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2 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., June 30, 1949 "I 111 - ' V V US':' I " . 4 1 SHOE S Mrs. Helen T. Thompson, of Lon- Beach, Cal., holds (right) t native wood shoe of the Belgian Congo and a miniature pottery shoe, part of her collection of more than 1,000 shoes.' Shanghai Air Strafing Kills Two, Injures TOO SHANGHAI, Juno 20. (ZD Low flying Nationalist bombers blasted the crowded Chapel dis trict of Shanghai today, killing at least two persons and injuring up wards of 100. Police and rescue workers dug the Injured out of blasted build ings hours after the planes com pleted their mission. Machine guns blasted away at the leisurely flying bombers but had no effect. Reports of the num ber of raiders varied from two to six planes. Chapel is a densely populated Chinese residential section. New Steel-Hulled Towboat For Shallow Water Service Is Launched At Reedsport By S. S. SMILEY News-Review Correspondent Launching Sunday afternoon of the Umpqua No. 3, steel-hulled towboat, from the Umpqua Riv er Navigation Co.'s boatshop in Reedsport drew an interested crowd of spectators. The tradi tional bottle of champagne was broken across the bow of the new craft before it left the ways, by Miss Lois Ann Leach, daugh ter of Captain G. M. Leach of the Westport. Miss Leach will he a senior in the Reedsport High School next year. Greatly thrilled at the honor of being asked to spon sor the launching of the new towboat, she was still further thrilled Immediately following the launching, when O. H. Hins dale, manager of the Company, presented her with a beautiful new wrist watch. Aboard the boat when she was launched were Capt. Willis Koog ler, former deckhand on the Ti ger, who will now have charge of the Umpqua; his brother, Ken neth Koogler, who will serve as his deckhand; and C. H. Ben nett, who had charge of instal ling the motor in the new craft. Bennett has long been inter ested in the use of steel hulls for this type of boat and finally persuaded Mr. Hinsdale to have one built when he needed a re placement for the Adel, lost in an accident on the Umpqua Riv er last spring during a freshet The boat, entirely of welded steel plates, even to the pilot house and engine room, was built at Hood River, Ore., in a shop specializing in such work, and shipped here by truck. The cat erpillar marine dlesel motor was installed here. The boat is 32 feet long, shal. low draft and exceptionally wide beam. Her bow is reinforced with a piece of corrugated metal to prevent damage when striking logs. She has large fuel tanks, located so that the trim and draft of the boat can be ad justed by this method. As soon as a few minor ad justments are made, the boat will be taken up-river for use in spotting boom-sticks and log rafts. Heavy rubber matting has been used to cover the decks. The original Umpqua was a steam-powered craft, used for both freight and passenger work on the Umpqua and Smith Riv ers, where water craft was the only means of transportation be- 3t'H341H34 12 3 4 Oil T - VACUUM T CUANMS fl. Jp DWtlUNOS X (J$ "Ore X f5 WASHINO X rH MACHINES A tgflStWJi AUTOMOBILES S ' ' ' flail"- 111111 1 Iai i" PRODUCTIVE HEIGHTS Everybody thought that as soon as the war was over U. S. production would reach unprecedented heights. But "it Just didn't work out that way. This newschart shows when the postwar production peak of homes, automobiles, household ap pliances and steel was reached. Extremely heavy production , ot I household items has substantially increased the U. S. standard of j living, but production of homes and autos is lagging and has no? I come up to wartime predictions.. Surpassing even their war mark. shipments-of steel, rose to record heights. The comparatively lata ! peaks for cars and steel are the result of widespread strikes and. I shortages lo. these industries in 1946. (Data from the American I Iron: and Steel Institute.) ' fore roads were constructed. The Umpqua No. 2 was a diesel-pow- ered craft, used originally for fishing off this section of the Coast, and later taken to the Hawaiian Islands and used as a freight boat there. The percentage of family in come spent on meat ranges from 5.3 to 6.6. The word "Bible" derives from Byblos, the name of a city which exported papyrus in ancient times. Vancouver Area Combed In Reported Plane Crash PORTLAND, June 29 JP An unverified report of an air plane crash started a search near Vancouver, Wash., today. J. N. Ashbury, Vancouver, told police he thought he saw a plane in flames crash 15 to 20 miles northeast of the city. He also reported that the pilot parachut ed to earth. Officials said they had no re ports of a missing plane. mm Distributed in Roseburg by Bates Candy Co. 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