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Hitler Now Fac es the Ides of August and High Tides of the Cha nnel to Either Win Cheers for Crushing Britain o r Hear His Nation Holler: "When Do We Eat?" THE WEATHER Jlumlillty 4:30 p. m. yesterday 29 Highest temperature yesterday 88 Lowest temperature Inst nlglit 59 Precipitation Inst 24 hours 0 Preclp. since first of month o Prei'lp. since Sept. 1, 1939 32.18 Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1939 .51 I Clear. ' . INVASION . t i . If It cornea to England at all, 19 will probably come wftbln the pres ent week,- wlion tides and weather) nre most favorable for s'ich uix undertaking. Keep your eye ..n wlra news In the NEWS-REVIEW: J05 up-to-the-minute developments, fHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAO VOL. XLV NO. 102 5. EBUBG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1 940. VOL. XXVIII NO. 310 OF THE EVENING NEWS I rn fa IN TW; MS j . British Effort to Nip Invasion Plan In Bud Seen Three Nazi Planes Shot Down, London Says; Gibraltar is Bombed From Air. With Destruction of Munitions. BERLIN, Aug. 5. (AP via radio) The Berlin radio to night quoted an Influential Tokyo newspaper as declaring that "Japan will, if necessary, break off diplomatic relations with England" If the fails to obtain satisfaction concerning the arrests of Japanese nation als in British territory. (ny the Associated Press) Spectacular aerial offensives possibly the preliminaries of Im portant new phases of the Euro pean wnr were reported today by Britain anil Italy. Charging In within range of Gel man anti-aircraft batteries on the continental coast or the English channel, the Ilritlsh air ministry said, a squadron of nine Spitfires caught a patrol of Gerninn Mcsser Bclimllts on their home (rounds nnd shot down two. A third was reported downed on tho Hnglsh side or the channel. With Britain on the alert ngnliisl. the threat or a iinzi blitzkrieg be cause of opportune tides nnd Weather, this challenge may mean Mint the Ilritlsh are trying to nip Herman plans in the bud or nre tak ing the oriensive to prevent Ger many from organizing one. Italian reports or having blnsted Important now British air bnses In Kast Africa, intimated a highly or ganised, ' Intensive campaign to wrest, at least, air control over the dark continent rrom Ihe TSrltish. Tides Favor Invasion. Highest tides of the month be gan todnv and will continue through Friday, accompanied by forecasts of n cnlm sea and logs on the English channel all favor able factors for a would-be invader. The Drltlsh air ministry report ed Gerninn defenses against planes were weaker and less accurate, so that the HAP penetrated deep into the Industrial heart of Germany as well as bombing naval structures at Kiel nnd synthetic oil plants elsewhere. With the hours of darkness lengthening as the summer wears 4 on, Ilritlsh sources said harder, and harder aerial offensives would be aimed at Germany. Gibraltar Bombed. Thundering explosions and huge columns of black amose indicated today that raiding warplanes had succeeded in blowing up munitions dumps nt Gibraltar, directly oppo site the Spnnisli city of Algeciras. The planes darted over the Ilrit lsh fortress at 5 p. m. and dropped bombs before anti-aircraft batteries were able to fire a single volley, a dispatch from Algeciras said. New fuel was heaped on the dip- lninatle fire started by the series of British and Japanese arrest st each other's nationals. A .Japanese embassy spokesman in Loudon declared the embassy (Continued on page (IV Roseburg's National Guapd Unit Entrains for Camp Three Weeks of Hard Training Scheduled ar Northwest's Biggest Peacetime Call. HoseliurR'a unit of thn Orppon nation, il gimnl, Co. I, (i2i infan try, left late Sunday for thrco wpeka of intensive military train ing. The company, rncently as signed to heavy weapons, will par ticipate in ihe fourth army maneu ver to he held by approximately 4.("0 regulars and guardsmen in the Fort Lewis nreas, tint 8 partici pating in the largest peacetime nrmy concentration in the Pacific northwest. The guardsmen this year left he hind dress uniforms nnd equipment and provided themselves with field packs in anticipation of arduous maneuvers. Officers were instruct ed to leave behind their satires, parade uniforms, etc., while the en listed men left behind their garri son caps and uniforms and were . accoutred only with the essentials p for battle practice. Advance information has been given hat the troops wilt stand (Continued on page C) Air Fleet Raids German Military Conscription Measure Put Up To Senate Bill Approved by Committee Also Contains Provision For Volunteer Service as Conscription Alternative. WASHINGTON. Aug. li.