4 The Newi-Revicw, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., Aug. 28, 1950
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By Charles V. Stanton
The Oregon State Highway commission at its last regu
lar meeting entertained a large delegation urging construc
tion of a four-lane section on highway 99-B between Salem
and New Era. The purpose would be to speed traffic in
the Salem -Portland area.
There is just one trouble with the petition. It should
have included the entire Pacific highway in the State of
Oregon.
We can continue our piecemeal, patchwork method of
highway development, always staying five or ten years be
hind the traffic load, or we can approach the problem from
a more businesslike angle, issue bonds to be repaid from
highway revenues, and rebuild the highway from end to end
as rapidly as the work can be engineered and contracted.
Under our present bit-by-bit method, we waste money
and never have an adequate road. Lack of transportation
facility is costing us far more than the annual interest and
principal on a highway bond issue, sufficiently large to do
the job. In addition we are losing money from inability of
industry and business to expand because of transportation
bottlenecks.
We realize the enormity of the state's highway problem.
We know, too, that Oregon has been a most conservative
state and has been provincial in its approach to the road
problem. It is time, we believe, we were exercising some
vision, particularly in connection with our present and pros
pective population growth, and getting at least one of our
major highways the most used one built to accommodate
present and prospective traffic use.
New Roseburg Route Surveyed
We perhaps should not accuse the highway commission
of lack of vision, however, when we take a look at the survey
now in progress for selecting a tentative route for a supcr
duper highway here.
According to rumors, highway engineers have been
locating a prospective route which would miss Oakland and
Sutherlin, staying along the west side of the railroad tracks,
cutting through the Roseburg Rod and Gun club's recrea
tional grounds, bridging the North Umpqua river down
stream from the present railroad steel bridge, and following
along the west side of the airport.
It would cross the South Umpqua river a short distance
below Laurelwood, and cut between West Moreland and the
new Community hospital. Then it would follow along the
base of Mt. Nebo, through the fairgrounds and Kiwanis
park, and again across the river at Shady point, connecting
with the straight tangent passing the Umpqua Tlywood
plant.
It would be a limited access road with four clovcrleaf.
takeoffs, including one at Harvard Ave., and another on the
Garden Valley road.
You understand we are not quoting this information
on authority only on hearsay. Highway department en
gineers are non-committal. But at least we know the survey
is being made.
Right Of Way Is Factor
We are told (again by hearsay) that the proposed new
location is influenced principally by the fact that cost of
right of way in following approximately the existing route
and building one-way arterials through town is prohibitive;
that the new super highway will be little, if any, more ex
pensive and will better accommodate existing and prospec
tive traffic.
We won't argue the point, because we haven't the facts.
We do know, however, that the highway commission was
urged a number of years ago to buy right of way in the
Roseburg area and hold it until needed, because it would
be too expensive later. We know because we urged it, not
only in this column but in personal letters to highway com
missioners and in talking with them.
But the commission took the position it couldn't afford
to tie up its funds for long periods of time. So we simply
pay more for our highways when we DO build them.
The situation at Roseburg, we believe, is a good example
of the need for completely rebuilding the Pacific highway
for the future at the earliest possible date. Certainly the
cost will not get less and it can go a great deal higher as the
state continues to grow.
A complete reconstruction job would be less expensive
in the long run than our present piecemeal system; would
promote more travel, would eliminate costly transportation
bottlenecks, and speed industrial and business expansion.
In The Day's News
.By FRANK
(Continued (mm I'aRe One)
Straws in the wind:
Navy Secy. Matthews, speaking
in Boston last niKht, says: "The
tJnited States niv he fnrcrrl to
alter its policy "f NKVER DRAW
ING THE SWOIill UNLESS FIRST
ATTACKED."
"If Russia Is Koing to biini; on
World War 111, lot us have it upon
OUR TERMS . , . We can not
afford to encage in any more sat
ellite wars ... If Russian nun
pets start trmihle anvwherr. THAT
SHOULD HE THE S1CNAL '(!!
