No Italian was Present at the Hltler-Molotoff Huddle, Indicating that Der Fuehrer May be Planning to Change Stooge Horses on the Griddle of His Dreamy
SABOTAGE
THE WEATHER
i
Is It rampant In the U. 8. t
hinder the defense program? Tha
Pill is seeking the answer to I lis
question following a aeries of ex
ploHlons, fires and other violence.
Rem! the NEW8-REVIKW lor im
velopnients. . i
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Increasing cloudiness tonight.
Tliiinulay rnln. Wain tempera
turn. See pace 4 for statlsMci.
OL. XLV NO. 187 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, I940.
VOL. XXIXNO. 85 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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InThe
Day's
News
By Fit AN K JENKINS
T'llKSE words are written on
Armistice day the day Ret
npurt for celebrulion of the war
to end wars.
The world Is now mired deeper
In war lhan ever hefore.
1 OW shall the world bo kept nut
of war If ever?
This writer doesn't even claim
to know. Hut the answer must he
better, wiser, MORE TOLERANT
leadership.
War mines seldom by the WISU
of the people who have to do the
l"i fell Lin k and the dying. It comes
often as a result of errors of lead
ership. 'T'lIE war to end wars was fol-
lowed by an intolerant peace
that Rowed the Reeds of this even
more terrible war.
Peace CANT SPROVT In the
soil of Intolerance.
AT the end of our own bloody
war between Hie Rtntes, Grant
fnld lo l.ee: "Tell your men to
lako their horses and no home and
no to plowing."
That was soldier speaking lo sol
f iller. . ... , . .
Unfortunately, the POLITI
CIANS look charge after Appainn
lox and the Intolerant reconstruc
tion period followed. As a result
of that period of intolerance, the
slld south still votes its inherit
ed predictions Instead of its cur
rent convictions.
Hefore war can be ended IN
TOLERANCE must at least be
greatly lessened.
OILMANIA has the most disas-
Irons earthquake In the king
dom's history 1.000 to 2.000 per
sons killed and devastation spread
across an area of li.oofl square
miles. The Associated Press
says:
"In n few quivering seconds Sun
day morning, more of Rumanin
was laid In waste than would be
destroyed In months of war."
When man sels the example, na
ture can hardly be expected lo re
frain from emulation.
"IN this Armistice day, the
(Ireek radio says: "The Ital
ian invaders of Greece have lost
the battle in all sectors and are re
treating in disorder toward Al
bania." Assuming this to he true (one
can't believe OFFICIAL radio re
ports, which are Intended more as
propaganda than as news), this
question arises:
"Did Italy hit as hard as she
could?"
If the answer is yes. Hitler
hasn't done so well in the way of
allies. If it is no. the Greek en-
cCnnllnued on usee 41
Oddities Off the Press Wire
(By the Associated Press)
War Is Heaven
BLOOM INOTON, Ind. The draft
process will be employed for the
annual dames ball, sponsored by
the senior co-ed honorary society.
Mortar Board, at the University of
Indiana.
The girls will "conscript" the
"dates," and the first capsule drawn
from a fish bowl at the dance will
determine which young man will
be colonel of the legion of design
ing females. AH expenses for the
couples will be paid by the co-eds.
Exempted are three classes:
Those under 16 or over 43: consci
entious objectors to shindigs, and
any having a wife as dependent.
A Fish Story
HICKORY, N C .7. O. Alexan
der headed homeward across a rail
road trestle with his catch of lfi
4 catfish just as a train came along
He jumped.
The engine Injured one of his
Eiilosions Probed for Sabotage Evidence
14 Killed At
Three Plants;
FBI At Work
2 Other Persons Die In Upset of
Ship Crone; Fire Hits
Two Oil Depots and Docks;
Warning Voiced by Dies.
By the Associated Press
A series of blasts In explosive
pluntH -one of which was engaged
In defense manufacture drew the
attention of invostlKittirs today tn
un attempt to determine whether
they were connected with possible
sabotage efforts.
A three-way Inquiry was begun
Into the explosion in which eight
were killed and 2fi Injured at the
plant of the United Railway Sig
nal company plant. Wood bridge,
N. J., yesterday. Although there
apparently were no indications of
sabotage, authorities had not al
together ruled out this possibility.
