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New State Aged Program
Outlined To Pharmacists
A new state welfare medical care
program designed to "provide min
imum adequate care to persons
who must look to welfare to se
cure essential medical services"
was outlined to delegates at the
Oregon State Pharmaceutical Assn.
convention Monday by Dr. James
H. Stewart, medical director of the
stale Public Welfare Commission.
Dr. Stewart told OSPA delegates
that the welfare commission has
been working on the new program
for some time and plans to put it
into full scale operation on July 1.
Tighter Controls
The new program, while not a
specific economy move by the wel
fare department, is "designed and
calculated to result in a total ex-
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Unprepared
For Meetings
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Hu
bert M. Humphrey (D-Minn) said
today the United States was not
properly prepared for any of the
four major international arms con
trol conferences in the past two
years.
He urged Congress to appropri
ate $400,000 for the State Depart
ment "to start the most important
of its studies immediately" that
of preparation for arms control negotiations.-"There
are signs that, either
through inaction or inability, we
are permitting the weapons de
velopment race to proceed much
faster than the race for effective
means of control," Humphrey said
in testimony prepared for the ben
ate Appropriations Committee.
"As we are determining scien
tific means of detecting and in
specting in one area of arms con
trol, a counter measure, such as
the decouupling theory in hiding
underground explosions, is discov
ered, or a newer and more deva
stating weapon is produced, thus
increasing uie scope ot cusarma
ment problems," Humphrey said
Of disarmament conferences in
recent years, Humphrey said, "I
know of no responsible individual
associated with litem who will say
we are prepared." Humphrey said
Itaymond Hare, deputy undersea
retarv of state, had testified be
fore a House committee that there
was a lack of sustained study in
this field.
Humphrey, who is chairman of
the Senate subcommittee on dis
armament, said four problems
eventually would have to be faced.
1. Methods to control a cutoff
of production of fissionable ma
terials for weapons.
2. Methods to determine that
armed forces are at levels stated
by various countries.
3. Measures to guard against sur
prise attack.
4. Control systems for elimina
tion of missiles and otljor delivery
systems.
Catholics To Rebuild
Crumbling Monument
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Officials
of the Roman Catholic Church
have decided to demolish the
crumbling ohrinc of Our Lady of
Guadalupe and rebuild it, Abbot
Grcgorio Aguilar of tho 400-year-old
church said Monday. The
church, 214-milcs north ot Mexico
City, was built on the silo where
tradition suys the Virgin Mary
appeared to Juan Diego, an In
dian, in 1531.
Iu recent years depiction of the
underground water beneath Mexi
co City has caused a settling of
the soil which lias seriously af
fected many old buildings.
It may be that the fight
mortgage could mean the
difference between just a
house and the home you
have always dreamed of...
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penditure no greater than the funds
available."
The new program, termed by
Dr. Stewart as an "expenditure
control measure," is primarily
aimed at keeping tighter control
over expenditures for welfare med
ical services. This is to be accom
plished, according to Dr. Stewart,
by clearly defining what the doe
tors, druggists, and nursing home
administrators can and can not da
in the way of welfare medical care
and expenditures.
' "In its simplist application the
program will provide the really es
sential medical services, avoiding
the less necessary services," Dr.
Stewart said.
Procedurally the program is a
simplification of the present state
medical welfare set-up. This is par
ticularly true in the case of the
druggists. .
One Source
Whereas under the old program
druggists often had to get con
firmation for drug dispersal from
individual case workers,-now they
will only have to have authoriza
tion from the county welfare of
fice. This, according to Dr. Stew-
Canyonville Station
Has Grand Opening
By MRS. GERALD FOX
The new Tom Johns Richfield
Service Station in Canyonville will
continue its grand opening through
Saturday, with gifts and prizes for
customers. Tom Johns, owner, and
Lowell Snelling, operator, are
both Glendale residents.
Boy Injures Eyo -
Richard Farmer, son of Mrs. Vir
gil Farmer of Glendale, was rush
ed to a Roseburg hospital recently
after being struck below the eye
with a rock.
Alvin Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs
P. J. Miller, recently enlisted in
the Navy and has left for Fort
Ord, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Allen recent
ly visited friends in the Glendale
area. Mrs. Allen, the former Dor
othy Dyer, reported that her moth
er, Mrs. George Dyer of Venita is
quite ill. Mrs. Allen is a former
resident of Glendale.
Mrs. Helen Baker has sold her
home in Glendale to Robert Pugh,
who operates tho new Glendale
Truck Tire Recapping plant. Mrs.
