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Parachute With Built-in Brain Cuts Hazard In Drops From High Altitudes force comet up with i parachute DAYTON, 0.-.P)-Now the air that hai a built-in brain. Thii brainy aerial umbrella ii that know! just p-hen and where to tude jumps. Thii ii a bit help to pilots of Dropping from fast planes at high hazardous. The opening of the parachute at high speeds or at high altitudes I gives the jumper severe shock, there is a lack of oxygen, extreme cold and vulnerability to enemy fire. But, it is also dangerous to jump from such a plane and withhold opening the chute until reaching a safe altitude. You may fail to pull the chute open at the right time, or fail to pull it at all be cause of injury or unconsciousness due to lack of oxygen. The new parachute, result of testing by the air force's air mat eriel command at nearby Wright field, takes the dangers from free fall jumps. All the pilot has to do is to get out of the plane and pull a handle connected by cable to an automatic release. From there on, the chute takes over itself, opening only after the airman has fallen to a safe dis tance. Operation Explained Here's how it works: Before the pilot takaa off, ha sets a timer, usually between five and seven seconds, and aa element for an altitude 5,000 feet higher than the highest point over which he expects to fly. For instance, if he expects to fly over mountain ranges 8,000 feet above sea level, the pilot would set the aneroid element for 13,000 feet. Then, if he had to bail out at 40,000 feet, his chute will not open until he free falls to the pre set altitude of 13.000 feet. At 40.000 feet, the onenins shnek Is four times greater than at sea level. Also, the longer time neces. sary to make a 40.000 open chute descent would lay tne jumper open to lacK ot oxygen or cold. For low altitude bail-outs, the chute timer will provide a suffi cient delay to allow the pilot to clear his plane and slow down to a safe speed before the chute opens. The timing device can be act for from one to 26 seconds. The chute also can be operated in the conventional, manual man ner. - The new parachute will be used by airmen in high-performance fighters, crews of the B-36 and B-29 and with ejection-seat escapes. a new automatic back-type model open itself in high-speed, high-alti- today't swifter military airplanes, altitudes with open parachutes is -t Batch Of Fines Lcvltd In Municipal Court Daun C. Lillard, Roseburg, who pleaded guilty to failing to pay a tine for 11 parking violations, was fined $20. in municipal court Sat urday. Other sentences by municipal Judge Ira B. Riddle: Loren Ashly Young, Roseburg, intoxication, 10 days in lieu of $20 fine. Morris Everett Roy, Roseburg, 20 days in lieu of a $40 fine for intoxica tionhis tenth appearance in court on that charge. George Harrison, Roseburg, 20 days in lieu of $40 tine nis seventh appearance in court, on charge of intoxication. Three persons forfeited bail Thev were Bert Curtis. Roseburg, $20, on charge of intoxication; Ed ward Claude Robertson, Tenmile, $10, disorderly conduct; Aldolfo Carlson Valenzuela, ban Antonio Tex., disorderly conduct. In 172 Bering, a Danish explorer in the service of Russia, explored the northeast coast of Asia and the Bering Straits. Law Frees Boy, 7, Who Killed Sister At Play DETROIT UP) The case of four-year-old Karen Kmer s nun shot death has been officially closed. There will be no police action against her seven-year-old brother, Dickie, who sobbed out a story tnat he snot Karen accidentally in a cowboy-and-lndian game. "We don't plan to do anything to Dickie," said Chief Assistant Prosecutor W. H. Lichtenfelt of Macomb county. "He's just a seven-year-old child who might be harmed psychologi cally by more questioning. Now that we know who shot Karen, there's nothing more to do," he added. W&CAHBtA wx mm L0 V.- EOlJT SMOKS" - fcl , DEBSiS WllfiOOr PERMIT. LI(sw FoaBS ft -i I t iJ VenT6oLS HAmjV f U - ' ' -"t-y "0HriROB' J Bl? SlEAU UP AOuT BJ-aV-O ' BajS,fknCes, homes Wage Hike For W. Washington Loggers Fiixed Waste To Be Converted Into New Type Hardwood Big Money For X-Raying Draftees To Draw Probe WASHINGTON -UP) An army report that a Milwaukee doctor is getting an average of $1,125 a day to X-ray draftees drew swift prom ises today of investigations by the army and on Capitol Hill. At Milwaukee an army officer confirmed that Dr. Irving Cowan has averaged $1,125 a day for his work this month, Sundays ex cluded,. to X-ray and check plates of men examined at the Milwau kee induction center. LONGVIEW, Wash. IV) A new type hardboard product la to be manufactured in a new Long Bell Lumber Co. plant now under construction. J. M. White, Long-Bell president, said a pilot plant has been