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4 Thi News-Review, Roseburg, Or.- Men., Feb. 6, 1950 Published 0 illy Exeept Sunday ! y the , ;''' " Newi-7evie Company, Inc. ' luMrssl sscoad clan m.lUr Mar I. !. ' mkiii, Orsisa. aedor ael al Maroa t. Wl CHARLES V. STANTON flJSa. EDWIN L. KN APP Editor 4Sa Manager ' Membar of tha Assoelated Praia, Oragon Newspaper Publlihera Aaioolatlon, tha Audit Bureau of Clroulatlona aaraaaaltd ti wesT-HOLMDAT CO., INC. aflioaa lj Naw Hark. Chloafa. UBHUKII"!' UKiri'lON WAITS In Oraain-Bt Mall Pat Taa, M.M. all allllai UM. Ibrsa roomm tt.se Br Clti Carrlar Pal jaat Jio.ej (la adrancal. Ijia u a taar. par maalh 11.04 Oolilda Oraiaa Br Mall Pas raar l 0. la ataalba 14. I, ihraa menlba tS.IB NEW TYPE DRESS . By CHARLES V.STANTON .Editions of The News-Review, starting tomorrow, may present a somewhat spotty appearance for the next few days. ; We are in the process, of' changing our body type the type in which our news items are normally set. . We believe our readers will be pleased by this new type face which is especially designed to provide easy reading, .This new type has a more open face than the type we have been using. Because of its design it has fewer ink traps," and thus provides a cleaner, sharper print. Probably the average reader will find little visible dif ference between the two type faces, the old and the new, but, if measured in terms of eye Btrain and reading ease, the new type will be found far superior. The entire page also should have a higher degree of sharpness. The type is a trifle more condensed than that previously used, thus giving a more compact appearance to the line and lessening the amount of spacing which, when excessive, is productive of eyestrain. The face of each letter also is a little . bolder (blacker) than the type we have been using, which makes it easier to read. ' ; Newspaper type comes in the form of brass matrices (mats),' thin brass plates, on the front edge of which the type face has been impressed. Each mat carries a single letter, or character, in both light and bold face. The mats are" placed in the magazines of line-casting machines. As keys are depressed on the linecaster keyboard, mats fall from their channels into a "stick," then move to position in front of molds. Melted metal poured into the molds fills tjie letter indentations in the mats and produces a slug Which carries a line bf type. When it i& realized that each linecasting machine requires 1305 mats" to complete a font of type, we can be credited with speaking truthfully when we say that a complete change of a newspaper's body type is a considerable chore. ; We are in the process of removing nearly 8,000 mats ffqm magazines of Bix' linecasters in which they now are iftTuse and replacing, them with a like number of new mats.- TC This brings us back, to the reason why The News-Review wjjl Jhave a "spotty" appearance for a few days. I In making the change-over we will have a mixture of old and new type for a brief period as we cannot change alhof our machines at once" because of the amount of labor involved; : 1 Probably if we had not mentioned it, you, as a reader, would not be aware of the change, other than an impression that the paper, for some.jeason, seemed a little different. But now that we have callltj it to your attention, the change will be more pronounced. " -'Anyway, we hope you like it. Forgotten By Viahnett S. Martin No Discrimination Intended J Our ' attention has been called by. The Oregon Journal, Portland, to what it claims was a discriminatory and in correct statement appearing in this column recently. '. In discussing the "feud" between Meier & Frank Co. and The Oregonian, which resulted in the large merchandising company drastically curtailing its advertising space in The Oregonian, presumably because of objection to news handling of charges of, unfair labor practices made by the National Labor Relation Board, we reported that The Oregonian "broke" the story first. " The Journal claims it was first to use the story and that the item, in localized form, did not appear in The Oregonian until the next day. A following story missed an early edition of. The Journal, we are informed, but was carried in later editions and up to the edition of origin the succeeding day. , The purpose of our discussion was to show the error in the apparent attempt by Meier & Frank Co. to intimidate a free press by economic ' reprisal. If any discrimination was shown it was purely unintentional