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    4 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Sat., Oct. IS, 1949
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Nice, Little Game They're Playing
CALL IN A "TOP KICKER"
By CHARLES V. STANTON
The current squabble between Navy, Army and Air Force
"Big Brass" is a sorry spectacle and one indicative of weak
administrative leadership. The President is commander-in-chief
of our military forces, yet he permits a squabble of
the juvenile sandlot variety to be publicly aired. A strong
hand in the White House would be shaking up the military
personnel until the clashing of medals, gold braid and brass
hats could be heard across the country. Nothing has given
stronger evidence of weak administrative leadership than
the present military wrangle.
Unification of the armed forces naturally could be ex
pected to cause trouble. The Army, Navy, Marines and Air
Force, steeped in tradition, tremendously competitive, ex
tremely jealous, could hardly be expected to see eye-to-eye
on matters of personnel, appropriations, strategy, planning,
etc. It was evident that it would take strong, forceful leader
ship to force compromise, eliminate throat-cutting, and
develop a semblance of harmony. But that leadership has
been lacking and now the matter is completely out of hand.
Generals, admirals, cabinet officers and congressmen,
squabbling like street urchins, certainly are not helping
prestige or morale of our armed forces.
We would suggest that if the President is unable to keep
order in his own military family, he select a good, tough,
Regular Army first sergeant and instruct him to get the
military forces' organized. We'll never get anyplace so long
as we leave it to the "Big Brass."
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A fit iW't ;
Veto Hits Bill
Involving Death
Of Prohi Agent
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.
President Truman hat vetoed a
bill which would have directed
the Bureau of Emplove'i com
pensation to consider the death
of William H. Thompson, a pro
hibition agent, to have occurred
in the line of duty.
He gaid in hit veto message
to Congress that the agent's
mother, Mrs. Sarah E. Thom
son, could submit any new evi
dence she has to the commission.
Thompson was shot in 1927 by
a police patrol in Tacoma. Wash.
The bureau had rejected Ills
mother's death benefit claim on
the ground that he was not per
forming official duty at the time
he was killed.
EST
Viahnett S. Martin
The Ws are keen about horses.
So when we stopped at their
filling station the other day they
asked If we'd like to see "some
thing unusual?" Proudly Mrs. W
led us to the corral and there
Psychology of Fear
The late President Roosevelt gave the country the bold
doctrine that the only thing to fear was fear itself and then
proceeded to scare the people half to death and keep them
scared. From a long succession of "crises" we have developed
a fear neurosis now manifest in rejection of long-tried meth-1 beside its gray mother stood
ods and forms and substitution with alien theories such as
controlled shortages, something-for-nothing, benign pater
nalism, limited production and others.
We have rejected the previously governing laws of supply
and demand, full production, pride in craft, personal inde
pendence, free enterprise, and open competition. Instead we
experiment with limiting the supply in an effort to control
prices. We encourage socialized medicine, public housing,
free pensions and other socialistic and paternalistic systems.
It is our belief that these trends this psychological revo
lution In political and economic thinking results from mass
fear. Caught in a serious depression, we became easy con
verts of a directed campaign of fear, leading to reliance in
an all-powerful stale as the bulwark of our security. And
because we have been absorbing this propaganda for almost
two decades, enough of our people have become so thorough
ly imbued with distrust and fear of the principles upon
which our government grew and became strong thnt they,
like other peoples, lean toward totalitarianism.
There was a time in this country when we met adversity
with faith in our own abilities and Intelligence; when we
worked hard, convinced of the fact that security must be
earned not given. But prolonged indoctrination in fear psy
chology has so weakened moral fiber that it may be those
dayi are gone forever.
Well, with an unabridged dic
tionary it would be no trouble
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
across party lines. One wants to
guarantee farm prices at a perma
nently high level. The other
The nickname by which
Thompson was known was "Kin
ky." The presidential veto was the
second dose of bad news for his
mother, Mrs. Sarah Thompson of
Seattle, in as many days.
She was laid off from her Boe
ing aircraft plant job yesterday.
"I don't have any new evi
dence," she said upon being ail
vised of the veto. "I submitted
two affidavits last May from for
mer prohibition officers that Kin
ky was on duty when he died. I
can't give and more. That's all
the new evidence there is. But
I'll fight until I die to clear my
boy's name."
Student Suspended For Joining Steret Socltry
SALEM, Oct. 15. LTV-Nineteen
high school students were
suspended from school Thursday
for the balance of the school
year. Because they belonged to
a secret society, the school board
announced.
nut rurania nf the vouths said
they would fight the dismissal in
court, claiming the society was
not secret.
