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10 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Frl., Dm. 9, 1949 Uncivilized Behavior Still Found In Several Sectors By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP Forelm AfOln Aiwlyit We pride ourselves mightily on our twentieth century clvlll ' ntlon. iintl lnnj mtjh development to remind us that, while humanity has indeed made air progress, literally hundreds of millions still are living in the dark ages, What set me off on this unhappy line of thought was a news dispatch from Johannesburg, South Africa, saying that ritual murders in Basutoland are presenting the British authorities with a difficult problem in African administration. And Basutoland isn't the only part of the dark continent where primitive practices are found. Now if that were the whole story we might dismiss it as a hangover peculiar to Africa. But the fact, is that in many other countries, of both hemispheres, one finds astonishing examples of barbarism and even savagery. I've encountered a lot myself. Getting back to Basutoland, the bodies of 293 victims of ritual murder have been- found by po lice in the past seven years. And there is reason to believe that twice as many cases have gone undiscovered. The Gold Coast is another area where this horror still persists. These present day ritual mur ders in Africa frequently consist PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance HORACE C. BERO , . . Sptciil Agtnt 1U W?rt Oak Office 712-J Rts. 171 J of cutting the victim to pieces while he still is alive. The sacri fice is made to ward off evils or bring good fortune, and in that sense are religious. Not Africa Alone . And of . course such practices aren't confined to Africa. Voo doolsm, involving human sacri fice, is found in some Isolated parts of the West Indies, and other rites involving the taking of human life are carried out in primitive parts of the Far East Much more common than the horrors of ritual murder are practices involving the .super-' natural, and I have encountered these in many parts of the world. For Instance, a lot of weird be liefs center in the Hindu sadhus, or spirit doctors, who are found not only in the Orient but In the West Indies. I ran Into some amazing ex amples of these spirit doctors in Trinidad a few years ago. They operated in secret in the jungle FOR SALE Complete 15,000 Capacity Sawmill 100 horsepower Buda motor, vertical edger, V-belt drive. Tlmken roller bearings throughout. 360 ft. No. 82 con veyor chain. Cut 8 to 24 feet length. 5000-wart electric plant. 1943 TD9 wide gauge Inter- 1947 Oldsmobil 98 Club national Cat. Low noun. sedan. First class condition. 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Dec. 5, the following boy scouts received xneir zna class scout badges from Scout Master Lloyd Smith and Ass't Scout Master Loyal Bossen: Gordon Riley, John Beckley, Billy Binder, Ralph Rust and Kenneth Agee. At the Investiture ceremonv, Ronald Moore, Donald Smith, Jack Whitfield, Clifford All dridge, Larry Bishop, Bernard Mode and Boyd Garrison recerv ed tenderfoot badges. L. E. Price, Arley Marsh and William Binder presided at the court of honor. Price explained scouting, and the need for back ing by the parents and organiza tions in: me community. Troop 106 is sponsored by the Elkton Masonic lodge at Elkton. The 2nd class scouts were presented with scout knives or match cases by Marsh. . Elmer Maples of Drain, a scout committee man; a number of parents and other persons inter ested in scouting were present. An interesting film was shown and refreshments of hot dogs, pop and coffee were served. There will be another National Assemblies program at the Elk ton grade scnool gym, Dec. 15. Dee Jay Nelson will show rep ines ot iortn America (in cages), the time Is 8:50 a.m. and tne public is cordially invited. districts, because the police were hunting tnem, but i managed to visit some of them through the assistance of an Indian college professor who believed in them. These sadhus treat disease with Incantations. They drive out evil spirits which are plaguing folk, and they invoke disaster against your enemy for a cash consid eration, of course. I was tolfi nv educated folk that these things actually work, though you can't prove It by me. Reeking with Supernatural The entire district where I SPECIAL On 1 and 2 Panel DOORS $7.00 up We also have all other type of doors. Open Sundays THRASHER'S CABINET SHOP Phone Myrtle Creek 109-X Hwy. 99 South of Myrtle Creek found the sadhus was reeking with the supernatural. Not only the doctors but every native I talked with was wrapped up in it. Ghosts, evil spirits and good spirits were all over the place. Here is one typical story I was told: " The father of several sons had enemies whom he wished to pun ish. He believed and it was com mon that if you bury a body face downward, its spirit will re turn and start lashing people with a whin. He desired a snirit he could control and so he killed one of his sons and burled him face down. The boy's spirit came back all right and started to lash out, but it got out oi tne tatner s control. The result was that the spirit was visiting the old home daily and flogging the father, mother and other sons unmercifully. This, mind you, was a "fact" and "common knowledge, so i was told. So the stories went dozens of them. And I encountered these things not only In the West In dies but in the Far East where the lives of untold millions are controlled by the spirit doctors. Actually many of these sadhus are men of much ability and con siderable learning. Do they believe what they teach? I think some of them un doubtedly do. Armored cars were In use by the Marine Corps as far back as 1916 and those early types at tained speeds as great as 60 miles per nour. to your viith this new afSg , ' mm-- " iS """" " FKIGIDAIKE Food Freezer Meals are fit for holidays day In, day out when you own a Frlgldalre Food Freezer, You can enjoy your favorite foods all year 'round) fresh fruits, vegetables, even pies and cakes. You'll save money, too, by buy ing In larger quanlitiei when prices are at their lowest. Coma In tee how eaiy H Is to give a Frlgldaira Food Freezer to your family this Christmas. int. it New Ace X-Rays Pick Off Atoms By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Auoclated Preu Science Editor URBANA, 111. UP) You can pick off atoms with some new snarpsnooting x-rays at the uni versity of Illinois. This is a new kind of marks manship, with many promising uses. The X-ray sharpshooting was developed by Dr. George L. uiaric, oi tne department oi chem istry. Ordinary X-rays are like decks oi piaying cards, except mat in stead of 52 there are thousands, Each ray differs from the others in wave lengths. The new way of making X-rays produces nothing but aces. All nave tne same wave length. The ordinary rays are made by shoot ing a stream oi electrons against a piece of tungsten metal. The new rays are made by targets of molybdenum, copper, iron, nickel, chromium and cobalt Each kind of metal produces a different X-ray. Both for seeing the invisible. and for killing powers, these ace X-rays surpass anything else of their kind. Each class of rays se lects some substances as prefer red targets, and bypasses the others. In practical use one of these monochromatic (single color) rays will reveal certain details in a solid object, which may be anything from a metal casting, to the flesh and bone of your in jured hand. After you get a view of these details, you switch to another ace ray, which shows you some different, but additional details. And so on with one ray after another. For the X-ray man, this is like having a dozen eyes instead of one. In killing power, the ace rays may be made thousands of times stronger than the ordinary rays. Thus some germs and micro organisms that usually take hours for X-ray killing will die in a few seconds. The Elkton Grade school bas ketball and volley ball teams will play their first league games Thursday night with Oakland grade school at Elkton. The Elkton High School teams played at Coos River Tuesday night and Friday night they will taKe part in tne jamrjoree at Drain. The net profit from the senior class play after all expenses were taken out was $66.04. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beckley are being congratulated on the birth of a son, Thomas Weaver Beckley, born Nov. 29. The baby weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. The Beckleys have another son. Mrs. Clyde Beckley accompa nied Mr. and Mrs. Max Lyons to Turlock, Calif., where Mr. Lyons will show some prize turkeys. Mr. John Stewart of Van couver, Wash, visited with his son Mr. Emery Stewart over the weekend. Mr. William Knabe Is taking a vacation at Jewel where he is visiting with a daughter, Mrs. Mike Fairchlld. Friends of Mr. Emil Anderson will be sorry to know that he has been reported ill. Mrs. Ed. Gates visited her daughter in the State Tuberculo sis hospital last Thursday. She reported that Norma seems a lit tle better. Mr. and Mrs. William Carlson visited with their son Billy in Salem, last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Riley and sons of Walterville visited at the Lester Riley's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Connon have moved into their new home on the old Jack Smith place. Mr. and Mrs. Kay Nelson nave mov ed into the house vacated by Mr, and Mrs. Connon. Notice: There will not be a special meeting of the Rebekahs Dec. lotn as previously reported. ml. 'Yk ( W4 ? 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In this he was at variance with his own chancellor, Konrad Ade nauer, who recently said that while he does not favor forma tion of an army by west Germany, he would be' willing to form one if the Allies insist and if it were to be part of a larger west Euro pean army. Heuss, leader of the conserva tive Free Democratic party, said in an interview he did not be lieve all the reports about re armament in the east German state set up under Soviet aus pices. "After all, they are Germans, lust like us," Heuss said. "Frank ly, I cannot see the (east zone) people's police waging a crusade to conquer and subdue democratic west Germany, Just as I cannot see the west fighting the men from the Soviet zone. This would not be the German way of han dling internal political matters." in any event, Heuss added, 'Germans are not prone to wag ing civil wars. It Is not reasonable for Ger many to have an army today." he said. 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