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NELSON
By CHARLES
A well-deserved promotion
TJ. S. Forest service for M.
of the Umpqua forest. Nelson
ineton, D. C, as assistant fire control director. This posi
tion corresponds in rank to s regional office and is an ex
cellent advancement.
The chief fire control officer visited the Umpqua forest
last summer, while on a trip of inspection from Washing
ton, D. C, and apparently it was his appreciation of Nel
son's work that caused him to ask for the local supervisor's
transfer to the head office.
;"Red" has climbed very rapidly in the forest service. He
has demonstrated outstanding ability in management, ad
ministration, public relations, conservation and other fields
of activity. '
He came to the Umpqua forest just at the time it was
being opened for cutting by the timber industry, and has
supervised the task of planning its working circles and the
removal program. In so doing, he has carefully followed true
. conservation practices, giving attention to watershed pro
tection and preservation of scenic and recreational values,
with a minimum of interference to industrial uses.
News of Nelson's transfer is received with mingled emo
tions, as we are glad for his advancement but regret his
departure. He has by his friendly contacts with the public,
his sincere service and his civic activities endeared himself
to the people of jthis area, who,' we are confident, join us
in extending congratulations and best wishes for continued
advancement in the field of labor he has chosen' and in
which he is contributing so much to public happiness and
welfare. :
Council To Study Unemployment Problem
Oregon's 10-member advisory council on unemployment,
recently appointed by Governor McKay, will hold its first
meeting at Salem, Feb. 8, according to news reports.
The council has been assigned the task of job planning
to relieve seasonal unemployment and to study a long range
program for full development of the state's resources.
First consideration, it is reported, will be given a plan
of organization by communities to promote more jobs. Pre
liminary to organization will be a study of seasonal un
employment statistics from each community or section in an
effort to determine the average unemployment load and local
causes for unemployment. From data gathered in the ex
ploratory phase of the council's deliberations, it is hoped
to work out plans to take up seasonal slacks.
When the people in this country get to thinking more
about jobs and less about handouts we'll be on the right
track toward elimination of some of our economic ills. Full
production and full employment will produce high wages,
better working conditions, a more satisfied and happy people
without continuing threat of disastrous inflation. But these
conditions cannot be achieved through any socialistic hocus
pocus. They must come through cooperative effort between
management and labor, the removal of shackles from in
vestment capital, and encouragement of honest labor and
pride in craft, rather than the existing pattern of something
for nothing, soak the rich, and encouragement of shiftless
ness and idleness.
Oregon's abundant resources hold potential for an ex
pansion in jobs sufficient for a vastly larger population
than we now have. But it will be a difficult task to provide
those jobs under the political theories and tax structures ad
vocated by socialistic planners of a controlled economy.
We Second The Motion
Ever notice one thing about
changes the appearance of the
revert to what they would like
and dress in a very informal
out like flowers in the spring, ties go the way of the second
half ducks, and ridiculous hats make their appearance.
Nothing happier than a bunch of men sitting around a
business office in casual clothes. Almost worth the storm
to be comfortable for a little while. Bill Jenkins in The
Klamath Falls Herald & News.
In the D?.y's News
(Continued from Page One)
under the aegis of the Fair Deal
and Is going to outbrag him or
bust a hameitrlng, , .
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WHAT'S It all about?
I wouldn't know, but when
everything is lovely and the goose
hangs high we're inclined to saw
wood and say nothing. When we
start boasting, it's often a sign
that something is beginning to
slip. '
I suspect that maybe human
nature in Russia isn't much dif
ferent from human nature else
where. a a
bandit gang soft-shoed its way
into the inner sanctuary1 of a
money transportation firm (one
of these outfits that move cash In
armored cars with impressive
displays of uniformed guards r
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PROMOTED
V. STANTON
has been announced by the
M. (Red) Nelson, supervisor
is to be transferred to Wash
a Btorm in this country thnt
town? About half the men
to look like the year-round
fashion. Wool shirts blossom
armed with shotguns), over
powered the guards and walked
away with a million dollars In
cash and half a million In securi
ties. They left another million
dollars behind because they were
so loaded down they couldn't carry
any more.
