Churchill Says Britain Is Not Ready to Declare Her War Aim, but if London is to Survive, Its Air Defense Forces Must Display Improvement in Their Gun Aim
THE WEATHER
GIVE AND TAKE
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
See pugo 4 (or statistics.
Cloudy tonight nnd Friday. Oc
casional ruin. Temperature slight
ly above uorniul.
That continues to be the war
situation as Great Britain battles
to prevent threatened collapse of
lier empire, and the nails attempt
to lift a strangling blockade. Daily
reports In the NEWS-REVIEW are
prompt aud reliable. ,, .
)fOU XLV NO. 164 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1940.
VOL. XXIXNO. 62 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JKKKINS
rilE spotlight of world Interest
(on Tuesday) is still on Kus
Bln. What Is bIio planning to do? Is
Slulln getting suspicious of Ills
gangster partners'.' Is lie prepar
ing to stop (ierniany's threatened
drive down through the Haitians to
take Suez In the rear?
""will whatever he does 1IKI.P
BlilTAlX?
IF you are wise, you won't expert
Stalin to do anything idealistic.
M'hatever Itussla does will he done
for Itl'SKlA'i) IIKXEFIT. and ltus
Hia's alone.
Nations (except the U. S.) do not
net on Idealistic motives least of
lill present-day liussia. If whatever
Htalln does should hem-fit Britain.
' k hecause he fears Britain
i Germany more.
-.iu(;GIIT at this point:
Russia has always had class
conscious government, with the
iluinh masses at the bottom and the
Rill ii rt few at the top. After 25
yeai'B of revolution, her sltuntion is
fundamentally unchanged.
The only change froji(JJj!e i,pa&uJKovernini'nt Jmpeajfc. agents,, and
Is a NEW S'Kt OKSMAIiT ONUS
AT TIIK TOP,
AM. over the world, since his
tory began, tliere has been
rlass-conscious governments, with
the smart few at the top running
the lives of the. masses at the bot
tom. Moral:
If you are among the masses,
nnd discontented, don't expect
class-conscious government to im
prove your lot.
Portland man lopes by theft a
string of prehistoric Indian
beads he says is worth $3.nno.
It is Interesting to speculate on
what it was worth to its prehistoric
Indian owner and In what terms,
lie certainly wouldn't have parted
with it lor H.nno r. s. dollar bills,
which would have heen I'TTKItLY
VSKI.KSS TO HIM.
Interesting thought for an idle
hioment :
The standards of value that rule
our lives today may he utterly
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How Congress
Defense Contract
Authorizations
ss.8"n,ooo.ooo
'Supplemental
Defense bills
35,300.000,000
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E"- -4 Miscellaneous
fcs'M Appropriations
fiUabor,
5 Security
II S1033 000 000
.': '?ri -., saw
S4.500.000.000
Congress covered the national cake with a 25-billlon-dollar Icing
this session, voting cash appropriations or authorizations to that
amount, to be spent over a period of years. National defense bills ac
counted for two-thirds of the money, as shown by dark sections of
cake.
DRAFT REGISTRATION SMOOTH, ENTHUSIASTIC
Total Goes
Over Advance
Predictions
Ability of Democracy to Meet
Emergency Proven, Dykstra
States; Few Disturbances
Mark Response to Call.
Tly the Assoelnted Press
Chuvnco A. Dykstra declared In
his first public; statements (is
draft director today that "those
who had thought we were soft anil
supine and. as a demoi-mry, could
not move with effectiveness, may
in; disappointed." The f,7-year-old
University of Wisconsin president
added that "the news is that the
registration went off more than
hapnily with enthusiasm."
"It shows the ability of a great
democracy to rise to an occasion
of this kind," he told n press con
ference. As chief of the- nation's first
peacetime selective service sya
tenj pykstra'a main task will be
to supervise the tl rafting for, mili
tary service of approximately
r.ueo,Ueo young men from the
more than lfi.000, 011O who signed
up yesterday.
