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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thun., Aug. 24, If SO Published Daily Except Sunday by tht News-Review Company, Inc. Iiurci ae wcBi alaae aiallai Ma 1. lt;t. at laa anst afriea at eaaabara;, Orefoa, aaaer Ml af March t. IS11 CHARLES V. STANTON EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Managar Mtmbar of tht Aiiocittad Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, tha Audit Buraau of Circulation! OriKUil bi IT EST HOI. tip AT CO.. INK., affteea la New Hark, Uklcata, Saa rraaclaca. Lot Ancelea. seattla, Partiana, ai. Leala atBl B1P1IO.N KATES In Oreton H Mail eat aeaa SIM. alt anealbe t M. lara naealbe IS.a By City Carrier t-r Mar Sla.M lia aavanre), laaa laaa at taar, tar manth tl.AS Ottlltt Ottfta By Mall Pt7 MM S.M. all , eaantha 14.11. Ibrat aaaalka S1.ll. MOLASSES By Charles V- Stanton Don't be surprised if some day in the not too dis tant future you see a pile of steel dumped at a good in dustrial site, followed by erection of queer appearing structures. It will be material for a defense plant. We have heard rumors that the army, worried about production of alcohol as a vital material in another larye scale war, is again giving serious thought to utilization of wood waste. Experts propose to build a number of plants through out the country to produce molasses from wood pulp. Rather than erect an equal number of distilleries, the plan proposes a-few centrally-located stills to which mo lasses can be shipped for conversion to alcohol. The dis tilling plants then could be located where stream pollu tion would be a negligible factor. Of course, we know nothing for sure. It is only a ru mor. But it makes sense. Springfield Plant Inspected Inspections recently have been made at the alcohol-from-wood-waste plant at Springfield, we have been in formed. This plant was built during the last war but never got beyond the experimental stage. Tests indicated necessity for alterations in. plant design and investment of from $350,000 to $500,000. The RFC, doubtless influ enced by alcohol, sugar and grain pressure groups, with held money needed to get the plant into full-scale pro duction, and it was turned ovsr to the War Surplus cor poration for disposal. Private interests have since leased the plant and have been conducting various experiments. A new nrocess was developed for making wax from Douglas fir bark. Tests now are being conducted in maK ing molasses. The plant, however, still hasn't been recon structed to produce alcohol. ; In our opinion, failure of federal agencies to follow up and complete wartime experiments in making alco hol from wood waste borders on criminal neglect. Explosives, plastics, rubber, fuels, etc., require huge quantities of industrial alcohol. Alcohol now is produced principally from grain or sugar, both critically needed for human food during time of war. Yet alcohol can be manufactured at much lower cost from wood waste waste now being consumed in mill burners. Naturally, mid-west grain growers, who exert consid erable political pressure in the national capital, don't look with favor upon loss of their market to distilleries. Nor do Hawaiian and Cuban sugar interests like the idea of making alcohol from waste materials, when they can Bell their product at a good price for use in alcohol pro duction. So, for political reasons, the country's timber indus try has been sold short and our defense program still is without facilities for producing vitally needed industrial alcohol without using commodities essential to feeding the nation's populace. Molasses Plants Are Considered Facing possibility of prolonged war and police activ ity, considerable thought now is being given to reviving the alcohol-from-wood-waste experiments. It is to be hoped that the welfare of the country, rather than the party, will guide the project from here on out. If molasses plants were built throughout wood grow ing centers of the Pacific Northwest, the product to be shipped to distilleries located along the coast, where ef fluent could be spilled into the ocean, thus relieving fresh water streams from danger of pollution, also making it convenient to load alcohol into ocean-going tankers, the country's defense needs for industrial alcohol could be supplied in abundance. We imagine the wood being wasted in Lane and Douglas counties alone could supply most of the alcohol the country would need for a major war, given facilities for complete utilization. The same plants could be used to produce molasses, yeast and proteins for livestock and poultry feed, thus serving a useful purpose in either war or peace. We hope it won't be too long until we see those loads of fabricated steel moving into Douglas county. In The Day's News By FRANK (Continued from page Une) large military establishment FOR MANY YEARS TO