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4 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Ore. Tun., Aug. 21, 1951
Publiihtd Dally Eicapt Sunday by riir
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
Lloyd Pope has returned from
Community hospital after an at
tack of malaria.
J. Brauch underwent a major
operation luesaay, August 14, at
Mercy hospital.
Mrs. Hattie Long is staying with
her daughter, Mrs. Louis W.
Papst, while recovering from an
il biess.
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