V Softball Title At Stake Tonight Four Top Teams en Local Bill; I Chiefs Trim Hub'f, Dunham's ; Los to Knickerbocker!. By BVBRBTT CROlTCIf , The pf!oonl linlf winner In the fltv P.ifihnll lenKuo will bo known tnnlKht. Tim flint-plane Imnhiim'H TrnnRfnrmen will nlnv HoiKock'n Butrheri. tlnil Willi (tin Onlilnnil Oohhlera for nnronil nlnee, while the Gobble will meet the fourth More Hub's Indian. The winner or the peconi) half, ahsulil It be a team other Ihnn Boueoik'a. winner or the first half of the schedule, will meet the Dutchem In a play off for the leasiie chiimnlnnshlii. Tho Indians were dumped nut of ninntnir for the pennnnt Inst nleht when thrv were beaten 11 to 2 by the In-and-out Texaco Chiefs. In n non-leatrue frame nlnvpd as n Mehlcnp llin Knirkerbnckern from Cottairn flrnve won a riulile, B to 3, trim Dniihain's. Thn visitors col recteil only nno hit off thn com bined offerings of Plln Jjuiniiun and Hull Ellison, local pitchers, but ' the Tloseburi! heavers wero ex Cnntlonnllv wild mid iBstied II walks upon which tho CottaKe drove play ers canitullzml for five runs. ; Chiefs Go On Warpath In tho first came last night, the fillets, after scoring one run In tho second Inning and three In the third, to take a 4 to 0 lead, went on a scoring spree In t'e fifth to tally 12 runs. Tho Indians wero lucking their uminl pitcher ond summoned Wlard from third base to do the IobhIiik. Wifird gave up only nno lilt, hut Issued five pnnseR. Bvrd took over the pitching chores and was rapped for ten hits and 12 runs. Six errors contributed to the Chiefs' victory. Ulllnon yielded! three hits, gnvo four walks and hnd throe strikeouts. In the nightcap, Din 1 jiiiinnr n. starting tillcher for Dunham's al lowed only one hit, n single bv Swanson which came In tha third Inning after Klncsley bad drnwn n base on balls. Prior to that time Dunham's had scored (wide In the first Inning to hold a 2 to 0 lead. With Klngsloy and Bwannon on base. Alterbury failed l.o touch third on a forced play and all hands Worn Rtife. An error tallied two runs, lying tho score, Walks Costly Tho visitors stepped Inlo the lead In the fifth Inning when four walks forced a runner across the pinto. Klllson then relieved Imur once, and Dunham's proceeded to tie up the score In the sixth when linker singled, advanced to second on an error and scored on n doulilo by MIIIb. , Tw.o errors and three walks gave the Knickerbockers the game in the first of tho seventh when two more runs crossed tho plate. Srores: " " Texnco Chiefs OH 0120 n 111 11 .1 Hull's Indiana mm 1 IH 2 3 i Ellison and dnotlinnn; Wlard, rtuo.l ntul Nm-lon. - KnlckethockH' 002 010 25 1 4 Diinlmm's 200 001 0-H n 4 Kltigsley and Pnlloni Laurunce, fellisnn and Oooiliimn. Anderson Aces Facing Heilig Honeys Saturday ' 'lelllg's Honeys, renrinontln the llelllg thenter of Ktigene, will meet Andorson's Aces. ItoselmiK girls' softlmll team, nt 8 p. in. Sat urday on Plnliiy field. Tho Honeys are reported to bo a heavy-hitting crow and the local girls Imvo boon holding diligent fielding practice throughout the week In imllclimllon of a lough game. The local girls originally were scheduled lo play the Honeys nt Kugcne Sunday morning, hut be cunse of reported hick of Interest In that cllv, the team accented an Invitation to come to rioseluirg. In order lo bring the Eugene '.'squad to this clly, the local girls bavo incurred a considerable ex pense anil nre hoping for sufficient .sntmoii from local funs In order that gato receipts may defray 'costs. Sunday the Tloseburg team will Journey to Albany for an afternoon 'game. Channel Guns Duel as . Nail Planes Raid London f ffontlnuod from pnge H pot shin In n low-iilllliide hnnihn''' nent of warRhlps nt nonilin, Li bya. In face of Italian nressure on Oreece. Ilrltaln reaffirmed her guarantee that "In liie event of anv action . . . which clearlv threatens Hie InilepiMiilence of fireece . . . his innlrnly's govern ment would feel hound to lend to the flreek government all the strength In Its power." Brltlfth Towns Strafed The iiltark on London, the first ire-dawu air rnld on Hie cinltal. fnllowetl by onlv a few hours a spectnculiir night crosschntinel artillery shelling of the Import ant ITover coastal region. About 30 bombs were dropned during Hie night on one sonlhweit town by relays of siiiRle air craft. A Oerman bomber crashed In a field In southwest lOngliind tills morning. A enniekeoper captured the crew of four. Shnrlly before noon single plnnes raided the midlands, one dropping some medliiin n I j e d bomhs which smnRlied a collage. 