Shortly after Dykstra took Of
fice President Hoosevelt Issued nn
executive order authorizing him
to appoint necessary members of
local draft boards, appeals boards,
loral board physicians. All ' siu-h
work now on will be under the
new chief's direction.
Dykstra called the effective
ness with which t lie registration
was carried out. only a month art
er enactment of the conscription
law. mi evidence that government
ml citizens can work together to
do "a most effective job."
In response to filiations, Dyk
stra said the Immediate admini
strative detail to be handled was
to clear with state, governors the
appointment of appeal boards.
Fliere are sure to be appeals.
he said, "as soon as the lottery
is held ami actual selection of
men begins."
The approximately n.OiMi.iino civ
ilian soldiers to be drawn from
yesterday's registrants will, ac
cording to present plans. be
spread over a five-year period.
with the first call to go out In
mid-November.
Estimates Exceeded
As the counting and sorting of
yesterday's registration cards be
gan, preliminary reports irom
icrnss the country said wltn fre
quency: "Registration exceeded
advance estimates.
Good-humored and even gay for
the most part, the young men of
(Continued nn pace G
Spent 25 Billion
Navy Contract!
Authorizations n
SI.5Hfi.000.000
Relief
SI. 157.000. 000
Federal
Independent
Offices
SI. 120.000.000
J
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Registration in
Oregon Fails to
Meet Estimate
A total of 732 selective service
regist rut ions from 11 of Douglas
county's f0 precincts, was report
ed today at the office of County
Clerk Hoy Agee. Mr. Agee today
is muking a personal collection of
cards from each of the draft regis
tration hourds und only those from
KoHclnu'g and Immediate vicinity
so far have been tabulated.
SALEM, Oct. 17. (AP) About
12O.U0O Oregon men registered for
possible milltury service yesterday,
the totaU being about 43,000 less
than was anticipated, state selec
tive service headquarters said to
day. The exact number will be known
in it few days, but the estimated
figure was based on reports from
four counties.
Selective service headquarters
had estimated that lli;U"nj would
register yesterday, tills figure be
ing 15 per cent of the state's popu
lation. Hut officers explained to
day that apparently less than 15
per cent of the population are men
between lil und 'Mi years of age.
Truck-Auto Crash
Kills Geo. Long, 73
Store Owner of Camas Valley
Suffers Broken Skull When
Hurled to Pavement.
George Long, 73, proprietor of'n
small store and service station at
Camas Valley, died at Mercy hos
pital last night as the result of in
juries suffered Wednesday after
noon In a truck-automobilo collision
at Stephens and Douglas streets in
Koseburg.
Chief of Police John S. Duer said
Long apparently was tossed out of
his light coupe when the car struck
the curbing after being thrown out
of control by collision with a farm
truck driven by J. 1 llensley of
tmpiua.
A skull fracture resulted as Long
fell to the pavement.
Officer Duer said ho was In
formed bv witnesses that Long was
driving his car in an easterly di
rection on Douglas street and was
crossing Stephens street, the Pa
cific highway route, when the col
lision occurred with the northhounu
truck driven by llensley. Hoth ve
hicles swung into Douglas street,
with Long's coupe leaping the curb
and coming to rest on the side
walk.
State police and city officers are
conducting nn investigation Into
the accident. No inquest has yet
been called.
Mr. Long was born August 13,
ISti". at Mechanicsville. Iowa, and
came to Oregon about 60 years ago
engaging in farming near Haker.
He was married to Viola M. Purcell
at Haker. September 9, 1906. In
1917 he moved to Lebanon and in
1II2S he enfiged in farming at near
by Crabtreu. For the past six years
he had made his home in Camas
Valley.
Surviving are bis widow, Mrs.
Viola M. Long, of Camas Valley,
and the following daughters and
sons: Mrs. Nellie Sumpter, Tan
gent, Ore.; Mrs. Zella Stuart and
Mrs. Irene Apple, both of Albany,
Ore., and Charles W. and Frank O.
