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Supplying of American Airplanes to Great Britain May Not Constitute Intervention But That Doesn't Seem to Impair Their Killing Ability the Least Bit. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. ni. yesterdny 43 lliKhcHt temperature yesterday 8:1 LowcHt temperature hint night fi7 Preripltntlon Inst 24 liourn 0 Preclp. since first of month 1'rwlp. nines Sept. 1, :t2.05 Defleleniy sliu-o Sept. 1, 1839 .50 Clear and Warmer. ROOSEVELT Will h nccept the nomination; fcji' a third term? This Is tha day's major political question o the demoernlR prepare to opetf their national convention in Chlco Ho next Monday. Wutch for tha uiihwov In the NEWSHEVIEW. . VOL. XLV NO. 83 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 1 3. 1 940 VOU XXVIII NO. 291 OF THE EVENING NEW3 5"S3 mmmm mm, mm 5 mm ' ! : : s I Farley Wavering On 'Walk' Threat Over Third Term Pressure to Continue as Cheirman Exerted as Demos Gather at Chicago for Meet. By V. B. JIAGSPAE CIlICAfiO, July 13. AP Tre mendous pressure was brought )o bear upon Jumps A. Kiii-lcy today 1o continue for a time hh chair man of Uio democratic committee, regardless of next week's conven tion's choice of a presidential nom inee. As the crowds assembled for tho big pin ly meeting virtually cur tain to renotninute the president Farley's old New York asso ciates urged him to curry one step farther his declaration of yester day Hint lie would not "take, n walk" If President Roosevelt runs ngain. And, they reported, that he was wavering. Facing nearly 200 reporters to day, " genial Jim" had a field day In fending off questions seeking the answer that only Farley and possible one or two others could I'.ivo. Ho reiterated it would be a "ser ious mistake" If a president inl I a nil Ida to were chosen without a roll call of the convention- dele Rates. "Thorp will be a roll call and there should be," ho said, adding that a presidential nomination should come Thursday and a vice president ial candidate on Friday. The final try for an answer to the third term question took this form;, .. . . . . "Is the outlook lu November tiny better today than it was yes terday?" "That sounds like a leading question," Farlev replied. Unlikely to Bolt The leaders of the third term movement regarded Farley's state ment of yesterday as at least a partial victory in their effort to persuade him to direct the HMO ltoosevell campaign through its early stages, at least. Asked wheth er he would "take a walk" If Mr. Koosevelt were renominated, Far ley answered: "Everybody who knows any thing about me knows that .Mm Pa rely is a democrat." Only once has Farley deserted tbp party and thatswas in the New York mayoralty campaign of VX.VX. As Farley's associates awaited (Continued on page 6) fc'. : H .V.: til ; H'i My FRANK .1 EN KIN'S A NAVAL engagement of some sort, has taken place in the Mediterranean between British and Italian forces. Accounts dif fer. The Italians claim they re pelled a British attack. The Brit ish say I hey droio the Italian ships to the shelter of their mined bases. WHATEVER has happened, it " is likely the naval buttle isn't over. Both Britain and Italy need con trol of the Mediterranean. Apart from nil other considerations. .Bri tain needs to smack Italy hard, for such a blow would do won ders for British morale. rT,lIIS comes from "informed (J or man sources" iit Munich: "Hungary's leaders were told definitely today (Wednesday) hy Adolf Hitler and the foreign min isters of Germany and Italy that Hungary must not upset the Bal kan apple cart at this time by try ing to secure 'her rights' from Ru mania." (Hungary, seeing Russia grab off Resftnrabia and part of Buco vina from Rumania has been Itch ing to grab Transylvania.) The statement from Munich (Continued on page 4 i telNews Willkie Pledges Three Objectives Campaign to be Based on Unity of People, Ample Defense, Economic Rehabilitation. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July H. (AP) Wendell L. Will kie said today lie would base his campaign for the presidency on three major pledges; "A united people without class consciousness, distinction or hatred. "Rehabilitation of our cconon.ic life. "Tho building of n-i adequate de fense program.' The republican nominee returned to Colorado Springs from Denver yesterday after attending a lunch eon with the republican state com mittee and a public reception. He told reporters bis friends estimated he shook hands with between li.uoo and 0.000 people. During the reception. most greeters remarked "Hello, Mr. President" and "(iood luck." One of the throng asserted that "I think the democrats will carry about as many slates this year as the republicans did in Pt'JO." Willkie responded, "That's right." At his luncheon appearance the nominee outlined his three-point campaign program.and said, "Our very way of life, our democratic, system. Is at one of the testing points in nnr history. We are fao ing the most ferocious assault, physically, psychologically and ideologically that we have ever faced. "Your republicans have called on me to lead t lie fight Tor the n reser vation of our way of life t ml the preservation of the democratic processes of our country, and I am overwhelmed with humility at my responsibility." Willkie said that, "the rehabilita tion of our economic life is as Im portant, or even more important" than a national defense program. "If we make our economic life vital and vibrant and have a united people." be added, "no dl'-tulor or totalitarian ruler will ever strike at this country." Taxicab Strike Threat Confronts Portland PORTT.A vn tnlf i n Portland's taxicab strike threat I'evi veil Ifi at n irlit ft,,.. - ..i cab drivers turned down a com- imny oner to snare ownership in the vehlcleo Thnv ,i .t they would strike at midnight .M()Tl(i:l V it' tliufi- .Inn... ii, 1 r 8-hour dnv ii tn.r-iiitna nf tt r.n plus JO per cent of receipts over si.i.i wrre 1101 met. Four liiimlitiil U'uutnt- age company workers will return to work Monday ending a four month strike. A rniiltlJHl V nf lff itl-fi nllno a r. cent hourly wage Increase, time-and-a-half for .Saturday work and a week's vacation with pay for wnee-year employes was accepted hy the union yesterday. MARHHFIKMi. .Inlv Kt. (API A summer-time nav boost of r cents an hour to cooks and wait- rs yesterday ended a strike of the Coos Ray Culinary alliance. Auto Wreck Kills Two Business Executives ONTARIO. Ore.. July 13. f AP) Fred J. Hod in son anil K. T. Kel ley, of San Francisco, president and vice-president of the Rodin son Manufacturing company. Mere instantly killed in an automobile accident yesterday on the Idaho-Oregou-Nevada birhway 2i miles south of Jordan valley. Malheur County Coroner R. A. Tacke said their car turned over twice when the rear tire blew out. Former Klamath Officer Drowns in Washington OI.YMPIA. Wash.. July 13. (AP) Lloyd Mnville. 49, Seattle fnrm Implement salesman, drown pd in Black lake near here last night. Ieputy Coroner I-vy Johnson said l.lnvllle was a former deputy ' sheriff at Klamath Falls, Ore. Offers "Baked" Airplane Motor Lloyd M. Taylor, Oakland, Calif., mechanic, may have the answer to America's need fop a swift production of America's airplane fleet in his invention of a fabricated airplane motor. The engine is stamped out of sheet metal and baked in an oven like a pie. Student Aviator, Woman Companion Die in Crash I.ODI, Calif., July 13. (AP) Howard While. 27. Stodilnn stu dent pilot, and Mrs. .Mela West Daniels. 21, perished in flainini! wreckage when White's plane crashed as he souKlit. to land II at l.iml airport. Jumps l.iml. airport owner, said While had only a student's license and recently hail hn t!i.-i,i to. sons in Ihe tilam, Ifn cni.t wi.iio appeared at the field yesterday sani ne was noinR to warm up the plane's motor, hut a few minutes later took off with the you ne wo man. Sheriff's DeitlltV Atnlv Iluufni, said While apparently pit Inlo llit'l'iiaillV liu ll uollt'hl tn l.,,,,l , I... plane Willi the wind, instead of la in ii. Central America Spurns Nazi "Observation Note" SAN JOSH. Costa ltiea. July 13. (AP) Reliable sources said to day that the live Central Ameri can countries would reject the re cent "note of observation" by Dr. Otto KeinebecU, German minister, requesting that the forthcoming Havana conference of American foreign ministers take no action i directed against Germany. I SAW WHtMWMIMMH y Pari BUD ROST, swimming instruc tor, put ling a bunch of "pollywogs" through their strokes before an ap preciative audience nt the Red Cross s w i m m I n g sc hool on t h e banks of the Coipiille river below Camas Valley. This school. In session for the past week, concludes its instruction today. Sixty young people of Cam as Valley were given invaluable teaching during that time train ing which at the least is extreme ly healthful and which at the most may enable them sometime to save their own lives, or the lives of others. "The people of Camas Valley re sponded In wonderful fashion to our suggestion of holding a swim school there." Ellen Post, execu tive secretary of the Red Cross here told