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Newspaper Page TextIn the Past Ten Years All But Two Kidnapmgs Out of a Total of 1 87 Attempts Have Been Solved by the G-Men, Aided by Other Law Enforcement Officers? SPAIN?? ! What will be the path Spain taU lows? Will that country gi villi the axis power or not? Follow de velopments o( this and other Inter national news as well as national, state and local itows 111 the NEWS" REVIEW dnlly. THE WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau Clour 1 on lt?!i !. Sunday, partly cloudy and cooler. mm COUNTY DALY VOL. XLV NO. 142 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1, 1 940. VOL. XXIXNO. 40 OF THE EVENING NEWS rn fUl N N N UliU -t7 .twsssa- ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tfiJi im i iiiiii ii imiii fHETDOUGLAS: M SIlfliiE IF 11 Day f .-News' lly Fit AN K JENKINS IT may be because of sympathy, which results in DESIRE. TO BELIEVE, but of all tin- censored war reporlH this writer putH the most confidence in the Hritish. The Italian reports are utterly unreliable, except in broad out line over it period of time. Tlit Cerman are, no heller unless one is careful to pick only the official communiques from the high com mand, and then reads between the lines. "piIE purpose of t ho Italians and the (ic minus, of course, is to impress their own people, wlio are kept, utterly In the dark except for what they are permitted to hear from their own (.overnment (one man.) The theory, apparently. Is lo kid I hem along and keep them reeling Rood. The Ilrillsh seem to have real ized that it is better for them to lell the people the stark truth .bout what has happened and is happening. Instead of risking dis illusionment by painting too rosy n picture. ALL governments, even the. dic tatorships, are A Kit A ID OP THE PEOPLE, (lovomments have been afraid of tlio people ever since- the French revolution. Being afraid of the people, gov ernments try to keep them happy by telling them only what Is pleas ant for them lo hear. In doing Ibat. they run a great risk, (lovernmenls pose, as ALL WISE. When the confidence of the people in that pose Is shaken, trouble follows. Trouble always follows disillu sionment. It was disillusionment as to loyalty that brought on the French revolution. IN tbese days of reckless spend- ing. this is worth remember ing: The real seed of the French re volution (which was a turning point in the history of govern inont) was sown by Louis XIV. v, Louis the Magnificent, the Louis who said cynically: "L'etat. e'est mol." ("The state T HAT'S JIK!") Louis XIV beyond all doubt look ed upon himself as I he indispens able man. The fourteenth Louis was the world's greatest spender up to his time and while lie was living ami spending his magnificence (includ ing the palace of Versailles) was admired even by the people who knew they would some day have to pay for it. THE world loves a spender. It is the PAYING that hurts. The paying for Louis XIV's spend ing began lo come due in earnest in the reign of taiils XVI. ami the disillusioned people of France cut off the sixteenth Ionis' bead. (Continued on page 4) Flashes Ilv the Associated Press Proof by Verse CHARLOTTE. N. C Israel Pet erson, charged with drunken driv ing, contended he had been to church. The prosecutor asked what the preacher talked about. "He took his text from the first chnpter of Nahum. third verse." re plied Peterson. And he gave it in full. The jury acquitted him. South of Border LONG BEACH. X. Y. Jack Kfftrns. 20-year-old necro. walked Into the local post office nnd an nounced that he wanted to register a? an alien. "In what country were you born?" usktfd Postmaster Fannie Ft. J FELT FOR SAFETY OF Police Are Withdrawn; Family Acts Parents of Marc De Tristan, Snatched Yesterday, Will Endeavor to Contact Kidnapper. HILLSBOROUGH. Calif.. Rent. ?1.