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T)u Nwi-Rtviw, Roieburfl, Or. Thun, Aug. 3, ItSO -a- PublUhtd Daily Exc.pt Sunday by tha News-Review Company, Inc. latarat aa iicul alita natter Mar 1. lasa, l tat anti atflaa al bare, Ortgaa, aaatr act ! Marca t. lilt CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manigar M.mb.r f tha Ataoclattd Pratt, Or.gon Nawtpapar Publlthtrt Attociatisn, tha Audit Bureau of Circulation EaaraaaataJ kt waaT-HOLl-lOA? VO ISV., affleaa la N ra, Caiaaia, Sta FrsndMa. Loa Angalaa. tMtlla, Fartlaaa. at. laala UiaLHIP'MUN MIII-I, Or.i.n Bt Mill ft ft St aa. ill iaaia M.M. tara mai II. l Hi City Carrier tr r tia.aa Ha a4aae. iaa aa rear, aar mania ll.aa Onuia Oragsa Bj Mall far rar t.aa. ala nlkl M.ft. Ibraa aaaataa lt.lt. YES, WE'RE LAZY V "kSaw 1 HAL BOYLE By Charles V- Stanton Steel balls, eight feet in diameter, strung on two-inch wire cables, are being used to clear trees and brush from land soon to be flooded as a part of the reservoir behind Hungry Horse power and irrigation dam. Cables are being used to mow down the trees, but some device was necessary to keep them above stumps, left from previous logging oper ations. So a mechanically inclined person conceived the idea of four and one-half ton steel bulls, Btrung on the cables like beads, thus keeping the lint above stump level, while adding weight to the cutting operation. Power is furnished by huge tractors at each end of the 500-foot cable. ,As many as 200 acres of forest land have been cleared in four hours by this process. We noticed in our favorite newspaper a picture of a jeep to which some ingenious G. I. had added a lot of special equipment used in unloading cargoes coming by airplane. By having this equipment mobile, the unloading process is speeded and simplified. One of the country's foremost industrialists once re ported that when his engineering department is stuck with some difficult process, it assigns the job to the laziest man In the plant. Invariably, within a couple of hours, the workman has found the simplest and easiest method of doing the job, usually a method the engineers overlooked because of its simplicity. Inventions Speed Progress American are an ingenious people. We're lazy people. A friend, returning from Europe, told of watching workmen laying a cobblestone pavement. Each stone was carefully selected and fitted into place. It was exceedingly slow, monotonous work, Few American workmen would labor that hard unless driven by necessity. Instead we invent machines machines that will mix, pour and finish a whole roadbed in concrete at one operation. We're not only a lazy people but we like to live well. So we invent machinery which gives production in tremen dous volume, making possible low production costs, which, in turn, permit payment of good wages to workmen. Work men, having a high rate of pay, are able to buy goods pro duced in our factories and thus keep up the production rate. ; When anything causes this cycle of production and buying to be thrown out of balance, we have depressions or inflations, depending which way the balance is shifted. ', Our economy, therefore, hinges upon our ingenuity ingenuity making possible the indulgence of our laziness through employment of machines to do our heavy work, but thereby increasing production while simultaneously re ducing costs. k The Montana inventor has found a new and faster way to clear land with less physical exertion. The G. I. in Japan has saved a lot of lifting, shoving and moving, by mounting equipment on a jeep. Lazy people are cons tantly inventing new machines and new methods to speed progress. , Ho hum! Guess we'll go home and try to invent something that will eliminate all work. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. Little Plane Lead Big Ones By HAL BOYLE KOREA-(AP)-We sincerely hop our little air control mission did tome good for the boyt en the ground at the front. of White Sulphur Spring, Va., and I made a sweep behind the enemy front in a small two - seater T4 trainer plane. Morgan, is one of the air con trol pilots tome thing ew in war fare whote job is In ntit 1 3 r Kill yJ and lead the M. maisa much fatter iets and mustangs to them. I trundled along with him to tee how its done. Circling at 1500 feet 10 to 15 miles deep into emenmy territory nnrih nf the Taeion-Yongdong- secmed deserted. 1 couldn't pick out Hwanggan road, t n e country a target. The only vehicles I saw on the roads were already blackened, gut ted and motionless. But Morgan had the advantage of special training and the radioed suggestions of ground and liaison officers with the infantry. Over the radio I heard him call to four F-80 jets cruising high over us: . "There is a tank or field piece that seems to be firing from the village of Youngson about 8 miles north of Yongdong and they are getting some of our boys." "Roger!" s;id the leader of the four jets. There was some argument then about just where the village was. We settled that by circling the target village several times until the jets came down from the heights and saw our unarmed spot ter plane. Then they struck. It was an awesome, splindid, ter rible sight bright young men in taut, slender machines, pouring death at 500 miles an