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! COLUMBUS NOT DISCOVERER?
Capital Journal, Salem
That Porteuese sailors discovered America 70 years be.
fore Columbus, according to the Nautical Chart of 1424, by
Armando Cortesao is asserted by Bruce Catton, editor of
"American Heritage," the "Magazine of History," a news
quarterly magazine sponsored by American historical soel
eties and published in New York City.
Catton reviews Cortesao's book, "The Nautical Chart
of 1424" published by the University of Coimbra in Porti
gal. The author asserts flatly that Portuguese sailorB
reached at least the island Iringe or the New world, and
possibly the mainland itself and there is an authentic carto
raphic record of their voyagings. Cation's review says:
"Professor Cortcso devotes, his book to an old Venetian chart
which came to light recently in the vast collection amassed by Sir
Thomas PhiUipps, wealthy English scholar and book collector, who
died in 1872 and whose enormous library is still yielding rich finds
to modern researchers, This chart appears to have been drawn
in 1424 by an Italian cartographer, one Zuane Pizigano, and far
west in the Atlantic, beyond the Azores and the Canaries and Ma
deria, it shows a large island and three satellites to which arc given
the name 'Antilia. '
"Antilia," of course Is the present name for the Antilles, the
great islands of the West Indies. II appears in this chart, appar
ently, for the first time, and Professor Cortcsao is convinced that
it represents neither myth or legend but authentic discovery
of Haiti, or Cuba, or Jamaica, or perhaps even of the Florida coast
Here, he says, for the first time, is a cartographical representation
of the forefront of eastern America, put on parchment nearly sev
enty years before Columbus made his first voyage." .
Medieval legend is quoted as calling of seven Portu
guese bishops, who fleeing from the Moors, took ship and
sailed west to settle their people on seven mysterious is
lands off beyond the sunset. In 1475 King Alfonso V of
Portugal issued letters patent to one venturer, granting
these islands to him, if he could rediscover them, and their
existence was dimly recognized.
But there is good reason the same thing may have hap
pened 2000 years earlier for the ancient world was full of
legends of fortunate islands beyond the sunset, from Plato
and Aristotle to Seneca and Pliney, says Cortesao, who is
quoted as saying: ;
" 'The Portuguese dared to attack the great ocean sea.
They entered it without fear. They discovered new islands,
new lands, new seas, new peoples; and furthermore, new skies,
and new stars. And they so completely lost their fear of it, that
neither the great heat of the torrid zone, nor even the lerrific
cold of the extreme southern parts, with which the writers of
yore used to frighten,' us, could deter them.' " G.P.
THE GREAT HELEN KELLER
Albany Democrat-Herald
We haven't been hearing so much of Helen Keller late
ly; but all old-timers remember her, and the younger ones,
of course, have read of her as the girl who, stricken blind
and deaf in her tenth month, triumphed over these handi
caps to become one of the most useful unci most fain,ous
women in the world. Now, at 74, she is about tj under
take a world tour; she is still .young in spirit.
When we think of Helen Keller we recall also ono of
the most wonderful of all teachers, who took churge of the
apparently helpless little girl's education in Helen's seventh
year and remained as. teacher, friend, companion and sec
retary for half a century. This was Anne Sullivan (Mrs.
John A. Macy), who should never be forgotten. She taught
her to speak, and to read braille. That was the start.
The handicapped girl went on to a graduation from
Radcliffe at 24, very little older than the average of her
classmates. . ,
Mtich of her life has been dedicated to helping the
blind; years back she raised a fund of $1,000,000 by lec
tures all over the world and the writing of books and arti
cles and procuring gifts to the cause of their education.
Miss Keller's help to the handicapped has not been
only the money she has raised to further their education
but the inspiration she must have been to so mnnv of them
through her own victory over two of the most cruel handi
caps that can beset a human being.
We salute the young-spirited Miss Keller as she under
takes her long tour. We know she will "see" and learn
more than most people with all their physical senses and
will somehow manage to do something for those who face
a strange world of which their senses give them not the
slightest glimpse. She's a most worthy descendant of the
great Adams family of New England.
