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mi rsrafrar roseburg news-review, roseburs, Oregon, we&nesday, october 9, 1940. m f'i; ' .'';.'.'. mm -km Kf 14 WPACufs Wages; Sprague Charges SAI-KM. Oetfl. (AP) Hover. Tinr fhrtrloB A. Sprnfc'uo charged to ilay thnt Dig federal Rovomment, through the WPA has become "an npenoy forrlnir down wnKea. The Governor's remark wan made nt a board of rontrol meet Ins at which. the state a Breed to lh tftrms of a nropoHod contract with tho city of Halnm fir construe;! Ion of a sewnpe dlspOB.'il ulaiit. Tlio WPA would construct (ho sewers from Mate Institutions lo tho city ays torn. "t don't like tho WTA tiocauso Iho jrovcrmnent becomes an nponcy farcin k down wapes," tho governor paid. "However, the WPA Is bore, and wo hnvp to iipp it. lo nrovfdo rni rdovment. Wo'H sooreirato our pro- Jeptn. loltlnr tlip WPA work on 1hne for whlrh ft is bet suited." Tho Plato would pav $."0,000, or nor cent of tho cost of thn Tdrtnl. Tho hoard will nk tho lee lHlatur. to nnnronrhilo tho state's share, nflor which tho cltv wMI hold n bond election to provldo tho rllv'a sharp. Tho state also would nnv 1 per cent, of tho maintenance costs, whlrh would ainnunt to 1.7fift n yoar. Tho percentage of tho ritv'R share nf construction and mainten ance Is based on tho census, tho ponulatlnn of Iho ptalo Institutions belne 1M per cent of tho city's population. Thp rurdlol rronn and tho state fair prnundu would hp assessed an nddlllonfil amount to bo determined la tor. MARKET REPORTS LIVESTOCK POTtTLAND, Ore., Oct. fl. fAP) (IT. K. Dept. Apr.) HOtiS Active; Btondy to le hlphcr; jjnod choieo 170-215 lh. weiphts mostly fl.40-fi0; most snips 6..r,0: 225-270 lb. butcher B.5n-.ft0; Hpht llplits mostly 5.50-75; pncklne bows 4.50 fi.nfl: fpndpr pips 5.50-75. CATTLK PhIvpb about steady; fow rommon grasH p1ppih 7.00-75: grusB-fat bIphib palabh upward to. 9.00; Btrtctly good light grain fod BlttorB oliplhlo 10.40 and up: putlpr-nommon rows 3.50-5.00; fpw fat dairy cows 5.25-50; fairly pood hoof cows 0.f!5; young cows Halablo abovn 7.00; cullpr-coninion hu!l fi.25-(i.OO; good bppf bullf snlahlo up 7.00 or nhovo; good-cholcp voalpi'H 1 1.00-12.00; ponnuoii-iup-dlilin grniloti 7.50-10.00; culls down jP:4Aw. 9 v Mil I ji ' f yAii "W f.njf' ftn'mii i V (food ' living! Convenient Location Colin Shop-Bullet Ttvtn Dining and Banquet Roomi Famously Fine Food Modem Appointment! . ' liuutiout Outildc Rooryt ; Carego Oppos'lti ; .1 A Welcome Awaits You JJ.JW. STANDARD SYMPHONY HOUR CHANGES TO wmn Thursday, Oct.. 10th -- 9:00.P; M....- , STANDARD OIL SYMPHONY ' BROADCAST PROGRAM, II ' Overture fo Fra Diavolo ....Auber Andante Scherzo (Italian Symphony) Mendelssohn Elegle .'. Sulc Boris Godounow Moussorgsky A. Cancion Albeniz B. Leyenda. Prince Igor Dances Borodin 1. Dance of the Slave Maidens 2. Dance of the Wild Men 3. Dance of the Archers 4. Grand Ensemble S KRNR DIAL 1500 - Cave With constAnt air raid atari). a forcing Londoners lo spend almost as much time underground as abovp, fliithorUies nro l'ViBhlng ndeqnute raid Bheltorfl for all. In tho ineantlinG, the. subway is a favorite haven of thonBunds. Photo above shows some of them, stretched out on tho concrete station platform, awaiting the "all clear" signal. Wall poalerB advertise dance, halls, variety hIiowh and other amusementH, now tempo rarily suspended. .iff.'f- to fiOO. SI I KKP Active, steady ; good- 50; good -c.?i nice 7 lb. shorn lambs .75; feedor lambs salaino 7.uu-ro; hoice 7o !el lb. wooled lambs 8.25 good ewes 3.50 down. PRODUCE PORT LA Si"), Ore.. Oct. n. (AP) These nro prices retailers pay wholesalers, except whoro other wise noted ; HUTTKIt Print b A grnde 3lfl, In parchnint wmpper; 35c lu cartons; It grade. 33n in parchment wrap pers, :Mc In carton h. ItUTTKRKAT First quality mnx Irnum .