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V SIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1940. Naval Bases Offered to U. S. By Great Britain (Continued from pace 1) FUNNY BUSINESS flvlll bo served thereby wild Churchill. Churchill declined In speculate ftlmut what terms liriliiln, should hIiq win, would demand "(o spuro mniiklnil tho miseries of n (bird ti-nrld war." . "' a io ulill (oiling P the hilt." lie declared, "we have not yet reach ed tho moHtlV" 6omall Trooot Intact. Churchill Raid Dm defection or tVniieo had contributed greatly to Jlrlluln'H inability in . defend her African prolcctoruto of Komallland, now In Italian bunds, hut, he ox, plained, oven boforn tho start of the war no prolonged dofense there iVas contemplated. Tho IJrltlsh troops In Somulllund, ho Kald. wore, withdrawn "virtmilly intact." to fight filHowhero. ' Iln warned, however, hnt big- gor opera I Ions nro coming tho mid dle oust. Ah fur Ilrltain, ho Insisted, "in y'nslon hecoinoH much moro dirfleull Week by week." , IIIh remicst for tho American dnnlroyeiH was voiced tin an ap peal "to our friemlfl uci-okh the ocean" to send the warships wltich will "bridge the gap between the peace flotflluH of 193'i and the war .flotillas of 3941." Food ockade Holds. There were other high points of Churchill's hour-long speech: , liiituin will permit no food to reach Hitler-dominated countries. denpitfl American mpicstH, voiced by former President Hoover, be muse the nuzls are taking the food of the defeated peoples for theni ftclves. Hiltaln tins 92,000 dead, wounded I I I : : : 1 Tax Uncertainty Slows Navy Building Program (('ontlmiBii from page 1) "Yell, Joe solil Iiis advertising righls yesterday !" mid iiiIshIhk In a llllln Ii'sh than n ulr lliun we," ljui ilerlared Unit Hilt- t AatloqaUy Convinltnt Location CoffM Sliop-Bultit Tivtrn Dining an. Banquet Rooms Famously Fin Fond Modern Appolntmtnti Lwurloui Outtlda Room! Oarafti Oppoittt A Welcome Awaits You year of war, compared with 3fJ5,0H0 in the first year of the hint war, al though countries and armicH have vaniKhed in this conflict on a scale comparable only to "barbaric timet). " Britain, which ho proclaimed Hi rongor today than ever before, believes she can "cont lime the struggle Indefinitely and hh long uh (he enemy pleuHea and the longer 11 continues the more rapid will bo our apprnachiupiit to (hat stiperior Ity In (ho air upon which, In lame measure, the decision of the war depeudH." American Aid Coming. Ilrll hdi new air producitou, lie Hald. exceeds that of (tormany, al though ihitafu mill Ih vastly out numbered in the air llHelf; yet American planes just are begin nliiK to come. "Cannon, rifles, machine piuiH. cartrhlcH mid hIh-IIh" have been ferried in imuienae (piantltieH. and mifely, from America, he hh id, and "the MrlllNh army in a home moro Hum two million determined men have ilflcH ami buyone'H In their hamlK, and three quartern of them are in regular mllilaiy fortualiuu." "Our Ktocka of food of all kinds are many titnea uh great aa in the daya of peace, , . . aa in Nelson's day the maxim holds, 'nitr first line of defense Is the enemy'H ports'." Hitlers Claim Jeered. The prime minister, Jeering at 1 llllet 's proclaimed total hint Made or Kimhmd. di'clnred bluntly (hat no food would be allowed to reach any count ry which has fallen to Hitler. Ibt said he regretted that ho bad to refuse American ro (iien(H (hat food be allowed lo no to the people of France, Helium and Holland. He conceded that "tho enemy are still far more numerous In tho lsh plane production now exceeds Germany's "larRely." He said immense amounts of nm nltlons from (he I'd it eel States hud been landed in KnKland "without (he loss of a ffuu or a round" or ammunition, and he predicted that KiiKhiml. with the help of Ameri can production, eventually wojiM Kot