2 The Neyi-Revicw, Roseburg, Of. Sot., July 29, 1950
Sugar Supply Under Federal
Control; Reason: Politics
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK, UP) Sugar is (he hoarder'! delight.
The supply in the United Stales is controlled by the government,
for political reasons. That means that sometimes there isn't much of
reserve stock in the supply pipelines. The hoarder can clean off
the shelf fast.
F.vpn when the hoarder's fears
and imagination aren't working
overtime, a fierce battle is usually
raging between the various inter
ested parties producers, refiners,
importers and consumers trying
to get the government to change
the quota on the amount of the
sweetstuff that can be brought
into the country, and, consequently,
what the price will be. '
The government tries to please
all the voters those in the western
beet growing states and the south
ern cane growing states. It also
strives to please the big industrial
users and placate the Cubans, It's
a politician's holiday.
In wartime, the world usually
doesn't produce enough sugar. In
peacetime, it frequently grows too
much. That's why pressure is put
on the politician.
When the hoarder steps in as
he just has with both feet the
Orders To Shoot
Issued In Alaska
Security Move
ANCHORAGE, Aluska, In
security guards at Port Richardson
have orders to shoot if necessary
to halt trespassers found wandering
in restricted areas, post command
er Brig. Gen. Donald R. Hntchinson
said today.
Hutchinson reported several in
stances recently where unidentified
persons have been seen fleeing into
the woods near aircraft dispersal
units when challenged by guards.
Three persons, arrested as un
authorized visitors at the fort, were
fined a Iota) of $225. Two of them
were women.
The rund-the-clock check
tightly regulated sugar supply line, security caught one guard red-faccd
from the grower to the grocer, An OSI agent casually asked the
dries up, seemingly almost over- guar(i what tjme it was and wncn
night. Yesterday's surplus becomes the guard glanced away to see a
today's shortage and tomorrow s nearby ciocki (ne agent planted a
hardening hoard on the pantry !woodcn "bomb". Not until the agent
shelf. j exposed the guard's laxitv some
tveryone-most of all tne major-: Ume later was lhc uard
ilv of Americans who don't hoard
pays more (refined sugar has
aheady gone from 7.70 to 8.10 cents
a pound at the refinery door, and
raw sugar from 5.45 to 6.15 cents).
The home canner, who needs more
sugar just now, can't find it and
food is wasted.
Situation Draws Commtnt
Here is what the various inter
ested parties and remember each
has his own axe to grind say
about the present sugar situation:
U. S. government officials: "The
world produced about one million
more tons of sugar than could
be sold (before the Korean war)
and there is no excuse for hoard
ing" Big sugar users in the food and
beverage industries: "Washington
set the sugar import quota too low
this year (to keep up the price
for the domestic cane and sugar
beet growers) and reserves were
below normal for even the season
al increase in demand this sum
mer, let alone for a run on the
store."
Sugar refiners: "Orders from
wholesalers and big consumers
seeking to build up inventories are
pouring in at twice the rate of our
capacity, although we're working
around the clock."
Sugar distributors: "Retailers
should sell no more than one pound
of sugar at a time to a customer.
If she wants to, the housewife
could hoard a total of up to two
million tons of sugar, creating a
real, instead of the present artifi
cial shortage."
Grocers: "Our shelves arc clean
ed out by panic buyers and some
suppliers are Holding up re-oraers
to see how high the price will go."
The individual hoarder: "I want
mine first.'
What is the sugar supply situa
tion? World production this year is
estimated by Lamhorn & Co. sugar
brokers, at a record 38 million
tons, compared with a prewar rec
ord of 36 million tons.
Production in the areas the Unit
ed States draws from Cuba, Ha
waii, Philippine islands, Puerto Ri
co, Virgin islands, and the domes
tic cane and beet fields is estim
ated by B. W. Dyer & Co. Sugar
- brokers, at 11,381,000 tons. Last
year these areas produced 10,827,
000 tons. Last year the United
States consumed around 7,500,000
tons.
aware of what happened.
Meanwhile, military leaders said
that next to the security problem,
their biggest fear is of the effect
the strike of the AFL plumbers'
union will have on the region's mil
itary construction.
They described as a "misstate
ment a union contention that no
military work has oecn delayed bv
the strike. The union went out on
strike Wednesday to enforce a wage
demand of 3.50 an hour, 50 cents
more than at present, plus other
contract conditions.
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In Revolt Against King
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Troops began protection of vital
communications installations to re
lieve police for service in the
streets. There were unconfirmed
reports Belgium was calling back
occupation troops from Germany
as cmi airue nppea inc couniry.
Gendarmes guarded coal mines
and steel mills.
