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4 The) News-Review, Rosebursj, Ore. Fri., May 27, 194 Published Daily Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. Entarcl Mcond dial milter Mar I. le alMte Roieburf, Orasan. undar act o( March g, 1B7I ,. EDWIN L. KNAPF Manager CHARLES V. STANTON Editor Member of the Aiioclated Press. Oregon Newspaper Publishers Anociation, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Brprtiealri br WSST-HOLLWAT CO.. INC., efflraa In Naw York, Cbloaie, San Franclaca, Laa Anielaa. Saallla, 1'orlland, SI. LauJa. SUBSCRIPTION KATES In Orefan Br Mall Par Year SS.oe, ail manlba H.se, Ibraa rnonlhi st.M. Br C Ity Carrier Prr year lle.ee lilt advancal, leu than ana Tear, per monln ll.ee. Oulildn Oreion By Mall Far year SU.oe. lis manlba sl.la. threa inontba 12.15. UNAPPRECIATED GIFTS 'How Do Yuh Get Untattooed?' The City of Roseburg and its residents have put many thousands of dollars and much planning and effort into the construction of a swimming pool because it is needed by the community's youth. It would seem that children should be very grateful for this gift and that they would have sufficient pride and appreciation to protect the property. Instead, acts of vandalism have caused much annoyance and expense. The pool could not be opened immediately because the law requires adult supervision during all periods of use and the appointed supervisor is not yet available for duty. Chil dren have been demonstrating their displeasure with the delay in opening the pool by throwing stones through win dows and heaving clods of dirt over the fence into the water, Some youngster crawled through an open window of the dressing rooms, unlocked all the doors and turned on the lights. Others tore down all the signs. Someone painted stripes on the concrete sidewalk with blue paint. These acts hardly show gratitude. Naturally, persons who have worked industriously on behalf of the project become discouraged when their efforts meet such response. We imagine the majority of Roseburg's children are grate ful for the swimming pool and that the acts of vandalism are committed by only a very few. At the same time it is quite probable that some of the hoodlums are from families . in which adult members dump garbage along highways, poach or spotlight game whenever the notion strikes them, help themselves to any property they may want if it is not nailed down, break down farmers' fences and leave gates open when they go fishing or picnicking and in other ways show utter disregard for private property'. Youthful vandals certainly find ample adult example from which to copy. Three playground swings mounted on sturdy steel up rights in Umpqua Park were wrecked by someone who ap parently hooked an automobile to the frames and bent them out of shape. When people old enough to know better do such things, what can we expect of children? This column once called attention to the fact that our teen-agers were getting a bad reputation from actions of a very few wild youngsters. It was suggested that high school students handle the situation their own way. The studonts took the suggestion. While the methods used probably were not exactly in accordance with lawful procedure, they were at least effective. The offenders, identifiable by conspicu ous "Bhiners," split lips and facial bruises, were quite well behaved for several months. We would not again recommend that such methods be invoked. On the other hand, we believe that the majority of our children and teen-agers resent the odium cast over their age groups by an irresponsible minority and, if their co operation were sought by the police, might work with the law enforcement agencies in putting an end to some of these acts of vandalism. How about a juvenile intelligence squad an S-2 organiza tion to work with the Police Department? We imagine that if the city police selected a dozen or more responsible boys and girls of high school age, com missioned them as "detectives," instructed them in funda mental rules of evidence, and then turned them loose to identify and locate juvenile trouble makers, it would not take long to round up the culprits. Kach juvenile detective could, in turn, select his own squad of assistants in various age groups and gather information and evidence to be furnished police investigators. The plan has worked elsewhere. There is no reason It cannot work here. Nor should investigations be confined to juvenile van dalism alone. More serious are offenses by adults who en gage in acts of destruction, malicious defacement or damage to property, thus setting an example for their own and other children. Farmers find it necessary to post their lands against trespass by hunters and anglers because of the acts of per haps not more than one or two persons per hundred engag ing in those sports. But that small minority, having no regard for the property rights of others, force penalties upon all. The fanner is not to be criticized for closing his property to the public so long as adult hoodlums parade under the guise of sportsmen. Gratitude for Nature's