hour into an old, old town occupied by disciples of a new tryanny. But it was people's homes that erupted in flame as well as the en emy's secreted stores of machines and ammunition and fuel. I thought of that as the Red tongues leaped and the black smoke poured from places where folks were born, married and bur- rien"- . . . , "Good work! You hit fuel dump!" cried Morgan to the jets. The jets then raked the town with rockets. They spent their last .50 caliber ammunition ripping an other nearby village. Suddenly Morgan let out a yelp. We wheeled and headed for base, "I didn't mean to scare you," Morgan said over the interphone, "but the guerrillas were firing at us. I could see the red flashes from their guns." A little later he offered this comment: "My home town is beau tiful. I wish I was back there." Lt. Morgan is a sensitive, fine man with two small boys at home. Back on the ground, he reported the destruction by the jets of two fuel dumps or tanks in one de stroyed village and the blowing up of at least two hidden vehicles in another small fired town. Locals (Continued from p.iRe One) critically Important port of Pusan, which we have to hold at all costs if we are to slay in Korea. This range of hills, as you will note if you study your map with meticu lous care, IS THE LAST HU.l.Y GROUND BETWEEN THE BAT TLE LINES AND THE PORT OF PUSAN. If we lose it, we will be driven back out into the flatlands, and it is in the flatlands that tanks oper ate to the best advantage. T II E RUSSIAN-BUILT TANKS USED BY THE KOREAN REUS HAVE OUR TANKS BADLY OUT RANGED. As dawn broke . this morning, down at the Southern tip of the Ko rean peninsula, the situation from the standpoint of our side was tick lish in the extreme. Then At this tense moment, with the fate of our whole Korean cam paign hanging perhaps in the bal ance THE TRANSPORTS CARRYING THE 2ND U. S. DIVISION OF MARINES, WHICH HAD BEEN RUSHED OUT OF CAMP PEN DLETON DOWN NEAR SAN DI EGO SOME TWO WEEKS AGO, HOVE INTO SIGHT!!! The first transport pulled up to the dock. The dispatches don't sav so, but presumably Pusan was the place where the transports docked. As the leathernecks, in full bat tle equipment, began to disem bark, an American brass bund ashore struck up THE 1IALI.S OF MONTEZUMA, the immortal battle hymn of the marines, which stirs the hearer's blood like Dixie, o r like the Marseillaise, whose strains over and over have turned im pending French defeat inlo victory. I doubt if anyone has ever heard THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA without that quickening of the pulses, that rush of adrenalin into Into men that wins victories against odds. IN THE NICK OF TIME! That's the traditional way the U. S. Marines go into action! You can't beat it for drama. There we must leave it for to day, for press time approaches. You'll have to get the rest of it from the news columns and from the radio. But it's a thrilling moment. Out there in the flatlands only 50 miles from Pusau, the Russian-built Red tanks are presumably debouching down out of the hills. These tanks outrange any tanks we've had 1 n Korea so far. They've been able to stand off and shoot our tanks into bits before we can get into shoot ing range. HUT THE MARINES ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE WITH THEM SOME OF OUR GENER AL PERSHING TANKS. WHICH A R E G U N N K D HEAVILY ENOUGH TO SLUG IT OUT ON EQUAL TERMS WITH THE REDS' RUSSIAN TANKS! We'll have to wait and see what we shall see. Picnic Datad Knights of Py thias and Pythian' Sisters will hold a joint picnic Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 o'clock at Umpqua park. Coffee will be furnished. Abla To Hava Callers Carl Coleman, who has been ill at his home at 8::s South Main street, Roseburg, since Saturday, is re ported to be improved and. now able to have friends call. What Next? Reunion Datad The annual Bonebrake family reunion and picnic dinner will be held Sun day, Aug. 6, it . the Drain Com--Members of the family and friends munity hall at 12:30 o clock. Cof- ... fee and cream will be furnished. I invited. Irf-PJjq By ViahtuU S. Martin J J , ' Singing Fiddles is a wel told story of the early days of the Ore gon mission and its leader, Jason Lee. It interested me because its author is now an Oregonian living in Yaquina bay: also because its hero journeys down into the Ump qua valley below the Elk. i it J mi ail tanna-i mis', t). i JAMES WILLIAM W.HITLAW, son of Mrs. Edna P. Whitlaw of Los Angeles, Calif., was enlist ed July 29 in the U. S. navy, through the local recruiting of fice in the armory. Whitlaw has been living with his uncle, E. W. Pierson, at Brocltway. He at tended school in California. (Staff Photol Singing Fiddles (Arcadia House, N. Y. 1950) was written as a result of four years of research by Ann Tedlock Brooks. She pored over old diaries and documents, and then using the accum ulation of fact as a background she wove in an interesting love story quite fictional but realistic. It could have happened, one thinks. Mrs. Brooks was born in Kan sas and taught school there; then she lived in St. Louis wher she wrote three historical novels deal ing with the Mississippi river: Smoke on the River, Paddle Wheels Churning, and Smoke on the