Italy's Nay-Nay Navy, Designed to "Aid" Hitler by Checking the British Mediterranean Fleet, Endorses the Saw that "Discretion is the Better Part of Valor.",
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THIRD TERM
W ill President HooBevelf try to
It? That's the big; political question,
us democrats prepare fop tlielr na
tional convention, opening in CliU
ciiKO next Monday. Follow proceed
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VOL. XLV NO. 77 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1940.
VOL. XXVIII NO. 285 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Determination of U. S. to
Uphold Monroe Doctrine
Answers Nazis' Challenge
Hull Repeats
Warning On
Land Seizure
State Department Orders Nazi
Embassy In Washington to
Refrain From Criticism of
American Government.
WASHINGTON. July C AP
A charge that (.iermany fs laying
tin? foundation for a challenge to
tho Monroe dqetriue came today
from Senator I'ittnian ll., Nev.)
following Secretary Hull's declara
tion that the fulled Stales would
' uphold the doctrine.
Aroused by a (ienmm note re
jecting America's interpretation of
tho policy an "untenable Pitt
man and other senators seconded
Hull in his assert ion (hat it re
mains a "basic policy" or this gov
ernment to prevent "aggression" in
the western hemisphere.
Well-Informed circles viewed the
secretary's statement as one of a
series of apparently coordinated
administration efforts to reassure
other American republics in ad
vance of the Pan-American confer
ence in Havana.
Gag Put on Embassy
Oilier developments regarded in
Mm saute light. Included:
1. A state department notice to
)he (lennuri embassy that (ierman
officials in ibis country must re
frain from public erjticisin pf the
government.
2. President Koosevelt's depreca
tion of compromise and, appease
ment sentiment and his outlast of
American 'ami 'totalitarian meth
ods. :i. Secretary Hull's statement
that the reciprocal trade program
remains a fixed policy ami that
"the only ' alternative, especially
after the war, would be the de
structive force of totalitarian au
tarchy." Meddling Disclaimed .
Con Kress ion a 1 reaction followed
the same line. Denying any (ler
inaii Implication (hat the Puiled
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fly FRANK JKNK1NS
tlflld.KlK turns thumbs down on
bis campaign contributions.
Five thousand dollars will be
the limit, he says, ami XONK will
be accepted him corporations. He
adds: "The more $1 contributions
there are, the happier I .shall
be."
rT,liI0 ban on corporation contrl-
buttons Is undoubtedly sound.
This writer, us an individual,
might feel emotionally inclined to
make a contribution to Willkie's
campaign fund because Willkie
looks the kind of man we ought
to have for President and is ob
viously una hie to pay the ex
penses for a Presidential cam
paign out of his own pocket.
As n n oH icial of a corporal ion
(however small) this writer would
feel that if he spent his company's
money to help somebody get elect
ed to office he vonld be justified
in expecting something 1" return
for the expenditure.
That is the difference between
corpora lions (which by their very
nature are incapable of emotion)
and INniVIPVALS.
TTIIIS isn't Intended as a slam
V at corporations, which are
necessary business structures, de
signed to enable MANY people o
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f Day's
' News-
Nazis Increase In
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3 South Americo rl I
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if J 1,385,400 1 1 I
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Germans living in South America outnumber Americans there
more than 85 to 1, as shown by map giving total number of each na
tionality in the continent's 10 independent nations.
Military Training
Bill Marks Time
Senate Committee Decides to
Hear Army, Navy Experts
Before Taking Action.
WASHINGTON. July fi fAP)
Silent so far on all proposals for
compulsory military training, the
army now has consented to give
congress its expert conclusions on
-0 years of study of peacetime con
scription. Informed that army and navy
spokesmen would testify Tuesday,
(he senate military committee yes
terday postponed further hearings
on a bill to require registration of
nil men between IS and C5 for de
fense training.