'Another raider dronned throe bombs on another midlands town, but all fell on open land. SIX bombs fell on n thlrklv nopn lated district of a third midlands town. One casualty was re ported. , Early this afternoon a single bomber dived out or the clouds nnd dronned six high explosive bombs along the sea front or a outheaat town. All hit the beach. Oerman Area Raided nrltleh bombers countered with raids over western Germany, the liail high command acknowledged, I EIIMftJV rwmi i Xow oo in thorp without special effect" but "a number of civilians injured." llNii, thn offlclul Ccrmun news agency, reported that HHiIhIi long runge cannon hurled shells 20-odd miles across the channel to bom hard the vicinity of nazl-hcld t'af inun military spokesmen have London said the chief counter attack had been mode by HA I' dlve-liombers attempting to silence the (lorman butteries. The latest turn of tho lnl tin. for nrltaln was thn loiiggun vs. bom ber buttle for control of thn chan nel barrier to Invasion. The Informed Merman news coninientnry Dlnnst Aiib Deulsch land said llin sturt of shnlling Indi cated the guns nre reudv and de clared Adolf Hitler's wnr machine, through theiii, has "n weapon to control Ihe Kngllsh channel." To pound Dover, whero hoaies wero splintered nnd an iinoounted toll of lives was taken, the guns had to fire at least 25 miles. Her man nillitnry HpuokoHiiien have wild they have giant new "fllg Hennas' tnat can shell London from a limit I no miles. AMSTKODAM. Aug. 23. (API Authorities said today that first reports Indicated 111 pm-mms lind hem killed by llrltlsh bombers In Hie Netherlands early this morn ing. Ten were killed, these sources until, In rtottcrdam; six civilians killed. 20 wounded and 811 dwell ings wrecked nt a town In the oust Netherlands. Antiaircraft was declared lo have driven the riildei-s from . Amsterdam, t'uex ploded bombs were sulci to have Injured 13 In another town. LONDON, Aug. 2.1. (API The ill i' ministry niiiioiiiiced tonight HAP bombers attacked Clermau gun oniiilncenients on Iho French const between Calais and Hon- logne for several hours despite heavy unlialrrnift fire. The nlr force also altacked 22 airdromes In Coriiinn-iicenpled ter ritory, the mliilHlrv said, losing only one piling. The raids occur red last night. The food ministry nnnnunced to day an Increase in the price of su- gor mini in to n cents a pound, effective .Monday. WBLLINfiTON, N. 7.., Aug. 2l The llrlllsh slennier Tnriilcliia sent a rndlo from the Tiihiiuiii sea I uemluy night saying she wns be ing -fired on by a raider. Prime Minuter Frnser of New Zealand iinnniinceil today. tills wns llie first report of an attack on a llrlllsh ship In Aus tralian waters. All possible steps were taken immediately liy New Zealand nav al and air forces to ileal with the reported raider, the pi-lmo minist er said. Chas. W. Kirk Funeral To Be Held Saturday Funeral services for Chnrloa W. Kirk, who died Thursday morning at Marry hospital, will he held ul 10:30 a. in. Saturday nt the ltose hui'g riidertaklng company chapel. Rev. SI. II. ltonch will officiate. In terment will he In the Masonic comet erv. ODDITIES Tty Iho Associated Press Dorothy's Day LINCOLN. Neb. Clllild must luivo been concent rating on Doro- inys. mused county Judge Itobln Held as liuiirliige licenses 64.1. (144. (115 and II III were Issued In n single nay. The permits went to Doro thy (iliintx. Dorothy Hay. Dorothy Venter and Dorothy Ossenkop. False Guy llOI'STON. Tex. K. It. An drews, telephone lineman, disturb ed a yellow Jacket at the lop of a 3li-fniit pule. The Insect zoomed Into n power dive: Andrews duck ed and swung. The yellow Jacket circled nnd came buck again and again. "Next thing I knew, I wns on the ground looking up," Andrews told hospital attendants. lie had two broken ankles. MARKET REPORTS LIVESTOCK POHTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 23. fAlM (IT. s. Dept. Agr.l HOliS: Market steady: few good choice lightweight drive Inn f7.lt; out II ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, R0SEBUR6, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST BUSINESS pn' oulwil 'pm" standing kinds quotable to $7.25; light packing sows $5.00-50; other classes scarce. CATTLK: Calves steaiy on cows und hulls, other classes practically lacking; grass-fat steers salable around $8.25-9.25; or nliovn? grain fed steers salable above $10.00; mockers around 10.50-8.00; common-medium heifers