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0 o o o 0 o o o o 4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Tun., Aug. 21, 1951 Publiihtd Dally Eicapt Sunday by riir News-Review Company, Inc. Urfi aa aaaaa clM eiallar Mar t. I9f. al tka aall afftae al UoMbnrt Orafaa. anaai act af March S. Il CHARLES V. STANTON IDWIN L KNAPP Editor M.n.oor Mambar of tha Auoclotad Praia, Oregon Nawipopai Publilhtra Allocation, tha Audit Bureou of Circulotioni apraaaalea or KHaC-llol.LllA CO., INC.. alllcti la Near far. Chloata, ao rraaclaca, Lai Anfrlai. aaallla. Parlland. lal.r.a H.rond Cl.,1 Malur Mar 7, IKO. al lha Pa.l Otllea at Eoaaburi, Oregon, liodar Aol at Marcb 1. Ilia. iUBBTIUI-TlON RATKR I Orafon-Hf Mall far Taar, IH.Ml all aaanika, la.ti Ihraa menial, j.7J. Or Newi-Relew Carrier Pel rear. vanoel leie Ihan ana rear, par monm. II rar raar, lll-vvi all aaaatb lll.&ei Ibree S1S.0O (la ad Oulilda Oreeon Be Mall oaiai. Ilea. CAUTION DEMANDED By CHARLES V. STANTON A fire in Roseburg's business district was controlled Sunday before serious damage was done to surrounding blocks. ' Looking to the west, Roseburg residents can see smoKe billowing from Hubbard creek and Scottsburg fires, turning the evening sun to a ball of copper, and furnishing a weird, ominous, but beautiful, sunset spectacle. Continuing hot, dry weather warns us of the need for extreme caution with fire. Caution is needed not only in the woods but in our homes and business houses. Roseburg's volunteer fire department is deserving of hio-h praise for bvilliant work in controlling Sunday's fire atthe Eagles' hall. A little less efficiency and a large sector nf nnr iiiininpsa district ronlrl have gone up in smoke, work ing under difficult conditions, firemen managed to confine the threatening blaze to a limited area. Had the flames j reached wooden structures across the street it is difficult to estimate the damage that might have resulted. Residents of Roseburg also can be very thankful that the newly-purchased fire engine arrived ahead of Sunday's blaze. Without that piece of equipment, we might have had a greater catastrophe. The fire also emphasized the need for the ladder truck for which the fire department has been pleading for so many months. Had ladder equipment been available firemen could have reached the heart of the blaze more quickly and with less risk and, perhaps, could have stopped the blaze with smaller damage to the building. Firs Situation Periloui Considering all circumstances, we feel that our fire de partment is deserving of much appreciation for its excellent job of fire fighting. But many other fire fighters are engaged In a losing battle. Hundreds of tired men are laboring to control the two big fires raging In the coast range. Suppression agen cies are finding it extremely difficult to obtain enough men for the extended fire lines. It is a hnrd and discour aging job for, with low humidity and high temperature, coupled with strong winds, the blaze jumps fire lines al most as rapidly as they can be built. Threatened is some of tha finest timber in western Oregon. More than trees are burning, for each tree destroyed represents losses in jobs, homes, payrolls, business and taxes. And the loss is not for today alone. We must include as a part of the as sessable damage the impairment of watersheds, fish life, recreational environment and possible slaughter of wildlife. Fire is a terrifying thing. Seldom in the past has the hazard compared with the present situation. The prolonged drouth, low humidity and drying winds have left the coun tryside ripe for fire. Nor is the condition confined to for ' osts alone. Boards used in construction of homes exude moisture even though protected by paint. In weather such as this, a house becomes highly inflammable. Careless ness around home can easily touch off a blaze. Danger al ways exists that the fire may spread from home to home, particularly under present conditions, and cause terrible tragedy. Certainly, the hazard with which we are confronted demands from all nf us the most extreme caution. tW' ? ,J.KaV.-4 7TF. 7 ?' I A w n 'r'il -a Fulton lewis Jr. FIRE FIGHTER R. J. Thomeson, Sutherlin, it one of more than 300 men battling the Hubbard creek forest tire. Here he pauses for dinner at Hubbard creek camp. (Staff photo) "A -a vJSdfirieit M lHDIHG BASKET Did you ever lrnrn the eentlo nrt of wlK-waHKlns? Copylni! the Murse codo ju.sl now fur n younu f i tend hits stirred up a hit nf mem ories of that code, and the flnK semaphore wiK-wauijinK and other ways of siKnalinR. (The Morse code Is, of course, like most every thing else, in the unabridged dic tionary. Also in the Boy Scouts' handbook and the navy manual) I confess that other things, at Uio lime, seemed important, but not more important, i am grate ful now to remember, than a young son's desire to "practice, signalling!" I was patiently I n structed until my progress war ranted a position in front of our house while Seeley scooted to the other end of the street with his flags. Whatever motorists thought as they shot by on the big boule vard behind me I knew not. I felt extremely silly, but that also seemed less important at the time. From the timo the boys were just babies, I used a small tea bell to call them In from play. As they grew older the tea bell continued Its work. Many a time a passing neighbor