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.-. i ... 1 ''! t , kOSESUES NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940. Theory Offered On 3rd term Decision WASHINGTON. April 13. (AP) Usually reliable sources predict ed today Unit President Roosevelt would withhold fifty statement re garding a llilnl term unll) after the republican convention June 2t. Two administration senators, who declined to lie quoted by tiainn. said they had board from presidential advisors that Mr. Roosevelt wanted to study the re publican nominees and platform before announcing li la own Inten tion . These senators observed that thn democratic convention had been delayed until . after the re publican meeting at Philadelphia In order to give tlto democrats any Hiratoulfi advantage which might bn gained from keeping the opposi tion gnosning. TIiIh strategy,, thoy lidded, virtually would bo destroy ed If Mr. Roosevelt made any third term declaration before, the, repub licans met, - ' ' Meanwhile, Senator T.ee (D, Oklu.). a 1 1t I term advocate, fold reporter the president was .mak ing himself available for tho nom ination by bin alienee. Lee contended that In view of the war hUuuI ton abroad "the presi dent certainly can't take hlms?lf out of the race." Sweden Determined to Keep Out Alien Armies (Continued from pnge 1 1 hence southward In TyrI fjord and Vlkcsitntl. Fnrtificatlonri worn being thrown up In the vallevB to tho northwest to holflter tho ring. Thn German advance from Mom whs said to have been accompllsh ed fn commandeered buses and nutomnbltoH and to have, been Im peded, nt leant briefly, when a bridge was dynamited as the first bus crossed a Btronm. Nazi Harried At Oslo The Oermnna. however, were re ported harassed within OhIo when Norwerclans blew up a large dam nt nearby Sol bergs fora and cut off the city's electricity. Norwegian sources said telephone and telegraph linen linking Oslo, and Tlerlln also had been put out of commission. The Stockholm newspaper Sven Hkn Dngblndet said German war plcnes hIIII wore pursuing King Haakon nnd Crown Prince Olav i from hiding place to hiding place. Wherever tnev stop, u saw, air jh.niocialen predicted: alnrma soon follow. Wfl W have to miss coal nnd Tho present whereabouts of the J gasoline and. still more, there will j f.yoar-old monarch was not ills-; be a shortage of many other Roods." j e'oftrd hut the newspaper said bej A regulation which hit beer-drink-! had been forced close to tho Nor- inn Dunes hard was that prohibit-j wcL'tnu-Swodlsh border.' ling alcoholic beverages. Its aim, The newspaper's correspondent, apparently, was to avoid any snld the king told him. In a hlgh- Hashes between Danish citizens way meeting. "1 have not been out nm Oenuiui soldiers, for Denmark of inv boots and I have hnrdly had .has plentiful supplies of beer, n wink" since leaving Oslo Tnea;l Another prohibition stopped dfiv. s 1 Denmark's streamlined, oil-burning He reported, however, that King tl.nJn n nn o(1 conservation mens Hiinkon still wns In good spirits ,.e , nnd determined to stay In his eoun-j WnIje )I1Iiny jmnpB (no the occu try "an long as one Inch remains pnti((1) of t(j(. rountry imperturb Norwegian." ably, the war that has caught them Klnq Hat Close Call j up was brought home with full One of the ministers ae.rompnny- force by nil raid restrictions which Ing the king told of a close escape Marked out this once gay northern estenlay when, be said, four (ler-, capital. man bombs exploded near where: iut.e (.aiP, fr jr.O auxiliaries ibe monarch had thrown himself t0 .ip u,nK nlfl idackout. Into the snow. The minister said, Kvldence of the thoroughness or Die German planes, nnparentlyj fjPn,mu preparations was seen In skimming the tree tops, aimed ma- t(m mi(l(l(l pienrance of hundreds cbinegun Tire so close tbey seemed (,r Ktmded blackout street lumps to have rcrnnnl.ed the king. similar to those used In Herlln. Klsewhem there were no re- 1'orls of changes In the NorwcKhuit Hititnllon with the nermnun admit- tedlv holding the ports of Krlslian - sand, Ktavitngor. llergen and Nar vik. The sliualt."