Contradictory War News Is Continually Headache-Giving, It's a 'Blawsted' Confusing Muddle, Presenting a 'orrid Puzzle to Figure Which Side Is Fibbing.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. ni. yesterday 33
Highest temperature yesterday 911
Lowest temperuluro last nlKlit C?
Precipitation Inst 24 hours 0
Preelp. since first ot month 0
Preelp. since Sept. 1, 19:19 33.18
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 11)311 .08
CONSCRIPTION
.' Extension of the age limit to 4 '
Is now proposed In the U. S. senate,
making the program applicable to
'' 24 inllllon men. And the senate id
a p p a r e n tly eonsorlption-mlnded.
The NEWS-nEVIEW will keep you
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ROSEBURS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940.
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WIDER CONSCRIPTION REGISTRATION URGED
Senator Burke
Would Boost
Age Top to 44
Drafted Amendment Inspired
By Approval of National
Guard Bill; Volunteer
System Held Inadequate.
WASHINGTON. Auk. 9. (AP)
Overwhelming senate passage of
the hill authorizing the president In
muster nutional guard and army re
serves emboldened conscription ad
vocates to propose a hroader regis
tration program under the fiurke
Wadsworth compulsory service
Pleasure.
Just before the senate began de
hate on the 'conscription Issue,
Henator Ilurke (I)., Neb..) disclosed
Unit he had drafted an amendment
railing for registration of all men
from 21 through 44. The bill ap
proved hy the military committee
fixed the ages at 21 to 30, Inelu
flve. Burke said the senate's 71-to-7
vote ye.iterdny In favor of ieglslu
lion which could put the guard and
reserves into active service was
encouraging to those who want to
Increase the number of men sul
(eel to possible conscription.
Ills proposed change, he cxplain
fd, would make 24,000.000 men
rubjeet to registration, instead ol
Hie 12.000,0110 contemplated In the
riinimlt tee-approved measure.
Conscription "Tragic Need"
Senator Sheppard U., Tex.k
penlng argument lor the compul
sory military service hill, told the
senate that transcription had be
come "a tragic necessity" because
emergency defense preparations
could not be accomplished speedily
enough by voluntary enlistments.
"The. doctrines and nggrosslons
of certain dictator-controlled na
tions become every day more men
acing toward the free and inde
pendent democratic countries,"
Sheppard asserted.
"The time element Is a tragic
necessity, because . the voluntary
system cannot accomplish the
emergency work absolutely need
ed," he said.
Hazards Pointed Out
Sheppard contended that a larg
er army was needed Immediately
to protect American Interests in
the western hemisphere, warning
that it the Panama canal were put
out of commission, "our navy
would be helpless."
" "There can be no withdrawal
from Panama. Hawaii. Puerto Hico
or Alaska without vital disaster,"
lie warned. "To permit these strate
gic areas to fall Into the hands of
nny enemy would jeopardize the
security of the continental United
Slates itseir."
"Home Guard" Considered
Previously, Sheppard had an
nounced that the military nffalrs
committee would Invite Gov. Her
bert Lehman of New York and
(Continued on page 6)
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
npiIK war scene, nt lenst momen-
tartly, shifts to Africa. There
are hints In the news today (Wed
nesday) that the highly advertis-
yni blitz against Iirltain may be
merely a smoke screen to cover a
mighty effort to conquer Africa,
seize Suez and the Mediterranean
and cut the Ilrltlsh lifeline lo In
dia. llfAU guessing Is a hazardous
business, because surprise Is
elemental in warfare. The fight
er who telegraphs his punches sel
dom wins.
A TROPICA!., storm moves
along the Louisiana coast, pil
ing up water In the bayous, bays
and Inlets, driving people from
their homes to the higher ground
(which Is hard to find in that re
gion) and taking a toll, as these
words are written, of 19 lives.
Among other economic calami
ties of the storm Is the exnected
drowning of most of this season's
crop of muskrats, whose fur Is one
of the principal sources of Income
In the swamps of Louisiana.
