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Soldier Has Big Hospital To Self For Just One Day WALTHAM, Mass. i For the rest of his life, soldier James Martin will be able to look back on Wednesday Nov. 20, as the day when he had: His own 515-be(f hospital for the cure of his broken leg. A staff of 15 persons to serve him. Ten physicians to treat him alone. Ten nurses to answer his buzzer. A detachment of military po licemen to protect him. A post exchange to serve only him. A theatre in which he and the hospital staff viewed one of the latest movies. , His pick of beds. But that was Wednesday. Thurs day Martin shipped to Fort Dev ens hospital: Martin, a resident of West Rox bury, was the last patient at Mur phy Army General Hospital. All the other patients had been trans ferred before him in advance of the hospital's closing on Dec. 31. Martin broke his leg while on duty in Germany. He was trans ferred to the United States for treatment. PEOPLE DO READ SPOT ADS That Is what 701 art reading n 6, '::;. ' I TWO HUGE DRYERS at the new plywood plant under construction by U. S. Plywood Co. in Roseburg are taking shape above. The company expects to begin production at the new plant next February and has been flooded with applications for employment. Installation of the dryers began two and one-half weeks ago and the job Is about one third complete now. The longer of the two dryers (one on the left) includes some 20 sec tions and the shorter one is 16 sections long. They are as large as veneer dryers gen erally are constructed, according to C. W. Dosskey, Portland, erecting engineer for Coe Manufacturing Co. The two installations total abount'300 tons all told. (Paul Jenkins) FTC Charges TV Picture Tubes Misrepresented . WASHINGTON Wl The Fed eral Trade Commission (FTC) i Thursday charged Muntz TV Inc., of Chicago with exaggerating the size of the picture tubes in its tele ; vision receivers and misrepresent I ing that the sets are sold directly from the factory. A commission complaint said the horizontal measurements of viewable area of the picture tubes in the Muntz sets are not 21, 24 and 27 inches as claimed, but con siderably less. These claimed sizes, the FTC said, appear in the company's newspaper advertise ments and are marked on the sets themselves. A- Radiant Control TOASTER Toistini eyclt ititomititilly adjusts to eich typa ef dread. NQ MONEY DOWN MJ4A AAA ill 1 11 AAA k A VkJvi? 18 3 650 S. E.. Jackson St. i " i .I 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. FTC also said the sets are not sold directly to the purchaser from "factory outlets," but are sold by retailers who buy the ap pliances from Muntz. The FTC noted that many purchasers pre fer to, deal directly with manu facturers or factory outlets, in the belief they will get lower prices and other advantages. The commission said these al leged practices deceive the pub lic and divert trade unfairly from competitors. Thus, FTC said, they violate the law. The company and its president. Earl W. Muntz, were given 30 days in which to file answer to the complaint. A hearing is sched uled before an FTC examiner in Washington next Jan. 21. County Health Doctor Speaks To Riversdale Extension Unit By ADDIE SCHNEIDER Dr. .Mary Soules of the county health department spoke to the Garden Valley-Kiversdale Home Extension Unit recently on Asian Flu. She stressed the fact of being careful of complications caused by the flu, rather than the disease itself. She also urged everyone to use the vaccine against the flu. Another topic was the discussion of polio shots for people 40, years old and over. Although the primary concern has been for children, the availability of the serum is plenti ful and adults are encouraged to secure its protection, Dr. Soules said. Attention was called to the child guidance clinic in the health de partment. Aid to emotionally dis turbed children is given by com petent physiologists. The project on suitable dress for 1 , fib.;' Washington To Add More Radar To Catch Speeders OTYMPIA Wl Plans for add ing about 20 more radar sets to help catch speeders and cut down traffic accidents were disclosed Wednesday by Roy Betlach, chief of the Washington State Patrol. He said he also hopes to extend the hours of patroling the high ways. The Patrol now has 10 radar sets in use, Betlach said. "We will have about 30 in use when the pro gram is completed, he added. Betlach said about 100 addition al men will be added to the Patrol during the current biennium. "Even with the 100 additional, we won't have enough for an around the clock patrol in all areas," he commented. "Our first goal is for an around the clock check on the two main highways, U. S. 10 and U. S. 99," Betlach continued. "We hope to achieve that goal sometime near the end of the biennium." CARL PEETZ . . . chainsaw pioneer Chainsaw Birthday Draws Local Man Carl J. Peetz of Roseburg, who is considered the first dealer of Omark