The company makes railroad sig
nal torpedoes and other safety de
vices. Three were killed In the plant
of the Trojan Powder company,
Allcutnwn, Pa., which had army
and navy contracts for explosives.
Those killed wero In a building
where detonators were made.
Another three died In the Bur
ton Powder , works of the Ameri
can Cyanamid corporation at Kd
inburg. Pa.j In. an explosion of
,1,000 pounds of dynamite.
FBI men wore cotuhicliug Inves
tigations at each plant,
All three explosions occurred
two months to a dav alter the mys
terious blasts which killed 51 Sent.
12 in the plant of the Hercules
Powder company at Kenvil. N. J.
Oil Plants Damaged
On the heels of the powder
plant explosions came reports of
other blasts and violent incidents,
at least one occurring under mys
terious circumstances.
A lii.000-Kal!on storage tank ex
ploded at the Canton llefiuing
company. Canton. O. About J.ooo
gallons of fuel oil burned fiercely
and threatened four other tanks
for a time. The Mast's force
blew the top off the tank and
knocked down several employes,
but none was injured. It appear
ed to be accidental.
In Oklahoma, an explosion dam
aged units of the Phillips Forrest
er No. 1 oil well under circum-
(Contlnuet on page 6)
Ship Losses During War's
First 12 Months Listed
LONDON. Nov. 13. (AP) First
Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alex
ander. In a written nnswer to n
question in the house of commons
today, stated that the number of
merchant ships, including fishing
vessels, lost by "ancmy action"
during the first 12 months of the
war was as follows:
British. 406 ships of 1.611,842
tons.
Allied. 103 of 474.S1H tons.
Neutral. 2S3 of 7M.212 tons.
Total. 762 of 2,Sr:i70 tons.
Crew members and passengers
lost totaled Z.?.2. The total saved
was l-i.fi.T,, total taken prisoner
1,10.
lie said "enemy" loses in the
period totaled 1'fil ships of about
1.2W.0H0 tons.
hands. With the other lie clung to
a croRS-tie and the 1fi fish until
the engineer stopped the train and
came, back to pull him to snfety.
The Maid's Mistake
CHICAGO Out In suburban
Oleiicne they're telling nbout the
housemaid who hung up. not once,
hut three times on telephone calls
from President Roosevelt.
Following the rteath recently of
Governor Henry Horner, a group
of bis friends, including Senator
Scott W. Lucas fD.. 111.) withered
at. the Glencoe home of n Horner
relative, where the Senator placed
1 call to Washington to Inform the
president of the governor's death.
1ille the croup was at dinner
the maid answered the 'phone,
heard the operator say: "President
Roosevelt calling."
"Listen, I can't be bothered with
lokes now." snapped the maid,
slamming the receiver. In fact,
she hung it np three times before
the call got through.
In U. S. A. Defense Program
gU"'.:!
At top Largest - delivery of
trainer planes for army feldg
llngs prepare to take off from
Los Angeles for delivery to Mof
fett field, Sunnyvale, where they
will be used to teach young pilots
to fly in their country's defense.
At right Maj. Gen. Ernest D.
Peek, named commanding gen
eral of the army's ninth corps
area to handle mobilization, sup
ply and administrative duties for
troops stationed In the eight
western states and Alaska.
Big Turkeys to Go
Info School Food
Purchases by the federal govern
ment of large sized turkeys to be
used .in the numerous WPA hot
schoii lunch programs throughout
the tjimntry was announced today
by V. A. Tlnvls. local manager of
the Oregon Turkey Growers. Mr.
Davlq reported that the news of
the sovernment's action was giv
en through the Salt Lake City
headquarters of the Northwest
ern Turkey Growers association.
Throughout the entire country
projects have been set up In the
WPA whereby school lunches are
served children whose parents are
on relief rolls. It is anticipated
that the sale of Ihe large sized
turkeys for use In these projects
win .assist materially in reducing
the large surplus of the oversized
birds for which there Is little mar
ket demand. Mr. Davis states.
