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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER I, 1948 Published Dally Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. lateree eaenS claee miller H . Hie. Ik eMee as aeeeeerf. Urerea, eater aet el Merc t. 1ST CHARLES V. STANTON -r-, EDWIN U. KNAPP Editor i' Manager Mtmbar of the Associated Preaa, Oregon Newspaper Publlahera Aaaoelation, tha Audit Bureau of Circulation BeerMtat r WCKT-HOI.I.IDAT CO., INC., efriree ia New Terk, Ckleafe, Saa rraacieae, tee Aafelee, Seattle, rertlaaS. St, Leela. StJBSCSIFTlON BAT'S In Oreren Bt Mill Per Tter II. aa, ela aeealBe S4.eS, Ibree atenOie lt.51. Br ('Mr Carrier Per rear lll.oe (la eeeaaeel, lee. Ihes ana rear, par mania ll.ao. nataiee uregea-ny aiaiw-rar rear e-ai eaentae I4.1S, three eaentha 11.7a. al THS RIGHT TO KNOW By CHARLES V. STANTON The period from October 1 to 8 is the ninth observance of National Newspaper Week. In 1939 the Newspaper Asso ciation Managers, Inc., at an annual meeting in Chicago, arranged the first program for 19 10, with the original pur pose to "coordinate effort in answer to organized attacks and criticisms aimed at weakening the prestige and influ ence of newspapers." While National Newspaper Week affords a newspaper the opportunity to "toot its own horn," giving the public an opportunity to consider the importance of a free press, the special observance has had a double-barreled reaction in that appraisal by the press of its achievements has strengthened self-confidence and resulted in stronger deter mination to assume the full responsbility of its task in firm conviction that it has a duty which must be performed regardless of all attacks. Perhaps none of our constitutional institutions has been subjected to as long, or vigorous, or sustained attack as has freedom of speech as represented by a free press. Time and again efforts have been made to bring the press under con trol of vested authority. One of the first endeavors of the New Deal party was to restrict the power of the press through a license system. Failing in that purpose, an organ ized program of sniping and smearing was undertaken. Every New Deal speaker, from the President on down, took insidious potshots at the press in an endeavor to alienate public confidence. The press today is assailed from every side by political demagogues, labor radicals, financial racke teers, pressure groups and the leaders and mercenaries of self-interest organizations. Communist leadership parties larly is anxious to destroy public confidence in the press, for as long as we have a free press Communism cannot attain its purposes in this or other countries. National Newspaper Week this year has as its theme: "The right to know is the key to all your liberties." It is a sobering theme when once we stop to realize what it means. Only an ignorant people may be enslaved. When people have opportunity to know the truth they will demand their lib erties. The German people were enslaved by Naziism only because the German press was controlled by the Nazi party. Russia is a Communist nation today only because the strict est control is maintained over its press, The free nations are spending millions of dollars annually to beam radio programs Into the enslaved countries of Europe to preach the gospel of freedom. But the effort is of little avail because it is the press, rather than the radio, that most directly affects the thinking of people. Totalitarian governments censor all the news appearing in their controlled newspapers. Misrepresentation, misin terpretation and deliberate untruth, coupled with carefully screened news, pour out daily to the Russian people. Thus they are denied access to a complete understanding of world events. They know only what their governments want them to know. Given a free press, the Russian people, who by nature are a friendly people, would soon be peaceful par ticipants in world affairs instead of international hoodlums. Time and again we hear and read that the American press is coutrolled by Wall Street, that it is the servant of vested interests, that it is the enemy of Labor, that its policies are dictated by its advertisers, etc. These charges are made by persons having special interests to serve but handicapped by a free press which subjects their purposes to public ap praisal. The honest mnn lias no reason to fear a free press ; the dishonest man seeks to achieve his dishonest purpose by discrediting the press. Publication of a newspaper is a free enterprise carried on in open competition. Anyone can start a newspaper, but a newspaper can continue its existence only so long as it com mands the respect of its readers. Whenever a newspaper loses its prestige, fertile ground exists for competition. The newspaper organization, within itself, is based on competition. The various