PAGE the ghosts of the James
Brothers gang!
They've been badly outclassed.
Even In the hold-up business,
the world gets steadily bigger
and better.
N New York a while back a
wizened old character showed
up with the claim that he is
really Jesse James and has suc
ceeded In getting himself a slug
of publicity. He says the "Mr.
Howard" that was shot In the
back by Bob Ford was a ringer
and not Jesse James at all and
adds that he ought to know be
cause he Is Jesse and remembers
It all quite clearly.
The New York reporters have
What Difference Will It Make?
-Ife Year
I . . i ST3
If you to the south could spare
a little of that "warm air mass
from the Hawaiian Islands" we
certainly could make good use
of It In our canyon! However,
the eaves are actually dripping
a wee drap.now and then, and
the man of the house left In
fine style so the storm's "back
Is broken," as an elderly friend
used to say.
E J Is allergic to shoveling.
He hoed away the Ice-crust from
in front of the garage doors,
and then backed after several
tries Into the road through (the
iced-over, heaped up snow along
the road. If ever you saw a car
do a bucking bronco stunt, his
final ram was just that! He did
have chains on. Neighbor across
the road was a half hour, first
with truck, then with car, mak
ing It to road. Have seen only
one car, the never-llckedyct,
bright red truck from the north.
Wonder whose it Is?
Letters from relatives In Texas
and California are beginning to
come In. (No mall got through
yesterday, but If anybody gets
Dial Exchange
At Camas Valley
Phone Co.'s Plan
Plans for the establishment of
a new dial telephone exchange at
Camas Valley have been announe
ed by the Pacific Telephone and
iciegrapn company.
A 12xl6 foot frame building to
house the dial equipment will be
erected on a site recently pur
chased by the company on Coos
Bay highway 42, about 300 feet
osutheast of the Intersection of
the old county road in Camas
Valley, according to telephone
manager R. J. Henwood.
Tentative ln-servlce dale for
the new office, which will be fully
automatic with Roseburg as the
control center, has been set for
about May l.
Under the new system, tele
phone users In the Camas Valley
area, who now are served by toll
lines from Roseburg, will be able
to dial local calls directly. Long
distance and "assistance" calls
will be made by dialing "O" for
operator. These calls will be an
swercd and completed by opera
tors In the Roseburg telephone
outer.
According to Henwood. apnroxl
malely 20 subscribers will be
served through the new office Ini
tially, with roughly 150 expected
to be connected by July.
The U.S. Bureau of Mines has
developed a method of detecting
quartz grains in rock particles.
given the story quite a ride and
among other things have dug up
an old doggerel that once was
familiarly known throughout the
entire central Mississippi valley.
It started off:
"Oh the dirty little coward
"He shot Mr. Howard
"And laid Jesse James In his
grave.
It has been running through
my head so persistently ever since
that I think I'd like to do a Job
of shooting on the scribes that
exhumed it from the dead past
Do fool Jingles like that some
times ring In your head until
they play hob with your normal
thinking processes?
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By Viahnttt S. Martin
out, the mall carrier will, so we
shall have some today). The Press
wires must be giving the Oregon
weather a real coverage! The
Californians, thinking of our
weather, slide over their own
unusual snow-flurries, freezes,
and last night's slight earth
quake! Not to mention the love
ly santanas that sand-blast the
paint off your car in Jig-time,
as anyone can testify who has
had the experience. I'll still take
Oregon!
Texans "can't understand" why
anybody lives anywhere else! Yet
they have those famous northers
that send the thermometers skid
ding to the bottom in an hour
or so, bring down hail stones so
big they almost knock one out,
and then in the summer heat
so intense you can fry the pro
verbial egg on the steps of any
postofflce . . . dear, dear! Weath
er! It's always good for conver
sation or a column!
P. S. That 90-mile wind through
New York state was no zephyr.
I'll see a N. Y. postmark any day
now, telling about that. I'll still
take Oregon!