salable $5.25 7.75; few canner-couuuon dairy Ivpe cowh $.1,50-4.50; henvv Hoi stein cows upward to $5.25; odd henil good beef bulls $7.10; vealers top $10.00; heavy calves $8.00. SIIKEP:! Practically nothing of fered; mnrknt auntiibln steady; good-cbolco trucked In soring lambs Riilable around $7.75-8.00: 4 loads Mt. Adiims, Wash., lambs Thursduv $8.25: feeders salable mound $7.00 with fleshy kinds to $7 50: good slaughter ewes quot able $3.00-50. WOOL IIOSTON. A lie. 2.1. (API The Commercial Rullnthi will say to-inoi-t-ow: "The wool trnili cntno ptnarllv un on Its Iocr Tluirsdnv, with tho nniioiincenieiit from Philadelphia Hnt the nrmv would open bids on t.,i.i,,. ,. addition"! 7 8HI, iiiiii vards of iirmv overcoat ings, sui'woq and flannels. Prices Imnicdixtelv wore advanced In mnnv slions nnd sales wore effecl ed at 2 lo fi cents, clean basis, above Inst week hut chieflv on wools Hint might he termed spe clnlllies. The market, however. Is renernllv sironizer and honeful that civilian bu.incss mny now im prove. "Western nnnratlonn have been few and far belu'oon this week wllh prices hardly changed ns compared with a week ago. Grow ers nwuro of the government or ders, however, are very firm in lielr asking prices. "Foreign offerings hnvo been drvlng un latterly wllh nrlces on sntue descriptions somewhat f'nn. The trade is awaiting develop ments on the Australian storage idaii for 250 million pounds and Ihe suggested trade agreement with Argentina. 'Mohair Is slow hero. Kfforls lo buv the first shearings of the new fall clip nt 45 and 55 cents have not been productive of much business." WHEAT POHTLAND. Aug. 23. (AP) Sepl 70 .70 .70 .70 Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS 30 15 15 60 Ind'ls Hit's Ufa Sfkn TO COMIC Prev. duy ... Month ago .. 00.0 1 5.8 57.0 15.2 35.5 42.7 :lC.tl 41.4 37.5 40.3 Year ago .... 11)10 high ... 40.6 52.2 1114(1 low Compiled by August 23: 62.3 13.0 30.9 37.0 BONDS The Associated Press. 20 10 10 10 Kit's Ind'ls IM's Fgn. TO COMIC N. Prev. day .... 5R.6 103.4 56.1 102.8 54.5 98.6 50.9 103.6 4S.3 98.9 90.7 96.4 95.8 97.5 9113 43.1 37.5 55.5 53.5 35.1 Month ago .. Year ago .... into high .... 11110 low Pioneer Drug Store will be OPEN This Sunday Hours 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. t" National Guard Bill f Sent to White House (Continued from page 1) It. If a hill should not be enacted In the next couple of weeks, ho added, there was going to be real delay In tho defense program. If the United States in invaded It wunta lo win, the chief execu tive said. Pending in the senate lis the president sp.oke was un amendment proposed to tho Ilurke-Wnilsworlli conscription hill by Senator Ma lonoy (I) Conn.) which would deluy actual selection .of men for active military service until January 1, while a further trlul was given the volunteer system. The president volunteered that there was no news on negotiations for British naval and air baaes, or tho much-discussed question of transferring over-age destroyers to Ilrltaln. Glajs Favora Draft Shortly before Mr. IlooRevolt ex pressed himself as emphatically op posed to delayed uclioii. Senator Class (D-Va.) hnd Joined tho ranks .of conscription advocates opposing the Maloney amendment. "I think wo have postponed get ting ready for years," Class told re porters, "and I am not In favor of postponing action ror another duy." Hut resuming senate debate on conscription. Senator Wiley (H Wis.) contended voluntary service should be given a trial before com pulsory training Is ordered. "The Kenute cannot afford to has ten action on this hill. Kvery an gle Is L-io Important. If we debate this for three more weess, u win nit, in my opinion, deluy prepared ness. . . . "America will not lie Invaded anil America will he prepared." Wiley said tho senate probably "will pass this bill,'' but added: that does not mean wero going to get into war.1 Proponents See Victory Conscription advocates quickly contended President lioosevelt's statement to the press would tip tho scales UKiiinst the Moloney ii m !