Americans Adept
War-Devastated
French Villages
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. UP)
Girard and Kathleen Hale set a
new pattern in international
friendship by adopting a small
war-wrecked French village.
It has worked so well that some
twpntv-flvp nthnr AmorUn
dlviduals and civic organizations
nave iouowea tneir example
and thus put goodwill between the
two countries on a personal
rainer tnan a governmental
basis.
It began when the Hales, a
wealthy couple who lived many
vpars In Pranpn Hanomn
vinced that scattered charities
-twenty packets of food here,
J, S100 there" did not give the
. French a feeling that the Ameri
can people were deeply interested
.,; in their welfare. In this mood of
dissatisfaction, Kathleen Hale, an
energetic middle-aged little wo
man with a face like the map of
Ireland, heard from a friend the
story of Maille. No battles were
fought in this small village near
tours in the "chateau country,"
but the villagers sheltered a shot
down British aviator. In August,
. 1944, the Germans as a reprisal
shot to death 124 of its 480 inhabi
tants including a 70-year-old
man, a six-month-old baby
killed all the livestock, burned
two-thirds of its buildings.
Aid Prompt, Thorough
Warm -hearted Mrs. Hale
couldn't forget the story. She told
it that night to her husband, an
artist who had studied in Paris.
I suppose you want us to adopt
the village," he said.
Mrs. Hale decided right then
she did.
"It was one of those things you
don't know why you do," she told
me on the spacious verandah of
the Hales' mountain top home
here.
That was in April of last year.
Within two months she had ob
tained from the villagers a list of
. the things they needed most and
naa inem on me pier at L.e Havre.
There were 7,000 items.
"We let them know at the start
that we couldn't afford to rebuild
the town or supply them with
food," said Mrs. Hale. But she and
her husband did refurnish the
village church and school and
sent household linen, furniture
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 7. '1947
RUNS FOR
FEW CENTS
A DAY
I lll
and kitchen equipment to every
lanuiy wiai neeaea mem.
Cost Up To $10,000
The village is now returning
to normal. .The Hales curently are
sending agricultural implements
me vinagers namea me Iirst
tractor "Girard" after her hus
band and layettes. Babies are
being born again, as Mrs. Hale
remarked, "the field crops are
doing well, too."
She said a village could tx
adopted for $2,000 to 510,000, de
pending on its size. I asked her
wnat reward she had had.
"Only a warm feeling arnunri
ine neart," sne said. "We have
never seen the village. Thpv sk
Us often to come, but T think it
perhaps would be better never
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For just a few cents a day, it
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it freezes ice cubes, makes ice
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with plenty of space for fre3h
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cans, poultry.
And Servel stays silent, lasts
longer. The secret? No moving
parts in its freezing system. So
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N. ROSEBURG
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Poland Pleads for U. S.
To Restore Aid Program
WiSHINCTnM Alter T'm
Poland appealed to the United
States yesterday to restore its
canceled share of the $332,000,000
American relief program.
ted the plea to Secretary of State
marsnan ana 101a reporters alter
the conference that "Poland
really needs food."
Pstimatlncf hie piiiinti'v'c npoln
deficiency 'until next July 1 at
800,000 tons, the envoy said he
fllcn aelfnH Marchall tn cunnnrt on
allocation of grain by the Agri
culture Department. He said Po
land would pay for it by "mort
gaging" gold reserves in this
country.
Russia Seizes 3 More
Concerns in Austria
VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 7. (JP)
An Austrian official said yester
day the Russians had taken over
three more industrial concerns.
asserting they were German as
sets in Austria, in addition to the
Lobau refinery which eave.the
Soviets complete control of the
.lsteraon on Held production.
Farm tenancy in the United
Slates declined sharply during
worm war n and in 1945 only
32 per cent of U. S. farms were
operated by tenants.
THIRTEEN
Marshall's Plan
Puts Russians in
Tough Situation
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
History will receive a momen
tous contribution when time fin
ally is able to disclose the con
versations which must have been
proceeding in the Kremlin be
tween Soviet Premier Stalin and
his captains in their search for
an answer to the Anglo-French
call to join in the program of
European economic rehabilita
tion proposed by U. S. Secretary
of State Marshall.
