As You Sing "God Bless America," Bear in Min'd thatythe Lord Helps Them Who Help Themselves." A Pound of Preparation Beats a Ton of Supplication.'
AFRICA
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yeslorday 27
Highest temperature yestorduy 05
lowest temperature last night G7
Precipitation lust 21 hours.., II
i'recip. since flint of mouth 0
Preclp. since Sept. 1, 32. IK
Deficiency since Sept, J, 1030 .65
Clear,
It hail become the cblol wail
theater an Italy launches a major
hlow to wrest Egypt and accom
panying control ot the Medlterran
nan from Ilrltaln, which now. re
Raids the nails' ostensible plan td
Invade England as a feint. Watch
NEWS-REVIEW Bervice for da
velopments.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1 940.
VOL. XXIXNO. 2 OF THE EVENINQ NEWS!
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TO MPT
V Day's..
h .
liy FRANK JENKINS
IN Washington
tt federal-8tale
conference
an law-enforcement
problems arisIiiK oul of the de
fense program in in sohhIoi,. It
in ilcHiKiied to promote closer i:o
opeitition in fcimnliiiK against
h)Ioh, Haboteiirn arid "f if Hi col
umn" activities.
in an Interest-
ins and cjaiio
convlnciiiK ar
ticle in the Saturday ..veiling
Post, nays tlie HEAL PAXCKIt to
thin country (which Hitler relies
on to Veep us from bothering him)
Is from native American dema
.RORUOfl who are seeking power for
themselves regardless of the uu
tlon'H welfare.
Tills writer is inclined lo agree
with him.
I.ARS hatreds, Hess says, are
the raw mr.terial out of which
evolution lias been manufactured
in Europe. (Hitler's, Mussolini's
and Stalin's dictator governments
are revolution on an immense
scale.)
More than any other one thing,
eapltali-ation or c-InKH hatreds,
race hatreds, etc, has been re
sponsible for Ilitler'a, Mussolini's
and Stalin's successes.
iLASS hatreds, which arise out
of the instinctive human sus
picions that all of us feel for those
who have more than we have, are
as old as organized society. They
existtu. rail-grown. In Jesus' time,
a.-; may be seen from Ills state
ment that "it is easier for the
camel to pass through the eye of
the needle than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of
heaven."
Human nature being what It
they are IWAVOIDAHI.E.
is.
"PIIE dictionary defines a doina
' gngue as "one who plays nil
INSINCERIC role in puhllc life for
the sake of gaining political infill-
puce or office; a poser In politics,
especially one who panders to
(Continued on pane 4)
HENRY ADAMS, partner In
Reynolds & Adams mercantile es
tablishment, as he stood in front
of his store in Myrtle Creek re
cently, I fall to recall the occasion for
the presence of lhi considerable
crowd of people evident in I he
picture above I reckon it was
news of a new gold strike in Joe
Iedcer wood's well or, happy
thought. It may merely have been
the usual one which gathers each
afternoon to await (impatiently nf
course) for the arrival of the
News-Review on the stage. At
any rate it was there.
Considering his size, Henry
should be outstanding in any com
munity, lie is tall, as you mav
guess from this partial showing of
him. Hut there are other rea
sons for a certain prominence,
too.
For one, his family his father's
family was the first one to set-
zzzzzl SAW;:::::::
- Sy Paul Jenkins
I ,J4 ttM
STORM TIDAL WATERS IMOON THOUSANDS
Gulf States
Coast Lashed
By High Wind
Refguecs In Louisiana Facing
Loss of Homos and Moans of
Livelihood; Texans Rush to
Safety as Blow Impends.
NEW ORLEANS. Auk. 7. (AP)
Thousands or persons were mar
ooned hy (Idal waters today as a
I'lttiil tropical distiirlinni'o moved
westward alone the lnilslana
coastline toward Texas.
Near noun weather observers
placed the wind estimate at only
five miles short of lull hurricane
velocity of 75 miles.
