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4 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Oft. Tues., July 11, 19S0 9bo 3lou)$Ucuicw Publlihtd Daily Except Sunday by tha Nws-Rtviw Company, Inc. Urttf wn (Uii mttltr Mr 1, Itti. it tb put tffle il liMbirg, Qffm, wmiir e. af Msrek t. 1111 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN U KNAPP Editor Minigtr Mambar tha Aiteciatad Prsi, Oragan Nawipapar Publlshtrt AitecUtion, tha Audit Buraau of Clrculatiant llflUHlil WEIT'ROI.LIDAT CO., INC. rflftM fa Ntw frk, Clle. trwite: Angtla. luUti, frlln. liia UBS,BltiHN tATM In Ortfan Br Mil Fer ?r M-. . MM. Ihf f1. By City CrrUr lr ? fl.M (In aaar, nt aar. par mania ftl.At OsjIiUa Urafaa By Mall rar yaar , aualka M.I, tkr manlaa 11.11. i "Excuse Us While We See How Deep It Goes!" GROSS NEGLECT By CHARLES V. STANTON A horUffe of rubber impends if the Korean war con tinues. Announcement has been made in Washington that three synthetic rubber plants are beinjr .reactivated. The quoted motive is that of combatting recent sharp increases in the natural rubber price 31 cents per pound as com pared with 18.5 cents for the synthetic product. The hidden motive, however, obviously is that of stockpiling synthetic rubber to meet possible war contingencies. The necessity for synthetic rubber production raises two questions: (1) Why did not the federal government continue operation of its experimental unit at Springfield to produce alcohol, an essential ingredient in synthetic rubber production, from wood waste? (2) Why should not the federal government, which exercises control over vast forests of the west, set up plant even on an emergency basis if necessary to make fullest possible utilization of the waste from such forests? Had an aggressive or even businesslike administration been given our public domain, we would now have plants producing commercial alcohol and molasses plants which could be quickly converted to supply products heeded in a war emergency. It appears to us that a charge of gross neglect, not only in preparations for military defense but also in protecting the public's interest in utilization of waste from the public domain, may be applied to those agencies and departments in charge of administration. Trouble In Newspaper Shops Newspapers, it seems, are always having trouble. Some times they are minor troubles, but again they assume major proportions. But it seems that we have a heritage for meet ing trouble as indicated by the following whic'li Corinne Woodard of our display advertising staff discovered while reading from the Uoncbury Review of October 24, 1889: Tht Rtvitw during tht last thrtt wttki hai bttn gotttn out undtr tht grtattst difficult 11. Our tttam tngint hat bt eomt tcctntric with running off our largtly Incrtaitd circu lation and tt latt rtfuitt to turn tht prtu. Stvtral tfficltnt mtchanlci havt taktn It apart and put it togtthtr again regu larly about twlct day during this ptriod, but up to datt It till rtfutti to do Iti accustomed work. Tht Pltlndtaltr kindly camt to our aniitanct in our ax trtmlty tnd hand powtr did tht work at othtr timtt. But tht wattr works will toon bt compitttd and thtn wt ' shall threw ittam powtr asidt and put in a wattr motor. Apologies We dffcr our apologies to the Uoseliurg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Twice in this column Monday we used the word "Jayvees" when we meant "Jaycees." And, to top it all off, our error went through copy reader, proofreaders and two revisions made personally. We still think, however, that the Jaycees did a swell job with their fireworks project. Oregon Traffic Deaths Drop First Half Of This Year Twenty-five person! died in Ore gon traffic accidents in June to bring the death toll for the first nail ot 1930 lo 132, secretary oi State Newbry report. f atalities totalled 133 at the same time last year. Last month i deaths, six tewer than the number recorded in June of 1949, improved the count just enough to better the 1949 record at the mid-year point, Newbry said However, the list may grow if persons now injured later die from the eflects ol their injuries. Records snow tne remaining sum mer months, when vacation travel reaches its yearly peak, will be one or the most critical periods for traffic danger, Newbry warned. He pointed out that three out ot four