and we offer our apology. The Journal's publication record is cited to cor rect any inaccuracy which our column might have contained. There Is so much tragedy about us everywhere today that we surely don't want It in the books to which we turn' when we are 111 or unhappy, or can't go to sleep at night." My habit of reading with a pencil at hand, not to mark a library book, Heaven forbid but to capture a little of the essence of a book, netted me several quotations from that delightful book, Pll. grim Inn by Elizabeth Goudge (Coward McCann, N. Y. 1948). I'm surprised I haven't asked readers of this column, before this, if the book Is one of their pleasant book-memories, too? "I had some happy hours . . . when I was writing this book," says the author, "and I hope very much that perhaps a few readers may have them when they read It." Incidentally of all her books, Pilgrim Inn is the one the author herself likes best. If you like lively children, woods, old houses, and a little touch of what shall I call it? I think I shall not try to call it anything, except to hope you will like it. About woods, Lucllla, the lovable grandmother, says: "A wood is the foreshadowing of the fact of paradise. The trees, the flowers, the birds, the ani mals, all seem at their happiness in a wood. . . ." (It occurs to me now that the English use 'wood' where we use 'woods'). A family faced with an eco nomic crisis In London seeks ref uge In an old Inn, by name The Herb of Grace. You, too, as you turn the 346 pages, live in the old Inn, and perhaps wish as I did to stay there a little longer? Hilary, the clergyman, says to a man who thinks he has 'no faith any more': "Faith is what a man lives by. But, you know how in the black mompnts it's always the apparent failure of what you live by that gets you down. Only apparent, of course, for the mere fact that you're wretched because you think your faith is gone really means that you've got hold of It pretty firm ly. If you had no faith, you wouldn't care one way or the other, would you?" I enjoy asking friends if they have read Herb of Grace: if one has, so far I have noticed invari ably that a smile accompanies the "Oh, yes. . . " (State Library book If not available locally). In the Day's News Editorial Comment From The Oregon Presi Hold Your Breath If A-Bomb Falls, Suggestion LOS ANGELES. -UP) If atomic bombs ever fall in this coun(ry--brotlier, hold your breath. Running around like crazy only makes it worse. Exertion adds to the supply of oxygen In your body and oxygen apparently In tensifies the effect of the death- dealing rays thrown out In an atomic explosion. That's the word from the Atomic Energy commission's West coast conference, now un derway at the University of Cal ifornia at Los Angeles. It came in the form of a report yester day by Dr. L. R. Bennett 0 f UCLA. Tests with plants, rats and mice disclosed protection result ing from cutting down the sup ply oi oxygen. Rats breathing 5 percent oxy gen and 95 percent nitrogen sur vived twice as much radiation as those breathing the normal ratio of 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen, the report said. The trouble Is, you can't live long In atmosphere that rare.. It compares In oxygen content with the air 28,000 feet high. Filers without extra oxygen sources black out quickly at that altitude. Police Chief-Plumber Scrap Stumps City Judge BAKER, Feb. 4 UPt The case of the police chief and the plumber, wno tangica ncre ibsi Saturday over a parking ticket, was ruled too complicated for his court here by the Justice of the peace. . Police chief Guy Church had filed an assault charge against plumber Francis Mann after a fist fight which took place In the clerk's office. Mann had received a parking ticket. Nearly 250 citizen turned out I to a hearing of the case. After about three hours of testimony Justice of the Peace Will Nor dean turned the whole crowd a way, eaylng he would not try (o untangle the evidence further, but would turn the problem over to the grand Jury. The ease does not charge as sault against the police chief as a law officer but as an Indlvl-ual. OUR REMARKABLE JUNIOR 8ENATOR (Eugene Register-Guard) Once or twice in every century a state is privileged to have a memorable public character. Even those who do not like Senator Wayne L. Morse (and there are many such) must admit that he is in a fair way to becoming one of Oregon's most memorable Dolltl- cal characters. His vacation from the ardors of one of the longest