Local
News
Go to Portland Mr. and Mrs.
James O. Knudtson of Roseburg
left Friday for Portland to spend
a few days on business.
Visiting Here Mrs. Fred Sears
returned to Mcdford today after
spending the past week visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Berg.
Return Hera Mr. and Mrs. B.
R. Shoemaker have returned to
Roseburg after a trip to Port
land, where Dr. Shoemaker at
tended the Multnomah county
Dermatologlcal society meeting.
Hara For Few Weeks Mr. and
Mis. Chester McGregor and
small daughter of Eugene are
spending a few weeks in Rose
burg, while Mr. McGregor at
tends to business. They formerly
made their home here.
License to. Wed A marriage
license was Issued in Eugene this
week to Warren T. Robinson, 38,
Roseburg, and Esther L. Jones,
27, 1814 G. street. Springfield, ac
cording to information received
in Roseburg.
Hera From Klamath Falls H.
J. (Bud) Chandler Jr., Klamath
Falls, radio director for the
Southern Oregon Publishing com
pany, is spending a few days in
Roseburg attending to business.
While here, he is visiting his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Chan
dler Sr.
Improving Mrs. Adolph H.
Doerner of Roseburg. who was
seriously Injured in an automo
bile accident near Salem, Nov.
29. was able to leave Salem Me
morial hospital Wednesday and
is now at the Marion hotel ac
cording to word received here.
Her husband. Injured In the same
accident, was released after a
short period of hospitalization.
School Lunch
Program Serves
7 Million Kids
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON About 7,000,
000 kids are being served piping
hot noon day meals with a glass
of milk for 14 cents under the
national school lunch program
this year. Though this is a million
more than last year and estab
lishes a record level, the depart
ment of agriculture, which di
rects the program, tells me a lot
of customers had to be turned
down because of a shortage of
merchandise.
"More schools need assistance
this year, with rising food costs,
and there has been an increase in
applications, but we had to re
fuse them because . of limited
funds," a spokesman said. -"
The lunches are served to about
one fourth of the nation's school
children between the ages of five
and 17. They are nutritionally
balanced, and the department of
agriculture says they make a big
outlet for farm products. Some
thing like a billion and a quarter
meals are served for the school
year to the tunc of an annual ex
penditure of about $330,000,000.
The program, which has been in
operation since' 1935, was made
permanent by Congress in 1946.
This year's appropriation of
federal funds for the program
totaled $83,500,000. States are re
quired to match federal money,
dollar for dollar. Actually, the de
partment points out, state contri
butions are much greater than
this, exceeding the federal appro
priation by a ratio of about three
to one.
Much Food Given Free
In adition to federal funds pro
vided to states in the form of re
imbursement for local expendi
tures, the department gives to
schools, free of charge, large
quantities of some food acquired
under price support operations.
These include large quantities of
fresh fruits and vegetables, can
ned fruit Juices and dried fruits.
The average cost of preparing
all types of school lunches served
under the program Is 25 cents. Of
this amount the state contribution
totals 19 cents, the federal gov
ernment six cents. The state con
tribution consists of 14 cents paid
by parents, three cents by state
and local governments and two
cents contributed by other groups.
About one meal out of seven Is
served free of charge to children
unable to pay. Meals are served at
reduced prices to those who can
pay something but not the full
price.
Restrictions On
Load Limits Are
Partially Cut '
SALEM. Jan. 21. (.? The
State Highway commission Fri
day ordered reduced load liimts
effective on five more highways,
and removed restrictions on three
highways.
The load limits, which call for
a maximum 36,000-pound weight
of vehicle and load, are being put
Into effect on these routes to pre
vent damage by heavy vehicles:
Silver Creek Falls highway
from its Junction with North
Santlam highway to Silverton.
Cascade highway, from Junc
tion of Woodburn-Estacada high
way to Silverton.
Woodburn Estacada highway,
from Junction with Pacific high
way to Junction with Cascade
highway.
Three Rivers highway, entire
length.
Salem . Dayton highway, from
Dayton to Spring Valley road.