COME- A large military establishment will be immensely costly. But that Isn't all. We can't eat guns and planes and tanks and warships. We can't wear them. We can't shelter ourselves with them. We can't use them, as we do automobiles, to have a good time with. That part of our wealth (wealth, remember, is created by the appli cation of human labor to raw ma terials) which we put into guns and planes and tanks and warships can not be used in any of the normal processes of peace-time liv ing. That is to sav, it must RE SUBTRACTED EROM OUR STANDARD OF LIVING. So this follows: If we are to maintain for many years to come a large and per manent military establishment we must either PRODUCE FAR WORE THAN WE HAVE PRO DUCED IN THE PAST or our standards of living must decline steadily. We may not like that statement, but we can't get away from the truth of it. If we're going lo have more guns we must do with less butter. OR WE MUST WORK ENOUGH HARDER TO PRODUCE ENOUGH OF BOTH. For many, many years, our minds have been filled with the vision of easier, softer, more pleasant living. We've been mmin toward the happy goal of shorter FOR DEFENSE JENKINS. working hours and longer play hours. NOW, if we are lo protect our liberties against the encroachment of Russian communism, we shall have to accept the fact that if we arc to PROTECT our liberties and maintain our standards of living we shall have to work harder and more efficiently than we have ever worked before. Alleged House Looting Gang Members Arrested PORTLAND t.fi City le Irctives and a California deputy sheriff arrested a man and his wile and seized $-1,000 worth of stolen luxuries last night. The deputy said thev were con nected with a California gang of 19 now under arrest Most of the loot was recovered in a house near Vernonia. Held under $10,000 cash bond on a charge of possessing stolen goods are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 1. Mayer, who tied California in July at the time of police raids in which the others were arrested. The woman was arrested first and her husband taken into cus tody at the E. Hurnsnlr street site of a home he was building. The recovered goods included a $2,000 fur coat, expensive guns, rings and camera equipment. The export of mahogany has been the principal industry of Rnt isn Honduras for more than two centuries. If This Was Russian Menace Demands That Western Europe Bear Its Full Share Of Defense By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst The council of deputies for the 12-nalion Atlantic pact is up against the urgency .for quick Western European rearmament. Moreover this rearmament demands the full participation of all member nations, some of whom have been pursuing a course of watch ful waiting. There has been considerable disposition to depend on Uncle Sam for the wherewithal, both economic and military. Now American chairman Charles M. Spofford is understood to have made fresh and pungent represen tations to the council in urging all-out cooperation in preparing for mutual defense against possible Red action. Everybody must pull his full weight. One naturally has a sympathetic understanding of the feeling of the European nations which were on the firing line in the late world war and now are struggling to restore the amenities of peace time. They are reluctant to reas sume the disabilities of wartime. However, they must realize that (here is a flaw in their reasoning. We haven't got peace. The world war has been succeeded by a cold war, hot in spots, which might pre cipitate a conflagration that would make the last "world war" look puny. Rd Powar Dominant It will take every ounce of effort that peace-seeking nations can give to prevent another global hot-war. The essential fact of the moment is that while the western powers hold the balance of economic power, and the potential balance of military power, Russia at this moment has the preponderance of actual military power in Europe and Asia, Russia could overrun the Euro pean continent now with her le gions. Arid in a couple of years, the experts tell us, she probably will have created enough strength lo wage world war if she should want to. The answer of the Western De mocracies must be to match, and surpass, any such Soviet prepared ness. That can only be achieved if every nation, small and big, throws everything it can into the sacrifice. This" is particularly necessary because it will safeguard Amer ica's military striking power which could be dangerously weakened by constant calls for more U.S. troops in various parts of the world. I refer particularly to the recent in gings that we greatly increase our permanent military force in Europe. Soviet Strategy Seen That shouldn't be necessary, if all the western European coun tries contribute everything they can lo the military defense. America should be enabled to keep