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4 Th Ntwt-Rtview, Henburt, Of Tuoi., July II, 1S0 3bo tteuxew Published Daily Ixctpt Sunday by the Nowa-Rtvltw Company, Inc. Iilaril II iir.Bi elm "allir MM 1. IM. ' atlUe CHARLES V. STANTON IDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Associated Press, Oregen Newspaper Publisher! Association, the Audit Bureau Clrculetiens irillltil at WRHTHOLLIDAV CO.. INU.. llllc.l la tl, !. Sia rraaclioa. L.i Aniln, illlll, rirllial. tl. Laali UBal (IFTION RATER III Or.i.a B Mill fir s.ar . .aiai M.t. laVl i aulai ! I CUT Carrlar far Tiir SH.M Ma .1. ..'. UH i lata ai tup. air ai.ata III OatlUa Orljia Mali ' all! IM. all n.alai H.ti. lam aiialki It U. The Hand of Fate PERMANENCE OF WOOD By Charles V. Stanton Writing in Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, Roch Brarlshaw tells of a huge tree that crashed to arth TWELVE MILLION years ago. It fell on a spot now 150 feet below the bed of the Yakima river in the state of Washington. It was a species of Sequoia, now extinct, and had a diameter of seven feet. The outstanding and peculiar feature of this discovery is the fact that the wood was so well preserved that it still could be measured and identified- The Forest Products laboratory at Madison, Wis., orig inally reporting the discovery, pointed out, Bradshaw re ports, that wood does not decay because of age. "The truth is," says the laboratory pamphlet, "that time or age has nothing to do with decay of wood. Decay is the result of one thing only: the attack of wood-destroying fungi. Wood which remains absolutely dry, or is per manently saturated, will not decay. The range of fungus activity lies between a 20 percent moisture content of the wood and a soaking wet condition." Wood Has Permanenct Bradshaw points out that "when th. White House was remodeled it was found to contain sound timbers which had been in nlace since 1816. Despite the fact that some had been weakened by being partially cut through in previous remodeling, and the additional fact that others were carry ing more than the load for which they were designed, these timbers were still intact, doing their full share of work after more than 130 years." Certainly no one would expect to find sound fiber in a log buried for 12 million years. Yet, when this log was found during construction of a tunnel under the bed of the river, it was still identifiable. Its age could b definitely established by the geological surroundings. Public Needs Education The eeneral public is in need of mora education concern Ing the permnnence of wood. The discovery of the ancient Sequoia furnishes evidence to prove the claims lumbermen always have made that wood is particularly to be preferred over other structural materials because of its adaptability, versatility and durability. Some very effective work has been done recently by the West Coast Lumbermen's asociation toward educating consumers in 'proper uses of wood for structural purposes. A large-scale advertising campaign has been very beneficial to the industry, while, at the same time, saving costs to con sumers. If, in addition to promoting proper uses, it is possible to demonstrate the permanence of wood in ft convincing fashion, thus selling the idea to the public that wood is to be preferred, the timber industry will have little to Tear irom the many substitutes now being offered on the market. In The Day's News By PRANK JENKINS. (Continued from fiage One) icems to be rather shallow, with a sravclv boltom, and ESTAB L1SHKD A BEACHHEAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE. There la some mention ot small boats in connection with tho cross ing. It seems likely thnt the Com mie infantrymen waded over carry ing noihing but their rifles and that the small boals are being used to ferry over the rest of their per sonal equipment, including reserve small arms ammunition. The dickens of It, at the moment of writing this, is that SO FAR WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IMS LODGE EVEN THIS LITTLE BAND OK A HUNDRED COM MIES WHO HAVE GOT OVER TO OUR SIDE OF THE RIVER. That must mean thnt the cover ing fire of their tank guns is ex tremely effective. It also must mean that our defending forces arc so slim that we can't bring enough