me. "They furnished transportation for their children from, their homes In the valley to Guard Call Awaits "Yes" Of Congress 50,000 of National Militiamen Slated for Active Service Under Roosevelt's Plan; Oregon Unit Included. WASHINGTON. July 13. (A P) President Roosevelt 's proposal to put tiu.oOij militiamen in ihe field for active service brought the con troversial subject of national guard mobilization back to the fore to day. Tho decision tit recommend call ing out almost, one-fourth of the to tal national guard strength was reached late yesterday by Mr. Roosevelt and Henry L. Stimsou, his new secretary of war. Congress must approve before the plan can be put into action. With congress in recess for the democratic national convention, there was no immediate comment, on Capitol hilt. However, when Mr. Roosevelt in a special message on May HI asked authority to mobilize, the guard for any defense emer gency, the request inn into a bar rage of criticism. Tho White House nnnoucemont yesterday said that tentative plans were to call out four of the guard's In divisions, seven anti-aircraft regiments, and an indefinite num ber of coast defense units. Indica tions were that ti training period of perhaps a year was contemplated. Earlier at his press conference, Mr. Roosevelt bail disclosed that mobilization of the entire guard numbering 230,1)00 citizen soldiers was under consideration. Men "Ready, Willing" Secretary Slim son meanwhile re. Cfiiyeil nsHiirances from two high millliu officials that both the offi cers and men of tho guard were (Continued on page C) Arkansas Youth of 15 Slays Aged Grandparents FAYKTTKVIMJC. Ark., Jul 13. (AP) A 15-year-old boy, Gerald Stewart, was held today under first degree murder charges In the shot gun slayfngs of bis aged grand parents. The youth, blind in ono eye, pedaled a borrowed bicycle 17 miles to tho scene of the rural killings, said Sheriff Herbert Lewis, who reported tho boy confessed. Prosecuting Attorney John K. Butt filed tho murder charges yes terday niter a coroner's Jury de cided t he youth shot Hani .Stewart, 74. and .Mrs. Stewart, 71, in the back with the grandfather's gua Thursday. The boy gave no motive. Mia Newa-Iteview Photo and KnKruvintc the swimming pool, which is locat ed eight or ten miles away. They furnished sixty students and not only that but many of the men and women of the valley attended from day to day. 1 consider it a splendid showing!" A similar school will be held next week at Booth, on Silicons lake, and the succeeding week at Tiller. These schools are a part of the program in Iouglas county which the dollar you give to the Red Cross annually helps to pro mote. They certainly are worth the money. Everyone should learn to swim. How many of you can recall some occasion when, if you hadn't known how to Bwim, you would have drowned? I'll bet a lot of you can. Many people old and young drown each year, or allow someone else needlessly to drown because they never took the trouble tn learn bow to keep alloat In the water. Salesman Rises i To Oil Co. Top H. D. Collier, who joined the Standard Oil company as a me chanical salesman in Seattle In 1903 and whose business rise reads like an Alger tale, is new ly elected president of the Stan dard Oil of California. Jehovah Witness Meeting Besieged WOORKRVILLK. lad., July 13. (AIM Home f0 persons who gathered last night for a Jeho vah's witnesses meeting remained today in the second-floor Odd Fel lows hall here, held captive by a group of men who set up an American flag at the exit and de manded that they salute it before leaving. $ K. Hinder of Mooresville, a mptfiher of the seer who pledged allegiance (o the flag in order to get out, said many of its mem bers refused to do so because I hey believed "the Bible leaches not to revere any man made tiling." The crowd threw eggs and lem ons. An eight -year-old girl was cut on one shoulder when a win- low was broken, in the hall were men, women and children, several of them babies. Night Marshal Swiniz nrresled two 'teen-age hoys for throwing the missiles and two men who came out of the hall on charges of desecrating Ihe flag. ('apt. Walter K. Butler of Mooresville, in the besieging group, said he was a Spanish American and world war veleran most of the other men also were war veterans. FREMONT. ., July 13. (AP) II eh I tn their meeting hall al near by Gibsouhurg for six hours by a crowd of townspeople. Hi members of Jehovah's Witnesses, religious sect, returned to their homes at 3 a. m., today aTler sheriff's deputies escorted them to their