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Land War Risks
Civilization Loss,
Hoover Cautions
By GEORGE CORNELL
NEW YORK AP--Herbert Hoover, declaring: that air
and sea might are America's best weapons against aggres
sion, said last night that land war against Russia would
risk "the loss of all civilization."
He urged a period of watchful waiting for evidence of
Europe's unity and military strength before sending more
ground troops there.
The former Republican President said that instead of
committing land armies abroad, the U. S. should build
"overwhelming air and naval power" for use against Russia
if she attacks Europe.
Fine Imposed
On Rail Union
For Sick Halt
CHICAGO UP) The Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, a fed
eral judge ruled yesterday in fin
ing it $25,000 was responsible
for the rail switchmen's "sick"
strike last December.
Judge Michael L. Iaoe i in Dosed
the fine on the rail union as full . Previous Stand Modifitd
crews of switchmen ended a 10-day, ,Ijs addreSs, carried nationally
similar sick walkout and re- over the Mutual Broadcasting sys
turned to work across the country. , tera netWOrk, seemed to modify
The fine was based on violation.
of a federal court order of Dec.
13 directing the switchmen to re-
. r .hr.. j sllWse enueano way repudiaed his basic hcsls
tV- .! ? y a u 1 'hat America should strengthen
f ,..J , d taT I iself. and its ocean perimeters,
of contempt in connection with the , , , means ' .vprtins
walkout just ended. A hearing i 5? 0 1 averting
scheduled for Rh 11 hnl Iun alsaMtr-
indicated he would continue it to
a later dale.
Judge Igoe, who dismissed
charges against 40 of its national
and local officers and 31 lotlges of
the BRT in the contempt hearing
said: "As long as a union is func
tioning as a union, it must be re
sponsible for the mass action of
its members."
The government has asked
Jlldue Tpne Ift finp lh rail tininn
$1,500,000, fine three of its top I
officers a total of $100,000, and to !
consider fines for other officials of
local unions in the Chicago area.
Judge Igoe said he didn't be
lieve in imposing "astronomical
fines," and adtled: "but the union
must realize the great wrong they
have done.".
There was no comment on the
ruling from brotherhood or rail
road officials in Chicago or Wash
ington. In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
These two paragraphs occur in a
personal letter from a friend who
is a thoughtful and intelligent mem
ber of the Oregon legislature now
in session in Salem:
"I believe we are making fairlv
good headway here in Salep- hut
we have reache ' a point wl' ve
have to get down to earth r le
cide on various measures. One point
which I wish to bring to your at
tention is the fact that we now face
a decision as to whether we are
really going to cut the various bud
ets drastically and -try to stay
within the present income, plus the
20 or 30 million dollars still in the
so-called surplus fund, or whether
we are going to continue our spend
ing spree.
"I believe the ways and means
committee would like to make some
drastic budget cuts, but they are
meeting every day with various
heads of departments, colleges and
what not and therefore have tre
mendous pressure on them. I be
lieve they would appreciate hearing
from the people in oilier words,
the taxpayers. I believe you would
be doing the boys a good turn if
you gave the ways and means com
mittee some encouragement on the
line of really cutting Ihe budgets."
OK. Here goes: I
I believe as strongly as I ever I
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Douglas County's Irrigation
Possibilities Will Be Told
At Roseburg Elkton Meets
Irrigation, its possibilities and limitations in Douglas
county, will be presented to interested farmers and stock
men Tuesday and Wednesday, Kcb. 13 and 14 at Roseburg
and Elkton. The Roseburg meeting will be held at the
Knights of Pythias hall and the Elkton meeting at the
I. O. O. F. hall. Roth meetings will be from 10 to 3 o'clock
each day, reports J. Roland Parker,, county extension
agent. . .
.1 mi-iuue Annur 3. jving
and Mel Haeood, irrigation special-' efficient use and safety, and re
sts, from Oregon State college, and quircments for ater rights, dams
engineers representing the local , and farm reservoirs. Distributors
iicr tumpmies ana ine slate i-
gineer s office. How to get the
most out of ii,ngaUtn will be dis
cussed by Kinz. and he will in
cjude crop management under ir-
rigation. wattr requirements, soil
adaptation and use of fertilizers. and was arranged to0be of help
Haiood will explain the fundamen-j and interest to farmers kiving an
I (II of a food sprinkler irriga-1 irrigation system or pr2p to in
tion system, particularly as ef-, stall an irrigation plantF Develop.