weight to hear at any one point to stop the Commies. At this critical moment, an army "spokesman" goes into action at the Pentagon building in Washing ton. Briefing the reporters, he says: "American troops in Korea are not being slaughtered and there is no Dunkerque in sight up there. There isn't any djuht in the world that we are going to hold. Sure we are. We have got the means to handle the situation. Hut it takes time lo build up an offensive. "But of course it's embarrass ing and awfully tough on the peo ple who are up there on the grindstone." "IT'S AWFULI.V TOUCH (IV THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UP THERE ON THE GRINDSTONE.' I reckon that just about de scribes it. It was awfully tough on the little band of Americans who went against the German veterans at Chateau Thierry in World War I. It was tough on our boys who got caught on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. Those who weren't killed were taken pris oner, which turned out worse than being killed quickly and cleanly. It was tough on our marines who went in on Guadalcanal and had to stick it out against tremendous odds until we could begin to get a little help to them. Going back i little farther. It was tough on the minutemen who assembled on Lexington green back at the beginning of our War of the Revolution. Nearly all of them were killed or wounded in this first brush with the disciplined British regulars, All down through our history, we have refused to face the mili tary facts of life. Rut we keep do ing things iike rebelling against Great Britain, and going to war to nelp our friends in Europe and STOPPING THE MARCH OF WORLD-WIDE COMMUNISM that rail for the use of military force The result is that when the pinch comes we are too little and too late and Americans have to go in at the start against tremendous odds and sell their lives and their blood to buy lime in which to get ready the military force we OUGHT TO HAVE HAD READY when we made the psss that start ed the shooting. So far, we've got away with It. We've never been beaten in a war. We hope and pray and BELIEVE I w e never will he beaten in a war. I But we've taken a lot ot long chances in the past, and over in Asia we're now taking the longest I chance of our whole existence. I I'm sure we'll get away with It in time. Hut it would be a lot easier if in the past few years we had done less talking and more getting ready for what in the clear light of hindsight we ran now see has been inevitable. i -mi lUUilllllHl I SAW YOU BANJOING THAT WELL., 1 DON'T LIKE i COLANDER OWTHEEP6E PAWINfi OUT STUFF J I I I OF THE GARBAGE CAM, SO THATS HALF IM ) I If t It lull v r QO-a iiur - i-r tzsinc re I V Akir HAI P m IT iTF I I IHll J I tuc -rpnpuicc nc -i id tu' umc IM II l1fllViinil ATHI tTI. ARII ITV ' I TWI THIMA I IP. WMy iWJTHEISS GET GW! t e. . a wr. IWestern Douglas County Season On Elk Hunting Set PORTLAND, f.'PV-Deer hunt ers of Oregon who don't make a kill in the regular season will get to have a second chance this year. The state game commission's tentative hunting regulations pro pose a special two-day season at the end of the regular fall hunting period for those who are unlucky the first time. The regular season will be Oct. 1-17, with the special consolation season Oct. 21-22, in which hunters may kill either a buck or a doe. A special deer season was also set for Lake and Klamath coun ties Oct. 18-19. Special tags will be drawn for 1.500 hunters. This season is aimed at reducing the interstate herd that migrates be tween southern Oregon and north ern California. Elk season in western Oregon will run from Oct. 25 to Nov .19 inclusive, and in eastern Oregon from Oct. 25 to Nov. 19. There will be a special elk season in Clat sop and western Douglas counties Nov. 20 to Dec. 31. In eastern Oregon there will be a special elk season Nov. 11 to 19 in the Starkey area for 250 hunters. The southeastern Oregon ante lope season will be Aug. 19 to 25 inclusive. Four areas were opened for pheasant hunting. The Willamette valley and other parts of western Oregon will be open to hunting from noon Oct. H through Oct. 22. The bag limit is two cocks a day, or four in the season. In eastern Oregon, it will be noon Oct. 14 through Oct. 29, with a bag limit of three cocks