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FOUR NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1949 Published Dally Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. tnUrti at fecund data maltar Mar ", at lha poii ff1e 4 Boaaburf, Oregon, under aet i March I, ISTI CHARLES V. 8TANTON wTTW EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations , atpreeentee by WEST-H OLLWAT CO.. INC., ffla hi New Tork, Chlcfa, San Francisco. Lea Anfelea, Staltla, ferlland, It. Loala. SUBSCRIPTION KATEB In Or.,or,-BT Mall per Tr fl.M, lis manttie II.BS, three msnlha ft. SO. Bj City Carrier Per rear llfl.ns (In advance), lew than tie rear, per month 11.00. Ontalda Oregon By Mall Per rear 19-00. el an on the II.J5, three month ll.iq. POWER HANDICAPS OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams By CHARLES V. STANTON The frequent interruptions of electrical service, recurring breakdowns, inability to furnish energy sufficient to meet all demands, and other inadequacies in power supply result in much criticism of the utility supplying this area with elec tricity. We hold no brief for The California Oregon Power Com pany, but we do believe that much of the criticism directed at that utility is inconsiderate. It is not our purpose to defend Copco, and we mention current criticism only as a means of opening discussion of a topic of extreme importance to the entire Pacific Northwest. The situation in our own area is little different than that existing throughout the country as a whole. While we vent our irritation upon those responsible for our local servi,:e, it is quite apparent that we are, in fact, receiving even better treatment than many other places. California's distress was given much prominence in the news during the summer months, when the power shortage resulted in heavy industrial and business losses. California's power supply still is inadequate and conservation measures are enforced by the state government. Portland, Oregon, has an afternoon brownout. Business houses are estopped from turning on street signs during the hours of peak power demand. Public cooperation is sought to lighten the load during peak hours. Many cities in the State of Washington have brownout regulations similar to that of Portland. Through all the Pacific Coast states, complaints are made concerning fre quent interruptions and breakdowns. Power shortage has several causes. We have had a tre mendous growth in population. Not only have utilities been called upon to serve more individual customers in the do mestic field, but each customer is using more electricity than in prewar years. Count the electrical appliances you have added to your own load during the past few years. We have had an enormous increase in demands for indus trial power. Here in our own area Copco is hard-pressed to serve the needs of our sawmills and wood manufacturing plants. In fact, staggered work hours have been necessary to avoid excessive peaks. Bonneville Power Administration recently was forced to limit supply of energy to the alumi num industry in the Columbia River Valley. We recently heard a critic say that the power companies should have anticipated the increased demand. But who had the foresight to see the expansion boom which struck the Pacific Northwest so suddenly? Virtually all planners predicted that the war's end would see the return of war workers to their former homes. In dustry and business based their plans on prospects of a tre mendous drop in population. Instead, the war workers re mained in Oregon and were instrumental in inducing their friends to move to the Pacific Coast, setting off a mass mi gration unparalleled in the history of the nation. If we lacked in vision, the fault was common to all. Copco is preparing to bring its Toketee project into pro duction next year. But Toketee will be only "a drop in the bucket," compared to over-all demand. It should give sonic measure of local relief, but we anticipate that with the addi tion of this block of new production enough industry will move into the area to more than absorb the surplus. Hun dreds of small industries, dependent upon electric energy, are potentially in the market for sites where an ample power supply is available. The I'mpqtia Basin is the only spot on the Pacific Coast to our knowledge that has prospects for an improved power situation in the immediate future. f FINE.' YOU GOT KV. OH, I HADN'T g. IT IN ALL RIGHT- rf ( THOUGHT OF THAT.M I 1 NOW HOW ARE Z-I fj X ( WELL , I'LL WORK. v. V WE GOING TO 1N V OUT SOMETHING fi , I II AuTtn ' -riw m-, ' i . WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY t..,.VN1S By Viahnett S. Martin Remembering the Big Freeze of 1937 down in Soul hern Cali fornia, I can well visualize the desperate efforts