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AUTOMOBILE SAFETY
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Having a touch of ".pring fever, resulting from s taste of
sunshine, we "lift" material for thin column today from the
current issue of Automobile Factn, published by the Automo
bile Manufacturers association:
If you ask an automotive engineer to list those features
In today' motor vehicles that add to their safety on the
highway, he will tell you the list covers almost every item
in the vehicle. For the building of safety into motor vehicles
is so deeply ingrained in automotive engineering that it's
the first consideration in every step of design, manufactur
ing and inspection.
This engineering pressure for safety in vehicles results
from the knowledge of automotive firms that cars and trucks
will be used by both good and poor drivers; that some
motorists will fail to keep their vehicles properly serviced
and that many cars will be driven in weather when air
planes are grounded and trains are running at reduced
speeds.
To see how safety in vehicle design has advanced, let's
look back at the cars of 1920:
Most of them had fabric tops, with side curtains for bad
weather. The curtains had tiny windows, making it hard
to see out on either side.
There were no windshield defrosters, and no safety glass
for the protection of passengers.
Most car bodies were made of sheet metal panels, attached
to wood frames. Stiff springs and high-pressure tires made
noise and vibration severe.
Blowouts were a constant threat. And the two-wheel
mechanical brakes required nearly three times the stopping
distance needed by today's cars.
Shifting of gears, and use of other driving controls, called
for skill and did not let the driver keep his full attention on
the road ahead.
The average car's life was about 25,000 miles. Axle Bhafts
and gears broke down frequently.
. Since then, safety improvements have come steadily.
They've come through stronger metals, better heat-treating
of gears and other vital parts, and changes in the design
or finishing of various parts. They've come in a;uch details
as a better seal on a bearing, to keep out dirt that causes
wear; in a hundred design changes to make the car easier
to operate, so the driver can concentrate on his driving.
Four-wheel brakes came along in 1923. Balloon tires in
1924. Safety glass in 1927. Welding of car bodies into all
steel units in 1934. Sealed-beam headlights in 1939.
Other advances before 1942 included elimination of pro
jecting knobs and handles in the car; methods to keep
children from accidentally opening doors while cars are in
motion; steering wheels with flexible steel cores, so they'll
bend but not break in the event of a crash ; and improve
ments of gears, axles and other moving part so today i
they almost never experience a failure.
Because of the greater durability built into it, the average
car today gives over 100,000 miles of lifetime service, or
four times as much as in 1920,
Since World war II, the advances in safety have con
tinued. Today's cars have bigger windows and lower hoods for
more driver vision. Brakes are improved and last longer.
Riding qualities also are better, and driving controls are
simpler all making for less driving fatigue.
And tires too have new safety features, including syn
thetic cords, lower air pressure, wider tread, and greater
resistance to blowouts.
According to accident records, "vehicle defects" are re
ported today in 13 per cent of traffic accidents. Safety
officials point out that in nearly all cases such defects are
a result of luck of maintenance. For safe vehicle mainten
ance, automotive engineers recommend :
1. If the brake pedal can be depressed to within one inch
of the floor, brakes should be serviced immediately.
2. Have the car lubricated every 1,000 miles at a de
pendable service establishment. Request that tires and other
items be given a safety check when the lubrication is done.
3. A complete safety check every six months, covering
brakes, tires, lights, windshield wipers, brake hose, steering
gear, shock absorbers and the exhaust system.
? AND A
In the Day's News
(Continued from Pago One)
tractive sweetheart, Gee Gee. Hia
defense ia that hit mind juat went
blank, and whe nhe came to it had
happened.
THERE ia Dolly, the Ringling
circua elephant. Over her long
life, ahe had been kind and friendly
to children, tho atory goei. A little
5-year-old boy wn feeding her pea
nuts. Suddenly she seized him with
her trunk, threw him on the ground
and crushed hia head under one of
her huge feet.
They promptly put Dolly to death
with cyanide.
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By ViaJuutt S. Martin j
Red Cross Drive
Will Be Extended
Until April 15
William T. Evans Jr., chairman
of the local chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, announced today
that the current fund drive will
be extended at least until April 15,
in the Koseburg area and as long
aa ia necessary to complete cover
age in the county areas.
