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Thurs., May J, 1936 The News-Review, Rotoburf, Or.- 5 Kiwanis Club' School Forest Operation Launched At Britt Nichols Park ' ' ' , -5- 1 i i H5"A 1(11 '.'rl'i U'l i j IK i fi o I , f - i ' .. ' ri ' 1 V-,-l ROSEBURG HIGH PLANTERS look helplessly at the job ahead. Debris such as this scatters the landscape at B.ritt Nichols park qt the start of the lO-to-15-year project to reforest 80 acres of the 120-acre park. Charles Collins, ckH a M mum. U DIRECTING THE PROJECT left, they are: Robert Meyers of the U. S. Forest Service, Butler, one of the Kiwanians Adoption Plan For Mixed Blood Korean Orphans Stirs Related Action In Congress By A. ROBERT SMITH Ntws-Rviw Correspondent WASHINGTON Legislation to push back the fast-approaching deadline on Harry Holt's orphan airlift between Korea and Oregon was introduced in the Senate Mon day by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.). Holt is the Creswell farmer who has already adopted eight young sters fathered in Korea by Amer ican servicemen stationed there during the recent war. He is now engaged in bringing as many other mixed-blood orphans from Korea to the United States as possible be fore the refuge relief act ex pires Dec. 31, 1951). Neubergcr's bill would extend the expiration date to Dec. 31, 1959 and also raise the ceiling on the number of orphans that may be brought in for adoption from the present limit of 4.000 to 9.000. "One of the most urgent needs in our world today is homes for thousands. of orphans who face a bleak future in their homeland," sa,id Neuberger. "Many of t h e m should be the direct responsibility of our people and government since they were fathered by American military personnel." The senator pointed out that be cause these children are mixed bloods thev "are not accepted by the Koreans. They are mistreat ed, humiliated. Other children noinJ their finscrs at them and call ! them GI babies." He said there are I estimated 1500 American no- rean orohans in need of adoption hy American families and that Holt has received requests from enough American families to take Air PoluHon Costs City Of New York Huge Sum NEW YORK W An expert es timates that air pollution costs New York City 100 million dol lars a year. Dr. Leonard Greennurg, city commissioner of air pollution con-lilies by proxy. ttaiKins pill would trol. yestersay told -the American keep 4,000 as the allowable maxi c;.i cfe.iv Fniiiuvn that mum number of orphan adoptions ..r tniinn u .'''wia! arrf rro- nomic evil" demanding constant ' surveillance. I in its first phase of planting were the above men. From of Roseburg Lumber Co., Jack Price and William Benecke Robert - Kischel of the Douglas County Lands Dept. and Lee spearheading the project. all of these youngtteri time per mitting. 1 Holt has tried to cut down the ordinary time-consuming red tape by personally flying to Korea to adopt children there under Korean laws for both himself and, with the power of attorney, for other fam ilies. Prior Approval Adviftd In addition to granting Holt and others more time to complete adop tion arrangements, Neuberger' bill would tighten some require ments which Holt has complained of recently. The bill would require prior approval of the head of the Children's Bureau of the Depart ment ef Health, Education and Welfare of each adoption. As the' law now stands, a family that goes to Korea, or other foreign lands where similar problems ex ist, could adopt a child without the customary checks being made of the youngster's physical condition or the ability of the parents to pro vide it a good home. Holt has said this is unfair to families hi this country who go through the red tape of making these standard checks prior to adoption. Neuberger's bill would also raise the age limit on orphans from 10 to 14. He said all the provisions of his measure have been recom mended by the American branch of the International Social Service, Inc., the agency through which many foreign adoptions are made throughout the world Committee hearings on bills by Neuberger and various otner sen- ators are expected to be held with in a few weeks. Sen. Williim La tig er (R-N.D.), chairman of the ref uge subcommittee, is sponsoring a bill which would extend the pro- gram for three years and increase ine quui iu ,vw uui wumu uvi tighten adoDtion requirements Another bill being sponsred by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah), top Republican on the committee, would discontinue entirely the method now being used by Holt of