OUR BOMBERS TO WINC. THEIR
WAY TOWARD MOSCOW."
Secy. Matthews, in his Boston
speech, added to his statement that
the time may hp here when we'll
have to shoot first, these signifi
cant words:
"We should boldly proclaim our
undeniable objective to be world
peace.
"TO HAVE PEACE WK
SHOULD BE WILLING TO PAY.
AND DECLARE OCR INTENTION
TO PAY. ANY PRICE, EVEN THE
PRICE OK 1NST1TCT1NC A WAR
TO COMPEL COOPEPATION.
"Self preservation In tiie present
world can he purchased only by
those capable of resisting success
fully a violation of their rights."
ENOUGH
JENKINS.
Those are fighting words.
I Let's skip hack for a moment
j to Secy, Mathews' statement that
1 the lime may be near when we'll
1 have to alter our policy of never
; drawing the sword unless we are
; first attacked.
That policy tracks back to the
days of chivalry. Sir Galahad, if
his opponent's horse stumbled,
raised his lance and rode by, giv
ing his enemy another chance.
That was all right in Sir Galahad's
day, because his chivalrous oppon.
ent would iiave done the same hv
him.
If Sir Galahad had been joust
ing with a COMMUNIST and had
; raised his lance chivalrously and
I ridden hv. HIS COMMUNIST OP
PONENT WOULD HAVE TURNED
AROUND AND STABBED HIM IN
THE BA' K.
There's no chivalry in war any
more especially in war with com
' mtinism.
; Let's be blunt:
j What Secretary Matthews is sug
; Resting and American Legion Com
mander Craig is proposing is that
I wo should ATOM BOMB RUSSIA
BEFORE Pl'SSIA HAS TIME OR
OPPORTUNITY TO DO US ANY
MORE DIRT.
That's a grim proposal.
But It's realistic.
' Red Reinforcement"
IPC
OLD FRIENDS MEET Oldtimers who were once youngsters in 100-yedr-old Scottsburg had a
heyday Sunday renewing acquaintances during the centennial celebration. Former residents
and descendants of early Scottsburg settlers traveled from as far away as Seattle and Los
Angeles to attend the city's birthday party. Shown above greeting friends are seated, from left,
Louie Seymour, Mrs. James Graham, Mary Sagaberd, George Perkins and Mrs. Perkins. (Staff
photo I
Some people say "guardian an
gel," and some say, "Something
made me " some say men
most likely "I had a hunch,"
and others say "I had presence
of mind": but all, it would seem,
follow up such opening words with
an interesting incident in which a
sudden, strong, impelling thought
caused a change of direction, a
change of plan even saved a
life.
Mrs. Edith Aekert, on her way
north on !I9 with her niece and
nephew, slopped in for a call. Sin
was telling about the fire in her
home which had damaged some
books and so on. Mrs. Ackert, a
former county school superintend
ent, is writing a history of Doug
las county based on early school
records. Since she has spent much
time and research on her material
she was at great pains to dry that
damaged by water.
She was sitting near a triple
strength plate glass window, one
day, when "Something made me
go out to see how the books were
drying ... a moment later, right
where I had been, that big win
dow was just a pile of glass, not
Development Of Oregon's
SAI.KM (.V Oitkoii has,
at least 104 developed picnic areas
aloni; its highways, and more are
under construction. Stale Highway
Kncineer K. II. Baldnck said.
Of these, .is are in national for
ests, 44 in stale parks, two in na
tional parks, and the rest are be
side highways.
i All of the areas provide picnic
tables and garbage cans. Some of
them have water, and most have
I toilets.
I Since the highway commission
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Uranium Find Reported
In British Isles j
LONPON i.V The British1
government hs announced discov-1
I ery of the largest single deposit
perhaps a million of tons or I
uranium located in the British
Isles.