Long, both of Camas Valley. He is
also survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Cella Condit and Mrs. Estella Scott,
both of Idaho, und by seven grand
children. The body has been removed to
the Douglas Funeral home and fu
neral services will be held in Ie
banon Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock. Kev. Mr. Crosley of the
Christian church at. Lebanon offi
ciating. Interment will follow in
the Musontc cemetery there.
Dairy Truck Upset Near
Corvallis Kills Driver
COHVALL1S, Oct. 17. f AP) A
Hill Donahue, truck driver for a
local dairy, was killed Instantly at
this morning when his truck
overturned near the city limits.
Don a h u e rece n 1 1 y cam e h ere
from Portland, where he is report
ed survived by a divorced wife and
three-year-old child.
Brothers, Sisters Will Be
Joined in Double Wedding
A double wedding In which broth
ers will marry sisters was indicated
In licenses granted today at the
office of County Clerk Roy Agee.
One license was issued to David
Perron and Bernardeane Cook, and
the otber to Arthur Alfred Perron
and Ktnma Belle Cook. All are
residents of Brockway.
Turkey Assn.
Headquarters
To Be Moved
Operations Transferred From
Roseburg to Canby to Meet
Wish for Closer Contact
With Portland Market.
Ilraiclqimrtprs of the Orenon Tur
key (irowcrs will lie moved from
ItosebiiiB to Cnnliy, Clnoknmas
county, nnd aetlvlilPH. henceforth,
will renter In the Portland urea, it
was nnnoiinced today by (ieoiKe
t'lienoweth, Oakland, a director,
and Christina iMIcelll, lioseburg,
Hecrelary-treaHurer.
Mrs. Mleelll lian resigned her po
sition nnd J. C. I.eedy of Brooks,
fornior ImukIiir county agricultural
acent, has been npiiolnted to that
oHlce. C. II. Coylo of St. Paul,
Oregon, has been made president
of the cooperative association, re
placing Mclvlnley Huntington, who
resigned because of residence re
moval to eastern Oregon.
The action In changing headquar
ters to Canby, It Is reported, fol
lows several meetings held by the
directors, nnd Is in accordance with
recommeixlutions from the North
western Turkey (1 rowers associa
tion, the central liinrketlnK agency,
which held Ui.it the organization's
office should bo closer to the Port
land juiarket. v
TliO'assoclntlon, it Is announced,
has purchased a largo Cnnhy ware
house from the Pacific Nurseries
of Portland, and Is Installing re
frigeration equipment, elevators,
turkey dressing equipment, etc.,
and also Is Installing office fix
tures, and will make this unit the
central headquarters.
Originated In Roseburg
The Oregon Turkey Growers as
sociation had its inception at
Koseburg about Jfi years ago. It
first was organized as a coopera
tive unit for local growers nnd was
mimed the Houglas County Turkey
Crowers' ussocialion. Growers from
lane county asked to be included
and the organization was enlarged
and the name changed. It still later
was broadened to include growers
In ull parts of western Oregon. In
late years the Willamette valley
counties have steadily Increased
turkey production until they have
become leaders in the field and
have heen urging ti change in
(Continued on page 6)
I SAW
By Paul
, .A' ; ) v''.j ji
W. F. WRIGHT beside one of (he
tremendous squashes growing in a
field at his farm In the Curry es
tate community. This particular
specimen weighs about 175 lbs.
"The largest squash I ever have
grown weighed 270 lbs.," Mr.
Wright told me. "I think the aver
age vou see about me now will go
from 90 to 100 lbs."
An acre and a half of ground 1s
devoted to the squash crop this
season. The soil is good bottom
land, not irrigated. The Equashes
are used for stock feed.
If you look closely at the squash
beside Mr. Wright in the picture
above, you may be able to dis
tingulsh his name carved thereon.
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'.'''IV i ".;.',v .' ' ktfi
Noted Business
Executive Dies
Fred M. Kirby
W1LK I ES-B A R HK, Pa., Oct. 17.
