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4 Tht Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Sot, July 16, 1949 Published Daily Except Sunday by tht News-Review Company, Inc. Calcrtd aa aarand claaa uattar May 1, 192. at Iba pail afflea al Haaabufff. Oraian. andar acl al March S. Mil CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor S&i Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Bapraianlad br WEST-HOLLIMAY CO., INC., afflcea la Naw rark, Chleaia, San danclaoa, Laa Aaaalaa, Saallla, Portland. 81. Laula. SUBSCRIPTION HATF8 In Orefon Br Mall rer Tar H.M. ! aianthf I4.M, Ibraa month! K.M. Br Cllr Carder Par yaar I10.M lin adranoal, Ijm Iban ana rear, per month Sl.lt. ootilde Oreien Br Mall Par year l00. ill menlba SO.1. Iirea monlha 12.75 SELECT HUNTING Remember the Story About the Old Man of the Sea? 0- By CHARLES V. STANTON The Oregon Game commission is preparing to open the white-tail deer reserve near Roseburg during this years hunting season for the purpose of herd reduction. This re- serve, extending along the North Umpqua river from Win chester to Oak creek, and out to the North Umpqua road, . has been in existence for more than 25 years. It was created to save one of the few herds of white-tail deer remaining in Oregon. ' White-tail deer are more easily destroyed than are black tail or mule deer because of their habit of bunching up, particularly during winter months, at which time they are convenient prey for poachers. The game commission reports much complaint from some property owners in the reserve who charge the comparatively large deer herd with agricultural damage. Complaints, it is stated, come chiefly from owners of small tracts who depend upon food from home gardens and find that the deer usually beat them to the garden truck. Few owners of large tracts in the reserve favor the open season, it is reported. The major part of the reserve is composed of large ranches devoted principally to stock raising where the deer are of little disadvantage except in competition for browse. The Roseburg Rod and Gun club, which gave consideration to the proposal to open the reserve to hunting, decided to take no official stand on the controversial subject, leaving the matter entirely to the affected property owners. ; While it would cause some extra work on the part of the game commission, and might, perhaps, result in minor con fusion, the commission, we believe, should make certain that no part of the reserve is made a private shooting grounds. ' It is almost certain that some property owners will sur round their land with "No Trespass" signs for the express purpose of maintaining private shooting grounds for them selves and their friends. We already have too much of that practice. In pheasant season especially, landowners are using trespass laws to their own hunting advantage, extending privileges to close friends, and in some cases having no re gard for bag limits while even overstepping seasons. We have no quarrel with the landowner who posts his property against the all-too-numerous hunters and anglers who disregard every rule of decent behavior and have no respect for property rights. Nor do we object to the property owner himself taking a legal limit of game birds or animals from his own land. After all, he has fed them and is deserv ing of his kill. But we do object strenuously to the growing practice of posting land to provide a private hunting or fishing reserve for a coterie of friends. Hunting on posted land should be confined strictly to the owner and none other. The commission, we believe, should continue as a reserve any posted land to which the public is denied access. By ViaJmett S. Martin ft r The Oregon Fish commission has re-employed Arne Suomela to serve another four years as Oregon's master fish warden. The fish commission has two employes who, In our opinion, are doing exceptionally fine work. One is Arne Suomela and the other Don McKcrnnn, director of research. In singling out these two members of the fish de partment for commendation, we intend no slight upon the efficiency of other employes, but we have been particularly pleased by the work done by Suomela in reorganizing the department and the fine research studies conducted by McKcrnan. Both men are extremely sincere and devoted to their work. They have vastly improved the commercial fishery program in the Slate of Oregon. One of the most harrassed men in Roseburg during these days of hot weather is "Doc" Wells, local Copco manager. With water demands overtaxing facilities on a system which, despite huge expenditures, has not been nble to keep pace with community growth, Wells must absorb complaints, criticism and abuse from customers who feel they are being inadequately served. But the crowning insult came from the customer who sent word : "We'd invite you up for a drink if we had water to rinse the glasses." Congress Passes Overtime Pay Bill Based Only On Regular Wage Scale WASHINGTON, July 16. OP) Congress sent lo President Tru man Thursday legislation saying overtime pay should he based on regular wages instead of so-called premium pay. The measure kills some 26,(MX) claims workers have pending lor back pay. Capitol Hill action, was com pleted when the House, hy a standing vote of 207 to 52, ac cepted Senate amendments to the so-called "overtime on over time" bill. Some opponents