arranging adoptions for other fam- but waive the time limit. This bill is being co-sponsored by 14 other Republican senators. Douglas County Parks -airector, said salvage Timber afier the big Hubbard Creek fire in 1951 netted the county' $42,000, but, as is evident much of the timber was not solvable. (All pictures on this page by Charles Collins). . Machines To Act Like People, Says Bell President CINCINNATI Wl The presi dent of the Bell telephone labora tories in New York predicted here recently that aome day there will be machines which talk to ma chines in the same manner that people now talk to each other by teiepnone. Dr. Mervin J. Kelly made the prediction as he appeared at a University of Cincinnati panel dis cussion on "America's Future Scientists, Engineers and Man agers." The discussion was part of UC's observance of the 50th anniver sary of the founding of its system of co-operative technological edu cation. Dr. Kelly predicted that when automation reaches its full devel opment during the next few dec ades it will be possible to inter connect widely separated automa tion systems over the nation's communications systems. ' Then, by means of an electron ically transmitted digital lan guage, automation systems of commerce, business and industry can be integrated and controlled from one source. Dr. Kelly asserted that Ameri cans need not fear automation. He asserted it would be beneficial economically and socially and called it "a growing economic and social force whose signifi cance can well be larger than that of mechanization." Guggenheim Fellowship Won By U. O. Professor NEW YORK Wl Earl Spencer Pomeroy, professor of history at' the University of Oregon, Monday was named a winner of a' Guggen- neim ioiiowsnip, He will use the award to further his studies of the history of the Pacific Coast states. Pomeroy is one of 275 scholars and artists winning awards total ing 11,100,000 from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The foundation was established in 1925 by the late Colorado Sen. Simon Gueeenheim and hi wife in memory of their son, John, who died is a young man in 1922. Hi" 30,000-Degree Temperature Said Produced In Test By FRANK CAREY WASHINGTON W Laboratory production of a 36;0O0-degree tem perature more than three times as not as tne surtace ot tne sun has been reported here by two Atomic Energy commission scf enlists. The disclosure prompted specu lation the studies would aid in the effort to harness the H bomb's power for peacetime power. The AEC scientists themselves. Drs. G. E. Seay and L.B. Seeley Jr. of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, made no mention of studies and controlled thermonu clear H-bomb reaction research But it's no secret that the attain ment of extremely high tempera tures is one of the major prob lems in research aimed at tam ing the H-bomb. While 36,000 degress hot as it is is well below even the min imum order of temperature ranges so far mentioned- as necessary to trigger the hydrogn "fusion reac tion, it appears obvious that re search even at the 36,000 level would be an' important contribu tion. . Some . scientists at the spring meeting of the American Physi cal Society, where the Los Alamos team made their report, specu lated that the work had particular "potentialities" in this field be cause of the reported high density of the helium gas that was heated to the super-solar temperature. They said that in a controlled fusion reaction it could be pre sumed that the more dense the material used, "the bigger the re action." Alcohol Is Shot Into Brain Cells To Halt Palsy By ALTON L. BLAKESLEI AP Scitnco Reported LOS ANGELES I Shooting al cohol into the brain often stops the constant trembling and muscle rigidity of shaking palsy, a neuro surgeon reported today. The alcohol kills part of t h t brain which sends out the volleys of nerve signals causing the tragic shaking. It is chemical surgery, in an area almost in the middle of the brain, known as the globus palli dus. Brilliantly promising results with this and another new tech nique were described to the Amer ican College of Physicians by Dr. Irving S. Cooper, 33, of New York University College of Medicine. A needle is thrust into the brain, guided by X-rays to reach the pal lidus area. Novocaine is injected first to see if it temporarily blocks the trembling. If it does, s dose of pure alcohol is injected to de stroy this small part of the brain. There are two of the pallidus areas. Destroying one stop the! shaking and rigidity on the oppo site side of the