On Wednesday, the storm Is
U. S. Plane Buying Slowed
By Taxation Uncertainty;
Revenue Increase Advised
Industry Reluctant to Expand
Facilities at Own Expense,
Stimson Says; Morgenthau
Urges Excess Profits Levy.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. (AP)
Secretary Stimson reported to
day that the army had been able
to sign contracts for only 33 of
4.000 planes approximated for
during June, "chiefly" because of
uncertainties over tax legisla
tion. The war department chief told a
congressional tax hearing that
"the fault" for such a limited num
ber of plane contracts was not
with the army and that "so far
as I am aware" there had neen no
unduo delay in the preparation of
the army's specifications anil de
signs. The fault has not been with the
defense advisory commission, he
said, and "the representatives of
Industry have been earnest" In a
desire to cooperate with defense
agencies.
"The fact Is," Slhuson said,
"we have all been facing n diffi
cult problem with an earnest ef
fort to cooperate. '
"That problem arises in a large
part, from the fact that the entire
program of nirplane construction
lu so large that It necessarily in
volves a great expansion of exist
ing plant facilities and the con
struction of new ones to meet the
requirements of our army in the
present emergency."
Industry Balks at Risk
He went on l say that risks
were "Inherent" in any business
enterprise and that Industry might
be expected to undertake "normal
risks."
"But the risk to Industry of un
dertaking, nt the request of the
government, to expand at Its own
(Continued on page 6)
Foot Tickling Results
In 3-Month Sentence
ROCHESTER, N. If., Aug. 9.
(AP) Ralph Wlllard, 30, began
serving a three-month sentence n
the house of correction today be
cause he "tickled the feet of a
minor without her consent."
An old New Hampshire statute
banning Bitch a practice was in
voked after a 15-year-old girl
claimed Willnrd entered her bed
room and woke her up by tickling
her feet.
Arraigned before Judge Gard
ner S. Hnll in municipal court.
Wlllard pleaded guilty to this
charge and to one of breaking and
entering and was given a six
months sentence, but three
months of it was suspended.
passing Into eastern Texas, where
It is expected to turn Inland. Peo
ple In Its nntlripaled path arc
jittery.
HOW insignificant seem na
ture's destructive moods In
these days when MAN'S Instinct
to kill and destroy is on the loose
throughout the world!
PAUL SATKO, arrived safely nt
last In Alaska, files on a 122-
acre river bottom homestead 27
miles north of Juneau, buys a 150
automobile and will commute
back and forth while be clears his
Hind and makes It habitable.
His family of eight will con
tinue to live In their "ark" In Jun
eau. where his children will at
tend school.
IP all the publicity ho has rerelv
ed doesn't turn his hend, he may
make a go of It. Don't, however,
iiimn tn the envious conclusion
that hacking a homestead out of
the Alaskan wilderness will be a
picnic.
It WON'T bo.
For that matter, hacking
homestead out of the Oregon wll
(Continued on page 2)
Odds Favor Guard Not
Leaving U. S., Says F. R.
HYDE PARK, N. Y.. Aug. 9.
(AP) President Roosevelt
Raid at a press conference to
day the betting odds were 100
to 1 that the national guard
never would have to go out
side the limits of the United
States or Its possessions in
peace time.
He made that statement In
discussing an amendment, de
feated before the senate pass
ed a hill to permit him tn call
out the guard and organized re
serves for federal training,
which would have limited their
service to ttie continental Unit
ed Slates and American posses
sions. U.S. Ambassador
Cudahy Rebuked
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (AP)
John Cudahy, American ambas
sador to Belgium, was reprimand
ed publicly by the state department
toduy for inn press interview In
Loudon on Belgian fond conditions
and other aspects of the Oermun
occupation of that country.
Sumner Welles, acting secretary
of state, reading a formal state
ment at his press conference, said
that Cudahy, by direction of Presi
dent Roosevelt had been requested
to return to the United Stales im
mediately for consultation.
Cudahy, the stutement said, had
given the interview "In violation of
standing instructions of the depart
ment of state and certain of the
views expressed by the ambassador
are not to be construed as repre
senting the views of this govern
ment." The incident, the stutement con
tinued, "Illustrates once again the
importance which must be attribut
ed by American representatives
abroad to the department's Instruc
tions to refrain at this critical time
from making public statements
other than those made In accord
ance with instructions of the de
partment of state."