Evans stated that it ia absolutely
essential that tho drive be pro
longed until tno goal of 113.612 u
reached. The wives and children of
men now aerving in the armed
forcea are in many cases entirely
dependent upon the resources of the
local chapter during the usual two
to three months period necessary
for army or navy headquarters to
determine the amount of the serv
iceman's pay coupled with govern
ment allowances which may be
due the familiea as legal depend
ents of tho particular soldier or
sailor.
This responsibility to the families
of active servicemen is a legal
obligation imposed on Red Cross
by the Congress of the United
States.
Other obligations of this type
which must be met are for disaster
relief, which includes financial re
lief, drugs, medicine etc., in all
rases of fire, flood or epidemic or
other disaster involving five or
more lamilies.
A dramatic illustration of the
type of assistance which only Red
Cross can give in large amounts
occurred during the recent epi
demic at Glide, where the Red
Cross furnished drugs which con
tributed immeasurably in checking
the spread of the infectious hcDa
titis prevalent among the school
children and adults of that area. '
It is also the responsibility of Red
Cross to act as a supplementary
relief agency in those instances
where other government and volun
tary relief agenciea find the situa
tion beyood their means to cope
with temporarily. Such a situation
has occurred this spring in Douglas
county and it has been necessary
that the local chapter expend
nearly $500 on cases ujiich, due to
an extreme shortage of funds, could
not be handled by the more regu
larly recognized agencies for di
rect relief.
L
(HIKING backward over tho
years, it seems to ui who are
older that there are more of these
things now than when we were
young.
Ia that true?
Or are we misled by the glam
our that always attaches to the
olden, golden days?
What a delightful place is the : section of the library. Mr. Shoe
Shoemaker room in tho Roaeburg ' maker, when asked, agreed, aay-
Public library! Who shall measure i in hi '",her h,d ,lw"" bMn
... . fond of children. So the gaily
it. v.lu. to the children of the ;decor,tedi ,ttr,ctiv. shoemaker
city? Children do so enjoy a place room available to bless the
of their very own; even the shy- j children of Roseburg with a fine
est, most reluctant young visitor selection of books which they may
will soon feel at home. He need enjoy in their very own room,
not go through the grown-up part Perhaps it ia because books
at all. I like that idea! So do meant so much to my happiness
the children, I'm sure! The trou-jas a child, as well as in my older
ble would be, seems to me, to . years, but anyway I think to make
keep the grown-ups out of the books accessible to children, and
Shoemaker room. The books for j to stimulate in them a love of
children are so very beautiful in reading ia doing a civic work that
colors, format and are fascinating ranks high in fruition. For to the
child who ia an habitual reader
even to a grownup!
I asked Miss Muriel Mitchell, the world is his! He has but to
librarian, why the room was so open the covers of a book and
named? As I recall she said that! set off on hia own magic carpet,
some years ago Mr. Samuel Shoe-1 Much reading makes easy reading
maker of Roseburg gave a sum 1 so important a part of a child's
of money to be used in buying equipment for life,
books for the library as a living "A book is like a faithful friend
0Rl.it because communication. I"1 ,0 J1" ,f,'h"- Mil,0"l A Wi;h rt that's alwajr. read,;
are now so fantastically far ad- Shoemaker. I had noticed : A comrade faithful to the end.
v.n.H ik. ..,,;,.. ,ne Photograph which was placed Wise, understanding, steady;
f.rilitie. of . few o.ner.iinn. .? ,h room wher ,h book " ! Good company at school, at home,
In these day. wo hear almost every-1 c0'lecled;
n i.. .u. Later it occurred to tho librar
ian to put the children's room
near the door, and the "Shoe
maker room" seemed the ideal
thing practically instantly. In the
olden days, news traveled slowly
Car Accidents
Result In Suits
In Circuit Court
John E. Newton and Pacific In
demnity Co., In a suit filed in
circuit court against Michael I).