Normal weight limits were re
stored on these routes:
Oregon Coast highway, from
Pistol river to California state
line.
Coos Bay-Roseburg highway,
from Coos countv line to Junction
with Pacific highway.
McKenzie highway, from Hend
ricks bridge to Vida.
Uncertain Phases Surround
Projected Hydrogen Bomb,
More Terrible Than A-Bomb
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Aaaoclatcd Praas Sclance Editor
NEW YORK (JP A hydrogen bomb Is merely a lot of hydrogen
gas which explodes by the simple process of fusing hydrogen atoms
together to form helium gas.
In this fusion a lot of energy Is given off. The amount Is seven
times greater than the energy from an equal weight of the
splitting atoms in A-bombs. So this hydrogen bomb rates about
1000 times stronger than an A-bomb because of possibly less
trouble In handling the mass.
To produce this explosion, vou
need temperatures and pressures
of millions of degrees and
pounds, such as exist In the sun.
An A-bomb gives you both but
only momentarily.
ine question is can science
use this momentary A-bomb
flash to set off a hydrogen bomb?
The troubles are serious. It is
true that hydrogen does Just this
in the sun and stars to make
their heat. But the change Is not
directly hydrogen into helium.
The hydrogen first changes car
bon Into nitrogen, the latter into
oxygen and then down the scale
to helium as the final product.
That process may take too long
to furnish an explosion. It would
also require many times more
carbon in the bomb than hydro
gen. There's no evidence that if
you started the hydrogen flash
it could continue by itself long
enough to explode. In fact, some
scientists have held that only sus
tained million-degree tempera
tures would make It possible.
Short Cuts Needed
On the other hand, the pros
pects for success rest on a num
ber of facts. One is that scarcely
anything is yet known about the
details of this process of nature.
This means possible short-cuts
to be discovered. It is a fact that
there are three kinds of hydrogen
to play with, plain, double weight
known to the public as heavy
water and a triple weight hy
drogen, known as tritium, and
with some mean radioactivity.
These complicate and Increase
the possibilities.
A flveyear chain of events
leads up to the present hydrogen
bomb. Soon after the war ended,
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, chan
cellor of the University of Chi
cago, said new horrors in physics
laboratories might make the A
bomb obsolete in five years. He
did not explain.
In 1946, the hydrogen bomb
was named by John J. McCloy,
then assistant secretary of war.
He said his information came
from scientists who had actually
worked on the A-bomb. They told
him that,, working at the war
time pace, we were within two
years of producing a hydrogen
helium type bomb 1,000 times
more powerful. Dr. E. P. Wigner,
of Pi'i fceton, said the hydrogen
reaction would yield seven times
greater energy.
Next year, Dr..W. ,0. Roberts;
Superintendent it the high-altitude
observatory) of Harvard and
the University of Colorado, wrote
that a superbomb of the hydrogen-helium
type for detonation
by an Abomb was on the draw
ing boards.
The same year, Dr. Philip Mor
rison, of Cornell, ope of the Los
Alamos bomb scientists, was
quoted that "the possibility ex
ists" for a hydrogen - helium
bomb.
Scientists Not Definite
No one has been definite. The
gossip has persisted quietly. A
year ago, General MacArthur
was reported to have mentioned
a bomb 1,000 times more power
ful. How much worse is a hydrogen
bomb? At 1,000 times more pow
erful its concussion won't lay ev
erything flat for 1,000 miles but
only for 10 miles. That's a radius,
meaning the possibility of flat
tening most everything for 300
square miles.
Will there be radioactivity
from this bomb? Probably, but
not likely from so many differ
ent kinds of atoms. But you will
have all the present A-bomb ra
dioactivity anyhow.
One horrible possibility Is In
the published scientific records.
It is that when a nuclear bomb
gets powerful enough, the flash
of searing heat will rise in direct
proportion to increase In energv
of the bomb. That, if it should
come true, might mean searing
heat reaching out hundreds of
miles.
Under the atomic energy law,
only the President of the United
States has the right to tell you
how much of the hydrogen bomb
reports are correct.