Baker and daughter, Leona, plan
to attend summer school. Leona
attended Girls' State, then she and
Mrs. Baker visited in Salem, Port
land and Quincy, Calif.
Minister Installed
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Fox went
to Riddle recently where the Rev.
Mr. Fox joined other visiting min
isters and laymen with installation
of the new Riddle Uaplist Church
pastor, Jtcv. Maurice Miller.
Mrs. Lura Shaw of Oakland,
Calif., Is visiting at the home of
her niece, Mrs. Ed Stein, and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. George Mill and
daughter of Glendale and their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mill
of Oceano, Calif., drove to Crater
Lake recently.
Dope Traffic Speed-Up
Noted In California
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) Atty.
Gen. Stanley Mosk says narcotics
smuggling has reached the point
where marijuana is being shipped
into Southern California in half
ton lots and heroin in two-pound
packages.
Dope traffic lias hit disaster
proportions, tho attorney general
said Monday nignt, and if it were
any other disaster. 1 feel that the
federal government would have
sent help long ago."
Mosk told the California Vcler
ans of Foreign Wars convention
there is so much marijuana and
heroin on the Southern California
market that an addict can get
heroin caps for as little as $2 in
Los Angeles.
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art; will speed up and greatly sim
plify dispersement of drugs.
One of the most significant
changes under the new program
is that welfare prescriptions can
not be renewed except by order
of the doctor in charge of the par
ticular welfare case. Previously a
prescription could be refilled with
out the doctor's order.
Legal Prescription
Dr. Stewart said that by making
it necessary that a new legal pre
scription be filed for each renewal,
doctors would thus be forced to
re-examine their welfare patients
and consequently better care would
be administered.
In summing up the effects of
this new program Dr. Stewart
said: "I think it recognizes Hint
welfare services are a responsibil
ity of all of us, with the public de
partment, serving principally to
give leadership and direction to
the efforts and contributions that
are necessary of the total commu
nity." "This total community includes
not only taxpayers who pay, and
professional workers who provide
essential services, but also in
cludes the recipients of assistance
who must understand their respon
sibility to use the services and sup
plies of the welfare program pru
dently and to the purpose of re
habilitation and independence
when ever such goals are attain
able." James Talks
Earlier in the Monday morning
session delegates listened to Max
well James, representative of Led
erle Laboratories speak about the
unique position of pharmacists in
today's modern world.
"The pharmacist today provides
a vital link of information on new
and highly technical products be
tween the manufacturer and tho
physician," James said.
"Information of life saving drugs
must be available on a moments
notice to the physician, the na
tion's pharmacists are prolession
ally trained to provide this infor
mation that can save a life," James
concluded.
Defendants Released
On Loitering Charge
Six men arrested early Saturday
on charges of loitering were re
leased Monday afternoon in Dis
trict Court when arresting officers
failed to file charges against them.
They were arrested by Winston
police early Saturday at Douglas
High School under a new section
of Oregon law making it a mis
demeanor to loiter on a school
grounds. Winston Police Chief Ray
Oliver said the defendants were
drinking beer in a parked car
prior to their arrest.
Those released were Alben De
lion Montgomery, 22, Myrtle
Creek; Delos Eurl Prince, 29, 503
Lillian St., Myrtle Creek; Clar
ence Roland Fenn, 24, 945 Roberts
Creek Rd., Roseburg; Donald Ray
Buckler, 20, Myrtle Creek; Erwin
James Bell, 21, Myrtle Creek and
Herbert Joseph Bell, 24, Myrtle
Creek,
Continuance Granted
In Local Rape Case
An indefinite continuance was
granted by stipulation Monday in
District Court in the case of Ralph
Wendell Wier, 24, 4984 Melody
Lane, Roseburg, who is being held
on a rape charge.
A new court appearance date
will be set later. He is being held
with bail fixed at $5,000 on a
charge of assaulting a Roseburg
woman June 10.
A continuance of one week was
granted to Allen Ernest Bork, 23,
485 NE Diamond Lake Blvd., who
has not yet entered a plea to a
charge of indecent exposure. Bail
was fixed at $750 after his arrest
last week by sheriff's deputies.
Truck Seat Theft1
Probed By Police
A report of a theft from Dovle's
Auto Wrecking, 1347 NE Walnut
St., is under investigation by
Douglas County sheriff's deputies.
Tho theft was reported Monday
by Pete Doyle who said a set of
new white leather truck scats and
a carburetor were taken. Deputies
placed a value of $50 on the seals
and $27 on the carburetor.
