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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948 THIRTEEN K Display of Force in Berlin Could Easily Mushroom Into War By JAMES THRASHER There li something disturbing about the number of newspaper stories on the Berlin crisis datellned Berlin, Franklurt, Parii and London, and the few stories on the same subject datellned Wasit Ington. There is also something disturbing about the abundance of statements by high Army brass in Germany, and the scarcity of statements by President Truman and Secretary Marshall. With the dispatch or the first notes to Moscow by the western powers, the Berlin situation ceas ed to be a local Issue and be came one of top government poli cywhich It always had been in fact. If not in appearance. Yet one would sometimes gather that Washington considered its im portance as limited as the area In which this struggle Is taking place. Such an Impression is undoubt . edly wrong. Yet the Army news paper Stars and Stripes quoted unidentified American officials the other day as saying that "the only way to determine Sov iet Intentions is to test Russia and the only test Is a 'show of force.' A show of force could be . simple an armed convoy sent to Berlin on the autobahn or an armored train over the Berlin Helmstedt railway." A show of force might be sim- file, but it is quite plain that t could also be dangerous. All it would take would be one trigger-happy soldier on either side, and we might find ourselves at war. One shot might wash out the comfortable assumption that Rus sia won't be- able to fight a war for four or five years, or that she is having too much trouble in restless Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia to want to take on any more. Russia today is almost on a wartime footing so far as mobilized strength and reported war production are con cerned. This country Is totally un prepared for war except on pap er. Our Army is a third below its "Irreducible minimum." Nor is it safe to bank on in ternal tioubles within the Com munist empire as peace insur ance. It is not Impossible that Stalin might decide that war and the threat of common danger are just what his reluctant satellites need to whip them into line and make them forget their com plaints and aspirations. Worst Crisis In Thrra Years Against this background, our talk of a show of force has an ominous sound. And when such talk comes from a responsible. Army publication, it cannot be dismissed lightly. It is not true, as some have loosely charged, that our govern ment policy is being dictated oy military men. But when most statements ol that policy in con nection with Berlin come from Army spokesmen, with few words from higher authority, the result is not too different. The Berlin crisis cannot be neglected for politics or any thing else. It is the most danger ous crisis that has confronted the western governments in three vears. Russia is usine meth ods just short of war to force a snow aown. The American people have a right to demand the assurance that every possible step is being taKen to preserve peace wimoui capitulation, mis means tne pool ing of our best statesmen's wis dom. It means the careful weigh ing of every decision, and an equally careful weighing of every statement that announces those decisions. It does not mean leav ing the making and announcing of a great deal of policy to men who, able and valuable though they may be, are professional military men who think and act in military terms. Drowning Deaths In U.S. Average 7,000 Annually Every 30 minutes this summer someone in American will drown. I Whether they are at the beach, j a quiet lake or private swimming pool, when autumn's cooler winds drive others indoors, more than 5,000 persons will have lost their lives because of tragedy in the1 water. This grim estimate is pre-; dieted by the Accident Preven tion Department, Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, 1 . based on the fact that over 7,000 persons drown every year in this . country and most of them meet i death during the summer months. ' Why? The Association's safety experts say the answer to that one is easy: People take chances. I The age group most affected by accidental drownings Is the group of children from 5 to 14 years of age. The Importance1 of drowning as a cause of death among youngsters is further em-, phasized by the fact that is ac counts for one-fifth of all acci-; dental deaths in this age group, j Safety 'Tips Offered I To avoid tragedy, here are a few safety rules to remember the next time you are at the! beach or a pool: I 1. Select a safe swimming place free from obstructions, under tows and dangerous currents. 2. Look for and obey warning signs. Swim parallel to shore and stay within roped areas, 3. Wait an hour after eating before swimming. If you are hot, wait until body has cooled off before exerting yourself in wat er. 4. Know your limitations. Your swimming ability should deter mine the distance from shore you may go. 5. Swim with others. It's safer and far more fun. 6. Be alert when children are with you. They are accident prone. 7. Before diving, make certain water Is deep enough and free of underwater obstructions. 8. Stay out of the water if you are tired. 9. Stay out of the water during a thunderstorm. 10. When swimming in lakes or at beaches where boats are used he careful to avoid colliding with them. Never swim into areas where motor-boats are used. 11. Don't be reckless. The chances you take endanger oth ers as well as you. Chinese Pirates Blamed for Crash Of Flying Boat MACAO, July 29. Jv Police Commissioner Luis A. M. Pal- lettl today blamed China Coast pirates, who bungled their job, for the crash of a Catalina fly ing boat here July 16 that claim ed 25 lives, nine of them North Americans. The commissioner declined to elaborate but at a press confer ence he said he was "definitely sure" piracy caused the crack up four miles off shore as the big plane rose for Its short hop to Hong Kong, 40 miles away. The Macao Dally News said Portuguese colony police were working on the following evi dence: Four armed pirates boarded the Cathay Pacific flying boat with the intention of taking over the plane and holding the rich Chinese passengers for ransom. The Chinese pirates did not mean to destroy the plane. They brought along their own pilot who was to take over and fly the plane to their hideout. The newspaper said after the plane reached an altitude of 500 feet, one of the pirates pressed a pistol against American Pilot Dale Cramer's back and ordered him to hand over the plane's controls to the pirate pilot. One of the white passengers, the Daily News added, tried to take a gun from another of the pirates. In the confusion, the pirate with the gun at Cramer's back turned .and Cramer slam med him with a wrench. A third pirate, the newspaper said, fired several shots into Cramer's back and the pilot slumped over the controls. The Catalina went Into a dive as the frantic passengers ran screaming down the aisle. The pirate pilot could not reach the controls and the plane hit the water and exploded. Portland Stks Short Of Income Tax Surplus PORTLAND, July 28 CP Portland moved formally today to get some of the state Income tax surplus. The city council directed Its attorney to find some way if there is any by which a claim may be made for part of the money with which to reduce lo cal property taxes. The surplus was made avail able to the general fund by a 4-3 Supreme Court decision, on which a rehearing has been asked. POLIO ABOVE AVERAGE PORTLAND, July 29 W Seven cases of infantile paralysis were reported In Oregon last week, bringing the year's total so far to 33, the State Board ot Health said. That is far higher than the average of 10 cases -vl h oc curred during the corresponding period of the last five ysara. The nation as a whole is reporting an increase In polio. SEE TOMORROW'S ' PAPER FOR c o o 3P ON RCA VICTOR RADIOS TRACTOR PLOWS 16" end 18" Single Bottom Plow 12" and 14" Two Bottom Pull end Integral HARROWS 2-3-4-5 Section Spring Tooth 2-3-4 Section Spike Harrow S'-6'-7' Tractor Disc Harrow BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE EARNINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURC. OREGON Phone ! Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks a Chicken? Steak? Ham? Beefburgers? uaL JvzmsL It! Take - d V.1Y "'". .11 ' -d money SAFEWAY HAS IT -AT A SAVING! 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