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Nervous Anxiety, Buffoonery,
Political Nose Counting Mark
Week In House Vote On Pay
It's lime once more tor your
contributions to the annual Heart
Fund. These February campaigns
play an important part in thu re
search, educational and commtin-
heart through an arm vein to take
blood samples.
Some oi Hie most spectacular
advances have occurred in heart
surgery. Today surgeons can often
ity service programs aimed at the I repair damaged heart vaivcs. ror.
reel structural heart delects with
which some individuals, ay hnrn
Heart and blood vessel uilments remove blood vessel clots, or
eventual control of the heart di
scascs.
continue to be far and away the
nation's No. 1 killer, accounting
for more than half of all deaths
and more than the next five lewl
ing causes of death combined.
But there are heartening things
to report:
In dealing with high blood pres
sure, new and improved drugs are
bringing relief to thousands, and
in certain selected cases, surgc.-y
works well.
The use of the antibiotics and
the sulfa drugs has been tremen
dously effective in preventing or
minimizing attacks of rheumatic
fever and rheumatic heart disease.
The drugs cither knock out I lie
"strep" infections that often pre
cede the initial assault .;f fever,
or prevent recurrent attacks.
Radioactive iodino is said to be
producing beneficial results in
treatment of congestive heart fail
ure and the painful agina pectoris.
Deaths from an infection of the
heart lining have been rut te one
fifth ot former totala iv prompt
treatment with penicillin.
' Important gains are being regis
tered in the diagnosis of various
heart ailments, including so-called
"heart attacks." To assist this
work, new tools and techniques
have been developed, like
heart catholer,
graft parts of healthy vessels to
replace diseased arteries..
Medical men have devised
"heart - lung" machines to lake
over the heart's work while sur
geons operate inside the heart.
They have also turned to "cold
storage" methods of lowering body
temperature, this slowing bodilv
functions and reducing circulation
during the period required for
heart surgery.
All these gains are significant,
but thero must be many more
over a board front before heart
over a broad front before rcasc to
be the country's top killer. It is
for more new drugs, new techni
ques, new tools, and new knowl
edge about the heart jnd blood
vessels that your money is need
ed. Without it, this admirable offon,
so well begun, cannot lead to the
big strides which alone will final
ly bring these dangerous ailments
under control;
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Newt-Review Correspondent
WASHINGTON The House of
Representatives is seldom the
scene of so much nervous anxiety,
buttoonery and political nose
counting at one time as n was
last week when' the lawmakers
plunged into the questiun of wheth
er to raise their own salaries.
They had made it me iNo. i topic
of conversation for dayj in the
Capitol cloakrooms and rcstua
rant, wherever two or more con
gressmen were on hand to ask one
another how they intended voting
on the pay bill and what they
thought the reaction would bo in
the grass roots.
When the big day came, they
poured into the chamber to await
the verdict on whether they would
continue to draw $15,00!) or 522;
500 . and many had even cal
culated how much of the raise
would be soaked up by income
taxes. 1
All awaited the speech they
knew was coming from Hep. Ush
er tiurnk-k ut-iD), ihe roly-
noly, white-haired storyteller who
is iincqualcd in ability to turn the
enamour into a monkey cage of
knee-slapping, guffawing congress
men. biirdick said ho was tickled by
the congressmen who said they
lose $400 per month due to the
high cost o living in Washington.
D. C, and their present low sa
laries. "I've noticed one peculiar thing
about these congressmen," said
Burdick. "When their terms ex
pire, they come right back striv
ing for another term in which
they can go still further behind."
Burdick proposed that since the
bill would make the pay raise re
troactive to the first ot this year,
that it be made retroactive to
1934 when he was first elected.
While some solons nearly tum
bled into the aisles as Burdick
flailed away, others sat stone
sober as though chilled at t h c
thought ot Bu.ilick's words being
used as :umtv,n ammunition by
their future challengers for Con
gress. Louisiana's Itep. George Long,
brother of the late lluoy, matched
Burdirk from the opposite point
of view by suggesting that I'll
those who opposed the pay bill
shou'd (1) not accept the increase
if it goes through, and (2) go back
home and help elect honor men
to Congress m their homo districts
if they don't think themselves
worth the pay increase.
