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JO Th News-Review, Roseburg, Or Fri., Au. 3, l4t Racketeers' Machine Ruining American Legion, Assertion Of Ex-Commander Belgrano SALEM, Aug. 5 WPV Frank L. Belgrano, Portland banker and former national commander of the American Legion. lashed out harply Thursday at national Le gion officer! who he aid are ra well-oiled machine" gerving their own interest!. Before 1.200 shocked and sur prised delegatei to the State Am erican Legion convention, Bel grano said the national Legion will become bankrupt berauae of "a machine of racketeers who are ruining the whole Legion set up." Belgrano said he would go to the national convention in Phila delphia late in August and start a campaign against all of the national officers. He declared the Legion Is one of the most powerful organiza tions controlling the nation's economy and government. 'Therefore." he said, 'a per son who Is a leader In the Le gion is able to control much in the manner he sees fit." International Fair Idea Endorsed By Truman WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. B President Truman Thursday voic ed his support of a proposed in ternational fair in the United States next year to stimulate in ternational trade. Mr. Truman told his news con ( 'We've Never Eaten Better I W I aseaww in wsina . U 'ft When You Freeze and Store Foods While . . . PRICES are LOW an QUALITY is BEST 4 tet rw nil w "Mm it iir 1 10WII COIt". (unite RED jltt. JWW.lfi Eat the Freshest, Best Foods the Year Around i3t3EH FARM AND HOME FREEZER Ty---- .V' letvHur ffr thtl wUtdiff 1tvf Automatic Alarm Whtn Currant ShvH 0f StMr' 'ttlrf Comportment All-Sf eel CiM)rvtin t Ctnvtnltnt ff4 lathoU ni OUWtrt Outfit tfn tlN-HUI m frlrf BUY WHERE YOU SHARE !N THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Form Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. T rocks He charged that national Le gion officers vote themselves big salaries, and make deals to ap point each other to fat commit' tees. "If there are not enough com mittees to accommodate these men," he said, "then new com mittees are organized not be cause the committees are need ed, but so that machine mem bers will not be left out of the picture." Belgrano declared that the problem of "racketeers" in na tional Legion of (ires has arisen only since World War II. More World War II members are needed, he said, In order that the Legion "can break away from this corrupt condition." He said national Legion offi cers "don't believe in the car dinal principles of the Legion. They only believe in them selves." The delegates, after they be gan to get over being shocked, applauded him vigorously. ference he thought the Idea for such a fair is a very fine thing. He said the matter is under consideration officially, but he did not go Into' details. A newsman had mentioned a report suggesting that such a Httii miais Freeie-ln thtlr garden freshness and vitamins . . . noy thsm all wlntar longl No need to buy at off seo ion high priceil Den'l lei (hole fruit ge wast or off to marlttt . . . have farm-rlpsnsd fruits oH wlntar, save monsy tool Ouick-freeie the' choicest cuts . . . hav lew cost fresh meat any rime . . . without trouble or bother I Co no further than your kitchen for fresh foods all year long, no trips to town, no special butcherlngl WITH A - Hige StyUdJ fey Iroofci Stavoni, famous dJaiiflft r, this itrMHilinvd, ewy.wkitt, threw triniMd trttitr ) truly fevoulilvl. A, I I f IT- I'..:-. v-M!Bk LATEST IN SERVICE Don Johnson's Union Oil service station at the corner of Stephens and Lane streets reopens Saturday, following completion of the structure which replaces the one built in 1938. Featuring "Minute Man" service, the new station is equipped with the latest in lubrication and service equipment. Slated for installation soon is a modern portable oil change unit which will change oil anywhere on the lot while the motorist remains in his car. The heated rest rooms feature tiled floors and walls, indirect lighting end foot-operated plumbing fixtures. The station, one of two Union Oil service stations in Roseburg, will employ four persons Includ ing owner Don Johnson. Local contractors who worked on the project include Coen Plumbing, Trowbridge Electric end Roseburg Paving companies. Forest Fir Research Advisory Board Formed Director J. A. Hall. Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Ex periment station, has announced formation of the station's new forest fire research advisory committee. The committee will review per iodically the status and problems fair be held in the' United States In 1950, naming Atlantic City and Detroit as among the cities sug gested for sites. Mr. Truman sam ne was Famil iar with the idea. He said its nurDose would be to make sales of U. S. products easier and also make It easier to import pro ducts. He said the government Is look ing into the proposal officially but said the fair is in the em bryo stage. Value comes from Volume Chevrolet offers you the most value because Chevrolet builds the most trucks! y i ' -K.V?.-. - Oak ft Stephens j i tBssfjsfl I i l ..... . j" "Xa-. 't J ts' 1 of forest fire control In the Pa cific Northwest region for the purpose of insuring that plans for fire research will meet ex isting needs and that selection of priorities for the program of research is sound. In organizing the group, Hail emphasized that its individual members were chosen not as re presentatives of specific agencies but as individuals experienced and skilled in the techniques and research requirements of forest fire control. Similar regional ad visory committees are planned for other parts of the West as well as an all-western forest fire control and research committee comprised of members selected from the several regional com mittees, according to Hall. 1 0 I "" 1 PASTOR DIES PORTLAND, Aug. 5 Dr. Bernard B. Sutcliffe, 76, chair man of the board of Multnomah School of the Bible and former pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Tacoma, died here Thursday. Born in Nova Scotia, he first came to Portland in 1921 to or ganize Bible classes. Diamonds are often used to draw very fine wire. PAINTS All Kindt PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 16 E. 2nd Ave S. Phone 212 Vr,. - r a t X ADVANCE-DESIGN TRUCKS r J HANSEN MOTOR CO. Softball Teams Battling For EUGENE, Aug 5. A new Ore gon Softball champion appears inevitable when the five-day 16th annual tourney la concluded here Sept. L Steen'a Marketmen of Eugene won the championship at Baker la."t summer, but Ruben stein Furniture looms as the likelv host club. The Rubes will have no inside track In the title picture as some 600 Softball teams throughout the state are battling for the 15 other berths in the single-elimination tournament open ing under the arcs here August 28. There isn't a community In the state that can boast a clear cut championship contender. In Salem, where the state tourney was held for many years and is really the "birthplace" of Oregon Softball, the Paper Makers and Mootry Pharmacy are still bat tling for top honors. The Pendleton area will soon start an elimination tourney be tween either the Elks or Harris Pine Mills of Pendleton. Plersol's of Hermiston and Utah Canning! of Milton Freewater. Klamath Falls leaders are the Eagles and Merrill Billiards. Medford boasts one of the strongest teams In the state in Andy's Jewelers. 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