The Annual Christmas Season Outcry Against Traffic in War Toys for Kiddies will This Year Resemble a Whisper Trying to Drown Out the Roar of a Volcano. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 2SCr Highest temperature yesterday S4 1owcst teinpentturo lust night 53 I'recipitutlun last 24 Hours ....... 0 I'rei lp. since, first of month 0 J'ri-clp. since Sept. 1. i'Xiit 1)2.18 Deficiency since Sept. , J!i:i9 M Fair and Warmer. ENGLAND Her air force is hilling hard at Humum cities, according to ber cluiuis. indicating that her pro claimed offensive is on In earnest. Follow NKWS-IIEVIEW nowa dalljr for big war smashes. yOU. XLV NO. 100 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVIII NO. 308 OF THE EVENING NEWS q a ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1 940. fcDfo) o UU iHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY mi$ mm ores m mm rat UU U VUUViLZJ LZS , ll.. m nun IS J'. ". The 'v fPayV1 ?:JNews; lly 1-TA.NK JI-'NKINS ITALY iH reported to he rushing in "token forces to help in the battle of liritaiu. (A loken force Js olio just large enough to show that you're In on the doing.) One of the first laws of gangster dom is thai If you're not in oji the doing you can't he in on the CKT TINII. . pi(;ilT or the nniiim'u 25 lnrg--" est cities lost population in the past ten years. The automo bile, making It possible lo live in the suburbs anil work in the city, is of course responsible. Thirty years ago, when the au tomobile first began lo be a real factor In American life, there were predictions thai this would be ihe case, but it is only in the past leu years that they have be gun lo niaterlali.e. Dig shifts In people's living ha bits take time. A I. SMITH and Samuel Seabury, big shot democrats, announce that they are tor Winkle and may even campaign for him. With due deference to Smith find Seabury. who have a liberal background In politics. II isn't the big shot domocrnts wIioro deser tion of the third term gets the headlines thai will count. U Willkie is elected, it will be 1he voles of everybody, run nr-the-mill independent thinkers that will I urn the I rick. JJRNTtV Tnln reached bis TTIlt birthday on Tuesday In ex cellent physical condition and more optimistic (ban ever ti bunt Hie future. "I was never more confident than 1 am today." he (old an inter viewer. "Hint Hie future will brine happiness, contentment and pros perity to our people." (lood for Henry. If there was ever a lime in our history when a little genuine optimism was needed, it Is NOW. There are too many pessimists around. tUt Will-: we'd belter define the "kind of optimists we need. Ve DON'T WANT those who sit Continued on page 2) I SAW By Paul i v r, -vr 1 'X . j HARRY WELDON, nuove. retir ed newspaper reporter now living in (ilendale. "I hnve lived here for Ihe past four years." he inform ed me. "and you couldn't drive me away with a club. 1 like the peo ple. I like the scenery and I like the climate." As near as 1 could judge the people down there like him. too. Hurry began report ing in the early nineties for Ihe Associated Press, and his assignments with that famous organization took him to all parts of the country. Per haps his most outstanding scoop during those years was his report of the McKinley assassination. September 6. 19'H. "I was the fourth person stand ing from Ihe president's side as h- spoke that day in Buffalo," he told me. "When Czoleosz shot him the confusion was terrific; but 1 broke my way throuch Ihe mill ing crowd to a telegraph wire with the message, '.McKinley assassin- Plan to Limit Conscription To 900,000 Men Rejected Enlistment Amendment Also Spurned Committee Retains Original Bill for Senate Verdict; Selective Training U. S. Need, Roosevelt Asserts. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. fAP) Kliorily after President Hoosevelt declared Hint a system of seleo tive training was "essential to nde quale uiiiioiinl defense," the sen ale in i 1 1 1 i v committee rejected to. day a proposal to limit compulsory service at ibis time lo Hoii.nun men. The committee voted down, 7 to 2. an amendment to Ihe Ilurke Wardsworlli bill, offered by Sena tor I.ee (II.. Okla.) which would have limited Ihe number of men to he drafied between October 1 ami April 1, 1941, to -lOO.nno and be tween April 1 and October 1, 1941, to Boo.oon. This action nnd rejection of an amendment by I.ee for a OO-duy pe riod of voluntary enlistments seem ed to have cleared the way for n filial committee vote on the legisla tion next Monday. Mr. Roosevelt's views on the fluestion of compulsory training were expressed at n press confer ence nt- which he said: "I inn distinctly In favor of n se lective service Irnlnlng bill nnd I consider it essential lo adequate national defense." The president made the state ment after a reporter said n re port was going around Unit the chief executive was "not so hot ahoul conscription." The president leliod thai it all ('.epcnilcd on which paper you nail, lie also announced Dial he and democratic lax lenders in con gress were agreed that nil excess profits tax should be enacted with out delay. All manufacturers working on (Continued on page 6"i Three-Way Traffic Law Breaker Gets the 'Works' POrtTI.ANn. Aug. 2. (API Municipal .fudge Colin presented Ihe "works" two years in the county jail and Sinuit in fines to Kllis 11. Suavely. 34, convicted on three major traffic charges. lie was accused of driving an automobile while drunk, falling to stop at the scene of an accident, nnd operating a vehicle while his permit was under revocation. His license was suspended for a year after a drunk driving conviction in November. 19'!!!. Jenkins r-i 323533223 lirrr ' i I 1 "ws 1 iJ u. iiiiciiu oi any uiiii-i im porter!" l or three years Harry a at. a reporter on the San Francisco Chronicle and for many years aft er that he was with the Los An geles Kxaniiner. With the exception of army service in Cuba during the Spju-l-b American war. he has beer. n , .u u...,r u-m-lt nil his active life. "If I had II to do over again I'd prefer work on a country daily. Reporting for the big papers Is ex ciilng for a while. I'll grant," he went on to explain. "Hut even binnd nnd thunder, when too often seer., becomes boresome. I'm sure thnt here In the country you fel lows have ten pleasant contacts with real friends whom you know well, to any one I may have had." Perhaps he's right. After all. hi personal friendships are what n.ake life worth living to the av eiiigc man. First Woman !n Top Flier Rating trif-i " : - . First woman in the United States to qualify, Evelyn Kilfore, above, has received from the Ryan School of Aeronautics an advanced flying instructor's rat ing. She owns her own airport in San Diego. Homes Threatened By Burning Grass Garden Valley Flames Subdued After Destroying Barn, , Hay, Shed and Chickens. A grass fire, which burned over n bout liuti ui-res along the tlarden valley road yesterday afternoon, created much excitement when II threatened numerous farm homes and dairy barns. The blaze, how ever, was brought under control be fore any great amount of dumage was caused. A barn belonging lo H. P. and .lay Conn, located on the Kenney place, which the Conn brothers re cently purchased, was burned. The barn contained about seven Ions of alfalfa bay belonging lo John Wil liam tolierisou and Jerry Horn. A turkey shed on the same property also was burned, hut the fire was turned away from a sheep barn and grain shed. A chicken bouse and a number of chickens belonging to K. A. Cardiner were destroyed on Ihe C. IC. Marks dairy farm. The fire started In tall grass ad joining the roadway at the school fcouso nt t lie Intersection of Ihe Curry road wllh the (larden valley road. On several of the fields com bluing recently had been completed and the fire raced through the loose straw with great rapidity, be ing fanned by a stiff breeze. Residents of the entire area join ed in fighting the flames and were aided by volunteers from Poseburg nnd by n crew from Ihe Douglas Forest Protective association. Nu merous homes were threatened, hnt concentration of fire fighters saved all buildings except for a few sheds. 