) ) Rttail Stores Ask OPS Relief As Profits Decline WASHINGTON--Retail store representatives have appealed to the government for price relief, reporting a drop of more than SO The group released figurei In dicating typical department store profits from merchandising oper ations dropped to 1.5 percent the percent in profits of department first three quarters of 1951. The and specialty stores the first nine NRDCA said this compared with months of this year. i 3.7 percent for the corresponding Officials of the National Retail Drygoods association conferred here with Price Director Michael V. DiSalle on this situation. On . n e r Christmas Choice iThe Kirby Home Renovator. see a demonstration for the asking. No obligation. DIAL 3-6356 if. Ivan Melvin, distributor period in 1950. Raymond F. Copes, General manager of the NRDGA control lers copgress, told a news con ference he estimated merchandis ing profits will decline to 1.9 per cent for the entire year. This com pares with 5 percent for 1950. The association represents 7,500 department and specialty stores. .DiSalle said he told the group that the Office of Price Stabili zation already is studying the re tailers' price regulation in rela tion to their financial position. In raw powder form or com bined in sulphuric acid, sulphur is indispensable in making chemi cals, fertilizers, insecticides, paints, explosives, metals, foods and textiles dandy . . for Christmas Giving Whitman's Hoeffler's Brown r Haley's hi: rrnpi n imi. Free Gift-Wrapping Wrapped for Mailing, Free H. C. CHURCH & SON Rose Hotel Annex Phone 3-6333 "FESTIVAL OF THE NATIVITY," a Christmas cantata by William I purchased through recent magazine sales drives, will be dedicaf Doinsi, win db prsssniBa ar mo junior man icnooi auaironum ea weanesaav evenina. e marina Dertormanca ar z:JU d. m. '.'Wednesday evening at 8, according to Mrs. Hallie Woodward, Friday will also b given for students and persons unable to music director. Soma 125 Junior hiqh school students will take j attend the Wednesday evening program. (Picture by Paul Jan part, including a mixed chorus of 80 voices. Th Rev. E. Clark kins) Robb will be narrator. The cast is pictured above. A new organ, I Western Europe Warned To Speed Unify Plan STUTTGART, Germany UP) IU. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy has called upon Western Europe to take "significant steps" for unity within the next six months or face the certainty of increased Soviet pressure. In a speech to the Wuerttenberg- Baden state parliament, McCloy declared: "The decision to be made In the next six months will be crucial for the future of Europe and for . For Christmas giving... JAMrtMA WdtiOWl) '"f mhb uiJLtrm Iufo l V 1XgZS' S ' mJ' jn I t""'"- rVithLustralov 'yoWv ) m FOR THE PERFECT GIFTl N.wPaHnrS1',dM- sine. Slimmer, shorter. 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More Noel Greetings, Soys Western Union Manager More Christmas-New Year greet ing telegrams will be filed this year than In any period since World War II, it was stated Mon day by the local Western Union manager. Advance flung of telegram erect ing io date indicate trie final total may exceed 2.000.000 mes sages, ne said. Part of the in crease is due to the erowinn num ber of men and women in mili tary service both here and abroad wno tend and receive a large num ber of greeting telecrams. Greeting telegrams this year are also expected to be longer. This is because telegraph users are Bow permitted IS words Instead of 10 in telegrams and SO words Instead of 25 in night letters for the basic charge. The 40 percent reduction in the telegram excise tax is also expected to encourage a boom in Christmas greeting volume. Tues., Dee. 18, If SI The News-Review, Rosebure, On. 3 Husband-Wife Argument Ended By Shotgun Blast BREMERTON (IP) A younit navy yard worker from Gig Har bor stuck a shotgun muzzle under nis cnin and lingered the trigger on the front porch of the horn, of his in-laws early Monday. Sheriff's Deputy Georea Riri argued quietly with the man, Al fred Valencia, 25. Mrs. Valencia listened breathlessly just Inside the front door. Berg worked In closer. He tried twice to discharge a tear gas cart ridge, tsom times it failed to go off. Valencia insisted he was going io iaKe nis own uie. Finally he Dulled the trieeer and died. His wife. Helen, said that earlier he had threatened to kill her. nii meir two noys, age four and two. After an argument he stomped Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Strohm, from the home f his wife's parents, and strode to his automobile. He shot a hole in the top of the car. Berg responded to a frantic tele phonn call, then tried llnsui-rvi. fully to talk Valencia out of kill ing mmsell. Mrs. Valencia told Berg they had irguea aoout - money troubles County Officials Attend OEA Meet Douglas county was well repre sented at the Oregon Education association representative council held In Portland, Dec. T and 8. Six votes were counted from this area, but represented different groups. Supt, Kenneth Barneburg, Rose burg, represented the County School Superintendent associ ation. Robert Brickor, Myrtle Creek, acted as representative for the Classroom Teachers organiz ation. He was elected regional di rector of Region 3 at the spring OEA meeting . Al Ncet, of Myrtle Creek was representative of Region 3, depart ment of elementary principals. Delegates for Douglas County OEA Roseburg; Creek, were Warren Ewine. Meryl Barkhurst, Myrtle and Mrs. Margaret McGee, Can yonvllle. Barkhurst was alternate for Mrs. Irma Parjori of Reeds port, who was unable to attend. Mrs. Margaret McUee. president of the Douglas County association, and Mrs. Paul Lucas, Koseburg, attended in the interest of the association and local teachers. Officers elected for the coming year are: Vrea Parrett, Hood River class room teacher, vice president: Margaret Perry, Inde pendence, NEA director for Ore gon; Keith Goldhammer, superin tendent from Bandon, was elected to the Board of Trustees for the areas of Coos, Curry and ffouglis countiees. The proposed code of ethics was accepted, and the centennial ac tion program, whose purpose ll to equalize educational opportunities throughout the nation, was ap proved. The Centennial action program was adopted by the NEA in San Francisco, July 3, 1951. Its pur pose is to unify and strengthen state and national organizations. Businessman Tickles Customers It was disclosed today that I local businessman has been ac cused of tickling his customers. The businessman, Calvin Wolf of Expert Furniture Cleaners It Up holsterers directly behind Richie's Root Beer Drive-In on Highway 99 North, explained that he had been tickling his customers for years in fact, that be get a certain delight out of It. The tickl ing alluded to Is best described in the words of laid businessman. He says: "All my customer! are tickle with the work this shop produces." You'll say( "He may tickle us because he me-tlcul-ous." CaU 3-3191. It'i an ad. FRANCO HEARINO DATED Band leader Lou Franco's pre liminary hearing on a charge of attempted rape has been sched uled for Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. The hearing is scheduled to de termine whether there is sufficient evidence to hold Franco for grand jury action. FURNITURE CD. I 'iim m 9 ere 6 Jlie C7 'ie jrire,i ... no fire, just a reminder to you to attend the firemen's ball. Every year, these j fellows bring you an evening of lighthearted gaiety as an acknowledgment of your sup port throughout the year. i ,m Li This year, the firemen bring you the ever-popular Wally Heider and his orchestra, direct from en gagements in Albany, Coquilie, and the Peacock Room of the Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco. Remember the date: Christmas night, December 25. Dancing starts at 9 p.m. in the Roseburg Armory. Admission is only $1.50, including tax. LJCCi Let's all go . . . show our firemen how much we appreciate their sin cere desire to serve our community. We will Close Tonight At Six So Our Employees May Attend Our Christmas Patty. El it's iwt $AWA& on every item that counts' HIGHWAY 99 SOUTH NEAR CITY LIMITS. WKZSSISS