sessions in congressional history has been a whirlwind of speech making, radio shows, and fence building. It has been a feat of physical, mental and nervous en durance almost without parallel. What s he worrvlne about? The old-line republicans can't una anyooav wno wants to stand up against Morse In the nrlmarv. The democrats may run "Jebbie" Davidson against him in the fall, but Jobble has nothing except his Louisiana drawl and his CVA crutch. How could Jebbie ever keep up with Morse In this mara thon?" In the last week we have been approached by old-guard scouts seeking advice on now to beat Morse In the primaries. The ques tions run something like this: "Could we build up Admiral Gatch or Lemar Tooze, or Bill Walsh? Could we trip Morse with a campaign of ridicule? Could we read him out of the party (before he reads us out of the party)? Can we show him up as a derna- fogue, or as a two-timer? . . , low long, O Lord!" In many ways the career of our Wayne is like that of the eldest Lafollettc, Bill Borah, Hiram Johnson, the historic- rebels of yesteryear. Many who do not agree with all that he does and SRys accept him placidly as they do thunder and lightning. Canad ian thistle, or poison oak. Ihev speak of his "asset value" to the state merely because of the na tionwide attention which he at tracts, i ere are also hordes of devoted discipline who follow him as an act of faith even if, as one of them said yesterday. "I never can remember exact ly what he said last except that I know he meant it and had the courage to say It." From writers and researchers we get inquiries. They are trying to analyze and interpret his met eoric career. "Where can I get a complete collection of his speeches? The secret must be in the speeches that he makes." That's an illusion, we think. Our Wayne Is a spell binder of note but he is also a good prac tical politician who does not neg lect his home work. In his first campaign against Rufus Holman he copied rfter the late Earl Snell and built himself a person al organization down through every county seat and precinct and he does not neglect these partisans on his flving visits. In his letter writing he has taken over some of Jim Farley's tech niques. ' Is Morse really a great man? Is he really a statesman or mere ly a super-politician?" Morse is a complex, of seething ambition, passionate and some times incoherent Ideals, horse trader of practicalities, and shrewd Instinct, in some wavs he reminds us of another spectacu lar politician who once said, "Next to having a few good friends, the smart thing is to have" all the right enemies." Morse has a fine Instinct for targets hut there : no single or simple phrase to express the man or his success unless it would be he works at it day and night. He Is not invulnerable but he Is cer tainly impervious to the slights and slurs and slanders and criti cisms which cause most politicians to live In constant fear. Some times we have said that Morse's greatest weakness is "self-hypnosis." usually manifested In 'pe riods of overstrain and sheer fa tigue. He Is no superman; neither is he a demon. Morse is the most extraordin ary actor who has ever walked upon the Oregon stage. He Is nlnvlna HtMSlIP l d.... which he is writing for himself. The happy ending w cannot even suggest. Corn has been called the "most valuable plant In America," (Continued from Page One) a turtle feels when it wants to get somewhere in a hurry. It merely possesses its soul in patience and does the best it can. That's whit I did. E"ENTUALLY the wind slacked a little. Mso, I think it had blown most of the loose snow clear out of the country and there wasn't much left to fill .he air with. So I made it on in. The snow was dry and crunchy, so I boomed up the hill and into the garage, dusted off my hands and cahed it a day. Came then the thaw. The next morning ihe snow was outtery. I started to back out. No soap. No, that's wrong. There was too much soap. Soap was all there was un der the wheels. When I'd step on the throttle, they'd Just sp!n happily. TO make a long story short, I put on the chains. Chains, as you may have noticed, have a person ality, even ihough they are sup posedly inanimate objects. It is what one might describe as a per verse personality. But the less said about that the better. I have only one thing to be thankful for. I held my temper in an iron grip. The ornerier the chains became, the milder I be came. As a result, In the course of about an hour, I got them onto the