Son of Ex-Prosecutor
Pays Murder Penalty
FLORENCE. Ariz., Aug. 9.
(AP) -Nonchalant Robert Burgun
der, 23, went to his death in the
lethal gas chamber today with a
confession on his lips.
As he was being strapped to
the seat in the execution cham
ber of the Arizona penitentiary,
Biirgunder, son or a former coun
ty prosecutor in Scuttle, chewing
gum all the while, said:
"I admit the killings. I never
tried to defend myself."
The youth was convicted of kill
ing E. II. Peterson, who with Kl
lis M. Kotiry, was shot to death In
the desert near here April 29,
1039.
Bull Tosses Farmer
Over Barnyard Fence
EVERETT, Wash.. Aug. 9. (AP)
Becoming so Interested in driv
ing a cow Into a barn that he com
pletely forgot the bull that also
was In the barnyard. Harry Clnf
lin. 51. a farmer residing near
Snohomish, was tossed over a
fence and severely Injured by the
animal early today. He suffered
a fractured pelvis and Internal In
juries, it was reported at a hos
pital here where he was admitted
for treatment.
Bedding-Silverware Theft
Alleged in Complaint
Walter Can field, former Rose
burg resident, was reported under
arrest at Eugene today following
the filing of a complaint In Justice
court, here charging him with theft
of bedding and silverware claimed
by Grace Stlckney, who signed the
complaint. Arrested at Oakrldge.
Cantield was taken to Eugene and
was to be brought to Roseburg this
evening by Sheriff Percy Webb.
Nazis Control Patents Vital to
U. S. War Industries, Jury
Probe Shows, Impeding
Nation's Defense Program.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. (AP)
Thurmnn Arnold, assistant U. S.
attorney general, today declared a
special federal grand jury had tin'
covered considerable evidence tend.
lng to show that patents vllal to
the United States war Industries
are German-controlled.
Arnold made this abatement in
discussing the grund jury's Investi
gation of charges that production
Is restricted and prices fixed In
some of the country's war Indus
tries.
Government InvestlgalorB are
seeing to determine whether a pro
duction "bottle neck" is threaten'
lng to retard the defense program,
At least ten major industries,
some reported to hnvo binding pat
ent agreements with German firms
Including the largo Krupp steel
works, have been under examina
tion for nearly a month, Samuel Is
seks, special assistant attorney gen
eral, disclosed yesterday.
involved are patent arrange
ments said to so bind American
war material producers that a "bot
tleneck has resulted In the nation's
armument program.
sseks declined to name the In
dustries under investigation but a
letter on file in federal court list
ed producers of machine tools,
glass, chemicals, foundry supplies,
textiles and fabrics, metal and met
al nlloy fabrication and road build-
lug supplies, plastics and petro
leum. "The United States." Arnold sain.
"Is facing the same situation Eng
land faced a startling Inadeouiicv
of production."
One of the most Important
phases of the Inquiry Is the mo-
duction of magnesium, a metal one
third lighter than aluminum and
wnicn in ullovs is understood in
have enabled the Germans to re
duce plane weights 20 per cent.
The Investigators are seeking to
learn why American production of
magnesium, comprising 2 to 3 per'
cent of the earth's surface, wns
only 2.1S6 tons in 1938.
Arnold attributed German con.
trol of vital war Industry patontg
to normal business trends and said:
it is an economic 'fifth column1
and not a malicious 'fifth column,'
nnn must not be attributed to es
pionage." Legion Executive Raps
Refugee Children Plan
INDIANAPOLIS Ann- a no
Homer Chaillaux, director of
Americanism or the American Le
gion, disapproves or proposals to
provide asylum for refugee chil
dren from England In tho United
States.
"A lot of us have rallen Tor that
lommyrot the poor lit tin kiddles
nf Kurnnc." he tnlil llm mllnt,1
convention of the Military Order
oi me i-tirpie Heart Inst night.
"In the first place, we have
2.000.000 boys and girls of our own
who are juvenile delinquents for
economic und social reasons. Let's
solve that problem first.