Secret societies are banned by
state law.
C-hl officials said the orga
nization was formed last sum
nri that the vouths had
been warned. They refused to dis
close the names of the boys, but
one was reported to be a mem
ber of the football team.
This is the fifth time hi the
past several years that Salem
high schoolsfudents have been
expelled for membership In se
cret societies.
Principal E. A. Carleton said
the vouths would be allowed to
enter other high schools, but the
parents refused, saying that to
enroll in another school would be
an admission of guilt.
threat, then flew from the West
- rwiHa U'ViAn h learn.
ed his former wife was not there
he flew north. FBI agents wer
noTIIiea oi inc inirais iiu noucu
McDiarmid here.
AllCI onto, it.t ...v.... -
was reported without weapons
wept and told the commissioner:
"I don't mean any harm to
anybody. I've got two children
and two grandchildren and al
I want is that these people should
stay away from the children."
PHONE 100
between 6. IS and 7
p. m.( if you have net
received your News
Review. Ask Jor Harold Mobley.
Community Concert Season At Hand
The Roseburg Community Concert association will start
Its annual membership campaign Monday.
For several seasons this association has been bringing to
Roseburg nationally known artists. The association, from its
first year, has had the cooperation of large numbers of
residents appreciative of good music. No other method has
colt that was Indeed "unusual!"
It was a very dark gray, but
on its back were two patterned
patches that were like black and bac
white veined marble. The de
signs could have been made by
the same stencil, so even hud
nature done the work, such a
pretty colt, too. No wonder the
Ws were keen about it and proud
to show it.
"What kind of a horse is it?
I asked. Mrs. W's mouth opened,
and then closed again. A frown
came between her blue eyes.
"It's" she thought some more.
"It has a name that came from
the Nez Perce Indians, I believe,
but to save me I can't think ex
actly . . . appa-loozy Is the near
est I can recall. How to spell It?
I'd have to do the best I could
unless it "came" to her later
on.
oddly a marked horse!
I read the other day that horse-
to run down a word that sounded I wan,s t0 guarantee Prices at a
like appa-loozy? So I thought! j hiK evel ,hrouRh next
I'm still looking. Will someone WHEN ERE WILL,
help me out? And tell me little j ELECTION and then lower the
more about so odd a marking j guarantee.
and color? The colt ha, been!, The house ha, passed a more or
named Patches! I never did see so lps Permanent ' high parity aw
ana ine senate nas paspa a jaw
I providing high parity for 1950
anrl ctiHincr i rlnunu arrl i naritv
riding was "coming in - , .
again." Did it ever go out? There j prcsid(.nt Truma 5aid (0
were plenty of stable, d 0 w n I a fof , e pormanent nlgh parlty
around Long Beach, and Ilyfies, i jaw
the "Hay-capital" plenty of folk '
there owned their own horse,. T amounts to lhis:
I have seen lots of rider, here. 0ur polmdan. ln Washington
I suppose I'd be scared to get on are out , BUY THE FARM
a spirited horse nowadays like VOTE.
the one I rode when I was young, j Th(1 Dpmocrat,, BEING IN
Billy would run away at the power now and WANTING
slightest excuse or no excuse. ABOVE EVERYTHING IN THE
Once a high school lad on a WORLD TO STAY IN POWER,
motorcycle sneaked up behind us, j want to buy the farm vote im
then opened up hi, cut-out. My ) mediately. The Republican, want
stars, Billy left the road, and lit to put the Democrats In a hole
out over the fields and fences. ! now, so that thpy can buy the
I stayed on him during the in- j farm vote later and GET INTO
voluntary steeple-chasing, but it POWER.
Man Nabbed At
Doorstep Of His
Former Spouse
COATESVILLE. Pa., Oct. 15
P The FBI' says a wealthy
Californian made a cross-country
trip to carry out a threat
against his former wife and her
present husband, but was arrest
ed at their doorstep.
Duncan McDairmid, 48, Lo,
Angeles real estete broker, was
arrested Thursday bv FBI agents
who had trailed him from Wil
mington, Del., to the Coatesville
home of Hubert Horrex. Lukens
Steel Co. employee.
Horrex Is married to McDiar
mid s former wife, Margaret.
McDairmid is charged with us
ing interstate communication to
threaten Injury to other persons.
He i, under $6,000 bail and is
to be given a hearing before a
U. S. commissioner.
FBI agents gave this back
ground of the case:
About three weeks ago the de
fendant telephoned Mrs. Horrex
from Los Angeles and threatened
to kill her and her husband and
then himself.