!! at Tronhelm remained obscured by military se crecy. - I An unconfirmed renort to the U. Marcellus or llayocean, this rewspoper Dagcns Nyheter safd.week purehaKCd 2fS arres at lda tbul all nermnn warships nt Nar-jville on the east shore of Tilla vlk. Including four destroyers, had monk hay from the Kllchls Itlver been sunk bv Norwegian forces. I (tun dull The property contains A HPnrt-h by Norwegians for five1 (he former home of tho late Kutf Oermpn warships reported off sell Hawk Ins Sr., who for many M ronnhrlm was said ta have ueeit frulllesH, hut two !lrltih destroy rrt wure seen at Ntunsos, to the north. U. S. Defense Outlay Likely to Be Boosted fConllnned from pnse 1 ships to be started In the next two years, and Informed sources said Hint extra IlK.OOn.otm to be sought nt thta session would enable pre liminary work to get undor way at once. ' ' ' Including tho ships lit the expan ' slon program, the , navy i will lay down keels tor OJl vostla In. Hid next two years. ' v Allies Offered New Planes (Ircat llillalu and France were given official permission by the war department today to plare or ders for n new model Douglas at tncW bomber believed to he the world's fastest of the typo. It was the fourth type of nrmy plane released for sale abroad un tier tho administration's relaxed exttort policy. A two-motor craft, the attack boil) her Is credited with a top speed or approaching 4iM miles an hour, rivaling that of normully luster pursuit planes. Designed largely to harntss enemy troops and nearby military objectives. It bristles with marhlue guns and can cany a heavy bomb load and chemicals. Other planes released for sale abroad, under conditions by whlih the air corps expects to obtain more advanced models at a later date, were all fighters, built pri marily trigone with enemy bomb ers.fThev were the Ixickheed two motpr P-SK, HHI P-39 and Ctirtlss 1M0 P. Aviation quarters under stood that HM other army and nnvy planes would be made, avail able shortly for sale abroad minus equipment which the war depart ment considers secret. The new Douglas attack bomber whs described as advanced In de sign and performance over a slml- OUR BOARDING HOUSE 1 HAS LEANDER. IT'S AS MYSTERIOUS AS A lfpgi2$g:4:32p GONE STRAIGHT? VBOTTUE OP INDIAN SNAKE OlLl-HMP-kAPF., g HE'S AS QUIET BUT I'M GUESSING THE MAJOR)?!? WOULD VOL) J f AS A CEEP-SEA 4 S IN THERE PITCHING CURVES $? ENJOY ANOTHER OWER i 2 AGAINTHE OLD BOi SEEMS)?l SLICE OF PIE, U rr AS HAPPV AS A CAT IMTHE LEAMDER ? M hir craft which Ilia French govern ment Iiiih nrilurnil ly thn humlrciilM. Danes Feel Pinch Of War Rations COPKNIIAOKN, April 12. fAP) Denmnrk. rich breadbasket of Senndlnavln. felt the pinch of u nation on a wartime basis today aH the Herman occupation brought mount Iiir restrictions and signs f more to come. With thn wale of food restricted to four days' supply and all private automobiles banned from the roads .ni 7 n'Hnok ni night, the gov (rnment party newspaper Social n- Mnrrpllnc Riiuap ur WiarceilUS DUyef OT Tillamook Bay Acreage TIl.l.AMOOK, April ll Dr. M. years was manager of the liit- uey Company. Ltd. at (larthuldl. Dr. and Mrs. Marcellus, whose home at Itayoc-cau is belli wanlied out, will move to their new home late this summer or early in (h hill, they announced. The gun club retains part of Its former properlv. ODDITIES tlly the Associated Press) Sounds Fishy lirCKlNHHAM. Vn. James river cutrish. with a reputation for triiciilenco and bigness, have quit making news by spitting in fisher men's eyes. They've gone to chas ing rabbits. That Is Hie explanation given by Sportsman John Wood for the dis covery of a half grown rabbit In the stomach of a six and a half pound cattish he pulled out of the river. The Old College Try 8CI1KNKCTADY. N. V.