"But that's not the most Import
.Tit reason. Just a few hundred
of these children are from good
English families. These are the
the ones who are being publicised.
The rest are refugee children of
tne loyalist group in Spain, who
were driven from that country be
cause their parents were commun
ist." H. F. English Quits as
Schools' Head at Union
LA GRANDE. Aug. 9 Henry
F. English. superintendent of
schools in Union, has resigned his
position, members of the Union
school board said Wednesdny.
Ills resignation was accepted.
Earllei this summer a hear
ing was conducted by the Bchool
board after student body lead
cm had protested English's sd
ministration. A successor has not
yet been chosen.
Mr. English was formerly super
intendent of schools at Oakland,
Ore., and previously head of ihe
EChools at Myrtle Creek.
Youngest U. S.
Mayor Only 27
I : fl t
& - 1 V-Sklsttw."w. .. Jkli
(Hawthorne, Cat., residents
eljdm the country's youngest
mayor in Glenn M. Anderson,
27, above. He was elected while
a student at the University of
California at Los Angeles.
Heavy Prunes Shipments
From Milton Area Begun
S.M.EM. Ore., Aug. 9. (AP)
Sixty-four carloads per day of IT.
S. is'o. 1 fresh prunes are being
shipped from the Mllton-WPewnto;'
district during the marketing
agreement' shipping period which
began August 6 and which will
end August 28. the state depart
ment or agriculture snld today.
About 1.000 tons have been con
tracted for canning, some to be
canned In Ihe MIllon-Freew.Uer
and Walla Walla districts, and
somo In western Oregon can-
lit ries. (
Wallace, Ex-Utilities
Head of Oregon, Dies
REND, Aug. 9. (AP) N. 0.
Wallace, 85, state public utilities
commissioner who resigned June
1, 1939, succumbed here yesterday
to a two-year illness.
Born In a Grant county, Ark., log
cabin, Wullace moved to central
Oregon In 1913. He was a '17th
district state senator and Crook
county Judge from 1917 to 1925.
Surviving are his widow and
three children.
I SAW
By Paul
PERRY, young son of Rev. nnd
Mrs, Perry Smith, 228 East Cass
street, ns he took the deep breath
necessary for a prolonged dive Into
the waters of tho North Umpqua
liver. He's a regular fish in the
water, and has Just as good a time
there as I assume a fish does.
I'm optimist enough to believe
that one of these days tho city of
Roseburg will provide a sw imming
pool for the benefit ot the innu
merable young people (and their
elders) In this community who love
to swim. Swimming Is one of tho
most healthful exercises known to
man, but If anyone Indulges In It
here he has a long way to go. He's
tired berore he gets there, and ex
hausted before he gets back.
As f returned to town yeBterday
evening I SAW a mother pheasant
which had been struck by a car,
lying in the middle of the pave-
Outnumbered Force Downs
15 Italian Planes, Report
Sixty Planes
Said Lost By
Nazis in Raid
British Also Declare Only 16
Of Own Craft Destroyed,
Dispute Berlin Claim Of
Merchant Vessels' Toll.
LONDON. Aug. 9. (AP) Qor-
mnuy pnid with loss of lit least 60
planes for yesterday s wholesale
aerial assaults on Ilrltlsh shores
and shipping, tho air ministry re
ported toduy, as nun iilr attacks
continued.
In all, the ministry snld, (10 Ger
man planes wore destroyed "and
many others damnged" a toll of
about one in seven of "some 400"
tiazl raiders It cnunted In the rulds
tho greatest attack In British his
tory. A loss of 10 British planes was
acknowledged, hut the air ministry
snld three pilots previously count
ed as mlBsIng now are reported
safe, two of them wounded.
An authoritative source suld the
German communique, reporting 12
merchant ships totalling 55,000 tons
sunk In the forays, "mutlpllod. by
three" the British losses.
Contrary to the German report,
this source said, the attacked con
voy "contained no tanker nor, In
deed, any ship approaching the ton
nage figures for single shins given
in ma .Gorman, claim," mentioned
(Continued on pagn 6)
Fires Peril U. S. Embassy
As Japs Raid Chungking
CHUNGKING, Aug. 9. (API
1-argo fires were started near the
United States embassy on the south
hank or tho Yangtze river today
when. 04 Japanese warplanes, com
ing in two wuvos, gave Chungking
Its worst bombing In several
weeks.