being made there to save trees and crops and nursery slock. When one under stands what goes on bphlnd that thick black smoke, that comes rolling over the cities to cover everything with a greasy film of sooty black, one hears and reads with compassion the day's news now. For behind that smoke of thousands and thousands of smudge pots tended to the point of exhaustion there lies heart break. "A rancher shot himself." Was It really despair or was It that he was so tired, so very tired, from protracted physical labor, a labor in which wives and chil dren help (schools are closed to day as I write this) that In a momentary revulsion he felt he couldn't take any more? The news said It was because of the loss, but I believe it was because of the physical weariness; men will take loss and disappointment, and so will women, and begin all over: But sometimes under men tal strain and forced labor some thing seems to snap. I do believe that many a mar riage, many an estrangement, has come about through words spoken, or deeds done, in an ex hausted 'worn-out' hour when perhaps patience snapped, or it was believed to have come to an encl, and then one word leading to anolher until suddenly there seems to the unhappy ones con cerned, no retracing of the slops to the firm ground of mutual love and trust. But to return to the smudge pots of the citrus belt, and the ruined nursery stock, and the garden crops planted with such back firing labor, at such expense, now blackened over thousands of acres down In the Valley: to us it means higher prices, but to the ranchers and nurserymen and truck gardeners It means perhaps starting all over. Maybe in debt from the tremendous effort of using extra oil at 10 cents a bar rel for thousands of smudge pots only to save little or none of the trees; alossofacres of polnsettla and other flowers which make a gorgeous mass of color on the Coast Highway; a beginning again from seed with tomatoes and lettuce and all the rest. Ranching takes courage, It would seem to me, courage of the highest order. Courage that Is rooted deep in the heart of the woman who tends not only fires In the range but also in the smudge pots; courage In the hearts of the men who do all they can and then find it isn't enough and so begin over. Life Terms Instead Of Death for Nazis Favored WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. -(PI Life imprisonment instead of the death penalty has been recom mended by an Investigating com mission for 12 Nazis condemned to die for the wartime massacre of 8.3 American soldiers. While the mass killing at Mel medy, Belgium, rates "stern retri bution," The commission said In a report made public yesterday, methods used to get pie-trial slatements from the accused men were "highly questionable" ami raised enough doubt to Justify commuting their sentences. The commission was asked by Secretary of the Army Royall to look Into the cases after the Su preme Court had held it could not legally hear appeals filed by the condemned Germans. The investigators, headed by Justice Gordon Simpson of the Texas Supreme Court, also rec ommended commutation for 17 Germans convicted of slaving In dividual American soldiers cr fliers. Crop Losses In California Freeze Exceed $25 Million IBy The A.ioclated Pre.. Fair weather and rising tern- fieratures today helped speed re ief work in the storm-harassed areas of the west and in the flood ed regions of four southern states. There wasn't much inclement weather across the entire "coun try, federal forecasters said. Some snow fell near Lakes On tario and Huron and there was rain along the Washington coast. The only sub zero mark reported was -4 at Green River, Utah. But the damage from the bliz zard in the western states and the earlier freezing weather in California took a heavy toll, both in lives and crops. Flood waters in Mississippi. Alabama, Tennes see and Georgia left more than 3,000 temporarily homeless. As southern California's coldest weather in 35 years appeared end ed, early estimates placed crop losses at more than $25,000,000. The losses included $10,000,000 in cilrus crops; $5,000,000 in vegeta bles, and more than 510,000,000 In cut flowers. Except for a few areas, the mercury was well above the freez ing mark in the California-Ari zona citrus belt todav. It was in the 50's in Los Angeles early todav as against a record low of 27.9 earlier this week. In the Colorado-Wyoming-Ne braska storm area, train service was being restored. Colorado bad six dead, Wyo ming four and Nebraska two. The area hardest hit bv floods in the southern states was along the Tombigbee River in extreme northeast Mississippi. The Red Cross estimated about 3,000 per sons were forced from their homes, mostly in the lowlands. in I lie Aberdeen-Columbus