has relayed its message to the boys when out of hearing: "Your Mom wants you!"' Their dad required that the bell should bo answered at once. If for some reason there was need for them to return to the scene of their operations, they could then go back for a definite time. But the bell meant "Come at once!" Use of the bell discouraged procrasti nation and a shouted request provided the ringer ducked back In the house promptly. Another thing that helped our neighborhood children was a com mon alarm clock propped up against a window. They could glance at the dial and know what time," and if on the way to school. Its silent message would hasten their steps. Or if playing nearby they would time their games or "turns." It promoted harmony and fairness and was an imper sonal time - keeper. They also also knew when it was time to go home for lunch! Turns for indoors games were of ten regulated by an egg-timer. I kept one by the telephone, too, and found it helped me. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS (Continued from Page 1) is written by Senator Capehart of Indiana and Senator Brickcr o f Ohio. It calls President Truman and Democratic National Chair man Boyle "graduates of one of the most corrupt political ma chines in the history of any state" and adds: "They have transferred Pendergast politics to the national level." The Republican report, o f course, sounds like a partisan po litical blast, but the POINT is that both Republican and Democratic senators join in an omciai state ment that the RFC business was a scandalous and shameful thing YET About all that has come of the whole affair is that the gal who got the fancy mink coat quit her job. Otherwise "business as usual" seems to be the slogan in Wash ington. The Republican report says: "Morality in government has de clined to the lowest ebb in the nation'! history." That is certainly true. But it then adds: "The American people A R F, DEEPLY ASHAMED AND RIGHTLY DISTURBED." I wish I could believe that. It looks to mo like most of us have shrugged our shoulders and taken it for granted. Local News there and his family spent five weeks. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hardiman, Mrs. Ilardi man's parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bardcn, Mrs. Hardiman's parents. Convalescing Mrs. R. E. Rob ertson is reported convalescing sat isfactorily at her home at 11 latt road, Roseburg, following her dis charge from Douglas Community hospital, where she recently und erwent a serious major operation. Visit From Seattle Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grubbo of Seattle spent the weekend visiting at the W. E. Thompson home at Wilbur and the Bernard Crubbe home on the ?vorth llmpqua. Mr. Grubbe is a nephew of Mrs. Thomp son. Son l Born A son, Eric Lynn, weighing eight pounds fif teen ounces, was horn Aug. 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Alhro of Elk ton at the Cottage Grove hospital. Mrs. Albro is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thompson of Wilbur and the baby Is the first great-grandchild of the Thompsons. Stop At Bunell Homo Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bennett of I'hicagu and the latter's parents, Mr. ami Mrs, ilcnry Schneider, of Hampshire, 111., have left for Portland and Seattle, following a stop in Rose burg to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Buzzell. Mrs. Schneider is a cou sin of W. H. Buzzcll. The visitors will return home through eastern Oregon and stop cnroule at Crater lake. Rtturns From Honolulu Terry Jones, formerly of Uoseburg, who has been spending the last several months in Honolulu with his mother. Mrs. Vera McClintork Jones, has returned to the I'mtcd States and is now in Portland with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John McClintock. His mother plans to return to the states in the near future. To Nowbtrg Mrs. Lloyd Lip pincott of Roseburg has left for Jiewberg on business. Fly To Eugtn Holden McTag gart and Art l'earson of liwlmrg flew to Eugene Saturday on business. To Mtt The parents of Fill lerton grade school boys, from eight to eleven years, will meet tonight at 7:W in the Fullerton I music room. The purpose of the meeting is to organize a Cub Scout parte. PORTRAITS... ... in o home setting. Taken in my horn at Winston. F. DAILEY 463 Sherry St. Winston Dial 9-8435 That, if true, could mean only that the moral level of the Amer ican people is no higher than the moral level of our government in Washington. That would be terrible. Speaking of moral levels, I'm still intrigued by this Egyptian swimmer business. Here's the lat est on it: Three of the Egyptians came in in the money. Their cash prizes totaled J500 pounds (about S-1200). They refused the money because, they said, the Daily Mail, the Lon don newspaper that sponsored the crosschannel race, had slandered Egypt's King Farouk! HOW did the Mail slander Fa rouk? It seems that it has been telling how he has spent his honeymoon with his new queen. Mostly, he has been going the rounds of the European gambling joints trying to beat their racket with a sys tem! I ask you: ISN'T THAT A FINE JOB FOR A KING? Especially, the king of Egypt which is disease-ridden, poverty stricken, down-at-the-heel. It is that way chiefly because of the TRULY TRAGIC shortcomings of Its governing class. And all its king