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I 4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. FrK, Doe. 9, 1949 Island Of Formosa, Where Kai-shek Plans His Last Standi Against Reds, ; Presents International Hot Potato By DEWITT MACKENZIE AT forilsn Attain Aiulyit . China'i big island of Formosa, which hai been equipped by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for the nationalists' last-ditch ! stand against the Communists, is becoming another International '. hot potato. ., ' Senator Smith (R-NJ) stated the other day that General Doug lad MacArthur recently told him i Formosa is essential to the se curity of America's Pacific de- fenses. The senator said he be lieved MacArthur would favor sending U.. S. troops to the is land to head off any Communist Invasion. The Chinese Reds, by the way, are said to plan occu pation oi formosa Dy nem sum mer! And why should Formosa be essential to America's defenses? Well, the military experts say this Island In hostile hands would flank the U.S. defensive arc In that vital area, including our great base of UKlnawa. Formosa lies athwart the en trance to the China sea, between China and the Philippines. Its southern tip is only 250 miles from the northern snore oi Ju zon. chief Philippine island con taining Manila and uncle Sam's base at Cavite. Formosa also Is about 650 miles from Japan pro per, and some 400 miles from Britain's big colony of Homg Jvong. Rloh In Resources Formosa (or Taiwan as the Japs call it) -is about the size of Massachusetts, Connectluct and Rhode Island combined. Its popu lation is some 6,000,000. The is land Is oblong in shape 245 miles long and 88 miles across at its greatest width. It has a good naroor ana modern trans port, though it has a mountain ous backbone upon which, Inci dentally, live savage head-hunters. It is rich In natural resourc es, t This island was ceded to Ja pan at the end of the China-Japanese war of 1895. You get an idea of how important the Japs regard It from the fact that thejy Isn't this true? WHEN FIRE comes, If you own and live in your home, you must pay rent for temporary living quar ters. If you rent to some one, you lose your expect ed income until the house is rebuilt or repaired. Be sure you have enough Rent Insurance to cover these after-the-flre losses. See i R. 0. YOUNG Phone 417 205 W. Cast St. Roseburg "Give Me a Quart of that 'No Freeze' son-and Never Mind the Chaser!" We sure will, mister! And we the chaser. Antl-Freeze is iuit of getting your cor reody for lubricotion. A third is atten tion to your battery. Why not come in tor one ot our COMPLETE but economical winterizing service lobs and be safe. Get your 1950 calendar here! MAC WOOD UNION STATION Open 7 a. m. til 10 p. m. seven -days a week. Looated at Steph were very strict about foreign snips entering me narDor. ap iaiiu were fined or imprisoned for taking refuge there without permission even in a storm, Oolnlons At To Value Differ So there you have the island which Is causing global heart burnings. At first glance it would seem that its occupation by the Communists would be a serious thing for America. However, the situation has to be viewed irom both the political and the mili tary angles, and on inquiry we encounter differences of opinion. Some military greats insist that American control of Formo sa is imperative. Other greats incline to the view that it would be a eood thine for the United States to control the island but that it lsn t essential since we have control of the sea and the air. Politically. American control of Formosa is widely regarded as undesirable. Exponents of the hands-off program hold that oc cupation by the United States would raise the cry of imperia lism. The effect on the Asiatic world would be bad. Political Status Bad Moreover the political situa tion on the island is not good. For one thing there are many communists there, and it is re ported that some 2,000 inhabi tants nave Deen snot ior colla boration with the reds. This has caused much bad feeling. Dis content has been encreased by a deterioration oi the general eco nomic situation which followed an Influx of nationalist refugees. Many people are out of sympathy witn tne nationalist cause. Thus far Washington hasnt made a declaration of policy re garding Formosa, though one hears many unofficial expres sions pro and con. The situation hasn't yet reached a critical stage. Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek has an army of some 300, 000 on the Island, and he has American equipment for defense. Therefore close observers rath er expect Washington to pursue a course of watchful waiting for the time being. It s not the sort of thing that can be rushed. 2 More Witnesses Brand Bridges Red han kanuisi;u, Dec. VT) Two more witnesses have testi fied Harry Bridges was active In tne communist party. Bridges. CIO Lonershore lead' er, on trial in Federal court for perjury, Is accused of falsely de nying he was a Communist at in 1945. Two of his waterfront aides, Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robert son, are accused of conspiracy in connection with his obtaining united states ciuzensmn. The witnesses are Mrs. Irene Patti Harris, 63-year-old wife of a Longshoreman, and Stanley Benjamin Harris, 41, of Erie, Pa. 