shouted "rob bery" and "grand larceny." Estimates of the amount of back pay claims Involved ran as high as $300,000,000. This figure was given by Pep. McConnell IH Pa!. The Senate amendments made the bill much broader than the one passed by the house. As it passed the house, t h e hill provided that overtime pay for workers In the longshore, ste vedoring, building and con struction Industries should be fig ured on regular pay rates, and In no case on premium rates. The premium rates Rre those paid for night, Sunday, or holiday work. The Senate knocked out t h e part listing specific Industries, and thus made the bill applicable to all workers covered by the federal wage-hour law. The Senate then added a retro active section which would out l w wage claims for back pay already filed b y longshoremen and stevedores on both the At lantic and Pacific coasts. An ef fort to put the same section in the House hill was ruled out of order during the House debate. Hiss Trial Judge O. K., Assertion Of Truman WASHINGTON, July lfi.-tP) President Truman Thursday stoutly defended Federal Judge Samuel Kaufman's conduct ot the Hiss perjury trial In New York. The president told a news con ference he appointed Kaufman to his post and considered him a good Judge. About 7.6 per cent of the peo ple in the United Slates now are 63 years old or, older. My Interest In films for class room use has not diminished since the days I was asked to make a survey, using our home as an office address, and aroused Uncle Sam's curiosity. He sent a tactful gentleman to find out why I was receiving so much mall! The return addresses were, for the most part, about 200 schools, colleges and universities. Today I was reading with great interest In the monthly news sheet "What's Happening In Hol lywood," edited by Alice Evans Field, published by the Motion Picture Association's Dept. of Studio and Public Service. Twenty-three films are now In active circulation for classroom use; they came about through the questionnaires sent out by Teach ing Films Custodians, Inc., to English teachers. Excerpting was done by a for mer English teacher and a pro fessional film editor. Each film time was limited to a maximum of 40 minutes, the usual class period. The criteria formulated by Teaching Film Custodians con formed to the answered question naires in five points: (1) To retain the complete story, following the main plot of the original text; (2) to clarify the main points of, the plot devel opment; Important characters, situations and famous quotations; (5) to portray the setting of the story and its influence upon char acters and plot. The films are: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice in Won derland, Anna Karenlna, A Christmas Carol, David Copper field (2), The Good Earth, Great Expectations, Heidi, The House of Seven Gables, Jane Eyre, Kid naped, Les Miserables, The Light That Failed, Magnificent Obses sion, Mutiny On the Bounty, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Peter Ibbetson, Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet, Tale of Two Cities, Timothy's Quest, Treasure Island. (For further information write Teaching Films Custodians, Inc., 25 West 43rd St., New York 18, N. Y.) Money Action Suits Are Filed In Circuit Court The following money action suits have been filed in Circuit Court: Wilbur Lumber Co. vs. H. E. Melton. Plaintiff demands judg ment of $275 the amount claimed paid to the defendant for a motor and transmission, which was not new as represented but recondi tioned, according to the com plaint. Also asked is $75 as freight to Grants Pass and stor age charges. Clifford Wolbert, doing busi ness as Wolbert Welding and Ma chine Works, vs. Ervin M. Smith and Henry M. Lee. Plaintiff asks judgment for $813.80 alleged due on a promisory note executed April 25, 1949. Henry Gillette vs. Robert and John W. Baldwin. Plaintiff asks judgment for a total of $550 as an amount alleged due for his interest sold to the defendant in, a logging operation on the Fay Hanks ranch, plus varying amounts claimed for hauling ot machinery and labor performed. Editorial Comment From The Oregon 'Press Judy Must Think She's Joan of Aro Oregon City Enterprise Brilliant college student, suc cessful career woman, then the traitorous spy Tor Russia such has been the Inexplicable career to date of Judith Coplon. Next step, prison, unless her convic tion In Washington, D. C, last week Is reversed In higher courts. Near-coincidence of Indepen dence day with her conviction as a spy poses I lie question, what happened to the normal spark of patriotism In this otherwise ex ceptionally gifted woman? Treason usually is associated with frustraion. resentment. Ex cept possibly for some unknown factor, this hardly could have been the case with Judy. Daugh ter of a prosperous Brooklyn toy merchant who for his generosity came to be known as "The Santa Claus of the Adirondacks," she had a better "chance" than most. Her career at Barnard college was a series of scholastic triumphs. Later she progressed to a federal job paying $14,119.60 a year and was considered still "on her way up." Physically attractive, she was popular with fellow-students, with coworkers and her super iors. But she stole Information avail able to her In her government post and, the jury decided, turned it over or plotted to turri It over to the Russians. What