ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1948
THIRTEEN
Britain Abolishes
Death Penalty For
Crime of Murder
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
(JP) Foreign Affairs Analyst
England, after a mighty strug
gle with her conscience over long
generations, finally has decided
through the medium of her House
of Commons to abolish capital
punishment for murder during
a trial period of five years.
The vote for this notable ex
periment 245 to 222 came after
a dramatic seven-hour debate
over the question of whether to
hang or not to hang a penalty
which has been exacted for some
800 years. The verdict represent
ed a defeat for government
views, though it wasn't a political
reverse, since the Labor (Social
ist) government had given the
rank and file of its party the
privilege of voting as they saw
fit, and even permitting members
with minor ministerial posts to
abstain.
The conservatives, whose lead
ers were against abolishment,
also split and thus the issue be
came nonpartisan, with Social
ists and Conservatives voting ac
cording to their personal lean
A ings. It was a remarkable event.
The measure still must go
" . through other stages in Commons
and must pass the House of Lords,
but the government already has
Accepted it as law by reprieving
two men who were about to go
to the gallows for murder. They
have received life sentences.
Mistakes Stressed
In the debate the government
fought the measure on the
grounds that it was essential for
the protection of society and that
abolishment would increase homi
cides. Advocates replied with hu
manitarian arguments and a par
ticularly cogent point was made
by Socialist R. T. Paget, who
cited cases in which Innocent peo
ple had been hanged.
"Only God and the accused
know the real truth," he declared.
ThiE isn't the first time, by
any means, that an effort has
been made in Commons to do
away with hanging for homicide
a move, by the way, which
doesn't affect the death penalty
for treason, sabotage of the royal
dockyards and piracy. Previously,
However, tne government nas
beaten down the proposal with
its plea of necessity.
Reaction To War
Renewal of the proposal now
was, I suspect, partly a psycholo
gical reaction to all the bloodshed
and hatreds which have attentled
the world war. The impulse was
humanitarian and undoubtedly
religion entered into it strongly,
for England still remembers the
. ' Commandment: "Thou shalt not
i kill." The London Daily Graphic
f summed up the debate like this:
"The British idea of justice,
. founded not on punishment but
orf mercy, shone through all the
arguments in the House, and those
who disagree with the verdict
should draw satisfaction from the
fact that in a world of relaxed
standards Britain keeps her prin
cipals high."
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A leader for many years in
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Advice Given On
Slaying Aphids,
Slugs, Cutworms
Slugs, cutworms, pea aphids
and cabbage maggots are four
common garden pests which will
make themselves rignt at nome
in a newly seeded family vege
table plot if the gardner is con
tent to sit back and nurse his
planting aches and pains, prom
ise two Oregon State college en
tomologists, H. H. Crowell and
Robert W. Every.
Damage by insects is frequent
ly overlooked until real loss is
apparent, the two entomologists
point out, because many garden
insects are small or do the bulk
of their mischief at night.
Slugs are most likely to be
found in western Oregon where
they feed on foliage and young
seedlings. Most slug damage is
done at night. During the day
light hours they hide under
boards, sticks or in deep grass.
The slug itself is greyish brown
in color and Is approximately one
half inch long. Recommended
control is with metaldehydecal
cium arsenate poison bait. It may
be purchased in either flake or
pellet, form.
Crowell and Every say cut
worms are general throughout
Oregon. This hairless, mottled
brown Caterpillar which grows
as long as two inches in length
is also a night feeder. It has been
given its name because it cuts
plants off at the surface of the
ground. Cutworm bait is avail
able in seed stores.
The entomologists describe the
pea aphid or pea louse as a
green sucking insect which caus
es leaf yellowing and curling as
well as stunting to the plant it
self. A 5 per cent DDT dust will
effectively control pea aphids.
However, DDT kills slowly and
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Injunction Hits Oregon
Brand Inspection Law
PORTLAND, April 19 ---W)
Circuit Judge Martin W. Hawkins
issued permanent injunctions Sat
urday preventing state brands in
spectors from Inspecting live
stock leaving stockyards if the
animals were Inspected upon en
tering the yards.
Hawkins declared the Oregon
brand Inspection law opposed by
packers as "double inspection"
conflicted with federal statute
and placed an unncessary burden
on shippers and .packers.
The injunctions were issued in
suits brought by Swift & Co., Pa
cific Meat Co., and Lester Wade,
a cattle shipper.
The juugc held that Oregon's
law is not uniformly applied
through the state, with only 21
counties designated as brand in
spection areas. $
The Oregon law was intended
to prevent livestock theft, but
various groups have contended
it was expensive and cumber
some. the m0n
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EUGENE. Ore., April 19.-UP
Ralph S. Nohlgren, member of
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won the district seven speech
contest here Saturday night. The
district convention was attended
by 400 members from three coast
states.
Portland received the club of
the year award.
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Oregon's Income
Tax Surplus Soon
To Be $51 Million
SALEM. Ore. Anril 1fJm
Oregon's income tax fund will
have a surplus of $51,000,000 by
June 30, 1949, state treasurer
Leslie M. Scott estimates.
He said revenue from state
income taxes is running about
one-third greater than expendi
tures. The surplus now is $32,000,000
and will be $36,000,000 by the end
of the fiscal year June 30, he
SillU.
Scott pointed out, however, that
there are now afoot propasals to
increase personal exemptions and
to repeal the wlthholdinir lax
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Attention Is needed now, he
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Roseburg Paint Shop
501 N. Jaokson St. Phones 807-R
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BULLDOZING
Leveling, grading and exca
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152S Cedar St
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235 Prune St. Phone 370-R
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Poperhanging
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DISSTON CHAIN SAW
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