Collins, asks damages of W SS
The suit is the result of a collision
between Newton's car and a truck
and trailer allegedly operated by
Collins. The accident took place 11
miles south of Roseburg July 13.
1919.
Damages of $4.15 17 are asked as
the result of another car accident.
Don Witchcr and Pacific Indemnity
Co. ask this amount in a suit filed
against Hiley Hunter and Henry
Vynant. The accident, involving the
cars of the parties, took place
Feb. 27. 1948, at Second Ave. and
the highway in Sutherlin.
M. C. Munson asks judgment for
1.500 alleurd due on an original
fiJ.CTO pii'-hase of an Allts Chal-i-.rs
; ir by M. D. and Lillian
1. Sutherland, named aa defend
ants, along with the Douglas Coun
ty State bank, which holds a $1,000
interest in the equipment.
Edward M Scollard has filed suit
against the State Industrial Acci
dent commission, demanding judg
ment for a temporary total dis
ability rating, and then an award
not in excess of permanent com
plete loss of me of one leg The
plaintiff alleges he sustained in
juries Aug 2i. 1949. while em-
filoyed as a truck driver and loader
or Rutherford. Inc.
CRASH KILLS OFFICIR
SPOKANE. April l.-tTV-Frank
GENERAL EISENHOWER tells us
that in Europe in World war II
the percentage of military rejec
tion, for mental defect, wa. far
under our percentage.
Are European males mentally
sounder than American males?
Or rfi4 th. Ii,,rAfan. tnnino
ih. h.rr.l for ,.pno fH.r i,,., 1 . Dougla. Simms, manager of the
' AJ 10ral Cnapter of the American Red
cnLAjwiv more menial ariecis
Gay pal for cozy nooks.
Paying Insurance
In Advance Is
Saving To Vets
World war II veterans who have
National Service Life insurance
policies can save money by paying
their premiums three months, six
months or a year in advance, ac
cording to the Veterans adminis
tration. Most veterans pay their
G. I. insurance premiums by the
month.
As an example of the savings to
be had by paying premiums quar
terly, semi-annually or annually,
the VA cited the example of a
veteran, aged 25. who has a $10,000
term policy.- By the month he
makes twelve payments of $6.70
each, for a total annual premium
of $80.40. On an annual basis
through a single payment the pre
mium on the same policy is only
$79.30.
Comparable savings are avail
able on other types of G. I. insur
ance policies.
The VA pointed out that in addi
tion to receiving the saving, pay
ing G. I. insurance premiums in
advance is also much safer, be
cause there is less danger of a vet
eran forgetting to keep hi. insur
ance in force.
Because of the risk of loss in
sending cash through the mail.
vplpranc arm lirffwl In nav incur.
Heigh-ho, for now and year, to j ance premiums by check or money
come,
Let's sing the prise of books!"
(Nancy Byrd Turner)
Red Cross Areas
Designated For
Conducting Drive
than we did?
HITLER was a mental case.
Hitler STARTED World war II,
which nobody else wanted.
When they go sour mentally in
Europe, do they go sour in a BIG
GER WAY? Personally, it seem,
to me that the men in the Kremlin
are mental defective.. How else
can we explain their actions?
T
HESE are all big questions.
Significant questions.
I can't answer them.
But it does seem to me that if
SOMEHOW we could bring about
straighter thinking in this world, a
lot of the terrible evil, from which
we suffer would vanish.
Sheriff Target At Mast
Meeting In Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash., Mach 31.
i.Pi Two hundred persons at
tended a protest meeting today
leveled against Sheriff Earl N. An
derson and two of his deputies.
The meeting stemmed from a
statement signed by Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Dewey, parents of the slain
Jo Ann, and 10 friends in which
they said the sheriff and his depu
ties manhandled Collin Cree who
had offered what he said was in
formation in Jo Ann's kidnaping.
The statement wa. given to tho
county commission. Commission
Chairman Charles Hall said any
protests should be made to the
county prosecutor, not the com
mission. Howard Cusic. a city fireman,
si in ne w ould do it.
order, the VA said. They should
use the printed return envelope
provided by t,ie VA.