Industries, Portland, manu facturer of saw chains, will attend ceremonies Friday celebrating the 10th anniversary of the company. The ceremony at which he will be honored is scheduled in fort land, birthplace of the company. The firm was started in 1947 in the basement of a Portland home. It was founded as the Oregon Saw Chain Corp. . Peetz recalls the impact of the chain saw when it first came on tho mniki-t He sain wnen ne nrsi began selling chainsaws in Cas tle Rock, Wash., the average price was over $700 per instrument. The saws wcignen auuiu ".i and it took two or three men to handle them. too7 moved to Roseburg in 1949 where he purchased a chainsaw dealership, which he ha operated since. the occasion was led by Mrs. Kirk Hardick and Mrs. Millard Doyle. Raturnt From Photnix Mrs. F. Graham Ewens has re turned from a two weeks vacation in Notus, Idaho. She stayed with her grandson while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, attend ed a convention in Pheonix, Ariz., and enjoyed a visit with them when they returned. Karen Mayfield, Medford, was a weekend housegucst of Donna Esselstrom. Mrs. Wilferd Laird, Coquille. visited Mrs. H. A. Essel strom while her husband attended the. Shrine ceremonial Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Spray drove to Hood River Sunday to bring her parents, Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Hou ston to Garden Valley for a weeks visit. Mrs. Pete Sinclair, who has been convalescing from major surgery at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eddie Kohlhagen in Hucrest, ex pects to return to her home Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Denton and family took Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denton to Medford this week where the Frank Dentons took the plane for Memphis, Tenn. They had an overnight stop with their son, Bob, and family in Los An geles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Denton left with their trailer house this week to spend the winter months at Jupiter, Fla. with Mr. and Mrs. John Denton. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Teeter and Ernest drove to Eugene Sundav to attend the Black Angus fall show and sale. Thurs. Nov. 21, 1957 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 7 Oregon Metallurgical Corp. Gets Contract ALBANY, Ore. ' The Oregon Melalurgical Corp. has received a four million dollar contract from Wcstinghouse Electric Corp. to produce zirconium ingots. Stephen M. Shelton, general manager of Oregon Metalurgical, said the contract calls for produc tion of about 350.000 pounds of the metal in ingot form. Tle actual metal, the property of the Atomic Energy Commis sion, is produced by the Wah Chang Corp., of Albafly. The Oregon Metalurgical plant employs 110 persons in its ingot making operations. Shelton said he did not expect the labor force to be expanded much by the new contract. "i . J 'v ' ' ...... i V 'i; k ' Ivll LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Donald Lynn Cooper, 17, right, is shown receiving congratulations from his father, Lynn, left, for joining the U. S. Navy in Roseburg. The youth is going into the service today, exactly 23 years after his father entered. The elder Cooper shipped in on Nov. 21, 1934. He retired three years ago as a chief hospital corpsman. Young Donald is a 1957 graduate of Oakland High School. He will go to San Diego, Calif., for basic training. At center is Navy recruiter. Chief Charles Warren. (News-Review photo). Chinese Execute Anti-Communist HONG KONG Wl Peiping Ra dio Thursday reported the execu tion of "counter revolutionary" Lo Chi-Kuei, accused of fingering the 1943 murders of Mao Tze Tung's brother and two other senior Communists. The broadcast said he was ex ecuted Nov. 6 after the Supreme Court in Peiping upheld the death sentence. Lo was arrested in June, 1956, and sentenced by a municipal court to 20 years imprisonment. The Peiping Peoples Daily said a new trial was ordered after a "flood of protests" that the sen tence was too lenient. Lo was retired October, 1956, and sentenced to death by the Liaoning Provincial S u p r m Court in Manchuria. Mao Tzc-Min and the other two senior Communists were mur dered in 1943 while in jail in Sin kiang where Lo was a ward of ficer. The Peoples Daily said Lo killed more than 250 Communist Party members and innocent peo ple during his service in the Na tionalist regime. DENTAL NURSE . fUcom on In 4 monthi Excluilvely for Women A profatiion always naedtd. Inlormollon mailed wpOrrrtqutH. Apptovad for Vvftrani DINTAL NURSIS TRAININO SCHOOL (Founded 1935) 1101 Mnlt MArkt 1.71 IAN FRANCISCO 17 , x w w , f c! i w! i ! i Crx'n a1 r. M sif HI it Mil M If I f url rSii iif 'ill NOVEMBER CLEARANCE 'Just in time for the holidays . . . Millers Creat Fall Coat Sale! A wonderful selection of beautiful coats. All are priced to "treat" your budget. 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