The local manager also has
been informed, he reports, that
the Northwestern association has
been successful in its effort lo
induce ihe federal government to
buy heavy toms on a bid basis
whenever a surplus reaches a
point where H heroines detriment
al to the market.
Delinquent Tax Bill
Hits Members of Clubs
PORTLAND. Nov. 1H. (AP)
A forgotten law brought conser
nation to several Oregon athletic
and social clubs today as the fed
eral Internal revenue department
presented a bill for delinquent
taxes.
Collector .T. W. Maloney said life
members, active or honorary, must
pay a 10 per cent tnx on all dues
or assessments paid tn the club
'nltis a inn per rent penalty for de
linquency. j Plowden Stott. former mernher
I of the Portland Multnomah Athle
tic club's board of trustee, esti
mated the tax on ?w members
would range tin tn $112.f0 each
anil wonld be doubled by the pen
ally. Verne Perry. Columhln-Kdgewa-ter
Countrv club manneer. ex
pressed belief the law. passed In
1919 but never enforced here
abouts, would affect all golf clubs.
F.D.R. Welcomes
Support Pledges
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP)
President Roosevelt, In a tele
gram acknowledRing congratula
tory messages on his election lo
a third term, expressed today '"de
termination lo work shoulder to
shoulder with all who place true
Americanism above all other con
siderations. ".
The chief executive said that
some of the messages contained
pledges of loyalty and support
from men and ft-omen who voted
against the administration and
"these messages, in particular,"
he asserted, "'rerlect a spirit of
national unity in essential things
which is most welcome."
"In union we shall find our true
strength," he added.
White house clorks said mess
ages had deluged the executive of
fices in such volume that extra
workers were employed to handle
them. It was Impossible to count
them, the clerks said, and all of
them could not be acknowledged
personalty.
Consequently. II was said. Mr.
Roosevelt, decided to thank his
well-wishers in a public state
ment. Oregon's 1940 Payrolls
Show Gain Over Last Year
SALEM. Ore.. Nov. 13. (AP)
Oregon's 1940 payrolls are 18 per
cent ahead of last year, the Btate
unemployment compensation com
mission said today In announcing
that payroll taxes this year to
taled $fi.tilfl.fifi. compared with
$r.03. !.")() during the same period
of HrtO.
A new high of $10,141,258 In the
unemployment trust fund also was
announced. The total is $.100,000
above the previous high last Au
gust and more than $2,000,000 over
the amount on hand a year ago.
Jobless benefits tn October
were $191,153, an increase of $2Q,
2S4 over the previous month and
$13,127 more than In October,
1939.
For the year to date. $3.fl7R.r,3fI
has been paid to eligible unem
ployed. The firm 10 months of
last year, there were total pay
ments of $3,591,283.
Death Toll In
Cold, Storms
Mounts to 88
Victims Include Crews of Lake
Vessels and Duck Hunters;
Snow Isolates Towns in
Minnesota, Closes Schools.
lly the AHRociated Press
Searching part lea Hc.nnncd the
cold waters of I.uUo Michigan and
fro.en inurKhlands In the Great
LakeH region today for additional
victims of tho violent Rtnrm that
brought dealh and destruction to
the middle west and Trlgld weather
lo the nation.
r.ighty-elght pel-Rons. Including
two score suitors and duck hunters.
were known to have perished. Many
others were missing and scant hope
remained that they would be found
alive.
9 wo freighters .were believed lo
have foundered in Lake Michigan
willi all hands aboard during the
ga)n that struck on Armistice day
anil ronllnued Into Tuesday, l'ive
vessels were reported aground.
jl lie bodies of 111 sailors wero
w-fislied ashore near lidlngton.
Mich. They were Identified nR
tboso of crew members aboard the
William II. liavock, a 7.2nu-lon
freighter, and Ihe Anna C. Minch,
a 4.2i0-toii vessel.
It was feared that tho death toll
from shipwrecks would exceed OS.
In addition to the bodies recovered;
41'' other crew members Vere miss,
ing from tho William II. Ilavock and
(Continued on pnge 6)
Commissioner Retains
Job in Bowl Drawing
Till-: DAI. I, ICS. Nov. 1. (API
lly virtue of a fish bowl draw
ing. Mace Kulton will serve an
oilier term as a Wasco county
commissioner.