automobiles. Tho sect members, including men, women ami children, were leaving their hall after a weekly service lust night as tho crowd of 40 persons confronted them, Sher iff II. L. Myers said. At Ihe head of the crowd war veterans carried a large American flag and de manded the sect members salute it. The group returned to its hall up on the advice of Mayor John W. Henllne. Authorities reported no violence. Blast Destroys Ship Off Oregon; All Hands Saved ASTORIA. Ore.. July 13. f AP) Twenty one oil leers and men of the Greek freighter llelenlc Skip per, thankful tor solid ground un der them, rested today from (J grueling hours in an open boat. They reached shore in lifeboats late yesterday after their ir4S ton, 4fi-yearold vessel caught fire I'M) miles at sea and blew up. One of their number was in a hospital in critical condition from burns and exposure. The oth ers were all weak but none lu ser ious condition. The vessel hud loaded alxut a million feet of lumber at, Aber deen. Wash., and was en route for Shanghai via Honolulu. Drunken Driver Fined, Given 10 Days in Jail Harold E. Smith of Eugene, a for mer Roseburg resident, was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in Jail, with 20 days of the Jail sen tence suspended, after pleading guilty in city court today to a charge of drunken driving. Smith driving a truck for a beverage dis tributor, was taken into custody last night after allegedly having much difficulty in operating his truck on Winchester St.. according to City Officer Earl Long. 5th Columns Foes Organize In Roseburg Education in Americanism Will be Fostered, Activities of Subversive Character to be Reported to F. B, I. An Americanization Coordina tion committee was formed last night at a meeting hold nt tho Roseburg armory. The committee was composed hy representatives from civic, fraternal, patriotic and religious groups and is for the purposu of education in American ism, and combatting "Trojan horse." and "fifth column" ac tivities. R. L. Preston was elected chair man ; Thomas C. 1 1 art f lei, vice chairman, and Mrs. William Bell, secretary. All subversive activities, to gether with names of persons sus pected of un-American nets-, are to he reported to a central commit tee consisting of Thomas C. Hurt fiel. chairman; State Senator C. W. Clark. Chief of Police John Duer and Mrs. Claude T. Baker. This committee, in turn, will re port to tho federal bureau of in vestigation, . Purposes Stated. "UiKptnliried allegiance to Hie American system and tho establish ed represent alive constitutional government shall bn the basis of eligibility of any individual group affiliating with the Americaniza tion Coordination Committee." slat ed Attorney Haiifiol, who announc ed the purposes of the organiza tion as follows: 1. To coordinate and further the patriotic activities of all groups in a way that will not interfere with their, jn'oseut plans of operation. 2. To encourage (lie enactment of proper laws by stale, county, city and (own to prohibit the hold- (Continued on page fi) Finale of Love Affair Is Murder and Suicide LOR ANGELES, July 13. (AP) The bodies of it 22-year-old for mer Wisconsin girl, clad in a bath ing suit, and a 11-year-old railway mail clerk were found shot to death last night In nn apartment. Detectives listed Ihe deaths as mmder and suicide. The victims, said Police Lieu tenants Gene llcchtcl and S. R. Lo pez, were Gertrude Herding, visit or here from Wauwatosu, Wis., for graduate study in social service work at n university, and Arthur Slater, former high school agricul ture teacher. A diary Delectivo C. H. Schu macher reported finding in Sla ter's pocket told a story of his love for the girl. Newly-Bought Horne'" Fire" Dem6"n!s Prey' r r-r-T i A one-stor frame residence, recently purchased by Mrs. Rose Detillion from the Umpqua Savings and Loan company, was totally destroyed Friday by the fire pictured above. The house was located In Miller's addition to Roseburg and, as It was outside the city limits, the city fire department was unable to assist In efforts to save the property. Bucket brigades managed to fight the fire away from adjoining structures, although some of them caught fire several times. Grass fires that threatened to spread over the entire community were beaten out by volunteer fire fighters. Only a few articles of furniture were saved from the burning home. Origin of the blaze was not determined. The loss was partially covered by insurance. Roseburg Unit of Guard Ready For Duty Call Tho Roseburg unit of Ihe Ore gon national gufcrd, Co. 1), lG2ml