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' TENAfl 11 mi mam WW MCD ImII mm To Serve Southern Oreqoji Northwest-California Power Distributing Link Plan Of Interior Dept. PORTLAND (API Pacific Northwest and California power distributing systems will bo linked by Nov. 1, 1952. Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman said in a telegram read at a meeting of the Columbia basin interagency com mittee here that the acting defense power administrator had certified the interconnection as "required in the interests of national defense and setting forth the benefits to both the Pacific northwest and to California areas." The bureau of reclamation will build a 220-kilovolt transmission line from Shasta dam north to Klamath Falls, Chapman said. There it will connect with Bonneville Power administration facilities being built to serve southern Oregon. The average annual saving would equal a minimum of 730.000 barrels of "oil vital to defense," Chapman said, adding that the connection would firm up 100,000 kilowatts of -Power for northwest aluminum plants which now are served on an intorruptable basis. This, he said, would permit production' of 40,000,000 pounds or more of aluminum "which could not otherwise be produced in event of adverse water condit'ons in the Pacific Northwest, by importation of steam generation from Cali fornia." In turn, off-peak secondary power generated during high water but unusable in the northwest could be trans mitted to California and save substantial quantities of oil, Chapman said. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Tokyo: "General Ridgwav reported to day a DECISIVE VICTORY over the Chinese and Korean reds in central Korea." How come, in view of the reds' vast superiority in numbers? Well, the general puts it this way: "The Chinese had five armies when they began their central front attack last week . T . they had the potential of a powerful attack ... but they LOST THOUSANDS OF MEN DAILY." That is to say, we killed more Chinamen than the red Chinese leadership can afford to lose. As long as we keep that up, every thing will be hunkydory.. This question arises: If we continue to stop the red Chinks cold, what's old Joe Stalin going to have to do to save his boy Mao's face? Until that question is answered, keep your fingers crossed. Back on the home front, we get this from Washington: "Investigating senators who ac cused the air force of a greedy grab for the nation's young man power set out today on a nation (Continued on paga four) Canyonville Fire Damage $5,000 The Canyonville volunteer fire department turned out in full strength early Tuesday and con fined the fire in the Ronald Loffer building to the upper story apart ment which was called a total loss, which Fire Chief John Ham lin estimated at $5,000. Adjacent buildings were undam aged, but the Canyonville Barber and Beauty shops on the ground floor of the two - story building were damaged somewhat by water used to combat the blaze. Equip ment from the two offices was removed. Occupants of the burned apart ment, Mr. and Mrs. William Peck, were out of the building when the fire started. They report the loss of business records from the Can yonville Hotel Coffee shop, which they operate, and personal belong ings. Situated at Main street between First and Second, the structure was not insured, according to Can yonville correspondent Mrs. H. M. Anderson. An overheated oil stove probably caused the fire, Hamlin said. The blaze started about 9 a.m. and was under control by 10:30 a.m. Cup-Calces With Oleo Speaker Of House Didn't Appreciate Distributor's Plan To Create Laughter By ESTHER GEDDES SALEM One wouldn't think that a few dozen cup cakes could cause a furor in a state legislature, but that is just what happened on Monday 8 better known as oleo flay here. A Week nr tu-n a en whpn it was first discovered that the bill to legalize sale of colored oleo was going to come over to the House for consideration Marjorie Wild man, secretary to Rep. Bill Ireland from Molalla, came to me with an idea for a little fun. She made the remark that the legislators haVe had everything from Tillamook cheese to Grants Pass gladiola bulbs, and Jackson county pears 0,hncir desks, andMcrhaps it woura be a nice stunt to make sixty cup cakes using oleo-mar Mrine - and place them on the desks with a copy of the recipe. it tltdn t occur to any one to consider the cup-cakes as being in ! m . "...j he i very remote nossihilitv that 1 hthe vote of any legislator would be ; affected by receiving a cup-cake If maae with oleo. But various per- ons, who were asked, agreed that1 Wharton Bros.1 Business Sold To W. A. Oerding Announcement was made yes terday of tha sale of the Wharton Bros, hardware and seed store, au 245 N. Main St., to William A. and Naomi E. Oerding, local real estate and insurance agents. The sale was effective Monday. Oerding stated that the business will be operated on the same basis as in the past, and that he will also continue his real estate and insurance business. Charles W. Wharton, the original owner, is retiring, but Jack R. Wharton, his brother and part ner, is