Authorities expressed fears thnt
casualties would prove heavy, as
many people were outside the air
raid shelters when the Japanese
planes enme.
The area around the Amerlrnn
embassy hitherto has suffered little
from air raids.
(In Shanghai Japanese pilots
were quoted ns saying that tho re
sidence of Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek had been wrecked and
burned in this raid.)
Jenkins
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News-Revlew Photo and Engrnvlnn
ment near the south city limits.
Standing about her were three for
lorn young pheasants, possibly a
fourth grown, confusedly evading
the passing cars, but always re
turning lo their dead mama's able.
They couldn't understand why
she persisted In lying there, so still
and so quiet; but they couldn't
bring themselves to go away and
leave her although tho danger ot
staying was very real, and very
terrifying.
I hope none of them got run
over.
A feminine member of an En
glish transport corps has been re
quested to turn In her uniform for
wearing It while collecting scrap,
thereby lowering the dignity of the
corps, according to a pictured ar
ticle In The Oregonlnn.
My mistake, perhnps, but I had
annnwnil li.llahmnn In uniform
would he exnected to collect scrans. '
Mayor Interned For .
Opposing Conscription
iry- niisik .fc ..iil
Camllllen Houde, above, four
time mayor of Montreal, Canada,
and 51 years old on August 13, was
arrested eight days prior to mat
date for outspoken opposition to
conscription under the emergency
war measures act. He will be In
terned presumably for the dura
tion of the war. He was taken Into
custody after aBklng the popula
tion not to comply with compulsory
national registration scheduled to
start Aug. 19. Mouae'a siaicmeni
expressed his belief that the do
minion parliament "has no man
date to vote conscription."
-t"
British Soldiers
Quitting Shanghai
Command of Defense Forces,
Including U. S. Marnes,
Falls to Japanese Officer.
T nwnnM Anir (1 (API The
war office ' announced toduy that
"British troops nt proseni buukiu
i.. ,,.,!,,. i tw1 in North China
nre being withdrawn for sorvlco
elsewhere."
These sources snld tho total nuin-
,..n,.D nrrci,)il was about
l.liOO. and that protection of Bri
tish mteresis woum u um. iu
international police force com
mander by tho municipal council
which governs ino biihub"" '""
No replacements for tho Ilrltlsh
. ..... ...I -i.na panni'l-
troops was piumieu, ,v
While tho destination of the men
was not given it. was cuuniuj.-,
unlikely they would be taken from
the far east, tsnungiuu ioi n
gested Hongkong or Singapore ns
the destination.)
. ctn.Ao ltnti nlinllt. 1
'i ne milieu .-mo."... -
050 murines In China In nddl Ion to
f ii, n Autntlc fleet n
Chlnoso wulors. Tho marines are
centered III Shangnai, win; " "
detachments In reiping mm
bin. '
SHANGHAI. Aug. 9. (AP)
...i.i r,r ni l ,h arms'
I UP Wll ll'intw,.,
forces from Shanghai will make a
Japanese nnmtrai me umuuy". n
officer of mo Biningim ; -
rorres. which Include the Inuith
r tT,,ii,i mutes marines.
Command of thoBO forces, repre
senting the chief foreign powein
teresled In the complux Shanghai
community, goes in um muni...
., rirltnlti bus consist
Iic.r'r pit-n;ii. , .
ently kept a matirgonoial I
Shanghai at tho head of her small
force to ensui-H u' - --.
Announcement by British mili
tary authorities ot tan wmui."
means 10.000 British subjects and
British Investments est muled nt
200.000.0110 iapprosiui'.i
000,000) will he leR with British
naval units ns their only Hrect
prelection In event pt nn emer-
BtA Spokesman for the Japanese
embassy said the Japanese, were
"very pleased to near "" '
tlsh decision. He recalled ti e lok-
.,'d t-onnpst. to tni'
J:'"! .. "i.,,,ri. tn withdraw
their forces from China and said he
experted the oilier row,-!"
follow Britain ninnni".-.