Oregon traffic deaths result from mishaps on inter-city road ways, most of them due to chance-taking or loss of control at high speed. EXTRA CAUTION URGED With the influx of thousands of out-of-state tourists, extra caution on the part of Oregon drivers will be required during the vacation heavy months this year, accord ing to the trattic saiety division of the secretary of state office Officials estimate that more tour ists than last year, when 777.450 traveled Oregon highways, will visit the state, The large number of vacationists, unacquainted with state highway markings, regula tions and driving conditions, could cause many accidents unless Ore eon drivers take extra precautions, Officials pointed out that the ac me division said, cident toll can be kept at a mini mum during the vacation month, only if Oregon motorists exercise additional caution and courtesy on the highways. tib utcn vmip PACKARD LACQUERED? ASKS- ntav s citoM tt velyt of car with ntv il fttaa HO. FREE FREE, FREE. If your cor has miner chips, scratches and rmt spots we repair without charge with every wash and polish. Try ui. TED'S Auto Body Service J mil" wti of city ctottr tt Mtlrew Road. PHONE 1JM-J f5 By ViakmHt S. Martini In The Day's News .By FRANK JENKINS. "The little redhead didn't have a chance alone, not wilh that big bully!" Sixteen was telling the sto ry at the dinner table. I well re member it because it was just all England had gone to war and we were getting ready as last as we could . I wrote the story in an April, 19-10. Mending Basket. "But the little redhead had three pals with him, all little fellows, hut they had gumption. The big boy would try to catch the red head, and a couple of little fellows would pile on him from the rear Darned if they didn't get the 'jll guy down, and then they all piled on mm . When me Dig guy got on his feet he had enough at any rate he had business some where else. He beat it off the park grounds. "Now, it seems to me," contin ued Sixteen, who was a most ret icent individual, abhorring 'wise cracks' and unnecessary word-using, but always willing to finish any thing the other fellow started, "if all the little neutral countries had 'piled' on Hitler right off the bat, that guy would have given up, same as the big bully at the park (Continued from page One) the Reds would have been taking the whole shebang. It would have been smart trick, if it had work ed, and I wouldn't he surprised If the commies planned It that way. If so, they were betrayed by the weather. Ever since men first fell out with each other and fought about it (they did that long before even (he worn "war" was invented) the weather has been a factor of the utmost importance. Especially in naval warfare. The Spanish armada was as badlv bat tered by a storm as bv the British warships. In the days when big t'ersia was gunning lor the scalp of little Greece, storms time and again scattered and disorganized the Persian fleets. In the grim and sanguine Punic wars between Home and Carthage, the weather was as often responsible (or vic tory on one side or the other as the fighters. It is historically probable that weather was responsible (or Na poleon's ultimate downfall. Napo leon was an artillery genius. At Waterloo it rained at the last min ute, and the little Corsican's dead ly field artillery bogged down in the mud. Most historians agree that when that happened his goose was cooked. Imagine our red-fared humilia- did today " (We didn't know (hen, as history disclosed later, that Hitler's offi cers had been given two sets of or ders when they invaded the Ruhr. He gambled on non-resistance but if resistance was encountered they were to stop, or at least postpone their attempt! What might have happened if all the 'little fellows had piled on the bully' we have no way ot knowing . . . lor sure.) "And if the little countries couldn't gang up on Hitler and get hint down, there were the big fel lows, big countries, I mean, stand ing by ready to pitch in ... As it is now ... I guess our generation will be leaving school one of these days to get into uniform. And we can do that if we have to." Then Sixteen lapsed into his cus tomary silence, and became ab sorbed in the business of eating as fast as possible in order to get to the ball park a minute or two sooner. He was wealing a navy uniform when he