gifts or community installations for recreation and pleasure scorns to be lacking from the makeup of some people. The only way they can lie controlled is through fear of the law. The law, therefore, must be suf ficiently reinforced to bring culprits to justice and thus preserve privileges for people having respect for property rights. Every good citizen should be interested in cooperat ing with law enforcement agencies in stamping out vandal ism and hoodlumism by furnishing information and evidence whenever possible. jw fUj pvy 2 By Viahnett S. Martin Before we hammer too hard at the motion picture Industry, let's ask ourselves as individuals if we are doing all we can about the thing for which we are criti cizing the producers? Let's not dodge our own personal respon sibility by saying, "Oh, I'm just one what can I do!" Because there Is a lot "Just one" can do. For instance, what about that Interesting printed pre-view of coming pictures entitled "Esti mates of Current Motion Pic tures" which the secretary of your club, or the motion picture chairman, receives, or may re ceive? (If not receiving your group officer might wrile to Alive Evans Field at 5504 Holly wood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif., and ask for It.) Do you really read tV "Esti mates?" Fascinating reading, take my word for it! "Estimates" summarizes the opinions of from 75 to 100 earnest, conscientious representatives from 14 widely varying types of organizations. In their findings these people are trying to do a real job lor you and me do we do our part by reading, or hearing, what they have to say? To be sure, they don't always agree, and that's all right, too. The disagreeing groups have their opinions included with their reasons. If they all turn thumbs down on a picture well! It's not a censorship proposition. r They merely preview the unreleased films, and then their varying views are summarized and sent out into the whole country. The rest Is up to us the readers or listeners. The 14 groups listed oh dear me, I don't have space enough! Heading the list: General Feder ation of Women's Clubs, the Daughters of the American Revo lution, the American Legion Aux iliary, Congress of Parents and Teachers, (I'll have to take to initials!) PBWC, AAUW, NCJW, CCW, ZPE, GS (Girl Scouts), SCC, NFMC, DBE, JHSC (26 junior high schools In this group). Well, if that list doesn't catch all of us in one way or another, I'll be surprised! "Estimates" also suggests age-levels, with AYC in cluding everybody. That puts the issue squarely up to us, dnpsn't it? Editorial Comment From The Oregon Press Western GOP Heads To Confer In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, May 27.-4.V) Headed by Son. Hairy P. Cain (K.-Wash.). Hepublican leaders from 11 western slates will con fei here June 10 uui 11. Mclntyre Faries, Cii'lfornla na tional committeeman, said the ses sion will tie the first of a series of regional GDI conferences throughout the United States to obtain rank and file viewpoints on vital issues. The twodav session was called by Ezra H. Whit!, Idaho nation al committeeman, who will tie chairman of the conference. 72 Head Of Sheep Stolen While Awaiting Shipment PENDLETON. May '.'7. -1.11 Stale iiolice are searching for 72 head of sheep snnW-hed from their corrals Tuesday night. I-a Verne l'l-aisoii told police that he was not aware of the thett until late Wednesday. He said that the thieves apparently crammed the sheep 12 ewes and 30 lambs Into a truck. The sheep were tn a roadside corral await ing shipment. THE CVA Corvallis Gazette Times Tlie administration's proposal for a Columbia Valley Authority, In which thev argue that consoli dation of overlapping govern ment agencies will lie a good I thing, is a confession of their ow n had practices. Had they not allowed this careless growth of sprawling, conflicting and over lapping government agencies, there would not now he any need for consolidation of programs. The proposal Is certainly nothing for thorn to look upon with pride. Kather it is admission of bad practice In tailing to follow the sane and economical methods used bv private enterprise In sim ilar developments. Doens of agencies have their hand In this work and more often than not several are attempting to ac complish the same thing by marching In totally different di rections with the taxpayers' money. Certainly we all agree that merger and consolidation of programs is needed If we are to lake on CVA. Hut CVA Is not the answer to the governmental maze in which we find ourselves. If it were to cure this condition alone It could be workable, but that is not the case, it goes far Ivyond any purported Intent of merely merging and consolidating fur the sake of efficiency and Im poses Itself upon us as a grand and glorious super state. Us pro posed powers are far In excess of those of all the five indiviilu.il states in the area. The combined lights and powers of all legisla tures and governors of these states would not equal those of this three man board. Specifically, here are a fev things the CVA could accomplish: It could