-(AP) Ihe military committee voted 12 to. 3 today to send to the senate Moor the Ilurke-Wadswoi I h com pulsory military training bill re quiring the registration of apiu-oxl-malely 12,0(10,00(1 men from the ages of 21 tp 30. Inclusive. Committee approval cleared thojhig 1917-18 declared that destroy- way lor senale consideration this week of Ihe measure, which bore the personal endorsement or Secre tary of War siimson and was re corded by Ihe budget bureau as be ing In accordance with President Koosevelt's program. Considerable opposition to Ihe bill was foreshadowed In tho sen ate, although only three votes were recorded against II In committee. henator Downey (D-Cn)lf.), whoj .-, m, umim.v cumuli! lee meeting, did not vote. Senators Johnson (n-Coln.) Thomas (R-Idnha) and Luudeon (F'li-Minii.) voted "no," Lunileen voting by proxy. Machinery for registrations could be set in motion if and when the lull becomes law. but President lioosovelt could not order nnv draf tees into service before congress appropriated money for their train ing. Volunteering Provided , Army officials have said they hoped to call -loO.OOO men for ser vice by October, If the bill is 'en acted. Tho bill contained a provision permitting men t'r.oni IS to 34, in clusive, to enlist voluntarily In the army for one-year training as an alternative in conscription. Tlte commit toe acted shortly be fore the senate began work ,oo a related issue presidential author ity to call the national guard into active training. The two anensiires were closely intertwined in the controversy over manpower which bad spread over Capitol Hill during Ihe last month. Opponents of conscript lou talked of trying to amend Ihe national gutird bill to provide a system of voluntary one-year enlistments in the army. This, they contended, (Continued on page fil Former President of Oregon Senate Dies BEND, Ore., Aug. 5. (AP) W. Lair Thompson, CO, Portland attor ney and former president of the state senate, died here at mid night of a heart attack suffered at Hums. He was returning with It. R. Hamilton. Hend attorney, from lioise. Idaho, where he had argu ed a case, at. the time he herein.! ill Wednesday. He entered the hospital here Thursday. Surviving are his widow and daughter, who were at his bedside. Pictured above is Roseburg's Oregon national guard unit, Co. D, 162nd Infantry, as the guardsmen formed at the S. P. depot here Sunday evening to board a troop train bound for Fourth Army maneuvers in the Tacoma-Chehalis area of Washington. A large crowd of relatives and friends gathered at the sta tion to Join in giving the departing guardsmen a send-off for their three weeks of Intensive training In the most extensive battle practice ever held In the Pacific northwest Send Britain Naval Craft Pershing Says General Would Deliver Fifty Destroyers to Safeguard America; Lindbergh Urges Cooperation With Victor. WASHINGTON. Aug. (AP) A proposal to send to beleaguer ed 1 1 1 i 1 ill ii at least fii) American destroyers carried tho endorse ment of General John J. Persh ing Unlay.' The man who commnnded American Mlllfilet-n in Vrnima I'ts left over from world war days siiouiu ne mane available to tho British as a safeguard of Ameri can freedom nnd security. Predicting that the most criti cal time for England would come In I he next few weeks and months, Pershing said In . a radio speech nisi nigni.: "If there la niiylblng we can do to help save the Ilritlsh fleet dur ing Unit lime, we shall he railing In our duly to America If we do not do It." "Appeasers" Biamed The general of the armies snld he saw "grave dangor" for the United States in the present world situation, and blamed disasters in seven of eight nations on "appeas ers who would not tnke the danger seriously, who would not prepare while, there was-still .lime," Pershing declared that "today may be the last time when by measures short of war we can still prevent wnr (for the Americas)." Asserting that the United Stales "must be ready to meet, force with a stronger force." he said: "Wo must m a k e ourselves strong by building up our nrmy and navy . and establishment, of the principle of universal selected service." LINDBERGH URGES U. S. COOPERATION WITH VICTOR CHICAGO, Aug. 5. (AP) American opinion Is now definite ly and