Alice May Gordon
Funeral services for Alice May
Gordon, 44, who died at her home
in Glendale, will be held at Wil
son's Chapel of the Roses on Fri
day at 2 p.m. Rev. James C, Smith
of the First Christian Church will
officiate and concluding services
and vault interment will follow at
the Tenmile cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon was born Oct, 15,
1915 in Scdalia, Ark. and has liv
ed in the Tenmile and Glendale ar
eas most of her life. She was mar
ried to William Gordon May 21,
1932 in Roschnrg. She was a mem
ber of the VFW auxiliary in Glen
dale. Survivors include her husband
William; and one daughter, Mrs.
Evelyn Shepard, both of Glendale;
four sisters, Mrs. Edna Cobb of
Pal, Wyo., Mrs. Ethel Bates of
Philomath, Mrs. Pearl Gardner of
Central Point, and Miss Reta Rom-
orlin of Glendale; two brothers
Thomas Tomorlin Jr. of Glendale
and Millard Tomerlin of Colorado
Springs, Colo.; and one grandchild
Firemen Douse Blaxe
The Roseburg Rural Fire Dept.
was called out at 7:51 p.m. Mon
day to a house ablaze on 99 BR
North at Winchester occupied by
Itaymond Drydt-n and owned by
G. W. Gillnm, 934 SE Fullcrton
St.
Loss and damago were undeter
mined, but firemen arrived in time
to save most of the house.
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FOR MOVING RECORDS right offer the Aug. 7, 1959
Roseburg explosion, these two wimen have been awarded
$50 from State Selective Service Headquarters. They are
Mrs. Louise M. Simonsen and Miss Lillian DeGree. The
expression of gratitude for this type of work in the emer
gency situation was extended to John Amacher, local
selective service director, by Sprague H, Carter, state
director. (News-Review Staff Photo)
Summer's Advent
More Like Dreary
ing Day
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thunderstorms and scattered
rainfall greeted the citizenry in
sections of the United States this
first day of summer. In some
areas this was more like any
dreary day in early spring.
The Chicago Weather Bureau
said precipitation fell over the
central and northern plains today,
the south Atlantic coastal states
and the central and southern Mis
sissippi Valley.
Tampa, Fla., had a fall totaling
2.22 inches into the morning, with
1.69 inches during one hour.
Springfield, III., got nearly 2 inch
es, Rapid City, S.D., .95 inches.
Parts of the plains area had
some severe weather Monday
night.
Two tornadoes struck in north
eastern Colorado. There were no
injuries, but some damage to uti
lities and property occurred.
During a thunderstorm ' at Im
perial, Neb., three-quarter inch
hail fell, the bureau reported.
Winds up to 74 miles an hour and
hail fell during a thunderstorm at
Rapid City.
A cold front moved into the
northwestern plains. Some early
morning readings in the 30s were
reported in the northern Rockies.
Al Dubois, Idaho, it was 36 de
grees this morning. ( " '-
Blythe, Calif., registered the
early morning high 99 degrees.
Deputies Probe
Cafe Break-Ins
Sheriff's deputies this morning
were investigating a weekend at
tempt to break into a safe at the
Southern Pacific office in Drain.
The burglary was reported Mon
day by Dennis King of the Drain
SP office. He said the burglary had
occurred sometime between Satur
day afternoon and Monday morn
ing. Nothing was taken.
Slate police said the burglar or
burglars had jimmied a door to
enter the building. They had knock
ed off the dial and made an at
tempt to "peel" the door of ths
safe but failed.
Police said they were apparently
scared away before they could fin
ish the job.
Motorcyclist Escapes
High Speed Accident
Merlyn Donald Green of Suther
lin had reason to feel lucky today.
The motorcycle he was driving
turned over at 65 miles an hour
and Green suffered only hand and
scalp lacerations.
State police siad the accident oc
curred shortly before midnight
Monday while Green was going
north. He apparently lost control
and the bike lipped over about a
mile north of the Winchester junc
tion on Highway 99. Police said
the cycle skidded 393 feet before
coming to rest on the shoulder of
the highway.
Green was taken to tile hospital,
treated and released.
Motorist Flees
Police Custody
Charges of escape from custody
and driving with a suspended li
cence were filed this morning in
District Court against Kenneth
Murl Sorenson, 23, 2261 NE Ste
phens St.