The mini try of supply said the
ore. in northern Wales, is of 'e
tremely low yield The ministry
hinted exploitation might not be
feasible
The department of scientific and
industrial research, however, said
Dij Viahnett S. Martin
a piece bigger than a thumb nail.
I certainly was glad I moved just
in time, before that truck crashed
through the glass!"
f guess all of us could tell in
! cidents coincidences. People who
have experienced an earthquake
i are not likely to have high cup
! boards crammed with heavy
i things, even cans. Nor heavy pic
i tures over the head of the bed.
Nor, for lhat matter, gingerbread
trimmings over entrance door
ways such as many public build
ings had in I.ong Beach until five
minutes to six, one March eve
ning.
A dear friend was placing dinner
on the table that evening when a
loving thought for a child next I
door caused her to take a little of
each salad plate and take the ex- i
Ira plale to the child. On her way J
back, the earhqttake struck. She
couldn't have been in a safer
place! But oh her kitchen! All
the high storage cupboards had
swung open catches rarely hold
and there was s shambles of
smashed canned goods on the floor
. where she had been. She was con
vinced lhat the loving thought for
the child had saved her life.
Picnic Areas Progresses
started its program in 1948 1o pro
vide roadside picnic facilities. 13
of them have been completed.
Seven more are under construc
tion, and four have been author
ized. Of those which have been tom
pleted, there are four on the Old
Oregon Trail highway, two on the
Pacific highway and the rest scat
tered over other routes.
Baldock said the program is
especially valuable to tourists who
want to have a good place to stop
and eat their meals.
the ore is "in no way inferior' to
deposits being worked by the Rus
sians in Kast Germany. The sci
entists calclated the ore would
! BAD IDEA FOR UNFIT
BRISTOL, R. L - (T- - A
1 Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nolony scientist would grade pen.
pie for admission to A-bomb shel
ters "on the basis of their im
I portancc to the United States."
( Prof. Clarke Goodman, a n
i atomic energy scientist at MIT,
I said "some people are more im
priant than others and we can't
build shelters for everybody."
Km.-!-
Morse Will Ask
Probe Of Dispute
In Rail Seizure
WASHINGTON (.PI Senator
Morse (R-Ore) savs he will Dress
for a thorough congressional in
vestigation of the labor dispute
that led to government seizure of
the railroads.
Ainren cniH the tnnalp lahnr rnm.
or a subcommittee should make
the inquiry.
In a Senate speech he suqeested
that the two unions involved were
being wrongly accused of break
ing a no-strike pledge. President
Truman told a news conference
Thursday that chiefs of the train
men's and conductors' unions
called the walkout within an hour
afler promising John R. Steelman,
Mr.' Truman's assistant and labor
adviser, Here would be no strike.
Morse said members of the Na
tional (Railway) Mediation board
who heard the conversations would
testify "that no such pledge was
made to Mr. Steelman."
Morse said, however, he be
lieves Steelman honeslly thought
the pledge was made. "I am sat- j
isfied that President Truman al
ways wants to h 'air in a con
troversy," he added. !
The senator acain suggested that !
Mr. Truman call a national lahor-'
management conlerence to pro
duce a "no-strike, no-lockout"
pledge during the Korean fighting
and war mobilization period.
He said the country needs a new
agency, similar to the former War
I Labor board, to deal with labor
disputes during the period. Morse
was a War Labor board member.
Six Killed, ?5 Injured
In Wales Train Wreck
CONWAY. Wales i.T-i Six
persons were killed and 25 injured
in the ramming of a switch engine
by the London-bound crack pas
snger train Irish Mail five miles
west of here Sunday.
The train, a half hour behind
schedule on its run from the Irish
sea port of Holyhead, was carry
ing many persons homeward bound
from holidays in Ireland.
. .tack Williams, an injured fire
man aboard the Irish Mail,
averted a possible second disaster
by scarmbhng from the wrecked
cab to halt an approaching freisht
train laden with high explosives.
OriginairV the wireless distress
call at sea was "COD'' but this
was changed to "SOS" primarily
because its coded three dots, three
dashes and three dots are much
easier read.