can think of to do is to trot around with his new queen to the plush gambling casinos of the Med iterranean trying to beat the racket with a system. I think maybe these Egyptian swimmers (all of them of the rul ing officer class) should have their heads examined. How can you slander a king like that? LONDON The most alarming factor in Britain's pres ent plight is the total bankruptcy of leadership, not only in the Labor party, but in the opposition as well. The guessing in London today is that a general election will be held late in October, and if polls mean anything, the Conservatives will win. Most middle and upper class voters to whom I talked think it will be by a margin of twenty or thirty seats. Newspapermen are skeptical. They mink tne mar oin will he much closer. The working class people, who really determine the outcome, seem to feel that the Labor party will squeak through, once again, with a handful of seats to spare. Nobody, however, has any ex pecation that the Conservatives, even if they win, are going to make any drastic reversals in the socialist course on which the La bor government has embarked and that feeling, in itself, reduces the Conservatice chances. The Socialist-Labor party, as a political machine, is a highly dis ciplined absolutism, as relentless and uncompromising as the Nazi party of old Germany, or me ra cist party of old Italy. For a Labor party member of Parliament, there is no such thing as a free vote. Orders come down from the top, and the price for failing to obey those orders is being summarily read out of the party. There are no it's, and's, or but's. There are no explanations. It is the political guillotine, right now, and thus far nobody in the party has risked it. Prime Minister Attlee is a skillful and resourceful politician whose primary objective is to keep the party in power, and thus keep party members In jobs. The labor party's popularity with the voters reached its all time low ebb last March, and the generally accepted estimate is that if the election had been held then, the party would have lost Parlia ment by as many as 100 seats. Mr. Attlee and company maneu vered their way out of that crisis. Weather has a great deal to do with British political trends. Win ter Is hard, bleek, and depressing. The last one was particularly so, with a coal shortage, a continued food shortage, transportation dif ficulties, and smelly scandal in olving the government's fiasco in a peanut-raising venture in Kanya, South Africa. On top of that, an American admiral was chosen as head of the combined naval forces under the North Atlantic pact, and that seared the pride of all Bri tishers, high and low alike. The Britannia that once ruled the waves, with its tradition of Lord Nelson and endless other naval heroes, took the appointment with no relish at all. Conservative Lender Winston Churchill rubbed salt into the wound on every pos sible occasion by mentioning the disgrace of it all, and blaming the Labor party leaders for the low estate to which Britain's na val reputation has fallen, But in time, the "ground nut" scandal as they called it, and the naval appointment were lar gely forgotten, and spring brought o News-Review Want Ads Get Results an end to the coal shortage, and a general improvement in public morale. Also in the food situation. Britishers are great gardeners, and their kitchen plots began to augment the supplies from the market basket. The government promised sum mer prosperity under the sUmu lus of American dollars, through the festival of Britain. The festi val, as it turned out, was a pathetically inadequate and dull affair, and is operating at a hor rifying loss, but the British pub lic has not found out about that, as yet, and there are a number of American tourists who were enticed to London to take a look at it. All of which adds up to a de cided easing of Jhe forces against the Labor party, and if this win ter's coal shortage and there will be one can be put off until after October, the election climate for the Labor party might not be too unfavorable. The fact is, the party Itself ap parently is going to precipitate the issue, and force the election. The annual Labor party conference takes place in early October at which policies are decided upon, and the present schedule if for a general election immediately theraftcr. The theory is that if the party can stay in power, even by a slender margin, it can weather the trials of another win ter before the oppsoition can force another election. There are enough special elec tions, to fill vacancies in Com mons, to shift control to the Con servatives anyway, so the chance is worth taking. Camas Valley By JEAN YODER There will be a benefit dance for the Camas Valley fire truck September 25 at the hall in Camas Valley. The dance will start at 9:30 and the Hootowls will play. The Camas Valley volunteer fire department will meet Wednesday, August 22, at 8 p. m. at the Camas Vallev hall. Members are asked to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Libby of Empire and their three sons are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mar tindale. The Libbys are on their vacation, which has included a trip to Crater and Diamond lakes. Lee Wilson is recovering from an army injury inflicted by load ing tongs last Tuesday. 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