This week he made another
call to her brother', home in
Pensacola, Fla., repeated the
Bonk With
A Douglas County Institution
Home Owned Home Operated
Member Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
Douglas County State Bank
WINDOWS
DOORS FRAMES
PAGE LUMBER & FUEL
164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242
NEW LOCATION
In order to more efficiently serve our many customer!
in Douglas County we are
MOVING
on October 18th
TO OUR NEW CONVENIENT LOCATION
307 Pacific Building
Just take the elevator to the 3rd floor.
CALKINS FINANCE CO.
S-264 State License M-337 Phone 466
was Just my good fortune
necause I was any rider!
not
Bonneville's Construction
PEans For This Fiscal Year
Affect Four Areas In Douglas
That is the situation in a nut
shell. When understood, it helps
to explain the political Juggling
that is going on in Washington
these days.
BAD?
It certainly is bad.
A rejiort released bv Bonne-
' vllle Administrator Paul J. Ra
I ver lists areas affected bv BP A
yet been devised whereby small towns have been able to the i:n9-."0 fiscal year.Vgned by
enjoy nationally-famed artists. But through the Community I'sident Truman Wednesday.
f, c. ... . , I The move assures continued pro-
t ii-j fjiuKiniii, iiiHMiig u u.-iiuie lor ariisis to tie gress in constructing transnii
booked solidly before guaranteed audiences, the finest of
entertainment has been brought into small communities at
exceedingly low cost.
The Roseburg Community Conceit association performs
a valuable service in one of the community's short fields,
that of entertainment. Roseburg, as the central city of a
mige cuuiuy, musi ue me leaner in an lorms oi entertain
mcnt and recreation
When any country reaches the
! point where pressure groups can
i push the government around and
Areas In Douglas county will be affected hy four of the eight : make it Jump through hoops, that
major construction facilities that Bonneville Power administration ; country's better days are ending
has planned for this fiscal year. i and its bleaker days are coming
around the corner.
2."0 contract authority. $2.1.1.700. : Rome proved that for us fully
sion factlittes to most critical
jHiwer deficit areas of the Paci
fic Northwest. Haver said. Total
construction prolects include fa
cilities in Oregon, Washington,
northern Idaho and Wes "i n Mon
tana. (.'ash appropriations for tli
new fiscal year total $.T0,2S4.5O0
with $.'ti.2SI.:Vi0 for construction
Foreclosure On Property
it it i a .' i 1 "" 9-msih.hu ior operat on ann
If It IS tO properly discharge its re- maintenance Raver An ..
sponsibilities. The Community Concert series, therefore, be- ditional $lti.2.t!i..VX) is provided in
comes an important factor "in the overall entertainment f e'orr
program and is deserving of support from all music hirers. ! President's budget request hut
: represent an increase of about
iSti.H00.tKX) over appropriations of
Conviction Not
To Squelch U. S.
Commie Party
NKW YORK. Oct. li-D-The
conviction Friday of 11 high I'.s
communists of conspring to teach
the violent overthrow of the Tutt
ed States government raisi-d the
big question:
The convicted defendants them
selves issued a statement saying
the party "will continue as ever
to function."
A similar expression rame
from Miss Elizabeth fiurlev
Klynn. a member nf the national
committee of the Communist par
ty, who said the party "will ner
ate as usual." She denied it would
go underground.
Miss uuriey said tnat the na
attor
ney, Kichard (iladstein. said:
"That is its pui'iKise. What the
ettect will he depends upon the
American people."
I T he government contended the
: Communist party was reconsti.
tilted in l:M5 on orders from Mm
! cow to teach and advocate the
violent overthrow of this govern
mcnt and to destroy American
I democracy. The government
I charged the communist Politburo
In this country with a criminal
conspiracy.
tlonal board of w hlch onlv she
and William Z. Foster, are at. For a school-day lunch, when1
nnerty now, would continue to ' eggs are noi on the menu a t
function at least until the next I breakfast time, serve a nest of
tallied a severance because of the past fiscal vear.
his health. According to Haver. "New au-
Coiled States Attorney John K. j "'only to deal with current now
X. McCiihey, who prosecuted the ,,r emergencies bv an inm-a.-e
communists, and State Attorney l' 'be funds available for force
General Nathaniel Goldstein j account work from S to 12 per
were asked If the verdict out-' cent, and allowing adjustments
lawed the party. Neither would bi allocations to meet changed
comment. " ioerating conditions are particu-
Put one of the defense aii.ir. ' '-'' mioi tant to the Pacific
lug Coos Hay switching station.
cash $.!!..VV.