-Mem ber of Phi Delta Thetn fraternity at Colon college, rallying to the aid of a "brother" who larked a date for the Junior prom, chipped In for a 3ri-ccnt classified ad in a newspaper to get him one. Wlihtn an hour after the paper appeared on the street, f girls ap plied. Pays and Pays MACON. Ha Charley Tarber. nejmt, fell oft a footbridge Into a ditch and was unable to move. Two young negroes answered his call for aid and ittireed to pull utiu out for fiO cents eactk, Tarber paid. w-i They n (ti ed to call nn ambulance for him, for Sft cents each. Tarber paid. The ambulance was privately owned. Tarber paid again. At the hospital, he was held for treatment of a hip fracture. with Frigid Blast Hits East of Rockies By tho Associated Press Winter paid a belated visit to virtually all of the United States east of the Itocky mountains today, carrying temperatures below freez ing almost to the gulf coast as a premature heat wave brought 100 degree weather to the southern Pa cific slope. At least seven deaths were charged to the wintry flareback that spread from one to five In ches or snow from Indiana to North Carolina. Farm experts feared young cot ton plants and fruits trees Buffered extensive damage but they will be unable to determine extent of the loss for several days. Drain crops likewise were damaged In many areas. Meantime, warmer weather to the northwest Indicated normal spring temperatures were on the way back and Weather Forecaster Uoyd at Kansas City ventured the prediction they would remain this timo . ... - Nebraska temperatures rose to the low fifties yesterday after touching two degrees shove zero in the extreme west with still .high er readings forecast. Iowa like wise reported moderating weather after two days of subfree.lng tem peratures. Montana and Wyoming, usually the cradle or cold waves, was coin paratlvely warm with temperatures in the umier flit tea and sixties. While the east was battling wet, heavy snow drifts, the Pacific states residents tried to remain comfortable under such tempera Hires as these: 1011 at Anaheim Calif.; 102 at Yuma, AH..; 100 at Kl Centra, Calif.; D4 at U)s An geles; 80 at San Francisco and S3 at Seattle, the latter a heat record for April 12. HeMef likewise was forecast for this area. The brunt of the cold wave was felt from Indiana to New York. A woman ami two small boys were found dead near New Market, Ind., apparently victims of expos ure, a physician said. 1 At least four persons were killed In nccldents on Icy highways In Ohio. Five inches of snow were report ed in nort hern Oh lo with temperatures in the 20"s. No relief was expected there beforo Mon thly. British Troops Sold Landing to Aid Norway (Continued from naee 11 to the Rrlttsh. A Herman pl-itie attacked the Draug, but did not damage her Bridge Blast Kills Nazis The Kxchonge telegraph today minted the Swedish radio as reuni t ing that the Norwegians had blown a bridge at Asklm. south of Oslo, while Herman troops were cross ing It, kilting a great number. Three Herman trawlers, captur ed by the Herman navy off the Norwegian const, were taken Into port hern ports today manned by Itiitlnh prlie crews. A Renters (llrttish new agencv) dispatch from Flushing. The Neth erlands. 'sntd today that the Dutch motorsbip Velocltns. 197 tons, was sunk by a mine vesterdtty off the Kngllsh coast with three of her crew reported killed. Lois of Planes Recounted Hrttnfu today acknowledged the loss of 11 bombing plane in at tempts yesterday to dislodge Her man troops from Norwegian ports and destroy Herman naval vessels in tho war-torn northern waters. llrttish rtiers succeeded, the British said. In blowing up a mu nitions warehouse at the Hernia'! held port or Itergen. machine-gunning destroyer and a motor tor pedo boat, bombing Herman trans port nnd sunply ships, aud shoot lug down four German Messer schmltt fighters. Two more of these nal planes were believed to have been destroyed and others damaged, the air ministry added. The activities of Britain's power ful navy, where actions are neces sarily bigger and slower, were clothed, for the moment. In sec recy. Official announcements dealt Major Hoople only with actions of the air, force yesterday. MF.riUN, April 13. (AP) The Oerman high command nnnounccd tonight that two Itritish submar ines had been sunk In the North sea by Oerman battle planes which surprised them as they rose to the surface. The same high command an nouncement said the Oerman a'r forco lost five planes in yester day's bitter air battle over the