At the same time, on receiving
nssurance from the war department
that thousands of Oarand semi-automatic
rifles could he made ready
for an emergency, the committee
killed a bill by Chairman Sbeppard
(., Tex.) to make a second gun,
the Johnson rifle, also standard
equipment for the army.
Sponsors of the registration bill
indicated at hearings that they
proposer! to give training Imme
diately to about 3.77 per cent of the
male population between 19 and ."
and to spent) for the program about
what the WPA costs annually.
Plenty of Manpower
Col. Julius Oehs Adler. general
manager of the New York Times,
told the committee that 2.U0o,(i(o
men should he trained as soon as
feasible and that an equal number
should be called up over a period
of years.
Senator Johnson (I).. Colo.) fig
ured yesterday that the training of
2,!Hi,nin) nien a year would cost
M,2i(M)'ifUiO. on the basis of the
proponents' maximum estimate of
H'.oii a man. The W PA apppropria
ttun for the Pill riscal year is ?1,
li.l.Ono.uoO. Gloss Sells Interest in
Cafe on Sheridan Street
Mr. and Mrs. Alex peboM. pro
prietors of the Soldiers Home Ci
gar Mor. and Martin Kelly, well
Iiiiown local restaurant cook, have
purchased from J. O. (JIoss his in-tf-rest
In Cecil's cafe, located at
Hit Sheridan street. Mr. Kelly
In, l.as had much experience in
restaurant work, will manaEe the
rrde. which Is to be known as
Kelly s L.uo h.
South America
Fighters Gaining
Over Forest Fires
Full Control of All Blazes in
Oregon, Washington Looms
If Wind Stays Favorable.
POIITLAM). July tf.(AP For
est fires and high winds, allied yes
terday to harass hundreds of fight
ers and menace timber and towns
In the northwest, worker! less in
unison today and foresters were
hopeful of early control oE the
worst blazes.
Hed-eyed fighters said the spread
of the Kt.iHiO-acre slash and timber
blaze southwest of Centralia. was
checked last night and would be
controlled if the wind did lint
spring up again. It has already de
stroyed some green timber.
The same report came from the
crew fighting the 4.1-uti-acro fire
between Vail and Alpha in eastern
Lewis county, Wash.
The most menacing Oregon fire
was that In the Mount Hood na
tional forest, traced to careless
campers. Pefore "00 men flanked it
to the east it threatened the town
of liee and the rich orchards be
yond. Fruitmen hustled out their
power spray out t its last night lo
save their trees and buildings from
showers of sparks carried by the
high winds.
The fire destroyed the Neal
Creek Lumber company's logging
equipment, forced other camps to
close and prompted forest service
men to close the forest area roads
to automobiles.
Another crew of fire fighters
finally halted u huge fire in Wash
ington county of western Oregon
almost at the edge of the town of
(ib-nwood. This lire already had
destroyed the logging community
of West Timber. Fighters said they
might control it if the winds re
main favorable.
I' mall 11a national forest smoked
in 1I spots where litrhtnlng set
fires but crews controlled most of
the blazes speedily. Forest service
men at Spokane said "not a
single man-caused fire" was report
ed over July 4, but that lightning
set at least loo small fires in In
land empire forests. They were all
controlled.
Astoria, at the mouth of the Co
lumbia river, asked CCC help in
flehtinK a 500-acre fire that threat
ened 4.001 acres of spruce that
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Hull Shies At
2nd Place On
Demo Ticket
Secretary Prefers to Stay in
Cabinet, Friends Declare;
Roosevelt to Run for 3rd
Term, High Sources Aver, ,
WASHINGTON, July ft. fAP)
Secretary of Slate Hull wiih de
scribed by close friends today as
cool to the hlea of running: for
vice-president on a democratic
ticket headed by President Roose
velt. These persons said they had
been advised that Hull would turn
down the second place nomination
if ho were consulted in advance
of the balloting at the democratic
convention. They added, however,
that he probably would accept if
the convention "drafted" him.