Misi-ellaneous facilities Inclui'e
the IVtroit substation, cash $1.
mx) Camas Valley substation i'l
IViuglas county, cash SV'J.VI and
contract authority. Jl.'.T.VI. and
Cottage tiiweluain line. Cres
well substation, rash. SSo.O.Vi.
The main C.oldendale IVtroit
The McKinlev Cold Beach line, some 15 centuries ago.
including Norway and Bandon
substations authorization is cah At'D rt. i ,i,j .u
JM7,0tH). contract authority. H na reached the
l.-0. Another Oregon line'will be V Pi"t where it is willing to
the Salem Albany Lebanon trans- pass laws to vote us all rich now
mission line, including the I.e-( and to pass other laws to pension
hanon substation, cash Si72,200, ,,
contract authority. S3!XvKX. j " ' ' . , , ,
The TRAGEDY of it is that
most of the members of congress
know thnt thco thine u-rtn't
Contract Asked In Suit jwork. Knowing that they won't
B. H. Cellers. Mary J. Kinch. ' work, they still vote for them in
Bessie Dowdy and Chat lev Iiow-; order to keep their Jobs and stay
dy. Klla Applegate. Joseph Ccl- in nower
lers and Lena Cellers. Albeit i u . .. .
and Jessie S. Cellers, and 1 lor- Rome reached that cynical
bert W. lximhard. as administri- ' point.
tors of the estate of Ada Cellers i Having reached it, ROME BE-
""VrT "''. arP Pai""' .CIAN TO DECLINE. Some half a
In a suit to foreclose on a con- j . ,
tract for property adjoining The ' do"'n nturie lter. Rome fell
Jesse Applegate donation land ,he rark ACe followed,
claim near Yoncalla. I
Named as defendants are I.Iovd T Isn't as if this situation had
r... and t. ecllia .doonev ; Joel Cor- I
don: H. L. F.verley and Mrs R. 1 Cr"pt up on u wl,hout 'm
L. Kvet lev; First National bai k ' mff' A century- and a half ago.
of Cottage Ct.ne. which holds , Lord Macaulev, the great British
the escrow papers; Law son historian and political philoso
Bruce. Jesse Moon and Casey i. j
Cordon. pher. saw it comang and warned
The property, consisting of ' l" '
703.77 acres was sold to the! Not in these words, but in ef
Mooncvs for $.10 iXKl There is now feet, he said to us-
swwmui, rrTn ,yn-which
is asked, and in default of pav- ,he ,h wor,(l h 'ver
men! foreclosure proceedings ' seen, will work until the time
are requested. The other named I comes when pressure cromis arise
gill lO , anrl mflki thA 1... .
ihit ....... t u,,nutrij mm
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We like to
We like to help
particular folks
I Northwest.'
IVuglas county areas listed for
: ll.'i kilowatt voltage facilities in
clude the K u g e n e Recdsport
transmission line. Including
i Hoedsport substation and Fugene
I Goshen line No. 1. cash S71S.tW.
icon tract authority. SMOJXK):
iveotT-noi i a ooos nav line, memo-! m-iemiains ciaim some ngni to nnri
convention two years hence. Fos-1 mashed potato with an egg baked f!oshen transmission line, includ
ter. head of the party, was in-1 on it. Garnish the potato-egg nest i Ing the Goshen substation, has
dieted with the other 11, but ob-1 w ith a sprig of parsley. been authonred for cash, jy.OoO.-
through the POWER OF
SUES ON note j MASSED VOTES they can
F. E. Knowles has filed suit In bludgeon vour lawmakers into
circuit court agams; Clarence A . passing laws that are econ
and Margaret C. t,i mer ask ng ,V
Judgment for .Xtf.02 alleged , omK"y un" ls' "d unsound
due on a promissory note ong "ucn- 'or example, as voting us
inally for $. VK1 en one cause of all rich and then pensioning us
action and $7H alleged due on a gH off.)
51.000 note made out in favor of! Ui. , . , v ,
Wayne and Opal Ireland, but as-1 Hl ProPh'c' I teu, l begln
signed to the plaintiff. i nlnK to come true.
spend time describing the advan
tages of purchasing, for example, a diamond at
Knudtson's. We don't want anyone to buy until
he is convinced that what he chooses is exactly
what he wants. Some of our customers have done
business with us so long they actually sell them
selves but we like fussy folks too the people
who want to take a lot of time; because we like
to tell them all the reasons why its best to buy
their diamond from us. Of course, this goes for
other things too such as watches, sterling silver,
glassware, china, clocks and many other fine gifts.
Our aim is to see that you're absolutely satis
fied. We know you will be. And don't forget we
offer a lay-a-way plan too.
across from
Douglas County
Bank
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