(AP) Delivery of S100.000 ransom to the kidnan fr of three vear old Marc tie Tristan, Jr., today awaited only a contact between the abductor and Count Marc de Tristan, Hillf borough socialite Ai. the remiest of ihn count mid countess, pollro withdrew from tin ruse vfiiinlny. five noma alter lit ill' Marc was snatched from his nurse. Tin Km and local and counlv nf filers withdrew from the do Tris tan escito at tlm pica of the- iai onls who insisted Hint the life and safety of I he curly-haired young ster was all that mattered and thai they tnust-enmnly with Ihe kid napers' instruct inns to avoid "po lice interference" in the case. The Sinn.ouo was ready, it ap nea red. should the abductor take the next step in negotiations. Sheriff James .1. MeCIrath said today "we are absolutely abiding hy our promise to the family and we have withdrawn completely from the case." Friends said the young countess had steeled herself and was bear ing up ri'markablv well under the trafic strain. - After the first shock, they said, she had not wept. Neighbors and other residents of the exclusive community anticipat ed the desire of the family nnd there were no visitors todav. The only police in the neighborhood were at a distance Irom the estate, stationed at road entrances to keep stranger anil sightseers ol I the grounds. In a Hurt-word, typewritten note ilropued where the boy was seized iust before noon yesterday, the de Tristans were directed to get in touch with the kidnancr through an advertisement inserted in a San Francisco paper. This was done, and the ad appeared in the paper's (Continued on page 6) Advisory Group Will Be Named WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP) A civilian advisory committee designed to represent the views of non-milltary interests in organizing and administering the draft is ex pected to be named soon by Presi dent Roosevelt. Probably consisting of six mem bers, it will include, informed offi cials said today, four experts on va rious phases of conscription who al ready are working with the army and navv selective service commit tee on the gigantic task of drawing thousands of men from civilian life into the army. These four are Frederick Os borne, an expert on statistics, chair man of the group; l,nl. William Ih-aper. an army reserve officer and former member of the New York in vest merit house of billon. Head & Co.: Joseph IV Harris, professor of political science at the 1 Diversity oT California, nnd an expert on elections; and Dr. Floyd W. Reeves, lireclor of the American youth com mission. From Life Schwartz. "Alabama," said Kearns. That's That! KANSAS CITY "Say." exclaim ed Jimmy Henderson. 4. 'Miit you hear what Caroline did to I ho base mont steps?" Caroline Mltlelt. 21. had crashed down the concrete steps on nor tri cycle, .-evcrely irasliine her chin. "No. what. .Timtnv?" "She ruins 'em, t hat. what!" Signs Language KANSAS TtTV Possibly the fnrt most nf the switching is done at noon accounts for this sign In the central industrial district: No parking on railroad tracks especially between 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. New Speaker .9 . - Pictured as his colleagues in the house of representatives so often saw him, working In shirt sleeves, is Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas, majority leader elected speaker of the house to succeed the late William B. Bankhead. Fifty-eight years old, the new speaker is serving his 28th con secutive year in the house. City Officers To Be Chosen Nov. 5 Present Administration to Seek Re-Election; 5 New Candidates File. Voters of the city or TtosoburK will elect a complete ticket of city officials at. the nnernl election to he held November fi and all present officer, with but one exception, will be candidates, pliiH five aspirants for Heats on the city council, A. ,1. (leddes, city recorder, announced today. The time for filing nominating petitions expired last nlnht. .Mayor A. .7. Yoiiiik. Itecorder C.eddes and Treasurer T. J. lirown have filed for reelection nnd no petitions have been filed to contest any of these offices. With two councilmen to lie elect ed from each of the four wards, pe titions have placed three candi dates up for election in three wards. Councilman t'orey Croft, nnd C, V. Wharton seek re-election in Ward No. 1. with Leroy K. Sullivan filing also as a candidate. In Ward No. 2, Councilman C. E. Manning failed to file his petition, but Councilman Ira It. Riddle is seeking re-election. Kred 1 iargis and John It. Kelly also are candi dates. In Ward No. 3. Councilmen C. P. Snoddy ami (i. M. Krell are nomi nated for re-election and Or. H. B. Scofield has filed as the third can didate. Mr. Krell recently was ap pointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of (). C. John. Ward No. 1 is the only ward in whirh there