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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1952)
Cnmnktn r kww n Oanuin Fadwy Keplst. It men Prtt JV WI Will DO THI WORK tkOWHf NOW... YOU PAY I ATI T. jlyTT imctTfuiii HANSEN MOTOR CO. OAK end STEPHENS PHONE 3-4446 Move Into A House Designed for Living . . . Located In Exclusive East Side District I it j wjn 1 Features: EXCELLENT VIEW 3 BEDROOMS, 1600 Sq. Ft. SUNKEN LIVING ROOM BEAMED CEILING ROMAN BRICK FIREPLACE WALL BASEMENT GARBAGE DISPOSAL LANDSCAPED Design and Construction by BILL MILLER FOR DETAILS: Evening Phone 3-5349 DAYS May be contacted at Hughcreit Develop ment in Wett Roseburg. M: k, ... ' Hi it f f - - -o I 5 ; ' Boost fn Living Costs Will Hike Railway Wages WASHINGTON The govern ment'! latest cost of living bare meter moved up Thursday under pressure of rising food and rent costs to within a tiny fraction of the record high reached last Jan uary. The living-cost index, measuring prices of food, clothing, shelter and a host of other things climbed during the month ending May IS two-tenths of one per cent to 18D per cent of the 1935-39 average. That is 4.1 per cent over the mark of 18 months ago when price and wage controls took effect, The peak figure last January was 189.1. A million and a Quarter rail- workers will get an automatic two cent hourly wage boost as a result of the latest increase in living costs. Their work contract ties wages to the cost - of - living index and adjustments are made each three months. CLIFFORD GEORGE MORAN, above, was inducted into the army Wednesday. He formerly lived on So. Jackson St. The army induction call for July is six men and will be four men for August. James Fred Coff Dies At 43 James Fred Goff, 43, 122 W. First Avenue N., died on June 18, accord ing to Long & Orr Mortuary. He was born at Heaber Springs, Ark. on May 24, 1909, and married Maggie M. Watson 25 years ago at Harrison, Ark. Goff resided in Newberg for five years, later mov ing to Myrtle Creek and then to Roseburg He was employed by the Youngs Bay Lumber Co. since Oct. 10, 1949, and was a member of Local 2671, Lumber" and Sawmill Work ers Union. Goff is survived by his wife; mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Goff of Arkansas; nine chil dren, Mildred Virginia Grow, Port land; Grade May Riddle, Rose burg; Winnie Belle Locklin, Shaw nee, Okla., Peggy Lou, Betty Jo, Freddy LeRoy, James Edward, Polly Ann and Cornelius Lensey, all of Roseburg, and three grand children. Eight surviving brothers and sis ters include Calvin, N. Little Rock, Ark.; Arthur, of Michigan; Rich ard, Kensett, Ark.; Edward, Oak land, Calif.; N. D., US Army; Marie, Philadelphia, Pa., and Nina Clarence, US Army; Marie, Phil adelphia, Pa., and Nina May Jackson, utile rock, Ark, BERRIES BEFORE BATHS SILVERTON WI The swimming pool here is going to be closed afternoons for the rest of the berry season. City Manager Robert Borland said the closure would encourage the kids to pick berries. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 21. t HONEY PURE S LB. PAIL 89c COFFEE HILLS BROS. POUND 89c FROZEN LIMA BEANS Pkg. 27c DOG FOOD VITA FOOD 3 CANS 25' BROOMS SSEW EACH M.09 DEL RICH Oleomargarine Lb. 27c TOMATOES GARDEN NO. IVi CANS 2V GRAPEFRUIT PHEASANT NO. 2 CAN 13e KOOL AID 3 PKGS. 10' Quality Meats READY TO EAT J PICNICS lb. 4 PORK STEAK .... .. ... lb. 4V LAMB STEW . . . lb. 19' SHOULDER tt PORK ROASTS . .. lb. Si FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES CANTALOUPE lb. 8c - CUCUMBERS each 5c CARROTS 2 bunches 15c KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN BEANS lb. 19c ORANGES JUICE SIZE Doz. 15c Another 100.000 wage earners In textiles, aircraft and oil refining industries also get at least a one. cent boost. Rant Tops Increases ' Leading the overall living cost rise was a boost of four tenths of one per cent In rent across the country. The price of food at the grocery store moved up three tenths of one per cent. Although prices on most items have climbed Office of Price Stabilization officials announced Wednesday ceilings would be sus. pended this week end on bottled whiskey and wine. They have been selling for months below ceiling levels. . The two-cent wage boost for the nation's railroad workers goes Into effect July 1. The same railworkers three months ago lost a cent-an-hour when the Bureau of "Labor Statistics cost of - living index dropped between January and February. Since April, 1951, the railworkers have accumulated a toal cost . of living wage boost of 12 cents an hour. Ex-Cardroom Operator, Wife Face Tax Liens PORTLAND Wl Hugh Earle, internal revenue collector, Tues day filed tax liens totaling (276,128 against the proprietor of a former downtown Portland cardroom. Irving I. Hasson, former opera tor of Pasha's Sports Center, owes the government $161,412 in tax, penalty and Interest for 1946, Earle said. Another lien was filed against Hasson and his wife, Eda, for 1947 to 1950. The cardroom was closed down last year after Hasson was ar rested on a bookmaking charge. . Frl., June 20, 1952 The News-Review, Roseburg, Or. 3 Legion Protests Sale Of Bonus List Names PORTLAND l A list of Ore. gon veterans about to receive a state bonus, offered for sale to merchants, was obtained from an established mail list company. That was the report Wednesday of L. C. Swafford, an Army re serve captain, whose offer of the list for sale brought a protest from the American Legion. Swafford said he got the list from the C. B. Rhoadcs Mail List Company, which has been selling various types of lists in Portland for 40 year. The Rhoadcs com pany got the names from county courthouses, Swafford said. Letters were mailed to merchants offering the list for sale at 2 cents a name in units of 1,000. The letters were signed by D. L. Swaf ford, who is Swafford's wife. Swafford, a mail clerk, is a member of the Legion and was active In promoting the bonus. BIBLE CHAPTER MISSING RICHMOND, Va. (1 The Rev. G. Houston Patterson of Blueficld, W. Va., found a chap ter missing in the Bible much to his embarrassment. He was conducting the bacca laureate service for the graduat ing class of Union Theological Seminary. Kor several minutes, he thumbed the massive Bible in the pulpit while the audience wait ed and watched. Finally, he said: "I will read the 23rd Psalm." A bit red-faced, he then added: "I am reading this psalm today for a very special reason. It is one with which I hope you will never be confronted. I find my self with a Bible from which the 23rd chapter of St. Luke is unac countably missing." it I I If If "-. - ,1 I in , J ryV v N' 1 ' J III jj There's easy comfort in straight lines featured In this two piece COUNTRY MODERN section ... in spacious corner, end and cocktail tables at your finger tips. Rush Tex lends texture interest o the sectional. There's a gen tle taper to the table lens, and a slow upward curve to roil keeps things from falling off. 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