Hull was said to feel that lie
would rather continue in his pres
ent job thnn be vice-president.
Hut. friends added, parly loyalty
might impel him (o take a "draft"
nomination.
High sou rces sa hi ea rl ier this
week that Mr. Itoosevelt has de
cided to accept a third term nom
inal ion and wants the (18-year-old
Hull as his running mate.
Garner "Not Interested"
Friends of Vice-President Oar-
ner, a contender for the presiden
tial nomination who nlso has been
mentioned for second place, said
he was "not Interested" in another
term in his present office.
While Garner will remain in
Washington during; the conven
tion, bis managers said last night
that his name would presented to
the delegates. '1 hey already have
opened headquarters in Chicago.
Senator W heeler of Montana,
who also is establishing conven
tion headquarters, has announced
(hat 'his name would be placed in
nomination regardless of whether
the president runs. Wheeler's
friends conceded that it. would lie
fotile toi.' oppose Mr. Iloosevelt.
however.' and nsserted miliar the
senator might change his mind
and withdraw If it were certain
that the chief executive- would "ac-.
cept renomuiatioii. ' '
Wheeler repeatedly has said he
would not accept the vice-presidential
nomination on any ticket.
There was a widespread belief
here that formulation of the for
eign policy plank In the democra
tic platform would develop a ma
jor battle in the resolutions com
mittee and that the fight might
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Two Men Killed
In Auto Crashes
OREGON CITY. July fi. fAP)
Harold R. Irish, f.7. of Silver
ton, longtime Silver Falls Timber
company logging superintendent,
died in an automobile collision on
the Molalla-Woodburii highway
last night.
Depuiy Coroner Tllerman said
cars driven, by Irish and Lynn B.
Wooley, AU,' Valsetz, crashed head
on, the Irish vehicle rolling over
several times. Mrs. Irish and their
daughter escaped with slight
hurts. Wooley, Ids wife, son, ne
phew and another passenger were
uninjured.
KI'TtEKA, Calif., July fi. fAP)
Joseph Lewis, Jr., of Weitch
pec. Calif., was instantly killed
yesterday when his automobile
went over n grade between
Weitchpee and Orleans, on the
upper Klamath river highway, lie
is survived by his wife and three
children.
Herman Bristol, In Iho car with
Lewis, was reported not seriously
injured.
Girl Gives Up $25,000 to
Wed Man of Her Choice
NEWARK", N. J.. July fi. fAP)
Cupid's arrow has proven gold
tipped after all for Virginia Co
calls, 21-yearold Wellesley college
graduate, who sacrificed a $25.-
hni) legacy to marry the man of
her choice.
The girl was wed yesterday to
George McMillan. 27, former
Washington and Knoxvllle, Teun.,
newspaperman, despite a provi
sion in her father's will that she
won hi forfeit her legacy If she
married a man not of tho Greek
orthodox faith. McMillan Is a
Baptist.
After the ceremony, the bride's
fdster. Mrs. Maria Cabouras. said
the newly weds would receive
"many gifts" from the family. She
indicated the "gift" would mor
fhjn compensate the eirl for her
df ision.
The couple met while employ
rd in government agencies in
Wash in stun.
Restrictions
OnAliensTo
Be Tightened
Senate Probers Will Call N. Y.
Bund Chief in Program to
Crack Down on Activities
of Nazis and Communists.
WASHINGTON', July C fAV)
A 1)111 l l'fciulre tho (ionium-
Aniorimi! bnml, 11m ruiiiniiinlst
parly mill siinlliir ni-Kiinlr.HtioiiH to
report their actfvltlps to tho attor
ney jfonoral got a "elenr track"
Kfgnul In tin' HiMiato loilay an t'on
Ki'CHKlonal IciultM-H wi'ro roliniHiiK
out a iiropriun tighti'lilng restric
tions on alien.