(AP) Death has ended the bril
liant business career of Fred Mor
gan Kirby, wealthy merchant who
played an important role in the
founding of tile F. W. WoolwortU
fiveand-ten sloro chain.
He died of pneumonia last night
at the ago of 79.
Starting as a $2-a-woek clerk in a
Watertown, N. Y., store, Kirby had
acquired 9ii stores w hen he merged
them into the Woolworth syHlcm In
19,12.
3.utor ho extended bis business
interests and became one of the
nation's richest men.
Philippine Scout Captain
Nabbed on Spy Charge
MANILA. Oct. 17. (AP)-Tha
arrest of Caplain Hufn Tiomero of
the Philippine scouts on suspicion
that he was preparing to give sev
eral confidential documents to un
authorized persons was announced
lodav by the LI. S. army Intelligence
service.
Komero, a graduate of West
Point, was held for court martial.
He. has been attached to tho four
teenth engineers, U. S. A.. Fort
William McKtntey. Two Filipino
civilians also were arrested in con
nection with the case.
Intelligence officers said Romero
was arrested alter photographing
several confidential documents
from Fort McKinley, where ho had
access to them due to his respon
sible position in the engineers.
Jenkins
NfW-ltCVH!W 1 I)
It s there. This makes tho squash
absolutely all Wright.
During the draft registration
yesterday I looked and listened, but
neither saw nor heard any appli
cant being snatched out of tho waft
ing lines and willy-nilly being made
a Captain of. Did you?
I hope when these men are called
to the colors the government has
something better than tents and
i cow barns to house them in that
seems to be about all there Is now.
! Did you ever live in a floor-lesB
tent in the winter time of a rainy
country If you're lucky you lived
through the experience, although at
times you wished you wouldn't.
4, " ;i$Ctt
Job Promises
Of New Deal
Prove Fizzle
WPA Program Needs Shake-Up,
Willkle Asserts; Wallace
Argues for Extension of
Social Security Benefits.
(Dy the Assoclnted Tress)
The problem of America's Jobless
held thn rnnipnlKti spotlight today
as Wendell I.. Willkle callstl for n
revision of tho WPA program nnrt
Henry A. Wallace termed present
unemployment Insurance too con
servative mid said that It would
have to be made more generous.
Willkle charged that the new deal
had made a "frank and shameless
promise" of more unemployment
aud added that "our promiso Is
more Jobs."
In n speech prepnred for Evans
vlllc, Ind., ho culled for changes In
the WPA Including grantor em
phasis on pulflic works projocts un
der private contractors and alloca
turn of relief funds to tho states ac
cording In tho nmount of unemploy
ment, winkles talk was one of a
number on the dny's crowded
schedule of campaigning In Indi
ana, Illinois nnd Missouri.
Industrial Link Urged,
Discussing labor-employer rela
tions in a speecli ut Springfield,
Wlllklo snid:
"iiy ptecept, by example of gov
ernment, by tiudersliuiUiug achiev
ed in free discussion, co-operation
can ho substituted for coercion.
Kvery sound labor leader nnd ev
ery sound employer knows that this
method Is worth a trial.
"On tho one hand, the labor
racketeers aud their communist
brethren who fish In troubled wa
ters should he eliminated, prefer
ably by labor itself. On the other
hand the unwise leadership among
employers must be brought to full
realization and recognition of all
the rights of labor."
The government, Willkle said,
should contribute to n better under
standing between labor nnd em-
(Continued nn page 6)
Analyst Predicts
Willkie Will Win
CHICAGO, o c t. 17. (AP)
F.mil Hurja, who as a democratic
analyst forecast tho 1032 and 1930
elections accurately, predicted
yesterday tho election of Wendell
L. Willkie by a plurality of from
Lfiim.uoo to 3,0(10,000 votes.
"So great Is the defection
among l!C!ti Hoosevelt voters in
urban areas," Hurja said, "that if
1L continues, the present, campaign
may take on tho proportions of a
landslide."
llurja, executive director of tho
democratic national committee
from 1!:!2 to 11)30, now Is publish
er of Pathfinder magazine. Ills
prediction , before a republican
meeting, he said, was based on an
"Idealized cross section poll" tak
en over tho nation within the last
ten days.