( of 1 jx-r cent acidity, do livered Portland 32J-33c lb.; prem ium (maximum of .35 of 1 per cont acidity), 334-:Hie. Hi. Valley routes and country point h 2c loss or itlc second qualily 2c under flrHt or 35JI31C lit. POTATOI'NKnBtorn Orogon Washlugton $1-1.25 cwt.; Klnmutli $1.35-1.40 cental. Other produce sfendy unchanged. WHEAT PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. fl. (Al'l Open High .Low Close Dec. 7(i 7li 7li 7(i Tractor Overturn Kills Ranch Hand Near Albany ALMA NY, Ore, Oct. 0. (AP) A tract or overturned on tho Itov. S. C. Williams' ranch near hero yes terday, fatally crushing tho driver. Clarenco Rowley. 41, Sheriff Her bert Khelton reported. Bank Teller Held on Embezzlement Charge PORTLAND, Oct. 9. (AP) Frederick p. Slreib. 21. teller nt the Livestock Kenton branch of the First National bank, was arrested last night on a federal complaint charging embezzlement of $20, Dep uty I. S. Attorney McKeuim said, MrKennn staled the total amount MUTUAL. DON LEE NETWORK Dwellers: London, nf tho misappropriation would ex ceed considerably tho amount nam ed lu tho chnrgo. Strelb, who wntv ed preliminary hearing, was held to the federal grand jury with bond st at $3000, Flag Salute Ordered by Riversdale School Board (Oon tinned from page 1) gatlve vole. Kruso said. Says Flag Displayed Published statements that the flag had not been displayed at the school wero denied by the hoard of directors lu a signed slateinent today. In Its statement the hoard said : "In answer to a false assertion given to the NewB-Revlew regard ing tho flag not being displayed on the flag pole In our district we have always had a flag flying over our schoolhouse except when some unknown parlies stole (he rope from tho flag pole. There have been three ropes taken over a Hi roe-year period. On another oc casion the raising of the flag was overlooked by the teacher. There Is absolutely no intention of the school hoard or the teacher to dis regard the flag." The statement Is signed by the "School Hoard of Riversdale School. District No. 123." London Dealt Worst Bombing Attack of War (Continued from page 1)' (own. were shot down, while three German fighting planes dived on Dover harbor, In the southeast, ami shot down a barrage balloon. The nlr ministry's night com in un in tie, however, reported only one German plane shot down in tho day's battles, presumably not yet Including those on the south coast. It said one Drltlsh plane was lost but the pilot, was safe. The comiuitnhpie said I he Ger man raiders had damaged a "num ber" of buildings lu london nnd caused some casualties in davlight r;i ids. Raid Worst of War The bombed hospital was di scribed as possibly the hardest-hit building In Indon where the raid ing up lo midnight was reported to be the most severe the city has undergone. Three wings, two housing men patients and one housing women, were crumbled. Most of the pa tients were Vii years old or over almost all of them permanent in valid cases. The nazis wero reported partic- ulary active over a southwest oast town, as well as in the south ast. where several towns were hit by bombs. Te'i he:h explosive bombs fell In one southeast district when a for tiori of MessiMsehmltts dived out of the clouds. Two houses Here wrecked and six damaged be fore Hritlsh fighters drove the raider off. In the main streets of one town In the metropolitan area men nnd women fell flat on their faces when four bombs were dropped. A few, houses ore wreck id and sev eral persons: Injured. - . Great HtUaini; l ushed Die remov al of jail S'iviilftus rfrom-, Gibraltar' today1 after the' guns of 'the mas sive rock fortress had fired out into the Mediterranean for several hours, reportedly, sinking a French hip which refused orders to halt. Aged residents and children of the town began streaming down to the docks to hoard a steamer, leav ing "the rock's" powerful garrison unhampered to copo