went on. what goes on, in that brilliant mind? Disclosures of similar t r e a snnous espionage In Canada a few years ago. accepted as a nnttern of what goes on else where around the globe, unearth ed the assistance given to the Communists by a number of sen sitively conscientious but mis guided persons who thought they were serving the cause of hu manity the "downtrodden ma. ses." Instead tliev were serving the most brutal, coldblooded slave-masters In world history - some quirk of mentality mnne them unable to recognize that. Motives in some such cases were mixed nersonal amhltion. need to Justify a personal sense of destlnv, of sreatness. In some cases 'induces rationalization of a traitorous course. Speculation along those lines Is, for the most part blocked in Judy's case because little of her viewpoint was revealed In t h e trial. But Just a tiny hint came out when she was sentenced. She continued to affirm innocence, denounced conduct of the trial and then curiously, in view of the circumstances, told the judge her conviction was a "Pyrrhic victory" for (he government. Odd that a young woman about to be sentenced to prison should drag In a reference from the classics compare her case to something that happened 279 B.C. Possibly it affords a glimpse into a distorted mind. Possibly Judy Coplon had absorbed more than she rationally could digest along with a dangerous notion that she was smarter than most people; smarter than most any body, and destined to play a lead ing role in a glorious revolution. Possibly, she has been visioning herself as a modern, and much improved, Joan of Arc. Locusts Invading Southeastern Oregon PORTLAND, July 15 .T Locusts spreading from Nevada were reported today to have covered nearly 2.000.000 acres of sagebrush. Ranchers and entomologists are watching to see whether the locusts, about to start their an nual migration, move far enough to endanger any irrigated ranch es in Oregon. They have been moving north ward slowly for a decade from desolate country In Northern Nevada. Experts estimate they cover 1.920.000 acres in Hum boldt county. Nevada, and Har ney and Lake counties, Oregon. Poison halt has been spread In front of the exacted advance, but experts do not expect a com plete kill from the poison. WADER DROWNS PORTLAND. July 15 i.V) A 7-year-old wader was drowned In the swift Sandv river east of here yesterday. He was Jacob Charles Sumners, one of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sumners, transient berry-pickers. Hospital Attendants Will Receive Diplomas Hospital attendants who have just completed the prescribed course ot instruction in now to care for patients in veterans hos nltals will be presented their di plomas Monday, July 18, at 7:30 p. m. In the recreation hall of the Roseburg Veterans hospital. All employees of veterans hos pitals whose responsibility is the care of patients are required to tane classroom ana wara instruc tion in how to render the best care and treatment of different types of patienls. with emphasis on neuropsychiatric patients at the Roseburg Hospital. There are twenty-four attendants to be graduated on Monday night. ine program will inciuae musi cal numbers hy the patients or chestra and by staff members. The class is to be presented by Miss Galdo Beal, R. N., Instructor of the course, and certificates will then be presented by Floyd Powell, executive officer at the hospital. The public is Invited to attend the presentation ceremony, Circuit Judge Issues . Decree In Law Suit Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlmberly has Issued a decree in favor of Lloyd and Jeane E. Griggs, Syl via u. (Jrlggs, Irene origgs Brandeberry and J. Kermit Brandeberry enjoining defend ants A. L. Houghtaling, LeRoy Lumber Co., a corporation, and Robert Fulton from trespassing upon the plaintiff's property. The decree, based upon stipula tions of the parties and records and pleadings on file, enjoins the defendants from taking or at tempting to take posession of the property, located in sections 16 and 17, township 21, south range 4, west of Willamette Meridian. TRAFFIC FINES LISTED Municipal Judge Ira B. Riddle reports the following persons ap peared In Friday night traffic court for traffic violations: L. S. Wolf, Roseburg, basic rule, $5; Robert Eugene Sconce, Roseburg. failure to stop at stop street, $2; Fred J. Penfell, Roseburg. no operator's license, $5; L. J. Gronv yo, Roseburg. no operator's li cense. $5; Kenneth K. Labor, basic rule, $15; Harriett Pearson, illegal parking, $2. EXAMINER DATED A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Roseburg July 21 22, between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. at the city hall, according to an announcement from Secretary of State Newbry. Persons wishing li censes or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with the ex aminer before the scheduled clos Ine hour to assure completion of their applications with a mini mum of delay. Hawaii Waterfront Strike Hardships Felt, But Peace Is As Far Distant As Ever By LEIF ERICKSON HONOLULU, July 16.