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Newspaper Page TextFish Derby Entrants May Find it Hard to Tell Whether Fish Taken From the Muddied Umpqua Are Trout, Chubs or Sucker. They May Have to Launder Them;. THE WEATHER lltimldllv 4:30 n. m. yesterday 37 ..35) f-' WAR r k ; Its outcome may be defermlnedl liyjllie llritlah-Garniaq fighting rajt- INEWSRBVIKW Beaten from jtbj j i accurate olid impartial Assnclutel ; ft- Ugliest temperature yeaterdny 87 "US I PrcclpllnUqn for 2 'hopf ...'.-..,. 0 i Pl-noli, alliAn Ill'Ut nf niAlllJl S3 I 7 Pieclp. from: HepU j;ii..i.S.4S ; Excess nn(cy'j Snpl. ,yF-t f' Pirtly, Cloudy, Cooler. :.. 1.10 COUNTY DAtt.7 rou xliv NO. 313 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940. VOL XXVIII NO. 219 OF THE EVENING NEWS HI UUM THE D0U6LRS IlfDKS G 'l ! In The; ; i.News;. . By FRANK JENKINS TE7HAT Ik happening in the cold, - " stormy. North sea is lilto a b.it tin up a mountain obscured by : Hwirling clouds. 'I drouth occasion u I rills, onlookers catch slimpsea of Isolated hits of action, hut. tho way the battle i.s going caul be judged from I ho luted hits. No our can be In nny doubt, however, that something is fioins on that will change the fate or Kuropc. rFtHK only picture available to-lay (Thursday) la that Riven by Winston Churchill, first lord ot tho British admiralty, to the house of commons. Churchill says: Half the (lerinan cruiser stitMigth has been destroyed. Many Cerinan troopships, carry ing soldiers and equipment to Nor way, have been sunk. "We shall TAKE WHAT WIS WANT OF THIS NORWEGIAN COAST NOW, with an enormous Increase In tho efficiency of our blockade." "We are not going to let the en emy supply their troops along those (Norwegian) waters with Im punity." No Norwegian ports taken by the Germans have been reoccupiol is yet. f- w-. "v 'pHIS is evidently what tho allien have In mind: By a lightning-fast stroke, Ger many occupied the whole Norwe gian coast with a comparatively small body of troops. The purpose of the British navy is NOT to waste lives, as at Gallipoll, In an effort to storm the ports already taken by the Germans, but Inslcad to prevent re-enforcements finn reaching the Germans already In Norway. With the German navy crippled, with command of the seas sur rounding Norway re-established, the German forces-already in Nor way can be overwhelmed. IT looks like a smart scheme. It looks also, at the moment, on the face of scattering and fragmen- f Con tinned on page 4.) Gas Fumes Close Life of Socialite NRW YORK, April 13. CAP) Helen Derby, 31. divorced first wife of Burgess Meredith, stage and screen actor, was found dead In the gas-filled kitchen of her Wnshfngton square apartment todny. ' Police said she had written a will on a calendar pad and closed with these words: "Feeling fine except for fumes. (Signed) H." She was the daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. Harry I,. Derby, Montclalr. N. J. Her father is president and director of the American Cyanainfd and Chemical corporation and an officer of several other firms. Miss Derby and Meredith were divorced in 1035. She previously had been married to SUphen Ber rien, in 192fi. Her hodv, fully clothed, was found by the governess for Miss Derby's 12-year-old daughter. Officers of the Mercer street nta t'on sr id they learned Miss Der by had been depressed last night following receipt of a letter from Kenneth Frank, stating that her social Ideas were too liberal and that they should end their friend ship. Wife of Bank Robber Jones Convicted by Jury PENDLETON. Ore.. April 13. (AP) Myrtle Mary Jones, impli cated in the robbery of the Canby Fnlon bank last November by her huphand. was convicted by a fed eral jury that deliberated only 15 minutes yesterday. Federal Judge Fee set April 23 for epiuencing of both Mrs. Jones and William Jones, who confessed the robbery after an unsuccessful attempt to rob another bank at St. Paul, Ore., brought about his capture. Ui ! defense Outlay Likely Jo Be Boosted Signs Point fo Increase of 93 Million In Budgeted Sums for Army, Navy; New Type of Plane Offered to Allies. WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) The spread of Kurope's war brought national defense to the forefront of congressional prob lems again today, and signs point ed to n possible $93,000,000 in crease In army and navy budgets which already total close to $2,- 000,000.000. From a war department source came intimations that as much as $75,000,000 was urgently needed to speed up productions of "critical" equipment for the army. Capitol hill likewise heard that an addi tional $18,000,000 would be sought to accelerate the navy's ship-build ing program. Faster Output Needed The nazi invasion