turned seventeen, his brother, too. I hope that this Korean trouble will prove to be, as we women phrase it, a "stitch in time." (ion if the Reds had been able to take ALL OP KOREA before we could even get into action! Well, by the same token, imagine their chagrin if they reallv figured they were going to bo able to put something like that over on us and then got ditched at the Inst moment by the bad weather!!! If by any chance that was the pitch and if Uncle Joe was sitting in (he Kremlin with his ear tuned to ihe radio lo get the first news of the success of Ihe scheme, I'll bet he bit Ihe stem of his pipe off when he got the word that . the weather had scuttled the boat. In Ihe Korean fighting, we're nh. viously testing out our weapons (and you can bel your bottom dol lar Ihe Russians are doing like wise.) One thing we've learned is that old-fashioned propellor planes are better than jots for attacks on ground targets. The jets are hot stuff for protecting bombers against the enemy's fighters and for knocking the enemy's fighters nut of the air, but THEY'RE TOO EAST for the ground-strafing stuff. Also they can't carry fuel enough to strike at LONG DISTANCES. Ihan-sound speed babies Imagine sitting in a plane going up around Loggers Given Rules To Avoid Timber Trespass SALEM Oregon Words of cau tion to loggers cutting timber on state forest lands were issued to day by the slate forestry depar mcnt, warning all operalors to guard against trespass and pre vent harvesting of timber not au thorized under their contract. "With pressure to increase pro duction and the highest stumpage prices in history", stated Homer G. Lyon Jr., relorestation director, "there is a tendency to slack up on checking with the state." Lyon warned that trespass dam ages run high, with innocent or unintentional violations subject In settlement under a double stum page value basis and willful and intentional trespass subject to tre ble damages. Both trespass pro visions are covered by the forest laws of the slate and are being rigidly enforced, the forester re ported. Lyon said that considering the current high stumpage values, tres pass settlement (or illegal harvest. Southwestern Oregon's Resources To Be Talked 4.P Officials Of Auto Union Told To Sign Anti-Red Pledges ' DETROIT. July 11 (!P) Ford local 600, giant of the CIO United Auto Workers union, will require its 550 officials to sign anti-Communist pledges. The general council of the 60, 000 member local has voted 75 to 63, lo establish the pledge require ment. It gave the local s officials until August 1 to sign the pledges, on penally of possible ouster. The action is the first such on record for any UAW local. It was made as part of a general policy of support of President Truman for his action in Korea, and condem nation of the Soviet union. 1 The measure, proposed by Carl Stellato, newly-elected local presi dent, met with bitter opposition. ' One opponent warned that it would i set the pattern for loyalty pledges i from all industrial workers. ' "This will be called witch hunt-, ing," Stellato said, "but can that i charge be justified when American soldiers are being killed in Korea? ! The pledge reads: "I hereby pledge that I owe al- i legiance lo the government ot the United States and no other. "I support the policy of the CIO as that policy may be determined by majority opinion within my union. "I further state that I am not a member of the Communist party, Fascist party, or Ku Klux Klan. nor do I support the policy and ihe program of Soviet Russia and its satellite nations, nor will 1 dis tribute leaflets or other forms of literature or petitions in favor of ASK BARGAIN FUNERALS LUBBOCK, Texas UP) Most people are indifferent to the busi ness of dying and would perfer a low-cost funeral. A survey made by W. J. Neal, student at the Texas Technological college, indicates that 67 percent of all persons interviewed were either against elaborate funerals, or didn t care one way or the other. Only 33 percent said they thought they deserved an expen sive burial rite. 