with a threat ened axis assault. Britlih Also Deal Blows. Tho RAK lashed again at nazt- held continental bases, tho flash of bomb explosions being Been from the English cliffa. Perlin dispatches acknowledged that 30 British bombers crossed Into the German Ruhr district, but niul spokesmen claimed they were cbas- 1940 ed out by German fighter planps and intense ground fire. A Krftish announcement said "na val dockyards, Industrial plants and other military objectives" wero at tacked In Germany and German occupied territory. The air ministry said thnt tons predicted the Hurma road episode of explosives and hundreds of fire would lead to serious Japanese re bombs wero dropped on tho big I percussions but said re-opening of German seaport of llremen, nndjthn road would prove a boon not. that tho RAF also battered Wil- only to China but to tho whole helmshaven naval baso, the great j"non-augression" principle. Krupp armaments plant nt Kssen, tho Fokker aircraft factory nt. Amsterdam in nnzi-occupied Hol land and many other objectives. Huge fires were reported raging at Bremen, and the air ministry said the raid on Wllhelnishaveu was "eipiully punishing," with morn than 15 tons of bombs dropped then. Britain was reported to havo ad vised all Britons connected with tho Hunmnlun oil industry to leave that country Immediately. Rumanian-British relations were near the breaking point duo to tho dispatch of more than 4.000 German trnopapoHPy of the other Roosevelt, who Into Rumania lo Kiinni mo on fields there, Gorman officers also will train Rumanian troops In blitzkrieg tech nique as they are already doing in Hungary, it was said In Bucharest Greece and Turkey nro the only southeastern Kuropean nations still considered friendly to Britain, and the entrance of German troops Into Rumania was seen as a "squeeze play" directed at them.' BBRITISH CONVOYS TOWNS STRAFED, BERLIN REPORTS BKRLIN, Oct. H. (API Dive bombing hits on a convoy of troop transports, apparently carrying thousands nf men from somewhere in the British empire to tho de fense of Britain, wero reported to day by tho German high command along with a fresh disclosure of surface raiding "in overseas wat ers." The daily communique said thnt a fighting plane attacked "a strong Iv armed convoy with five largo, fully-occupied troop transports. In a dating deep dive and made sever al hits on a shin of about 2o.00n tons." The position of theconvoy was iriven as northwest of 'Ireland and about 12.'i miles from the Scot tish coast. (This would be on a route tra veled bv Canadian troops.) The bomb hits wero said to have caused the transport to stop and: "lav motionless." I Another German plane attacked! a British merchant ship off the! Scottish coast, it was said, blasted her into flumes with "several b'imbs" and left her motionless and "In a sinking condition." j British Airports Ruined The high command's picture of j the unrelenting air siege of Britain I was set off from the now custom-! nry reports bv an announcement . that "full hits" had destroyed seven R.W airports while dive-bombers ' and other machine-cunning planes wrecked "numerous" British planes' aground. Moreover, barracks nnd supidy J siauon in south Knnland were bombed, it was said. causing "strong fires at various places." There wero tho usual attacks on "numerous" cities, harbors, indus trial plants and rait facilities, tho communique ssid.