of Scandina via, war department sources said, and the danger of a further spread of the war made it Imperative to obtain faster production of the so-called "critical" Hems of army equipment. Congress allotted approximately $202,000,000 last year to provide the army semi-automatic rifles, anti-tank guns and kindred "critical" equipment. Authorities said that orders for most of this equipment already had been placed, but that the only way to speed up its de livery would be to put government arsenals and private manufac turers on a 2 1-hour production basis. . Fp. Backs Expansion 'T President Roosevelt conferred on naval matters yesterday with his departmental and congressional ad visors, and was said to have given 'his approval to the $055,000,000 ; Heel expansion bill which already has been voted by the house and Is now pending in the senate. The measure authorizes construction of 21 combat ships and 22 auxiliaries, but carries no appropriations. Present plans call for all 43 (Continued on cage 6) I SAW By Paul CARL HENDRICKS, circuit judge of the eleventh Oregon dis trict, whoseTiome is In Fossil), oast of the mountains in Wheeler county. His father. It. II. Hendricks. 73 years of age and still pra?lic ng law in Fossil, was born in the Shoestring valley east of Yoncalla. He received his early schooling at ilbur academy. After finishing at the academy, he was employed for years by the old Roaeburg Plalndealer, the News-Review's grandpa. Later he removed to Salem, working tlitro for the Statesman, owned by his brother, R. J. Hendricks wno, Inci dentally, at an earlier date had edited the Plalndealer here. Carl, as thus you may perceive. Is fully entitled to a glad hand In Douglas county qualifying In at least one of the three neceMaaiy it V rx . a i i in, .V-v .to- i. T J .'!' ' flit V Anglers Trek To Streams In Derby s Urge Opening of Trout Season Sees Early Exodus from City in Quest of Fish; Prlies for Best Specimens Exhibited. Fishermen of Rosebmg and vi cinity started for streams early to day as the season on trout, six Inches or more In length, opened by game .commission order two days ahead of the usual date. Par ticular stress was nlaced unon catches for display In connection with Kosehurgs second annual fUh derby, which will be held Monday, marking tho opening of the trout season. By 9 a. m. Monday, every placo of business in Roselntrg's down town section will be expected to have one or more fish on display. These displays must be In place by 9 a. m., Dick Maddnx. chairman, reports. In order that judges will have time In which to make prize awards by the time the public fish fry opens at 10 o'clock. Judging, Mr. Maddox announces, will start promptly at 9 o'clock, and dis plays made after that hour muy he excluded from participation in the prize awards. Scores of prizes have been pro vided by local merchants, and wre on display today ut the Umpqua ho tel, where they attracted a great deal of attention. , Fish Fry to Be Feature The public fish fry at 10 a. m. is expected to furnish entertain ment for a great throng of spectators- Through permission grant ed by the city council, the commit tee In charge of the derbywill set np 'stoves at the intersection - -of cni nnd-Jnckson streets and all traffic will be' kept off the street' for a block each way from the cor ner, in order to provide space for spectators without danger of in jury. Motorists are rcquegjrd not to park cars within a block of the intersection after. 9 a. m. and to cooperate with the police in keep ing the streets clear during the period of the fish fry. All stores will he closed until 11 a. m. Fish will be on display (Continued on page 6) Jenkins 111' - -f H'i I- Newfl-Itoviw Photo and Engraving requisites for honored citizenship here. I believe you've heard me state before that in order to get to first base socially in this part of southern Oregon, you must be either of pioneer stock, own a prune tree, or at least one nheep. Really, Carl qualifies in two of these counts. In 1U12. after fin ishing high school and during which period we were classmates In Kugene, I spent a summer at Carl's home at Fossil, and dis tinctly recall that at the time his father owned 30,000 head of woolles. Carl Wimherly, our own circuit judge:, escorted Carl Hendricks in to the office yesterday morning, thus setting the stare for the most enjoyable reunion I have .wper fenced In aires. Say wbat you may, there's nothing so thoroughly rnt isfying as the meellng-up with an old and valued friend. 