'l ney corroborated testimony of a previous government witness, John H. Schomaker, a former associate of Bridges. Mrs. Harris said she was flab bergasted" to hear Bridges say ne was communist ai a meet ing she attended in 1938. She said: "Mr. Bridges, well he mads report on the waterfront, talked about what the Communists had done. . . .Then he made a plea to those there to become mem bers and also he stated he was a member of the Communist par ty. Harris, who said he was a for- ore aolna to "mind" about one very imoortant ohota Winter. Another is the proper J Russia Prepares Arctic Areas For Possible War CHICAGO, UP) The Chi cago Tribune, in a dispatch from Its Paris correspondent, says So viet Russia is making "Intensive enorts to prepare Its Arctic re gions for a possible U. S. war. The correspondent. Henrv Wal es, wrote he had obtained his in formation from two escapees from forced labor project in the area. The principal point of Wale' account were: The two main military bases are newly-created cities. Vork- outsk and Tlksl, at the mouths oi tne Fotshura and Lena rivers. Other ports have been developed at the mouths of the Dvlna, Ob, Yennessel, Inglrka, and Amur rivers. A strategic railway is belne constructed from Lake Baikal to the Bering sea opposite Alaska, but the Red armv is utilizing frozen rivers as it chief high ways. Some 300 meteorological ata- tlons have been established in the Arctic regions. Wales wrote: "This informa tion and a detailed descrintlon of the operations were obtained from an eye witness who was sentenced to forced labor on No va Zembla, but became ill and was evacuated to Vorkoutsk whence he' escaped through the' iron curtain to ranee. "Other Information was siven by a political prisoner emoloved on the project who fled from the concentration camp." He added, "from bases in Franz Josef land, Dlcksen Island, and Spltzbergen, the Red army plans operations via northein Greenland to northern Canada within easy range of the United States." mer Communist, asserted he had attended a Communist party cau cus in San Diego in 1935 at which Bridges and Schmidt were pres ent. The meeting, he said, was held to set up a "progressive" slate of officers for the State Federa tion of Labor, then in convention. International Status For Jerusalem Voted LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 9 UP) The United Nations special politi cal committee voted Wednesday to make Jerusalem an interna tional city. The vote on the op erative part of the resolution was 35 to 13 with 11 abstentions. The United States and Britain voted with Israel against the pro posal. The 59-nation committee also voted, 32 to 16 with 11 absten tions, to designate the trusteeship council as the administering au thority. Russia, which has a seat on that council, supported the reso lution. The vote in committee was more than the two-thirds ma jority required for final approval in the assembly. - FORESTRY POST GIVEN SEATTLE (JP) Ralph G. De- molsy, formerly of Oregon State college's forest engineering fac ulty, has been named acting technical director of the Wash ington State Institute of Forest Products. ' He will succeed Dr. O. Harry Schrader, who resigned. The institute office Is at the Unl verslty of Washington. It was created bv the legislature as an aid to better utilization of forest resources through surveys, re search and us a clearing house for information. In television an actress with blond hair is called a "blizzard head". That's because this tint tends to cause flares in the ca mera. SLABWOOD In 12-16 ond 24 in. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone SS preferred by truck users over the next two makes ADVANCE-DESIGN TRUCKS Chevrolet trucks give more jbr tne money 1M ntulu bafd on Mtompler hut conciiubx nationwiti ntiitration fliuru, IHtauDseim ftAotioir Co. Oak and Stephens Phone 446 12 OTS. OF IEER Then Lady Godiva Goes Into Wrong Room, Court Told MILWAUKEE, Dec. 9 UP) So what would you do if Lady Go diva, minus the horse, suddenly appeared in your room. A 53-year-old city fireman, charged with disorderly conduct, told Judge John S. Barry he con sidered throwing the lady out After all, he said, she was un invited. "But that didn't seem Quite the thing to do it was pretty cold outside," he continued. - He finally succeeded in per suadlng the lady to wrap his bathrobe around her. But she wouldn't go home. He admon ished. He renroached. He caioled. He begged. one stayed. Then her husband arrived and asked if his wife was there. The Expert shoe repairing done with the latest modern equipment. Roseburg Saddlery and Shoe Service 107 Sheridan St. Durincr combined Ia 1 " :'-::LzJS This overwhelming preference stems from just one fact: WASHINGTON WHEAT SEATTLE UP) Three carload of Washington State wheat will be aboard th Dec. 9 Christmar ship to the Orient The shipment Is sponsored by the Christian rural overseas pro gram (CROP). The Rev. Chester S. Ramsey, state CROP direc tor, said the relief cargo will go to Japan and Korea. whole thing seemed so fantastic, the fireman said, he answered no. Anyway, he told the court, he didn't know the woman's name or the name of the man at his door. The husband returned with a police officer. The fireman was just denying that the woman was there when she appeared behind him, still wrapped in his bath robe. Police arrested them. The woman testified ih "blacked out" after drinklncr two quarts of beer. The husband said the family doctor told him his wife reacted to liquor that way. judge Barry dismissed both cases. . . LOOK Would you like to own a new saddle? You can have it with 10 down, balance payable in 10 monthly pay ments. If it is made of leather we can do it. Everything for the horseman. 1949 Itchy Skin Traceable To Variety Of Reasons CHICAGO UP) If your skin itches, it may be the fault of your family, your Job or early life conflicts. That' conclusion was voiced by Dr. Frank E. Cormia of New York in a paper prepared for the American Academy of Dermatol ogy and Syphllology. He said studies of 300 patients with nervous skin disorders showed 57 percent had severe dis- . "I'm really glad you called me . . , I, don't usually en joy blind dates, but when it's for an evening at the RAIN BOW CAFE, 'well, that's different." 1 utrbances In their family situa tions, 77 percent reported early life maladjustments while 84 were troubled with long standing conflicts in adult life.- . . He said treatment of such pa tients was difficult because of the considerable time required for analysis of individual problems. The peanut, a member of the pea family, is a native of Brazil. en and Washington Sti. Phone 971 u