Chairman Connally (D., Tex.)
announced that u Benate judiciary
subcommittee would call tl. Wil
helm Kunze, New York bund leatl
ev, when it begins hearings Mon
day on a house measure requiring
registration of political organiza
tions substantially controlled or
dtrected by a foreign power.
Connally said that other bund
leaders probably would be called,
us would proponents of the bill.
He predicted favorable action by
the subcommittee and said thai,
early senate couslderallou would
be sought.
House members were told dur
ing debate on Hie measure that
activities of the (lerman-Aiucrienii
bund ant the communist, party
would Tall within Its scope.
Tlie senate lias ready lor con
sideration another bouse bill pro
viding for deportation or aliens
who advocalo changeB in the
American form of government.
This measure, approved by Hie Im
migration committee, would put
"teeth" into existing deportation
laws.
DYNAMITE CARRIERS NABBED
NEAR DUPONT ETHVL PLANT
BATON KOIKilO, I.H., July (i.
fAP) Three men carrylllff four
slicks of dynamite yore surni'ls-
d us tbey:atteinpled to (jnlorine
grounds of the liul'ont ethyl plant
near llaton Kouge last, nigni.
Sheriff Nowinun Delirettou said
the men escaped, leaving tke dy
namite behind them. ' Searchers
found evidence of fresh digging
at the base of a fun around the
plant. Tho dynamite was found
just inside.
The plant Is or great importance
ill Hie national defense picture.
Oilmen estimated one-third of all
letraethyl fluid used in the high
est grade gasoline consumed in
this country is produced there,
DEATH THREAT FOLLOWS
BOMB EXPLOSION WARNING
NEW YOHIC, July . fAP)
The telephone operator who re
ived a warning 'luesday that
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Bruce R. Baxter Backed
fro Methodist Bishop
PORTLAND. July (!. (API
llrucn It. Hitxter. president of Wil
lamette university, Is Hie choice of
Oregon Methodist, delegates lo the
San Francisco western jurisdic
tional conference lor bishop of the
Portland area.
Most of the 10 church envoys
from this state said they would
back him for the post ngulnst sev
eral California candidates.
A bishop to fill Hie uow-vneant
office will be elected by 121) lay
and ministerial dclcgutcs from 10
western states Friday. July
Children Held In "Exposure Death" of Father
"He w mean to u, we never had enough to eat; we thought we'd give him a doae of hie own medi
cine," declared the two ton. and one daughter of Charlet Bandera, 48, found dead, bound hand and foot,
from expoaure, In a desert region near 8ho.hone, Idaho. From left to right, George Sandera, 16; Mrf.
Florence Phillip,, 18, and Joseph, 20. All are held on murder charge..
Rabbit Invasion
Causes Woe To
City of Omaha
OMAHA, Neb., July fl. (AF)
When a town goes to Iho dogs it's
a pretty serious mutter, but when
It koc& to the rabbits you got
something that's really had.
Tho police department is Wor
ried, the In m nan o society is scratch
ing its head, and Omahu house
wives are up In arms all over the
rabbit problem.
Tho bunnies are thicker this
year than in many past, and while
now they feed on mi ample supply
of clover and bluo grass, property
owners are worried over tho po
tential menae.o to trees and Hhrulm
next winter.
Worst of nil In tho nUiludo of
tho rabbits,
Mrs. Murlha do France, house
wife, told Police Capt. Frank Hose
she tried to shoo tho rabbits out
of her yards, but they Just sat and
looked at her.
Tho police don't llko that ntlt-
tilde on the part of tho rabbits,
and Capt. Hose said ho would try
and cook up something.
Mrs. de Franco hopes It will he
the rabbits.
John Welch, liumano society ex
ecutive proposed setting of "figure
four" traps to catch the bunnies.
Ho pointed out use of firearms is
forebidden, poison and steel traps
are dangerous lo dogs, cals mid
other pets.
