Hitler and Our Indi-SPEND-sable Franklin Operate Along One Similar Line. The Former Throws Fear Into the British Capital, the Latter Into Private Capital
JAPAN VS. BRITAIN '
. That's the new war lineup, oeca
stoned by reoponing oC the Burma 1
road "China's lifeline." Will Ja
pan retaliate by an attack on the,
llrltlsh colony of Hongkong? Th'it'B
an Important question you'll see!
answered eventually In the NEWS-.
REVIEW. .
THE WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureau
See page 4 for statistics.
Generally fair tonight ami Satur
day. Liu In change in temperature,
THt DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY
POL, XLV NO. 165 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 8, 1 940.
VOL. XXIXNO. 63 OF THE EVENING. NEWS
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TENTATIVE COUNTY BUDGET
Reduction Of
About $2,500
For 1941 Set
Miner Requests for Additional
Allowances Rejected by
Board, Small Increases in
Other Items Favored.
Tim Douglas county budget for
I!MI, If approved In tlio form pro
posed by the budget committee, will
vosult in a total reduction or about
82,1)00 and will make hut few
ihnngos from the sums appropriat
ed In the budget for mill. It was1
rmnoiinccd today by Countv Judge
Morris Honker.
The budget proposed by the com
mittee, which was composed of O.
It. Hates of Myrtle Creek, V. A.
Lovelace of liocdsport and John
Kacon of I'mpqun, meeting wllh
.Tndgn Bowkor and Commissioners
JI. H. nondinan and J. Ross Hutch
inson, totals SI08.9OO as compared
villi $ lf2.."!S2 for the current year.
Requests Rejected.
Practically no changes are propos
ed in tho various offices ami de
partments. It was slated. A request
for an additional sum of $2.'0 In
Hie budget of the sheriffs ofricn for
travel allowance and special depu
ties was rejected. The committee
tilso rejected requests for salary in
creases of J17S annually for the
first deputies 111 the tax collection
nnd assessor's offices. .The coin;
in.mee niso rejected the request ol
Ihe, county surveyor for an increase
of $2(10 in his budget.
The sum of JG00 was added to
permit employment of a third gnv-
(Continued on page (11
lly FRANK JENKINS
AT dinner in a city hotel a few
days ago, this writer fell into
flint with the waiter. The conver
sation, as will happen in thns:;
days, look a political turn.
"Who's going lo get your vole?"
tills writer asked.
The waller was diplomatic in
his answer. "Well." he said, "I'll
put il this way: Wlllkie won't
get more than five or six votes In
this hotel, and they'll all come
from the bosses."
'THAT Is to say (assuming that
the waiter was correct) the
bosses think it will be belter for
lliem if Willkie is elected. The
help thinks it will he better for
them if lioosevelt is elected.
It Isn't a palatable thing lo say,
but out or that situation CLASS
CONSCKirsNKSS r e a r s Ms
head.
Hero in Ainerira.
Tyn-dlNV, Tor reasons, this writ
or questioned: "Why do you
think It will be better for you If
Itoosevelt Is elected again for a
third term?"
The waiter's voice was unemo
tional flat and colorless as he
answered: "Oh. I suppose it
doesn't make much difference lo
me and my kind of people who
gets in: I'm just for Roosevelt."
Again class consciousness. El
ROPEAN class consciousness. In
his tone spoke the thought that be
Is a waiter, his son will be a wait
er and his son's son. The PEAS
ANT attitude.
He looked and talked like an
American no foreign accent.
TpHS writer, still dlgi-Mne. went
on:
"What do you thin!; of Elliott
Roosevelt's appointment as a cap
tain in the purchasing department
(Continued on paga 4)
; In The
Day's
i .'News :
Forecasts Big
Farm Vote For
G. O. P. Ticket
Oregon farmers will give n tre
mendous vote lo Wendell 1,. Will
kie and Charles L. McNary, I'eter
Zimmerman, above, of Yamhill
county declared here today. Mr.
Zimmerman for ninny yeiirs'an out
standing farm lender 111 Oregon, Is
spending a few days in southern
Oregon working among tbo farm
ers on behalf of the republican
party's national ticket.
"Oregon fanners." Zimmerman
snliT,' "are tired of federal subsidies.