He said President Tioosevelt be
gan to slip as early as 1930 and
a close study of I hat election
showed that despite his 11,000,000
plurality, he lost strength in fK
per cent of the counties of the
I'nited Slates aud 70 per cent of
the middle western counties.
From II to H per cent of the
voters, llurja found, now are In
the "don't know" class. He said
Hie majority of these did not vote
in 1930 and have not decided what
to do in 1940.
Hurju said ho found 07 per cent
of the voters were opposed to tko
third term and "this may well de
cide the election." Ills poll of
persons on relief nhnwed a drop
or 1 2.2 per cent In Hoosevelt
strength.
Demo Committeeman
Of Clackamas Drops Dead
ORFION CITY, Oct. 17. (AP)
Philip T. Soreghan, chairman of
the Clackamas county democratic
committee, dropped dead while
conversing with W. L. Oosslin,
one-time private secretary to for
mer Governor Charles H. Martin, at
a party rally in the city hall last
night.
Soreghan, a democratic candi
date for the state legislature, had
been a grocer hero for 25 years.
His widow ami several children
survive.
Youngest U.S.
Senator Named
Joseph H. Ball, St. Paul, Minn.,
newspaperman, became the
youngest member of the United
States senate when he was ap
pointed this week by Governor
Stassen to succeed the late
Ernest Lundeen, killed recently
In an air crash. Ball, 34 years old,
is a republican.. He was amono
political notables who registered
yesterday for selective service In
the army.
West Coast Safe,
Congressman Says
Defense Set-Up Found in Good
Shape; Air Base Work Runs
Far Ahead of Schedule.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (AP)
Chairman Jlnrdon (11., Va.) of a
house naval subcommittee returned
from a tour of Pacific, ocean de
fenses today with the statement
that ho had "no concern over the
safety of tho west coast."
"I have no concern over tho
snfoly of the wost coast, but I don't
mean to say that a stray raider,
roaming tho ocean, might not break
through and sink a few merchant
ships or maybe shell a city, but
the diunngo would bo slight."
"I don't think any enemy would
even get to Hum all but even If they
did, It wouldn't do much good,"
ho asserted. "With these Islnnds
out thero, wo ought to have notice
2.3(10 miles nwny of nny movement
against either Hawaii or tho Unit
ed States they nro wonderful
shields."
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 17. (AP)
The United Stales "now stands
ready" to muet the chnllengo of any
aggression, Bays Lewis Comuton
assistant secretary of tho navy.
Ho told (ho Franklin Institute
hist night that construntlon of
bases In tho Aleutian islnnds, the
miit-t'ncltlc and Puerto Hlco is run
ning six to eight months ahead of
schedule whllo other liases are rap.
Idly Hearing completion.
"When this program Is complet
ed," he snid, "tills country und the
wiinio western heinlsphero should
be able to aland lmpgnablo
against an attack from nny possible
comninutinn or enemies."
New- turbine equipment Installed
on U, S. naval vessels gives them
mi ndvanlnge over foreign ships
In cruising i'ii I i k nnd economy, ho
said, and 've shall no lunger have
to concede a speed superiority to
wireign navies.
Draff "Tragic Mistake."
Doctor Townsend Says
GRANTS PASS. Oct. 17. (AP)
Speaking on (ho day thnt 115.000,(100
young Americans registered for
possible military service. Dr. Fran
cis Townsend declared here that
"tho drafting of millions of men
Is a tragic mistake. If wo are at
war, let us acknowledge it and
make war. if not, let us call upou
volunteers.
Tho penslon-rpcovory lender op
posed reelection of President
Hoosevelt, pointed out that the na
tional convention of his organiza
tion almost unanimously . opposed
election of any presldont for a third
term.
Advocating "a change from the
present administration," ho turned
to Wendell ; Willkle, republican
standard-bearer, to warn: "I can't
promise you the new mnn coming
In will do nny belter, but u lie
doesn't, we enn give him a kick
In the pants In four years."