body, Some per sons have had both areas treated to eliminate shaking altogether. Dr. Cooper said. It does not cause loss of muscle strength. Results have been excellent In 76 per cent of 145 persons under going this chemical surgery in the last two years, he said. Less than 3 per cent died. One man, bedridden for eight years, now is working after chem ical treatment of both pallidus areas halted his uncontrolled shak ing and paralyzing rigidity, the young neurosurgeon said. Perhaps half a million American men and women have shaking pal sy. The new methods can probably benefit at least 30 per cent of them. Dr. Cooper said. The United States is the only country where almost all the rail roads are privately owned, says the Twentieth Century Fund. I RHS Youths Plant 2,000 Little Pines The Roseburg Kiwanis Club and some high school sophomores this year have begun a reforestation project west of Roseburg which it is hoped will start a trend of tree planting over the county. As explained by one of the guid ing spirits of the program, the purpose is to "create a public awareness" of the problems of reforestation. County Judge Carl Hill said he hopes the program will do its part in spreading the "gospel" to other schools in the county. Pictures on this page show the first phase of a project at Britt Nichols County Park 17 miles west of Roseburg which was caught in the path of the 1951 Hubbard Creek forest fire. Nuener explains that the Kiwa nis Club made an agreement with the Douglas County Court to take over 80 acres of the 120-acre park to undertake reforestation over a 10-to-15-year period. The hope is also to elicit interest of other schools in the county in planting trees. ' It was also agreed that any pro ceeds from sale of Christmas trees or timber in, the future will be di vided up among the Kiwanis, the high school and the county. The planting started this spri ng. The 24 v youngsters worked two days planting 2,000 seedlings. The seedling pines were furnish ed by the Forest Service from the Mt. Shasta nursery in California. Robert Kischel, supervisor of the Douglas County lands department, said the trees will yield clear tim ber in about 120 years. He said survival under normal conditions was about 80 per cent, but con ditions at the park were not quite normal. The youngsters planted the seed lings over a six-acre area, and more planting is scheduled this fall in the Kiwanis School Forest as the project is called. Charles S. Collins, Douglas Coun ty Parks supervisor, said plant ing of the trees was the "best fiossible beneficial use" for the and denuded by the fire. R. Glenn Brady, a biology teach er at the high school, who led the planting expedition with another biology teacher, J. A. Strasburg, said that over the state about 3, 000 grades and high school pupils in 13 western Oregon counties are taking part in similar tree plant ing expeditions. He cited Reeds- port's area as one of the projects. He said 26,000 trees have been planted In that area over a 10 year neriod. James E. Slattery, one of the fathers of the Kiwanis project here said the Kiwanis School Forest will form "an excellent outdoor classroom which will not cost the taxpayers a dime." (The young sters do their planting outside school hours. The Kiwanis received consider able help from other agencies and businesses in the project. Included were Melrose and Umpqua Dairies Roseburg Lumber Co. and the U. S. Forest Service. ft ffy SiMXt-k-- V' REBUILDING A FOREST The debris of a fire scowls over the scene of the planting' sites of new trees to replace the useless wood scattered over the landscape. Roseburg High youngsters work busily to set the foundation for the Kiwanis School Forest. Virus Causing Children's New Disease Found By ALTON L. BLAKESLII AP Scionce Reporter HOUSTON, Tex. HI Discovery of the virus causing a strange "fifth disease" in children was re ported here to the Society of American Bacteriologists. The fifth disease is erythema In fectiosum, so called because it can be mistaken at times for measles, German measles, scarlet fever or Beret For Soldiers Meets With Protests WASHINGTON W The Army is thinking of outfitting its troops with berets but the idea already has one Congress member aghast. Army quartermaster officers told the House Appropriations Com mittee, in testimony made public Tuesday, the Army has "under study" proposals to outfit all troops In green berets. Rep. Flood ID-Pa) said he thought berets might be good mo rale huilders for special units like paratroopers, "but not GI berets for the whole