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Washington St. ond S P R .1 Tracks CONFIDENCE A completely new sod will be ready for Pcnn Stale's opening foot ball game against Georgetown in September. PORTLAND, July 11 Southwestern Oregon's resources development problems will be dis cussed hv the Pacific northwest field committee of the Interior dc- sucn P01'0 or program." partment at Coos Bay Thursday and Friday. "Southwestern Oregon is the fast est growing area in a fast-growing slate and is faced with many in teresting problems," R. F. Bes sey, committee chairman, said. These include power develop ment, land use, forests, grazing and mineral resources, he said. Tours of Ihe area have been ar ranged by Daniel L. Goldy. region al land management bureau ad ministrator. The committee consists of top re gional representatives of the In terior department's eight agencies. 1 I've ollrn wondered about the ing would probably exceed the in shooting business in these faster 700 miles an hour and trying to get a bead on your target!" 1( vou ever hied lo shoot a jack rabbit from a speeding car, you have a faint inkling of Ihe problem. Vital Statistics Texas Judge New Head Of BPW Federation SAN FRAMCKi'n im n;. Mtrriagt Licenses Issued I tncl Jurk'e srh T li,,,.l,. ir GLEASON-HARK I.eon J. (ilea-' "1. Texas, is Ihe new Presi- neni 01 tne rsational federation of Business and Professional Wo men's clubs. She was elected to succed Dr. K francos Scott of Northampton, Mass., who was elected chairman ol the nominating committee. Miss Helen Irwin of Des Monies was elected first Vice President and Miss Marguerite Rawalt, second vice president. A runoff election was ordered for the position of third vice pre sident. It was between Mrs Wilms Zimmerman I.ind of Seattle, and Miss Klaine C. Barnes of Tulsa Okla. The office of recording secre- tary went ot Mrs. Kunice C. Hen I nessy of San Krancisco. Mrs. Anita Calhoun. New York City, was elect ed Ireasurer. son and Ida Schick Hare, hoih of Albany. M ATTSON-CIIAMBKRS linger Victor Mattson and Maxine Joyce Chambers, both of Dillard. McNKAI.Y-WlllTK .lames Har ry McNealy and Darlenc Metcalf While, both of Glide. BARTLKTT-NORHIS William Francis Bartlctl, Oakridge. and Uenevieve Norris, Collage Grove MCHOLS-RUDDKK - Richard Nirhols, Canynnville, and Kdna Lois Rudder, Mvrlle Creek. CHAPMAN - PATTKHSON Clarence Chapman and Catherine Veiiine Patterson, both of Myrtle Creek. ilal expense ot running our cutting lines and locating the proper log ging area. As an aid lo loggers in avoiding heavy penalties resulting from trespass, Lyon offered the follow ing suggestions: "1. Have a correct survey made of (he operation area and have the cutting lines plainly marked. The cost of calling in a compe tent surveyor or engineer is much cheaper than settling a costly tres pass case. i. (. loser supervision of the fallers. "3. Ho not depend upon o I d blaze markers or hearsay infor mation .is to the location of the cutting lines. "4. Do not cut timber in the operation area which has not been designated to be cut in the con trail "5. Re-read you timber sale con tract. "The trespass law also applies In persons peeling chitlam bark on state forest lands without first ob taining a special permit." SUICIDE MINARET CLOSED NEW DELHI. I n di a Police have sealed (he world's tall est minaret lo prevent suicides. In recent years, too many despair ing lovers, students who have fail ed in examinations, unhappy wives and ruined businessmen have been ending it all by jumping from the top of the 2.14 foot Qutb Minar, a iower 11 miles south of Delhi built in 1190 by lutb-Cd-Ilin. 'irsi Mos lem conqueror of Ihe city. r all , IORC TUP M. ' ... LITTLE AND THE GREAT WERE. HAPPY TO c0MODATn i BOY AT PLAY DROWNS McMINNVlLI.E, Julv 11 4.Tn Fivc-year old llcnrv Cole fell into the Yamhill nvtr Saturday while; playing wilh two older companions and drowned. The bodv was re covered. I Gale Robinson, Michigan State's assistant uainer, was a varistv hurdler as a Spartan undetgrad "ale in Ihe 19.10's and still holds to indoor barrier records. PUT PUTS FOR A PUT PUT ALTON. III. (.n Elmer Chamberlain, a commercial fisher man, has worked out his own pay-as-you-go plan. Each time he uses the outboard motor on his boat, he puts, aside a quarter toward a new motor. His put put system, so far, hat paid for five new motors. fJlie Cliapel oj llie $o3ed Roseburg Funeral Home Ook and Kone Strtet. Roseburg, Oregon Funerols Tel. 600 Ambulance Service L. L. POWERS t. ? b MiA Do your plans call for a luxurious home? 2ili i t! 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