-and -in the 'last 21 ; hours i ll'-' British phnos '-wore shot down, as acalnst three Oor- kman planes which . failed- to return. RAF Raid Nullified Mlo.ivv antiaircraft defense of; German Industries nnd railwtvs I nullified nlcht RAT raids on (W man and German-occnnied Serrt- torv. the high command" declared, but "many houses in several cities j nf north and northwest -Germany j were damaged bv bombing and sev-j oral civilians killed." ! Ten to twenty-fold revenge was! taken on the T-ondon area las nlcht j bv Gorman bombers for the P.ritih ; Mondav nirht attack on PerJin. in I formed Herman sources declared. ' A "considerable load" of hieh ' explosive was reported ' drooped on tho British canltal overnight, in addition to "successful" raids on Liverpool and southern English cities. Excess Profits Tax Bill Approved by Roosevelt (Continued from page 1) guardsmen, called to active duly, permitting them to obtain low cost policies up to a lace value of $10,- 000. Army to Be Expanded Informed congressional sources said today tho war department plans to expand tho regular army's enlisted strength lu possibly 500.- iiou mn by continuing to accept three-year enlistments after the draft begins. Authority for tho expansion, which would be 25 per cent above the present authorized limit, of loo.Ooo, i conferred by a provi sion in tho final $l,4H2.M.i ,?," do. foil so appropriation which Presi dent Roosevelt signed yesterday. It provided that a J2SO.174.5li2 fund for pay of tho army shall not be subject "to any limitation on the enlisted strength of the army. . . This bill, last of the big defense measures expected this session, also carried the money for the forthcoming conscription program and for building up the overall army strength of regulars, nation al guards and conscription train ees to l.4o0.iHiO bv next July. The $l.4S2.fif::,t;:tti defense ap propriation bill boosts the total cash and contractual authority vot ed by congress for the current fis cal year to .slightly more than $12,- HIIU.OHN.OOO. Britain Preparing for Showdown in Far East (Continued from page 1) scrap iron for Japan becomes ef fective. "Drastic Action" Feared In Shanghai, (ears wero express ed that Japanese army leaders in china would vent their anger over the Hurma road re-opening by tak ing drastic action regardless of Tokyo's altitude. In that event, it was paid, serious developments might bo expected at the Dritish colony of Hongkong. Steamship and travel agencies In Shanghai were crowded this morn ing with Americans seeking pas sage home. Many others have be gun to liquidate their holdings. In Mongkonir. the ( hinese press War Trend of America Denounced by Willkie (Continued from pngw 1) inee said in reply to a question. "The search for peace through appeasement has resulted Jn tho destruction of the appeasers." Contending that a "dagger-in-t he-back speech" does only harm. Iin I'Miressed his belief "in the said 'speak sotlly but cany a Pig stick.' " if he Is elected, he ndded, his first job would he to speed up de fense production by revitalizing in dustry. "We can best aid Great Britain and nt (he same time serve our own interests by producing promptly and in large enough quantities supplies which we both need." he said. "We are being edged toward war by an administration which is careless in speech and action. We cannot aid Great Britain by going to war right away." The 1'nited States is so unpre pared, the candidate asserted, that should it go to war now, all avail able supplies would have to be kept here. "Vicious Bosses' Cited Wilikie's comments on defense and foreign polity were intertwin ed with a variety of other topics in his series of talks, which in cluded one to a loudly cheering negro audience in Harlem. His first speech, in the Bronx, contained criticism of Kdward J. Klyun. democratic national chair- ' Floor Sanding and Refinishing CHAS. KEEVER Phone 651-J Phone 128 Temporary address R. F. D Oakland, Oregon COMPLETE BUS TRAVEL INFORMATION Call 586 HOTEL VALLEY James Ralston, Manager CALL 21 . Immediate Service Everywhere TAXI man. who lives there. He declar ed that tho democratic convention in Chicago was controlled "by three of the most vicious political bosses of America, among whom ia tt resident of this city." . - Asking his audience a series of questions about the new deal ac tions, Willkie said: "I know it Is a very serious charge to make, but I want to make It very clearly, very defin itely and very briefly that this administration doe.