They do not like the idea of having
acreage curtailed in order that, an
equivalent, amount of produce may
he shipped in from olher countries
to put profits In the pockets of the
international bankers. The pres
ent administration is the best
friend the international bankers
ever had, even though the New
Heal poses as an enemy of Wall
street."
Sawmill Worker,
Yoncalla, Killed
Edwin Jam on WeMinp, 2-1, em
plovt'd at the IMkHow Hawmlll at
Voncalla. was killed lato ThiiiHiIuy
when .struck by a pieco of -wood
lliiown with terrific fmvo from an
pdsM
Welding, Coroner H. O. Rfpnrns
reported, was awsiatinp a mill crew
in cleaning up tho plant and was
stooped over beside the edKer when
(he splinter of wood was hurled
from the mnrbinn with sueb force
that, it Revered the carotid artery
am! jiiKUhir vein, causing almost in
stant death from hemorrhage.
Welding was horn in West Point.
Nebraska, and had lived in Yon
ml hi for the past four years.
Surviving are bis parents, who
reside in West Point, and a brother.
Iiwrence C. Welding, of Creswell,
Oregon.
The body was removed to Stenrna
mortuary. Oakland, and arrange
ments are being made to Rend the
body to Nebraska, accompanied by
the brother.
Clerk Nabs Holdup Who
Used Finger for "Pistol"
PORTLAND. Oct. IS. (AP) A
would-be holdup man was so In
censed over having his fun spoiled
last night lhat police were rorced
to shackle his ankles as well as
wrists.
Grocery Clerk Norman Harris
upset the intruder's plans when be
noted that the "pistol" which had
been poked In bis back was ap
parently just a finger. He turned
on his nssailant while the man
was ransacking a till, pinned him
against a counter and telephoned
for police.
I infective C. C. Ohrens and Pa
trolman Collie Stoops said the pris
oner was Identified as Robert
I Inches, 25.
Ohrens said that Hughes later
ronfessed several other recent hold
111. s and implicated Robert R. Fra
zier. 21. and Arthur I,. Worden, 3.1,
both or whom were arrested for
questioning.
Drunken Driver Permit
Revocations Increase
P .A T.EM. Oct. IS. (API A total
of 739 drunken drivers lost their li
censes during the tlrst nine months
or 1040, comnared with MS In the
same period last year, the stale de
partment said today.
First Army
Draft Call To
Get 800,000
Training Start by June 15 Plan
Of Dept., Stimson States:
National Guard Remainder
Faces February Summons.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. (AP)
The war department nlnns to
have the first. 8110,1100 selective
service trainees In tho nrmv bv
June la.
The program, announced bv
Secretary of War Stimson, means,
in effect, that 0110 man In every
twenty or the Ki.li.H.OIIO who re
gistered Wednesday probably will
ne called to the colors within tho
next eight months.
In addition to reveallnir the
schedule for summoning first
conscription trainees. Sliinsnn nl
so disclosed yesterday that, the
remaining units of the national
guard, numbering some Kio.oOO
men, would be ordered up for duty
by early February. Approximate
ly IK'.noo guardsmen already have
been mobilized and 1110 undergo
ing training.
The conscrlpllon trainee sche
dule contained one dollnlle sur
priseword that lS.ouo of the
men called up would bo assigned
directly to the elite corps o( mod
ern mechanized urmies the arm
ored divisions. t
Ample Housing Assured
Secretary Stimson staled that
adequato housing facilities would
he nvailable for all men Inducted
into service. By Dec. 15, he said,
most of the cantonments and oth
er projects now under construc
tion would be completed. The
camps were planned lo accommo
date a total of 1, ton. duo troops.
Outlining plans for the first
Sno.Ooo conscription trainees, Stim
son said the initial contingent r
30. 1100 would be summoned on or
about November IS. The schedule
thereafter: December 2. Ilo.tmit;
January 3. liii.ono; January 15, !m.
0110; February in. ;o.iit.iii; March
5. 2(in.(l"U; and June 15. 200.0(10.
Draft Unit to Keep Pace
Elated over the comparative
smoothness of a nation-wide regis
tration which exceeded advance
estimates by over 200,0110, nation
al draft, headquarters gave assur
ances that its far-flung organiza
tion could keep pace with army
needs In classifying and selecting
men for the call to service.