Leopold, exiled in 1945, for what
many Belgians considered a too
friendly altitude toward the Ger
man invaders, was called back to
his throne last week by the ruling
Social Christian (Catholic) party.
The socialists, liberals and com
munists violently opposed his re
turn. The split Is also along racial
lines; the French speaking soulh
is mostly anti-Leopold, the Flem
ish north for him.
Antl-Leopoldists were active even
in the king's Flemish stronghold.
The city of Ghent in that area
was crippled by a strike of 50 per
cent of the workers. Gas and elec
tric workers in Ostcnd walked out
and transportation workers are
expected to join them later in the
day. All movie theaters were clos
ed.
The great Flemish port of Ant
werp was paralyzed by a strike of
12,000 dockers and 2,500 technical
and administrative personnel.
Both sides for the king and
acainst him seemed to be digging
in for a fight to the finish.
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Two-Stage Rocket
Launched Over
Atlantic Ocean
LONG RANGE PROVING
GROUND. COCOA, Fla., July 29
UP) A 14-ton two-stage rocket
thundered eastward over the At
lantic today at a speed of 2,727
miles an hour for the first missle
and around 3,600 miles an hour
for the second.'
Excellent conditions permitted
observers to watch twinn vapor
trails after the two rockets separ
ated about nine miles up and 22
miles east of the concrete launch
ing pad.
The missile was made up of a
captured German V-2 weighing It
tons with a 700-pound rocket known
as the "Wac corporal" mounted
atop it. The two missiles were 60
feet high from base to top.
The V-2 thundered aloft at 6:44
a. m. and in a matter of seconds
attained its 2,727-mile speed. It
reached an altitude of nine miles
in 63 seconds. Thcr the "Wac cor
poral" separated from it and roar
ed eastward at a speed in excess
of 5,000 feet a second, or some
3,600 miles an hour.
Col. Harold R. Turner, safety
officccr, gave details of the V-2's
performance, but withheld detail
ed information on the smaller
American-made rocket.
After separating, the V-2 climbed
up to a height of 30 miles which it
reached MS seconds after leaving
the ground. Thirty seconds later
Col. Turner pressed a button which
destroyed the German rocket, and
its "flak" hit the sea about 50
miles offshore.
In an identical launching from
the same site Monday, the V-2
reached a maximum speed of 2,
700 miles an hour in a litttle more
than a minute. The performance
ot the "Wac Corporal" was a
secret. Unofficial estimates of its
speed were as high as 5,000 miles
an hour.
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Revocation Of
Contract For Land
Sale Asked In Suit
A. E. Butler has filed suit in
circuit court, asking that a verbal
Wife Catches Husband As He Falls Three Stories
NEW YORK-t.PI Mrs. Rosvlai
zeri was sweeping a concrete court
yard beneath a window of her
home yesterday when she heard
jher 12-year-old daughter scream.
She looked up to see her hus
band, Alfredo, . hanging .from
nails.
He became dizzy while sitting
and memorandum contract for the! 'bird floor window by his finger
$70,000 sale of a ranch he re
scinded. Henry Gardner is named
as defendant. The complaint al
leges that the contract had been
made under "false" representations.
The plaintif.' also asks that a
primary lien be placed on the prop
erty to assure recovery of a $5,000
down payment allegedly made by
mm.
The comolaint eontends that a
certain 80-acre tract containing
timber was understood to be in
cluded in the contract and was
later found to belong to the Ada
Denn ranch near Camas Valley.
Also, it was added in the complaint,
certain goods and machinery speci
fied in the agreement to be in
cluded were found to be non-e.vis'-
ent. after the original payment of
$5,000. .
Other Actions Filed
William L. Hansen and Thelma
H. Hansen have filed a suit for
recovery of $5,462.33, allegedly due
on a promissory note signed by
Alton C and Esther H. Elwood.
Plaintiffs ask foreclosure of a mort
gage which the defendant had sign
ed to assure payment.
aiso nainea as defendants are
Gregory F,
in the window to cool off and as
his wife gasped, he dropped.
She raced to the spot and reach
ed it just as his body hit a clothes
line and flipped off.
She caught him in her arms and
they both tumbled to the pavement
unharmed.
Lazzeri, 42, weighs 125 pounds.
His wife, 38, weighs 115.
Moving Family Meets
With Traffic Tragedy
VANCOUVER, Wsh.-P-Wal-ter
Flagg, 39, was killed and his
wife and step-son were injured yes
terday when a skidding truck trail
er hit their car seven miles east
of Washougal.
Flagg was moving his family
from Yakima, Wash., to Stockton,
Calif.