overwhelmingly against In volvement in the I'htropean war, says Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The noted American aviator, In an address yesterday at a peace rally at Soldier field, urged "co operation" with Europe "In our re lationships with the oilier peonies of the earth." He told a crowd estimated at 40,- 000 that agitation for America's entry Into the Kuropenn conflict had increased with alarming ra pidity. Hut," he said, "when the dan ger ol' foreign war was fully real ized by our people, the underly ing tradition of American Independence- arose and In recent weeks Its voice lias thundoivxl through the weaker cries for war." Cooperation Stressed Interrupted frequently by ap plause. Col. Lindbergh pleaded for American cooperation witli Ku ropealt hough advocating tlte non-lnterel'erence of this nntlon i'.i Europe's' internal affairs. 'it is only by cooperation that (Continued on page 0) Presidential Campaign To Be Curtailed Oratorical Battles May Last Only Few Weeks; Dispute Arises Over Hatch Law Limiting Contributions. WASHINGTON', Aug. 5. (API Three mouths before tho November elections, democrats and republi cans are Just completing their or ganizations for one of the shortest presidential campaigns lu recont American history. Hnth parties nro planning to crowd Into 10 or 11 weeks the ora tory and doorbell ringing to which they previously devoted upwards of four months. Early Indications, however, are that the contest will not he lacking In intensity although its length is curtailed. Even as Ihe republicans finish ed the framework of their cam paign set-up this week-end, their general counsel, Henry P. Fletcher, and Attorney General Jackson clashed over an interpretation of Hatch act limits to political con tributions, Fletcher niacin public nn opinion contending that tho , act's 55000 maximum on personal campaign gilts covered only contributions to a party's national commltteo or Its senatorial or congressional com mit teeH, "Any amounts above $5,000 that &' dbnoi' desires to give should be given to stale or local committees," Fledier Raid, adding that these lat ter organizations "should bo en tirely divorced from the republi can nalioual committee and should operate by authorization of the re spective stole cominlllees." Jackson Voices Warning. The attorney general last nlglit challenged Fletcher's statement, de claring: "The department of justice will not render udvlsory Interpretations of the Hatch act of of other laws for political parties or others. But silence in the face of the widely published opinion or Mr. Fletcher might mislead well-intentioned per sons to believe it to be an accept ed Interpretation of the Hatch act. "Hence it Is fair to state now that no ptans of this nature for avoiding tho limitations of the Hatch act are accepted or approved by the department or Justice." The Hatch act prohibits a n tlonal political organization from (Continued on page 6) J. V. Forrestal Named Navy's Under Secretary WASHINGTON, Aug. G. (AP) President Roosevelt nominated James V VForrestal, of New York, today to be under secretary of the I'avy, a post created by the present under recently adopted legislation to reorganize the navy. Forrestal, former president of Dillon, Read and Co., lias been serv ing as an executive assistant to Mr. Roosevelt. Ilia new post Is next in line to the secretaryship held by Col. Frank Knox. News-Heview Photo and EnKravIng Wreck 4 Robert R, Sllleman, 67, and his mother, Mrs. Flora M. Sllleman, 77, both of Seattle, were killed Sun day; In the autombblle wreck pictured above. The crash, near Yoncalla, also caused serious Injuries to Raymond C. Gowfer, 26, of Harper, Washington, a nephew of Mr. Sllleman, and minor Injuries to Mrs. Gowler. The accident occurred when the car struck the wall of a concrete culvert while, In the act of passing a freight truck. Mountain's Ledge Grips Two Women , aLACircn banoeh station, Wash., Aug. 6. (AP) Two thlnly- ciad feminine mountain climbers clung to 8,000-foot ledgos of the Hour Glass near the summit of Mt. Shiiksau today while two res cno parties struggled to rescue them. Anno Cednrqulst, about 22, a chemist nt the Shcllcm, Wash., plant of the Rayonier company, was reported to have n broken arm and fractured ribs. Faye Plank. 