Headquarters predicted that
411(1.000 class 1 volunteers and
conscripts, lit. and ready for serv
ice, would be classified by Janu
ary 1. about. 50.0(10 ahead of the
(Continued on page 6)
Strategic Highway Net
In Oregon Discussed
SALEM. Oct. IS. (AP) The
state highway commission met in
Portland today to discuss a plan
tor a system of strategic highways
for national defense.
The commission conferred with
officials of the federal public roads
adminstratfon. In Oregon, the Ore
gon Trail, The Dalles-California,
Pacific and Oregon coast highways
would be listed as strategic roads,
which would receive preference in
improvements.
New Plane
News-Itevl(!W Pholo and KngravfnK
Pictured above i& the new Aeronca tandem training piane recently nown 10 RoseDurg from Cincinnati
by "Red" Sink, Instructor, pictured with the ship. The plane was purchased by Mr. Sink to be used In the
federally-sponsored flight training course soon to be Inaugurated at Roseburg. It Is powered with a 65
h. p. motor and built to meet the specifications provided by the civil aeronautics authority for the train.
Ing of civilian pilots. All Instructors must be rated by the federal department, and have been given Instruc
tions' which will permit all course, to be handled in uniform manner, thus providing a training program
which can be Incorporated In military
OFFERED
Campaigning
Tempo Speeds
On Both Sides
Willkit Demands More Aid for
Britain; McNary Charges
Shake-Down by Demos;
Roosevelt Backers Speak,
My the Associuted Press
With tho election only 18 days
away, signs multiplied today that
both democratic and republican
parties wore ready to open un in
tensive voto drive that would
carry through to the close of tbo
historic 1940 campaign.
President lioosevelt will make
four political speeches, it was an
nounced yesterday, the first to be
made next Wednesday. They will
be in Philadelphia, New York,
Cleveland and either Italtimore or
Washington.
Meanwhile, bis republican op
ponent, Veudell U Willkie, pur
sued the strenuous campaign
which has taken him from coast
to coast, showing every intention
of maintaining Its unflagging pace
until tho eve of election.
As the campaign neared tbe
week-end which will send it into
its home stretch, Willkie and bis
running mate, Sonator Charles Ij.
McNary of Oregon, both made
pleas for Missouri's lf electoral
votes while Henry A. Wullace, the
democratic vice-president la 1 nom
inee, ((poke -in Ohio. 1 -' - -Private
Capital Scared
In n speech prepared for Jeffer
son City, Willkie contended that
"under the new deal private capi
tal lias been scared out of produc
tive enterprise."
"The record shows that the
volume of new productive capital
issued for the construction or pur
chase of new plants and equip
ment floated by all American cor
porations from l!:t:t to !H:t!l in
clusive was less than for the
single year 1!K!U.M he asserted.
Willkie charged that if further
permissible aid Is being with
held from Creat Hrltain. the delay
"would be a reprehensible trill
ing with Hritain's safety for tbe
sake of an unworthy partisan poli
tical trick."
"If it is desirable for us to send
any further aid now available," he
asserted in a statement, "we
should do so at once, within the
limits of our laws."
.McNary charged that "zealous
third-term partisans had attempt
ed to shake down" township com
mittees of the agricultural adjust
ment administration. In a speech
prepared for Sednlia, he describ-
(Continued on page 6)
'Public Drunk" Stigma
Put on Rumanian Dancer
MrcIIAIiRKT, Itutn.mla.
Oct.
IS. (AP) Maria Carteanll, 25-year-old
vaudeville dancer. be
came the first woman in riumania
today to have her namo posted in
front of ail Inns, taverns ami
drinking places as a "public
drunk."
I'nder n new law. anyone selling
her even a glass of beer will be
subject to heavy punishment.
Atltlinrilies said she had boon
arrested, fined and Imprisoned
five limes for dninl.enness.