condemn at Its own discretion any real or ersonal property in the Columbia basin. Tell ihe farmers in this area what crops they could or could not raise. Build any form of Industrial plant It pleased and sell Us pro ducts at any price it pleased in competition with existing Indus try. Control the unexpanded bal ances of the existing nrojecia, such as Grand Coulee and Bonne ville. Take over all private power property In the area and have many other powers of this cali ber. That is certainly not a simple merger for the sake of sweet economy. It is hoped that local groups within the area can form ulate plan or program to har monize the operations of the ex isting conflicting agencies. Such a program should come from the area effected and be locally con trolled. It should not have the powers proposed and should oe governed by ourselves and from home rather than by a group sit ting behind a mahoganv desk in far-off Washington, D. C. OLDSTER MARKETS (Cottage Grove Sentinel) Demographers, which is a big word meaning the icople who study population trends and hab its, have recently renewed their excitement over fliat they call the aging U. S. population. They point out the significance of this trend to business: a growing market for the products and services that older people buy, a declining market for more juvenile products and services. Nobody thought of it before, but this decided trend has an other significance for business. Management is getting older. To prove it, a management consult ant firm (Booz, Allen and Ham ilton! has just released some in teresting figures. It seems that the average age of all corpora tion officers included in a study made by the (urn is now 54 years. Twenty years ago the average age of the men then in charge, in 1929. was 47. The average age of the company presidents studied Is todav 59; in I'.VJ!. it was M. The 'study draws no startling conclusions. Hut it does point up the fact that replacement of the heads of leading American companies will Ih made at a rapid rate over the next 10 years, ihe men who now head American busi ness are rapidly approaching the conventional retirement age ol 65. Driver Of Death Truck Negligent, Verdict Declares SEATTLE, May 27 (iW A coroner's Jury found yesterday that George H. Hunter, driver of a truck which ran wild on a busy downtown street two weeks ago, killing one man and injuring three women, was negligent in driving when there was a ques tion about his physical condition. The jury said that Hunter, 30, "had been discharged by a former emToyer oecause his physical condition did not guar antee safe driving." Hunter testified he did not re member the accident. "I remember stopping for a red light at Pike Street," he said. "That's the last I remember un til they were putting me in an ambulance." His only previous "blackout" was in Oregon last August and he blamed that on food he had eaten, he said. A deposition by a Seattle phy sician was read to the jury. Soren Spellberg, 68, a Mercer Island gardner, was killed by his truck. L. H. Smith, an executive of the Los Angeles-Seattle Motor Express, Inc., testified that Hun ter had suffered two similar "blackout" attacks while driving in and near Eugene, Ore., and that he had discharged Hunter after receiving a report by Dr. Thomas Mitchell, Eugene, physician. In the Days News (Continued from Page One) I'ncle Sam bought 49,49.1.000 pounds of Turkish tobacco ill I9ts. compared with an annual average of 20,(WS.000 pounds. is to grab all of Germany and absoib it into the Communist world. The Germans are gadget minded. They are Industrious. Thev have good technical minds. They have Industrial know-how. All of these things are essential in modern war. The Russians know it. Given complete control of Germany, the master minds In the Kremlin believe they can con quer the world for Communism. a a a THIS is their No. 2 purpose: If they can't have Germany, they propose to wreck it SO THAT THE UNQUESTIONED POWER OF THE GERMAN ECONOMY CAN'V BE USED AGAINST THEM. a a a HERE'S an Interesting note in the news from Spokane: "A plan to control wheat pro duction on the basis of the NUM BER OF BUSHELS SOLD rather than the ACREAGE GROWN will be sent to Congress by the Pacific Northwest Farm Council" (now meeting in Spokane). a a THAT plan would have teeth. I BUT It would put a crimp in Ameri can initiative and Ingenuity that would b hard to iron out. a a a TOLD how may acres you can have In wheat, you start study ing and scheming and working to GET MORE BUSHELS PER ACRE. Told HOW MANY BUSHELS YOU CAN SELL, you shrug your shoulders, mutter "what the heck!" into your beard and let the weeds grow. Weeds and ail, you'll probably have as many bushels as regimentation will per mit you to sell. That's America. Who wants to change It? a a a TRAGIC note from New York: "Atop a five-story building, Rubin Urbinss, 15, was try ing to get a kite Into the air. His eyes Defendant Files Answer To Action For Damages H. H. Miller, defendant In a suit for $8,600 damages brought by Montana Miller Jennings as the result of an alleged beating Aug. 5, 1948, has