I'ullon and .1. W. Adkins tied In
the general election, each wllh
2mII votes, and agreed to the draw.
lieu U. I.lilin. blindfolded, drew
Fallon's name from the bowl.
zzzl?iSAWE:
By Paul
BILL BRADLEY'S grave at
Ilradloy'H flal, near llluhee on tho
North UiiiKiia rivor. Formerly
protocled only by a rlckoly plckot
Once of rmmKro fliincnsions, H
has recently been honored by the
erection of a noble concrete monu
ment .into which linn been net a
bronze memorial tablet,
Knnh community, each district
of any country, either lias an old
timer who has become a legen
dary hero, or suffer severely
through the lack ofone. The up
per North Ij'mpoua has Hill Hrad
Ipy. Kill isn't lengendary yet. Ton
many men, now tn their primp.
still have vivid personal recollec-
lions of "hi in, Hut he will become
legendary in the courso of time
mark my words. (Us character,
his somewhat unusual mode of liv
ing, his varied actual and rumor
ed attainments assure this.
Horn in Oakland, or Oak Creek,
I forget which. In ml. Hill squat
ted on the flat which now bears
his name tn 1880 for thereabouts).
He died there in 190ft, having been
trampled to death by a horse
which he was breaking. Or at
least this is the supposition, as
no one ever has appeared who was
present at the time. He was found
In a dying and unconscious condi
tion a day or so after the event.
British Heroism Aboard Outclassed Boat
In Hopeless Battle With Germain Raider
In Atlantic Saves Two-Thirds of Convoy
AX EASTERN CANADIAN
POUT. Nov. IS (AP) Sixty-five
seamen, most of them wounded,
were Cunada's heroes today scar
red, exhausted survivors of the
a mi fd merchant cruiser Jervis Bay
which saved at least 29 ships of a
convoy of :is hefore sinking, guns
still roaring, in a mld-Atlantlc bat
tle with a powerful German raider.
They were brought, into port lale
yesterday by a Swedish freighter,
one of the convoy, whose captain,
Sven Olander, went, back after dark
the night of Nov. 5 because "they
did so well for lis that I did not
like lo leave."
Tho identity of the freighter and
the number of missing crew mem
bers of tho 18-year-old, 14, 164-ton
Australian liner converted into a
lightly-armed convoy gunrdshlp
were kept a military secret. Also,
tho identity of tile raider was un
known, but somo of the survivors
thought possibly she was a 10,000
ton pocket battleship, the Admiral
Scheer or the I.uetzow. ,
Survivors of tho fight of which
tho world had its first Inkling Inst
week when distress calls crackled
out over tho Atlantic told how the
Jervis Hay headed without hesita
tion Into the "hopeless" fight, laid
a smoke screen under which tho
convoy scattered, and plowed
through a storm of shells straight
for tho raider until she was sunk
by the latlor's power.
Heroic Captain Perishes
-Capiat!) K S. V. Fegon remnlned
fn conimiind "with ono arm almost
shot away," even though the fore
part of I ho bridge was blown from
under lilin. Ho went down with the
blazing ship.
A llrltlsh admiralty communlnun
credited the saving of three-fourths
of tho convoy, which Die Germans
reported completely destroyed
largely to the "very gallant nclion"
of the Jervis Ray.
It said that despite "greatly in
ferior arniameut" the Jervis Hay
"continued to engage the enemy
after she had been severely hit and
was burning furiously." and ex
ploded after a two-hour fight.
Twenty-four ships in the convoy
were reported to have reached
Jenkins
Nhwa-Uovm-w 111010 nntl h.iiKruvlnf(
Hill was buried just n rod or
so from his cabin. "He was buried
shallow, too," K. H. Stewart, Rose
burg physician who was summon
ed In a vain effort to reach the in
jured man before he died, bus told
me. "We did the best w could
to plant hiiri properly, but Ihe
ground there was confoundedly
rocky."