a day or nine a season. In Malheur county, the pheasant season will run from noon Oct. U through Nov. 5, with a bag limit of four cocks a day or 12 a season. The fourth area is at Summer lake, opening a week after the waterfowl hunting begins and con tinues through the waterfowl sea son. The bag limit is- four cocks a day, 12 a season. The waterfowl season is set by the federal government and dates have not been designated. The commission recommended a split season with starting dates close to Oct. 25 and Dec. 10. Upholstery Instruction Slated At Junior High Instruction in upholstery will be given, beginning July 2, at junior high school, in the second date vocational adult educational pro gram class to be held in Roseburg this summer. A large group of women com pleted class instruction in uphoU slery in a recent series of lessons at the junior high school, with Mrs. Mae Frye of Eugene as instructor. Upon request a similar class is to be held with the city school system cooperating with the state vocational adult education pro- I f ' gram. J40r I ' jf'f -' ' Instruction will be given at 1 I -y i - "m. and again at 7 p.m. by Mrs. 1 ' . il' 1 7i i Irye. Those who did not register 9v: . . " sv ji at the enrollment meeting held re- class. Anyone desiring further in formation may call the city school superintendent's office, 434. 11 BOB BITNER, son of Mr. and 4rs. Lem Bitner, route I, box 327, Millers addition, left Port- i and Saturday for San Diego, Calif., to serve an enlistment with the navy. He was accepted for enlistment Friday. Bitnerwas a student of Roseburg high school, having completed his junior year. Military Pay, Allowances Ignore Dependent Support By JAMES MARLO WASHINGTON, (AP) Pay in all branches of the armed services army, navy, air force, marines is the same for each grade. The army will be used as an example here. ' The enlisted grades are as folows, with the minimum and maximum pay for each grade, depending upon length of service: Recruit $75 a month; recruit, , after four month, - 0; when he hg h2J depcndcnts but the DeconiP.1 H private, in auuui m ,,-,, :j k;m j ),., I . v v.v, month, - $82.50; corporal -$117,50 i " ' h " j '" ' '?ividiii Ischools un a oasis oi requirements sei Dy tne American Legion. The gtrls Mary Jeanne Maddox Wins High Honors At School Word has been received here that Mary Jeanne Maddox, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Maddox of Astoria, received high honors last month at the close of school. She was selected as the outstand ing girl In the eight grade at the Stars of the Sea school. The Mad doxs are former ' Roseburg resi dents and Mary Jeanne is the granddaughter of Mrs. B. W. Mad dox and Mr. and Mrs. W. Fest. Winners were selected by the Bank Robber Put On FBI Cist Of Top Wanted Men WASHINGTON, July 18 UP) The FBI has added the name of a New Jersey bank robber to its list of the nation's 10 "most wanted 1 men. The addition is Thomas Kling, also known by various aliases, cur rently sought for allegedly trying to hold up a crowded tavarn in his home town of Bayonne, N. J., last Dec. 26. . Kling replaces on the list Henry Harland Shelton, convicted Indiana murderer and jail breaker, who was shot and captured by FBI agents at Indianapolis on June 23. The Kling addition makes the fifth revision in the "top men' list in the last four months. Since March, half of the "most wanted" criminals then listed have been picked up. Klings companions on the cur rent "most wanted" list include: Thomas James Holden, train robber sought in connection with the 1949 killing of his wife and her two brothera in, Chicago. Omer August Pinson, convicted of killing a policeman after a bur glary at Hood River, Ore., in April, 1947. He escaped the Oregon state penitentiary last year. Glen Roy Wright, ex-member of the nororious Karpis-Barker gang, who escaped from the Oklahoma penitentiary in September, 1948. Henry Clay Tollett, bank robber escapee from McNeil island, Wash., in November, 1949. ptpati Disttibuted in Roseburg by Bates Candy Co. Complete Pre-Artraoged Just look at thest samal 10W-C0ST TOURS! S-nr Tnur: Brllhh Columhli .... I3S.HI ADy Tour: 8hti Dm-ShU l.ake-Ran Franc. ten and Rrclwooda .... X4.1I 13-Dir Tnur: Brdwooda-San Fran Clsi:o-i,ai ingest?) and Sun Dlf(0 86. ! Ift-Pajr