-n l mi en . Senator llurko ID-:' I Noli.), co-author of the pending: measure, said he Ih.'iiighl the presl-r dent's views would result in pus sago of the Huike-Wndsworth hill without vitiating uiuendments"(lnv after 48 hours of quiet such as the Maloney proposal Senator Nye (H-N. D.). who has opposed the principle .of peace-time conscription, coninicnled: "I expect that If Captain Roose velt Is determined lo make a foot hull game of this emergency, he will be able t.o rally enough of his squad to prevent postponement of conscription. It will be rather easy ; for men to assume that as long ns !the principle of the peucetlmo draft Is to be adopted, it might as well he sooner us later." Most observers agreed a senate vote on (be Maloney amendment was unlikely before next week. Bigger Army Planned The president said the govern ment had been concentralitig on letting orders for new equipment, and much .of It wor to ho delivered this fall and next spring. The equipment without man pow er Is of no use. ho declared. The present strength of the nrmy nnd national guard, the president continued, was around 400.oi)() men. nnd the aim wns In raise this to 1.- j 200,000 n year from (his fall. suy that from present army maneu vers it had ben shown the country hns too ninny men who are soft. There wns plenty or willingness to work on the part .of the men, he said, hut many showed they could not stand tho strain. For exnuiple, Mr. Roosevelt Raid n 15-mile march was a terrible phy sical strain for some, yet on the .other side of the ocean some arm ies could march 30 miles a day.'lu warfare, he commented, that means un awful Int. . More Power Voted Legislation authorizing Presi dent KooRcvelt to "requisition and take over" military equipment and munitions sold hut not sent to foreign countries was passed by the house .on n voice vote yesterday ami sent to the senate. Sponsored by the war depart ment, the bill would authorize the president. In the Interest of nation al defense, to confiscate especially largo quantities of machine gun tools which hail been sold but which were dented export recently uuder n presidential proclamation. The legislation would require tne present owners of these materials to lie paid a price which the presi dent might determine. If the figure was not satisfactory, Cwmmbirt locttkm CtttM Shoi-liiffit Tmn Olntng nd Banquet Rowm Faimttf Floe Food Medm Aapolntmmti Imuriout Ouliktt tattn 8ifi Oooojltt A Wecome Awailt Yov iii:iiiii,'.iiKi'unrrn7i ins Jliving! Ihe owner would receive half of It and he could sue the government for any additional nam. Sprag ue to Follow F. R. In Thanksgiving Date SALEM, Aug. 23. (API If President Roosevelt designates November 21 as Thanksgiving duy, Oregon will follow suit, Cover nor Chnrles A. Spragun mild to day. The president said last year, when ho asked governors to set the day a week earlier, that he would make a similar request In 11140. This year's Thanksgiving ordinarily would lie November 28. Last year about half the gover nors obeyed the president's re quest. Governor Sprague said a year ago there would bo two Thnnks givlng days in November, 1940. The first, he said, would be an election duy when the country would he thankful for tho election of a republican president, and the second would ho the turkey day. In Oregon there would be legal holidays In three successive weeks. They will ho election day on November 6, Armistice day on November 11, nnd Thanksgiving day on November 21. Japanese Withdrawing Troops From North China SHANGHAI, Aug. 23. (AP) Reports of renewed Chinese mili tary activity in north China coin cided today with unconflrmuble but detailed Chlneso accounts of extensive withdrawal of Japanese troops from north China during; the f past month. These reports placed the number of Japanese troops Involved at 100.000. Some of these troops were said (o have been replaced by Manchoukiio soldiers under Japa- neso on leers, CIirNCKINC. Aug. 23. (AP) Japanese waiplancs resinned their heavy bombing of this capital of the Chinese central government to- . The government considered the compulsory removal of all civilians except high nfflclnls and those di rectly serving war needs. Foreclosed Hotel at Sutherlin Gets New Roof The county court uniiounced to day that approximately $8110 Is be ing expended in construction of a new roof on the Siitheiilii hotel building. The hotel property at Sutherlin recently was acquired by the ennntv on tax foreclosure and Is being held for pale. The proper ly, nnrt of which Is occupied bv businesses, has a value of approxi mately $10,000. "Solid South" to Be One Willkie Drive Objective (Continued from page 1) ence about general plans for his first long stumping trip beginning nt Coffeyville, Kans., Sent. 16 and ending In Detroit Sept. 30. Willkie pointed t.o a map over which he and Martin had been por ing, nnd explained that the tour would Include seven principal speeches and about 25 informal lalks. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port land, Seattle, Detroit and an Iowa community will be the sites for the formal addresses. The Detroit speech will be to Ihe nalloual fed eration of republican women's clubs. Tho campaign swing Is expected BOTTLED IN BONI mil 01 aOVIHNUIHT flurlNVIII" Pa i, n l.. 9 ft Whiskey J Ii Cf uriiDv muTii i.lMO CO. nl i 23, 1940. to cover well over 4.000 miles. In October. Winkle probably will campaign through the eaat. He said that the western tour would make It Impossible for him to visit the national convention of the 'American Legion at Iloston Sept. 24 and the New York repub lican convention the next day. Relief Seesaw Eyed. Wlllkle, proposed today that At torney General Robert Jackson "In vestigate to see whether there has been any violation of the Hatch act" In connection wllh Increases In relief rolls. " "It Is an Interesting nnd strik ing coincident."1 Wlllkln told re porters, "that In non-olectlon yenrs relief rolls declined and in election years they Increased." The republican presidential nomi nee said that he might write Jack son about the situation, but that first he was "calling the attention of the country to what goes on In the relief situation." Wlllkle said WPA figures show ed these Increases In election yenrs: 1934, 11.6 per cent from Juno through October; 1936, 14.4 per cent; 1938, 19.2 per cent; 1940, 90.000 persona In July over J'uno. In non-election years since 1932, ho said, thn rolls showed decreases. Willkie Popular Choice. Cake Tells Rally Here (Continued from page 1)' HnrrlR Ellsworth, editor of the RoRehurg News-Review, presented the thought that the coming politi cal campaign is not a campaign In tho true sense .of thnt word but ra ther a crusade of the adherents or democracy against mercenary pro fessional politicians. Atlorney Guy Cordon Introduced Mr. Cake, who prefaced bis talk with bv urging a large delegation from Douglas county to tho Mo Nary nniiricallnn ceremonies at Salem, Aug. 27. He outlined tho plans ror that ceremony nnd slated arrangements had been made to provide accomodations tor more than 50.000 persons, all or whom would ho nbln to see and hear the activities. He paid high tribute to Senator McNary and deelured, ihnt "In years to oomo wo will look back and see that Mr. McNary was one of the grenlest men who ever sat In the United States Ben ate." Special Train Planned In connection with the local plans lor representation nt the ceremony. S. W. Van Voorst, chair man or the committee on transpor tation, announced that a special train will he operated trom Rose burg with a round trip rare .or $3 in Ihe event 15u persons are signed to make the trip. The train will leave at 11 a. in. nnd return at 10:30 p. ni. In tho event there nre not suri'icient numbers signed to charter a train, the trip will he made by bus. Mr. Coke closed his talk, a por tion of which wns hrondcast over the facilities nf station KRNR. with an Interesting description of the republican nominating conven tion, presenting some of the inner workings of that body. Ho particu larly commended the convention or flcers nnd delegates for their sin cerity and lauded the party's presi dential ticket. Nine Men Die in Crash Of U. S. Army Bomber (Continued from page 1) when the investigating party reached the crash scene, which Is six miles cast and four miles south of Watkins, Colo., a small town 37 miles east of Denver. 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Ifvla u-na ttonlenced .ItinB 7. 1939, and began serving his 25-year term 10 days later. Cretzer was received at the prison February 15 of this year. Federal autnorities sniu mo pu aihiiitv nt Riiiiitloniil charges against the men, ns a result or Chltty h dentn. would uepenii upon the autopsy findings. Chltty wnfl a native of Oklabo- You ve Seen Them All! BUY CO-OP and own the profits. Wiring, Pumps, Plumbing, Washing Machines, Re frigerators, Lamps, Appliances. "SEE US FIRST WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. ROSEBURG, OREGON VACATION BEAUTIFUL NATURELAND (Just South of Bandon on the Beach) . Beautiful grounds, artistically designed. Private drive to beach. Clamming, fishing and surf bathing. REASONABLE RATES FOR DAY OR WEEK NATURELAND COTTAGES BANDON, OREGON SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST HYDE PARK COOKIES lit Mb. box. ma. Prior to his appointment at r, o ...n..aliul In 11134 rnlllu publisher or the Weekly Indepen. dent at Shelton. 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