Veterans also should jot down
the number of their G. I. insurance
policy on their check or money
order. The VA said this would help
to speed up tho handling of pre
mium payments.
54 Children Are
Examined During
Crippled Clinic
Total of 54 children were exam
ined in the semi-annual crippled
children's clinic held at the Douglas
County Health department office
Thursday. The examinations were
conducted by Dr. Gilbert McKelve
orthopedic physician, and Mrs.
Olga Curtis, orthopedic nursing
consultant, a secretary and physio
therapist. They wre assited by the
local health department staff.
Of the 54 cases. 32 children were
examined for the first time. Others
were children who had received
dren Behind Bars." at the Ameri
can Legion auxiliary child welfare
dinner planned for Wednesday.
April 5. at 6:30 o'clock at the Le
gion home, according to an an
nouncement by the prt-sident, Mrs
I ross, announced today that or
ganization of the drive is fairlv
complete in all county areas with
the exception of Elkton, Glendale
and Azalea.
It is hoped, he said, that persons
living in these areas will in the
near future come forth with some
organization with which to conduct
a drive, the proceeds of which re
main almost entirely in Douglas
county.
He estimated that 85 cents out
of each dollar raised last year re
mained in this county. The local
chapter contributed $1,892 to Na
tional Red Cross for the support
oi Diooa program, disaster reliel
ana service to military hospitals , ,i. Ground Saturdav niaht
During the Glide epidemic $4,380 j
was returned to the county by the I
national organization. . La Grande Decision On
The county drive wa. late get-'-,. ,
i ting underway this year because rar I ime rOSrponea
ui Jwr rntuiuymem conomons.
however early returns from Suth- LA GRANDE, April 1 .P City but the parents are expected to
ernn, ncensport ana nays i reex i commissioners .pore sidestepped a 1 P"v cost w herever possihle.
indicate generous response in those : decision on davlight saving time I Th clinic, however, is conducted
areas. Mrs. Helen Lewis, long a . or lne time being, at least. i without charge,
volunteer Red Cross worker, is A request for a shift to daylight I Many of the cases may be treated
chairman at Reedsport and gives , jme waJ m,de , , ,eUer fron) D ; by corrective shoes, according to
great credit for the success of the William B Sidden. who said the Mis Livinii Fulton, health nurse,
campaign in that area to the Reeds-1 chanE, wolll( ':, ,-, pv .- Other cases require physiotherapy
nitieS 1 l.Mm rru irs. i nr inure
Th. inrirt.ni nrrrrl .i ik. previous treatment. The examining
blood program, disaster relief home of Cusic'. parents near Bat-1 physician's recommendations are
followed up and taken care of by
the health department nurses.
Where recommended, medical
treatment and surgery is taken care
of at the Shrine or other Portland
hospitals. In cases of need, there
is no charge for such operations
Dlmick Is Guest Speaker
At Child Welfare Dinner
A r . -t l-i : : ..l. ...;ti u
,e,t shaker on the subject" ''Chd- j C'r' iTl'Ljj' .tT.T. ' " " "
which has undertakrn to raise the
funds in that
which airH hmA .nnm.avi ih. spi'ious cases may require surserv
CIlV. ih.n,. Posl-nolio trtalmint ju.mttiTni
Mrs RuMeU Seymour, chairman j TK. a a ' are called for.
I1.?."'.11"!1,? -Zl "1.rl?f d.y.!e??.r : If er filed
John R. Orr. lihrie high school prin
cipal, has his district well organ
Roup Dauber. lW attending are ! 3 '.Si Z L . . v.Vv VS!vm
asked to brinR their table service llVl ,, promis" very -activ
1 ht rim nor will ru in rhairu nf "
Children are referred to the oub-
lic health department by interested
persons in the communities and
through the nursing program in the
Jane Stephens, chairman, assisted
hy Rose Pauber, Minnie Ritter.
Connie Burke, Mary Dot an, Kdith
Marsnau, have ttheriand, Hetty
oore, Lois Hill, w ilene Barton
C. I-arson. a 32-vear-old Spokane?.
J""' .TF.nl. wa, fatally I iol. Bate,
inuirru rriuav in an automoni e in..... n,.i,t . i. u.i.k ..
accident. I .. ,., m,i n,m,i, r...