her mil itary machine in running order, to take care of such emergencies as the invasion of Korea. Those emergencies are likely to increase, especially in the Asiatic theater. It is part of the Soviet long-range strategy to create just such situations, which will divide American strength in particular New Type Lamp Detects Sloppy Dishwashing PASADENA, Calif (.rv Greasy spoon restaurants and hen-pecked husbands may soon be at the mercy of a new type lamp. The lamp using "black light" mercury can delect sloppy dish washing. II was evnlaincd in an Dliimina- tins talk to lighting ensineers by Alston Rodeers. who helned desisn the lamp for use by Cleveland health department inspectors. ! "A dish may look perfectly I clean," sat1 Rogers, "but unless 1 dish washers have been careful, ' the lamp's ultra-violet rays will show it to be dotted with particles that shine in the riar's " I If the little woman starts using it husbands, beware! I A Test, We Have and thi strength of the Democra cies in general. Russia is in a fortunate position geographically for such strategy. Her territories form a huge curve, protected by the Polar regions on the north and reaching from Eur ope clear through to the Pacific. She has physical contact with both Europe and Asia, whereas Amer ica is half a world away. Each military effort we make in the eastern hemisphere is a great strain. In these facts lie the reason why I western Europe should go all-out in rearmament. Ana why, in tne view of many, Western Germany also should be rearmed and fitted into the western defensive scheme. United Nations Urged To Speed Korean War Aid LAKE SUCCESS m The United States called upon other United Nations members today for more speed in sending ground for ces to the Korean battle area. In its second report to the secur ity council on operations under Gen. Douglas MacArthur's unified command, the United States also urged that more attention should be given to military units already in existence rather than to recuit ing and training special units for Korea. The report was (he first submit ted since Jakob A. Malik became president of the council Aug. 1. The previous report was submited July 25. While the new report cov ers operations only up to July 31, informed quarters said the major conclusions still hold good now. The report was presented by chief U. S. delegate Warren R. Austin, who said in his conclusion: "The international character .if the operation in Korea has received important emphasis since the pre paration of the last report in the offers of combat forces made by a number of members of the United Nations. But, it is my sincere hope that the member nations of the United Nations will without delay build up the strength of our ground forces. "To bring the conflict to a suc cessful conclusion quickly, it is essential for the member nations to act speedily." The report said: ' "As yet no army forces of mem ber nations other than the United States have arrived in Korea." It added, however, that eight na tions are represented by naval for ces and other assistance: Austra lia, Canada, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Britain and the United States. Grain Elevator, Wheat Burn In $70,000 Fire PENDLETON i.Ti Twenty- eight thousand bushels of wheat ! were lost a $70,000 fire that grain elevator eight destroyed miles northeast of Pendleton Tues day night. the fire w as on the George Tem ple ranch. Temple, who had leased 1 the wooden elevator from the Mc Cormmach estate, figured that liuhtnini? started it. No fire fizht- ing equipment was available The wheat was insured and the elevator partly insured. An Answer Food Prices Soar To Higher Level WASHINGTON WP) Soaring food prices have shot the govern ment's official cost-of-living index to its highest level in almost two years. Under at least partial influence of pressures built up by the Ko rean war, the bureau of labor sta tistics' index climbed 1.4 percent between June 15 and July 15. The Korean fighting started June 25. The month's rise brought the total rise between April 15 a n d July 15 to 3 percent. The spurt, announced by the bureau last night, brings a five cents an hour pay boost to 335,000 General Motors corporation wage earners, effective Sept. 1. Their wages are tied to the agency's figures on living costs under con tract with the CIO United Auto Workers. Taking note of the rumors that the price of General Motors cars and trucks also might go up, G. M. President C. E. Wilson a n nounced that "no price changes are contemplated by General Mo tors at this time." The bureau of labor statistics attributed much of the sharp June 15 to July 15 rise to higher meat, fruit and vegetable prices. It added that a special study showed sharp seasonal declines in the retail prices of fresh vegetables and lower, prices of fresh pork more than offset increases in most other