HUperiorlty In the air. I'nlll (hut lime, he declared, Brit ain will keep on fiuhtlnK (lermanv ln Ihe air "ludefiniiely and uh long as me enemy pleases." $1.00 EXAMINATION $1.00 SPECIAL to the SICK Only One Day Tells Cause of Your Trouble Wednesday, August 21 Tells Where It fs Located Tells ( What to Do For It THIS COMPLETE EXAMINATION Aidt in diicawfitia hiddtn taunt unit locatmQ wf.ik otamt. gUnrit or tiiuici In the human body which may bt mpomUilc (or many silmrntt men av rhfumalnm, diyettivt duordtr, ntrvouintn. htiidachci, Irmali trouble), high or lw blood ptMutr. tic. This iptcul $1 examination it tiihicly ditftttnt Uom any you tvtr had. II it. therefore, not nectttary to till the doctor anything unlttt you want lo, tt you are ailing and don't know the HinnrN rajir n' troubles, then make turt to ha Hut titl. CI ig tlm ad to REMEMBER THE DATES. C DR. S. A. DAVID, CHIROPRACTOR Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Hotel Grand, Roseburg Douglas Tragedy Toll For Present Year Heavy (rnntlmiiMl from purb 1) ficitiht Inicli in ntim'hui'K. Other Tragedies .Inn. fl - (leorei. Win. KIiiksIdii. Klml hy lllll Tnvlnr duiliiu (IrlHltliiK puny nl KoIIiikk. Fob. 2 Ooniilil Mnnnn Scott, 211. Adit, drnwiipcl whon boat ninhlzptl 111 SlltCOOB I'Vb. n-('vdi, McKinlc.y Hull, nn, liiuiBlpiit. killed near ltcpdsiiort In lull from tmln. Tell. 7 ItWiaid Sliuirt Moltnn. 17. (limits I'aRs. klll.M from fall iimli'i' train at Drain. Ah'll 2ll KiHiii, m. nionliB. SO. 10. (lib Bticcl. Itnsi'linrR. Klili'ldo. .hliu 12 Krnnh (). Young. V). Sill ll-lil IKWlMlilSllT, Hl'll'ldf. Inly I- -I.HIln May Join., m. filllanl drimiii., In South (!iimni river. .Inly !) - Mm. nraco .lohn.q mid I wo sons .lliuiny. 4. and llnhnrl, 2, I'nlally liiirnl In tout near Clard Iner. Inly in Hubert Hdson Keith. HI. Sniherlln mill niioralor, fatally Injured following rinht nt Slither Iln. .Illly 20 Kohert Sillllliellifnnlnir 1 1.1. Wlnrhenter Hay, accidentally siioi near Kiiiton. AuviiHt S Albert Kdwln .loin;, son. Ill, f'ainas Valley, killed at Twelve Mile by falling tree. Funeral Set at Glendale For Auto Wreck Victims ril.KNUAl.K, Ore.. Auk 20 M,ltl,ln r, .. ,, I " ,,,,,,,, nri , iri-H w ill ne held nt 2:311 i. m. Wednesdav. for vMi'iio I'rosi ami i.eroy Ilelcher, who were killed Sunday In an nil tomnblln ncclilent on Sexton lliollll jtaln. a Rhort distance north or I Cliitnls Pass. The services will be conducted by the Hov. Paul A. Ttd ha II at thp rosbvlerlnn church. Interment will follow In the (ilendale cemetery. Arrange inentK nro ill charge of tho Kherlo Stearns mnrlnnrv. a bo SHES We Carry a Complete Stock Coors Rosebud Pottery Open Stock $7.00 Plain Sliver Band Open Stock pishes i;p. s., $495 32-Pc. Decorative Design M dishes a". $437 UIUA Made in Czechoslovakia, m a a gglftj!L. $4500 Churchill Hardware Co. IRONMONGERS MARKET REPORTS LIVESTOCK POliTI.AXn. Ore., Aug. 20. (API (II. s. lVnt. Agr.l HOC.S: A,-Iin ,..i.l ir.or... i ,i , llHlll jcailv Mnndav. slnuig with close. . eood choice 170 "If, lb. drlvelns 7.in-2r,t 22r,-w m. Sil.r.o-7r,: iil-ih lii'hts (j.2".-?r. ; packing sows Sl.r.o S.2ri: few fairly good feeders $11.50; medium ss.fio, CATTI.R: Talves. slow, steadv wllh Mondnv's close, weak to 25c lower late last week: scattering common grass steers .SO. 50-7. 2.1: iM-ass rat steers salable til.r.O ; good lliriit Kialn feds eligible to above Sill 00; few- short feil steers around in.OO; common hel'ers $',.2r-ro; best giass heirers $7.75; canuer conimoti cows $3. 25 4.50; verv ftw , ilalrv type cows $1.75. mid above; I good beef cows sabihle $5. 75-11. 25; irood sausage bulls S7 .(: light cut I terv hulls salable S5.00: good 1 cbilee vcfilers S'l. 511-10. 50; i-ommoll' ' medium 7.00 fl.no, I SIIKKP: Steailv; good-choice fi.V 17 lb. trucked in spring lambs I 7 75-S.lil; carload lots ouotnble S 25; feed lainhs salable fli.50-7.25; I few vearllngs $5.00; gooil fat ewes :1.25-50; cominon $1.50. I WHEAT ! PnKTLAN'O. Ore.. Aug. 20 i API " Onen High Low Close pt ... 