Navy Head's Talk
On War Policy
Lacks Approval
WASHINGTON -l.'Pi The State
department has expressed sharp
disapproval of a speech by Navy
Secretary Matthews at Boston in
which he said the United States
should be willing to start a war in
the interest of peace.
Reporters were told by press of
ficer Roger Tubby that the speech
"was not cleared by the depart
ment of State." He added:
"Mr. Matthews' remarks about
instituting a war for peace do not
represent U. S. policy. The United
States government does not favor
instituting a war of any kind."
The White House refused com
ment on the speech. White House
officials said in response to a
query that it was not cleared there
in advance.
In his addrss, at the Boston
navy yard Friday, the navy's ci
vilian chief said this country
should be willing to pay any price
"even the price of instituting a
war, to compel cooperation for
peace."
He did not represent this view
to be government policy, though it
was stated by a cabinet officer
with the prestige which he pos
sesses. State department officials and
many others in the administration
have always talked very strongly
against any action by the United
States or the Western powers to
undertake what is sometimes
called the "preventive war." They
contend that only by following a
policy of peace until compelled
to fight to resist aggression as
in Korea can the U. S. hope
either to achieve the kind of world
it wants or to maintain its posi
tion of leadership among peace
fully inclined nations.
Grants Pass Merchant
Killed In Auto Crash
MADRAS, Ore. WPI Andrew
E. Krieger, Grants Pass merchant,
was fatally hurt Saturday as his
car crashed off U. S. highway 97
three miles north of here on Dead
man's curve.
Coroner E. W. Mason said Krie
ger driving north alone in his car,
apparently tried to take the dan
gerous curve at too high a speed.
The car ripped out five guard
rail posts in leaving the highway
Krieger was alive when an am
bulance was called, but was dead
on arrival at a hospital.
ASSURANCE TRAGEDY
SEASIDE, Ore. JP)j- A mother
had just finished reading a letter
from her corporal son, saying
that he had volunteered for trans
fer from Japan to the Korean
fighting front.
"Don't worry," it concluded.
A telegram was delivered from
the War department. It informed
her that the son, Corp. John Wil
liam Simons, had been killed in
action.
The mother, Mrs. Carroll Hat
chcll, collapsed and was reported
to be seriously ill from shock. '.
Another son, Pvt. Cyrus B. Sim
mons; has been given-leave from
his army post at Fort Lawson to
care for her.
LETTERS
to the Editor
Contends United States
Not Fighting Russia
ROSEBURG Mr. Frank Jen
kins wonders what the war is
about. He should, or ought, t o
know what it is about, as he has
been writing about war for sev
eral years.
I can tell him this much, we are
not fighting Russia. We are en
gaged in combat with ragged,
barefoot, hungry-looking Korean
boys. At least that's what the pic
tures look like. When we fight Rus
sia we won't wonder what the war
is about. Russia herself will not
fight until she has to.
Where are Uncle Sam's allied
troops the troops he has been
feeding and sending billions of
dollars . to through the Marshall
plan? Are they going to let
"George" do their lighting? And
is gullible Uncle Sam going to be
the "George," and foot the bills?
Mr. Jenkins is almost right when
he says Russia will stay out and
let the U. N. fight until they ex
pend themselves utterly, then
"come in for the kill," as he says.
Will wars ever cease? No.
Do you remember the Thirty
Years war? Well, the present war
is going to be something like it.
as the questions involved are about
the same. Until the ideology is sat
isfactorily settled there will be no
peace.
If you do not know what the
Thirty Years war was about, look
it up and see for yourself. It took
Germany 200 yars to recover
from that conflict.
D. M. MURCH
Roseburg, Ore.
ROSEBURG I have read in
our papers that our government
has increased allotment pay for
military men's dependents. That is
all very fine, except from the
standpoint of what is fair.