food costs between July 15 and July 31. The agency said it believes food prices on July 31 were slightly under the" average level of July 15. Most Of 'Ins Are Primary Winners By The Aseoclaled Presa In primary elections in Ihrce states Tuesday, most of the "ins" stayed in, or with the vote still being counted, looked likely to win their races for renomination. In all, candidates were picked for 54 house seats in New York, Mississippi, Wyoming and Dela ware. Party conventions Sept. 6 and 7 will name New York's candidates for governoi and U. S. senator. Only five out of New York's 45 congressmen faced opposition in yesterday's balloting. Winning renomination were vet eran upstate Republicans Edwin A. Hall of the 37th district, W. Sterlin Cole of the 39th, and Clar ence E. Kilburn of the 34th; and Democrat Louis B. Heller of the 7tn in Brooklyn. Hall's victory was j decided today. Democrat Joseph L. Pfeifer, who j has represented Brooklyn's 8lh for j 16 years was defeated by a politi 1 cal newcomer, attorney Victor L. ! Anfuso. In the scramble for a house seat i (Wyoming's only one), State Rep. I William H. Harrison led Homer ! Oxley for the Republican vote and I John B. Clark was comfortably ahead of other Democratic candi dates. ' Delaware Democrats picked Henry Winchester of Brandywine Hill as the party's candidate against Republican Rep. J. Caleb Hoggs. Like Wyoming. Delaware has only one house seat. CHICAGO (.PI The owl isn't so smart. Austin L. Rand, cura tor of birds at the Chicago Nat ural History museum, grants that they make quite an impressive ap pearance. "But owls don't seem to have much behind the front they put up. he says. Toeple who have studied them find that the young are very slow to learn to feed ; themselves. One saw-whet owl that ' was kept captive refused to eat liver put into its cage, apparently not recognizing the meat as food. But when the liver was crammed into an empty mouse skin the owl 1 ate it at once. "The crows and their relatives, i the jays, are the birds that are 1 really intelligent." pffijijfejj By Vwhr, Anybody driving along highway 38 is likely to notice the name "Weatherly" on a number of mailboxes. From one of those boxes to mine came today a cor dial invitation to be among those present next Sunday (Aug. 27) at the Scottsburg celebration the Centennial. "Scottsburg is the sec ond oldest city in Oregon, you know," says Mrs. Dorothy Weath erley. I didn't know, but I realized it was a hundred years old be cause I have read so much about it, and each drive through re freshes my memory. "There will be a fine parade at 10 o'clock in the morning. Every one is to bring a basket dinner and we shall have an old fashioned picnic. The local Grange is to serve free coffee. There will be a pio neer exhibit which promises to be both fascinating and educational, showing the relics and remem brances of bygone days. "In the afternoon there will be a program with interesting speak ers and snappy music; then the dedication of an historical marker by the Oregon State Highway de partment. Square dancing and just visiting will follow. A big crowd is expected. After all, this is really an historical event worth remembering." Yes, indeed, Mrs- Weatherly, I'm sure there will be a big crowd. Mrs. Ruth Perkins of Drain, whose mother is a Scotts burg resident of early days, told me about the Centennial the day before your letter came. She plans to go, and write all about it to her mother who is, I think, in California now. I'll do my best to be there, and thanks for the invitation. But I have promised to be somewhere else Sunday morning, the 27th, and it might be late afternoon be fore we could make it to Scotts burg. But if I can get there I'll certainly have a look around for a little lady who will be wearing her "husband's grandmother's dress and bonnet in black satin" . . Don't I wish I had an old time costume to wear! With all the funny things we women now wear on our heads no one would give a second look to a hundred-year-old lace cap that once belonged to my BLUE LAKE CANNING BEANS You Pick POUND 5' MOORE and RICE BEAN YARD On Highway 99 1 Mile South of Dillard Ue.sa, A N 0 K I O O N hnett S. Martin i great-grandmother, if I should wear that un my braids. Then I have a heavy silver belt made of links trouble is, there are not enough links! And I'm not going to risk "keeling over" by buckling myself Inside a belt I once wore with links to spare, A happy day to everybody, and many happy memories and meet ings! FOR THIS IS HEADQUARTERS FOR GOOD SCHOOt SUPPLliS Wrlllnf Tablete loo SRo Com Paxil ion Tablet i Steno Notebook! and Typewriter Taper Ao 10c 5 So t Special! Full alie Zipper caie ring blndere II. BR Other rlnr hfndera from 39e Looie.. Leaf.. Filter 10a 2Se All ichool auppMa aald her art officially approved. 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