stretch of the Tombigbee valley. Back water overflo'v in the north Miss issippi delta added to the flood menace along the Tombigbee Riv er. Columbus, Miss., was nearly sur rounded by flood waters and only one railroad, the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, was operating. Only one main highway remained ooen. Slrcams were falling in Tennes see and north Georgia hut many residents of the lowlands still were homeless. One person was reported drowned near Benton, i Tenn. shallow baking pan. Bake In hot over 1400 degrees F.) about 4o minutes. Meanwhile cook sausage over moderate heat in frying pan for about 13 minutes, or until liehtlv browned and crumbly. Informed the Douglas County campaign organization, that the American Legion, State Grange and State AF of L and CIO have volunteered what ne icrmeu ma- fieials ni Bine their organizations and their individual members to give "this emergency your most careful consideration." Similar letters are expected to be sent to locals throughout Oregon by Stan lev Earl and J. T. Marr, respec tioe exectuive secretaries of the State CIO and Federation of La bor. B E. "Kelly" Owens, command er of the Slate Legion Depart, ment, advised Dr. Hedlund that the Legion's 1U8 posts in the state "will lend assistance wherever manpower permits." Owens wrote Hedlund. "Yours is a worthy cause and we know that your ot jective will be met." ligntlv Drowned ana ci uinm.. , . r sllpport state Grange mas Combine remaining ingredients jpr jIorlon Tompkins has written ana aaa sausage ''. hjji-"r ; nu ocai an(j pomona orange ov Iril. miA IIIUI UUKl". ....."-- souash from oven. Turn hollow side up. Sprinkle squash lightly with salt. Fill hollows with stuff ing mixture. Return to oven and cook, uncovered, until squash is tender and lightly browned, about 30 minutes longer. Serve immedi ately. Organizations In Oregon Endorse March of Dimes Tentative year-end figures made public today by Al Hen ninger, 1949 Douglas County March of Dimes chairman, indi cated that Oregon recorded twice as many infantile paralysis cases In 1948 as in 1947. A 1948 total of 220 cases was poinled to In Henninger's report which was released as labor, ag riculture and veterans organiza tions prepared for all-out partici pation in the anti-polio campaign set for Jan. 14-31. The 220 total compared with 110 cases in 1947 will not be final. It was explain ed, until complete counts have been received from all of the state's 36 counties, the last of which are expected to report by the middle of January. At least eight counties are known to have experienced infantile paralysis of epidemic incidence during the year, and several have had to turn to the low-depleted epidemic aid fund of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis for fi nancial assistance. Dr. E. T. Hedlund of Portland, state March of Dimes chairman, Cook small white onions, mix with cooked green peas, season well with salt and freshly ground pepper, add a generous amount of butter or margarine and heat thoroughly before serving. WALLPAPER 200 Patterns 18c to $1.20 Page Lumber & Fuel 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 iStarfs SUNDAY One Week WAITER BRENNAN MwKfMwy aifT ItM Htl INDIAN THEATER How to Convert Lowly Staples Into Menu Treats Editorial Comment By GAYNOR MAOOOX NEA Staff Writer Cabbage, squash and turnips are abundant winter vegeiaoies. With the help of good recipes you can turn them into menu treats. Cabbage Croquettes (Serves 4-6) One head winter cabbage; 3 sllees hi-padr 1 nnlinri fresh protind western cuiujie can ikc a iu pork; boiling water; 2 eggs; HELP WANTED! Carrier Drivers MUST BE EXPERIENCED Apply at Office Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Inc. E. 2nd Ave.. South In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) percent CUT In V. S. aid for 1949 and 1950 AND STILL EAT BETTER." That means that Western Eu rope is making progress toward recovery. THIS situation develops out of a -ar.n..t In h.. 1Q A f .... V. .. 1 1 , . . , ' patties and place in. a greased plan countries. These 19 nations , Lkin riist, 'Ba,.e in mo(icra,c teaspoon black pepper; l4 tea spoon powdered nutmeg; 'a tea snoon salt. Wash cabbage, drain, chop or shred. Cook In boiling, saltetl va- ter until tender. Drain; save the liquid. Soak the bread in this cooking water. Drain, mix the softened bread with the cabbage, pork and beaten eggs; add season ings. Shape in croquettes or in From The Oregon Press OF TIME AND THE SILT The Hend Bulletin put in the Marshall plan requests. MOST OF THEM ASKED FOR MORE THAN THEY GOT LAST YEAR. We're trimming down these requests for tips. The BRITISH asked for about 25r'r LESS. That is a hopeful sign. The British are TRYING HARD. That oven (325 degrees F.) l'i hours, with cover loosely adjusted; then uncover the disli and let the cro quettes or patties brown. If the dish Is. too dry, add a little of the cooking liquid from the cabbage to the bottom of the dish. Deli cious plain or with gravy from roast. Baked Stuffed Turnips Six medium turnips; boiling water; 2 small onions; 1 table- mpann a Int. After nil RHtain remains the strongest of the s''00n m,im"ed Parsley; , tea ,,, ' spoon celerv salt; 2 or 3 table- Western European countries. 