news agencies strive constantly to score "scoops" over their rivals. Advertising solicitation is a highly competitive field. Newspapers constantly are war ring for circulation. Stop and ask yourself seriously how it would be possible to serve special interest in such a field. The minute one OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams r. I VOL) ASKED YEH.BUT ENOUGH - j US TO HELP 1 TH' TINY OF 'EM - NSfflK YOU REDUCE J I SPECKS YOU SCATTERED - M AND WE'RE MUST BE I OVER. YOU L Ej GOING TO HUNTIN' FOR. WOULD M SEARCH VOL) V WOULDN'T ) WE'RE FOR NIBBLINGS -V FATTEN A f SAVIN l JA EVERY TIME j FLEA J YOU i WE'RE OUT.' J T f F(20M g g i T. W. MO. U t. MT Off THE FAITH HEALERS core ita a t etrvtcr inc. By Viahnett S. Martin Doea the 'exception prove the rule'? Is It a rule If there li an exception? How would you ex plain thla? He waa a young Italian, about aeventeen, deaperately 111 with pneumonia, In a big city hoapital. He wai a aololit In a large Catho lic church. There had been two other Incident! before the one which seems so inconsistent with the uiually accepted theories about apeech and the vocal or gans. In hia delirium he had been caught In the nick of time by an orderly; he had one leg over the window sill on which lay four or five Inches of anow. He was put back into bed and a strait Jacket rigged about him. Next, while seemingly too weak to move a finger he had twisted himself free, seized a thick water glass on the stand by his bed, and hurled It across the large ward. It had missed a young nurse's head by a hair; she felt the whiff of air It made as It passed her faoe. The glass smashed In the opposite corner In countless pieces. Came the morning when the attending staff had decided he would pass from this experience; he had been 'given up'. Suddenly that Sunday morning from the corner of the ward from behind the screen placed around an ex pected deathbed, there came a most beautiful sound: the open ing words of the "Ave Maria" sung in a clear, resonant, and sweet voice. The young lad was sitting up In bed . . . singing . . . an 'impossible' thing from the standpoint of physical condition of his respiratory system. But he sang and no one thought to do anything but listen In stunned amazement. Then he lay down again the best part of the story Is that he recovered. Another story which various people might explain In various ways, Is that of a middle-aged woman stricken with paralysis . . . unable to move her hand. In another city her sister In great distress was telling about It to a neighbor. "Suggest to her since she is so devout a believer In the Bible that she try to turn the pages of her Bible," said the neighbor, pityingly. "Ask her to expect her arm and hand to obey her . . ." Lovingly the sister wrote. The stricken one considered . . . and patiently began to try to turn the pages of her Bible. At first with no success; the hand lay inert. Then It began to 'obey' her, little by little, until she had full use of It In the Day's Hews I Continued f rom fage Duel Northwest Urged To Speed Its Own Power Program TACOMA, Oct. Interior Secretary J. A. Krug told a pow er conference here yesterday that the Pacific Northwest should seed plans for its own power development. He remarked that the Federal Government is not likely to pro vide enough electricity for this area during the next few years. Klnsey Hohlnson. President of Spokane's Washington Water Power Comwny, suggested or ganisation of a "generating cor poration" to be financed by the Reronst ruction Finance Corpor ation. Hohlnson argued that no single company could afford to gener ate power at a cost of $30 a kil owatt year, to compete with Bonneville power at J17.S0, but that by dividing the burden the extra cost might be met. Serrctary Krug said the pow er shortage Is natlon-wiile. "Aluminum companies ought to he producing one-third more steak two cents a pound to 73; loin lamb chops six cents per pound to 99; and fnurvent drops on ribs, chops and other lamb cuts. Pork cuts also declined two cents. The report said the retail price of grade A butter declined from 8" cents a pound to 79 cents In the past weeks. courtesy be shown him. I per sonally want to welcome him to the state and expect to do so." a a a IN his quite inimitable manner, I Mr. Truman goes on: "In 1940, all the metropolitan papers were against me when I was a candidate for the United States Senate. Even the President (F. D. R.) called me In and of fered me a job because he didn't think I would be elected . . . Last spring, the same experience I had in 1940 came along again. Friends said I had no chance to win . . . Right then I decided that If a President of the United States couldn't get himself renominated for re-election he wasn't worth a damn anyway. ". . . After the Democratic con vention In Philadelphia, I decided to tour the land