are but two candidates. V. K. Harris, president of the coun cil, is up for re election. O. J. Feld kamp is a candidate for the second spot. The ward has been represent ed by only one member on the city council since the recent rescnnltoti tit K. It. Melzger. no appoint, m nl h iviiu been m;:de to till Uk; va cancy. Murder and Suicide End Lives of Two rn:ni,o. coio.. sept. 21. cad Mrs. Sarah l. (iobattt, an attrac tive Pueblo matron, and Hobart. C. huvis, 4:!, Pueblo manager for the Western I'nion Telegraph com pany, were found shot to death last night in Pueblo's city park. A .XS calibre revolver was clutch ed In Davis' right hand and K. A. Morse, district attorney's Investi gator, said the preliminary investi gation indicated Davis shot himself after killing Mrs. fiobatti. Medford Man Shoots Deer From Back Porch MFnmna sept. 21. fAP Rpn K. Harder, retired banker, doesn't sep the point to scrambling through hill and dale in quest of the wiley deer. He shot a five-point buck Friday from the back porch of his home on the old stage road. I McNarySays Farmers Not YetHelped New Deal Policies Have Failed, Oregon Senator Declares In Campaign Speech In Farm Belt. ACROHA. 111., Sept. 21. (API Senator CharleB U McNary, In bin iii st. major campaign addresR. charged today that tho new deal found "agriculture ill of a function al disorder" and "made the dis order chronic." The Oregon senator and republi can nominee for vice-president spoke to a parly rally in exposition park on the outskirts of Aurora nnd to a national radio audience. Announcing ho was speaking as a farmer who worked since child hood on the land his grandfather homcstended almost a century ngo. McNarv declared that tho farmer had been frozen into a dependence on the government, and added: "The new deal, it is true, has kept the rami population off the breadlines. That is not my idea of success. In the seven new deal years, average farm income per farm has been only $1,124 includ ing benefit payments; in tho seven preceding years, it was SI .4:12- "In its futile attempt to Increase prices hy withholding crops from the market, tho new deal now has on hand in government ownership and control 10 million hales of cot ton, 500 million bushels of corn and loo niillion hUHhcIn of wheat. - do not rega rd that as successful, es peclally as farm commodity prices on August 1, HMO, were in npproxi uiatelv the samo range as on Au gust 1. l!i:i:i. Farm Problem Not Solved "Actually, tho basic farm pro blem is no nearer solution today than it was on March 4, The new deal has reached none of its fundamental objectives. Its farm program is a thing of shreds and patches; settling nothing; merely j putting off the day of reckoning." McNary said the new cleat was satisfied with its farm program and saw the aggregate improvement it. had accomplished for the farmer a maximum aim. He said he saw it as a "minimum" and continued; "I accept that program only as a stopgap substitute for something better until something better can (Continued on papre 6) Hunter Who Shot Woodcutter Held Harold LcFcver, of Glendale, was taken into custody last night and held on a charge of hunting In a game reservn while the con dition of Win. Flfiebl, (M-yearfOld McCulley creek woodcutter, alleg edly shot Thursday night by T-o-Kever, is watched by authorities. Fltield, shot through the forearm with a soft-nosed shell, van report ed today to be In a critical con dition as the result of shock and loss of blood, It v;as first believ ed officers said, that, tho Injury was not serious, but the complica tions brought alKtiit 'iy shock have resulted in a critical turn, it was stated. Le Fever, according to Sergeant Paul Morgan of the stale police, has signed a statement admit I ing the shooting, slating that he had seen two deer and was following I hem when he saw Fifbdd moving through tho brush nnd mistook him for one of the deer he had been following. Fifield, il was re ported, was wearing a gray sweat er. The elderly man was engag ed in woodcutting at the time of the accident. Army Driver Draws Prison Term for Sutherlin Wreck William Perekely, the colored driver of an army truck, who was cnurtmartialled by an army hoard following an automobile accident near Sutherlin causing the death of Hilly Wi teller, Sutherlin youth, n few weeks ago, was dishonorably discharged