pro ducing the new product for exper imental purposes for several months, but that the actual prod uct is the outcome of several years' work. Wood fibers are used in the process, being mixed with bond ing agents and shaped into the board by application of heat and pressure. The smooth surface may be colored for use in modern in terior decorating but only natural wood-colored hardboard will be made at first. The product will be made of dry waste now converted into fuel. White said the plant, now being built on a Longview site, will have a 55-ton daily capacity and e m ploy about 70 men. Production is expected to get under way late this year or early in 1951. Deadline Extended To Get Office Candidates ALBANY, Ore. -P When the deadline for filing passed on Aug ust 14. only seven candidates had filed for mayor and six seats on I days before holidays. the city council here. That meant the offices would be filled without opposition, the council concluded, so it extended the deadline to August 28. To su; eestions that the move was illega the council replied that apparently only the seven candidates were aware of the August 14 deadline, City attorney Edward Sox said the unanimous resolution setting the new date violates the letter of the law. "But sometimes the letter of the law kills, ' lie added. SEATTLE CT A CIO union leader has announced an agree' ment for a five-cent an hour in crease for logging and sawmill workers in western Washington's Douglas fir industries. J. E. Fadling of Portland, presi dent of the International Woodwork ers of America, said the agree ment was reached at a conference here last week. He said the agreement is sub ject to confirmation by members oi me union and firms in the lum bermen's industrial relations com mittee. He said, however, that the agreement is assured of "setting a pattern" for the industry because some large firms agreed to it in- iviauauy at tne conference. The increase is effective Sept. 1, he said, on an across-the-board basis. Fadling said the increase will affect between 15.000 and 20.nmi workers under the CIO union's con tract for districts 2 and 3. (The ri val AFL-affiliated Lumber and Sawmill Warkers' union recently announced it also was reopening the wage section of its contract for negotiations.) The increase, said Fadling. will bring the basic scale to $1.50 an hour, plus the 7Vi cents an hour the industry pays to the health and welfare fund under the con tract negotiated early this year. The contract provided for re openine the was clause firt l after the required 60-day notice oui raaung sid the employers' representatives agreed to the Sept. 1, effective date. Sleeping Sickness Hits Horses In Klamath Area KLAMATH TkUS t.V) -An outbreak of sleeping sickness has infected probably a hundred horses in the Klamath area during the past few weeks and destroyed sev eral. The epidemic, veterinarians say, is bad but not aa widespread as a similar outbreak in 1946. The disease is transmitted by flies and mosquitoes, veterinarians say, but can be prevented by yearly vaccination. Sleeping sick ness ii known to affect humans in rare cases but does not bother cattle. Man., Aug. 21, 1950 The Newr-Revlew, koieBUrg, Or. 7 Police Force For U. N. Is Proposed Parade Of Increased Barber Prices Spreads TACOMA UPi The $1.25 haircut is spreading in western Washington. Union barbers voted for it here Thursday, effective immediately. The barbers' union at Longivew and Kelso announced the same rate in the twin cities next Tues day. The $1.25 rate was voted in Seattle last week. In all four cities, the price of shaves is boosted from 75 cents o $1; children's haircuts from 75 cents to $1. Even the kids' cuts will he $1.25 on Saturdays and Truman Names Five As ?'"jation To U.N. WASHINGTON (.TP) Presi dent Truman has announced a United Nations delegation made up of three Republicans and two Democrats. The HneupT Republicans: former Senator Warren Austin. Senator Lodge (Mass) and John Foster Dulles, GOP foreign polic- adviser. Democrats: Senator Sparkman (Ala) and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The delegation will serve at the general assembly session this call. Skunks (Deodorized) On Test For TV Appearance HOLLWYOOD &) Riot,!. nine skunks have applied for one atuiig jou , a television station nere. oiauon mrv ran a newspaper advertisement for one k v. ing it wished a trained civet for! us jacK Kourke show, which winds up the station's day at 11:25 p. m. "We are deluged," says John Berba at KTTV. "Fortunately, all the applicants are deodorized. We hope to get a talented polecat out of the lot, but we haven't reached a decision yet," CANCER FROM FOODS LOS ANGELES iJP) Hot and spicy food? probably are one cause of cancer of the stomach, says Dr. Claude E. Welch