remaining with the firm as general manager on a temporary basis, Oerding said he plans later to make extensive alterations in the building and add to the present implement and feed business the "Purina Chows feed line. He said he has purchased the stock and business and has a long lease on the building and the parking lot to the east. Wharton brothers have long been in business in Roseburg. Charles Wharton first began working for J. F. Barker & Co. in the latter's grocery and implement business. on Jackson street where the Silver Nook Grill restaurant is now lo cated, in 1892. In 1907 Barker moved to the present business loca tion. . Wharton bought in with Barker in 1912. Joined by his brother, Jack, in 1923, the Whar tons bought out Barker's interest. Since that time they have oper ated the store under the name of Wharton Bros. - Eisenhower Returns To His Task In Europe VERSAILLES, France UP) The general and his lady, Atlantic Pact Commander Dwight D. and Mrs. Eisenhower, arrived in Eu rope today he to command the West's international army, she to rule a suite in the Hotel Trianon palace here. One of Ejscnhower's first jobs is to resume the "recruiting" and training of the force he is to com. mand in defending western Eu rope. He started the job during a swing through Atlantic pact countries in January, but so far his army consists mostly of paper promises from those nations. Last week' Eisenhower's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruen ther, said the Atlantic headquar ters by mid-March would be able to take over operational control of the international army. That means both command and training schedules for West Eu rope's anti-Communist troops by then will come from Eisenhower's base here. it would be a nice thing to do, and mipht cause a little good-natured discussion. So Mrs. Wildman went home 1o Portland last Sunday and spent the entire day making sixty.cup-cakcs anil decorating them, and copying recipes and then managed to bring them all from Portland in a suit case on the train. 1 Unplaasant Ruction Bright and early Monday morn ing the cupcakes were distributed and Mrs. Wildman relaxed and waited for peor to laugh, and lZVk. 7 tSi,m ,? , "! Lhn.k ?" for. her eff"L1?' Buthe got a rather unexpected reaction. ,h Hous.e ,Jhn Sleel hammer must have ost his ens of humor. .for when he arrived he r,,P. ,1 .k .'"ff"'" ? l", 2 "lhr0" them P. """"'" ... (Continued On Page Two) Established 1873 Income Tax Fund House Group OKs Request Of Gov. McKay Committee Also Votes For Referendum On Plan To Ban Levy On Property By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM UP) Hope that the legislature won't have to pass any new taxes was expressed today by Chairman Rudie Wilhelm, Port land, of the house tax committee, after his committee voted to use income tax receipts and surpluses to pay state expenses. The committee decided to ac cept Governor McKay's recom mendation to use the income tax money, amounting to $32,000,000, for the two-year budget period be ginning next July 1. This would trim the anticipated deficit for that biennium to $18,500, 000, and Wilhelm thinks the gov ernor's $180,000,000 general fund budget can be trimmed by that amount. The governor recommended that the other $18,500,000 be raised by removing the federal income tax deduction on state income tax re turns. Legal Question Raisad The House probably will approve use of the income tax money, but some senate experts doubt it can be done. They point out that the people voted for the income tax originally as a property tax re duction measure, and claim that this 'feature can't be changed with out a vote of the people. The committee also voted to sub mit to the people a proposed con stitutional amendment to make it impossible to have a property tax to pay state expenses, except for bonded debt. There hasn't been any state prop erty tax since 1940 because there have been enough income tax re ceipts to make it unnecessary. Cigaret Tax Plan Daftrrad The Senate has decided 16 to 14 to delay consideration of the cig aret fair trade bill until the legis lature finds out whether a cigaret tax will be needed. The upper house adopted a mo tion by Sen. Dean H. Walker, In dependence, chairman of the sen ate tax committee, to table the bill until the legislature's taxation program is considred, probably in four or five weeks. The bill, by Rep. Douglas R. Yeater, Salem, would pronibit re tailers from selling below cost plus 10 percent. Distributors would be forbidden from selling below cost plus 4 3-4 percent. The Tax .commission would li cense all retailers for $5 a year, and distributors for $250 a year. "Cigarets are the only item that consistently is sold below cost. Fourteen states prevent it by fair trade laws like this bill," Yeater said. Sued Husband Balks At Support For Dog ' CHICAGO UP) Hyman Zuss man protested in court when his wife, who is suing for separate maintenance, asked that the fam ily dog be included in his support payments. Zussman, 40, made no objection to his wife's plea for support for herself and their three children. But when his wife, Sally, also 40, asked to include