Slippery pavement caused the
trailer of a truck driven by Lowell
Bothwell, Portland, to jackknife
'Actress Bette Davis
i Honeymoons With No. 4
JUAREZ, Mexico, CP) Film
I star Bette Davis and her new hus
I band. Actor Gary Merrill, were
I honeymooning today after being
married yesterday in a civil cere
mony here.
The marriage was Miss Davis'
fourth. She obtained a Mexican di
vorce here July 3 from artist Wil
liam Grant Sherry. She retained
custody of their three - year -old
daughter.
Merrill was divorced two days
across the Evergreen highway into aiyorcea iwo rjays
the front of Flagg's car. ! S? m Los Angeles by his stage
Mrs. Flagg was treated at a hov
pital here for a shoulder injury
and shock. Her son, Gene Sigs
word, suffered cuts and bruises.
Jehovah's Witnesses'
Convention Draws 65,000
NEW YORK (P) About 65,000
men and women who preach from
the Bible on the street corners of
Burback and R. W. i lhe worl(i gathered here today.
was granted a divorce in Juarez
first civil court yesterday. The
California divorce does not become
final for a year.
Miss Davis gave her age as 41,
Merrill as 38.
Rickman. wht, claim a crior lien
against the other defendants. The
plaintiffs ask that their claim be
declared superior.
uougias creditors association has
filed a suit gainst Leslie Ralston
for $590.44 for alleged unoaid ac
counts and $1325.62 allegedly still
to be paid for expenses which were
to be shared for erection of a
building to be commonly used with
the plaintiff's client.
A suit was filed against Peggy
Collins by George W. Vaughn and
Jimma May Vaughn for recovery
of $1,500, allegedly unpaid on a
promissory note. Plaintiffs ask
foreclosure of a mortgage signed
by the defendant and sale of the
property.
Former Jockey Dies In
Gas Chamber For Murder
' FLORENCE, Ariz. P Angel
B. (Rocky) Serna, 27, ex-jockey,
died in the state prison gas cham
ber here this morning for the mur
der of Mrs. Katherine Gohn, 64,
near Apache Junction, Ariz., Dec.
29, 1947.
CITY COURT CASES
Jack Francis Phillips, 21, Ruie
burg, was fined $10 on a charge
of disorderly conduct, and $5 each
on charges of driving with a de
fective muffler and having no op
erator's license, Municipal Judge
Ira B. Riddle reported. Phillips
pleaded guilty.
Breck Sturgil, Roseburg, charg
ed with drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct, forfeited $30 bail by his
failute to appear in court in
answer to the charge.
charged with vagrancy, was com-
the U.S. eovrnment has declared "nu cu l" .J""
Ihpir ministers pxpmDt from mill-I n lleu UL lu,c
They assembled for the interna
tional convntion of Jehovah's Wit
nesses which opens tomorrow in
Yankee stadium for one week.
Because of their beliefs' Wit
nesses have frequently come into
conflict with government. They ob
ject to bearing arms, and some
who arrived from Europe for the
convention here were told to leave
when the sessions close. However,
tary service.
Locals
Leaves On tup Mrs. Lillie
Farmer is leaving today for Port
land, where she will board the
train for Washington, D. C, for
an extended visit with her son
and daughter-in-law and small
granddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Wimer, and daughter, Joan.
Mrs. Farmer also plans to visit in
New York City and Baltimore, Md.
BROTHER ILL
City police put out a call on the
radio last night for Pete Hamilton,
The nieht of Dec. 29. 194T Serna i but were unable to locate him. The
entered the isolated cabin of Mrs. police had information that Hamil
Gohn, robbed her, beat her and ton's brother is seriously ill in a
then shot her. ' Eugene hospital.
STRAY HORSE IMPOUNDED
City police this morning took in
to custody a stray sorrell horse,
which was munching in gardens
on East Sixth street, Chief of Pol
ice Calvin Baird said the horse
is now bein; held at the city
dog pound and the owner may
claim it by producing the proper
identification. Notices concerning
the horse have been posted.
GRASS FIRE SQUELCHED
The ninth grass fire in succes
sion since July 22 was put out by
the Roseburg rural fire depart
ment Friday. The department
made the call at 5:07 p.m. to Ala
meda Ave. Numerous other grass
fires have occurred during July,
but none has been serious,
WILL CHINESE REDS STRIKE? The next few weeks will be
crilical ones for United Nations forces in Korea. If Chinese Com
munists do not strike and there is no Communist aggression else
where, U. S. leaders expect the Korean front to be stabilized by
mid-August. Chinese Reds, who can muster 1,500.000 battle-
seasoned troops, pose the sharpest problem. Map shows where and
how they might intervene to complicate the Korean picture. There
has been a steady northward movement o( troops (white arrow).