army. ' --. .. t:. . THIS IS HOW The two youngsters above show how the tender seedlings should be planted in the shade such as next to a stump as shown. Every effort was taken to as sure the young forest of tomorrow. It is estimated the trees will reach commercial size in 120 years. I Mt NK i?' w W7 STUDENTS START WORK The Roseburg High School youngsters began work clearing away grass to allow better survival of the pine seedlings. Under the direction of county, school and Forest Service men, the 24 sophomores planted 2,000 trees in two days. urners win De pianrea later. another rash disease, roseola in fantum. Erythema infccliosum, hitting In epidemics, brings a harmless red dish rash on the fare and other body parts. It may be more com mon than supposed. The virus causing it was iso lated from secretions of sick chil dren, said Doctors Georges II. Werner, Albert Keller, Philip S. HEARING SIT WASHINGTON I The Senate Interior Committee has scheduled a hearing May T on the size of family units in the Columbia Basin project. Sen. -Jackson (D-Wash) said the hearing was called at the request of Earl S. Gregory, president of the Quincy-Columbia Basin Irriga tion District. Gregory told Jackson and Sen. Magnuson (D-Wash) that the lim itation of one farm unit of not more than 160 acres to a family makes it "generally impossible for a farm family to make a decent living." . ri.;M Brachman, and Geoffrey W. Rake, of the University of Pennsylvania. The virus can be grown in mon key kidney tissue, just like polio and other viruses. This will aid in understanding how it's related to other virus diseases like measles maybe from a common parent virus and in making a vaccine if one is needed. Rabies Vaccine BtHortd I An improved vaccine appears to start bringing defense against ra bies within 15 days, said Doctors 11. M. Powell and C. G. Culbertson of the Ell Lilly Research Labora tories, Indianapolis, Ind., in an other report. The virus to make the vaccine is grown in duck eggs, and then is killed by a chemical, beta pro piolactone. This method avoids or reduces risk of paralytic, alergic type reactions from virus growth in rabbit brains, or from use of live virus, they said. The new vaccine produced pro tective antibodies against rabies in tests on dogs and othr animals, and in 32 human so far. The de fending antibodies appeared witlt- in la days or less. Three Cylinder Car Will Make American Debut By DAVID J. WILKII AP Automotive Idltor DETROIT Wl A three-cylinder, front engine drive automobile will shortly be introduced to the Amer ican market. It is two-door, four-passenger sedan built in Swe den. It will be one of something like 200 different makes of cars to be presented at the Internation al Automobile Show in New York's new Coliseum, opening next Saturday and continuing through May 6. It is the first Sweden-built ear to be offered on the Americas market. Leading American car makers are joining with the foreign manu facturers in presenting what are said to be the industry's finest styling and engineering develop ments. More than a score of Brit ish-made cars include all the bet ter known of that country's mod els. Among them Is a new Jaguar, described as a 100-mile an hour, five passenger sedan, with a 112 horsepower six-cylinder engine. French manufacturers are show ing the latest Citrocns and Ren milts; German producers have the Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz and Porsche lines and a new Borgward. Italian cars at the show will Include the famed Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lancia and Ma serti lines. The American market for foreign-built automobiles is a rela tively small one, compared with over-all retail deliveries. How ever. It showed a sharp upturn last year, encouraging increased efforts by foreign car builders to try for wider sales here. Sun-Drenched Fruit Pill May Prevent Sunburn FLORENCE, Ariz. ( A little pill made from sun-drenched fruit trees is being studied in the desert here to determine whether it has the power to prevent sunburn. Scientists from the University of Oregon hope the drug, psoralen, will speed the sometimes painful process of tanning. Psoralen, derived frorh fig and citrus trees, has been used by the Egyptians for centuries to deepen skin pigmentation. Last year the scientists realized they were a long way from suc cess when eight volunteer con victs at the state prison here sent to the hospital with severe sun burn. But Dr. Thomas B.Fitzpatrirk, University of Oregon dermatolo- it said he is encouraged by the i test results.