The two-day-old storm pushed
gulf waters to near record heights
in the many lakes and bays that
dot the coast anil sent trappers
unci fishermen scampering for re
fuge to courthouses, schools and
other public buildings located In
land. The refugees faced not only the
prospect of losing their homes to
wind and water but their means
of livelihood also. Conservation
officials said the disturbance
would hurt fishing and shrimping
and drown most of the season's
muskrals. the principal fur animal
of the affected sections.
The blow first struck along the
Alabama and Mississippi coasts
yesterday; It veered westward
to hug Una Louisiana & and
move toward Texas. Many high
ways were blocked by water but
train athl airline schedules were
iM'ing resumed.
OIIANC1E. Tex., Aug. 7. (AP)
Warning that a tropical storm
(Continued on page G)
Largest Rolled-Earth
Dam in World Finished
MST FERNANDO, Calif., An. 7.
(AIM KiKht months aho.i-1 nf
i schedule, the SlD.MOU.OOO ImpS'ii
dam largest rolled-earth si.-nHuro
ii I i;e world, hiw been completed
c;V here.
Its horseshoe . arms strelrhlri"
f:u i lntost two miles across the
Ool hills overlooking the San
Fern undo valley, the dam will con
trol Ihntlwalers from the San (la
1 I. -Lll ...... ll llif.ll l-lldllllKF
,,,',. Uf. Tujnnga canyon, caused
s m.i.Kd.imo In damages in a .March
3, 1!i!lK. disaster alone.
1 The official opening will be Alt-
gust 17.
ws-Uevl.-w pheto und l-;iJKrnvltiK
tie on a farm 111 the southern pari
of the county, coming either In
1S50 or IXSJ. I forget which. Their
donation land claim lies south nf
.Myrtle Creek, and Henry owns It
today.
Kor another, he has been in the
mercantile business in Myrtle
Creek for so long that he is known
to every man, woman and child
in the country who. T may add,
like him extremely well for the
splendid sort of fellow he Is.
Following long established cus
tom. I really suppose I should
wait until Henry is dead before I
say anything nice about him. But
that time may be a long way off
and, you never can toll. I might
have writer's cramp and he un
able to say II. Also, Henry
wouldn't be able to say to me
then:
"Kid, I saw your article, and be
lieve me I'm going to make you
hard to catch!"
War Won't be Extended
Into Western Hemisphere,
Answer to Hull Warning
ROME. Aug. 7. (AP) Vlrglnlo
Guyda, authoritative fascist editor,
replied today to the warning of
Untied States Secretary of State
Mull against the danger ot aggres
sion by declaring that (lermnuy and
Italy have no Intention of carrying
the war Into tho western hemi
sphere. -
finyda. who frequently expresses
the views of the Italian govern
ment, wrote ill II (iinrnnlo d'ltalht,
that Null was "creating a phantom
of Cermnn-ltallau menace" for po
litical purposes.
"It is evident that Hull would
like to alarm the American nations
will) a feeling thai a transfer of
the war to the American continent
by the victorious axis powers iH
more or loss Imminent," Unyda
wrote,
"It is well now lo point out once
more that this Information is ab
solutely unfounded, arbitrary and
let It be said w ith respect for the
eminent American statesman ten-1
dentious rather than provocative."
(Hull's statement yesterday ask
ed the American people to "TSo
rondv and willing for real sacrifice
of time and of substance and for
hard personal service" and to "ai m
to such an extent that the forces
of conquest anil ruin will not dure
lo make an attack on us or any
part of this hemisphere.")
Italy and (lermany entered I lie
war to solve European problems
and "never thought-and will never
think of threatening other conll
nenls," flayda asserted.
PAN-AMERICAN STAND WILL
BRING NAZI CONSULAR SHIFTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP)
A shukpup of German diploma
tic and consular sin lis In the
western hemisphere was forecast
ill reliable quarters today as a re
sit II of measures adopted at the
Havana pan-American conference
against "fifth column" activities.