Roseburg police said Sorenson
fled the scene on foot Saturday
night while being questioned after
his car struck two parked ve
hicles on NE Winchester St., a
short distance Jiorth of Nash St.
Bail was set at $650 on warrants
for Sorenson's arrest, which of
ficers are attempting to serve.
Brenda Jo Smalley
, Brenda Jo Smalley. 3, of Eu
gene died unexpectedly Monday in
Winston during a visit to the home
of friends. She was the daughter
of Mrs. Janet Smalley.
The child was born March 30,
1957 at Springfield. Survivors in
clude a sister, Sandra; three broth
ers, Richard, Bradley and Joe, all
of Eugene; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hale of Noli and R. B. Small
ey of Port Orford; and a great
aunt, Mrs. Leola Cowdcn of Port
Orford.
Funeral services and interment
will be in Eugene. Local arrange
ments were handled by Wilson's
Chapel of the Roses.
In The Blast
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Camas Valley Unit
Selects President
By MRS. WILLIAM BANKS
Mrs. Jerry Dancer was recently
installed president of Camas Val
ley Home Extension Unit.
Other officers installed were Mrs.
Al Barnhart, vice president; and
Mrs. Bruce Priest, secretary-
treasurer.
The last meeting of this year
was held at Wayside Park on Cam
as Mountain, with an outdoor cook
ery demonstration given by Mrs.
Jerry Dancer.
Picnic Planned
Camas Valley Farm Bureau
Federation will meet July 8 at
uie nome or Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kinnan in Upper Camas Valley to
decide on a date for the annual
picnic. .
Mr. and Mrs. John Thurston,
Colorado, are visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Thurston, in Upper Camas Valley.
Youth Pleads Innocent
On Bad Check Charge
Roy Duwane Simmons. 19. Oak
land, pleaded innocent this morn
ing to a misdemeanor charge of
writing a check without havine suf
ficient funds in the bank to cover
it.
Trial was set for 3 p.m. June
27 in District Court and Simmons
was returned to the county jail
with bail fixed at $750.
He was arrested Monday on a
warrant obtained by Roseburg po
lice, charging that he cashed a $40
bad check May 23 at the J. C. Pen
ney Co. store in Roseburg.
Big Radio-Telescope
Receives Space Sounds
PENTICTON, B. C. (AP)
Canada's biggest radio-telescope
went into action Here Monday
picking up sounds from space.
The $700,000 installation, com
plcted earlier this year, is called
the White Lake Dominion Observ
atory.
A radio-telescope is a device for
listening in on space. Canada's
biggest optical telescope is at the
David Dunlap Observatory in To
ronto. Little River Woman
Posts Bail On Charge
Preliminary hearing on a lar
ceny charge against Maxine Joyce
Stankewitz, 21, Little River, wa3
set for June 27 during an appear
ance this morning in District
Court. She remains free on $1,000
bail posted after her arrest last
weekend.
She is charged by Artha Robin
son wilh taking three weddin?
rings from the Robinson home
June 14.
Failure To Pay Fine
Nets Jail For Motorist
Floyd Ray Morris, 25, Glendale,
was in jail this morning for failure
to pay a $50 fine imposed Monday
by Municipal Judge Randolph Slo
cum on a reckless driving charge.
Morris was taken into custody
by Roseburg police Monday morn
ing on a citizen's complaint that
Morris was driving in a reckless
manner at Flint St. and Houck
Ave.
Earl Reed
Earl Reed, 66, died on Monday
at a local hospital. He was a res
ident of Myrtle Creek.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by Wilson's Chap
el of the Roses.
Forfeits $350 Bail
Bail of $350 was forfeited Mon- j
day in Roseburg Municipal Court
when Francis Carr McConnell, 37,
2071 NE Stephens St., failed to ;
appear on a reckless driving !
charge. j
McConnell was arrested by Rose-1
burg police Feb. 13 on Rose St.
charged with drunken driving, but
Uie charge was later reduced.
Malpractice Suit Filed
A $75,000 malpractice suit was
filed in Circuit Court Monday
against a Recdsport physician.
The plaintiff, Rhoda M. Ander
son, charges that over a period of
years the defendant, Dr. R. W.
McLean, failed to advise her that
she was suffering from tuberculo
sis and failed to treat her for tho
disease, although she was his pa
tient during that time.
