Truman's Housing Move
Labeled "Boom Or Bust
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 W
The government prepared today
to booat non-residential con
itruction by pcrhapi 40 per cent,
put a' floor-space limit on new
homei, and give private enter
prise a much . bigger say-so in
fighting the housing shortage
With these as policy guides
laid down by President Truman,
officials set out to run a nous
ing program minus priorities and
orice ceillniis a program which
was catching brickbats from
Wilson Wyatt's admirers and
bouquets from the building in'
dustry. .
One of Wyatt's chief aides,
Norton Long, prepared to take
NY Police
Head Dies
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 OF)
Lewis J. Valentine, 64, former
New York city police commis
sioner, died at 5:15 this morning
at the Long Island College hos
pital after an mness ot several
weeks.
The former police commis
sioner earlier this year had gone
to JaDan at the request of uen
MacArthur to aid in the reorgan-
ization of the Japanese police.
He was on a leave of absence
from his radio and writing
chores and on his return re
sumed his radio program "Gang-
busters.
Valentine resigned as police
commissioner on September 6,
-11948. He had held the post
Jsince his appointment by former
mayor r loreiio n. uuaiuia
,'in 1934, his nearly 11 years in
the position constituting the
longest tenure on record here.
A native of Brooklyn, Valen
tine became a policeman in
1903. Throughout his long
' career on the force Valentine
'was known as the "honest cop"
;nd the "cop's cop."
Training Planes
To Be Sold
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16
Sale of 30 or more Fairchild PT
; 26 planes, at new reduced prices,
without priority, will begin at
; Buchannan field at 8 a. m. next
Wednesday, December 18, it was
,' announced today by S. Raymond
'Burns, director of the aircraft
division of war assets adminis
: tration. Buchannan field is two
miles west of Concord, in Con
tra Costa county, rue new
prices went into effect several
: weeks ago but these are the first
: F airchilds offered since uen.
The Fairchilds, which were
, purchased originally by Canada
, on lend-lease, were turned back
. to' the United States and were
.; declared surplus. Prices are
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feneral condition of the plane.
lhey are low wing monoplanes,
with 200 horsepower engines,
and full canopy. Burns said that
there is about an equal number
of planes in each price group.
To assure a fair chance for all
prospective buyers, a drawing
will be held at the opening of tie
sale, to determine the order in
which buyers will be admitted
to make selection.
Deafened Now Hoar
With Tiny Single Unit
Science ha now made it pos
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HolIU A Wrlfhl, Owan
the cue of his former chief and
resign as deputy housing expe
diter. He denounced Mr. Tru
man's new housing policy as
"not a program at all" but a bid
for a boom and bust" in real
estate.
The White House withheld di
rect comment today on Long's
criticism of the new housing
plan.
"Events In the development
of that program will speak for
themselves," Presidential Secre
tary Charles G. Ross told reporters.
Climaxing a series of White
House huddles, Mr. Truman on
Saturday night wiped out the
$10,000 ceiling on the selling
price of new houses and an
nounced that any citizen can
build a home for himself a
right that for 11 months only
veterans have enjoyed.
Nevertheless the president said
the new program will be a
"vhtorous one." with the Bov
ernment stressing rental hous
ing. The whole new program,
with emphasis shifting from fed
eral control to business initia
tive, "will produce results," he
promised.
Henceforth, Mr. Truman ruled,
only "a few raw materials" will
be allocated that is. channeled
into housing and anyone who
wants to build a home for his
own occupancy may do so by
setting: a simple government
permit. This will limit the floor
area but will set no ceiling
price and require no inspection
or building standards.
The floor-space limit appar
ently will run about 1500 square
feet in the private judgment of
two top-ranxinc housing oin-
cials. Under the former $10,000
ceiling, the average house con
tained only 800 to 1000 square
feet.
North Carolina
Senator Dies
RALEIGH. N. C. Dec. 16 UP)
A 16-year career in the U. S. sen
ate ended in deatn -Mere yester
day for Josiah William Bailey,
73-year-old democrat.
Bailey, the state's senior sena
tor, died of a cerebral hem
orrhage at his home where he
had lapsed into a coma Saturday.