Herman authorities were said to
be ileum bed by the determined
Picture Ousted By
"Outrage" on Navy
Cadmus' "Sailors and Floozies"
Removed From Gallery at
Treasure Island Fair.
RAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.
(AP) The roisterous title "Sail
ors and Floozies" was bad en
ough, but when the navy saw that
painting, it knew It had been out
raged. And the result was Hint Paul
Cadmus' conception of a sailors'
diversions ashore came down in a
hurry from where It was hanging
In the palace of fine arts at Treas
ure island.
Conceding that the painting was
"unnecessarily dirty." nr. Walter
Hell, one of the officials at the
fine arts exhibit, said "if It were
a master work. I'd take a aland
against shelving it."
'Hut so far ns I'm concerned.
It's not a masterpiece and is jusl
unpleasant." ho explained.
'The navy wauled to make n
to do about the picture, so we
thought it simpler to remove it."
bailors and Floozies was not
the first painting by Cadmus, a
satirist artist, to arouse the navv'
displeasure, flack In 1034 be turn
ed out a picture called "The
Fleet's in." which Admiral Hugh
Hodman called nn "unwarranted
insult to the navy."
The admiral saw a photograph
of "The Fleet's In" and, before it
could be exhibited, denounced it
as something that must have "ori
ginated in the Imagination of
someone who lind no conception
of actual conditions in our serv
ice." The picture, painted by Cadmus
for the government's public works
or art project and Intended to be
hung In Washington, promptly
vunislied.
The artist's latest object of nav
al ire had been displayed, along
with two of Ills other paintings
''S" .Ing the New Year in" and
'"Venus and Adonis" at the fine
arts exhibit until yesterday.
, When "Sailors and Floozies"
was jerked from public view, of
ficials also withdrew "Peeing the
New Year In." but gave no reason
for their nctlon on the latter pic
ture. "Venus and Adonis" was al
lowed to remain.
The paintings had been loaned
the exposition by a New York museum.
attitude of the American republics
and by the manner in which some
nazt officials have aroused con
cern in the countries where they
were stationed.
A possible withdrawal of a con
siderable number and their re
plucement hy diplomatic officials
less active as nal party members
was 'expected by some well-Informed
persons.
Washington developments relat
ing lo foreign agents' activities
included.
1. The Interstate commission on
crime demanded all invest igatloil
of what it termed ."nal-fascists
use of attaches of legations and
consulates for subversive propa
ganda and other fifth column nr.-
itivitles."
2. Tho federal bureau of Investi
gation announced its field offic
ers would go on a 24-hour dally
schedule lo expedite Investiga
tions of fifth column suspects.
3. The house passed and sent
to the senate a measure to per-
mil the Fill to tap wires In Inves
tigations of sabotage, treason and
espionage.
Two Singled Out
One German agent In the Unit
ed States believed listed for early
recall lo Ilerlln was lr. Gerhard
Weslrick. the commercial coun
selor of the German embassy,
whose operations in New York re
ceived widespread publicity.
Wblo his conference hero on
Monday Willi Hans Thomson, Ger
man charge d'affaires, was said
officially lo have brought no
given his relations with prominent
business men In New York and
change In his status, the publicity
liU activities generally was under
stood to have met disapproval of
German aiilhorilies.
Another possibly due for a trans
fer was Huron Edgar Von Spiegid.
German consul general at New
Orleans. A remark altrllmleil to
him Hint Germany would not for
gel the aid given its enemies by
the Hulled Stales cuiised a slate
department Inquiry.
Kansans Renominate
Governor, Congressmen
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 7. (AP)
Gov. Payne nuttier, a veteran cam
paigner nl 13, and William 11.
Ilurke. a novice at 61, were nom
inated lor 'governor in yesterday's
primary election.
rtatnor, a republican serving his
first term, overwhelmed Jay A.
Welch and C. I). Lank.
Ilurke, a democrat and former In
ternal revenue collector for Kansas
ran far ahead of S. L. Mathews.
