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NO. 313 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940.
VOL XXVIII
NO. 219 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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. 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
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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
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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.