Bought For Flight Training Here
training In th e event the student
Balkan Forces
I Nail plants, troops GERMANY I Russia mosses grsotl . 1 A Ail f jclc t
I flew Into Rumania. A. Cernouti fore on frontier. I 1 " I
s i Mediterranean Sea n
Turkey, Greece, Jugo-Stavia and possibly Russia loom as a threat to German expansion southward as
shown in this map of likely aggression routes of the axis. Moves In this direction would bo aimed at tho
British fleet base in Alexandria, the Suez canal and vital Iraq oil fields.
Two Pastors Indicted for
Resisting Registration
TIOPTON, Oct. 17. f AP) Torh
tbiin IS hours after the close of
conscription registration, two back
bay ministers were indicted by a
federal grand Jury on a charge of
knowingly lulling and ncglecltng to
register In- accordance with tin
provisions of the selective service
act.
vTli indictments named Key.
Keith C, Kannga, 2.H, assistant, pas
tor of tlie Mount Vernon Congre
gational church, and Itev, Harry II.
Kruener, 21, pastor of the Kind
liaptlst church, both in the back
hay section.
Koglsl ration officials said the
clergymen bad appeared at a regis
tration place yesterday and refused
lo regis) c-r. "l h minis) ers at
tempted to leave slatcineiits ex
plaining their action, but registra
tion officials declined lo accept tbe
statenienls.
The clergymen both said at that
lime they were ready lo face any
governmental Investigation of their
stand.
Draft Card Identifies
Victim of Tragic Fall
HIIOKOHO. Va.. Oct. 1S. (AP)
When Cecil Clay Ilickn. IU, of
Victoria, registered in Ihe selec
tive service draft Wednesday ho
was (old by tho registrar:
"Keep (his liille card wilh you
it all limes. It's your identifica
tion.
Yesterday 1 licks was identified
by his card. Ills body was found
beneath a 7a-foot Virginia railway
trestle from which ho apparently
lt:id fallen.
Alaska Population Count
Estimated Near 72,000
.TI'NKAr. Alaska. Oct. 18.
CP Census I (h ector J. C. An
derson est j nia ted today Alaska's
popiilal Ion count would approach
72.000. n sharp increase over the
l!i:tu figure of .VI.27K.
Only one district is missing,
K'vichak in the third division.
whose report was delayed because
(he enumerator's boat ran
' a (.'round.
desires advanced Instruction.
" " i
'I
i
Gather as Threat to
Draft Registering
In Douglas 2,745
Job Performed Without Error or
Confusion; Board Now
at Work on Cards.
The, Douglas county drnft. board,
llert Wells, chairman; It, 1.. Pres
ton, secretary, mill Dr. O. A. Kd
wards, was organized this morning
and immedlalidy started tho task of
.Hliiiil llug and numbering I ho 2,745
selccllve service registration cards
turned over today by County L'lork
Hoy Agee. The number of registra
tions fell considerably short of tho
estimated .'I.Kiiil for Ihn nil Douglas
county precincts, Ageo snid.
The draft board will bo In ses
sion daily at. the courthouse until
its work Is completed, Chairman
Wells slated. Serial numbers now
are being assigned registrants, af
ter Ihn cards had been thoroughly
shuffled. Numbers will bo isisled
and forwarded lo Washington, 1).
(' to be Included In the national
lottery.
No Confusion
The registration of draft ellglblos
was one of Ihn smoothest emer
gency jobs ever uiidertnken In tho
slate of Oregon. Clerk Ageo de
clared, ns he expressed apprecia
tion for I ho services of more than
2(H) election hoard members who
served without compensation In
handling tho registration.
"The work In Douglas county was
without any sort of conriislon nnd
I have not heard a single com
plaint." Mr. Ageo said. "Tho re
gistration boards handled their
work exactly on schedule and with
out any known error and without
any unnecessary delay. Tills was
wonderful cooperation and iiohlevo
inent In view of the limited ninount
or liistrucllon available,"
Mr. Ageo this morning reported
the Douglas county registrations to
(lovernor Charles A. Spragun and
surrendered tho cards lo tho draft
board, thus completing his respon
sibility. llegisl rat Ions by precincts were
repnrled as follows:
l!cllnli Booth G!i. Clllapoola
32 Camas Vallev Kl, Canyonvlllo
r,7, Cam 42. Civil Ilend r,0. Coles
Vallev 2X. Comslock :is. Cow Creek
r,S, Davs Creek 43, Deer Creek 117.