Speaker Sees Added Use For Waste
Forest Products Through Research
By LEROY INMAN
Business News Dept. Editor
"We are looking forward to the
time when all mill residues will be
utilized for man's benefit. The
next step will be to bring to the
processing plant limbs and tops
ana pernaps even stumps now
left in the woods. This, of course.
will only come to pass when our
technology reaches such a h i g h
point and our economic system
will permit it."
mis was the summarizing state
ment of R. M. Kallander, admin
istrator of the Oregon Forest Re
search Center, who spoke to the
Industrial Development Division of
the Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce Monday noon in the limn-
qua Hotel.
Kallander discussed the work of
the center, located at Corvallis,
and told of successes so far ac
complished in greater uses of wood
products. He told also of the po
tential uses to which wood parts,
now considered waste, can be put.
By-Products Future
He sees a future in the by
products of the ) lumber industry
much as that in the petroleum in
dustry today. Not only will these
products add to the economy, but
the debris which now goes in our
streams or which must be burned
as slash following timber harvest
will be eliminated.
In his opening remarks. Kal
lander made reference to the fact
that of Oregon s total land area of
62 million acres, 30 million is in
forests our most renewable na
tural resource. Raw material har
vested and wood products manu
factured constitute over 60 per
cent of Oregon's annual income.
With the advent of a full-fledged
industry in the chemical utilization
silviculture, entomology, pathology,
Donnelly States Law
On 'Sneeze Shields'
Dr. John H. Donnelly, Douglas
County health officer, has describ
ed in a letter directed to Dudley C.
Walton, chairman of the school
board, the law on "sneeze shields"
as ordered by the state Board ot
tieaitn.
Sneeze shields are designed to
prevent the spread of diseases in
school cafeterias. If installed, it
would be a glass or similar barrier
placed in front of the food.
The state Board of Health does
not imply, but directs that sneeze
shields shall be placed in school
cafeterias.
Dr. Nels H. Lindell has been
appointed by the school board to
confer, with Dr. Donnelly on the
subject. A report will be made by
Dr. Lindell to the school board
June 29 on further findings.
Technicality Frees
Prominent Rancher
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP)
Frank Davis, 51, a member of a
prominent ranching family was
freed of a murder charge Mon
day because an indictment failed
to specify if he wore shoes when
he allegedly stomped a man who
later died.
The charge of murder with
malice grew out of the death of
attorney James L. Drought. 41.
who died Feb. 17, two days after
his car collided with one owned
by Davis.
The indictment charged Davis
beat and stomped the attorney.
Dist. Atty. Charles Lieck Jr.,
said he would submit the case to
the July grand jury.
Two Dutch Freighters
Colide In Kiel Canal
KIEL, Germany (AP) Two
Dutch freighters collided in the
Kiel Canal today, and one went
down, taking the captain's wife
and an engineer wilh it.
Harbor police said the 500-ton
freighter Uranus rammed into the
side of the canal and bounced off
into the path of the 3,200-ton
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mammalogy, meteorology, physi
ology, forest soils and forest gene
tics. In recent years, genetics has
gained tremendous importance in
forestry, he stated. Through se
lection of superior trees, through
of wood and bark residues, the
amount of income from our for
est is bound to increase. Also a
chemical industry would not be
competing product-wise wilh other
activities of the forest industry, he
said.
Many Studies
The state-operated Oregon Forest
Research center, established to
carry on research in the develop
ment of techniques for the protec
tion, rehabilitation and manage
ment of our forest lands and the
fullest utilization of the forest har-
vestPi draws its sole support from
the industry it serves. - '
Studies include research in for
est tree seeds, forest regeneration,
Supreme Court Cuts
Alien's Benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) The
Supeme Court has decided old
age benefits payable under the
Social Security Act may be cut
off from an alien deported in 1956
because of Communist party
membership.
Justice Harlan delivered the 5-4
decision'. Chief Justice ' Warren
and Justices Black, Douglas and
Brennan dissented.
- The ruling ' applied specifically
to Ephram Nestor, now in Sofia,
Bulgaria. He came to the United
States in 1913 and worked in jobs
covered by Social Security from
December 1936 to January 1955.
Upon reaching retirement age
in November 1955, he was award
ed a pension of $55.60 monthly.
He was deported in July of 1956
on the ground of Communist
party membership from 1933 to
1939. In September 1956, the So
cial Security Administrator cut
off Nestor's pension.
Nestor sued for restoration and
won a ruling by U.S. Dist. Judge
Edward A. Tamm.