All seven congressmen six re
publicans and one democrat were
renominated.
Overturning Auto Kills
Man Near Klamath Falls
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 7.-
(API Hoy W. Fleming, 30. was
killed outright In an automobile ac
cident on the Lukoview highway
five miles east of here last night.
Minor Injuries were suffered by
four Indian passengers 111 Flem
ing's overturned car. Witnesses
said Fleming was forced lo cut in
sharply to ovoid an oncoming
truck after he had passed another
automobile on a curve.
Heat Wave, Fire Peril
Curbed in West Oregon
PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (AP)
Clouds killed a brief heat wave nnd
curbed the fire menace In western
Oregon today.
Dry conditions In the woods, how
ever, kept foresters on the alert for
fire breaks.
Medford's 98-degreo rending was
Hie highest In Oregon yesterdny.
The government weather bureau
predicted clouds and fog on the
coast lonlKht and Thursday with
lower temperatures In the east por
tion tonight.
Dillard Cantaloupes Are
Welcomed in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 7. First
Dillnrd-grnwn cantaloupes, 'the ini
tial supply-of the 1940 season, are
due from that famous sector today,
according to Wily Rulletset, distri
butor. Ray Lnnrance, prominent
grower of the Dillard territory, has
promised the first load and ho told
Bulletset they're up to the normal
and that's something. It's a good
crop generally, says Bulletset,
Senate Given
I Urge to Vote
; Conscription
from pt Action Recommended
I by Military Committee;
M Home Guard Comprised of
War Vets Now Proposed.
T 'WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP)
-I'roinit enactmout of compulsory
military training legislation was
recommended to the eenato by its
military committee today with the
statement tbat "reasonable pru
dence demands on Immediate and
substantial incrpflfift !n our nrmed
forces."
"It would bo criminal," the com
mittee reported, "to give the na
tion a false sense of security hy
j the mere possession of defensive
armaments nnd n corresponding
lack of trained men." '
Scheduled for consideration to
morrow, the legislation, which the
committee previously had approved
by a J3-to-3 vote, would require
registration of male citizens be
tween 21 nnd 30 years of age. In
clusive. From this group upwards
ol l.uiiii.uiin nien would bo selected
within the next 12 months for a
year of military training. They
would thereafter tnko their place
In the reserves.
Dissent Expressed.
v Presented nloug with the com
mit too report, on the legislation wns
tt minority report, previously made
public, nssertlng that "reglmenln-
lion or American lilo ns provided
for by tho hill in peacetime Is ab
horrent to the Ideals of patriotic
Americans and is utlerly repugnnul
to American democracy and Ameri
can traditions." The minority group
included Senators Johnson (I)..
Colo.), Thomas (I!.. Idaho) and
I.iindeen (F.L., Minn.).
Home Guard Plan Eyed.
Meantime a movement to form n
"homo guard" composed primarily
of world war veterans gathered
headway In congress ns the senate
approached a vole on the bill per
milting the president to order the
(Continued r.n page 0)
Labor Day Fete To
Be Held at Idleyld
Pious riro progressing very sat
isfactorily for the three-day Labor
day celebration sponsored by the
Eagles lodge, lodge members were
Informed last night by Vernon M.
Orr, chairman of the committee In
charge of tho arrangements. The
celebration, It wns stated, will lie
held at Idleyld park, starting with
a dance on the evening of Satur
day, Aug. 31. Special events, in
cluding a salmon bake, will he ar
ranged for Sunday and Monday.
The lodge Is to have the coopera
tion of the Rosebiirg Rod and Gun
club.
The lodge at its regular meeting
last night initialed five new niein
"bers. Dr. H. II. Srofleld, secrelnry, was
given a IlO-day leave of absence,
and George Frew was apuolnted
temporary secretary. Dr. Scoflcld
will attend the national conven
tion of tho lodge at , Chicago. He
will carry motion picture equip
ment nnd It is planned upon his
relurn to present tho pictures be
fore the lodge membership.
fondles of the Eagles auxiliary
announced n nubile dance at the
armory Aug. 17, for the benefit of
the swimming nool fund, nnd the
lnd'te promised cooperation. '1 he
dance committee Is headed by Mrs.