Major Ports ?
Of Wrest
Raid Victims
Fires Set at Hamburg. BrenM-i,
Cuxhaven by Flan Fleet;
Germans Continue Costly
Bombing of London.
LONDON, Oct 17. (AP) Tons
of high explosives and incendiary
bombs were dropped on the Gor
man naval base at Kiel last night, '
some of them "straddling" a war
ship, the air ministry news service,
announced In a bulletin. Drifting
clouds made observation of results
difficult although the raiders car
ried on the attack for two hours
for the second night In succession.
Their tnrgetB were the Deutsch
Worke and Germanla ship yards at!
the naval base.
The Incessant bombardment oil
German war bases and war Indus
tries, now tied in with a growing
naval offensive, was reported hi
have caused new and "extensive"
fires also at Hamburg, Bremen and
Cuxhaven.
Great dnmage -was caused, the
air ministry announced, by bombs
dropped by planes of the coastal
command In a daylight attack to
day on tho power station ot tba
German-occupied naval base at
13 rest,
The Bynthetlc oil production
plant at Leuna was the objective of
another bomber group, the minis
try Buhl, while munitions factories
nnd a power station In Saxony
were hit. Five British planes wera
reported lost.
Tho fierceness of attack and de
fense In last night's RAF opera
tions was hinted In a concise air
ministry communique acknowl
edging loss of five planes. v
Nail Convoy Destroyed
Prowling for action in the Eng
lish channel and' the North sea,
British warships were reported last
night to have destroyed an entire
convoy of five Gorman vessels ipil
to have attacked a sixth ship "suc
cessfully." Apparently this was a subma
rine action a follow-up to the re
cent reported naval bombardment
of Dunkorque and Cherbourg, on
the German-occupied French coast.
In the Mediterranean phase:)' the
admiralty admitted the 9,lQD-ton
cruiser Liverpool had been damag
ed In nn llnllan torpedo plane at
tack. The Liverpool reached - her
base with an undisclosed number
of casualties. ,
The admiralty announced today
that casualties suffered by the Brit
ish cruiser AJnx In her victorious
battle with Italian warships last
Saturday wore two officers, nine
(Continued on page 6)
Lindbergh Draws
"Ignorance" Reply
NEW YOltlC, Oct. 17. (AP)
Tho United Slates can do In two
years tho Job of arming what Ger
many did In seven, says L$uls
Johnson, former assistant secretary
of war, und this can be done 'be
cause It was planned for and Wo
veloped." In a natlon-wldo broadcast fast,
night In reply to nn earlier railld
address by Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, Johnson chnrged the famous
aviator with "ignorance of the
United States, or lis slate of pre
paredness, and most of all, of ittt
lron will."
Johnson called Lindbergh's ad
dress a plea to "sacrifice the prin
ciples on which tho United States
was built," lo "appease Germany
and Japan" and to "stop helping
Britain."
The American navy Is tho most
powerful in tho world, he continued.
anil working in conjunction with
the British fleet "can keep air anil
land forces beyond striking dis
tance of American coasts.' - i
"If, nnd only if, Britain and her
navy fall Into hostile hands, would
we faco a dangerous situation."
Battle in Robbery Effort'
Wrecks Car, Jails Youth
TI1R DALLES, Oct. 17. (AP)
A fight in tho front seat ot a speed
ing automobile neur BlggB last
night sent nn automobile Into tho
ditch nnd landed Warren Williams,
IS, of Yamhill county In tho Was
co county Jail, Sheriff Sextan said.. -
Williams, Sexton explained, ad
mitted picking up Arne Molhus, 19,
hitch-hiker, striking him over the
head with a revolver In an attempt
to rob him. The blow ' failed to
knock Melhus out and thi fight en
sued. Meford Peters, former Mon
tana deputy siierlff, who drove by
nt tho time, pulled tho two men
from tho wrecked car and brought N
them here. Neither was seriously
Injured.