-- not tell us the truth. . . . "Any administration that Is not telllup the truth is not qualified lo lead a nation In time of crisis or otherwise." Cheered and Booed Ho demanded that Mr. Roosevelt make public his views on a fourth term, a proposal which brought long applause, whistles and cheers. lu a speech on New York's up per west side. Willkie assailed "prejudice and bigotry." 'if you accept them." ho said "you are raising an instrumentality that eventually will come back and de stroy you." In his Harlem talk, delivered in a ballroom, Willkie pledged equal t rent men t for a i I races In event of his election. On the way to tho hall his auto caravan was booed by groups of negroes, hut during his speech he received frequent ap plause. By the Associated Press As Wendell Willkie attacked the third term candidacy of the presi dent. Oscar It. Kwing. assistant chairman of the democratic nation al committee, said in New York that a change in administration now "would mean that months would be wasted while the new president familiarized himself with the intricacies of the nation's for eign affairs." ' Kwing asserted that the mini term was not a controlling issue In tho campaign because "the con semienee of having our foreign affairs conducted by Inexperienced people might be caluinltous." Domestic issues were sirussfu, meanwhile, in other campaign de velopments. At Cape Girardeau. Mo., Senator Taft H Ohio! rapped the ad ministration's fiscal policies last night. "The spending policy is not only vain." Taft said, "it is utterly dan gerous and destructive. We are limu at ne artiliciaiiy a numner of war industries ami building up niplovment which sooner or later must come to an end." Norris Backs Roosevelt Senator Norris (Ind., Neb.) in n statement issued at asiungton through the iiulfonal committee if independent voters tor itoose ndt and Wallace called for farm rs to support the democratic ticket. Three different farm programs have been offered by Willkie. his running mate. Senator Mcnry oi Oregon, and the republican plnt- ! form, Norris asserted. He urged farmers "to forget all these conflicting promises and look at the record." Norman , Thomas, socialist can didate for president, assailed the "uncommonly blundering states manship" of Mr. Roosevelt in n Everywhere t reputation rfor quality. v Four gen erations have . known and , enjoyed this drink. Millions of times a day, people the world over experience the thrill of its taste and the happy refreshed feeling that follows. . THE BOTTLED ROSEBURG DAIRY AND SODA campaign Bnwrlt-iit' Kansas Clly .XiiHt nlslit. . . .j . "Tbei-e In no eeonorplo ;jjitincn Hon for our inH)tarlznllin." lie Hiiiil. "other .thunv'tliK 'oM furl that when all otJlu'r means full miller piiviitH eiiiillallsin. tin) lust turn Is lowanl military Humilia tion." ICKES CANCELS PLANNED SPEECHES IN NORTHWEST WASMIXIiTO.V. Oit. !). (AP) Secretary li'kes salil loilny that a iiilMaUiilatloii on rail ici time plus a new show of Uoosevelt strennth In pnlltlial polls rausr-tl him to laurel his pinposeil stiiiiiiiliiK timr of the I'aeilie northwest. While en route last Paturilay nlKlit, he wild, he learneil that his major nililress nt Pnrtlaml. In which he Inlenileil to challenge Wemlell I Wlllldu's sianil on pub lie power, could not be broml cast. t On reaching Chicago. Ickes con tinued, be read u newspaper sur vey showing "tho west safely for Roosevelt ror a third term." Since all this, he said, detracted mater ially from the purpose of his tour, he. decided to cancel it. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 9 (AIM If his health permits. Sena tor Ueoige W. 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