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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1949)
Steamboat Trip To Roseburg, Army Discrimination, Shotguns, Plastics Topics At Meeting Of Toastmasters A variety of topic was on the chedule at Tuesday night's joasimasiers ciuo meeting held at Carl's Haven. Jerry Sheldon, toastmaster, introduced as speak ers Ross Newcomb, Glenn Clute, Jim Turk, Tom Coates, Delbert Parker and Carl Permln. A steamboat's trip to Roseburg In 1870 and efforts to establish water service between Winches ter Bay. Roseburg and possibly Canyonville were told by New comb. The plan, according to Newcomb. was started bv CapL Hahn, who in 1870 came by steamboat up the Umpqua river to Roseburg. A navigation com pany, incorporated for $12,000. was organized and a boat, cost ing $7,000 and called the Enter prize, was built. The plan was discontinued when low water the next summer made navigation impossible. More recent plan?, also abandoned, called for a se ries of canals on the river, said Newcomb. Army Discrimination Does the army actually offer recruits what the advertisements and literature claim? That was the question asked by Clule. He discussed his observation in the army during the war, when men of high mentality frequently fail ed to qualify as officers because of technicalities and unfair treat ment of their superiors. Officers were turned out by the hundreds in his department, and in manv instances, corporals were more highly respected than officers, he related. Advice on Shotguns The history of shotguns from early 17th century single -shot weapons down to the present models was told by Turk. The British used the blunderbus su cessfully in ripping enemy ship sails, and also developed the "twist" or Damascus sporting gun. The double-barrelled shot gun was introduced to reduce the "kick" of an ordinary breech loader. It took the Americans to Invent the "choke" to more accurately concentrate the shot gun charge. In choosing a shot gun, the "fit" Is Important, he asserted. "Make sure you get a gun whose stock fits you," he ad vised. High government expenditures lay not alone with Washington, declared Tom Coates. The labor er and contractor are also equal ly responsible, he claimed. He cited an example during the war of a group of welders who were supposed to work on a holiday fo- time and a half pay. Under the foremen's orders the men laid around half the day before they started work. He cited also an incident where a contractor was concealing costs of develop ing his farm under his plant op eration costs. Much of this, he declared, can be eliminated by proper auditing. Plastie Marvels Marvels of the plastic Industry were told bv Delbert Parker. Cel luloid was first made in 1871, but It was not until 1909, when the combination of formaldehyde and phenol was perfected that the plastic industry began to ad vance. The many uses of plastics and the rapid growth of the In dustry were told by the speaker. Permln described a recent trip he made to Victoria, B. C. The trip was made from Port Angeles and return by way of Anacortes. Wash. The tour, he said, proved exceptionally Interesting, especi ally from his observation of Eng lish influence, which is stronger in Victoria than most parts of Canada. Critics were Phil Harth, Leroy Tninan, Roy Barnhart and Bob Harvev. Table topics chairman was Dr. S. L. De Lapp. The club will continue meeting at Carl's Haven through August A picnic is scheduled Sunday. Aug. 21. at Harth's home on the North Umpqua. Next Tuesday's speakers will be Jim Vaughn, Bill Lindsell, Harth and Dr. De Lapp, with one more to be named. Critics will be Parker, Permin and Coates, with two to be named. Jim Addcox and David Gordon were guests. Modern Philosophy Will Take Republicans Out Of Old Groove By BRUCE BIOSSAT The split among leaders of the Republican Party apparently Is not going to be healed easily. Numerous GOP national committeemen are clamoring louder than ever for the ouster of Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. of Pennsylvania, the national chairman. Scott was named to the post by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York in return for Pennsylvania's support of the governor in the 1948 Republican convention. The chairman himself finally took public cognizance of the growing furore by declaring he would not resign until a new lead er could be found who would bring the desired harmony to the party. The fight over Scott Is more than a tug of war for control of the party's key machinery, it is symptomatic of the confusion, the bitterness and the doubt that assailed the Republicans after their stunning defeat at the polls last fall. The GOP Is searching for a winning formula. Questioned for ideas, rank and file party work ers came up with a bagful. But no cleanly outlined political phil osophy or course of action emerg ed from the welter of proposals and criticisms. Some Republicans think the party should follow the Demo crats down the "welfare state" road. Others want a return to "basic" party principles but can't agree what those fundamentals are. Many have no positive no tions except to advise against "me tooism1' of the sort they be lieve has marked party cam paigns since 1940. Every intelligent citizen who believes In the two-party system must hope that for the sake of our SUIT - - national political health the Re publicans can construct