200 Portland Teamsters Strike for Wage Boost PrTlTI,An. Ah". 2 fAP) I wo lititHlrnii API loninMi'i's si nick nt four flfnnn-il Tr:insfir comnnnins inln nftnr rnlhipsn of romnirt nocotiiiMnns with tin Port Inii'l Drn nion'H nssncintion. Tho nsHOfintion has 21 othr-i nf Cli.'iM'il mmpftniofl with a, ion I S10 flnvortv ni! I mined lately affected ny inn walkmil. Jnck Selilaht, financial aeeretary for Teamster local So. 102. satd the union firpt demanded a 20 per cent. wnee increap hut nnrl to mm nromfse. The proposal was re incleil hv Hie employers, he added, Ni'jmtiatinns for a contract to re placo thp nne expirinc March 1, 1 5 10, beiran seven months ano. Pension Boost for Aged Of Oregon to Be Asked SALEM. Atlir. 2. (API The Orecon pension federation will nsk the 1 f4 1 !eei slat ure to Increase obi ase pension", the bill to include nil putdlc employes, the federation said tndav. The federation said it would not approve-an initiative which would legalize and Uceiine many form of enmhtiuc, the proceeds of which would be used for pensions. Roseburg Unit Ready to Join 0. N. G. Trek Local Guard Company to Leave Sunday for Ft. Lewis, Wash., Where 40,000 Troops Will . Train for Three Weeks. f nmpany I). Ki2nd Infnnlrv. Hose burgs unit of the Oregon iiatlonnl guard, will be mobilized Sunday, Aug. -I. for Ihree weeks of Intensive training. The company will par ticipate in the Kourtli Army mun euveis to be held at Port l'wis, where .Hi.oiHi men from Ihe regular ai in y nnd national guard will par ticipate In the largest military con centration ever held in the Pacific northwest. I lie lloscbiirg company will as semble nl II n. in. Sunday. Follow ing an Inspection of packs and personal eiiiipment, bedding rolls and packs will be prepared nnd the compauj'B baggage will be loaded on cars which will be spotted on the local railway tracks. The company, which numbers 82 enlisted men and lour officers, will enlrain nt 5:3 p. in. The troop train will atari from Kurekn, Cali fornia, and will pick up companies at .Miulford. ('rants Pass, lloseburg and Kugene. Allioregon national guardsmen, excel Jl llui 24!lth coast artillery and a small group of suite slaff mid do taclim'tit oll'icers and men, will lie iucluile.d lit the movement. 3 Weeks' Training Set Heretofore national guard camps have been held for periods of two weeks only, but this year, ns a part of preparations for national defense. Ihe training will bo ex lemieil for three weeks, continuing from Aug. -I to 21. Local officers nisi have been notified that the units will In trained under n phut of simulated warfare ill which they will go through nctllul battle practice. Only cue parade formation. It Is stated, has lieen scheduled for the entire three weeks' period. 'Ihe linn men of Hie 2l!lth coast artillery regiment have already had their field training for litis year. fCnntinued on pago Campus 'Reds' Get Divided Decision PAN FTIAXOISCO, Aup. 2. f AP) Communists were permit ted use. of n Ilerkeley school build ing but denied permission lo meet in the civic auditorium here in re spective rulings by t lie Berkeley hoard of education nnd the San Kranctseo superior court. Over vigorous protests or the Kast Hay Veterans' organization, the school board voted 3-1 in favor of mantini; the campus branch of the Youutf Communist league n ner mit to meet Friday nlKht hi a bun Kalow unit of the Ilerkeley high school. Superior Judge Alfred J. Fritz of San Francisco ruled In a suit uwilnsl city officials by Anita Whit ney, slate secretary of the com nnniiri parly, that authorities had the rfuht to deny use of the civic auditorium to Die communists. Dr. II. W. Shepherd, I'niversily of California professor and leader of the opposition against the school board's action, served notice the board's stand "will not settle the matter." "We are going to clean house In fjerkeley," he said. "It's better to allow the commun ists to meet in the open than in secret " replied Hoard President Dr. TyOiiIse Heeler. JudK" Fritz held there was no law under which ihe communist party could compel the city to grant it use of the ntiditorlum. U. S. Jury