from the V. S. army and was sentenced to IS months' imprisonment. District Attorney J. V. reported he was Informed today by armv officials. Berekely was released hy the civil authori ties here to the army officers fol lowing the accident in which the transport truck collided at the sharp turn south of Sutherlin with a logging truck on which Witcher was riding. KIDNAPPED CALIFORNIA BOY Officers For State Nurses Units Named Elections Held by Three of Four Groups Meeting Here in . State Convention; Banquet L Tonight is Final Event. Miss l.etha Humphrey of Port land was elected president of the Oregon State Nurse association as the four-day convention of that or ganization nea red a close hero to day. Miss Helen Pruyne of Ku geno was named first vice-president; Miss Selma Hllnier. of Salem, second vlce-presidctll ; Mrs. Aura Johnson N e e I y. Portland, secretary; Miss Fmma Mutlen, La (iraude. and Misn Grace Phelps, Portland, directors. In Ihe Slate Private Duty section. Mrs. Florence Allen of Ilend was named chairman; Miss Mary Hunt ington, Astoria, first vice-chairman; Miss Alice Harry, Corvallls, second vice-chairman, and Miss Marcella Williams, Portland secre tary. The oiricers elected by the Ore gon State League of Nursing Filu catlon were Miss Mabel Alexander, Portland, president: Miss Linda Kickman. Portland, treasurer; Kno la Miller, Portland, director. The holdover officers of thai group are Mies F.sther Scott. Oregon City, vice-president; Miss Maisie Wetzel. Portland, secretary; Miss Helen MacKrill, Portland, director. Officers Chosen iOffit-Pia of the Oregon Stato Or (Continued on page C) Willkie Says Will Not Pull Punches Nominee Campaigning Through California Will Reach Oregon Tomorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21. (AP) Wendell Willkio told a San Francisco crowd today that If he were- elected- president, no citizen would be taken off the relief rolls until he had a job, "The difference between the new deal view and mine," said tho republican nominee, "is IhaL they want to keep the people perinan- joiitly on relief. I want to put mem to woik hi hoimi mi kith hi American industry." "If you watch the relief rolls." he told a crowd in Jefferson suuare. as he toured the city, "you will see (hat they have always gone up in election years. I see Ihe process already commencing. "I see this powerful government bringing pressure on those below as to how they should vote," He observed that President Roosevelt quoted yesterday from Thomas Jefferson, but, Willkie marked. Jefferson opposed a third term. Willkie told a crowd at city hall that he first came to San Fran cisco thirty years ago in a. box car. as a youth from the San Joaquin valley harvest fields. "There was no speech by the mayor then," he said, "in fact I wasn't very enthusiastic about, see ing any officials." T h e republican presidential nominee, a white carnation in his buttonhole, arrived last night alt er receiving cheers and some heck ling In talks through the Sacra mento and San Joaquin valleys. It was in the hitler's sunny fields that he worked at the age of IK. Wlllkle's final speech Friday, before a tralnside audience at Sac ramento, brought a declaration that friends had been saying. "Wendell, you should pull your punches." "I don't know how to fight that way." Willkie added. "If this ad ministration thinks it can get away with the record of the road to bankruptcy, with the road of unemployment, with the centrali zation of power in Was Ii ing ton that it has attempted to accom plish and not have me tell the American peopb about it, it Is mistaken. "And if any of the timid pussy footers who am afraid to strike want to pursue that policy, I don't want them to talk to me. "A spade is a spade in Sacra mento and also a spade in Wash ington. I say it to you with nil calmness and with all deliberation that in my solemn Judgment, if this administration Is not removed from power, then the country is on the road to bankruptcy, and that road leads t" tho loss of liberty," Canyonville Si-, Beryl Loffer of Canyonville yesterday became the first feminine member of the Umpqua Flying club to make a solo flight following exclusively club training. One othei feminine member, Mrs. Ernest Sink, wife of the club Instructor; has soloed, but had received Instruc tion prior to coming to Roseburg. Miss