the dog, Zuss man suggested she sell it for his estimated $1,000 value. The dog, a 150-pound prize-winning Great Dane, eats like a horse, Zussman said. Judge Daniel A. Roberts, order ing Zussman to pay $45 a week and rent for Mrs. Zussman and children, told the couple to settle "this trivial matter" the dog's upkeep among themselves. A hearing was set for April 13.' "Egg And I" Tale Not Libelous, Jury Decides SEATTLE (IP) Ten persons who contended they were libeled in the humorous novel "The Egg and I" lost their suit Tuesday to re cover $500,000 in damages. A superior court jury, which was out more than 24 hours, decided unanimously in favor of the de fendants, Betty. MacDonald, who wrote the best seller; her husband, Donald, anil her publisher, J. P. Lippincott. The Weather Showers today, fair tonighi, and Thursday. Highest temp, for any Feb. 7? Lowest temp, for any Feb. 3 Highest temp, yesterday 47 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 39 Precip. last 24 hours .33 Precip. from Feb. I 4.35 Precip. from Sept. 1 35.75 Excess from Jen. 1 .17 Sunset today, 5:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:01 a.m. New County Home Will Open Sunday Tha doors of the now Douglas county homo will awing open ' for public inspection this Sun day from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Com mill iontr Dick Baker an. nouncti. The building was not com puted at the time of the dedi cation of the Community hos pital so the inspection waa post poned. Now, the public will get chance to see the most mod ern county home in Oregon, ac cording to Baker. One of its outstanding features is its al most entirely fireproof construc tion to avoid a misi.jp similar to the burning of the former county home. Baker seid "the only things that can burn are the mattresses and doors." New Facilities For Riverside School Planned City School Superintendent Paul S. Elliott and Claude Freeman of the architectural firm of Freeman, Hayslip and Tuft, are conducting study of the possiblities of build ing an assembly hall and enlarg ing the lunch room facilities at the Riverside grade school. The Roseburg school board in structed Elliott and Freeman Mon day evening to make the study and draw up preliminary plans for the project. A delegation, headed by River side PTA President Mrs. Leslie Ptaff, appeared at the school board meeting to urge the construction of the proposed facilities., Elliott said he had also been in structed by the board to investi gate the use of the old Edenbower schoolhouse for classroom use next year. A report by a state school in spector was read at the board meet ing which said the Roseburg Jun ior high school was a fully stan dard school with the exception of the building's location and its play ground. The state inspector sug gested the school be moved awav from the downtown area at some future date. A brief discussion on the school teacher shortage brought out the fact there are openings in the state for 800 teachers next fall aa against only about 600 qualified teachers graduating from the state's collegs. Elliott said a teachers' training as sociation has been organized at Senior high school to encourage students to enter the field. ' Second Contempt Case Against BRT Dropped CHICAGO UP) The second contempt action against the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, stemming from the recent "sick call" strike of switchmen, was dismissed in federal court here. Government -prosecutors asked the dismissal in view of develop ments Monday in the federal court in Washington, D. C. There the BRT pleaded guilty to contempt in Ihe recent walkout and in a similar strike last December and was fined $75,000. Jud?e Michael L. Igoe, who dis missed the second contempt action here, fined the rail union $25,000 last week after finding it in con tempt because of the first walk out. The union has until Saturday te pay the fine. The union is restrained until March 2, by a temporary order, from engaging in a strike and the government could seek to extend it. Youth Faces Life Term For Slaying Lawyer GREENFIELD, Ind. (IP) -A 16-year-old youth faces a life term in prison for the fatal beating of a prominent Indianapolis lawyer on a lover's lane northeast of Indian apolis last June. The bov. Earl M. Kcllv of In dianapolis, was convicted here of tirst Ucgree murder while robbing Albert M. Thayer, 47. The circuit court jury of 12 men recommended life imprisonment. Minors were barred from the courtroom yesterday as prosecu tors told the jury that unnatural sex acts led to the beating and robbery. A statement by Kelly ad mitted as evidence said Thayer i-umiimii-u uie acis. xnayer wtra not married. Life-Long Missionary To Koreans Passes Away PUSAN, Korea UP) Dr. Hor ace H. Underwood. 