of Har vard university. He is here teach ing in the University of Califor nia summer session. He says stomach cancer is com mon in Mexico where spiced foods are the rule. He also says that Japanese women who wait until their husbands eat before serving themselves escape such cancer. Their food cools before they eat it. WASHINGTON -LV A bi-part-isn group of 16 senators and 15 house members are urging the establishment of a United Nations police force, made up of volun teers from small nations, to aid in combating aggresion. As proposed by the sponsors of a resolution, introduced Saturday. the force would operate under au arrangement designed to prevent a Soviet veto of action to quell ag gression. The plan was outlined at a news conference in the office of Senator Sparkman (D-Ala), who was pro viously named by President Tru man as a United States delegate to the U. N. assembly meeting next month. Sparkman declared there are "hundreds of thousands of volun teers throughout the world who want to join in the fight against the Communists aggressors in Korea and elsewhere." The resolution would leave the door open to Russian membership. provided she met certain condi tions such as accepting internation al control of atomic energy and agreed to a limitation on and in spection of araments. CHOWHOUND FINDS BERTH CUMBERLAND, Md. UP) Private Striker, 7-month-oId bull dog mascot of the Cumberland marine reserves, looked down in the mouth when his unit shipped out and left him behind. But he perked up again when navy re servists adopted him, outfitted him with a gob's cap and put him in training. The navy reservists say ex-Private Striker seems quite adjusted now to his new unit and new rat ing Chowhound. COLLECTS THRESHERS FRANKLIN, 111. (IP) Mil ford Rces is a modern farmer who collects old steam threshing ma-, chines as a hobby. Once a year he invites the neighbors over and fires up the quaint contraptions. His prize showpiece is a wood burning thresher made in 1883. In the parlance of radio, an amateur is one "interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest." PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance HORACE C. BERG Special Agent Office 712-J Res. S71-J 111 West Oak GET HIGHEST PRICES FOR YOUR GRAIN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOUR MILL IS PAYING WHEAT ... . 72.50 TOm BARLEY .... 52.70 TOn GREY OATS . . . 60.00 T0N RED OATS . . . 53.00 T0N SPELTZ .... 55.00 ton All Prices Above For Top Grades of Each Variety CONTACT: DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOUR MILL PHONE Pine end 13 Cast St. SEE that "Fashion Car" Styling! On look fld you'll set why Ford received the New York Fashion Academy's Gold Medal for the second straight year. It s no wonder head turn when this beauty goes by! FEEL its Fine-Car Quality! One ride and vou II find Ford hugs the road like the costliest cars . . with its low. level "Mid Ship ' Ride . . . ic rigid, 1 Vways stronger ' Lifeguard ' Body (now sound-conditioned" for luxurious quiet too!) LISTEN to that quiet V-8! You'll find the quiet of Ford's "hushed" V-8 whispers its Suality. But you'll have to take a "Test 'rive' to really know its a mating get-away power. . 4T'm' Wi(h all it fin.rar niilli ftnrl 1 ... : vsm low purchase price, Ford costs ou less to ownl features like Power Dome" combustion give you more miles per gtllon and "high compression" perform" ancc with "regular" gs. and you'll know why reis) is the one fine car in the low-price field US FOR A "TEST UiVE" LOCKWOOD MOTORS Inc. NO MAGIC HERE! JUST BIG During Our Close -Out Sale ALL PRICES REDUCED! SAVE 20 ON FARM MACHINERY MASSEY-HARRIS 3 6-FT. MOWERS 2 14-lnch TWO BOTTOM PLOWS 1 14-Inch THREE BOTTOM PLOW 5 SECTIONS OF FLEX HARROW 6 SEC. OF SPRING TOOTH HARROW 1 HAMMERMILL 1 7-FT. FIELD DISC OTHER FAMOUS MAKES 6 SECTIONS OF FLEX HARRROW 2 MARROW RAKES priced at $295 USED EQUIPMENT 1 JOHN DEERE SUB SOILER 1 14 -FT. BUCK RAKE, with hydraulic controls only 95.00 POWDERED SKIM MILK COMMERCIAL VIGORO PLANT FOOD VIGORO RED STEER FERTILIZER GYPSUM 100 Lbi Utk Sock Sock Tor 6.25 3.40 250 235 14.00 1 SHALLOW WELL PUMP 1 PORTABLE FIRE PUMP BEE SUPPIES CHICKEN EQUIPMENT PENZOIL MOTOR OIL in bulk and cans SHOP EQUIPMENT Heavy Duty Socket Wrenches Marquette Electric Welder Tachmometer Compression Gauge 1 Computing Scale (3-Lb. Limit) OFFICE EQUIPMENT ROLL TOP DESK OFFICE SAFE 4-DRAWER WOODEN FILE Used Woodstock Typewriter We Have Hundreds of Small Items Such As Insecticides, Germi cides, Garden Equipment, V-Belts, etc. All at Tremendous Savings. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD ALL PRICES SLASHED - GIGANTIC SAVINGS -UNHEARD -OF BARGAINS ROSEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY IM md Oak Pkene 114$ 222 SPRUCE PHONE 174