1 Sweden Set To Fight For Neutrality Preparations Mad to Ropuko Any Fortign Troops WhHa : Norway Continiws Dofoaso Against Invading Gtrmans. STOCKHOLM, April 13. AP) Sweden made urgent preparations today to fight, if necessary. In de fense- of her neutrality while fler man troops ami warplanes strength ened the nazi hold on Norway. Along the southern Swedish coast, airfields were packed with parked tnxicabs and other antomo biles to prevent airplanes from landing. Throughout the country, bomb shelters hastily are being con structed and vehicles are being converted for burning charcoal in order to save precious gasoline, The "man-Inthe-streetj," having beard Premier Hansson's broadcast warning last night of Sweden's pre carious position, apparently ts re solved to back up his declaration that the country will maintain Its neutrality, no matter at what sacri-fice.- Hansson declared there had been no demand on Sweden for use of her territory "by any belligerent nation" but that "If such a de mand should ever he made, Swe den would have to refuse to comply with It." Norwegian Defense Pierced In Norway, meanwhile, a Ger man force broke through Norwe gian defenses between Moss, 3f miles south of Oslo, and Holen, 10 miles closer to the capita). Since the Germans were advancing to ward Oslo they were presumed to be newly-landed troops pushing up the shore of Oslo fjord to join the irivadhrs' expeditionary nrmy.:r "V Advices reaching hero said mo Gorman advance caught the Nor wegians by surprise and they had no time to meet it. Defense troops, holding positions along the narrow fjord, had estab lished a semi-circular line from Moss to Holen. east to Mvsen, northward, east of the river Glom- men and Lake Oieren to Romerike, (Continued on page 6) NewYorkG.O.P. Splits Over Dewey Committeeman Simpson, Hit by Pro-Ouster Vote, Quits Supporters of Prosecutor. ALBANY, N. Y.. April 13. (AP) Influential and suddenly crystal ized hostility to Thomas E. Dewey's presidential candidacy split New York republicans wide open today and threatened to cut deep into home state support of the Manhattan district attorney. The controversy was fired by the fl. O. P. state committee's chas tisement yesterday of National Committeeman Kenneth F. Simp son, a hitherto enthusiastic Dewey supporter, by voting 209 to 09 for selection of his successor before the national convention at which bis term expires. Some leading republlcons pri vately viewed as a blow to Dewey's candidacy in other states the open break with one of New York's na tional party representatives. Simpson charged the prosecu tor's forces with an attempt to "purge" him and declared himself "relieved from any further favorite son support for Mr. Dewey." "In my opinion," he added, "the republican and Independent voters ot New York City have not become satisfied that Mr. Dewey Is the best available candidate." May Help Gannett Backers of Frank Gannett,' on other New York bidder for the G. O. P. nomination, immediately expressed "hope" of winning all or most of the 23 delegates from Dewey's home county of New York here Simpson is party chairman. A Dewey spokesman, however, voiced confidence he would hold all of the majority of the state's 92 delegates reported to favor him. This source conceded possible loss of part or all of the New York county bloc at the convention start but added "we'll get them back by the third ballot." J. Russel Sprague, Nassau coun ty executive and Dewey campaign manager, was mentioned chiefly as possible successor to Simpson. Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt Is New York's other national committee member. Dewey, leaving New York for for Washington to attend the Grid iron club dinner before departing on a western tour, made no com ment on Simpson's declaration. Control of Important Norwegian I NorwegianB advance the uneom firmed claim that they have recov covered the Atlantic coast city of Bergen, pictured above. The city, of 100,030 inhabitants, was one of those seized by the nails in their Scan dinavian swoop. At the right are two of the Nor . wegian leaders resisting the nazis. They are Gen. K. K. Laake (left), commander-in-chief of the Norwe gian army, and J. C. Hambro, presi dent of the Norwegian legislature, yho is now In Sweden. - Accused Bundsman Commits Suicide NEW YORK, April 13. (AP) The body of Clans Gunther Er uecke, :iti, German-American bunds man, accused with 16 other men of plotting to overthrow the United States government, was found hang ing today in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment house. Police, who listed the case as a suicide, said a note was found with the body but Its contents wore withheld. A wide search had been under way for Eruecke since his disap pearance yesterday, two weeks af ter the trial of the alleged seditious conspirators started. His $7,500 bail was ordered forfeited when he did not appear in court. Detectives