Wallace Rapn.
Titled English' Woman
Captures Nazi Aviator
LONDON, Auk. 7. (API A till
ed English woman. Lady Auckland
widow of Lord Rockland, nnd sis
ler-ln-lnw of lyird Camrose, pub
lisher of the Ixindnn Dally Tele
graph, todav captured a nazl avia
tor who had been roaming Englnnd
nine davs.'
Ladv Dockland came upon the nlr
man as Bhe motored along a conn
trv road near Rrlstol.
Noting his unusual appearance,
she questioned him nnd then
marched him off to the authorities.
The German filer had been at large
since he balled out of his disabled
plane. The military and the po
lice had sought him continuously
after bis fall.
Britain Seeks
New Arms At
Washington
Negotiations Opened for Tanks,
Artillery, Other Supplies:
German Bases Again Raided
By British Air Force.
(My the Associated Press)
Ililtaln'a urgent need nf relating
her wnrtlmo economic problems
with the American nntlunnl defense
preparatliis was stressed in com
mons today as shn faced the threat
of a blitzkrieg Invasion from across
the channel nnd destruction of her
vital Mediterranean lifeline by
Italy.
In Washington It. was disclosed
that Britain hns started negotia
tions for hundreds ot millions of
dollars of (auks, artillery nnd other
war supplies.
Arthur Greenwood, Inborllo mem
ber of the war cabinet, told com
mons a now wartime economic com
mittee had been formed, and add
ed Hint since Franco ns an ally was
gone it was necessary to "supple
ment our own production by draw
ing upon the vast and Invulnerable
capacity of North America."
Arthur J. Purvis, chief rtrltlBli
purchasing agent, who presented
(he puichaalyt program nt Wash
ington, said Hint his government
wns now seeking the purchase Of
many types of supplies pot. pre
viously purchased in the United
Stales. Ho cinphusfzcd tanks and
field artillery.
Tho Hiltlsh previously bought
some old artillery that Hie United
Slates army had Ion over from the
world war, hut Hut new program Is
for new weapons.
Purvis declined to csllmaln to
what figure the now program
might expand total Ilrlllsh pur-
( Continued on page (1)
U. S. Flag Used as Truck
Signal Brings $25 Fines
SEASIDE, Aug. 7. (AP) It cost
two Seaside men $2!i each yester
day lo learn that the American flag
cannot lie used ns a "danger" sig
nal on the rear of n truck.
Otto Aehord, contractor, and
George E. Riley, driver, were fined
$2!i each In Justice court.
Mother Kills "Terrified"
Son, Commits Suicide
OAKLAND, Calir., Aug. 7.
(API Mrs. Estello Sllverstcin.
wife nf a prominent Oakland at
torney, shot and killed her Ill-year-old
son today to free him from tho
'terrifying fears" suffered nightly
and then killed herself, Police
Lieutenant Leon Carroll reported
f Drive Carefully,
As Grand Coulee darrein central Washington near completion, first cars test out a towering roadway
atop the dam. The 30-foot highway now stretches 700 feet along the structure's crest and will lengthen to
4300 feet In 12. . :
Tendergast" Men
Lead in Missouri
Demo Primary
i jr'4
Senator H. S. Truman
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7. (AP) Sena
tor Harry S. Truman, who had been
termed "tho Pcndorgast senator'
by his two opponents In Missouri's
primary campaign,- rode a swelling
tldu of city votes Into tho load to
day In his bid for democratic ra-
nnmlnation.
The senntor. elected In 1934 with
the support of Tom Pendorgast, the
now fallen Kansas city political
"boss," ran behind Gov. Lloyd C.
Stark 111 tho rural precincts, but
shot ahead' on nn outpouring nf
votes from Kansas City nud St.