-4JP) The 75-day waterfront strike has cut into the everyday life of tne average lsianaer out nere. But not as much as you'd think. mere are cases like the paper salesman with no paper to sell. He's driving a truck, and eating foi, instead or potatoes. Or there's Frank May. He's a white collar man at Lewers and Cooke, Hawaii's biggest building materials firm which has made two 10 per cent pay cuts. He's told his wife she has to give up the woman who ironed naif a day each week. The yard man who worked over the lawn twice a month has to go, too. But many people hardly feel the pinch from the long tieup. There's a big segment of federal civilian service employes' and workers paid by mainland firms. And, of course, the Army, Navy and Air Force people. Their pay- Keeps coming in. Food relief cargoes provide the staples meat, potatoes, milk, eggs, butter and nearly any trimming you can think of. If you're lucky enough not to have had a couple of pay cuts or lost your job, you can eat and live in good style. Long Pull Ahead Just the same, the people are settling down for a long, hard pull. The striking CIO Stevadores and the seven struck stevadoring firms are- a-s far apart now as they were on May 1 when it all started. The Longshoremen want 32 cents an hour more than the $1.40 they were getting. The em ployers withdrew an offer of 12 cents. I Only developments now are going on in court. A Honolulu ! group is trying to unload $750.-! 000 in goods from a strikebound j freighter. Federal court has ord- ered three previous unloadings, but this time 175 consignees are j involved. There may be a deci- j sion today. j In the meantime. Gov. Ingram i M. Stalnback is getting ready to : call the Legislature into session. 1 Drastic measures are being pre-, pared to authorize the govern-' ment to seize the docks if neces-1 sary. Whether that will end the bitter strike is something else. As for the people here. . . The paper salesman said a 15 per cent pay cut gave him a taste for Pol. "Poi's cheaper than po tatoes and more, vitamins," he said. Pol Is a native Hawaiian dish. It's made from taro root flour and Is supposed to be more nu tritious than anything. But the first taste is like library paste. Former Idaho Official Drops Dead On Coos Trip COOS BAY, Ore., July 16.-W) Joe H. Stemmer, 62, former Idaho state highway director, fell dead Thursday of a heart attack while Inspecting a highway im provement project. ' Stemmer, representing United Pacific Insurance Company a t Portland, arrived here Wednes day night to Inspect for his firm's work on highway No. 101 between here and Coquille. This morning, while walking along the highway, he suffered a heart attack and collapsed. He was pronounced dead after a futile hour-long effort to re vive him Federal Court Jurors' Pay, Travel Rate Upped WASHINGTON, July 16. UP) President Truman signed Into law Thursday a bill Increasing the daily pay of federal court jurors from $5 to $7. The measure also boosts travel pay from 5 to 7 cents a mile, knocking off a $2 daily limitation on the costs of travel for Jurors while a court term is in session. Travel At Exptnst Of State Is Stopped SALEM, July 16. CB State Budget Director Harry Dormtn lowered the boom Thursday on state officials who are taking un necessary out-of-state trips . 0 n state expense. He ruled that all future out-of-state trips must have his ap proval. Dorman said that out-of-state travel by State Department heads cost $292,582 in the 2 2 months ended April 30. Of that amount, $100,000 was spent for travel by officials of the State System of Higher Educ ation, . - . . Dorman said that In most cases, the travel is Justified, in dicating that there are some trips which aren't necessary. SWIMMER DROWNS . COOS BAY, July 16. UP Ri chard Haines, 43, logging con tractor from . Bridge, drowned Thursday while swimming in the Coquille river's middle fork. Tne widow survives. Phone 100 If you do not recolvo your News-Review by 6:15 P.M. eall Harold Mobley before 7 P.M. Phone 100 Bank With , A Douglas County Institution " Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank I .-.. :.-,-. .' -'w.- -s- '-' a suspicious character! He's suspicious because the watch band he bought a leant three months ago if showing very definite signs of wear. In fact, a metal which looks suspiciously like common nickel is showing through the yellow gold . . ( Suspicions like these aren't confined to watch bands. His watch may be losing time, or the "genuine birth stone" ring he bought for his daughter may be chipped and cracked, like glass. , This man has been paying wr jewelry sen-Ice he hasn't been getting. A competent jeweler would have advised him to buy some other watch band. A jeweler with knowledge of gems would have shown this gentleman a selection of well made rings suitable for his daughter. Chances are. this advice would have cost him no more. It is very possible that it would cost him less. For example, consider the case of a very well known watch band. We have sold these bands for many years during which time they have been good quality and rea sonably priced. Today, because of extensive national advertising, these 'bands have become so well known that three out of four people ask for this band hy name even though two years ago they stated no preference Just asked for a good watch band. Yet the quality of these bands has been consistently dropping and the price rising. Now these bands are worth about half their fair trade price. It is OUR responsibility to detect changes in quality. We accept this responsibil ity and we pass this Information on to our customers. TV . JEWELERS Across from the Douglas County State Bank