Four Red armies are converging on the invasion coast north and.
south of Amoy. After Reds shelled two Nationalist-held islands oft
Amoy, Nationalist government on Formosa ordered its navy and air
force to go into action if Communists invaded the islands.
Man Sentenced To Die
For Killing Legislator
CLEARWATER, Fla. -4V) A
rocking chair and a newspaper on
a shady porch.
That's all an old man has to
look forward to, says Charlie Gif
ford, and even those simple things
don't mntler anymore.
Gifford was sentenced to death
yesterday for murder.
He heard circuit judge John tl
Bird pronounce the sentence, then
said in a soft, tired voice, "That's
all right wild me."
Giftord's age has been given
from 69 lo 72. He was convicted
last week for slaying stale Rep
Clmtles J. Siliiih Jr.
The stale contended Gifford shot
Schuh because of a long resent
ment that Schuh had represented
Mrs. t; if lord in an attempt to have
him declared legally insane in 1947.
At his murder trial, Gifford plead
cd insanity.
Mary Ann Williams,
Yoncalla Resident, Dies
Mary Ann Williams, 86, died at
her home in Yoncalla Friday, July
28, alter a long illness. She was
born in Green River, 111., April
14, 1864. She had resided in Yon
calla the last 61 years. Her hus
band, George Arthur Willis, died
Aug. 7, 1928. She was a member of
lhc Assembly of God church and
Oakland chapter of the Eastern
Slar.
Surviving arc four sons. Llovd of
Portland, Ilarlcy of Yoncalla,
George of Astoria and Vern oT
Milwaukie; a daughter, Mrs. Hazel j
Hnnan, Yoncalla; Iwo sisters, Mrs.
Nellie Williams, Yoncalla, Mrs. Eli-1
za Johnson ot California: a brother,
I r rank Wilson
grandchildren
grandchildren.
Girl, 8, Confesses
Drowning Her
Baby Half-Brother
MILWAUKEE, UP) An eight
year old girl quietly told police
yesterday that she killed her ten
months old half-brother almost two
years ago by holding his head in a
tub of water.
"I was jealous," the little girl
replied matter of factly when ask
ed if she was sorry.
The youngster was taken to pol
ice by her mother who said she
coaxed the admission from her
daughter.
Police said the girt also conies-;
GRAIN. ELEVATOR BURNS
PENDLETON (PV A grain ele
vator, northwest of Pendleton, was
destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon at a loss of $20,000. Cause of
the fire was unknown.,
The 16.000-bushel elevator had
only 3,500 bushels in it, valued and
insured at $7,000. The building,
owned by Olney Simpson and sons,
was partly covered by insurance.
SUGAR BUY PLANNED?
WASHINGTON -?) Reported
circulated in usually well-intormed
private sugar circles today that
the United States is planning to
buy up a large share of Cuban
sugar reserves.
Purpose of the plan, it was said.
sed that she tried to injure another ! would be to hold the sugar and fil-
drown a three and a one-half year j ter it into the United States market
10-months old half - brother and as needed.
old boy cousin recently.
"I hate them. My mother paid
Yoncalla,' three ; old aclmg Dct. Capt. Charles No
and three great-, wakowski.
ThA Hrnwninir Spot. 26. was elas-
Services will be held Monday, i sifed as accidental after the girl
i July 31, at 2 p.m. in the Methodist i said her half-brother had fallen
i church in Yoncalla. Rev. James into a tub of water in the yard.
I Smith will officiate. Interment will Nowakowski said he was not con-
he in Ihe oncalla cemetery. : vinced of the accuracy of the girl's
Stearns mortuary, Oakland, is in statements. He said there were
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i some discrepancies,
i The girl's mother told" police she
had long suspected her daughter
in the boy s death because she
never showed any remorse. O n
Wednesday, she caught the child
stepping on another half-brother,
11 months old, the mother said.
But instead of punishing her, the
mother offered her money to talk
nd, after persuasion, the girl told
Harlow Verne Boyd, 73. resident
of Roseburg for Ihe past 37 years,
died at the Roseburg sanitarium
Friday, July 28. following a prolong
ed nprinri nf illnncc Tin tins knm
April 11. 1877, at Alexandria, Minn. ! of previous attempts to harm the
and came o Kosehure frnm that ! secono naii-Droincr ran un u
city in "J13. .Mr. Boyd was never
married.
Private funeral services will be
held Monday at li a.m. with Dr.
Morris Koach of the First Pres
byterian church officiating. Follow
ing the services, his body will be
taken to Eugene for cremation.
Funeral arrangements are in rare
of the Long It Oir Mortuary.
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Because a layman cannot judge these values for himself, he must
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choosing jewelers before choosing gems.
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