" ficiency relates lo size of main line i ment and expansion of irrigation
, and lateral pipe, sprinklers, pumps j in 1951 will depifld largely on the
, and power plants. , amount of equipment and (piwer
Representatives of the local pow-1 available for civilian use in carry
er companies and ihe state en- ing out the defease program in
gineer s office will Ml a in the use i the opinion of irrigation e luipment
of electric power, covering costs, dealers.
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"A land offensive against the
Communists," he said, "could
bring no military victory, no po
litical conclusion. It could bring
catastrophe to America," h e
added, "with no salvation to Eu
rope." In his second major foreign pol
icy speech in recent weeks, Hoover
urged emphasis on production of
planes, ships and munitions and
sending of supplies to nations "do
ing their utmost to defend them
selves." He proposed that Chiang Kai
shek be freed "to do what he
wishes to China" and that the
U. S. "furnish him with m u-nitions."
somewhat his widely debated "Gi
braltar" speech of six weeks ago.
But the 76-year-old Hoover in
' "e said,
however, that "we
should be prepared to make heavy
sacrifices to help free nations.
"But we should do it wilh com
mon sense, within our strength,
with a long view of history in
mind."
Rapt Economic Burden
Declaring that the nation cannot
sustain for long a budtct of $71.6
billions and the tax load it de-
mands, he urged reduction of
,10nal spending "to a level we
carry over a long term of years."
"The economic destruction of
the U. S. is one of the means by
which Stalin hopes to overcome
us, he said.
He declared it was an "unbear
able strain on our economic ays.
tern to try simultaneously to main
tain armies in the Pacific, build
an air and naval forces, arm free
nations and send land armies to
Europe
i "The whole Korean tragedy is
developing proof that the way to
punish aggressors is from the air
and sea and not by land armies,"
he said.
Opposing the creation of land
armies for expeditions "into the
quicksands of either Europe or
China," Hoover said that Stalin's
"greatest hope is to get us into a
land war."
Valerie Sparks
RHS 'Sweetheart'
Miss Valerie Sparks was crowned
"Sweetheart" ot KHS at a special
intermission ceremony during the
"Sweetheart Dance," held last
night in the Senior high school
gymnasium.
Miss Sparks, a junior, was chosen
by student balloting from a 'group
of candidates, including Willa Wil
shire, JoAnn Ware, Barbara West,
Darlene McCallister, seniors; and
Lois McKinney, Barbara Peterson,
and Anne Mariott, juniors.
Selection of the candidates was
based upon personality, beauty,
leadership, social ease and scholar
ship. They were chosen by the R
club.
Miss Sparks was crowned by
Vernon Thompson, student body
president. Special music was pro
vided by Evelyn and Bclh Dev
ereaux. who sang, and also by
Ruth Chism.
The dance was sponsored by the
Pepsiers. The affair was wcil at
tended. and handlers of irrigation equip-
ment will also I present In shiw
interested individuals various kinds
of irrigation pipe and equipment.
me program at both meetings
will he thp nm .ram. p.,.1,.,.
Established 1873
Draft
Subcommittee
Okays Taking
18-Year-Olds
By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON UP) -The De
fense department proposal for
drafting 18-year-olds appears cer
tain to reach the Senate floor.
It was included in a bill approved
last night by a 7 to 1 vote of the
Senate preparedness subcommit
tee. Although the measure still must
clear the Senate armed services
committee, that step seemed cer
tain since the seven senators who
voted for it in the subcommittee
form a majority in the 13-man
armed services group.
The subcommittee added several
restrictions and modifications to
the broad plan urged by Secretary
of Defense Marshall to build up
the nation's fighting manpower
and provide a long-term reserve.
Mors Votes Against
Young men of 18 have never
been drafted in peacetime. And
stiff opposition to the plan has de
veloped in both the Senate and
House, because of many protests,
especially lrom parents and edu
cators. The house armed services com
mittee is working on a
similar measure with public hear
ings suspended for the time being.
Senator Morse (R-Ore), who
voiea against the subcommittee
bill, issued a statement indicating
he will conlinue to fight for some
i further changes.