Norwegian port or itergen. revis ing upwards Its previous figure of two. The Germans claim the British lost ten planes In this encoutor. PAniS. April (AP) Thn French high command announced tonight that Herman infantry at tacking under a violent artillery barrage east of Moselle, near the frontier with Luxembourg, were cut down by the French. Tho uiincir f-n ii niiiufi wtin snni'n encounters nt scattered points along j the land front between Luxem bourg and the Vosgea. The high command said that French barbed wire held tho wave of enemy attackerB. Casualties were not determined immediately. Tho French also said that while allied scouting planes made numer ous nights over Herman lines, the Herman nerlal reconnaissance seemed to he diminished, indicating the naxi planes might be occupied with the Norwegian warfare. The French added that 20 French naval vessels were operating with the British fleet In the northern war zone. RUMANIA FIRM AGAINST GERMAN TRADE DEMANDS HITCHARKST. April 13. AP) Fears that Herman-Rumanian trade relations are rapidly nearlng a crisis were expressed here today as Rumania suspended the loading of freight cars for the reich pre liminary to Imposing an embargo on export of commodities needed for domestic use. , The so f tensions of car loadings followed swiftly Hermany's action in banning export of a long list of articles to Rumania nmong them metallurgical coke, which Is vital to the Rumanian ore industry. Barge Traffic Halted. Loading of Danube river oil barges was suspended for several days, but Rumanian authorities said that high water at Hlugin was responsible. Herman trade quar ters called this explanation a "pretext." Official sources said the ' eco nomic council of the Rumanian cabinet was drafting a list of raw materials which would be embar goed on the ground they are need ed for Internal consumption. It was expected generally that this action would be followed by stiff demands from Germany per haps Insisting that Rumania cut her trade with the allies and direct her exports almost wholly to tho releh. Sources close to the government, however, salil that any such de mands would be rejected firmly. Reports have been current hero that Hermany has warned Balkan trade circles that any commercial favors nccorded the allies at the expense of the relch would be re garded ns "unneutral" nnd might hnve serious consequences. Former Idaho Mayor Gets Life Term for Murder TWIN FALLS, Idaho. April 1.1. (AP Duncan McD. Johnston, 40- ear-old former mayor of Twin Falls, was todny sentenced to lire Imprisonment for the nun tier of Heorge U Olson. Salt Lake City Jewelry salesman. Olson was found shot to death In his automobile, parked by a hotel, in May. 1138. The state contended part of Olson's samples were found burled In Johnston's Jewelry shop. Johnston was convicted ami sen tenced to lire but last Jan. 16 was grunted a new trial by the Idaho supreme court. The former mayor and political leader was row let ed a second time lust Wednesday. The Jury recom mcuded life Imprisonment. Johns ton stood before District Judge, James W. Porter today and exclaimed: Chain Store Tax Opponents Heard .WASHINGTON, April J2.-r(AP) Among letters from Pacific coast and New Kn gland fruit growers read to a house ways and means subcommittee yesterday in opposi tion to the Patimin chain store tax bill was one from S. (!. Nye, presi dent of the fruit growers league of Med ford, Ore. Nye commented on the coopera tion of chain stores In getting farm goods to the retail market. He suld It was "npparent that the concert ed efforts of these chains have been responsible for the intelli gent and far-reaching program of the sales promotion of our fall and winter pears." H. S. Hazeltlne, Hood River ap ple and pear grower and shipper, gave an example of how chains fa cilitated growers in the finding of new and distant markets. He wrote that Safeway stores hail bought six carloads of Pacific northwest pears and featured them In their stores in the Honthwcst. Representing Oregon farmer groups, liory Colling of. Hood Riv er, an apple producer, testified yes terday at the hearing that chain stores