In the eiul, as predicted, two o(
every three congressmen voted for
the increase, which has long been
advocated by independent author
ities in order to avoid a growing
condition in which the only per
sens woo can altord to run for
Congress arc the well-to-do and
the dishonest.
Two of Oregon's solons refused
to go along with the pay bill, both
of them relative newcomers: Reps.
Sam Coon, Baker Kepiiblti-an, and
rldith (ircrn. I'.M'ila d Democrat.
Rep. Walter N'irblad voted (or it.
Kcp. Harris Ellsworth was out o(
town.
Coon: said he probably would
have taken a different attitude it
the pay increase had been less and
if it had not been retroactive. He
said he couldn't "in good con
science" vote to increase his own
salary just three months after be
ing elected, when at the time of
the election it was thought the
pay would be J15.000.
Mrs. Green said she would have
preferred a more moderate in
crease ip salary dMs an expense
account, which she said West
Coast congressmen needed more
badly than others. She opposed the
amount of the increase in the hill
as passed, but said she hoped the
Senate would make the changes
she favored. This is a position
similar to that taken by Sen.
Wayne Morse.
In The Day's News
(Continued from Page Onol
fn the course of time, they will
replace it with a new and more
modern mill.
They know now that it is a PER
MANENT enterprise.
Why this change?
The answer is simple.
In the Spokane area as ALL
OVER the state of Washington
people are beginning to look at
trees in terms of FIBER rather
than in ternvs of rough boards. In
the manufacture of rough boards,
only a small part of the tree, rela
tively speaking, is utilized. The
rest is wasted. In the manufacture
of products made of fiber, a very
large proportion of the tree is util
ized. Rough boards require old,
mature trees. Fiber products can
use trees of almost any size. Par
ticularly, it can use YOUNG trees.
In its youth a tree grows more
rapidly than in its old age.
The result of the use of trees In
the form of fiber, rather than in
the form of rough boards, has
been to extend enormously the life
of the timber stands of the area.
There have been two interesting
developments in Spokane's ne w
trees-as-a-source-of-fiber economy.
One is the discovery that bug-killed
timber makes just as good pulp
and paper as healthy trees.
You must have noticed that logs
cut from bug-killed trees have a
bluish ring several inches wide
around their outer perimeler. This
affects their value for lumber. But
it doesn't seem to affect their val
ue for pulp. It might almost be
said that it increases their pulp
'value as the paper made from
;them is even whiter than paper
I made from healthy timber. Per
haps the bluish tint works in the
same way as bluing put in the
wash water.
Anyway, these bug-killed trees
I are regarded as perfectly good raw
; material for pulp. You sec great
i decks of them stacked lip around
the mill.
U.S. Destroyers
Used By Chinese
In Red Attacks
By FRED HAMPSON
KEELUNG lff The smashing
victory reported by Chiang Kai
shek's navy over the Communist
navy off Chekiang Coast Friday
was mainly the work of two American-donated
destroyer escorts in
the hands of courtous, confident
and well-train Chinese.
The master of one of them, Capt.
Kuo Shin Chint, told me about it
Saturday as he tidied up his ship
and painted over the bullet dents,
none of which quite punctured the
hull.
"We sighted the Red ships at
9,000 yards and we closed as fast
as we could," he said, 'At 6,500
yards we opened fire and we were
still shooting everything we had as
fast as we could at 2,000 yards
and keeping an eye on rocks that
were all around us.
; "By the time we had sunk or
shattered itlic Reds we were in
such close water we had to head
straight shoreward and make oil
turn to the north which put us
under Communist shore batteries
for 15 minutes.
"They missed us but not by
much. By the time we had turned
got through the rock passages back
to sea and safety the Communist
radio, which we were monitoring.
was called for MIGs to go after
us but they never came or if they
did they didn t find us.
A total of 21 ships was reported
sunk by the Chinese Nationalist
navy and air force in two actions
Friday near the Taisnan islands
off the Red China port ot tna
cheng.