70 7 70 70 VK NEKn used pickups (any make) In trade on new Chevro lets. Will make extrn high allow ances nt this tlnie. Hansen t'hev rolcl Co. (Adv.) Tenn.) said I hat ho. thought per haps "wn should ukh n lit I lu force" to mako iiiunuracturei-H furniHli needed mutorlals. Senator rtiiKHell II). (a ), expressed lilinsolf us favoring nulliorlty for tho presi dent to take over plants when le renso iiiateriHlK crjiilf not ho ob tained otherwise. The iiiliiilivl, chief of tho navy's nureaii oi ordnance, was quoted iih saying that "I thought posalbly nils coiiiniiiten would ho interest ed In knowing tho facts tluu the progress has stopped on tils pro curement of muterlals that go Into smpH. Brltlsh Order Favored "The navy had no trouble what ever," he conllniied, "until ' linsl- ness picked up mid the army, hav ing increased appropriations, be gnu to buy guns without tho opera lion of Ihe Vinsnn-Trnmmcll act lllmlllng profilK). This and the foreign nations' and other govern ment in-iioi l nieii im' biivlug w thoiit the operation of the Vlnson-Train- mell act has caused husinesR- from the navy to be una I tractive." Asked whether tho companies were diverting their capacities to other purposes, Admiral Furlong repneo : "They are being used for olhc purposes. For Instance, there's n long list of reiiuosts from the Hilt Ish purchasing commission and na turally tbev will go ahead and do the work that will not bind theip hy profit llinllations." Ills testimony led to tall: In the committee of using a "universal lax and other "force" to coinpe manufucturera to accept nuval contracts, tho record of the hear ings disclosed. Draft Compromise Sought In another sphero of defense ac tivity, Ihe house military commit tee, meanwhile, gave lis teniallve approval to tho registration for mllilaiy service of men from IS to i)4. Inclusive. The comml'loe has been work Ing on a draft hill while the sen- a'e debated unnther version report ed recently by Its military com mittee. The senaie version calls for registration of men from 21 through no. The commltlee's action did nol mean necessarily that tho hill which it will report out In ll few days will call lor IS through fit registration but that was consid ered likely on tho basis of today's action. In the senate debate. Senator Connnlly (II.. Tenn.) charged thai Senator Wheeler (I)., Mont.) "wants lo make II just as diffi cult as possible" for the United States to get an army. Connally Inter withdrew Hip statement nml apologized, but as serted he knew of "no other sena tor who Is so free in reflecting on the ninv,s of others us the senator from Montana." Senator Lodge (1!., Mass.) of fered an mupudinpiil lo restrict ihe draft to men between 21 u ml 25 inclusive. Another of Ihe day's defense di velopinenls was a demand by Itep. Thomas (I!., N. .1.) that the war department Investigate the state of Panama cnunl preparedness where, he said, some forts look moro like "summer resorts." than military centers. Retaliatory Raids Hit Nazi Transports, Bases (Continued from page 1) most of the bombs foil harmlessly in rural ureas. Offensive Widespread llesliles tho attack in Norway, British bombers also curried the war to liermnnv mid tieruiun-held France, particularly against Hou logne, French chiinncl port, which wus raided for the third time in IS hours. (A (lerinnn report said a HiHIbIi llrlstol-Hlenhclm bomber which had attempted uu early morning raid on Herlin wus shot down neur lire men.) The sinking of an unidentified f,.000-ton freighter bound to tho Amerlcns with British war rpfu gpps, somp of llipin en roiile to the United States, was disclosed In Dublin. Two torpedoes struck the ship and seven persons aboard were