Indicts Jap For Narcotics Smuggling RAN' FRANCISCO, AtlR. 2t (AI'I The Japam-sn sonmaii rniii'lil Willi Si iKiiinils nf ronlia baml naicolii'8 worlli approximate ly $:ioo moo In a raid July 2n on Ihe Japancsci frolclitpr Nanmaii Mum. was under Indlotnient today for violating the fedsral narcotics laws. The Indictment, returned yester day by a federal erand Jury, ac cused loshlmolo Wada of Import in?, roncealinK and facilitating transportation of Ihe narcotics. His bund was fixed at JIO.OOO. Issues Above Party Lines, Willkie Says Nominee Thinks 'Independents ; Will Decide Presidential Race; Shipstead's Return to G. O. P. Pleases M'Nary. (moitAno spnixos, roto.. Auk. 2. (AIM Wendell U. Will kie thinks the coming election will lie decided on issues rather than party linen. Willkie made that clear In n joint, press eonfiMeneo with Wil liam Allen White, the Emporia, Kan., editor. Quest loncd by reporters, Will kie said ho believed "hilly half the voters are independent llicy cross purty lines very easily." "There used to he prido nmou?; ninny people nlxntl their parly partisanship," Willkie continued. "Now they are proud of their In dependence." While expressed n similar view, lelliiiK reporters that independent voters would aid Willkie in Ihe November election. "The general lHt' is toward lis. I think it is in the stars." White added. ; White was n sited whether bo meant that Willkie would he el ected. He replied that the repub lican nominee "or someone equal ly pnod will he elected." "The general drift Is toward us." White concluded. "I have been convinced that voters don't just Imntf on to parlies. "The independents are n blR. definite minority that miht he come a majorily In any election." Willkie made public n tele Rilini, from llepresental Ive llnbert (!. Allen n Tenn.). n third fenh opponent, pledKiritf Willkie "lull support ." McNARY GLAD OF RETURN OF SHIPSTEAD TO GOP WASHINGTON. Ann. 2. (AP) Senator C. h. Mr Nary, republi can vice presidential n o m i n e e, said today the return or Sena I or Sliipstead of Minnesota lo the re publican parly w o u I d help strengthen the parly in Ihe north west. In a statement commenting on Stilpst end's net ion In filing as a candidate for the republican sena torial nomination, the Oregon senator said he congratulated him and the COP. Sliipstead has rep resented Minnesota. In the senate for IS years as a fartnerdabor Ite. "I am glad Senator Sliipstead has returned to the republican parly where he may continue his work nmong the liberal elements of Hie party,' McNury declared. "The senators counsel is much sought In the Semite, and Ills re turn to the republican fold will be a source of strength lo the patty throinrhouf Minnesoia and Ihe northwest states." McKELLAR, COOPER WIN AT TENNESSEE PRIMARY NASHVIUJO, Tenn., Aug. 2. (AP) A landslide d e in o cralh primary victory headed the veter an K. D. MrKellnr today towards a fifth consecutive term in the t'nlted Stales senate. Hacked by the powerful Mem- (Contfnueit nn pace f) Swatiska Waves jfn.P,mmm'':TT n III ll I li.il .lli-liilillr" . rjjjtef will ?li r I'Hr ' ' jS. M 1 Z, lir5 r'Mum tjsa,"j. .wt iffTJ um "-m-vr i The red, white and black German war flag flying over first bit of British soil to fall to German hands. Nazi-censored photo shows air port control tower on Channel Isle of Guernsey, which, with Isle of Jersey, German air units recently occupied, unopposed. Army Driver in Tragedy to Face Court-Martial Tames Berkeley, colored driver of a ;ioth infantry transport truck which collided near Sulherlia Wed nesday with u logging truck, result ing in (lie death of William Dale Witcher, 10-year-old Sutherliii youth, was today scheduled to stand nrmy court-martial on a charge of involuntary inutiRlnugh ter. Ilerkeley appeared in the Jus tice court at Itoseburg Into Thurs day, waived preliminary examina tion find was ordered held for the county grand jury. Agreement was reached between District Attorney J. V. Long and Major 10. M. Sutherland of the U. S. army, that Herkcdey should he taken before nrmy court-martini, where disposition nf his case will he handled within a week, Ixng said he was informed. In (he event. the court-martial fails to result In conviction it still will be possible, the district attorney said, to press the charge through the circuit court, it the grand Jury should ro turw an indictment. Nazi Agent Forced to Yield Driver's License NKW YOftK, Aug. 2. (AP) Dr. (ierhardl Alois West tick, spe cial commercial agent for the Gor man government, was instructed lo give ill) his driver's license to day pending hearing on charges that lie falsified his application. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Carroll Mealey, after n conferenco with Dr. Weslrlck, said the Ger man official had promised to send in his license tomorrow although he claimed diplomatic immunity. Hr. Westrick is accredited to the German embassy as coium.'rrtul rojinsellor. Multnomah Democrats Have Registration Lead POKTLAND. Aug. 2. (AIM Democrats lead republicans by .'(202 reglst rat Ions in Miilluomnu couu t.v. llegifdrur Cleanou nniiotiuccd to day. When the July hooks were closed, Ihe loials were: democrats Si.!iSti, republicans m;.?'(I. Iteglst rat ions during July Included 7S!l democrats and TiSl republicans. Train-Truck Collision Brings Death to 6 Men CANAAN. N. II.. Auk. 2. ( AP) Six men wi'i-n Idlli'd tmlny when a Iriiik iinil a lliwliin ami Malnu t rii in cnlllili'il at a bmiicIi' cnissini; In West Canaan. Till. 1111-11 WIT!" llll'llllfll'll us IC- liirt llollck of Wi-sl .li'ffi'iniiii, N. ('.. now lorciiiaii; Waldo lli'aiil. clilvor of 1 1m Irurk, anil Holii'l t 1.. Mallli.'WH. biilll of lllllsboio. N. II.; W'iilliT lik'U of Cohli'Klcill. N. Y.. ami Willis LiiRan ami Hay nionil llanliiiini, limit nf l'ly inoiitli, N. II. Changes Suicide Plan After Leap Into River POKTI.AND, Auk. 2. (AIM A'f lor li'iipliiK from tl lUirrislilo briilKc ililo Mm Wlllaini'llo llvi'r. ll iliyiiiriilil ni-ally iIii-ksi-iI woman chaiiKi-il hi-r iiiiinl alioul pulrlil'-yi-HH-i-'lay. Kim was n-soiii'il by iiaibor imlioliiii-n wllild BwllillllillK tnwaf'1 Kltori-. Over British Soil Hamburg Reported Almost All in Ruins; Bremen Docks; Airplane Plants Damaged Fliers Also Rain Tons of Bombs on Cologne and Scores . Of Other Localities, London Says: Give and Take Warfare Continues Over British Channel and Islands; Italians Claim Hits on British Ships. LONDON, Aug. 2. (API Crippling blows -from BrifisK bombers on vital German centers were reported authoritatively today as givo-and-take air warfare still surged over the English channel. ' British fliers, raining tons of steel and explosives on mortf than 100 German cities and towns, an authoritative British source said, have laid the port of Hamburg almost entirely in ruins and havo scored heavily on the docks and airplane factories of Brem en and the communications nerve confer at Cologne in the past throo months. Death Decreed As He Fights On Gen. Charles de Gaulle Cl.rcn.MONT FEW! AN li, Franco, Auk. 2. (A!') (lenoral Charles de llaulle. this French officer who lonned a provisional French com milleo in London to curry on the t'ii-li t. iiKiilnsI (lerinany, wiih con demned to dealli today by a mill tiny court which liied him In lib- sent la. Mrs. Anna Marks Dies Suddenly Over-Exertion and Excitement While Fighting Grass Fire Cause Matron's Collapse. The fire which niRed over np proximately 300 acres of Ihe HIv ersdale dlstrlcl yesterday was blmneil Indirectly fin- Ihe sudden death Inday of Mrs. Anna Marks. Ill, wife of John Marks, well known dairy fanner. Mis. Murks suffered n sudden colliipiie Mils iiionilnK nnd was ninlicd In Mercy hospital where she died ii limit Iwo hours after she was stricken. Overexerllnn and exciiemeiit caused by Ihe flrn was believed in have eontrllmled lo the condillon which resulted In her sudden death. Mrs. Marks apparently was In normal health yesterday and spent Hpvcrnl hours at Ihe Koseliurit Country cluli, where she has been one of (he most active members and n trophy holder. When fire yeslerday aftcrnoim Ihrpatened ilie fnrmlne cmnmuiilly In which her borne Is located, she joined in actively fiKbtliiK Hie blaze