said Ernecke appar ently had gone to the apartment house basement, around the corner from his home, Thursday afternoon and hanged himself. Medicnl ex aminers said he had been dead at least 3(1 hours. A rope tied to a Bteam pipe ond a small box which apparently had been kicked from under him told the story. Federal Judge Campbell said yes terday the trial of the other de fendants would be resumed Mon day regard I less of whether Ernecke was found. Informed today of Er- necke's death, the judge declined to comment. Ernecke's lawyer, former Meg istrnte Lea Healy, said the German-born bundsman had become terror-stricken over threats made figainst his life as a result of tes timony depicting him as a ring leader of the nlleged plot. One anonymous threat warned that his tongue would be cut out. U. S. Envoy to Norway . Reaches Border Haven WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) Mrs. J. Ilorden Harrimnn. 70-year-old L'nited Stales minister to Norway, reported today that she was safe and in excellent health In a Swedish border town after a series of unsuccessful efforts to reach headquarters of the war-hurried Norwegian government. Mrs. Harriman crossed the bor der into Sweden after German air raids had driven the Norwegian government successively from its refuge capitals at Elverum and Hybergsund. Earlier Mrs. llarrirnan had given through the Stockholm ministry n first-hand account of nazi bomb ings which she said had caused 50 civilian casualties and narrowly missed King Haakon and the Nor wegian government. Seizure of Mexico Said Plot of Reds WASHINGTON, April 13. (AP) Rep. Dies (D., Texas) said today he had Information that Russia and Germany were plotting to bring on a revolution In Mexico and set up a puppet government on the door step of the United States. Tho houso Investigator told newsmen that, communist Russia was keeping alive, for uso In a Mexican upheaval, "the same or ganizations" which functioned In the Spanish civil war. This information, the Texan de clared, constituted one of the rea sons why his committee on un American activities was question ing veterans of the Abraham Lin coln brigade, an organization of Americans who fought for the Bar celona government In Spain. Dies said that 5,000 to 0.000 Americans were recruited by com munists for the brlgude and that a militnry force of similar strength "might turn the decision" In Mex ico, ife was Informed, he added, that communist organizations In the United Slates were prepared to begin a new recruiting drive for a Mexican coup. The committee head sold that his Informants Included "elective officials" in Mexico and "one or two United Stales senators." all of whose names he withheld. Among the things they told him, he declared, was that 10.000 com munists already bad moved into Mexico from Spain and France. Their strategy, he continued, was to seek victory in Mexico's national election next July and, that failing, to resort to force. Screen Actor Jesse!, 42, Weds Show Girl of H DETROIT, Mich.. April 13. ( A P George Jesse), 42-year-old comedian of stage anil screen, and Ixds Andrew, 10, New York show girl, were married here todny with James If. R . Cromwell, United States minister to Canada, acting as best man. Cromwell explained he was en route from Ottawa to St. Thomas, Ont., when his airplane was grounded at Detroit by had weath er, and he met J esse I whom he de scribed as an "old friend-" The ceremony was performed by Common Pleas Judge Gerald W. Groat or Detroit in Jessel's 15th floor suite in a downtown hotel. The bride was attended by Betty Allen, New York actress. Jesse 1 has been married and di vorced twice. His first wife was Florence Courtney; his second. Norma Talmadge. City in Dispute Fugitive Convicts Elude Searchers TACOMA, Wash., April 12. (AP) A stolen and abandoned au tomobile remuined the only report cd clue today in the search for two long-term bank robbers who escaped Thursday from the Mc Neil Island federal prison. - Tho fugitives were Joseph Paul Cretzer, 28, ranked "public enemy No. 1" by the F. B. I. last August, and Arnold Thomas Kyle, 29, Both worn under 25-year sentences for a lx)s Angeles bank robbery, but of ficial records listed them as sus pects in flvo California nnd three Paciric northwest hank robberies. State and federal officers went to northern Kitsap county, on the Olympia peninsula mainland, after an automobile, stolen at Gig har bor, was found there. To have reached the mainland, the two fngltves would have had to cross a narrow Puget Sound chan nel. A constant patrol has been maintained around the island since the pair escaped two dnys ago by commandeering a truck In the prls on yard nnd speeding past a guard at an Inspection gate. The guard opened fire on them. Auto-Locomotive Crash Kills One, Injures Five HOOD RIVER, Ore.. April 13. (AP) A baby died and five other persons suffered serious Injuries y est erdn y when M rs. J . T. M c ('lain, 34,' on an unfamiliar road, drove her car Into the side of a lo comotive. Her sou, Teddie, 10 months, lost his life. Mrs. McClatn was brought to n local hospital with critical in ternal Injuries. Her daughter, Marjmie, 4, and Mrs. E. (Howard, 32. and Caroline. 