wheels, backed out and made my way down town. But I fear I shall never be quite the same. The strain of such an effort is considerable. Continuing in this tone of mild ness, this might be described as a not too pleasant winter out here in the Pacific Northwest. About all that saves it from being a total loss is the fact that everybody seems to be about as uncomfort able as everybody else. That does help a lot. When you're having it pretty rough and others around you are not, It's bad. This time, from all I can hear, the weather Is uniformly rugged. But there are ameliorating thoughts. Whom the Lord loveth, you know, He chasteneth. I think the Lord must love this North west area greatly this winter. Meier & Frank Ads Still Slim; Due To Weather? PORTLAND. Feb. 6 The advertising breach between tne dally Oregonian and Port land's largest department store was witnout visible change to day, a month after the start. But the store, Meier & Frank, has slashed all of its advertising because unaccustomed cold weather has kept housewives at nome. A month ago, after the Ore gonian printed details of an NLRB examiner's recommenda. tions on an unfair labor charge again Meier a rranK, tne store cut its adertising in the paper to one page dally. It had been running up to four and more pages on some days. Then on Jan. 24 the store nad two pages instead bf one in the Oregonian. Jack Cohen, the firm's advertising manager, said it was because it looked like ennd shopping weather. But the weather turned bad. stayed that way, and Meier St Frank not onlv held to one vaee with a couple of minor excep tions out siasnea its advertising in the Oregon Journal. . inursday the week's bie i i- vertising day the temperature was near zero. The Journal nor mally would have had six or sev en pages from Meier & Frank. It had one. So did the Oregonian. What will happen when warm weather returns? Store execu tives today said that depended on too many factors to allow a statement. Aaron Frank, store president, said however, that the Oregonian's news or editorial policy was not one of them, Soviet Already Has H-Bomb, Says British Prophet LONDON. Fph R tm Th British editor who correctl" nre dieted the Soviet union would get Off an atnmlp hlnsf In 1QdQ tnHaw said the Soviets already have made and exploded a hydrogen super bomb The editor is 40-year old Ken neth de Courcy, editor of the monthly "Intelligence Digest," who claims to have sources of information on both sides of the Iron Curtain. "There is now evidence of Rus sia having already made an H- bomb." DeCnnrcv nesprtpH In q statement to the press. "She has in fact made three and exploded one of them," the statement declared. De Courcy did not say when or where the purported Hydrogen bomb was tested. De Courcy in January, 1949, predicted that Russia would at tempt an atomic explosion In 1949. President Truman in Sep tember rpvpaleri thprp hnri hoan an atomic blast in Russia. Last Jan. 5 Dp Pnnvpv nroHlpf. ed the Russians would attempt a secuna explosion, eitner on Jan. 7 or Jan. 10, in blasting for an Asiatic irrigation project. . Later hp Kfliri thlo avnlnalnn had occurred as predicted, but mere nas Deen no confirmation from any other source. De Cnurrv. whn rlainno frt hairp an intelligence pipeline into Rus sia, said today the Soviet scien tists will touch off a series of 11 more atomic blasts starting March 3. Hp rliri rtnt whether these would be hydrogen or atomic oomos. He placed the site of the blasts as "latitude 40 degrees 20-30 min utes North, longitude 80 degrees tu-u minuie3 &ast. ' lnis would be annrnximalplv nf tha hnrHar of the Soviet Asiatic republic of Kazakh and the Chinese prov ince of Sinkiang. Small amounts of alfalfa hay will protect cattle from deficien cy of vitamin A. PHONE 100 between 6 15 and 7 p. m., if you have not received your Newt Review. Ask for Harolo' Mobley Phone Jam Planned During Strike, Unionist Says PORTLAND. Feb. 4 -UP) A union official says that Oregon and Washington phone lines would be Jammed if the national telephone strike goes ahead. "We are organized to legally Jam the telephone system if the national telephone strike is call ed," said D. V. Harris, president of the Oregon-Washington unit of Telephone Installers. That is in line with the CIO Communication Workers plan to have its members place so many callr that the automatic dial system will break down. Escaped Convict Wounded, Caught; Hunt On For Pal CHESTER, 111., Feb. 6-UP) One fugitive from nearby Men ard state prison was