River. She is at present engag ed on an historical novel about the Yaquina bay area where she lives. While we were in Newport recently the Newport News was running serially a story, Love Comes Laughing, by Mrs. Brooks, in which the characters and lo cale were of the area. Singing Fiddles is the story of a lovely girl deeply in love with a young doctor. There is another girl not so lovely who is enamored of Dr. Hunt and unscrupulous in her determination to break up the love affair. There is much about the Hudson Bay Company and the fa mous Dr. Loughlin; and sympa thetic portrayals of the rigors and the devoted selflessness of the early day missionaries. "My purpose" writes M r s. Brooks in her foreword, " is to present the tale of the missionary as the founder of the Northwest of American." Indeed, as one reads, one wonders at the great courage, the deep piety, the un flinching facing of the uncertain ties of frontier life, with which the men and women of those early days met each day's demaiinds upon them. The Whitmans, the Lees, and the others are lovingly pictured. Sing ing Fiddles renews in us a reali zation of how much this great Northwest owes to the early day heroes and heroines called mis- -sionaries. Clergy Sees Korean War As Peril To World Peace NEW YORK. (.11 A group of Protestant. Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders declared jointly yesterday that aggression such as has embroiled Korea in war con stitutes the "greatest menace to world peace." The statement was issued joint ly by officers of the Federal Coun cil of the Churches of Christ in America, the largest Protestant group la the U.S.; the National Catholic Welfare conference, and the Synagogue council of America. The statement also warned a gainst the Stockholm petition, which calls for outlawing the at omic bomb. U.S. government offi- Visitors Ltavt Mrs. Frank Pierre and Mrs. Margaret Els- tead left Tuesday for their homes in Portland, following a week in Roscburg as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Kidder on North Stephens street. rillk h,Vl rqll.wl th nli,;An the blood, that puts fighting spirit I Communist inspired. Ex-Eugene Girl Aims At Flagpole Sitting Record SAN FRANCISCO - (Pi - A 25-year-old beauty operator is the latest aspirant for the world s flag pole sitting record. The lady, Erma Leach, was low ered to her 65-foot perch at a used car lot by a helicopter Tues day. She was clad in a smic fitting two-piece white bathing suit, but gave assurance the had more to her wardrobe. If she can last out the 118-day tilting marathon, the used ear dealer on whose lot she is parked will pay her $5. two. And, he savs, an additional $2,500 for each fol io' ing month. To ease Erma's task, flagpole engineers have furnished her with a bed, bathroom facilities, heater and a chest of drawers. Miss Leach said she lived at Eugene, Ore., from the time she was 10 years old until she was 16. Her mother is Mrs. Emma Leach of 407 West Eighth street, Eugene. Ta Attend Convention The office of Dr. A. E. Dalros and Dr. M. C. Mix, Roscburg chiro practors, will be closed Saturday, Aug. 5, while the doctors attend the convention in Portland. They will be bark in their office Mon day, Aug. 7. Camp Articles Many arti cles left at Camp Tyee may be claimed by Camp Fire Girls and Bluebirds at the Camp Fire of fice at Miller's department store, according to Miss Barbara Lou Kill, executive secretary. Back From Portland Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shriner ' have returned to their home in Roscburg, follow ing a week in Portland attending to business. Mr. Shriner is i n charge of the roofing and insula tion departments of Denn-Gerret-sen company. Reservation Atkad Wives nf Rotarians are invited to attend the 7 o'clock dinner of Rotary Anns Monday night. Aug. 7, at Carl's Haven. Those planning to attend are asked to make reser vations by Saturday morning. Aug. 5. by calling Mrs. Schell at 31I5-R-4. PEO Picnic Datad Chapter Bl of the PEO Sisterhood picnic will he held Tuesday. Aug. 8. at 6:30 o'clock at the summer place of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Morgan at Winchester. -Mrs. H. N. Jacob son will be ro hostess with Mrs. Morgan. Those attending are asked to bring a basket lunch and their table service, the hostesses will furnish the dessert. At Veeller Home Mrs. II. Voeller of Portland is spending several weeks in Roseburg visit ing her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Voeller. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lindcll and sons. Jerry and Allen, of Grid ley, Calif., are expected to arrive here this week for a few days Ylsit at the Voeller home. Mrs. Undell and Mrs. Voeller ar sisters. J ' jljy' '- ' HOT? Why bother cooking over a hot stave? Just jjfTL ""'V ' V. A " aj 'aa i l,if e' White's "heat and eat" department. r fyifh p 1 k JX Here yu will find a variety of suggestions for : ''JOffTX , Mi -A. M dCj quickly prepared foods. Tempting appetizing ideas C jfi t -4-kaA i ' ml 1 "J W M ft T y that will do justice to ony menu. Treat the family UnspVffi I fin' I II L J W SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY 1jlALLIUL3J ' AU6UST" - 'l .s?m. 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