The Justice Department ap
pealed. Boeing Talks Resume
Following Postponment
SEATTLE (AP) Negotiations
between the Aeromechanics Union
and the Boeing Airplane Co. were
scheduled to resume Tuesday aft
ernoon following a one-day post
ponement. Negotiators had planned to meet
with Federal Mediator Albin Pe
terson Monday, but Roy Siemiller,
a vice president of the Machinists
Union, had to fly to Chicago be
cause of illness in his family.
Siemiller was expected back for
Tuesday's session. The Aeromech
anics Union is an affiliate of the
International Assn. of Machinists.
Members voted last Saturday to
seek strike authorization. They
have been working without a con
tract since May 7. Wages and oth
er conditions are at issue.
Spring Crop Of Pigs
Shows Surprising Drop
WASHINGTON (AP) The Ag
riculture Department today esti
mated this year's spring pig crop
at 49,103,000 head, a surprising
decrease of 16 per cent from last
year's spring crop.
This crop will provide the pork
supply next fall and winter. A de
cline of upwards of 12 per cent
had been lorecast. Tins downturn
is producers' reaction against a
sharp drop in hog prices last
year.
The indicated smaller crop vir
tually assures farmers considera
bly better prices for their spring
crop hogs than a year ago.
This could have a bearing on the
election this fall in the important
Midwestern livestock slates. iiUi'
farm officials had cautioned
farmers that there was need for
a downward adjustment in hog
production.
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grafting and controlling the growth
cycle in an experimental growth
room at the research center, it is
hoped to reduce the time it lakes
to find out whether growth char,
acleristics, seedling survival and
wood quality can be improved.
Successful Cross
"Our geneticist has successfully
crossed western Oregon Douglas
fir with California Big-cone spruce,
a native of the Sierras," he said.
"The purpose was to combine the
attributes of the spruce, which
has an excellent root system, and
our Douglas Fir, which has excel
lent wood qualities, to develop a
strain that will better survive on
our hot, dry south slopes, hard
burns and other problem areas."
Research, he pointed out, en
compasses milling and engineer
ing, timber mechanics, seasoning,
preservation, pulp and paper, man
ufactured products and wood and
bark chemistry. He discussed use
of ultrasonic energy in the wood
processing industry, segregation of
wood particles and hastening of di
gestion of wood chips for pulp,
drying of glue lines for plywood or
laminated products and improve
ments of veneer processing tech
niques through the heating bf logs
prior to peeling, and he told how
researchers have worked out a
means of gluing the ends of com
mercially seasoned 2x4's to permit
utilization of short, clear .lengths.
Floor Tile Making
A method of making floor tiles
from wood particles and from the
cork fraction of Douglas fir bark
has been developed. It is esti
mated that approximately 2,400,000
tons of bark are available annual
ly, of which about one-half is used
for plant power, in hogged fuel
and other purposes. . The rest is
burned.
1 In addition to research -in the
chemical field to utilize bark, tho
center is carrying on research in
the manufacture of particle board
from Douglas Fir and other bark.
No binders or adhesives are need
ed. Natural wax content and oth
er inherent properties of the bark
cause excellent bonding under
heat and pressure.
'Silvichemicals'
Kallender discussed briefly the
"silvichemicals," products of
chemical utilization of wood or
bark, many of which are associat
ed with the pump industry. Tannin,
an extract from bark, has many
uses. Bark powder or fines repre
sent one of the two or three major
physical fractions of bark, used in
adhesives and plastic molding
compounds as an extender for
glues. It may be used also for phen
olic plastic molding compounds, as
flavanoids and for many other
chemical purposes.
A major constituent of Douglas
Fir bark is wax, he stated. He
and samples of wax made from
bark, which he exhibited to the
audience. Tlnse are but a few of
the many uses to which wood
chemicals can be put, he pointed
out, and this study is only the be
ginning. Fred Sohn of Roseburg, a mem
ber of the Forest Products Ad
visory Committee, introduced the
speaker. He stated that the forest
research development program
costs only a half-million dollars
for an industry which makes up 62
per cent of the economy of our
state, compared with four million
dollars spent on agriculture re
search, which comprises only 20
per cent of our economy.
Gordon Todd, Industrial Develop
ment Division chairman, presided
and discussed function of the com
mittee. He outlined roles of the six
separate committees under this
division, which deals with attrac
ting new industry.
Green Election
Unique Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep.
Edith Green (D-Ore) received . a
unique honor in being elected
chairman of Oregon's delegation
to the Democratic National Con
vention. The election was Sunday, and
Democratic Party officials here,
after a search through the files,
said Monday it was the first time
a woman ever had been named
to such a post in the parly.
and ask for
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