from corner to corner ... On midnight, Novem ber 1, I'm going to bed and not wake up for a day or two to learn the results. I think It's going to be all right." e ISN'T he a honey? Just as we were about sure that this time our everyfourth year circus was going to be a flop no red lemonade, no clowns, no slap-stick he comes along and starts hanging hides on, the fence for our edification. UNLESS THE HIDE IS OUR OWN, there's nothing we Ameri cans love so much as standing by and holding our sides w hile some body hangs hides on the fence for us to look at and Jeer at. As ail of us in the U. S. A. know. It's good, clean fun and quite In our best election-year tradition. B GOOD CLEAN BE DANGER- UT EVEN FUN CAN OUS. Public Said 'Gypped' At Fall-Opening Auction VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 1 - Swimming, for example. It s .T -A fall-opening auction sale lovely to swish along through the feature turned into a "sad and wa, ,ak, tn( wav(., th(y miserable affair because of I ' " . . "plain dishonesty." of a few i come. Thinking all the time how people. Chamber of Commerce the people on the bank must be resident Kudy LuepKe sam in a i admiring you. Week Set to Urge Jobs for Persons With Handicaps Proclamations calling for ob servance of National Employ the Physically Handicapped ween Oct. 3 to 9 have bee n issued by Governor John H. Hall and May or Albert G. Flegel. it was an nounced today by trwin snort, chairman of a local committee which is publicizing the week. "National tmpioy tne rnyaicai lv Handlcaooed Week has been set by federal law for observance during the week from Oct. 3 to 9, and I am glad to endorse the pro gram sponsored by tne national organization, as I know the peo ple of Oreeon recoenize the merit of this worthy program," the gov ernor's statement said. "Not only does the movement contribute to the welfare of the individual, who can be trained for useful emplovment and aided in overcoming nis nanaicap, out it serves to augment the supply of workers that we definitely need in business and Industry to Dnng full production and economic welfare to our country. Full 8upport Urged "State, county, citv and com munity officials, leaders In busi ness and industry, labor and management, as well as individ uals, are urged to Join In observ ance of the week. Every construe tive phase of the program is worthy of study and support and through our united efforts the goal of full employment can be achieved and the physically han dicapped can be given the assis tance to which they are fully en titled." In Mayor Flegel's proclama tion, all local officials, employers, civic organizations and all local citizens are called upon to assist "in every way possible" to accom plish the following objectives: 1. To promote employer accept ance of men and women with im pairments as workers in jobs for which they have been prepared and for which they are qualified. i. To find Jobs for all qualified handicapped persons now unem ployed locally. 3. To effect better Job adjust ments for those handicapped workers here who are capable of fulfilling more responsible aslgn ments. 4. To develop rehabilitation, training and Job opportunities for local handicapped persons who can be made employable. Volunteers For Red Cross Work ; Still Wanted The drive for volunteer serv ice workers for the American Red Cross in Douglas County is "going forward." it was report ed by Russell Stephens, executive secretary of the Douglas County Chapter. The need for workers In all branches of the service Is great and anyone wishing to offer time to any of the Red Cross groups is urged to call the Red Cross office in the Armory, or to con tact Mrs. E. R. Titcomb or Mrs. Roy Cornwell. co-chairmen of volunteer services. With the Veterans Administra tion hospital located In Roseburg, there is a need for women to I work with the Gray Lady serv ice. Stephens pointed out. A course of instruction is offered to workers In this group by the nospnai start ana any volunteer will find the training "worth while and useful." This group is trained to work particularly with the hospital pa tients by visiting wards and serv ing the convalescents by reading, writing letters, shopping, play ing games, etc. They also participate in recrea tion and rehabilitation programs, assist social service w-orkers, re ceive patients and visitors in hos- fiitals. and act as receptionists n such institutions. They assist not only in disaster relief operations, but also in the everyday work in blood centers, special education project and lib rary work in hospitals and institutions. clal affairs, died at his home here yesterday. He was 57. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ladd. He operated a bulb farm near Vancouver and was a member of the board of the Federal Savings and Loan bank Registered Willamette Volley Bred Romneys from Imported rams. Choice selections now available. Oak mead Farm, Newberg, Oregon. r C-S-I-C7 ' Roseburg Jewelers -v 246 N' Jackson r vt' 0n,y 70 shopping Day$ S-Vy Z.;7? 