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.
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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
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. 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.
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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;
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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
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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,
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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
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