The Communist confusion was so
ereat that they permitted a sec
ond group of ships to be attacked
from the air in the same locality
a few hours later without getting
a single Red plane for defense.
Benson Considers Gift
Of Wheat To Russia
WASHINGTON W Secretary
of Agriculture Benson said Satur
day he has talked over with Presi
dent Eisenhower the idea of a gift
of wheat to Russia and the idea
"has not been dropped."
Benson made the statement in
an airport interview as he was
leaving for a Caribbean trip.
Meanwhile, it was reported that
Nelson Rockefeller, who recently
joined the White House staff to
advise Eisenhower on international
affairs, has been asked to study
the wheat gift proposal.
One theory behind the idea of a
wheat gift is that it might demon
strate the friendship of the United
States tor the Russian people as
distinguished from their govern
ment. It also has been suggested
the otter would have obvious cold
war propaganda value, conironting
Soviet leaders with a difficult
choice.
Russia has been plagued recent
jly with food shortages.
Major Legislation Status
Shown At End Of Past Week
WASHINGTON un The status
ot major legislation it the end of
last week:
Foreign Affaire: The President
has signed a resolution underscor
ing his authority to commit U. S.
forces to the defense of the For
mosa area. The Senate has rati
fied a mutual assistance treaty
with Formosa.
Military: The House has passed
and sent to the Senate a bill to
extend the draft law four years.
Veterani: The House has passed
and sent to the Senate a bill con
tinuing eligibil
tinuing eligibility of servicemen
for GI educational benefits, if they
were in service by Jan. 31.
Reciprocal Trade: The House has
passed a bill extending the recip
rocal trade program, three years
and giving the President additional
authority to cut tariffs. The sen
ate has rt acted.
School Construction: Legislation
to provide federal aid for school
construction is pending in the Sen
ate and House Education and La
bor committees.
Statehood: The House Interior
Committee has approved a bill to
admit both Alaska and Hawaii to
statehood. There has been no
House or Senate action.
Pay Raises: The House has sent
to the Senate a bill raising the
pay of congressmen and federal
judges, the increase for congress
men being $10,000 a year. The
House Civil Service Committee has
started hearings on bills to raise
the pay of postal and civil service
employes. . The Senate Judiciary
Committee has approved a bill
raismg congressional and judicial
salaries 50 per cent.
Poita Rates: Legislation to in
crease postal rates including a
one-cent boost in letter-mailing
costs, is pending in the House
Postoffice Committee.
Taxaa: The House ways and
Means Committee is expected soon
to recommend continuance of war
time excise and corporate tax
rates due to expire in April.
Wages: A bill to Boost tne mini
mum wage from 75 cents to 90
cents or more is pending in the
House Labor Committee. -
Farm Prices: The House Agri
culture Committee has started
hearings on a bill to restore farm
price props to 90 per cent of parity.
RESERVISTS TO MEET
A movie entitled '"Survival on
the Polar Ice" will be shown Wed
nesday night in Roseburg at a
regular meeting of Air Force re
servists. The film and a lecture
are on the agenda for a meeting
of Flight A, 9415th Air Reserve
Squadron, at 901 S. Stephens St.
Any Air Force reservist or veter
an in Douglas County : Invited
to attend the meeting.
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ROSEBURG PHARMACY
Coon Proposes
Another Name
For McNary Lake
WASHINGTON Wl Rep. Coon!
(R-Ore) has proposed a no t h e r I
name for the body of water behind
the Columbia ' River's McNary :
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Aldrich to honor the pioneer Pen
dleton, Ore., newspaperman and
reclamation entnusiasi, e..b. Ala-
rich, whose efforts are crediten
with playing a large part in build
ing McNary Dam.
Coon said Aldrich "left in the
Northwest monuments as great as
the pyramids.
Last session Coon had proposed
the body of water be called Lake
Umatilla in nonor oi tne umaiuia
Indians. Washington congressmen,
however, proposed Wallula, to com
memorate a Washington town in
undated by the McNary backwa
ter. A stalemate resulted.
In droDoinz the Umatilla propo
sal, Coon said the tribe already
has been "immortalized" by the
naming of a community, county
and other locations and probably
no further tribute is required.