Tour: Salt Lake City. Lai Y fai-Hoover Dim Lot AngrlM and San Francisco .... SI. 81 DU Rm J..X. pr . fix (J fEI FOLDERl DnrribM mny touri, Sc Agent or Travel Bureau ... or writ Greyhound, 609 S.W. Taylor Straet, Portland 4, Oregon. A. J. Murray 24 8. fttephrni GREYHOUND READ! "I'm a Vacation But Rider" July flmwican Magazine . ..and "You Can't Aim America My Btt"July Rational Geographic Magazint, to $191: sergeant - $139.6S to $227; Jj, nat nav B' t first class sergeant - $1S9 0S to RV ,L V. " :, $249: master sergeant - $198.45 I uiV ."""r" " ",T '" to $294. Anyone below the rank of cor poral is considered to have no dependents, so 'ie gets nothing for dependents. If, for some reason, the government fails to provide him with lodgings, he gets $45 ex tra for lodgiiss for himself. A corporal with less than seven years' experience also is con sidered to have no dependents and gets only his flat pay, unless the government doesn't provide him 1 with lodgings. Then he gets $45 extra. i For a sergeant, sergeant first i calls, and master sergeant no I matter how much or little his per I iod of service and for a corporal ?19M5 I vide his dependent wife, with living quarters, he gets $67.50 extra. Any enlisted man that is below the rank of commissioned officer, such as second lieutenant got this deal: If he had children depenent on him, the government also gave the first child $30 a month, and each additional child $20. There were additional benefits for dependent parents and other close relatives. All these contributions were wip ed out for anyone joining after Oct. 1, 1949. were judged on courage, compan ionship, character, service and scholarship. In addition to this honor. Miss Maddox trained the Brownie Scouts at the school in dancing. She also won first place in piano in radio talent in a program at the high She is a former student of Mrs. C. S. Heinline. Ex-Coast Guard Men Are Urged To Reenlist Former Coast Guard regular and reserve enlisted personnel who are now college graduates, or who c .. it- - , nave through technical or profes ,nyr,nhrmh "! """onal Knowledge gained theVali now whether he volunteers or is drafted gets none of that Commander Named For Second ONG Reserve SALEM, July 18 -pGover- nor McKay Monday appointed Col. Kyiana t. Mctlumg, Portland, to command the Sixth regiment of the new national guard reserve. The regiment will include units from Portland, eastern and north west Oregon. Last week, Col. Armin E. Ber ger, Salem, was named to com mand the seventh regiment, which will include cities from Salem tn Ashland. 1 So far, only the two regiments are planned. NIGHT SERVICE FOR PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ; From 5 P. M. to 8 A. M. I Alt Saturday Afternoons, AH Day Sunday and Holiday!, If You Connot Locata Your Physician or Surgeon . . . PHONE 1881 THE DOCTOR'S EXCHANGE FOR SERVICE ... EXPERIENCE... CO-OPERATION . . . Investig ' i the services offered by your "Home owned, Home-operated" bank. Money left on deposit with us remains in DOUGLAS COUN TY. All facilities available for your individual needs. Douglas County State Bank Member. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. - with seven or mon years' exper- wartime dependency allotment. ftcations for commission, are en couraged to make application for j charge of arrangements. James A. Gillespie Of ' lutherlin Passes Away j James A. Gillespie, 84, of Suther-1 lin died at Mercy hospital Satur-1 day, July 15. after a year's illness. Graveside services will be held at the Fair Oaks cemetery Wednes day, July 19. at 11 a.m. Stearns runerai home at Oakland is in ience, this is what happens: (As pointed out. Corporals with If he has no dependents and the seven years' experience and the Half-Year Home Building Sets New Mark fn U.S. WASHINGTON l.fi More new homes were started in the first half of 19.V) than in any other six months of American histniy. The number was 6H7.O0O. Also. June rolled up the highest monthly total of homehmlding "slarts" ever recorded, UJ.009. Those figures, which are prelim inary estimates, were announced by the Labor Department's bureau of Labor Statistics. They showed thnt homebuilders have kept right on breaking records as the great IPSO construction boom continued. I But fighting broke nut in Korea on June 25, and its effect on Amer- I ican homebuilding is something I that the bureau isn't sure about. Officials said they have no con crete statistics on it vet. They re- j port two sc.iools of thinking: I. That the Korean crisis might cause an additional rush of home building in anticipation of a possl- Ible government crackdown on ma- 1 terials. 