' Hna nrniricmn Iha an.,n imn.tAJ
in the measure would authorize
army enlistment during the next
five years of up to 125,000 care
fully selected aliens.
Chairman Lyndon Johnson (D
Tex) told reporters this move was
not intended as "any substitute"
for drafting 18 year olds. "It is in
addition to other features for build
ing up our forces," Johnson said.
Provisions Listed
Major provision approved by the
Senate group would:
1. Lower the present minimum
draft age from 1 years to 18 but
require local draft boards first to
call up all available men in their
present manpower pools of 19
through 25 years. This would effect
thousands of childless married
men who are not veterans.
2. Extend present required serv
ice of 21 months to 24 months ex
clusive of leave. With leave, this
amounts to 26 months and one
week. The Pentagon had asked a
minimum of 27 months.
3. Establish a universal military
training and service program on
a permanent basis to succeed Ihe
present Selective Service act which
is due to expire July 9.
In calling up 18-year-olds, those
nearest 19 would be drafted first,
followed by those 18 years and six
months old, then 18 years and
three months and finally those just
turned 18.
Provision would be made for
deferment of up to 75,000 18-year-clds
in each of the next three
years to enter college after com
pleting four to six months of basic
training.
Basic training pay would b.e $30
a month instead of the $75 mini
mum now granted recruits of all
services. The present rate would
be retained, however, for draftees
with dependents.
The bill also would continue the
present provision that allows
youths between 18 and 18 and six
months to join the national guard
and thus be automatically deferred
from the draft. And it would con
tinue beyond July 9 the presiden
tial authority to extend enlistment
terms by 12 months. This does not
apply to drafted men.
Exhibition Set
By Guard Unit
The local Oregon national guard
unit, Co. D, 180th infantry regi
ment, will present an exhibition of
marching and weapon drills Mon
day night at the Roseburg armory
The special program has a two
fold purpose: to encourage inter
est in national guard activities and
boost the unit from its present
strength of 67 members to a full
complement of 121.
The public program will include
an appearance by Maj. Gen.
Thomas K. Rilea, state adjutant
general, who will make a speech
and inspect the troops.
The program will get underway
at 8 p.m. The flublic Is 'fnvitcd to
attend.
The eWeather
Mostly cloudy with light
this afternoon and Sunday.
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Highest ttmp. ytsttrday
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v)0n
Proposal Clears Hurdle
Major Issues Loom
Legislators Start Work
On Education, Tax Bills
By PAUL V. HARVEY JR.
SALEM AP The 34-day-old Oregon legislature,
which thinks it is about one-third finished, has finally
started working on its big legislation.
The bills to legalize the sale of colored oleomargarine
and to set up the expanded civil defense agency had the
most popular appeal this past week.
But committees really went to work on the all-important
education and tax bills.
Wage Board
Can't Agree
WASHINGTON (.P) The
Wage Stabilization board, trying
hard to find an overall wage pol
icy to replace the temporary Jan.
26 freeze, may not come up with
one until late next week if then.
The board, headed by Cyrus S.
Ching, can't agree on how far to
thaw out the freeze. Ching, on
leave from the Federal Mediation
and conciliation service, intends
to return as chairmano of that body
as soon as a firm wage policy can
be worked out.
Ching has headed the wage
board since last Oct. 10. If and
when he does resign from the
board, a possible successor is W.
Willard Wirtz, acting administra
tive director of the wage board,
or David L. Cole, a Patcrson, N.J.,
labor attorney.
Labor Boycott
It seemed probable today that
the three labor members of the
wage board may not vote for any
wage formula at all. That would
leave it up to the. three industry
and three public members of the
nine-man board to come to terms.
Ching is one of the public mem
bers. Meanwhile, four other labor lead
ers wrote a vigorous letter of pro
test made public today, to Defense
Mobilization Chief Charles E. Wil
son. The four said they don't like
Wilson's appointment of Dr. Ar
thur S. Flemming to be chairman
of a defense manpower policy com
mittee. They spoke out in support
of Secretary of Labor Tobin's ef
forts to retain control of the na
tion's civilian manpower program.
Against the background of those
wage-front developments came this
price announcement from the gov
ernment: wholesale prices contin
ued their 13-week rcordbraking
climb for the week ending Feb. 6.