You make a figure four trap out.
of three sticks, a small bov and u
piece of carrot for bait, and catch
the rabbit alive. How to get rid
of (he captive becomes tho citizen's
problem.
J)r. O. M. Wilholm of Crelghton
university suggested (hat fear of
tularemia, or "rabbit fever." has
causer) hunters to quit shooting
rabbits, and is probably one of the
causes for their rapid increase.
Murder Suspect Slain
by Police at Spokane
kpOKANI-7, July u fATOr-A
Spokane police squad "keut nil ill
night 'vigil all iho, Knsr-Mido house
where-"Mart in (larner, IllI, was hill
ed yesterday as ho fled from in
vestigating officers, ' ,
Wliilo police " watched1 for the
possible return of an accomplice of
the man they said was wanted on
"several charges." ; including a
"shooting; in Montana," Missoula,
Mont., police authorities arrived to
assist in the checking of Garner's'
record.
Among Ileum taken from ear
ner's home were three steel drills,
and a loaded revolver was found
beneath a rug closo to a living
room chair, police Chief Ira Martin
reported.
Seattle South End Fire
Inflicts $20,000 Loss
SEATTLE. .Inly G.-(AP) Three
wooden buildings housing nine
small industrial firms In the south
end were razed by fire of undeter
mined origin early today. Fire
Chief Fitzgerald estimated the loss
at $20,01)1).
Meut. George W. Sutlon, A2t
sprained a leg falling 10 feet Into a
pile of wreckage in a burning build
ing. . 4
Mrs. George E. Otis, asleep In an
apartment in tho rear of her res
taurant, was awakened by falling
timbers and learned tho building
was afire when sho tried to tele
phono and found tho wires burned
out.
ok-.. Wirr U ': J
Other Armistice-Affected
Vessels; However, Manage
To Reach Toulon Naval Base
Officers of French Fleet at Alexandria Continue in
Huddle Over British Ultimatum; Air Forces of
Great Britain, Germany Exchange Further Blows;
England Boosts Home Army to 3,000,000.
By the Associated Press
Britain's resolve that the French fleet shall not be added to
the axis navies pitted against her led today to another British
French fight in the Mediterranean, while France declared strong
units had reached the safety of her great naval base on the Medi.
terranean, Toulon. . v
A dispatch from Vichy, seat of the French government, laid
the French destroyer Frondeur went down off the island of Cret
under the fire of British warships. The vessel was running for a
home port under terms of the German-French armistice.
The French gunboat Rigault de Genouilly was reported for-
pedoed off Algiers.
But, said a Toulon dispatch to the Genoble newspaper L'0
Petit .Dauphinois, the 26-500-ton French battleship Strasbourg,
presumably the one of that class which escaped the fight with th
British at Mers Ellcebir, had arrived at Toulon, slightly damaged.
With her, the dispatch said, had arrived five 7,000-ton cruisers, a
number of destroyers, gunboats and submarines.
Le Petit Dauphinois said the French naval ministry Ka'd In
formed Berlin that, in view of naval strife with Britain, the FrencH
naval bases in the Mediterranean would not be disarmed.
War Bulletins
LONDON, July 6. (AP) An un
disclosed number of Newfoundland
heavy artillery units arrived today
at a point somewhere In England
to strengthen the already bristling
defense of the British Isles against
the possibility of German. Invasion.
NEW YORK, Jufyf 0. (AP) An
announcement on the wave length
of the Porpe radio, relayed by the
British Broadcasting company, said
tod a that the 'Russians were be
ginning to fortify the new soviet
Rumanian frontier along the Prut
river. ,
LONDON,
July,
6.-r(AP) The
British admiralty tonight announc
ed "successful action" -against
Italian warships In Tobruk har
bour, Libya, by naval and R. A.
F. planes.
Naval planes also were said to
have attacked an airdrome at Ca
tania, Sicily, leaving hangars and
workshops in flames.
LONDON, July 6. (AP) Brit
ish warplanes scored six hits on
the grounded French battleship
Dunkerque In an attack today, the
admiralty announced.