Louis.
Maurice M. Mllllgan, former U. S.
district attorney at Kansas City
and prosecutor of Pendorgast on In
eonio tax evasion charges, tagged
behind, third in the spirited contest.
Unofficial returns from 3714 of
(lie suite's 4447 precincts, Includ
ing 1U of 7S3 In SI. Ixnils and 400
of r,r,l In Jackson county (Kansas
Cllv). gave Truman 222,93(1 votes,
Stalk 21K.292, and Mllllgan 10r,(ili9.
Lawrence McDanlel of St. Iiuls,
who shared with Truman the brunt
of "boaslsm" outcries from enm
palgu rlviils, hold a comfortable
lead over State Senator Allen Mo
ilteynolds of Carthago In tho demo
cratic guliernnlorlal race,
Man vol If. Davis of Kansas City
and Forrest C. Donnull of St.
Irfiuls appeared to have won the re
publican nominations for senator
and governor, respectively;
One of Missouri's congressmen,
Thoiiins E, Ileiinings (D), chose to
run for circuit attorney of St.
Louis, while the other 12 Incum
bents, Including Dewey Short, lone
republican In tho delegation, wcro
cither unopposed or ahead.
Tho 8L Louis democratic organi
zation turned against the governor
In u hist-mlnute switch, und the
combination of metropolitan ballots
was too much for Stark's rural ad
vantage.
Mister-It's a Long,
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Outnumbered
Britons Face
Major Onset
Possession of Suei to Control
Mediterranean Chief Aim
of II Duce: Air Attacks On
Britain Considered Feint.
CAIRO, Aug. 7. (AP) A
British communique today aif
nounced the Italian had enter
ed Zella, Gulf of Aden port In
British Somalllsnd, and cap
tured Hargeltai by ' a , strong
force after a 30-mlle march
through the desert.
Oadwelna, a third objective
of the Italian who started
their offensive, also was oc
cupied yesterday, by a columre
estlmated at 2,000 men equip
ped with guns and armored ve
hicles, the British announced.
LONDON, A II P. 7. (AP) A!
concentration of at. least two Ital
ian divisions was reported on tha
Liiyau frontier netr the Mor.l-
tnrraiiean coast tud.v and British.
military circles ueciareu "it iooks
ns I hough the llnllam nro ready"
to advance, ngiiius Egypt in a
larc.0 scale campaign for realiza
tion of olio of Mussolini's dreama
possession of Suez. 1
Official circles nt Cairo denied.
however, that the Italians already ,
hud crossed the frontier,
"The only Italian officers pres
ently on ugypuuu sun hib una
general and 818 offlcars and other
ranks prisoners." said a semi
official statement at lliilish head
quarters in Egypt.
(Yesterday's Italian comimtn!'.
quo snlil the Hrlttsii were pnt tn
I'llRhl. "during a clash of advanced
troops beyond tho Clronnlean
Libyan border.)
Military circles 111 London said
tho two Italian divisions were con
centrated In the Hardin area, ad
jacent to the Egyptian frontier.
This ' concentration Is opposed
by a small mobile Drltlsh force of
expert desert fighters who have
been carrying out the rirst phaso
of the operations In Africa, a sort
or guerrilla warfare of lightning
raids, skirmishes and I'econuais-
(Continued on page C)
Forest Fire Battled to
Save Town of Ft. Bidwelf
FORT ilinWELL, Cnlir., Aug. 7.
(AP) Fire lighters battled
along a 3il-mlle front today to sub
duo a wind driven forest flro
wnich,' for n time, threatened to
engulf the town of Fort HUlwell.
Lust night, after the blaze had
clcaslaled more than 35,000 acres
of limber and brush lands, It was
halted at fire lines three mile
south of the Modoc county farm
ing town, a community of about
4 all population.
Approximately 1.300 men were)
working on tho file lines, Including-
7(10 civilian conservation corps
enrnllees.
Long Way Down