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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.
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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
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music director. Soma 125 Junior hiqh school students will take j attend the Wednesday evening program. (Picture by Paul Jan
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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
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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."
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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.
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... 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.
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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.
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HIGHWAY 99 SOUTH NEAR CITY LIMITS. WKZSSISS