'Til Christmas 'iCj'l? Ijj 'Christmas Shopping In "Zg Pf October Founded in Faith Faith in the People and the Future ot Douglas County. newspaper attempted to mislead or misinform its renders, a rival newspaper would immediately come forth with the j to meet peacetime demands and facts and proof. Nothing can be hidden long from tne American public providing we continue a free press. power available for a single ad- It is true that we have certain newspapers that are not ditiona. tline' e .rj entirely unprejudiced or unbiased. We have "sensational (.,., with generators, so that newspapers. We have newspapers serving various organized ; '1?' P groups, supplying news and propaganda. And we have, in . urK,.nt power needs, has been turn, thousands of newspapers striving earnestly to give j proposed. their readers a true, unbiased daily or weekly news report, general information, editorial opinion, and pleasant enter-lMeo,i Butter Prices in tuinment. In such a field the American reader has access to! New York City Decline NEW YORK. Oct. 1 Mi Re tail price drops of two to six full information. The American press insists that the people of this nation j .,, a pound on some meat cuts letter to the Vancouver Colum bian. The auction sale last Thursday drew some 2000 persons. Bidders fur knick-knacks and other mer chandise ranging up to a rocking chair, could use only "phony" money which was to have been distributed by merchants on the basis of $1 of "phony" money for each $1 purchase In the month preceding the auction. At the sale, however, no bid ding started at less than $1000 and when the rocking chair went on the block, prosMvtlve pur chasers bid it up to J'.XVOOO. Those whose bidding money represented only the amount of purchases they had made during the month, were unable to com pete. I.uepke's letter did not Indicate how the large sums became avail able to a few bidders. SABOTEUR EXECUTED SHANGHAI. Oct. 1 (. Wang Hsio-Oho former em ployee of the American-owned Shamtrial Power Companv. was Then ALL OF A SUDDEN you're a long way from shore. Maybe there are sharks In the water. a e HITLER, you'll remember, mis understood us back in 1939. He thought we were a bunch of slap happy chumps who wouldn't fight. SO HE WENT TO WAR. Maybe Stalin, watching our an tics, may get the same Idea. It's a chilling thought. FINANCIER LADD DIES VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 30 (JP) Charles Thornton Ladd. whose father played a prominent part in early-day Oregon finan- : Tha Latest 8 MILLER'S j RENTAL LIBRARY I riiva the "Right to Know." The "Right to Know" IS the; In t. past wecK were reponeo 'executed yesteroay tor wna was "Key to All Your Liberties. Throw away that key and America, too, soon will be locked behind an iron curtain. Thurmond Thinks He Has Chance for Presidency WASHINGTON. Oct. 1-4.T-Gov. J. Strom 1 hurmond of South Carolina, presidential candidate of the states' rights I vmocmtlc party, said yesterday he exccts to win more than W0 electoral votes in the Nov. 2 election. He predicted he will carry "most, if not all. of the Southern jstatcj," and said the likely re iii It Is that the election of a 'president will be thrown Into the ! House of Representatives, where each state has one vote. I If that hupiens, he added, he believes his own chances of elec tion are "good." a to Com- sabo- descrihed officially munist inspired" plot tae the plant. Wang was accused of putting steel filings Into a generator. 1 today by the city markets u- partment. Markets Commissioner Eugene G. Schulti said there was "a general opinion In the trade that the high point In meat prices "tPthe same time, wholesale SERMON VS. SNORES butter prices continued a 10 CANTERBURY, England-.n ! dav decline on the New York - Sunday after Sunday Parson, Mercantile Exchange with new I cholristers and congregation drops of as much as 2i cents a ; sought the source ot snores that lb. persisted throughout the sermon Schultra' report said ret a II 'at near St. Nicholas' Church, meat supplies were more than j Now the culprit has been sufficient to fill the demand. Ie-i found. Weeds can kill as much as 10 cilnes Included sirloin steak five I It was barn owl. roosting per cent of a given crop. i cents a pound to $1 0 chuck under the church roof. GLA55 1 r?r rrn mill WHAT TO DO! The FIRST thing to do when Glass breaks is call us. That will end your troubles. By quickly replac ing the broken pane, we avoid broken-glass dangers for your family, and harm to health or home-furnish-Ings from the elements. Keep our address at hand! Douglas County State Bank Menher FetJertl Dtp tit lBirnc Corp. 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