Widow of Ex-Senator
Dies in 14-Story Fall
tmiir vnnv Am.. 9. (AP)
Mrs. lone Page Nlcoll. B5. social
ly prominent widow or Cotirtlandt
wi,...n rnrmnr stnto senator, was
killed today in a fall from her
lClh-fioor room of New York nns-pl-.nl.
She had been left momen
tarily alone In tne room.
British Lose
Two Craft In
Staging Raid
Italians Make Counter Claim of
Victory, Pushing Land Forces
Toward Berbera, Main
Port of Somaliland.
CAIRO. Egypt. Aug. 9. (AP)'
Italians In British Somaliland
pressed an advance toward Ber
bera, capital and -principal port,
the Ilrltlsh admitted today, aa
they claimed a smashing victory
m the biggest air .battle of tho .
African war In Libya.
An ni my communique snld ths
itnlian columns of motorlzeJ
troops which seized Ifnrgeisa and
Oadwelna early this week we:o
continuing a northward march .
through the barren rocky hill ,
roads toward tho coast whlcU
they nPn to solze for an Ethljplau
outlet on the Gulf of Aden and.
tho 1 ud Inn rcenn.
Hargelsn Is about 109 miles?
from Berbera, Oadwelna about 80. '
The air battle was fought yes
terday when the British attacked
an Italian force apparently , con
voying caravans of supplies lo des
ert forces concentrating on tho
Egyptian border.
Tho middle enstern command!
horn snld 15 Italian planes woro
destroyed when tho British forco. ;
pu.'pttmhornd more . than - two -1
one. fought over Italian Libya.
The British imld the hat tin took:
place "somo distance Vest of Sldt
Omnr." Tho British lidijilttod tho
loss of two; planes. . L '
Sldl Omnr js. a ' smnfi Libyan
lown about eight miles from tho
Egyptian frontier and lies south
west of Saltnn, Egypt.
The Italians, attempting to
blnze n path for their motorized
and artillery-equipped troops who
are seeking to open a "window"
on tho Gulf of Aden and the In
dian ocean In British Somnlllnnd,
also twice raided Berbera.
Tho British said they bombed
Ifargnlsa yestorday, hitting bar
racks and bungalows In which'
troops were believed quartered.
All Egypt was on tho alert for
tho main offensive from Libya,"
which the British snld several
days ago Is about ready and may
not he delayed much beyond Au- '
gust in.
Lenvos of all officers and men
were cancelled by the police com
mandant "as a precautionary
measure against emergencies.".
The government of Egvpt, doter-'
mined to keep out or tho war If
possible, remained outwardly con
fident that tho British could han
dle the situation.
ROME, Aug. 9. (AP) Tha
Italian high command today claim
ed a victory for its air force, re
portedly outnumbered hy the Brit
ish. In a flerco nlr battle over the
Llhyon-Egyptnn frontier. They
said live British planes were shot
down lo two of the Italians, nl-
' (Continued on page (11
Receiver Appointed in
Tahkenitch Resort Suit
mfrirultleB between! Mike and
Ross Dean, owners of tho Dean
Brothers resyirt at Lake Tahke
illicit, wero aired In circuit court
loilnv. following the recent filing of
a suit for accounting nnd appoint
ment or a receiver. Falling to agrea
on matters or management, the bro
thers bnve gone to court, where
Circuit. Jmltrn Carl Wlmherly has
appointed' Win. Monr ot Rosobmg
as temporary receiver.
A bearing was hold today regard
ing the appointment of a tempor
ary receiver and various anticipat
ed problems In arriving at a settle
ment nnd a possible sale of tho pro.
perty. ,
Nazi Airdromes, Docks
Depots Bombed by Britons
LONDON. Aug. 9 f API
Docks at Hamburg, supply depots
at Hainrn. Rnest and Cologne and
several German airdromes wero
homhed In the British air force's '
nightly visitations to Germany, the
nlr ministry announced tonight.
Mine laying by airplanes is a,'
regular feature of the British air
force's night operations and "con
tinues to cause serious damage to
enemy shipping nnd dlslocutn hla
coastal shipping." the air minis
try snld In Us regular communi
que.