Loffer, who operates a beauty parlor at Canyonville, has been a member of the Umpqua Flying club for two and one-half months and has had only 8 hours and 15 minutes of Instruction. "Were you afraid?" she was asked as she returned from her first trip alone into the air. "No, I wasn't afraid," she replied, "but It seemed like the motor made a lot more noise." Flight School To Start Here Soon Federally Sponsored Course to Be Made Available to Group of Fifty Students. UPKlslnitlonH now urn bcliiR no iM'iilcil for lln fpilnrally-Bponsored ground and NIkIiI training com'Rp to Im stalled In HosoIiiiib within the next SO to so ilayn, Krtienl "Hod" Sink. Instructor, announced today. Mr. Sink hna been granted a con tract to train NIovh under tho CAA training program. Classes will slarl as soon as a ground Rcliool instructor can be chosen and quali fied. In order to Blurt (he course, Mr. Sink stales, II will be necessary to enroll 50 students. Approximately :i.r prospective studentH alreudy have registered. Age limits are from IS to 2fi years inclusive. I-'lve girls can lie ac cepted, as 10 per cent feminine students will lie accepted in holli the ground anil flight training courses. Work first will start In ground Instruction, Mr. Sink reports. I'Voin among the students show ing the greatest, aptitude nnd best grades in the ground courso, lfi will Im chosen for flight instruction. II Is planned to conduct three classes each year, Willi the course, extending over a period of four lllllllt lis. Kach student must procure n physical examination which costs $H. There are no other costs to those ncccptcfl lor training. It. Is iludestood, Mr. Sing stales, that the Sli examination fee will he repaid to those accepted for flight train ing. All persons Interested In joining the first or future? classes are Invit ed hy Mr. Sink to contact him at. the Itnsehmg airport for any desir ed Information.' High Army Officers in Plane Reported Overdue FAYKTTEVIM.E. N. C Sept. 21. (AI1) An airplane In which Iti-lgadler (leneral Francis W. Iloneycutt, commander of Fort Ilragg near here, wns a passenger has been missing since 7:S I p. ni.. last night when It. was reported over Savannah. f!a., en roule to Jacksonville, Kla. Log Raft Fire at Sea Quenched; Loss Heavy RAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20 TAP) The fire which partially wretked a huge log raft being tow ed nt sea ) miles south of Mon terey was extinguished last night j.fter ahout half of the logs had burned or been set ndnft. Girl Flies Solo NnwH-tli'V'li'W rhuto iiml KitKnivinif National Guard , Members Honored Banquet and Reception Are Given as Official Tribute To City's Military Unit. Members of tho Itoseliiii'K na tional guard company tiiadn final prcparallmiH today for entraining early Monday morning for a year's training service, following a break In Iho week'B scliedule. Tho rou tine was interrupted last night as tho nienibei'H wero entertained nt a banquet and reception arranged In their honor by the city of Itoseburg. A banquet was presented lit, the First Chrlsllnn church at fl:M p. in., Willi the cninpllmenls of the Hoseliurg city council. Victor J. Mlcelll presided as toasliuaster. Mayor A. J. Young, absent from the city, was represented by Cily Attor ney II. I,. Kildy. who niiido an offi cial expression of appreciation to tho guardsmen. Other speakers were James i oung, new comman der of rmpqiia post of tho Ameri can Legion, representing veterans organization; County Judge Morris llowker, Tom Parkinson, president of the chamber of commerce; Har ris Kiixworlli, ml f tor of tho Nows Kevlew; Councilman Percy Croft and Captain It. L. Irving. Tho rtosiv liurg high school pep orchestra fur nished music. The banquet wns followed by a public, reception at the armory, where a largo audience enjoyed a most delightful program prepared and presented under tin; sponsor- snip ol (tie llusiness nnd Profes sional Women's club. Tho diversi fied program proved highly enter taining. The festivities concluded Willi n dance sponsored by the local chap ter ol the reserve olllcei-H associa lion. Body of Man Sought in Slaying Found in Tank PITTSFIMl.l), Mass.. Sept. 21. (AP) The body or Sylvester 1M lear. 51. sought since yesterday In connection with the slaying of Miss Madeline Clark. -1 1-year-old I.enox choir singer, was found today in .'he same reservoir where her body was recovered. John (iilmati. Turner Falls diver, made the discovery In .15 feet of water after n half-hour's search. Miss Clark's body was found floating In the reservoir yesterday Just a month prior to her sched uled marriage to anolher man. Two Japanese Held for Having Camera at Canal riAI.nOA. Canal Zone. Sept. 21. (AP) The captain and a stew ard of the Japanese motorshlp Ar gentina Main were fined n total of PI2.1 late yesterday for having a camera aboard while tho vessel weal through Ihe Panama, caiial, Bad Weather Helpful: RAF Hits Barges Italians Report Mass Air Raid On British in Egypt; Fires on Coast Indicatt Success of Attacks. LONDON, Sept. 21. (AP) Official sources disclosed to-) night that royal air force bomb, ers In three great waves had dumped tons of bombs on Gar. man "invasion fleets" of ships and barges, lying In clusters 50 strong in the French harbor of Dunkerque, and had left a rib bon of fire in other ports all along the German-held channel coast. lly tho Associated Press Nazi air raiders, opening their third week nf mass nttacks on tlm llrltlsh capital, swarmed across tho Kngllsh channel in mist nnd rain today, hut reports from Britain In dicated they met Willi little sue cpsh. London had mm brief alarm as a formation of Ocrnian planes Bwept over tho city. Aiitl-nlrcmft gunn tired. Along tho Kentish const, re ports said, Ilrltiali ground guna turned tho raiders back. Tho Italians reported a destruo live mass nlr raid on Matruli, r.gypt, whom Ilrltiali were bring ing up supplies for ft further east ward advance towards Alexandrlu. Britons credited stormy weather anil a stout defense, today with tak ing tho edge off tho I4tb consecu tivo diisk-lo-dnwp German bomb at tack on Kngland, hut looked for a, quirk renowul of fiercer nlr war with the fast clearing skies. But even the clouda nnd storm failed to halt Uin rnidcrs of either side. Nazi bombs thundered dowrt. nt Intervals during the night oi( cen tral and southern London. Tighten ing British censorship held up men tion or the exact tlmo nnd length of the nttacks. Tho British said, liotrnyor, that casualties appeared fewer than on. previous nights, nnd watchers along1 England's southeast const took grim satisfaction In tho red glow of fires their own filers started In (ierman-helil ports on tho French side of tho chnnnel. Tho rires, the flash of rockets, and the roar of explosions Indldatcrl a concentrated attack on tho Tiazl' bases from Calais to Boulogne. Tho (lermnns termed their nt tacks on nnd near London "suc cessful" despite weather which they said gave tliem more trouble, than Ihe British defense. The (Ier nian news agency, IiNB, Raid the llrlllsb also tried a strong nlr at tack aimed at llerlln. but Hint, the) raiders were, turned hnck. One wnve of British planes .was said to have attacked hy way" of Hamburg, and another across tho (Continued on pngo 6) Indo-China Crisis Over for Present (Ttv tlm Assoc... tort Prosn) HANOI. Kroncli Inrto-Cliinn, Sopt. 21. An IiniHMKline crisis over Ja paiioso th'iminrlfl for nillitury fnrill tlrn In ImlivChina nppnnMiUy wna avcrtcil tmlnv ns Frunch and Ja panese nfflcl.nH resumed conversa t ions. The French rolnntal government announced the .Tapanese had "modi fled Ihe ranKo" of demands which caused the collapse of ncentfnltontt yesterday In the wnkn of a 72-houi ultimatum submitted hy Japan. '1t is believed llese conversa tions will terminate In an aKreoment lakltiff account of the Interests of hoth sides." the French comtmint mie said. "It is emphasized that iliirinff these negotiation Indo Phina'fl territorial IntoKrity and French floverelgnly over the coun try were never open to question." Tho announcement came only a short time after Major (Jencral Is saku Nlshlhara, head of the Japan esp mission, had said ho was leav iiiK for homo and that his depnrtnrn could he interpreted ns horahlltiff a "crisis." Nlshlhara remained hero with some of hia staff. (HIkIiIv connected Japanese quar ters in IfoimUonff said Japan wan ready for notion nlnied nt the seiz ure of the entire French colony should tho rooue.it for passaco of an ununited number of ja panes a troops ho denied. These sources said Rear Admiral Jean Recoux, Governor neneral of Indo-Chlnn, was Insisting; on restrletini; tho number of troops passing through tho colony.)