61. who de voted his life to teaching Chris tianity to Koreans, Uied of a heart attack Tuesday, a government spoKesman announced. Underwood was born in Seoul. Most of his work was at Korean Christian college there. Four sons and a daughter sur vive. Mrs. Underwood was shot dead Jan. 3, 1949 b y several men who South Korean police said were Communists. ROSEBURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY, To Operate State Allies Flatten Wonju Bulge Of Red Force Two Attempts To Cross Han River Fail, However; Rain Bogs Down Tanks By OLEN CLEMENTS TOKYO .UP) Allied forces flattened out the Reds' Wonju bulge in Central Korea today but in the West the Communists blocked two new allied attempts to cross the Han river. A driving, relentless rain turned the whole Korean battlefront into a mud puddle. Field dispatches said the rain soaked GIs, bogged down tanks, filled foxholes and deepened the miseries of the front. A few troops took advantage of the rain for their first showers in a month; those who could took turns ducking into Korean shelters. But for most, the rain meant a constant soaking. Red mortar fire "The heaviest and most accurate I've ever scon," said one commander d r o v e back an armored patrol to the south bank of the Han seven miles east of Seoul. Five miles downstream from Seoul, heavy resistance checked a South Korean patrol trying t o cross the Han. U. S. Fifth air force planes roared out again Wednesday in support of ground troops. Big naval guns rocked both coasts of Korea. The battleship Missouri bom barded the Tanchon area in far northeastern Korea all day Tues day. Other allied naval forces bucked strong shore batteries around Wonsan on the Sea of Japan coast for the -seventh straight day. Field dispatches said the Reds were pulling back so fast that they were leaving equipment and their dead in the snow. The last heavy Communist re sistance ended late Tuesday north east of Chechon, a road hub 20 miles southeast of Wonju. Red forces, however, hold Hoengsong, another key town 10 miles north of Wonju. Mrs. McTaggart Resigns Home Extension Position Mrs. Corinne McTaggart. Doug las county's home extension agent for three years, has resigned from her position, effective last Satur day. Mrs. McTaggart, who receiveu her training at OSC, aided greatly in me growing nurce extension pro gram. Traveling throughout the county, organizing and meeting with home extension groups, she has supervised instruction in sew ing, textile painting, cooking, fur niture arrangement and other phases of homcmaking. Under her leadership, the total membership in home extension units has grown from 400 to 6O0. Betty Jane Patterson, who comes here after two years in Clackamas county, is now county homemaking agent. NET THEFT CHARGED Robert domain Cooke, 27, a Recdsport cook, is being held in the Douglas county jail under $2.- 500 bail for larceny of a fishing net, reports District Judge A. J. Geddcs. Cooke was arrested in Everett, Wash., and returned on a Douglas county warrant. Freight Car Shortage Shippers, Roads Given Time To File Solution Following Conference PORTLAND (AP) Shippers and railroads have until March 5 to file written proposals for solving the freight car shortage. ' James K. Knudson, defense transportation administra tor and Interstate Commerce commissioner, set the date at the close of a conference tie neara charges repeated that the Southern Pacific had discrim inated against western Oregon shippers in the matter of freight cars. The charges came from Ken aeth C. Batchelder, traffic man ager, and H. V. Simpson, execu tive vice - president of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. Batchelder supplied charts to siipport his claims. The two said the railroad apparently doesn't have enough cars to move all the freight originating along its lines. But J. B. Corbctt, Vice president in charge of operations for South ern Pacifier denied there had been any discrimination. Questioned bv I Knudson about equipment, he said three new diesel locomotives had been bought for the Siskiyou route. I He agreed to a proposal that i the ICC order northern railroad . , FEBRUARY 21, 1951 Veteran Killed In Korean Action Melvin (Laddie) Brant, master sergeant, was killed in action in Korea, his mother, Mrs. A. K. Hill, of Koseburg has been officially notified. He had previously been r. reporiea miss- m ing m ctin- IL . ft Brant was If - ' yl only son of J II-. I Hill. He is i V 1 survived by '-' 1 I sister, Mrs. ' Fox, of Sut Dram was me Mrs. also a Bob Slither. ' lin. He was born in Brookings, S. Dak., in 1922. Brant entered . , the service i n Melvin Brant 1938, and served with honor i n World War II. He was wounded twice and received the Purple Heart. He served with the famed 7th infantry division through the battles of Attu, Kiska, Kwajalcin, Luzon, Leyte and Okinawa, After serving a two-year enlist ment in Hawaii on first entering the army, he had to wait six months before re-enlisting, until he was old enough to do so. At the age of 26, he had over 10 years sqrvice. "Brant had many friends in and around Roseburg. "Peace Council" (Commie Version) Opens In Berlin BERLIN UP) The "World Peace Council," opening a three day session in East Berlin, has called on world communism to op pose rearming of West Germany and Japan. The pro-Kremlin council, sum moned from far and wide, set up committees to draft resolutions pointing the Soviet-inspired aims of keeping the former axis partners defenseless. The politics to be adopted by the council before