cooperated with apple glow ers In handling normal crops and disposing of surpluses. Joseph M. Wells, president of a Newell, W. Va., pottery company, said that "more than one fourth of the total production of our plants Is distributed through chain stores." "If the Patman bill was law," he added, "the prices to the con- sinner would be materially higher because we could not fill the orders 01 department stores anil imlivio- crate. ually owned variety stores as! HAY Selling price to retailers: cheaply as we are able to sell our.'Alfalfa No. 1, $15.50 ton; oat- goods to chains." John Rice of Marlboro, Mass., representing tho Massachusetts Km It (! rowers association, said chains had afforded fruit, growers a valuable outlet for their crops. J. F. Teeplc, president of the Teeple Shoe company of Wan pun, Wis., testified that orders his com pany began to receive in from the J. C. Penney company bad saved It from bankruptcy. Since then, be said 'his employes bad doubled lit number and their aver age pay tier hour had increased from iJy to 41 cents. Day's Work WITCH PTA, Kans. Census Enumerator Frank Hrccn spent nearly an entire day at the W. It. Rogers' home before be listed nil of the family. High teen persons. including children and grandchll- ureii. live in me one uouse. LOCAL NEWS ., , ii. !-t a pie ton has returned to her home on Chndwick street, aft spending the winter, morlths In San Diego, Calif. Delegate to Convention .John H. Herstlne, of this city, left this morning for Eugene to attend the convention of the Woodman of the World lodge. Mr. Herstlne is a dele gate from the Roseburg lodge. Teae'ier Resigns Word was re enjved here todav that Miss Anna Helle Fisher, of Roseburg who has been employed as an instructor of home economics in the high school at Halsey, has resigned her posl t Ion there to teach next year in the high school at Hillsboro. Here to Attend Play Miss Cor-rine-Anne Perry, student at Vni verstty of Oregon, came from Eu gene Friday to attend the sen ior class play at Roseburg high school and to visit with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. ."er.-y. She returned to Eugene today. Witt Return to Roseburg O. C. Raker, for many years engaged In the laundry and automotive busi ness in Roseburg, plans lo relocate here in the near future, he report ed today. Mr. and Mrs. Raker and their son. Clarence, were hero today from Redding, Calif., where they are engaged in the laundry business. They left this after noon for Redding, but Mr. and Mrs. Raker plan to resume their residence in Roseburg within the next month or six weeks. MIT UK TO VIIKIIITOIIS In the County Court of t li Slate of nK'ii for the Count v of Ihmik- )!. In thf Mutter of lh Kjttiitc of Clar-eiu-e K. Illl.ln. 1 )'rt-anvl. No! ire Ih hT.'ly Kiven th;it lie uniliT!ieru'l but tn't'ii -ipoolnlril fXetMilrix of the estati of Clarence K. Iltlilife, it.ceas.. Iv l he C..:inlv Court of the Slate of Or -icon lor DotiKlas County, anil has U il1 fled. All person having elninit auriliiKt unlit entitle are lieiehy notified to present the fame, itulv verified, un nv law rt'tlli'fil, lo the u m )' ii;:t ed at lllemlale. Oouoh. viln( tlx lli"htlis from the late hereof. Ihitetl a tut flrxt Mil'lili'tl April 13, ,1!i0. Date of lnt publication May It. 1I0. MA lit K K. ll.Ltli'li:. i'.NO-U'MV. M.'Cnmant. Thompson, King Voi.l llohert B. Miller Amen., m Hank ttitihllnir. 1o;t land. ore nn. Attorneys fr Kxemtri V $10.00 REWARD for Information leading to apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who cut timber and started fires on my property 2' milos N. E. of Roseburg and also mali ciously cut woven wire fence at N. W. corner of same property. SIDNEY HELLIWELL. Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS Coniplk'i by Tin; April i:; :ni l", it, no IiiiI'Ih KIE'n I'i'h Sl'ka Saturday .. prcv, ilay . .Month uv.o Vcar ao I!i4 high lillll low .. .. 72.11 lll.l B0.C 721 7H.7 6S.3 74.2 li'J.'J lil.l ls.rt 17.5 2H.5 18.0 SU.2 6u.O 4H.U 35.2 4n.li 3!.:i 44.7 62.2 411.2 lilt'a Iml'ls rt'a Fen. . fiS.5 1(12.8 !I71 -18. a Katui'ilay .. I'rev. day War a no HUM h It'll 11H0 low .. . 