singer Consoles 149.50 204 at Carstens of course! I The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon ini,rfu today and Thurs day. Snow flurries near the moun tains, siignuy wri.. Clgheit temp, any Jan. 71 Lowest temo. for any Jan. Highest temp, yesterday 2T Lowest temp, last 24 hrs IS Precipitation last 24 hrs. . T Precipitation from Jan. 1 Precipitation from Sept. ..22.5 Excess from Jan. 1 WINTER IN REVERSE DUBLIN, Ga., Feb. 1 iST This winter has been so warm and sultry the last year's cotton stalks are busting out with new blooms. W. D. Browning reported the phenomenon on his Laurens county farm and Jack Taylor on his in neighboring Toombs coun ty. Normally, the stalks are killed by autumn frosts. news By SHERMAN PLIMPTON A famous Midwest designer states that color is more im portant than you think. We found that out long ago with a couple of green apples. The de signer says that if factory ma chines were painted in attrac tive colors there would be few er strikes, and if you brighten the drab walls of an office with different colors it's as good as a letter from home. He also says that "Prison walls are all right gray; that's one reason why people don't like prisons." It probably isn't the only reason. Well, maybe he's on the beam at that. We've heard that red Ink makes a big difference in bookkeeping. In Wichita, Milton Fuller love and his wife filed for di vorce. Sounds as though the Fullerloves aren't. You'll get fuller consideration on all your automotive needs . .'. when you drive into CORK RUM MOTORS, INC., 114 N. Rose St. We have a top-notch auto repair service that costs you less in the long-run. Drop in or phone 408. 57.50 19.75 N. Jackson, Roseburg Phone 723 SB" Ik it