Kilieii, survivors said. The British summary of naval Iossps for tho week ended Aug. 12 listed only 13 Hrltlah. allied and neutral ships totaling 39,1)07 tons siigniiy more than half of tho total ujiuiMgo ot 7r,,iz4 of 19 ships ad milled Inst the preceding week. lierman assaults puled before ine hat botnhnrdmcnt of Boulogne, me mini in in nours. iintlsli bombers attacked tho port in three waves, the bursting bombs. (Jerujun seurehllghtn and fires started nground providing, brilliant aerial display visible from tlm Kngllsh southeast coust, 20-odd miles away. Observers thought at leasi one ammunition dump wus destroyed. Berlin's 4.000,000 residents spent hn hour and 40 minutes In ulr raid shelters last night during a raid of iirltlsh planes. Dlstunt explosions wore nunril. 'I no Unrmuns an nounced thnt raiders were forced buck Just west of the city and that onn or litem was shot down. In Berlin, luizls asserted thnt Onrmnn ulr raids and 1 a steady tightening of tho "starvation block ade" ngulnsl Kngland might drive the island defenders into surrender even without a land Invasion, hut the British declnred flutly: "Our shipping is still moving through tho channel." Dictators Felicltable Premier Mussolini and Tteichsfue hrer Hiller exchanged "comradely greetings" and "hearty congratu lations" .over Italy's victory In east Africa, where Itritish defense troops were forced to withdraw yesterday from the strategically Im portant protectorate of British So- mulihuid. Mussolini s high command re ported Itllliun troops today occu pied the protectorate's chief port and cuoital. Berberu the "fiihral tar of the Bed sea." Fascist authorities In Home hint ed that nttacks were contemplated on Aden, on tho Arabian coust i'osr from Berbera. to "threaten the British nutlet from tho lied sea" and thus block Britain's main water route to her far eaBt colonies. The Red sen. combined with the Suez canal, links the Mediterranean with the Indian ocean, the most di rect lino from Kngland to liidiu. Australia and other British posses sions. 'Ires sweol hint night through central Chungking where the hardest Japanese bombings yet aimed at the Chinese provisional nnilal took nn uncounted toll oi dead and left 25.000 homeless. An Amerlcnn mission church and nos- siblv oilier mission properties wore destroyed. The Hi ll Ish acknowledged offi cially for tho rirst time that long range (lernian guns were bombard ing the English southeast! coast from emplacements across the hannel. and also admitted the pos sibility that I,oiidon itself might he helled.. British 111 i 1 1 i:i iv circles, however. said any shells dropped Into lon- don would hp "woefully inaccur-ite" I :ind have "only a nuisance value.' Loudon Is about 90 miles from ;," can-he 1,1 Calais on the French oust. Will Sing Here Tonight The Clolden flute quartette, pictured above, from, the Glad Tidings Bihlo Institute of San Francisco, are to ho at the Full finspel assembly in lioseburg tonight. These young men are studying for tho ministry and will l.y hero to represent the school. They would like to contac. anyone who is Interested In Bible trulnlng. They will present vocn and Instrumental numbers along wllh a Bible message. The church is lo cated at the end of West Commercial street. Tho service will start promptly at 7:4.1. Kveryone is cordially Invited. Ickes' Blast Unworthy Of Reply. Willkie Says (Continued from page 1) a reply to the republican presiden tial nominee s acceptance speecn. the Interior secretary last night as serted : "The republican party in 1940 contains Ihe equivalent of Kng lnnd's und France's pro-nuzl Mu nich appealers of 1938 the men with the black umbrellas." lckes said that Willkie was a member of Tummnny hall and indi cated that he considered him an ad mirer of Ihe luie Samuel liisull, utilities operator. Both statements were nromntly