Saturday night will amount to gospel for Communist followers throughout the world. In the huge Soviet-sector hall decked with red flags, the council opened its public sessions with Pietro Ncnni of Italy in the chair. On the rostrum were such inter national figures as Dr. Hewlett Johnson, "Red dean" ot canter bury: Ilva Ehrcnburg. top Soviet journalist; Jean Lafitte of France and Professor Kuo no jo, presi dent of Communist China's "peace committee." The council, In a preliminary statement, declared this session would be devoted to "the great historical decision facing the world today war or peace?" The Red army's official news paper in Germany, raegnene Kuna schau, greeted the delegates with the editorial comment that Gen eralissimo Stalin's "war is not in evitable" statement this week "gives hope to the people that world peace Is obtainable." Incest Charge Results In Verdict Of Guilty After deliberating only half hour, a circuit court jury returned a verdict of guilty against William Homer Berry, 42, of Smith River, late Tuesday afternoon. Berry was charged with incest. -Sentence was deferred. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly was unable to appear in court be cause of illness. In his place, Judge William G. East served on the case. here with the two groups. lines to supply Southern Pacific with empty cars in return for an allocation by SP of an caual num ber of loaded cars for movement east. William P. Ellis called the South ern Pacific's single track with an extensive grade for 40 miles be tween Eugene and Klamath Falls a "bottleneck." The single track makes it difficult to move in empty cars or take our loaded ones. Ellis, representing 93 members of me snippers car supply commit tee, sain. "Even if Southern Pacifc had twice as many cars, It could not move more than 5 or 10 percent more traffic," ho told Knudson. Shippers he represented will need four times t$ many cars this year as they did last, he declared. 44-51 Favored World War 3 Preventable, Truman Says That's Aim Of Nation's Current Arms Program, Masonic Leaders Told WASHINGTON (IP) Presi dent Truman said today "we are gradually approching a position" in which a third World war can be prevented. All the current attempts to build up men and material is merely an effort to prevent such a war, he told a group of Masonic lead ers. He added: "We are gradually approaching a position in the world where that can be prevented, if we have the support and cooperation of all seg ments ot tne population. "And that means industry. la bor, and farmer and you gentle men and all the white collar peo ple who do the inside work to make these other things operate. Mr. Truman spoke at a break fast for Masonic leaders from all over the country. The breakfast was given at the Statlcr hotel by an old Kansas city tricnd, Frank Land, who heads the DeMolays, an organization for young men. Mr. Truman said he realized that it's .difficult for most people to un derstand what a serious situation the government is in: He sized it up this way: "the most tremendous emergency that any government has ever been faced with in the history of the country." He added he knew what he was talking about because he has studied history. "I ktjow we are going through some of the things that were gone through In 1860, 1916, and 1941," ha laid. Unscrupulous Foe Faced "We have to understand," Mr. Truman said, "that we are faced with an unmoral force which does not keep its agreements wnich does not keep its agreements, which docs not believe in the things for which this government stands and for which the other free govern ments of the world do stand." With Mr. Truman at the break fast were almost all his cabinet officers, justices of the supreme court and congressional leaders. Speakers proceeding the Presi dent gave him such a buildup, that at times it sounded more like a political convention than a gather ing of the Masonic order. Mr. Truman seemed to think so, too, for he began by saying: "This looks like a fixed-up prop osition." But, he said, he'd merely wanted the cabinet officers to ex plain what this country is up against. Secretary of Defense Marshall called for support of the man-power bill before Congress which provides for the drafting of 18-year-olds. Canada's Prime Minister Asks Sweeping Powers OTTAWA UP) Prime Min ister Louis St. Laurent's liberal government has asked parliament for sweeping powers to control prices, wages, rents and man powerto be used if and when they are needed. With the liberal nartv holdine 190 of Commons' 262 scats, pass age of the measure appeared cer tain. The nrime minister submitted .i five-clause emergency powers bill saying that the international sit uation threatens the dominion's security. Introducing the measure. St. Laurent said his government did not plan comprehensive controls now in any field. The powers asked. he explained, would be on a 'standby" basis, for use only should worsening conditions neces sitate them. " Logging Truck Plunge Kills Bend Rider BEND (IP) Lewis L. Low- lin, about 30, Bend, was killed Tuesday when the empty logging truck and trailer in which he was riding went