At least one Washington mem
ber, however, still is standing pat
for Lake Wallula. Rep. Holmes (R
Wash) has a bill in to so desig
nate the McNary backwater as
well as name water behind The
Dalles Dam as Lake Celillo and
that behind John Day Dam as Lake
Umatilla.
Eugene Man Dies After
Scuffle Outside Tavern
EUGENE tfl Fred Blevins", 41,
Eugene, died after a scuffle out
side a tavern near Eugene Friday
night.
Sgt. Kooert Baker oi tne state
police said witnesses told him
Blevins was slapped and went to
the ground, but Baker said he has
not determined whether Blevins
fell or was knocked down.
Friends put Blevins in a car,
and said he was snoring when they
went away. When they returned an
hour later, they found him dead.
Coroner Fred Buell said an
autopsy showed a brain hemorr
hage, resulting from a skull
fracture, caused death.
Baker said no arrest has been
made.
By
OCEAN CITY. Md. I - Since
eight blocks pf the boardwalk were
torn up to make way for a con
crete walk, people working with
the shovels and sieves have turned ui
long. . slcndpr about S300 dropped by vacationers
tube painlessly introduced into the during the last 65 years. ,
'SLEEPER' HARVEST
i Britain To Team With
U. S. In Conference
LONDON .f Britain intends
to team with the United States at
the Bangkok conterence In press
ing for an unyielding defense set
up to guard Southeast Asia against
further Communist penetration,
British Informants said Friday.
The Churchill government was
pictured determined to put teeth
into the eight-nation security pact
signed at Manila last Auvust. Tne
British favor both a military and
economic aid program to bolster
Southeast Asia against either out
right invasion by Red China or
creeping Communist subversion.
I The other new development is
ja-Vnc (!od'i "Oo'i. I
1 Until very recently, jackpine was
t regarded as a liability rather than
.an asset, as it cluttered land that
i might otherwise have been devot.
Jed to more useful purposes.
Jackpine is now regarded as one
of the most valuable pulp woods
in the West. In Ihe Spokane area,
it is pinch-hitting for other woods,
now in sharply decreasing supply,
as a raw material for pulp, and
is proving perfectly satisfactory
for all uses. Jackpine is helping
to push well into the future the
time at which this Spokane paper
mill might face declining supplies
of raw material.
In the back of our minds here
in Southern Oregon and Northern
California there has alwavs been
'the bugaboo of the time when our
timber stands will be cut out and
the lumber indtistrv will move on.
That has been the historic cycle in
timbered areas. It has been a
boom and bust cycle.
Increasin" f our limber as
a source of FIBER cm push that
ancient fear out of our picture.
Bill Of Rights Would
Invoke Big Controversy
ST. LOUIS i.fi Were this na
tion's Bill of Rights to be voted
on today, it would be ratified, bu!
nut without nrovoking "rent on
troversy. Chief Justice Earl War
ren, said Saturday.
Me told an - :ene nt the kr.
note session of Washington Univer
sitv's second rentury convocation
that controversy over teaching and
ennHnct of our colleges an schools
has tended to curb freedom ol
speech.
Other symptoms, Warren said,
have been suspicions attached to
lawvers representing unpopular de
ffnrlnntt rim iMt about the rights
of individuals to invoke their com
stitutional privilege against sell-,
I incrimination, and invasions of tne
i freedom of the press. !
Warren blamed the situation on.
' no one group or person, but "to
the entire body politic: to the sus
picion, hatred, intolerance and ir-'
responsibility that stalk the world
today."
! Senator Morse Welcomed
Democratic Party
WASHINGTON Wl Paul M.
Butler, chairman of the Democrat
lie National Committae, has for
mally welcomed Sen. Morse of Ore-
' gon into the Democratic Party.
I Morse, who bolted the Republi
t can Party in 1952 to become an
independent, enrolled as a Demo-
crat at Eugene Thursday,
j "I am sure your example will
have the effect of convincing
countless thinking Americans that
they can best serve 'their highest
hopes for America by active en
listment in the Democratic Party."
Butler said in a letter to the Ore
gon senator.
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