infantry, was reported today to have made preparations for imme diate mobilization, In tho event tho dates for field eneumpmenlH should be advanced, Tho guard" company In schedul ed to go to Fort LowlH, Wash., Au gust -I for two wooks of intensive training, but, depending upon ac tion by congress, the com puny, it is reported, may be called earlier than that date, and' the training period may be made indefinite. Major General George A. White, commander of Ihe 4 1st di vision, comprising .10,000 men in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, left Porllund today for Fort Lewis, after conferring with regimental chiefs last night, ac cording Uif Associated Press ad vices. , Training at f'ort LowIh' will em brace all of tho Infantry units, to gether with the headquarters, field artillery, signal and medical uuftH. Coast artillery and untt-aircraft companies will be trained ut Camp Clatsop and Fort Stevens at the mouth of Ihe Cplumhia river in Oregon. Roseburg Man Has Battle for Life GRANTS PASS. July 13. (AP) Trapped early Friday morning in the rushing waters of a flooded Ir rigation flume. Josephine County Judge W. A. Johnson and Vinson L. Kwiuuey, S3, Roseburg bus driver. faced drowning in u. IlO-inch culvert under the tipper river rond -; - Both men omerged from their but tin with the water with arms bruised and badly scratched after several minutes of desperate bang ing to two-by-four wooden supports overhead while they were im mersed neck deep in tho torrent. Johnson was awakened shortly afler midnight by Swinney, visiting relatives near here, who told him an irrigation ditch break was wash ing away tho road. Swinney has tened to otie spillway while the Judge attempted to open another while standing in tho flume. As ho lifted the gate, a torrent of water threw him flat and hurled, him down the flume toward the culvert. Unable to lift himself against tho water, panicky in tho darkness, and finally weakening, he called to Swinney, In the dark, Swinney Ht.e.ppcd into the flume ami found himself In exactly the same plight at the every entrance to (ho cul vert. When the torrent finally slack ened force somewhat, the two man aged to rescue themselves. it. tut J. ! Wit' 300,000 More Men Called For Defense Nazi Air Force Continues Hit and Run Tactics; White Own Areas Suffer Blows, Fight in Mediterranean Goes On. LONDON, July 13. (AP) Brit ain's new, highly-geared mobiliza tion program, which lias been put ting 7000 men a day Into khaki, was extended today to include 32-yenr-olds as tho nation dippml . deeper into its rosorves of man power to moot tho threat o Inva sion, Approximately 300,000 men were called to register before nightfall In response to the latest call to the colors, bringing the total summon ed to date to morn than 3,300,000. landing urgency to the mobili zation speedup was the growing activity of Germany's bombing squadrons, which roared across tha channel again during the night to rain explosives on southwest En. land, Wales and Scotland. " 5 Nazi Planes Downed. Kenewed Gorman sorties came today. The air ministry announced Hint an "enemy" bomber was shot down In the English channel by British fighter planes, and a raider" wns chused uway over a northeast England town, A second bomber wan reported shot down this afternoon tn a ter rific dog fight lu the clouds hlgli over a southwest coast town. Sov oral other raiders apparently wero damaged, It was wild, and. the whole formation., was driven off without reaching Its objective, The total of raiders destroyer! during the day and early evening .rose to fii. . .. ., ,....- Th e in i n is t ry had nn unti n eerl enrlier that U of the mui ralderS were shot from the skies in tho preceding 24 hours. The new Ger mnn loss brought the week's "bag1 to 73 and the tolul shot down, sinco the first dally widespread raids on England June 18, to 110. Two Brit ish planes wero reported missing in the last phase of the' war In the ulr. At least 10 persona wore killed ftf Scotland during extensive raida yesterday. Blockade Efforts "Fall" Authorities said that nazl at tempts tn blockade Britain by air attacks on ports and shipping 1ml so far failed. Damage Inflicted on shipping was described as small, while the Germans were esl limited to havfl lost, morn than $1,000,000 worth oC aircraft In the last so. veil days. Tho British air t'oroo, meanwhile, was reported continuing its as saults on Gorman munillonworkn, airdromes and other objectives, the air ministry announced lust night (Continued on naen fi 4i..4X. .... Tfrva-lUview Plmto and KnKraviiifC
