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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1948)
Thii la rha way the western lectors rationed cot: last win ter: A tingle Individual got 800 pounds. There were five distri butions of 100 pounds each. A family of three got 800, and those with families of fivt or more got 1100. At present airlift planea are bringing in about 4800 tons of coal daily and altogether have delivered 144.000 tons. This is not enough to duplicate the 1847 ration. It may not be hopeleas, though. New airstrips at Tem plehof and Etegel should be ready in December. More planet are being aought. Under blockade conditiona the health of the German hat remained turpritingly good. A British report taid flatly that there has been "no apparent ef fect" On helpful factor ta the abundance of drugs. One of the major concerns it what to do about German busi ness and Industry. It hat been clipped hard by the Soviet con trol of two of the city's largest power plants. Already it has retrenched by a third. Reserves of raw material! are being ex hausted. The beet figure at which the Americana could arrive on un employment la 141.000 at the slart of October. Thla li slightly lower than a month earlier. has been euf from 2600 to 1200 unee th first of the year. Gen eral Clay expects the 1200 to remain atatic. Dependentt are down to a low of about 1000. Transportation is and will be tough to get for everyone, both German and the western allies. It it necestary to shut down the German aubway system at have gasoline for private cart. There it no Joy-riding, even for the American. He will get only five gallons of gasoline I month for personal use. The German has once in awhile looked away from his own troubles long enough to admire the western allies' wil lingness to accept austerity, too. They figure: "We're In this together and Woods Buy Grocery Woodburn Mr. and M r I . Harold Woods of Inglewood, ' Calif., have purchased Bill's grocery on the hignway at Woodburn between East Lin coln and McKinley atreett from William Wiant and took posses sion last week. Mr. and Mrt. Wiant, who owned and operat ed the store for the past year, Blockade Nerves Showing in Distressed City of Berlin By RICHARD K. O'M ALLEY AND TOM READY Berlin, Oct. 26 iP Imagine living- in a city where, ;f you step eutaide certain boundaries you will ba arrested. Imagine living in a city whert all your food and other supplies are dependent on an air lift. None of these problems con fronts the German in the Soviet sector. There the 1,200,000 can be aupplied In the normal way from the Russian tone. The Americans and British, anticipating a pinch, started to cut their ataffs month! ago. The French have moved out all but eaaential personnel. Tne Amer ican military government staff 8 p. m. The atreet railways stop at 11 p. m. Only the affluent plan to move to Illinois. Where vou have lighta a few Will the Berlin ration level be maintained throughout the winter? W. T. Babcork, deputy U. S. commandant in Berlin thinks to. The biggest prnhlrm it coal. Germans are going to have a mighty cold winter unless more planes can he added to the air lift. The old warming halls public places where one came to get the chill out of his bones probably will be revived. we 11 stick It out. Tele-fun by Warrtn Goodrich 12 Capital Journal, Salem, Or., TuexUr. (HoW it, IMS hours in the morning and a few houri at night. Wheie aimple, veryday itema auch ai candlea ara rationed. Where winter ia coming on and the prospect for aufficient eoal ia dim. Where war la not out of the realm of possibility. Blockade nervei are begin ning to ahow In Berlin Irritability it pcrnapi the most frequent indication. How will the German! come through the winter! All right, aay the western al lien. Thii view It given by Ameri can military government offi cials who parcel out the food and coal brought in by air tinee the Russians began the block ade squeeze last June. The average German geta a basic daily ration of lflft cal ories. Heavy worker! get a top ration of J8S and hutewive, 1680. Officer It Hopeful (The average American re ceives about 000 calories daily. The food of heavy workers, such at lumberjacks may total up to 0000. The average Briton received 2800 calories daily in the first lix months of 1948). (AdTtrtUmnt KorningCoughs Iori't 1st morning ind niht courhlnr, rcurrln.E ttttrka of Bronchial1 Aithma. ruin Itrp and ntriry another day with out trying MBNDACO, Thla treat In ternal mMlrtna work thru th blood, thija raarhlnr tha bronchial tub and ltinra. Uauallr atarta helping- niinn Immodlataly to rmora thick, sticky mtjrtia, thus allaviatinr coufhlnr and lirnmnur, mar i.ratninf and mora rm fraahrnf aUap. Got MKNDACO fron your drunriat today. Quirk aatlxaeUoa Hear THIS SPEAKER'S favorite story "Casey at rha Bat" KSLM-KGW Pi taeniae' fcy PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Lkht ! teat! i 2Wf It's the D0BBSI CROSS COUNTRY I You tr now looking over one of the lighten. weight, lightcit hetrtcd hats that ever brightened a brow. Light on your budget, too: And it's got the kind of styling and ertftsmtnihip that mirki the Dobbt Croti Country si Amer ica'! eutitanding hghtweightt The Vd Clll op THE STORE Or STYLE, QUALITY AND VALUE" MOXLEY AND Hl'NTINGTON 41 Stat St. Solem, Ore. "I make) aura the, other per tan hat tbna ta answer by lowntlnf up alt my thHaren." Youll reach the person you're calling much more often if you give him a full minute to an awer. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Seldom equalled, never excelled J UTg.WtlNtMft CO. otlnd. (aoM There Are No Set Credit Terms In Any of Dr. Sender's Denial Offices . . . 11 .. ':.: Dr. Jemler isyt: "Arrange the payment terms to suit your own convenience. Pay for your Dental Work In Small Weakly or Monthly Amounts . . , take any rea sonable length of time." You will appre ciate how easy It it to arrange for credit at D- "rmler's. No delay or unnecessary inve- 'tion ... no third party or finom ; company to deal with. EXAMINATION Without APPOINTMENT Coma in at Your Convenience TRANSPARENT PLATE DENTAL PLATES 1 to 3 DAY SERVICE difficult ease eueptod Ask your Dentist about these wonderful new Dantal lata j 1 DAY Plate Repair Service wn-oieM ttaa. STATE i COMMERCIAL STATE REGULATION PROTECTS CONSUMER LIMITS ELECTRIC PROFITS The people of Oregon long ago decided that a service so vital to them as electricity should be regulated by the state government. The purposes of state regu lation are to assure ADEQUATE electric service WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION; to make certain that the COST of electric service is just and reasonable. Portland General Electric Company is an ORE GON electric system, run by OREGON people, regu lated by the State of OREGON. Its earnings are LIM ITED BY LAW to, a reasonable return (about 6 per cent a year) on the value of electric facilities needed to serve the public adequately. State regulation KEEPS earnings reasonable. Prices for other things have gone sky high, but the cost of PGE electricity is less than it was before the war! FRANCHISE-SEEKING SALEM ELECTRIC UNREGU LATED. By posing as a "non-profit" organization, which it is not, Salem Electric escapes paying the taxes any electric business OUGHT to pay, also avoids state regulation of its earnings and service. No state or city agency acts in the public interest to control the amount of money it takes in! It should consent to regulation before it asks the people of Salem for a franchise. COMPARE STATE REGULATED SERVICE IS BETTER ON ALL COUNTS! PGE PAYS ITS FULL SHARE OF TAXES PGE it toxed like any other property owner, paying its full shore of taxes for support of city schools ond government, the stotc ond federol government. Between 17 ond 20 cents out of each income dollar goat back to the public in the form of taxes. SALEM ELECTRIC AVOIDS ALMOST ALL TAXES. It pay no Mate or federal income taxes, no direct taxes (or support of schools, no real property taxes to the city. In 1947 its TOTAL TAXES amoanted to only 1.8 rents out of each Income dollar. PGE LARGEST BONNEVILLE POWER DISTRIBUTOR PGE it the largest distributor of Bonneville Power in the Pacific Northwest ond hos been ever since federol dams on the Colum bia River were first built. In oddition it operates five major hydro-electric plants ond three steam generating plants ample power to serve Salem ond currounding communities. SALEM ELECTRIC HAS FAILED TO BUILD ADEQUATE STANDBY POWER SOURCES TO SERVE SALEM IN TIME OF EMERGENCY. In thla way It avoids paying real property taxea. It bays power from only one sonrre . . . owns no generat ing plant. It builds only distribution lines (personal property re auiring Salem Electric to pay anly a slight tax.) It Invent In only the fltmaiaot aort of repair faeilltiea. PGE MUST MAINTAIN SERVICE TO EVERY SALEM CITIZEN WHO WANTS IT A stote regulated utility such os PGE is required to provide service of definite standard to every Salem citizen who desires it. Any customer having o complaint that is not satisfied by PGE 1 itself hos the right to oppeal to the Public Utilities Commis- 1 sioner, whose office is here in Salem. SALEM ELECTRIC CAN REFl'SE SERVICE. Unregulated Salem Electric la not obligated, under It present organizational rules, to serve the public's Interest. It can refuse to serve "thin" areas and take only the profitable "cream" of the business In the city, as It choose. PGE ELECTRIC FACILITIES ADEQUATE TO SERVE CITY Very few cities in the United States have permitted more thon one electric system to serve them. Ultimotely higher rotes result when unnecessary, duplicated facilities increase the costs both systems hove to meet. PGE facilities in Salem are adequate; a second system for Solem is unnecessary ond will serve no beneficial purpose. DUPLICATION OF FACILITIES RT SALEM ELECTRIC WILL RESULT IN UNSIGHTLY, CLUTTERED STREETS AND DE CREASE PROPERTY VALUES. Duplicated electric service have no advantages for a rlty and many disadvantages. Salem it a beau tiful city and thould be kept that way. GUARD State Regulated Electric Service VOTE 505 X Nft AGAINST THE FRANCHISE MQV Pd. Adv., Portland General Electric Company, Willamette Valley Division, Salem, Oregon