58.3 1(12.8 52.0 55.1 !I7.9 5:i.! 1112.11 r.u.c lui.u 112.8 :i7.r, mil r.n.i New low. MARKET REPORTS PRODUCE PORTLAND, April 12- (AP) Hut tor. butlerfat. cheese, country Jmeats, live poultry, onions, peas, new potatoes unchanged. POTATOKS Yakima Oems (....); Deschutes $1.80-l.!m; Kla math (Tule lake) $1.70-1. KO cwt.; local whiles 'Joe box; do sacks Si. 25-1.40 cental; Malin S1.85-l.:,r crate; rmtt? ftuoAl rtritnlnpti S'' 4.".-'' :.il vetch Jiri.lio ton; clover III. (Ill ton; timothy eastern Oregon S18.nil ion: valley timothy SI4.HU ton Port land. WOOL 1II10 eastern Oregon line 22-2:ic; crossbred 25-27c: Will lunette valley 12 months 32c Hi.; lamb 25c lb. Mohair, hides, caseara. hops un changed. LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., April 12. (AP,--(I S. Dept. AgrJ HOHS Market steady to strong; lew good-choice lightweight drlvo-lus 0.00-10; carloads quoted to i.l5; lew light lights 5.25-50: packing sows 4.00-75; good-choice feeder pigs 4.25-50. CATTLIvM a r k e t steady to strong; steers scarce: lew com mon steers salable 0.50-7.50; good fed steers quotable 8.75: or above; j common-medium heifers ti.00-7.25; utter-common cows 4. 25-5. 5"; young dairy type cows upward to 0.25: sausage bulls 5.75-fi.o0; heavy , dairy build bulls salable to 0.75; few good vealers 11.50; choice 0.25: few good vealers !.50: choice grades quotable to to.50. HKI'.I Market nominally J&S CARtFKtc -PaTonWiXf Now on Display at your Dealer's or your COPCO store steady: "snort-choice spring lamhs dulahle around Ht.UU-S.iJ: shorn lainlw Halulile 8.609.HU; shorn owes WOOL nOSTON. April 1.1. Tho C"'-mi'i-clal lliillotln today Bays: "A Bpolly demand for domestic flceco wooln has featured the mar ket to a considerable extent throtich the week. Prices lire o the low ride of anything tiuoted for several days as representing a market. Wool buyers continued to cover their most pressing require ments but resist paying current rates. Demand for medium terri tory wool has moved small lots in line with the futures market. "Growers have seemed more in clined to sell at the reduced lim its established ten days ago. "Contracting in the northwest is slow, with some of the new wool taken over in Nevada at 70 cents, dean basis, landed east, and up to 7" cents was figured for some for the better wools in nearby i slates. In the fleece wool states of the east 2.1 to 25 cents Is the price of fino wool and 2S cents for medium. "The extension of military opera Hons in Kurope early In the week has added n new element of cau tion In buying operations. This development Is expected to curtail still further the ndease of wool for Hhlpment to America. A slight Im provement has taken place in the goods market since a week ago. Spot business on the wool market is slow and Irregular. Scoured wools arc selling In small lots." WHEAT PORTLAND. Ore.. April 13. fAP) Open High Low Close M:iv R4 S4 R4 84 FACTORIES ARE FREE! To co-operators, Co-op savings have paid for retail and wholesale businesses, and are paying for mills, refineries, fertilizer fac tories, paint mixing plants, grease blending plants AND THE CUSTO MERS OWN THEM. Buy Co-op and own what you pay for. DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. ROSEBURG, OREGON i rU Anglers Trek to Streams in Urge of Derby Prizes (Continued from p 1) from 9 a. m. until noon. Peraona,.: desiring to Inspect tlio exhibit are warned by Mr. Madifox ihatjihe majority of tho display will' be taken out of tho show windows by noon. ' , Many humnrou stunts nte plan ned In connection with thn cele- lirntlon. Carls Tavern pinna in ,. hreakfasts on the nlpeet Mon day morning. Numerous iianners, and signs are reported In the mak ing for use In connection with humorous window displays. BRAND'S BARBECUE DINNERS DANCING DELICIOUS FOOD Phone 695.J-1 CHARLES A. BBA4D FREE MUSIC LESSONS Our Music week special from now until Muiio week. 20 les ions free with the purchase of our new Spinnette Wurlltzer, Baldwin or Gulbransen pianos. Your old piatio taken as down payment. OTPS On Corner by the Depot Ut turn O f nT- . L-.ll it... ins"," - never flWt it then ,htt another thou .COST I I , ;'3 1