wounded and captured last night. Police and other armed men searched for his companion early today In a wooded ravine near Chester. Oliver W. Martin, 27, Chicago Negro serving a 99-year term for murder was captured by two Chester residents after he climb ed into a car they were parking in a garage and threatened them with a butcher knife. State police reported Homer Buck, who had joined in a search for the two fugitives, shot Martin through the shoulder with a 22- caliber rifle. Ed Poinltske, swinging a wood plank, then knocked the fugitive unconscious with a blow on the head. Highway patrolmen arriv ed and returned Martin to Men ard, in southwestern Illinois. Buck is a son of Theodore Buck, whom two escaped pris oners held captive in his home for 12 hours yesterday. The elder Buck said the two men obtained clothes and a supply of food be- lore leaving nis nouse. iney Kept him tied to a chair. About 150 police and other armed men joined in a search for Delbert Sizemore, 32, Mun- cie, Ind. The two prisoners es caped from the prison Saturday by sawing a bar on a window of tne prison oilicers' Kitcnen wnere thev had been assigned for clean ing chores. The kitchen is out side 24-foot walls which surround most of the prison. Sizemore was serving a term of one year to life for robbery. "I exrjeet the strike will bt called at 6 a.m. Wednesday, as scheduled, and we will pickett," Harris said. He said pickets would be plac ed by the installers around the exchanges in major Oregon and Washington cities first, with the smaller towns to be picketed la ter. The Installers and Western El ectric sales employes in this area will join the strike. Other telephone employes In the North west are not expected to strike, but may be affected by the picket lines. By KEN BAILEY QUESTION: While on a fish ing trip last fall, I was fly casting and accidentally snag ged a friend In the back of the neck. The hook had to be cut out and though the wound was painful, It wasn't at first seri-, ous. Later, however, it became infected and as I insisted on footing the medical bills, I paid dearly for my carelessness. I've been told that there Is a form of insurance which covers this sort of accident and I would like to learn just what it is and how expensive it is. ANSWER: The Insurance coverage to which you refer ia given by a Com prehensive Personal i.iab!lity policy. The premium ia very small and the policy covers your own legal liabili ty and that of your wife and all minor children, injuries caused by sports accidenta are specifically covered. t it If you'll adobeve your own insur ance questions lo this office, we'll try to give you the correct answers and there will be na charge or ebll gatloo of any kind. .... KEN BAILEY INSURANCE AGENCY 315 Pacific Bldg. Phone 398 YOU CAN COMPLETE, HIGH SCHOOL Now Al Home Low Payment Al! Book FurnlaHtd N OUiim DIPLOMA AWARDED If Too Art IS or Over Write lor Free Booklet AMERICAN SCHOOL Dept. RO 2-6, 1440 Broadway, Oakland 12, Calif. 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K. 1 Friday for the American Power and Light company to accept an offer of $16,125,000 cash for con trol of the company that operates In Oregon and Washington. , The offer was by a syndicate which has hinted It may re-sell 1 part of the utility system to pub lic power districts. The syndicate Is headed by A. C. Allyn and Co., and Bear, Stearns and Co., both of New York. In Portland. Pacific Power and Light officials issued a statement that the sale will have no lm-! mediate effect on the firm's op- erations. They said the company s I slock eventually will be put up for resale to the "investment public." ' i DOES YOUR HOME HAVE SAFE AND ADEQUATE WIRING? PREVENT SERIOUS FIRE LOSS! Each year thousands of homes burn some because of lnade.U. " quaie wiring. Lont let you ana j- your family be fire casualties. If you suspect your home wiring needs attention call us now. GOING TO BUILD? Do you plan to build a new home this year? You can be positive your electric wiring will be done thoroughly and with the finest materials If you phone 123 and ask Roseburg Electric to Install wiring. Electricity makes for bet ter living only If It's done right. .. AN iT J Fai rf Zmt X f . Jib. i PHONE 123 the number you can't forget. Your call will be answered by somebody sincerely interested in providing you with top notch electric service. Let him help you you'll be surprised how rea sonably we charge for wiring and all electric work. ROSEBURG ELECTRIC 131 N. Jackson