Iilxouvllle 2!i. Drain Kill. Kast limp
(lla 41. Kdenhower Hast 57, Kden
hower West 2D. Klkton 39. Garden
Valh-v 10. (lardlner M. (Ilendnle
III. (Irocn an, Ciinler 42, llamlllon
IM, Hermann 4S, Kellogg 17, Law
ns. I.noklngglass 21, Iinn Lake 10.
Melrose 44. Mill 1. North M.vrtlo
IIS, South Myrtle 73, Oakland 43,
Olallii f,2. rarrott 21, Kast Heeds
nort IS2. West lleeilspnrt 70, Kiddle
.13. lloseblllg 121. Scotlshurg (11,
Sinilli lilver 21. Sutlierlln ir,2. Til
ler III. I'mpqun 42. West Fork 0,
West llosebuig Bl, Wilbur 14. Win
chester Hay 3S. Voncalla 88, Mercy
hospital 1. Total 274fi.
Slovaks Hear Roosevelt
Voice Independence Idea
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. (AP)
The chairman of a delegation m"
Americans of Slovak descent said
atfer n white hnuso call today thnt
President lioosevelt had told them
that "independence would havo to
be restored" to "all these little
(Kuropoanl countries that have
been absorbed."
Dr. I'eter P. Hletko of Chicago,
tho chairman, made it clear the
delegation thought the government
was deeply Interested In seeing to
it thnt the Indonendonro of Czecho
slovakia and olher small Kuropean
Would be returned,
Nazi Expansion
Japanese Attack
Burma Road End
Airplanes Bomb Factories
Kunming to Prevent War
Supplies Going to China.
at
HONGKONG, Oct, 18. (AP)
Tho headquarters of tho Jap.
anese South China fleet an
nounced that Japanese naval
aircraft today . attacked Kun
ming, southwestern China ter
minus of the newly reopened
Burma road. It was the first
Japanese action connected with
the road reopening.
Bombs were dropped on
Chinese munitions factories In
the suburbs end military es
tablishments within the city,
the headquarters communique
said.
OIU'NOKINfS. Oct. 18. (AP)
Willi niitl-ulrcraft guild reported
poking skyward at iiiaiiy n vantage
point on the road from Mrltlsh Mur
om and Mandnlay, traffic was rn-
smned today on Hint Chlnoso life
line. Under tho Imminent threat of
bombardment from close-nt-hnnd
Japanese air bases In Kreuch Indo-
Chliia, supplies for Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek's war machine
slnitnd rolling in the early dark
ness today after a three-tnonlh old'
stiro In a llrltlsh oppensoment rf?s
luro toward japan.
Thus China was held likely to
opposo a possible, now overland
drive from Indn-Chlnn. by the Jn-
paneso against Chungking nnd
sniillnvoslern China, sent of Chi
ang's government nnd center of his
war making strength.
The Chinese press nnd govern
ment nmcinls agreed, however,
that political significance of the
llrltlsh reoponing overshadowed
Immediate material benefits.
For the Durnia road, nsldo from
Its actual function ns tho central
section of n 2,000 inllo trnde route
between the liiirmesn seaport of
Rangoon and southwest China,
reaches in a figurative sense to
Ixindou's Downing street and the
lokyo foreign nffico.
Japan used the throe-month clos
ing, not to seek n settlement of
tho Chinese war ns was the llrltlsh
expressed hope, but lo gain air nnd
troops bases In French IndoChlnn
adjoining! flenernllsslmo Chiang's
southwest domnln.
Japan threatened to close the
road with bombs If she couldn't
keep It closed with diplomacy.
Thus Ihe liiirma road stands ns
tho symbol of a contest of two em
pires, the full-grown llrlllsh and
the growing Japanese.
Armistice Day Purpose
Announced by Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (AP)
President Roosevelt, In proclaim
ing November 11 ns Armistice day.
declared today that the annlversnry
would "direct our minds to the
need "not only for peace hut also
for peace with understanding, not
only for a cessntlon of hosllltlos but
also for mutual respect In the Inter
course between nations."
The proclamation directed thnt
tho flae he displayed on all govern
ment buildings and called on the
people to observe tho day with ap
I,, i irmiiiMiiii'n in n,ii,iinn
and churches anil other suitable
propriate ceremonies In schools
places.