Hoover May Take
Stand On Issue
WASHINGTON (."PI With
lawmakers divided in their re
actions to his proposals, former
President Herbert Hoover may be
invited to repeat for Congress his
stop-sign warning against "steps
toward another land war in Eu
rope." The senate foreign relations and
armed services committees begin
public hearings next Thursday on
the troops-to-Europe issue.
A Republican member of one of
the committees, who asked not to
be identified, said he thought the
point of view that Hoover has ex
pressed "certainly should be pre
sented." "There shouldn't be just a one
sided presentation to the commit
tees," he added.
Chairman Connally (H-Tcx) an
nounced that Secretary of Defense
Marshall and Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, chairman of the joint chiefs
of staff, will be Ihe first witness,
with Secretary of State Achcson
testifying the next day.
Gen. Dwiht D. Eisenhower,
commander of Ihe North Atlantic
defense force, also may be asked
to testify, Connally said.
The call for public hearings a
change in previous plans appar
ently will provide a public sound
ing board for opponents as well
as proponents of sending troops to
Europe.
Nimirz To Be Sworn
In As Security Head
WASHINGTON lP) - Admiral
Chester W. Nimitf'will be sworn in
Monday as chairman of a new
presidential commission to devise
means of fighting spies, saboteurs
and traitors.
President Truman will take part
in tl ceremony at the White
House.
The eight-member group Nim
itz heads was set up by Mr. Tru
man to sluaiv ways of protecting
the nati''Mntcrnal purity wilh
out sacrificing the people's free
dom. It is expected to operate In tight
secrecy, without publicity or pub
lic hearings. In fact, its final re-
port may be all the' public hears
about its activities.
ROSEBURS. OREGON SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 19S1
The senate education committee
held a hearing on bills to reor
ganize the State department of ed
ucation, and found no opposition.
But it will finu plenty of opposi
tion at Monday's hearing on bills
to reorganize local school districts.
The house tax committee, faced
with the job of finding new rev
enue, hopes to be finished in a
month. It introduced the gover
nor's bill to put income tax rev
enues into the general fund to
start the ball rolling. The same
committee held a hearing and
heard utilities object to being
taxed under the corporation in
come tax law.
Oleo Bill Surprises
The 16-14 vote in the Senate for
the oleo bill was a big surprise, as
the dairy interests caved in under
a flock of mail from housewives.
A poll of the House shows 30 mem
bers would vote for the bill, or
one less vote than needed. Several
members refused to say how they
would vote.
The civil defense bill completed
Its trip through both houses, and
the new agency probably will be
set up next week.
There have been 620 bills intro
duced, compared with 608 at the
same time two years ago.
Here is the status of other im
portant legislation:
Government reorganization The
"Little Hoover" commission intro
duced its bill a week ago to set up
i state department of finance and
administration. It would take over
the state budget division, purchas
ing department, printing board,
and the secretary of state's ac
counting division.
Ltsstntd Controls
Milk Control Relaxing of the
slate Milk Control law, under
which the state fixes production
quotas and minimum prices, ap
pears likely because of strong con
sumer opposition to the law.
Highways The bill to let the
Highway commission issue $62,000,
000 worth of road construction
bonds still is in committee, but
probably will be passed. Gasoline
tax increases are being consid
ered. Truck tax increases up to 33
percent, and severe penalties for
truck overloading arc before the
house highways committee.
Pensions The house social
welfare committee will hold a hear
ing next Thursday on a bill to re
peal the thrcc-months-old law
which lets the slate file claims
against estates of deceased pen
sioners. Veterans The bills lo give
all World War II benefils to vet
erans of the Korean war is stym
ied in committee because it's hav
ing a hard time writing a legal
definition.
Battle Exptcttd
Labor-management A bitter
fight is expected over labor-backed
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EXPLOSION WRECKS PLANT
Co. plent at St, Paul. Minn.,
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' overturned and shattered by the force of tht explosion. IAP Wirephoto)
New Community Hospital
To Be Dedicated Sunday
Tht Douglas Community hos
pital will bt formally dtdicattd
Sunday at 2 p.m. Tht dedication
ctrtmony will bt followtd by
optn house inspection. Tht hos
pital will rtmain optn Monday
for iniptction, thtn will officially
bt rttdy for busintss on Tuts
day, Ftb. 13.
