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TWO NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 72, 1948 Community Achievement Sans Outside Aid Represented in War Memorial to be Dedicated at Drain By CARL WERNER DRATN, July 22. (Special) Everybody talki about the weather, but nobody doei anything about it! Eveybody ha been talking about living war memorials but aomebody hai done lomcthlng about It! That somewxly la this hamlet ot Drain with population of leu than 1,000. On Sunday they will dedicate a memorial costing $100,000 In material alone. Hundreds of man hours In labor went Into the Job and every moment was donated. Donated, too. was all the mnnpv. There was no asking Un cle Sammy to pitch In; no funds from the Oregon State coffers; or the county; no bond Issues were floated. It stands today a living memorial to the heroes of World War II, bought and paid for. The "North Douglas Living War Memorial" comprises an ultra-modern swimming pool and bath house; two concrete tennis courts and a baseball diamond with grandstand and night flood lighting as used In professional ball parks. Hard Work and Pun "We did not think we were do ing the unusual," said James Whipple, president of the Mem orial Association, "nor did we think we were doing the impos sible.' We merely set ourselves BASEBALL, FINLAY FIELD Thursday, July 22, 8:30 P.M. NIGHT GAME Umpqua Chiefs Central Point Millers Adults 1.00, Students 30c Tax Inc. FROM NINE TO FIVE By Jo Fischer Sure, shf' always on the job and her work it perfect . . . but what can you say food about ' her? When it rains it pours or lodl4 zm-aan-tutiiaati LIGHT, YET NOURISHING HOT WEATHER FAVORITE! So trash, light, crispt T.mpt beat-wilted appstites with the f original Kallof f'a Com Flakes. . j,A jfttf Mother KnowsBest! a goal and did not permit any thing to divert us from reaching it It was not a downhill roll by any means, but It was fun. It was sort of an Ernie Haycox barn raising only on a larger scale. "We did not realize that our efforts would come Into the na tional limelight until writers came for Information on how we did the 'Impossible' and her alded our project as an Inspira tion for America to follow." The dedication Sunday will be, however. In keeping with the gen eral atmosphere of Drain a home town afafir. There will be an Ol' Timers picnic In the morn ing. The Legion will present a flag. There will be little speech making, according to Whipple. And the evening will sec a double header on the baseball diamond. United States Senator Cuv Cor don was scheduled for the dedica tion talk hut the president's call for a special session of Congress made the senator's summer trek home impossible. Bid Pleases Haycox Ernest Haycox, Oregon author, motion picture playrtght and short story writer, when re- 3uested to replace Senator Cor on, accepted and will deliver the dedication speech. "Not only because of the out standing achievement made by the people of North Douglas County to commemorate the ner oes of the last war," said Hay cox, "but because of my love for this particular area, my 'Canyon Passage' country, do I go with considerable pleasure to aid In this memorable event. Dr. Frederick Hunter, en-chan cellor of the Oregon State sys tem ot nigner education, will lay the plaque. James Aiken, head football coach of University of Oregon, will act as master of ceremonies. Roy Jackson and his North, westerners will furnish entertain. ment, as will hands from Rose- burg and Eugene. The Navy, the Marine Corps and the Army each expect to send a contingent of uniformed per sonnel to participate in the dedi cation. Province. The women might es cape, he thought, if they cropped their hair and posed as men. Women by the hundreds beseig. ed hairdressers, according to trav elers reaching Bangkok. Now the craze is spreading to near-by areas. FEA DEVIL. CUT HAIR BANGKOK (.TV Fear of the devil has made more than 700 Mamese women in Singhahuri cut oil their hair. The craze spread after a religious mystic dreamed the Devil had decided to kill every woman In Slnhaburl Thcrmo-rcfji1atc(j roasted for uniform full flavor. COfFEtltl IUVJH TWO KINDS-DRIP AND MRCOIATOH SdbiMlfifluff High-Powered Guns Soon to be 'Must' For Oregon Hunters PORTLAND July 22.-4JP) High-powered, effective rifles will be required by bl' game hunters In Oregon as soon as the shortage of sporting arms is ea3ed, the Oregon State Game Commission savs. The commission, pointing out that because of the present diffi culty In buying rifles, no Immedi ate changes In regulations . are planned, said It was announcing its policy now as a guide to those planning to buy rifles. This Is the policy, formulated with the aid of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute of New York: "Lawful rifle call -r. for the taking of deer should be those with a caliber designation of 23 or larger and developing 975-foot pounds or more energ, at 100 yards. Lawful calibers for the taking of antelope e'k should ne those with a caliber designa tion of 25 or larger and develop ing 1375-foot pounds or more at 100 yards." 'Hunting' for Fish At Tokyo Palact Banned TOKYO, July 22.-ffV-"Hunt-Ing Prohibited'' signs bristled to day from the banks of the moat surrounding the Imperial Palace. Police explained hat the "Hunt ing Prohibited" signs actually meant: "No fishing Allowed." But, they added, "No Fishing Allowed" signs lacked force but "Hunting Prohibited" signs meant Just what they said to Japanese carp flsherme who have been bagging a 'ew In the once sacred stream. ON SALE FRIDAY ONLY! CHINA and CUPS SAUCERS WHITI PRSIT 29c Friday Only Dinner Plates Jack Fariss and Son 130 N. Jackson Phont S7-t IWA Unit Seeks . 6-Hour Work Day SPOKANE, July 22. iff) Resolutions adopted by the Inland Empire Convention of the Inter national Woodworkers of Ameri ca (CIO) released by President Karl Nimz include a proposed six hour day for all working men. Nimz said that the union mem bers adopted the proposal for the shorter day on the basis that pro ductivity increases as the number ot hours worked decrease. 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