8, and Floyd Onward. 4-, were hurt. The car was demolished. All were residents of ' this dis trict. The crash occurred on a grade crossing near Wluans. Woman, 70, Saved After 8 Hours Spent in Well VANCOUVER. Wash., April 13. (AP) Mrs. It. Zlegler, widow of "more than 70." went about her work a mite shakily today. She spent eight hours In the depth of her well Wednesday. A neighbor. Robert Sarber, re lated the story last night Mrs. Zlegler, living on a farm near Camp Bonneville, fell 20 feet when a well floorboard broke at 10 a. in. Wednesday. From then until 6 p. m., when her hired man discovered her, she clung to the rope, getting some support from the broken hoard which hod wedg ed In the well. She was near ex haustion but recovered rapidly. Nazis Resist At Narvik; Big ling Gorman-Hold Port of Stavdngor i : Damagod by IrrHsh; War 'Coatiuos at Soa and lai ; . Air on Givo-Tako Scale, j STOCKHOLM; ! April ' 13. (By Radio) Anew and entire ly unconfirmed report said to day that several i large British warships were landing troops at Narvik, Norway, ; under heavy bombardment from Ger man planes and land force. LONDON, April 13. (AP) The government-owned British Broadcasting corporation, to night sent out this message to ' . Norwegians as part of IU new . Norwegian news service: 1 ' - "Allied help Is coming and . coming quickly. Hold . out I . Long live Norway.. Long live . ; King Haakon!" The speaker was a British . : general, who formerly was . ' military attache In Oslo. LONDON, April IS. (AP) British warplanes homlied the German-held southwestern Norwegian port of Stavanger today, a British announcement said. f The announcement said it 'a.f believed that, extensive . damasn was done to a hangar and one air. craft. It Bilded that tho rear Runner ff one llritlsb plane, although wound- . od, shot down an enemy fighter -plane in flames. . British sources said today a roy al air force plane had damaged n Oerman flying . boat and raked ft , (lerinan dontroyer with hunrtrpdu of rnundn of machlno-gim flro In a hattlo,ljutho,NocyuKa.; . . :, .. Diving through a anowslorni, tbfa report Bald, the pilot of a const. .. eommand bomber opened fire nt 1.600 feet and swept the docks, nf the dcKtroyor until ho was only COO ' feet above her. A flermnn transport, near Hague sund, has been sunk by the Norwe gian destroyer Draug. which Impri soned 67 men from the nasi ship, a Reuter (British) news agency report from Stockholm said to day. 1 The prisoners were turned over (nnntlnued nn pa ) Fire Destroys Roseburg Home Recenly Purchased A nne-Btnry frame Iioubo, located In Miller's addition to Jloaeburg. nnd purchnaed only two weeks ago liv Miss Hose Martin, was totally destroyed by fire Inst night. Miss Martin bought the property irom Mrs. W. H. Scott, and had occupied the house, together with her pa rents, only this week. The fire, which originated on the roof, was not Immediately discover ed and had progressed to such a : stage by the time tho occupants wore nroused, that they were un able to save any ot the household goods, - 1 The loss Is partially covered by Insurance. Roseburg Warmest Spot in Northwest Two Days nosehurg yesterday was the cen ter of n spring heat wave which struck Oregon only to be replaced today by cloudy and cooler weather. Temperature here Friday reached a maximum of 87 degrees, making Rosehurg, for the second successive day, the warmest spot In the Pa cific northwest. Portland, Eugene and Mod ford had top readings of 12. The wcnlhermnn forecastn cloudy and cooler weather for Sun--dny. Father Arrested After 'Mercy Killing' of Sort HOUC.HTON, Mich., April 13.-V (API Abraham While, 03, wn held In the county jail hore today awaiting arraignment on a charge of murder In the "mercy killing" of bis deaf, dumb and blind son. Sheriff John G. Samll snld that White, a railroad section worker, had confessed killing his son Fred erick. 15, yesterday by submerging: his head In a wnsh holler ot water until he drowned. Farmer Fatally Hurt in Trying to Stop Horses OnHGON CITY. April 13. (AP) Orvllle Greenslltt, 47, Heaver creek farmer, saw his horses. frightened by a (ruck, start to run away yesterday. Ho unrtcd across the roan la. ward them and was fatally injured. . by tho truck.