off a highway five miles northwest of here and plunged 70 feet into an abandoned pumice pit. The truck driver. Dale C. Mont gomery, 32, Bend, was thrown clear of the wreckage, but was seriously injured. Sheriff C. L. Mc Caulcy said Montgomery lost control of the truck after a chain caught in the airbrake on a sharp curve at the top of the steep Tumalo grade on the Bend Sisters highway. NEEDLESS GIFT NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. UP) R. H. Wooldridge, vice-president of the National bank here, won a chamber of commerce luncheon door prize that he doesn't need. It was a savings account with a $5 starting deposit from the State bank, National's only ri val in North Kansas City. Car Upsets In Creek After Skid Off Road Shirley Roweil, Aged 16, Death Victim: Three Others Slightly Injured A 16-year-old Tenmlle elrl waa killed instantly and four other per sons were hospitalized with minor injuries, when the car in which they were riding left the road at Suicide creek on highway 42, two miles west of Tenmile last night, state police report. Shirley Roweil, 16, was killed in stantly, the police said. Dennis Johnston of Tenmile, operator of the vehicle, was hospitalized at Mercy hospital but is to be re leased today, it was reported. Three other girls in the car, Ca reen Roweil, sister of Shirley; Ada Hubbard, both 14, and Carol Jean Maisenbach, all of Tenmile, were taken to Douglas Community hos pital. Their condition was reported to be not serious. Failure to negotiate a curve on the wet, slippery highway was blamed for the accident, according to the state police. Automobile Skids Johnston told the investigating officers that he was headed west on highway 42, and that he had slowed his speed on rounding a curve, just before coming to the bridge on Suicide creek. He said that the car went into a skid on the wet pavement. It left the road and rolled to the opposite bank ot the creek. The car . then rolled back and came to rest upside down in the shallow water. Johnston, the police reported, said he crawled out through the side window and managed to help the three girls to safety. He could not immediately find Shirley who was later located submerged in the water. It is believed, however, the officers said, that she died in stantly from a broken neck and head injuries. Deputy Coroner M. B. Emmett investigated. Junior At Roseburg High Shirley Jean Roweil was born at Portland Nov. 6, 1934. Except for a brief period during the war. when she lived at San Leandro. Calif , she has lived at Tenmile. She was a junior at Roseburg high school, and a member of the Girls Athletic association of the school. She was a member of the Catholic church. Surviving are her step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Max Lock wood of Tenmile: her father. Henry Roweil of Myrtle Point; twin sisters, uariene ana careen non ell, both of Tenmile; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nunn of Long Beach, Calif., and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Roweil of Springfield. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic church, where requiem mass will be oiterea ai 9 a.m. Friday with Father Edmund Hyland officiating. Concluding services and interment will follow in the Tenmile cemetery. Recita tion of the Rosary will be at the chapel of the Long and Orr mor tuary Thursday at cau p.m. "NO BEER," ETC. Pay Too Low, Lament From Postal Toilers WASHINGTON UP) What with no beer, no furniture and not enough pay to raise a family, things seem to be tough for postal employes. . An account of their plight was E laced in the congressional record y Rep. Kersten (R-Wisc), who asserted on his own "there is no doubt that the postal employes def initely need a raise in pay." To back up that claim, iversien included in the record excerpts from what he said were hundreds of letters from postal workers in the Milwaukee area. He said their plight is typical. Some of the excerpts: "I am resigned to the absence of beer in the icebox." "We have an empty house. How can we ever buy furniture for it?" "We have no children. Why? And leave them to run around like little unfed and underclothed bums?" "I'm getting tired of working 12 to 14 hours a day to earn a living for my wife and three boys. To tup this we live in a two-car ga rage." "My wife is working, but now that she is, we don't get to see each other very often. I see her about 15 minutes every morning." "Only one thing has remained stationary, and that is my wages." "The raise you senators voted yourselves, $2,500 per year, prac iiniiv renresents mv yearly sal ary. Uiouse memDers gui u same.) , , 'Cigarets is our oniy luxury. There is no entertainment, we have been to the show once ra past two years." "I have to live with my inlaws to make ends meet." MAYOR WORKS AT W PARIS UP) Edmond Mathis, for 69 years mayor of the tiny eastern French village of Dehuna and the oldest mayor in France, celebrated his 99th birthday Tues day at work in the village hall. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstcin Lest you forget: The new dry flrt truck was te be delivered thii month. Only seven days jjeft.