a sound, workable program. If they do not, the country soon may be on its way to losing a vital element In democracy: the chance to choose at the polls be tween clear alternatives of pol icy. Merely to turn the GOP In the direction the Democrats are moving would not seem to prom ise fulfillment of the opposition party's function. Unless somehow the Democrats should meanwhile lose their stuff. No, the difficult but apparently Inescapable Republican task is to piece together a completely mod ern philosophy that Is neverthe less several leagues removed from Its Democratic alternative. Only hard soul-searching, pos sibly In regional and national par ty conferences, can be depended upon to uncover the elements of such a GOP program. The job is not made easier bv the fact that It Is not always clear what hori zon the Democrats are heading for. There Is no sense, however, in putting off the painful duty. The passage of time simplv encour ages the GOP to stay In Its old groove the groove that led to five straight presidential defeats. WE HAVE Hundreds of USED TIRES Set us for all sizes of good used tires at the lowest prices. They come from the latt model cars we have wrecked. DOYLE'S Sales & Service Highway 99 at Garden Valley Phone 611 Chairmen Named For K. Of C. Activities I Chairmen for the organlza 1 tion's activities during the com ing year were named at a meet i ing of Knights of Columbus Council at tne regular meeting Tuesday at the Knights of Pythias hall. Grand Knight H. J. Desbiens presided. Report was made on the St. Joseph's parish picnic, sponsored bv the Knights of Columbus, at Umpqua Park July 24. The affair w?.s well attended and enjoyed bv all. Prizes were awarded to children who took part In numer ous games. Ernest Schaner was named general chairman of the organi zation's various activities. Sub chairmen include Henry Bailey, Catholic activities; Ronald Raade, council activities: Lee Emery, fraternal activities: Grover Fol lett, membership; John Puttman, publicity: Wayne Farrell, addi tional supervisor of KC-sponsored Boy Scouts explorers' group. It was decided to feature en tertainment and instructive work In Columbiasm at alternate meetings. (SEA TtlnJuum) END OF SUICIDE DIVE-Terrorbwl resident of Stockton, Calif, view the wreckage of the small plan In which Russell Higby. 23, was killed when he intentionally power-dived the craft Into the cemetery where his wife was buried. Despondent over his wife's death, the youth terrorised the city for two hours with bumng and low-level stunt flying, then climbed to about 3000 feet and nosed the plan Into a "00 . ., i,. i degree dive," witnesses said. Lions Hear Talk By Walter Fisher On European Trip Thirty-two Drain Lions club members and visitors attended the weekly meeting Tuesday night at Roaring Camp Steak House. Vice President Hank Hathaway presided. Special guest was Walter Fish er, Roseburg, who, with his wife, has just completed a two-month tour of Europe, visiting England, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and other countries. He gave an Interesting account of his trip, the living conditions In Europe, how the people are rebuilding after the war, and their attitude toward the outside world. Three new members were pre sented their Lions pins by acting President Hathaway. They were "Speed" Holmes, Verne Thomas Thur., July 28, 1949 The Newt-Review, RoMburg, Or. 7 and Sherman Chapman. Other new Lions present ware Jim Bush and Calvin Peterson. Additional visitors included Hal Eldridge, Harry Cool Jr., Jim Jump, manager of the Kilowatts sottball team, and Jack Spencer, manager of the Sand Fleas. Forming of a soft nail leaeue for the remainder of the year was discussed in a short directors' meeting after the dinner. If present plans mature there will be doubleheader games at the ball park Monday and Thursday night's with teams of the town participating. At the Lions sponsored donkey ball game last Monday, $85 was cleared after paying off the "Donkeys." This money will be used partially for expenses of the field and lights and for further ance of a Softball league in Drain. SUITS FOR MONEY The following money actloni have been filed In circuit court: Chester Bristol and WilSnr- DuCharme vs. Clifford Townsley. riainmis asK Judgment for $802.66 allegedly due on truck materials and labor. Slate ITnr mnlnvmpnt fnmiu.n. sation commission vs. Walter W. Lrttist-r. cluing Dusiness as 1.WK er Logging company. Plaintiff demands Judgment for $266.92 as alleged unpaid contributions, plus Interest. Primitive manufacture of Iron ore Is believed to have begun in wmc nations well before 1300 B. C. An Iron blade, perhaps 5.000 years old. was found In an Egyp tian pyramid. AT JOE RICHARDS (SEA Telrphola) t DETAINED -Louis Goldblatt t (above) of San Francisco, secre- tary-treasurer of the L U W. O. a j Dutch national and another Amer lean were detained by the British I Labor Government on charges , that they were sent to England as 1 "Communist agents" to block set tlement of the London dock strike. A settlement of the strike came shortly after tli. three were de tained. All three were ordered out of the country. - M CETS LABOR POST Philip M. Kaiser, above, has been nomi rated by President Truman to b. assistant secretary of labor In charge of international labor affairs. The post has been vacant about two years. 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