2. That builders now might be more hesitant about starting large scale projects. government doesn't give him liv ing quarters, he gets $45 extra for his lodgings. I If he has dependents but the : government provides him and them j with living quarters, he gets only ! his flat pay. But If the government doesn't pro- uiir nix iirpriuiriii9. Mil il as ai wife, with living quarters, he gets ' SSL.SO extra. j Nothing Far Children That's all he gets for depend ents, no matter how manv he has It used to be different. During the war and until Oct. 1, 1949, when commission in the Coast Guard Voluntary reserve for I n a c 1 1 v e headquarters duty. Coast Guard announced today Those who have the qualifica tions may contact the director of reserve at the nearest Coast Guard district office. The 13th Coast Guard district, embracing Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho, has headquarters in the New World Life building. Second and Cherry, Seattle 4. Wash. Enlistment in the volunteer re serve will be advantageous in Kev. Joseph Helle, pastor of the Yolo Community Church, has been ).-tMf .nn.l.KI. Th. n.....,n. unit- u int-T ua.e uviM-iiurius. to ana lllllluilllK KriiriBIS .aII 11 f 01 u-; , three higher grades of non-com missioned officers get living quar ter allowance for dependents.) The point is: Any one joining up in the lower ranks now gets ab solutely nothing for dependents. He's considered to have none. Draft Not Liktly It is safe to say that under se lective service regulations at this time no one will be drafted if he has dependents. As for volunteers in the lower grades: the armed ; being considered for commission torces aon t want inem at mis i A resident of Sutherlin for the last 30 years, Mr. Gillespie was engaged in farming and fruit growing. He came to Oregon from ! Arizona. He was born in Kansas. Surviving are a sister of San ' Bernardino, Calif; two grandsons, .lames and John-of Pasadena, and four sreat-grandchildren. I PREACHER IS CONSTABLE VOLOCalif. (.TV- This is a good little town. It ought to be: But the government mav call no sovernment allowances for de- ...... . . Congress changed the law, this is the national guard to duty. Since pendents during the war and do " " mlcn " UP"S' wnai nappencn: the guard is mane up of civilians Any enlisted man that Is below i manv of whom have denendents. the rank of commissioned officer. calling some of them to active such as second lieutenant got ' duty will be a hardship on them, this deal: i for that reason, if the guard is If he had a wife and set aside ; called up or if it becomes nec 122 a month for her out of his pav the government added $28 to it thus giving him t total of J.V1. matter how much or little his per iod of service and for a corporal with aeven or more years' exper ience, this is wha' happens: essary to expand that draft to take in men with dependents Con gress is pretty certain to restore not get them now. He had neither candidacy nor to Rev. Helle. K..i i.mmiil nffir.rt in mA. i announced his dition to their pay. get S21 extra I ""ipaignea. a month for food (subsistence) if But he h" ,h mon,h 1 of unmarried and $42 it married. Preserving law and order. The pay All grades get the same. , low because the Volo County They also get money for living ! Board of Supervisors turned Yolo quarters. It ranges from $60 a I law enforcement over to a deputy month for a second lieutenant, if sheriff three years ago and they quickly the wartime benefits for j unmarried, and $75 if married, to 'rut the constable's salary to $5 to nepennenis. a montn tor a generals toag-imscourge anyone from pinning. Commissioned officers from j inss if he has no dependents lo t Rev. Helle says he'll give the job the grade of second lieutenant up $150 If he has. ia try. TRUCKERS Local claims service is your assur ance . ot fast repairs when your truck Is dorriged. 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