Enlisted men's families get just
as hungry as those of commis-
r sioned officers. Yet enlisted men
! are just as heroic and brave. It
I seems to me it would be difficult
j for our soliders to do their best
while wondering how their fam
ilies are making out at home. We
an Know the cost of living is pro
hibitive In manv cases, after rent
has been paid, there is little left
for necessities.
i Do you not think it would he a
! fair thing for our government to
allow an equal flat rate allotment
' to both officers and enlisted men.
i based on the number of depend
ents? I hope more mothers will write
our senators and representatives
to see if this injustice can be
! corrected.
MRS. C. n. ALBRIGHT
1124 W. Third St.
Roseburg
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GERMAN ART FOR U. S. CHURCH-A workman fits mosaic,
section into almost completed altarpiece being made by a firm in
the American occupied sector of Berlin, Germany, for use in the
Church of the Sacred Heart in Lowell, Mass. Although this mosaic
represents the firm's first postwar order from abroad, it shows the
industrial revival now under way in Western Germany tinder the
direction of the Allied powers.
Boys Build 'Flying "Saucer";
READING. Pa. OF) The
telephone jangled at Reading po
lice headquarters.
The desk sergeant nicked uo the
receiver and heard an excited
voice tell him: "It's a flying sau
cer." The sergeant promnlly dis
patched a patrol car to the spot.
With sirens blaring, the patrol car
reached the scene and found the
saucer on a lawn.
Beside it sat two youngsters
the saucer's inventors.
'It's a genuine hand-painted,
made-in-Reading saucer," John
Insurance Firm Leases Apartments To Negroes
NEW YORK P) The Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company
announced it has leased some
apartments in Stuyvesant Town to
"qualified Negro tenants."
The company, owner of the huge
east side housing project and the
adjacent Peter Cooper village
housing unit, never had granted
leases to Negroes before.
Recently, the company asked
35 tenants of the projects to va
cate their apartments next month.
The tenants said this action was
taken because they publicly op
posed the insurance firm's restric-tions-.agauist
Negroes. '
The- 35 tenants were asked tq'
vacate' under lease provisions giv
ing the company the option of re:
newing leases upon their , expira
tion. The tenants said they had
hired attorneys to fight what they
called the "evictions."
The insurance company said in
the Negro lease announcement that
court rulings established that it
has a right to "select tenants of
its own choice."
StuVvesant Town contains
8.759 apartments and houses more
than 25,00 persons.
COMPLETES TRAINING
Donald Burton McLain, seaman
recruit, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
w. n. McLain ot niver street,
Roseburg, has completed recruit
training at the U. S. Naval Train
ing center, San Diego, Calif.
McLain, who entered the naval
service May 20, 1950, served as
recruit petty officer, second class.
Before entering the service he"
attended Roseburg senior high
school.
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Christmas Shopping In August
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Rocket Coming Next
Feick, 15, told the policeman last
night.
"Guaranteed not to fly" added
Paul Fisher, 14.
They explained they made the
weird contraption from these in
gredients: the top of a barrel, an
insecticide bomb, a bunsen burner,
part of a car heater, the reflec
tor from an auto headlight, a sec
tion of metal pipe, two pieces of
wire, a round box and electric
switch.
Frightened residents of the area
notwithstanding, the boys told po
lice they plan to build a rocket
next.
The answers to everyday
insurance problems
By KEN BAILEY -
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QUKSTJON: Our next door neighbor'!
nil furnao blew up and Balurited
their home and furniture with toot
and imoke. I understand this damage
la not covered under a regular fire
Insurance policy. la this true?
ANSWER; Such damage as you riea
cribe and where no actual fire exlHta
m covered by what we call "Extended
Coverage." This form of insurance (a
not part of a standard fire policy but
can be added at ver7 slight cost.
ir I' you'll address vour own in
surance questions to this office,
we'll try to give the correct
onswers and there will be no
charge or obligation of any kind.
KEN BAILEY
INSURANCE AGENCY
315 Pacific Bldg. Phone 398
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