and is believed to have hmiieht on by over exertion (be condition which caused her death. Horn in Nebraska. May 12. ISfll. she bad spent the greater part of her life in llouirliis roiinly. She was a member of ltiversdale Krance. Sinvlvlnc are her husband; (wo sons, llarrv and John Jr., and a daughter, Mildred, all nt. home, and the following brotliers ami sisters: Dora Cnwltr. and Rnsle Story, Sweet Home. (IreKon: John Johnson, Laplne. Orefron; Frances Hedirepath. Centrnl Point: Ruth Jenkins, William Johnson nnd An drew Johnson, all of North fiend. The body has been removed lo the ItoseburK i'ndertnklnn com pany parlors. Funeral nrranee inciits have not lieen made. Onn Cernian bomliPl was bellov eil by observers to have been brought down In tbo sen off tho northeast coast of Scotland uflor a mixl BiHiiadron had dumped nlna hlKh explosivo anil -10 Incendiary bombs mostly on a Rolf coursa outside of town thin morning. Kye-wHnoHBCs said they saw Ilia piano fall Into tho water ntlor Brit ish fighter planes bad spluttered It with tracer bullets. No casualties were reported front (ho Oe.rniun uttack although tho bombs blunted, c rut era -10 feet wida and 21) foot deep. Bombardment of a wireless ula tlon and crippling of a 4,000-ton Cicrmnn supply ship In ulr opera tions off tbo Norwegian coast wore) reported by the admiralty. Tho ship was being abandoned by its crew when tbo JIAF Mors loft thd scene. The air ministry said a "success ful" daylight raid had been, mada nlso yesterday on the Oermnn-helil nil-port at Cherbourg, France. It nclinowleilKeil, however, that Ihreo) of a strong force of coastal com mand wnrplnnes failed to return. Ruhr Region Lashed Tile HAF has struck night nnd day In the Industrial HuIii which corresponds somewhat to the Pitts burgh urea of tho United States, It was said. "Within n gigantic circle." (his source said, "wo bnvo inflicted Ir reparable damage on such placed as liiiisherg, Uusseldorf, F.ssen and Wesel" in this area ns well as nt Dortmund, which occupies a posi tion of Importance In feeding the, Comma canal system. Hamburg, wllh its oil refineries, munitions factories and dock-, which nrp in ihe center of the city, this source said, lias been "pulver ized again and again." Blitzkrieg When? rtrllons. wondering whether the; nazl blltzekrleg would come soon or at. nil puzzled over a "tabloid' leaflet raid by German bombers iasl nlcbl. Some conjeclured that Adolf Hitler may ho planning tha slow war of blockade Inslead of tho lightning ladles ho has used be. fore. Leaflets, captioned "A last ap peal to reason by Adolf Hitler." fluttered down In Ihe nre-dnwn darkness In southern nnd south western parts of F.nglnnd. Air raid wardens and conslnbles. hustling ntiout with torches, gathered up Ihe papers by ihe fb'oiisand. (Continued oil pago R) Oregon Bandit Gets Away in Gun Fight CAXVOV CITY. Oro.. An?. 2. fAP) A lopm Immlit who robltfrt Mrs. M.i in in Taylor, oppralnp of tlm MiUm flprvici station on tho Pixta mountain wart, hftwonn John Dnv nnil Unkop last nlcht nnd pcnppl In I ho briiph with M00 rash loot and potno rhocka aftor n rminini? enn ffirht wilh Mrs. Taylor's hus hnml nnd Don Isnn. was Rotittht to dnv hv (ho fltato noliro nnd Bhorlff'a officr.-rH nf eastern Orofron ponn 1 ins. Hhorirf T. Tl. TTanolUno. win spoil lo tho rppiio soon nftor tho hohiujt, pnfd tho man, nf mhhllo airo, nhout K.o ponnds nnd drospod in hakhl shirt and dark troiisors, ontorod tho station nhinit R o'rlork. nold n ro vnlvop on Mrs. Tavlor and rom nmndod hoi to nnon tho onsh draw or. whd'h Blm did. , roup Ioccoih from nn Oroirnit runhop rompanv rnmn in nrnl tho handit. hidintr his wonnon. toM .Mpb. TvIop ho v.'onld kill hor it Mho intimntnd IiIh hiifllnoBfl. Tho Inpiron Pnon loft. Ah the bandit waft cloanincr out tho till. Mrs. Tnvlor rnn to tho Tnvlor home across the rnnd. Mr. Tavlor and Ison, prabhinp riflert, mot tho bandit i ho was lonvlni? tho ntntion nnd etnlrt "hands nn." A burst of revolvor flro met thorn, ad tho hoi i Inn flod. Thov rirod sovoral shotR with tholp riflos nnd envo pbnsp hut tho bandit escaped In the bniBh,