Dr. H. M. Erickson, htad of
tht State Dtpartmtnt of Httlth,
will bt ht sptaktr. Tht Rtv,
W. A. MacArthur will bt mat.
far of ctrtmonits, and ptnoni
prominont In tht hospital's spon
sorship will bt introduced.
A iptcial stction of today's
Ntws-Rtvitw has bttn dtvottd
to tht naw hospital.
Winds Boost
Flood Danger
By Tht Auoclated Preu
Warm winds moving in from the
Southwest combined wilh rising
temperatures increased the flood
potential in sections of the Pacific
Northwest today.
The weather bureau at Seattle
said there was no immediate re
lief in sight from record rains and
melting snows in trie mountains
that sent western Washington riv
ers on a flooding rampage yester
day. The weatherman offered a ray of
hope, however, when a forecast re
vealed a cold air mass had moved
in over southern British Columbia.
If this moves down over Washing
ton it will check the snow melt
and lessen the flood danger.
Cooler Sunday
The forecast was for cooler
weather Sunday, but the weather
bureau said it probably would not
be sufficient to check the rising
water.
At least six western Washington
rivers boiled over their banks yes
terday, marooning scores of fam
ilies and causing heavy damage.
The heavy rains loosened earth
slides in many locales, wrecked
homes, blocked roads and endan
gered lives. Rain-induced slides
did thousands of dollars worth of
damage in Seattle.
Mud slides swept half a dozen
beach homes into Puget Sound at
Tacoma. Six others were crushed
at Des Moines, midway bntween
Seattle and Tacoma, and two
shoreline homes and a portable
schools were wrecked at Seattle.
All occupants escaped unharmed.
A six-inch deluge at Snoqual
mie pass, route of the state's main
east-west highway over the Cas
cades, came atop a heavy blanket
of snow that already had started
a huge runoff as temperatures
earlier in the week arose above
normal.
Most critical were the situations
in the Snoqualmie river valley
north ef Seattle; the Arlington area
along the Stillaquamish river and
the Auburn-Kent section where the
Green river was spilling over its
banks.
Local Public Offices
To Observe February 12
Public offices and banks in Rose
burg will observe Lincoln's birth
day Monday.
The city hall business offices
and those of the county court house
and stale agencies will be closed
for the day.
Most business houses, except
banks, however, will remain open.
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This is general view of the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
which was damaged heavily by an explosion. At least 9 Dtrsons
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Gen. Rilea Dated
Chamber Speaker
Major Gen. Thomas E. Rilea
above, will be the guest speaker
at tne weekly Koseburg chamber
ot commerce forum luncheon Mon
day noon in Ihe Hotel Umpqua, an
nounced Tom Pargeter, chamber
program chairman.
Gen. Rilea, who will be in Rose
burg for the day in the interest
of the local Co. D, 186th infantry,
Oregon national guard, will speak
lo the chamber on "The National
Guard and the World Situation."
The general is commander of
the Oregon national guard and is
state adjutant. He has an outstand
ing record in military affairs dur
ing the last war. He will be intro
duced by Lt. Col. Robert Irving,
battalion commander of the local
unit.
Leukemia Claims
Renowned Pianist
NEW YORK UP) Eddy
Duchin, whose mastery of the
piano kcybouru delighted millions
of Americans, died here last night
only a few hours after the navy
cited him for his World War two
combat record.
Roar Admiral Walter S. Dclany,
commandant of the 3rd naval dis
trict, delivered the citation per
sonally yesterday to Duchin, 41,
who was a patient at Memorial
hospital.
Duchin enlistet) in the navy
eight years ago. He served on de
stroyers in some of the toughest
engagements of both the Atlantic
and Pacific. In 1045 he was dis
charged as a lieutenant com
mander. His losing battle against leu
kemiaa form of cancer of the
blood started several months ago.
The hospital snid he had been a
frequent patient recently.
At his bedside when he Uicd was
his wife and a sister.
Faulty Brakes Blamed
For Damage To Vehicle
A 16-year-old youlh was cited
Friday for operating a motor ve
hicle with defective brakes, Chief
of. Police Calvin Balrd reports.
The youth was driving between
two cars on Spruce street near
Washington, when he collided wilh
Ihe front fender of a parked car,
Baird said.
The investigating police officer
who checked the youth's car
brakes, claimed they were defec
tive, Baird said.