Everyone else on the Inside has
lips sealed by a possible death
penalty. Those who talk freely
are outside the know.
Michigan State Signs
For Contest With OSC
EAST LANSING, Mich. Jan.
21 (.n Michigan State got
approval yesterday to play a
Sept. 23 football game with Ore
gon State this year.
The Spartans announced a
nine-game schedule for the fall,
opening with Oregon State. Ap
proval was needed from the Big
Ten, since the game is a week
ahead of the regular opening
date for Big Ten teams,
Michigan State also got appro
val to meet Maryland here Oct.
7, Maryland has been boycotted
by the NCAA because of report
ed violations of the sanity code.
Approval was given on the
ground that the contract was
signed before the NCAA-Maryland
dispute.
Oregon High School
Basketball Scores
'By The Auoetatrd Pri
Grants Pat 31. Aihland 41.
Htlliboro . Nwbrr -Ma
rh field ST. University (Kugene) 44.
Ia Grande 45. Pendleton 40.
Medfnrd .17. Klamath Falla 33
Willamette 44. St. Mary a M (both Cu-
rifle Point 44. Central Point 43. j
Bend M, Albany 37.
Corvallii J4. Lebanon 31. 1
Tlfard 4. MeMlnnv.lt 3T
Sprinifleld .HI. Junction Cttjr W.
Mil ton-Free water 45. Baker 35. I
Truman Tax Plan
Aims For Billion
In Revenue Boost
By FRANCIS M. LeMAY
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21
President Truman's tax program
was reported today to call for a
roll-back in excise tax rates and
a "moderate" increase In corpor
ation taxes the whole aimed to
bring in upwards of $1,000,000,
000 more government revenue.
One good source said it may
not call for any Increase in In
dividual Income taxes.
Mr. Truman will put his pro
gram before Congress next week
in a special message.
He called in House Democratic
leaders and tax experts Friday
to talk it over with them. They
were pledged to secrecy and none
would discuss details of the pro
gram for publication.
They did say that they had sug
gested some changes to the Presi
dent. But when the group returned
to Capitol Hill there were indica
tions the President will recom
mend: 1. A slash in excise levies, on
such things as furs, Jewelry, lug
gage, communications and trans
portation. It is not expected the
President will call for outright
repeal of many, if any, of the
excises, but will suggest a mod
eration of the rates.
Not many lawmakers believe
the $9-a-gallon excise on liquor
will be reduced.
2. An increase in corporation
taxes. The amount of the propos
ed increase was not disclosed.
The corporate tax now is 38 per
cent of net income.
3. Increases In estate and gift
taxes.
4. A crackdown on tax-dodgers
who are escaping millions of
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New Low Fire
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In The Recently
Annexed Areas
The Roseburg Association of Insurance
Agents wish to announce that dwelling fire
insurance rates in the recently annexed
areas became effective October 18, 1949.
The Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau rules
permit rate changes in existing fire insur
' ance contracts only if the policy has been
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Slayer Of Stenographer
May Make Insanity Plea
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan, 21
UP) The confessor student slay
er of an attractive Franklin and
Marshall college stenographer
might plead insanity at his mur
der trial, his lawyer hints. -.
Edward Lester Glbbs, 25-year-old
F. & M senior, confessed
Wednesday to the strangle-beat-ing
of Marian Louise Baker Jan.
10 after taking her on a ride to
a secluded "petters" hangout.
Glbbs' attorney, W. H e n s e 1
Brown himself an F & M alum
nus indicated yesterday that
"there is a possibility I may bring
In a psychiatrist later."
Brown, who 'eportedly never
lost a client to the electric chair,
said it was too early yet to
know what Glbbs' defense would
be.
dollars annually by not report
ing all of their income for tax
purposes.
5. A closing of tax loopholes
by which some taxpayers find
legal means of reducing their
taxes.
Some of those who sat In on
the White House conference in
dicated the President was pro
posing smaller increases than
they had anticipated.
Last year, he asked a $4,000,
000,000 tax rise. Congress did not
give it to him.
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