3d, llbrnrlnn nt tho Bremerton high school, was said to be uninjured. Word of the women's plight was brought last night by Curl Iloyer, 2S, Seattle mail currier, their climb ing companion. Hoyer said the three were climbing, roped to gether, nt about noon yesterday when Miss Cedarquist broke loose and fell about -10 feet down u rocky wall to a ledge, receiving the frac tured arm and ribs In her plunge. In nn attempt to reach her, he said, Miss Plank also became ma rooned' on a different ledge. Uoyor said he attempted to reach them with ropes. Their chief danger last night, ac cording to Mt. linker national for est rangers, was the sub-freezing temperatures to which they would be subjected. Mt, Shiiksnn Is 15 miles north east of Mt. linker, ea. of Helling ham, near tho British Columbia bor der. One Killed, Three Hurt in Waldport Highway Crash COnVAI.US, Ore., Aug. 5. (AP) Charles Hurley, 21, was killed outright and three persons were injured, one seriously, in an auto mobile accident lust night on the Waldport highway 30 miles west of here. Vivian Miller of Albany was re ported In serious condition at the General hospital here, while Mer lin Burnett, Albany, and Henrietta Stratten, Albany, were treated for minor injuries. State Police orficer Curtis said the car driven by Burnett failed to make a turn near Miller creek, skid ded on the highway shoulder ond then rolled 7fi feet. Congress Spending May . Pass 20 Billion Total WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (AP) The budget bureau, adding up pyra miding defense outlays, found to day that pending appropriations and contract uthorlzations may push this congress' spending total above $20,000,000,000. This figure would not only be the largest in peacetime history. but would be more than double tne amount spent In the last fiscal year. I Not even the budget bureau Is able yet to guess what the deficit will be for this fiscal year. Tne apparent deficit Is more than M3,- 000.000,000, but the actual one may bo only about a fourth as much. Deals Death To Two r CCC Enrollee Killed, 16 Hurt In Truck Crash I.AKRV1FAV, Ore., Aug. fi. (AP) One CCC enrnlleo from Ooorgla was dead and 10 others nursed In juries today, the result of an over adlred ' hospltullzuUiin. All "were short distance south of the stale line. Tom Teston, of Axson, On., wiib killed. Six of the Injured men re quired rohspltullziitlon. All were members of tho Hart mountain CCC camp. Thoy wero en routo to a roresl fire In tho Fandango valley when the truck carrying 23 enrollees failed to make a lurn and crashed. - Masonic Picnic Marred When Tourist Drowns KI.AMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. Ii. (API Fred Dale Ilashore, 27, of Los Angeles drowned estenlnv In a popular gnivel pit swimming hole near Fort Klanmlh, the accident marring a picnic for several hun dred members of Masonic lodges. Mr. and Mrs. Onshore and Mr. nnd Mrs. Howard Chanoy. also of Los Angeles, stopped off at the pool on the Crater Lnko highway lor an impromptu swim. Chaney said llashoro dovo In and swam part way across, turned and called for help and sank in about 25 feet ,of water. Fire Destroys Alaskan Cannery, Other Buildings SITKA,' Alaska, Aug. 5. (AP) Fire partly destroyed the Port Al tlior pennnery on Chlcngof Island yesterday. The plant, the largest in southeastern Alaska, was owned by the Alaska Pacific salmon com pany. Buildings neslroyed Included the general store, with living quarters of Superintendent Oscar Carlson; town warehouses, the machine shop, the general supply house and the sale supply house. Mill Fireman Victim of Sawdust Suffocation KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 5. -(A Pi II. Prevo, 44. night fire man at Keaterson sawmill, was suf focated last night In the sawdust conveyor at the mill. Itonald Wilcox, night watchman became alarmed when Prevo failed to return from an Inspection of the luel conveyor and tound the body buried in tho sawdust which np pnrentlv had enved In when Prevo attempted to dislodge some ob struction on the belt. Jewels Stolen From Cafe At San Francisco Fair BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. (AP) A 11,000 Jewel theft on Treasure island was reported to po lice today by Eugene Orelo, stew ard at the Cafe Lafayette, who said the gems were taken from a lock ed glaBB cose where they were on display In tho cafe arcade. They comprised nix gem-studded brace lets, brooches and pins, lent by San Francisco Jowolers. Bases Tourists NuWH-IOiview Photo and Kngravlntf W.E.Carlonls Claimed by Death - W. -Hi "Dlek") Carlon, resident or Rosebitrg In onrly manhood, died last Saturday in Portland, whore ho lud lived since 1890. Ho was a son t,f Joseph Carlon, pio neer livery stubln