The 26,500-ton Warship was
damaged and driven ashore in the
battle of Oran Wednesday.
Two British aircraft failed to re
turn from the attack by naval
planes, the admiralty acknowl
edged. NEW YORK, July 6. (AP) A
cablegram from Eduard BeneB,
former president of Czechoslova
kia, Indicated today that the
Czechoslovak army was preparing
to aid In the defense of the Brit
ish Isles.
"Evacuation Czechoslovak army
from France Just successfully
completed," said Benes' cable to
William Jay Schieffelln, chairman
of the American Friends of
Czechoslovakia.
Air Blows Exchanged
Tn the midst of tho naval s(rifA
In the Mediterranean, Germany and
Britain lashed at one another fur
ther from tho air.
The German high o.ommand snlfl
a Drtttsh submarine had boon sun It
In thn North sea nnd oil tanks at
Plymouth wero- fired hy nerlal
bombardment.
Tho British air ministry nowd
seizure or immobilization of most of
the French floet, fought - back
against tho customary Gorman,
hnmhln? rnlrlsv on Ili ltniU. And ap
parently struck a few hlows pf
their own on, (h- continent.
Tho tlritlsli n'lr mllnstry flews
service reported that .-British (5Jplt
fires attacked two German Kofttkel
liomhbrs off the south coast early
torlay downing one in iho sea and
crippling another that Vanished In
tho clouds.
For tho third tlmd tit 24 hottrB.
Gorman planes nppeared this piorn
Ing" over southwestern England, and
were) quickly chased away 1)' British-
fighters,. Nut hombs ' ivpro
dropped. " ' r
' Tho air ministry, also annoupeofl
Unit n German ' bomber,-, was .stibt
down In a raid oyer the northeast
region last ' ' night. 'Early In : ' 11)0
Hay bombs wero dropped on a town
on the south const with damage to
a few houses. Only one nituor
casually was reported.
Itelaliatlng, the royal Mr Torre
bombers again raided Germany's
naval bases of Kiel and Wilhohnff'
haven last night, tho air ministry
announced, admitting tho loss1 of
three planes.
Docks at Cuxhaven nnd ITam
burg also wero attacked nnd bov
eral fires Htarted, tho statement
said. A railway junction at Cologno
was bombed.
At Cairo, tho Hrlllsh air fore to-
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Bank Thief Wounds
Officer in Flight
OAKVIJ.LE, Wash.. July
fAP) A lone gunman snatched
"several hundred" dollars from
employes of tho Ttank of Onkvllle
yesterday, critically wounded tho
town constable In a running pistol
Tight and escaped In tt hail of bul
lets. Two posses of 30 men ouch fait-.
ed to locate him last night.
Constable fJeorge Clark, nltrar.t
ed lo the bank hy tho sound of
shots, received a head wound and
whs In a critical condition at a
Centralia hospital. Doctors said
a bullet struck hltn behind tho left
ear and emerged from his eye.
The gunman entored the hank,
robbed twice before In tho last 15
years, whllo Cashier Ed FIt7.gei
fill I and Miss Klizalieth Wilson, a
clerk, were alone In thn building.
Unmasked but brandishing a pis
tot. ho grabbed a pita of bllU
which Fitzgerald was counting,
then fled.
Kltzgerald seized ft pistol and
ran after Iho man, shooting. Tim
guninnn returned his flru and
ih.it of tho constablo, wounding
the latter.
Clark wnfl in a Centrnlht hon
pltul, fighting for his life, whllo
two specialists prepared to oper
ate. The robber's bullet struck
him hehind tho left ear and emerg
ed through his left eye.
Sheriff Tnylnr impounded a car
with California license plates
found near tho hishwav about
thrp miles went of Oskvllle.
The bank refused to d mil eft
how much money was taken, but
the sum was not believed to e
ceed a few hundred dollars.