(lazing contemplatively at the
grave In the picture above stands
Tom Karber, forest service con
st ruction superintendent, with
headquarters at Steamboat, Tom
and I were guests of Vernon Harp
ham, forest supervisor, on a pro
JecN'd expedition to lHamond lake
and were on the second b'g of our
somewhat leisurely journey at
Hradlpy flat.
Friday night had boon spent In
pleasant concourse with Jf. F. Can
non, subaltern temporarily In
charge of the CCC camp at Steam
boat; Ioctor Harncs, camp physi
cian, Carl Helms and others mem
bers of the CCC foreat service per
sonnel. Tho next morning we proceeded
uprivcr in the little green forest
service sedan wliicli Verne com
manded, to see what we could see
and do what we could do. We saw
and did quite a bit, In our fimall
way I'll tell you more about it
tomorrow.
ports, five others woro reported
safe and, the admiralty added, "It
is possible that some the ships
still missing may be safe."
Among t lie vessels reported nl
reaily In port wero the liner Itnngl
tiki and the freighter Cornish City,
whose distress calls were heard In
the United States the night of the
attack as the convoy was steaming
from Canada to England.
Courage Narrated
Captain Olnnder said he thought
he saw five merchant ships In tho
convoy struck by shells fired by
the raider.
: lie thought tho raider second
salvo of shells, aimed at the Jervis
Hay, overshot, and damaged the
nangilikl.
Tho survivors brought bnck taleR
of heroism which ranged from their
captain's persistence nt his post
Chough severely wounded to an ac
count of n seaman who, when tho
Jervis Day's flag wan shot away,
climbed the rigging amid shell
hursts nnd fastened a new ensign
which still waved through smoke
clouds as the ship took her Inst
plunge.
"I think everybndy aboard was
proud as onr ship tnmed to meet
Ihe enemy," the officer related.
"Our captain knew just what we
wore going to get, but It didn't
matter."
Charge of Assault
Denied by Ed Sf en
A plea of Innocent to a charge
of assault with a-dnngerous weapon
was entered In circuit court today
1 l. Ti'.l Qlnn DnA.lnnnM .1.A ,..na
arraigned hefore Judgo O. V. Sklp-
worih on an indictment returnod
by the grand jury nt its recent ses
sion. No trial dato was set.
Charles O. Leach., Indicted on n
charge of wanton Injury tn an ani
mal, also was arraigned hut took
further time in which to enter his
plea.
Testimony and arguments in the
ense of Wesley Small. Portland
realtor, against CI. K. Alkln, n suit
for collection of commission claim
ed by the plaintiff on a real estate
transfer, were completely shortly
before noon lodny and the case piac
en in tne nanus or ino jury.
Tho court Immediately took lip
tho case of Lafe K. Smith against
Robert B. I-aw, an action for dam
ages in the sum of f5,!)')!.50 claim
ed for alleged personal Injury and
dnmnges lo an automobile result
ing from a collision December 24,
10.17, near Drain.
Judgo Sklpworth today made
temporary appointment of Archie
Archnmhenii of Hosoburg as bailiff
to assist tho regularly appointed
bailiff, J. P. Fullorton. -
Bremen Sunk by British
Torpedo, Danes Declare
RAX FRANCISCO, N v. 13.
(AI A report that the Clorman
merchant ship Bremen was sunk
off the Danish coast several weeks
ago was received hero by the Pan
ish-Norweclun newspaper Hlen.
The editors of the paper did not
disclose who sent them a tele
gram saying the 4ft.8tH-ton vesse!
was sunk off Denmark's nnrlhern
coast and that the Danes believ
ed It had been hit by a Hrtlfsh tor
pedo. A similar report pome In a let
ter received by a Danish family
hero, saying the Hremen was sunk
in the Kattegat, with its super
structure; above water, and that
"hundreds of bodies" of (lerman
soldiers were washed ashore. The
letter writer said excursion trips
were being made to the wreck.
Japan to Get Increased
Oil From East Indies
HAT A VI A, Netherlands East In
dies. Nov. IX (APi An acreo
ment under which Japan obtains
nn increase of her annual oil lin
norts from the Netherlands Fast
Indies from 4D4.0nn to 1.800,000
tons, with big Cnited States and
British companies acting as Im
porting agents, was announced
here today.