filed a reply al leging that he used "such force only as was neeessaiy to protect his life in repulsing the assault of the plaintiff and to disarm her of an automatic pistol. Miller In his reply states that they had iointlv ooerated a husi. ness known as the Bridge Tavern ai (.anyonvuie, ana lor a long time prior were sustaining to each other relationship of hus band and wife. He alleges that the plaintiff "for a long time prior . . . had been and was at the said time continuing in a course of conduct consisting of destruction of merchandise. drunken and disorderly conduct, assaults upon defendant and threats to financially ruin him and legal proceedings and other efforts in an endeavor to carry ner inreats into execution, an in tended by the plaintiff, and cal culated to ruin the business of the defendant and calculated to annoy, harass and greatly ex asperate him." He claims that the plaintiff was aware of his definite affec tion on his part for her, but that she had been "conducting herself with other men" and at the time alleged in her complaint was "about to go out upon a party or affair with another man, from which on similar occasions she had returned in a highly intoxi cated condition." Miller alleges that to prevent her from going out on this occa sion, he compelled her to return to her sleeping room, that the plaintiff seized a loaded auto matic pistol and "endeavored to assault and beat the defendant by shooting him with the said automatic pistol." He claimed he used -sucn lorce only as was necessary to protect his life," that injuries to the plaintiff, if any, were a lew bruises occa sioned by the necessary amount of force on his part to repulse the plaintiff's fellonlous assaults. He alleges further that on Sept. 3, 1948, he and the plaintiff signed a full accord of satisfac tion of all their claims, and that the plaintiff in writing released the defendant from all claims. Air Force Reserve's Reorganizing Planned fixed on the kite, he walked back ward toward the roof's edge. "From a nearby rooftop, An thony Martin, 17, saw the danger. HE TRIED TO LEAP A TEN FOOT AIRSHAFT TO STOP URBINAS." The shaft was too wide. He didn't make it. Urbinas died In the ensuing fall when he walked backwards over the edge. His heroic would- be rescuer is in the hospital and may die from his injuries. a F we ever get to the point where we can watch somebody going to his death without acting on the urge to try to save him Well, in that event it will be a poor world to live in. LETTERS to the Editor Law Enforcement Job 'Heartily Approved' ROSEBURG Mav we exnress our opinion in regard to a recent leuer mat Degan: "in re Mr. Dav is' actions in raiding the Spring Festival May 6." We heartily ap prove of Mr. Davis' efforts to do a real job in cleaning up our city. There are a great many law abiding citizens living in the vicinity of Roseburg who have wen pretty sick over the lack of law enforcement over the coun try. There is not a lack of good laws to protect the people but a lack of good men to enforce them. There have been good law en- iorcement otticers in the past who prosecuted without fear or tavor. We want to encourage the new officer who is trying to do his duty. We disagree with the writer ot tne letter referred to above on his stand on "charity work." No good can come from so-called charity that degrades our young people. Many of us are anxious, with good cause, about what our young people are exposed to these' days. Let us at least give Mr. Davis a chance without threat of re prisals. MRS. M. R. MONGER MRS. B. BROWN Melrose Rt. I Roseburg. Ore. 'OS DfMONSTIATIOM M Corr. 'I Wi T U , Arwha I SaKtractiM ar Mam; kca M Ai Tout lAVOaill OIUO noil H. C. Church & Sons DRUGS Rose Hotel Building 20 S. Stephens St. Phone 294 Phone 100 If you do not receive your News-Review by 6:15 P. M. call Mr. Waters before 7:00 P. M. Phone 100 Plans for the reorganization of I Force Reserve, commanding of. Iiut-I ui rue" "i ww.wuj.id Squadron. Air Force Reserve officers of the Roseburg area are urged to be present. The 2J4oth Air r orce Reserve Training Center. Me ttle Air Force Reserve will be presented to all Interested offi cers personnel Monday night, May 30, at 7 o'clock in the Coun cil .hamKdf Pft,hlir0 PitV Hall. according to information received j Chord Air Force Base, Wash., by Lt. col. r.ugene t. ixent, mr m "' """"s Douglas County State Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Cere, Make This Douglas County Institution Your Bank. Horn Owned Horn Operated SOLD OUT Roseburg Feed and Seed Co. Corner Oak and Railroad Has Purchased the Business and all Stock of QUALITY FEED AND SEED STORE All merchandise will be moved to their uptowrvlocation at once. Th Roseburg Feed and Seed Co. is open for business, with a complete line of H. B. Centennial Feeds, Remedies and Supplies. BUY NOW FROM ROSEBURG FEED AND SEED CO. Oak and Railroad Phone 374 ill buddy ks .JSsr I IN n OS BUDDY POPPY FLANDERS FIELDS By Lt, Col. 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BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St ond S P R R Tracks