Heed in New York City. Seattle,
Portland and Washington, O.C.
Larson, injured in a collision,
died in an ambulance on the wav
to a hospital
Chief of Police Clyde Phelps said
I Other communities in thW county
i were somewhat later in getting
started and have consequently
made no report as to their re- i Scoburg
i suits. It is hoped that progress I
reports will be available in the
I Roseburg office not later than
j Tuesday, said Simms.
JUDGMENT GRANTED
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly schools. Anv child afflicted is eli
has issued a judgment order in gible for the clinic. The next one
Ihe sum of SVW8 44 in favor of N. will be held in October.
Maiey, floing business as Staler
WCTU Temperance Meet
following his completion of atudies-r. e11j.
at I niversity of Oregon law school i T0 i""" Afternoon
i.arson w.. mi nuiy ana aione in .He came to, Roseburg in April of j The WC T V. temperance pro-
ii u.ii i.i. mu,r mio mr iwj. iiuiing world war 11. he i gram or special music and a siler
rear of another car stopping a: a served in Ihe V S. Navy Air Forces I medal speech contest will be held
trame .ignai. tne cniei said. I in the South Pacific Theatre of at I X) o m. Sunday. Anrd 2. at I Tuesday evenine Kenn.ih Rl Nurses a .unn ... .nmi
Three persons in the second car Operations and received his dis- the First Methodist church. An in-' won this contest with the reading, to Ihe council to succeed Mrs.
were hurt, all back and hip in-1 charge as a lieutenant commander, teresting picture w ill also be shown "Shall They Go Free?" Linnie M. Laird, Portland. J
Transfer" Co., and against Ernie Members Of Hospital
Scobure. t . r
, Council Reappointed
by Eugene Northrop. The public SALEM, April 1 iP Governor
is invited to attend. McKay ha. reappointed the follow-
The W C T V. has sponsored a mi members of the hospital survey
series of three silver medal con- nd construction advisory council
tests recently. Winners were Mar- to the state board of health:
tha Thomas. Kenneth Reeder and' Sister Bona Ventura. Pendleton:
Patty Ridseway. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, and Dr.
These winners joined with other , Ira J. .Neher, both of Portland,
silver medal contest winners in a ! Viola M. Vreeland. Portland.
gold medal contest at Myrtle Creek executive secretary of the State
Muite Summer School
Is Doted At University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu
gene (Special) The University of
Oregon's annual music summer ses
sion for high school students will
open here June 19 under the direc
tion of John Stehn, associate pro
fessor in the music school and di
rector of the university band.
An intensified four-weeks session
has been planned that will include
instruction in individual appneo
music aa well a. group work in
orchestra, stringed orchestra,
chorus, and band. Outstanding j
member, of the university music
school will staff the ression.
High school students attending
will be housed and fed in university
dormitories. All campus recrea
tional facilities will be open to
them. A full program of evening
concerts, recitals and social hours ,
has been planned for them.
One hundred Oregon high school
student, will attend the aession on
tuition-scholarships given by the
university. Information and appli
cation blanks may be obtained from
Mr. Stehn, School of Music, Uni
versity of Oregon, E' gene, Ore.
PTA MEET DATED
Tho Elgarose Parent Teacher,
association will meet April at
the Elgarose school. Mr. and Mr.
J F. Dillard will be tho guest
speakers. Refreshments will be
served. Everyone interested is in
vited to attend.
TARDY ACTION
CHEHAI.IS, April l.-J.Wayne
John- i, Rochester, was without
an automobile today. His car
stalled on a street crossing of the
Northern Pacific track, here, and
he left to hire a tow car. During
hi. absence a frenght train hit it.
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HOUSE REPAIR AND CARE
Just Arrived
II
"Care and Repair of the Home
Published by tht
National Bureau of Standards
Come in and borrow a copy of this handy
home repair book.
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FLEGEL TRANSFER and STORAGE
900 I. 3rd St.
Phoeia 933