The agreement was concluded
between Dutch colonial and oil
company officials and Muknl,
chairman of the huge Mitsui Inter
ests and representative of Japan
es oil companies, but the Stand
ard Vacuum oil company and the
Rising Sun Petroleum company.
Japan subsidiary of the British
Shell interests, will act as Import
ers for ihe Japanese.
Two Cruisers
In Harbor Hit
Two Auiillory War VmmH Alstf
Damaqtd, Claim Of
London; Grooks Continu
To Hammor at Italians.
(By tho Associated Press)
Tli ltaln's royal navy "has strueK
a crippling blow at tho Italian
fleet." the London admiralty rn
potted today, seriously damaging
two fascists battleships and proli
ably a third as well as two cruis.
crs. "siiuKgllng behind thai shorn
defenses" at the Taranto naval
Wife.
In addition, two nuxlllnvy wnr.
I'hlps there were reported "lylnjj
wllh their sterns under water."
'rime Minister Winston Chur
chill told a cheerlnK house oC
commons that "the result of tho
action decisively affects the bal
ance of power In the Medlterran.
can."
London naval experts (laid tho
victory would release powerful
mills or me lsritisn lueunorranean
armada to join in a world wldo
hunt for a "phantom" (iormnn
surface raider possibly tho 10,-OllO-ton
pocket battleship Admiral
Schaor or the Luetzow which at
tacked a convoy In inid-Allantln
November 11.
Nine shins from the convoy
are reported, missing.
Italian Navy Hard Hit
Tarnuto, described as Italy's)
inn In sea baso, l ien at the "Instep"
of tho Italian boot.
The admiralty Bald the attack,
clImnxiiiK fruitless months in whicli
tho British Mediterranean fleet has
soiiRht to engage the Italian fleet
In open battle, "probably" loft only
halt or tho fascist navy's six capi
tal ships still effective.
litoyal navy planes,' flying from
undisclosed bases, carried out the
assault on the night of November'
11-1 a, the admiralty said, rtf
A Iliitish admiralty communique
gnvo this plcturo:
llomh hits caused such linvoe.
aboard two of the battltshlps they
had to run ashoro to prevent sink
ing. One of these, boloftglng to tho
23,022-tnn Conte de Cavour class,
was under water : "fnopi her stern
up. including the after turret.",.
Another battleship of the 35,000,.
ton I. II (ol io class was "badly down
by the hows" with "her foreqastla
under wnter and n heavy list ti
starboard." I
2nd Victory Reported
Still another llrltlsh naval vic
tory at the expense of Itnly was
reported by the London admiralty
later In Ihe day. The admiralty
snld llrltlsh warships sank an
Italian supply ship, sot two others
nflanic, damaged another, and
(Continued on page fi)
Britain Soon To
Get U. S. Bombers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP)'
Forty of Amorlca's great four
motor bombing airplanes, designed
for long range flying, are expected
to be on their way to Britain be
fore Christmas.
In line with President Roose
velt's new rule of-thuinb policy for
splitting munitions production with
the llrllish, the bomber delivery
will give the llrltlsh half of tba
lioelng vAirernft plant's output o(
SO Hoeing B-17C bombers by late
December. Kxperts sold tho planes
hnvo range so groat they easily
could be flown across the Atlantic;
to England.
Reports persisted, meanwhile, of
Ihe release to Britain of one of
the secret bonibslghtfl developed
by American military experts who
regard them as tho world's most
accurate. Tricking any official con
firmation, these reports snld that
the second and newer of the two
sights held 1iy the army and navy
woijld not be releoscd. ,
Release of the other .known a
the Rperry bombslght, might take
the form, it was said, of permitting
the British to use existing sight
units and to order units from tho
manufacturer.
Sexton Mountain Road
Unit Work Is Awarded
PORTLAND. Nov. 13. (API
Tho first contract the JllO.nnO.OOO
rrnlect of straightening the Paclfln
highway between Kuftene nnd
itrcim ran was awnrneu oy ino
state highway commission yester-
dav.
The J23.3an contract for 1.91
miles of grading on a new route In
the Sexton mountain section of tha
Pnclflc highway was given to Mc-
Nutt Brothers of Eugouo.