Fierce RAF ! ;
Attack Halts i
Channel Ships
War Supply Concentrations of
Germans Along Coast Also
Blasted, London Says; Nail -Destroyer
Fleet Routed.
LONDON, Oct. 18. (AP) Att.
thoritatlve British aviation sources!
assorted today that the HAP romb
era frustrated a Gorman attempt at
sea-borne Invasion of England on
Sept. 1(1, forolng a na.l abandon
ment of Invasion ships "by the
ferocity of their attack."
"After German troops were load
ed onto tholr shlpB preparatory to
braving the channel crossing, RAP
bombers sped over nnd made their
departure Impossible by the fero
city of their attack," these quartern. ,
declared.
The air ministry nowa service,
quoting "reliable neutral sources"
In a long survey of damage Inflict
ed on the Gorninns, made this brief
reference to the Invasion attempt:!
"There is evidence, too, of tha
vnlue of the KAP'a determined at
tacks on Invasion ports. One re
port Btntos that on Sept 18 many
Gorman troops einbarkod but were
later taken off the ships.
"The Invasion plans were not
adopted because of tho sustained
offensive by the 11AF, whose extra
ordinary accuracy in bombing Inci
dentally has beon much admired by
the Dutch."
On Sept. 16 the TIAF communique;
told of a direct lilt on a German
warship, severe damnge to an oil
tanker and supply ship nnd tho
sinking of three supply ships and
damage to others.
Also nttackod that day were con
contrallons of war supplies, barges
and shipping nt Hamburg, Wll
helmshnven, Antwerp, Flushing.
Ostcnd, Dunkerque, Calais, Bou
logne nnd Le Ihivra virtually tho
entire "invasion coast" of ;Germany
nnd Ihn occupied low countries and
France. ' )
Guns Roar In Fog
Willi the first real fog of the sen '
son blacking out tho Knglish chan
nel today, restricting nlr activity of
both sides, British coastal onrt
naval guns blasted parts of the un
seen "Invasion coast" to-keep; the,
nazl Invasion schedule smashed.
Fog which would shield ns ,well
ns hamper any channel crossing by
Adolf Hitler's hosts blanketed tho
Dover shore so lightly that the sea
could not be seen from the bench,
Tmrlng the night . warship
mounted guns bombarded tho
French side of tho channel so
fiercely that tho shores of Kent
shook to the thunder.
Soon nftor daybreak British.
coastal guns took up tho duel and
drew long-rnngo firo from Ger
many's own coastal batteries
mouutod on Cap Oris Nea nnd else
where along tho 22-mlIe-wlde Strait,
of Dover. Brillsh fire was con
centrated on the Calais region.
Nazi Destroyers Routed
A flotilla of German destroyors
"retired precipitately" without dam
aging any British vessel when a
British unit attempted to engage in
battle 100 miles southwest of
Land's End yesterday, the admiral
ty announced today.
The admiralty declared that ,thfl
German flotilla, of four destroyers.
(Continued on page 6)
Apprentice Wages
Meet Topic Here
A thorough discussion of basio
wage schedules for apprentices in
mechanical tradis and distribu
tive occupations was hold at a
meeting of the Rosoburg appren
ticeship commission hist night.
The meeting was held at the of
fice of tho board of education. C.
II. Gram, stato labor commission
er, and Wnllor Morse of the stato
vocational office were nresent
from Salem to direct tho confer
ence.
The discussion contered around
the ruling of the state welfaro
commission on minimum wages for
minors.
In attendance, representing lo
cal interests, were F. W. Chase,
reemployment office manager.
who served as chairman; W. M.
Campbell, city superintendent of
schools; Rruce Yeager and Ro
bert Spniicake, representing em
ployes; A. A. Wilder, representing
the board of education; Victor J.
Micelii, representing tho chamber
of connnorce: Earl Wiley,, Fred
Lockwood. Walter Fisher and Paul
Cnskey, representing employers,
and Bruce Mellls, vocational coor
dinator acting as secretary for tha
commission.
No definite action was taken at
the meeting, but a clearer under
standing of the problems Involv
ed locally and tho duties of thq
stato orriicers resulted.