1 he ; spnons bread crumbs; 2 table harder she TRIES, the stronger j spoons butter or fortified margar she will be. j I"p: ' teaspoon pepper; ' tea- . . spoon paprika; 2 tablpspoons prgy Anolher question was "Or how long will it be before Ihp pool will fill with silt?" and thai mined not so had except for the Inexor-1 lure ih rii,,t-. r. it .u t able fact thai given time anil failure tn lake' m-r,t.i..ii... no preventive measures ures. The most set Ion. .,.,. ..i ultimately be the situation is the effeet ,.f Federal power nta-ncics are striving to enlarge Keneratinit facilities for the Pacific Northwest, but in that we face the necessity for conirressiomil authority and appropriations. In Congress, a determined private power lobby works vigor ously against expenditures for public power purposes. Many congressmen from eastern states are not familiar with power demands from the Pacific Coast. Others know these de mands, but are jealously protecting industrial centers of, with their own districts by endeavoring to prevent competing industrial expansion elsewhere. Others look upon power iAi:iniiuiit-s us putiiic worKS, noiilltlg that appropriations j "" , .";"" ' ... , l'"iciais of the Department of should be made only in times of depression. j . ,mYe,.lr winV an " ' hV undclmdin'g 7 ihJr.i In view of the inability of manufacturing plants to turn Kln:,L caI'''1, "V "f "'!' 15.811 al erosion problem ami are doing out electrical equipment to meet current construction needs Sm'U 1,",?' ' i'.'.rt'iorra 't'ha't 'Br,P' the continuing battle between public and private, power in-! ', ' terests, the lack of understanding in Congress, together with J Orient GoinQ Red lirovineiMl ipnlmmip miH dm l.,,rti, ..f i-. 1 : i t.. i -' "" "i nitisra iiiiir '"""H'tl II I II Pi in building huge generating plants, the Pacific Northwest.! umess JlCpS as a whole, faces a rather dark prospect for several vears to come. Here in the I'mnnu r.nsin mm- i... i,... ! reduced by 76.9 per cent. Next tn the Zunl, in the table that we Recently. In his always Interest- Wyoming, whose storage has been ing column, It Seems lo Me." in I depleted 21.8 per cent in 12 vears. the Oregon Statesman. ex-Cover-1 The Elephant butte project in nor Charles A. Sprague comment- New Mexico has lost 13.8 per cent ed on the first pouring of concrete I of capacity in 20 years. We rln m,t fOf IttP MeNftrV tlll A (vr-l ItnH ' I .,. . nt-atr.rl cha-r, rhoccrt lime capsule was In the first j the reservoir above the Hoover 1 T "rmn "re having trouble ( wash turnips, pare; cook In batch and the Salem editor won. i him n ihn c.,in, o,i.. h, ... i I I with their national health spi v- boiline salted water until lender: dered what its history might be. i been told thai unless steps are 1 ice. It's costing too much. The cost ! drain; save some of the cooking How long will this dam siand?" j laken for effective control of up-! j, worrying Aneurin Bevan the 1 lillld' t" lound. "ue" "? he asked. And "When will it he snearn erosion the reservoir will : ,, , , J , . , 1 center of each turnip but do not outmoded as a producer of en-! he silted tm In mnwthi in,, ion national health minister. He says ; cut through the bottom. Chop the years. i the plan may break down because; part which has been cut out; mix In these facts there is pointed of the EXORBITANT demands wi,,h chopped onions, parsley and up lo the country the need to keep ! that are being made on it I FplM'y sa"' M,x ,ne crumbs but- t he snii lo Mia... ln..,i i. i ' 1 ' ter or margarine, pepper and pap- our thought to statistics on the mother of silt, ruins the land Silt I demands are exorbitant, j rika and mix with the chopped rate oi sination rcconien lor vai l- i ruins the reservoirs Volumes I according to uevan, because too turnip aim onion, i-ne nils oacK lous western reclamation reser- have been written nW iho,,..i. I manv neonlo onino in ! into the turnips and spread any ' ". -'niiuiii, r ii nu i . .th K(.n nn nu harmn r,, J . J . I J , , . ,.,. i ............ .., .m. ..... ............. .. GTOtf A PAYROLL SAVINGS PLAN AUTOMATIC SAVING IS SURE SAVING-U.S. SAVINGS BONDS Douglas County State Bank Member Ferlfral Depoilt Insurance Corp. adopted all will holding sill, not water. j , and siliation on the food sup- In, Bullitt Says tuniito if Concos nlnns to Inimr it. T,a..,., .;.,.. " A.MU.NC ION, Jan. 7 - (,Ti duction by next October follow schedule. ' A Americ.u, general could j stem the Communist advance in I China anil such a man would men to return lo uniform. be welcomed by Chiang Kai-shek, All members of Dip bureau 5as Police Chief Pray Warns Gamblers in danger of falling to the Reds unless the I'niied Slates steps in. "To turn the tide of the war in China therefore," he said, "re quires not merely economic aid and military supplies, but also American direction and control, exercised by a fighting general of the highest qualities wilh an adequate staff of able officers." Bullilt told reporter later he believed a top-ranking general and BOO officers are needed to do a "thorough lob." He said he i. receiving complaints or Infnt ma- i " ,,' .' 1 ' s",', Chiangs subordinate army lion recanlin- nrostltntl.m ., "I1"1" a reporter that commanders would not object to ion ieganuii), prostitution, gam- while he could not ouole Chiam. ' having Ameriean. ink. nodoranomeneniisr. i unner ine : Sp, .....pi.,, in P,seri hak British health system, you go to h,g pan; add a tablespoon of the the doctor and the dentist and cooking liquid to the bottom of CHARGE IT TO THE GOVERN MENT.) Bevan pleads: "Don't let us become a nation of hypochondriacs. I ask the pub lic to use their doctors w isely and only when they really need them. the pan. Sprinkle the tops with the cheese. Bake in a moderate oven 1325 degrees F. ) 25 to 35 minutes, or until browned and bubbly. Acorn Squash with Sausage (6 servings I Three acorn squashes; 1 table spoon butter or fortified marga- Then, before verv long, we shall ; nne; teaspoon salt : ' teaspoon have a health service of which WVV; 1 pound sausage MrtMl MUcfMlt'.l flll.l HJMll If 1 1 JU 111" THERE ARE 3 ADVANTAGES to buying your electric shaver from Knudtson's. 1. ALL brands are handled. 2. Repairs and service types of shavers. on cl! we can be exceedingly proud." former Ambassador Wil- T works like water or electricity I on a flat rale. wise. Scrape out s -'ds. Pot inside of each squash with butter margarine; sprinkle with salt and tiling, or other forms of thv win ho .c r,-tt., PORTI.AND, Jan. R--(.l'! Immediately notify the office of would accept such aid In the ! Cse an extra egg white to make e,l ToZ,nlrZ ' Kv ZL'IS:.. .... . ")r-V "..,,,, Socnsn, . ALWAYS some- v, , .. ,n' u i ; ... ....... a ii"i-u-. it was iiMisuiereo it-inuin to noiil iteaKs, tnen fo'd give gamblers and slot machine ill be investigated. highly unlikely that the l ulled : in a half rup of firmly packed men a run for heir money : p,ay, who returned from re-: Slates would consider sending "a brown sugar; now fold in a ..-i.i V' 0" ,;;',, Ihement lo take over Ihe cilv voting American Napoleon" to quarter teaspoon of vanilla two & Z; arau-eSXh 'uS i rn?,b-,?"'l",Vf,rn.:!?'! WH? v"1 by ,he "-mcr :cuP of corn flakes. , half cup ordering all policemen to' promptly through the assistant i In a 'rennet to th Senate. : shreririJi m,L ' t ,-.?., . imi-i somce. we will more than House Committee on Foreign I anions on a greased baking sheet give the gamblers and slot ma-! Economic Cooperation yesterday and hake In a moderate oven for chine men a run for their money." . Rullltt said the entire Orient is 'about 15 minutes hy watch for vice or gambling Hp abolished thp "vice squad" as such, and ordered plainclothes When It cosls! ; l'V,', T,' .. , ' 1 . -. I no more to USE A LOT than to tree platten Bake in moderate I USE A LITTLE, we're Inclined to oven i350 degrees F.i for aboul 50 use a lot i minutes or until squash is tender. It's somewhat like traveling on ! & paesa an expense account. When some- patty in hollow of each squash body else is paying the bill, you're half. Return squash to oven and apt to eat a big steak ith all the continue baking for about 20 mill-; trimmings instead of a modest , 1"hp1';!sK a'nolher stuffed squash ' portion of po'k chops with a side; recipe that uses the minimum of dish of applesauce. 'meat: The underlying trouble with i Stuffed Acorn Squash . i m i ui . Two medium aem-n cniiaclinc t: body else Is paving the hill. That ' iound sausage meat : 1 egg. slight plays hob with economy. It's hu- 'V beaten: 1 3-ouncp can chopped man nature not to be too econnml- "j'"''"1 mushrooms: cup tine , ... , . dry bread crumbs: 1 teastvKtn salt cal with other peoples money. d,1sh 1(.pp(,r: . CUD Ijn'elv dired : CeiPTY, Pli i inkn .. nt IT O I . ; i . . imunT i l'i 1.-. v irti in v ui asn in n pop uvu-n 3. FREE 10 dcy trial on the shaver of your choice. J EWELERS houses w ith modern bathi ooms j Cut thin slice from each so squash un- iimn iiouoieo irom j;-ui to win s'ann evenly tn raking pan ' Place hollow side down on greased -Sfi-T-sS' P