He was still on the mend after
a serious heart illness eight
months ago but seemed unusual
ly well and cheerful earlier Sat
urday, relatives said.
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THEY CAN'T MISS
ASOTIN, Wash., Dec. 16 Wr
it's a natural.
An application for a marriage
license was filed here by Clif
ford. Lovejoy and Doris Mae
Happy,
TOTAL DAMAGES) NO SLEEP
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 16
(P) The first all-woman circuit
court jury In Sangamon county
history was sworn in to consider
an automobile damage suit.
The 12 women argued all
night long and then reported
they couldn't agree. They were
dismissed.
AN EASY KILL
MT. OLIVE, 111., Dec. 16 1IP
Joseph Weltering, truck driver
of Effingham, 111., bagged a 275
pound four-point deer without
firing a shot.
The animal was killed when it
ran into the side of his truck as
he drove down a highway.
Phone Charges
Reduced
SALEM, Dec. 17 (iP) Extra
charges for telephone calls made
over two or more systems will be
eliminated in Oregon December
21. Public Utilities Commissioner
George H. Flagg said today.
The rates from then on will be
for the direct airline rate, such
as now is done on calls between
two points on the same system.
Negotiations with the West
Coast Telephone company, larg
est independent telephone com
pany in the state, are the last to
be completed to accomplish the
elimination of the "other line"
phone rates.
HOLIDAY
DANCES
MALIN
BROADWAY HALL
SATURDAY,
Dec. 21
Music by
PAPPY GORDON and His
OREGON HILLBILLIES
XMASDANCE
Wed., Dec. 25
Music by
Shorty Wllk.rson aad
His Orchestra
New Year's Eve
Carnival Dance,
Tues., Dec. 31
Music by
Shorty WUkarson and
His Orchestra
Dancing 10 till 2
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Cost Totals
$171 Million
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16 UV)
The senate war investigating
committee has learned that it
probably will cost American
taxpayers $171,000,000 next year
to feed the U. S.-occupled tone.
of Germany while the Russian
controlled area eats homegrown
food at no cost to Moscow.
Statements gathered by Com
mittee Counsel George Mender
during a thrce-weok trip to
Europe laid the blnme for this
situation on the fullure of at
tempts to unify Germany eco
nomically under terms of the
1945 Potsdam Big Three gov
ernment. Blaming the French for block
ing plans to sot up central Ger
man , adminsistration services,
the statements obtained by
Meader from army of occupation
and military government author
ities said the United States had
been forced to stop the dis
mantling of German plants for
reparations most of which
would go to Russia hecuuso of
that threatened finunciiil drain
on this country. .
Beyond that, the stulcments
indicated that even if economic
unification of Germany were
brought about immediately, it
might take two years for the
Germans to become sufficiently
self supporting to require no
further food shipments from tlia
United States.
Ketchikan Stores
Get First Stocks
KETCHIKAN, Dec. 16 A)
Ketchikan merchants today re
stocked their shelves with nearly
100 tons of cargo which arrived
here yesterday aboard the
steamer Alaska of the Alaska
Steamship company. The vessel
was the first in regular mainland
service to reach here In more
than 100 days.
Eugene Man Named
Savings President
TIMBERLINE LODGE, Dec.
16 Fred G, Stickles of
Eugene was named president of
he Oregon Savings and Loan
league at closing week-end ses
sions of the league's annual
meeting here.
Arthur W. Bates, Sulem, was
elected to the executive committee.
Marines Still
In China
PEIPINQ, Dec, 16 (') United
States marine sources said today
the general withdrawal of ma
rines from North China Is not
Imminent and probably will not
be accomplished before spring.
(Secretary of Statu Byrnes
told the United Nations general
assembly Friday night that
roughly half of the 111. 000 U. S.
troops remaining In China were
under orders to return tiomo,
their mission nearly completed.)
Marine sources sulci no date
had been set for the withdrawal
of all marines from North China.
The first marine division was
instructed three months ago to
prepare for withdrawal, but
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honpat, n. t in ri
since then these plans have been
revised twice,
Poplar trees are forbidden in
New York City because Umlr
roots go o decj) that they can
disrupt water and scwago systems.
Dr. Denton J. Rees
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