and stage lino operator of Roseburg, and was born March 15, 1S73, nt. Cunyonville. Upon locating In Portlund, "nick" was first employed, bv tho Honey mull Huidwuro compuny anil later with Meier &. Frank. At both stores he was head of Iho sporting goods department. Ho was con sidered one of the best posted men on fishing in tho stain. Mo was an ardent Irapsliootor for a good many years. . . Mr, Carlon was engaged In tho automobile business in Portland the hist 22 years, tho final four In parluershlp with his four surviv ing sons. SurvlvlDg also are Mr. Cation's widow, -anil other reloi HveB, among them a brother, Tom Cnrlon, chief of the Bend fire de partment, who attended tho state flro chiefs' convention In Roseburg last month. l5AW ltMttttMtt, 9 y Paul A GROUP of lady archers draw ing the long bow nt an organiza tion meet held Sunday at Sherwood Forest I mean, Flulny field. In tho picture above they nro shoot ing for distance and getting plenty. Reading from the camera, they are: Mrs. Ted Rondinnn; Mrs. Phil Varley: Mrs. Odu Snook; Airs. J. It. Smith nnd Mrs. Karl Ullrich. The archery club spent tho en tiro day with their bows and ar rows and targets, and let me tell you, I'm glad they weren t snoot ing at me. If ever you should hear anyone speak slightingly of arch ery skill, put him down at once as a person who knows not of what he says. At any distance Bhort or a hun dred yards I'd Just about as soon stand in front of a volley from rifles, nn f would a flight of ar rows from the exnerlenced hands 1 ----- - - - nMrMiriimMisisiiili 1-nr, 'W srinf 1 ill evidence al Flnlay Field yester-Uu Auto Strikes CulvertVall; Somersaults R. R. Silltman, Mother, BotR of Scarri. KIIM; Driver, Raymond Gowlw, and Wifo Hurt, Forms Seriously. Robert Tt. Sllleman. 57. nnd hi mother, Mrs. Flora M. Sllleman. 77, both of Seattle, were killed Sii'Mlay evening when, an automo bile driven by Raymond C. Gowler, 26, was wrecked on the Paclflo highway about half mile south of Vn,in n niln nnri Ilia wire Ada. 24, both of Harper, Wash., are In the local hospital, the for mer suffering from a badly crush ed Jawbone. Mrs. Cowler Buffer ed head and face cutB but Her com dltlon Is not serious. Gowler in n nephew of Mr, Sllleman, Stale Police Sergeant Paul Morgan reported that the wrock; occurred when Gowler attempted, to pass n largo freight truck trav eling in the same direction. Tho car skidded on tho shoulder on the left side of the highway and rolled end for end after striking the abutment of a concroto cul vert. The party had been on a vaca tion trip Into Arizona nnd Cali fornia, visiting at Phoenix, Ariz., with Rrnest O. Sllleman, a broth er of Robert It- Sllleman, who ar rived here today. ' They left Mcdford yesterday m o r n I n g, plnnnlng to drivel through to Seattle Sunday. Car Somersaults As they entered the Btralght section of highway leading into Yoncalla, Gowler attempted to pass, the large Freight, truck, n I-s An geles to Seattle transport. His car, a llcht coupe, struck tho shoulder of the highway. Tracks indicated, Sergeant Morgan said. (Continued on page 6) Parolee Jailed Here x 1 On Life Threat Charge) William Payne, 34, who recently was released on parole from tho atnto penitentiary, to which he was sentenced for a term of one year for forgery July 7, 1939, -Sheriff Percy Webb reported, was in cub tody here today on a charge of threatening to commit a folony. Given a preliminary arraignment before Justice of the Pence R. W. Mars tars this morning, Payna waived examination nnd wan or dered conl Inued lu custody in lieu of ?500 ball pending grand Jury in vestigation. Tho complaint against Payne wn signed by W. D. Van Horn, who claimed that his life was threat ened. Jonklns Nowh-BovIovv ?'hotouml l-Jngravlnte day. As far as that goes, I wouldn't! have any desire to stand hitched; at iloubl, the dlitunce, either. Since the national guard left u I have felt rather unprotected nnd scared; but after having watched several squads of these urchers yes terday and remarked upon tha lethal quulity of their marksman ship, I feol better about it. Also, ufter having observed the feminine contingent In action I can, better understand the remarkable accuracy of that Robin Hood of Bit ages Daniel Cupid, who so un erringly gets bis man. As proof of the pudding, each of these ladles has gotten hers I - . For a man who Used to have sol little to say, Lindbergh's mouth surprisingly enough seems at least big enough for him to put Ills foot it every time he opens It.