termed "plain and simple lalselioods." hy Willkie in a statement at itiishvllle, Inn., last night. Willkie added that ho was "as tonished that tho president of the I'nited Stntes should authorize such a speech." Unworthy of Answer" Willkie wired Chairman oJseph Martin of the republican national cominlllec to "waste no money in buying radio time lo answer Ickes. It is unworthy of answer." (It had been planned too have Senator Bridges l U N. II.) make a reply.) Willkie, Ickes said, hud joined THinmany hall III 19:10. "fought" In lis ranks und "lias not resigned to this day." Ickes also claimed that Willkie had-once prnlsed Instill us n "force ful, dynamic anil attractive figure," while thousands of others "exo crine Insull us the man who ruin ed them." "Falsohoodf," Willkie Replies "The statement of Mr. Ickes that I am or ever was a member of Tam many hall," Willkie said, "and his implication that I ever approved of the nciivities of Samuel Insull, or thut I have any business connec tions of any kind today are plain and sininle falsehoods." "Big Business" Target. In his atlack on the republican party. Ickes said: "Mr. Winkle's cvurrent party contains the men who think they ran appease Hitler hy making a deal the big business men who were caught conferring in secret with a notorious nazl agent. Ur. Westrick. "Mr. Wlllkie's current party eludes Ihe men who think that big business should he allowed to capi talize a grave national crisis for its own private profit; that, some how or other, the country will mud dle through If "ly ,lln party of big business and appeasement is given an exclusive right to handle the defense program. "What lias Mr. Wlllkie's current parly -lo oiler America but mor" Munichs, more appeasement abroad and more defeatism uud reaction nt Icine?" SKATING Wed., Sat. and Sunday . at the RAINBOW RINK WINCHESTER PHONE 21 TAXI PHONE 21 Douglas Distributing Co., Distributors. Phone 14. Roseburg spoke and wnvpil his straw hut as ho hung onto n post. In ronly to his introinu'tlon as n Rush county farmer," he saiil: I am a purely conversational farmer. I've never done a Hlroke of work on a Rush county farm In my lire, and 1 hope thut I don't have to. I merely do the talking. " VVfllkle'H farms are operated by tenants, all of whom have pniilci- paled in the federal AAA prnirnim. Willkie deserilu'H the cornfields and utile and hour lots as "simple farming" rather than "show places." PARTY OF APPEASEMENT," ICKES DESCRIBES COP WASHINGTON, Aup. 20 (AP -Secretary Ickes. callinu Wendell Wlllkie's criticism of President RnosevrH's handlim of foreign uf- fairs "ill-considered and demago gic," has termed the republican party "the party of appeasement." In n radio address described as "Susie, 9 lave netfulady!" . . . lint wlt&ie 9 laae. is Important 1 Men, your dollars saved from income here earn the same liberal returns paid on lump sum investments! Money grows quickly while working in high degree safety. Come in, start a "systematic" sav ings account where there is a real incentive to save. As little as $1.00 opens your account. ft UMPQUA Savings and Loan Association 147 N. Jackson St. The lasti clotihes oi! summer- This is the season when summer's last bargains are "left blooming alone." . . Clearance sales of bathing wear and beach robes, white bags and white suits, straw hats and straw sandals. Buy them now at big reductions, and tuck them away for the winter! They'll be brand new next summer ... and you'll have more fun with the money you don't have to spend then! Watch for "the last clothes of summer" in the advertising pages of this paper . . . Sale news in pictures and paragraphs ... The best stocks of the best stores in town. Shopping here FIRST will tell you what and where and how much-will save you hours of hik ing and hunting. AND BOTH YOUR WALLET AND YOUR WARDROBE WILL BENEFIT!