It was a tough question for
the Muscovites to decide, and
they have got as far as agreeing
to discuss the matter with France
and Britain in Paris next Fri
day. Obviously Soviet coopera
tion is essential for European re
covery. But diplomats and other
observers in the western Democ
racies have expressed the view
that whole-hearted Russian par
ticipation in the Marshall plan
would be likely to slash a knife
across the roots of Communist
expansion westvard. why? well,
because the Red Ism thrives on
economic and political chaos such
as now has Europe by the throat.
ine Kremlins problem men
has been whether Russia should
shift to a policy Which would
hamstring one of the fondest
hopes of the original Bolshevist
regime Communization of the
world. Let the reader put him
self in Stalin's place and seek an
answer to that one.
The Soviet Union already had
declined to join Britain and Am
erica in the economic rehabilita
tion of Germany key to contin
ental properity. There has been
a somewhat similar situation in
Austria, though not so vital. How
ever, the picture in Central Eu
rope differs from that Qf western
Europe. Eastern Germany and
Austria enter into Moscow's pro
ject for the establishment of a
zone of influence for security
purposes. It wouldn't necessarily
follow that Russia intended to
apply this policy to all Europe,
but Moscow has kept its pur
pose to itself;
Vital Question Posed '
Russia's hidden intentions in
this respect of course have been
the crux of the whole situation.
They represent the answer to
the great question which western
Democracy long has wanted set
tled. Namely:
Has Russia just about fulfilled
her ambitions in the way of es
tablishing her new zone of influ
ence, or is she bent on indefinite
expansion of Communism?
So in effect this is the query
which General Marshall's plan
raised in such manner that a re
ply couldn't be avoided. Refusal
to cooperate in nutting Europe
on its feet would. In the view of
western Democracy, mean that
Russia intended to play a lone
hand in the interests of spread
ing Communism and, ipso facto,
Moscow's influence over other
nations.
That much has seemed clear.
Eut what if Russia agreed to
participate in rehabilitation with
the other powers? At first blush
it would seem the answer must
be that Moscow would really play
pan wun tne west and abandon
the idea of forcing Communist
expansion. However, that does
n't necessarily follow.
Authorities in the western cap
itals are noting that it would be
possible for Russia to accept the
invitation and then work to de
feat the project. They base this
unhappy thought on such past
events as the inability of the Big
Four to agree on a German peace
treaty, on German econmic re
construction, and developments
(or rather lack of them) on im
portant matters in the United
Nations security council. The
western allies charge that these
failures were due to deliberate ob
struction by Russia, staged with
tnf! lclea ot causing delays and
thereby giving Moscow a chance
to strengthen its hand.
In 1945, the West Point Mili
tary Academy dropped its air
plane pilot training program
which had been in effect during
World War II.
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Canneries Lead in
Food Processing
Payrolls in Oregon
Payrolls In Oregon's food proc
essing industry have increased
2a6 per cent in the nast decade
with meat, beverages and miscel
laneous products recording the
most rapid employment expan
sion. In an analysis of recent food
Industry development just issued,
the State Unemployment Com
pensation Commission calls at
tention to a 1946 covered payroll
of $45,704,000 as compared with
$12,846,000 in 1936. Increases
ranging from 0.8 per cent in 1938
to 24.4 per cent in 1942 have been
reported for each of the ten
years. ,
Prospects for another advance
in 1947 remain slim, however, be
cause of uncertain weather and
market conditions affecting fruit
and vegetable canning, the sur
vey notes. Interviews with more
than half of the food plant opera
tors indicate a seasonal job peak
of about 26,700 in September,
1947, as against a record high of
30,156 just a year before. Season
al employers expect a rise from
3,500 Jobs In March to 17,700 this
fall.
Canneries Top List
Canneries in 1946 paid $19,
764,000 In wages or 43 per cent of I
wn- i-iiiuc; iiiuunuy. I3uit;iiesi
were second with $6,688,000 and 1
meat products next with $5,.
OD,UUU.
Meat packing plants showed
the greatest employment Increase
from an average of 935 in 1936 to
2,266 last year. Canneries. Includ.
ing fish plants, employed an av
erage of 9,812 persons last year
as against 8,148 ten years before.
Bakery products jobs rose from
1,608 to 2,362, while confection
eries dropped from 170 to 155.
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