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Three Prizes
Sacked Near
Battered Seoul
Kimpo Airfield, Inchon
Fall To Tank-Infantry
Columns Pushing North
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO UP) -Allied Tank-in-fantry
columns, rolling northward
on the floodtide of their 17-day
Red killing offensive, captured
three big prizes around Seoul to
day without firing a shot.
1 They swept into the southwest
Industrial suburb ot Yongdungpo.
2 They raced on to the bi?
Kimpo airfield 15 miles northwest
of Seoul.
3 They rumbled into the bat
tered Yellow sea port of Inchon
19 miles west of the old South Ko
rean capital.
"Where the hell are the ' Chi
nese?" A GI shouted as he entered
Yongdungpo.
Patrol Crosses Han
One patrol crossed the frozen
Han river, breached the southern
gate of Seoul itself and tangled
in a brisk fire-fight with a com
pany of Chinese troops inside the
capital city.
Allied artillery and howitzer
shells crumped into the capital,
already buffeted and devastated
three times by the tides of the
strange Korean war.
Allied warplanes buzzed low la
attack. They spewed out Napalm
firebombs, rockets and machine
gun shells wherever pilous could
flush a vanishing enemy. They
raked a force of 1,000 Reds trying
to flee north across the Han.
Tonight U. S. and Red elements
exchanged shots across the Han
first indication the Reds might de
fend Seoul. An American Z5tn
division intelligence officer said
the Chinese are believed to have
abandoned the city and left its de
fense to North Koreans.
Cover Providtd
Big guns of allied warships in
cluding the battleship Missouri and
the cruisers U.S.S. St. Paul and
the British Belfast poured shelli
into the enemy area. The war
ships were prowling the Yellow
sea waters off Inchon.
Thp whole Communist dcrense in
the West had crumbled. But the
Reds were making a stand in th
central Korean area against the
northward drive of the olU U. S.
loth corps. The 10th now was fight
ing a a unified element of the U.S.
Eighth army under overall com
mand of Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-
way. . . -
Far to the north of the swift
ground action, U. S. Fifth air.
force F-80 shooting star jets tang
led in the Sinanju area with Russian-made
Mig-lS jets.
No damage to either side wai
reportrtl.
Entmy Aircraft Show
The Migs showed up in force
for the first time in days. Threo
flight; of shooting star pilots re
ported the Mig attacks. There
were 12 Russian-made jets In one
flight, seven or eight In a second
and an unreported number in the
third.
American B-29s plastered Red
rail bridges near the Red Korean
capital of Pyongyang with 84 one
ton block - busters. Other super
forts hit the rail yards and bridges
at Sunchon, about 30 miles north
of Pyongyang.
The lightning ground thrusts on
the western front started at dawn
Saturday. United nations tanks
and men crunched over new snow
and raced to their objectives.
All along the western front, the
Reds apparently were pulling back
toward the old parallel 38 border.
It was not apparent whether they
would make a stand for Seoul as
they did last September when the
allies landed at Inchon.
Recommendation
Given Local Jail
John Gallagher, Prudential Life
Insurance Co. manager ot Spo
kane, wants a room in theDouglas
county jail.
That is, of course, if he must
go to jail.
He writes Horace Berg, local
Prudential representative, that the
county jail must be a very nice
place, enclosing as the reason for
his opinion a clipping from The
Spokesman-Review, as follows:
"Police Officer Gene Kenworthy
said today anybody who decides
to run afoul of the law should do
it at Roseburg, Ore.
"Kenworthy was assigned to re
turn Roy L. Nelson from Medford
to Spokane to face a forgery
charge. The first night on the re?
turn trip Kenworthy stopped i n
Roseburg and placed Nelson in
the county jail th.ere for safe
keeping. " 'Sheets on the beds,' he said of
the county jail in Roseburg. 'Fruit
juice for breakfast. Ham or bacon
and eggs for breakfast. A trusty
mowing a nice green lawn out
in front. Roses in bloom.
" 'I have been in a lot of jails,
but never have I seen anything
like this.' "
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzcnstcif)
Th legislature has a bill to
require teaching of the effects
of alcohol to grade and high
school siu,dtnts, supplementing
another Mil of like nejtir apply-
Ing to college students. How
about current "visual educo-
j Hon" on tho subject and a "trial
land error" system?
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