Announced Aim of the Axis Enlargement by Inclusion of Hungary is "Promotion of Peace," Proving that Europe's Dictators Still Retain a Sense of Humori THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Rnln tonight iiml Thursday. Teni poi nt m e In-low nui iiiiil. Bee page 4 for statistic!, GIVE AND TAKE That's the status of the Euro penn war, with each aide scoring hoavlly on Industries. The oils Is trying for a "knockout" bofora Britain begins receiving U. 8. planes, about the middle of Decern ber. Keep posted via the NEW REVIEW. fHrDOUGLSS-COUNTY DALY OU XLV NO. 193 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1 940. VOL. XXIX NO. 91 OF THE EVENING NEWS ll mm 4 1 m Q) 0) In -. - . 9 (Mf IE1S m JNews i By FRANK JENKINS MUSSOLINI, speaking in Home to the Itnllan people, says: "Whatever happens, I will never turn bark." (lie Is referring, evi dently, to the Creek campaign, which has back-fired on him.) A lot of us in this country were talking that way on November 6. THE trouble with 11 dune is that he can't afford to wait four years, while we can. IJR continues: "The European war can now be concluded only with the de struction of the modern Carthage England." Tor years old Cato croaked, every llmo he arose in his place In the lioman senate: "Carthage must, be destroyed!" The Homans did destroy Carth age leveled it to the ground and plowed up Its site but so weaken, ed themselves in the long process that Home ultimately fell. It might be n good Idea for Mus solini to read n little history. LJK ndds significantly: "Italy must be prepared for HOUR SKVKRK SACRIFICES." That Is on admission that ho f missed the boat when ho thought he was comlntt in just In'timo for an easy finish and a pleasant ill vision of the spoils. ' I OOK, however, . for something drastic to happen soon. Little Greece mustn't be allowed to get away with licking big Italy. That's bad for prestige as Sta lin decided when little Finland was giving him n trouncing, lie simply HAH to spank Finland, and ultimately did by overwhelming the Finns with superior numbers. When n' Rood little man fights nil IMMENSELY STRONG (not necessarily good) big man, there is apt to be only one outcome. "T'lIEIiE are hints from Swllzcr- land that axis reprisal for the licking the Greeks (with British (Continued on page 4) By Paul rr MR, AND MRS. HAROLD POW ELL ns they stooil before tl'eir heme near Tyee with their two young sons. Ion and .Mm. last Sun day. They weren't admiring the f is h that LouisKei7,enstein and I had caught, ol a certainty, because we hadn't caught any. So I sup pose it was the general vlcv. which is excellent from their p'ace, overlooking the l'np(ua river as It does, and looking up to the high sheltering. woolUM hills. Jim is a typical boy I had an rid knife In my pocket anil gave It to him. "Thanks," he said, nn 1 disappeared immediately. 1m lest than half a minute he v,n back, holding up his finger for Pi .por tion he had already succ-?-!" in shotting ft! With all the accidents v.Mch kids suffer I can't for the life of me understand how they ever Crow up. It looks as if fatality 1 SAW::::::::::: Peace Chance In Labor Feud Appears Dim Lewis' Blast at A. F. L. Heads Lessens Hope of Accord; Election of Murray as CIO Chief May Turn Tide. SKW ORI.KA.VR. Nov. 2ft (AP) AFL VicP-prosi.lcnt Mat-fhr-w Weill, r.istliiK a glfiomy clmifp lit Hip dovfi of poarp launch ml only yesterday from the wliito housp, hhIi! totJay hp saw no hope for n sr-lt lenient with the CongroRR of Industrial Organizations. Woll. conshli'iefl one of the rehohirH of iho American Fedora lion of Labor in convention here, made the assertion after examin ing a similar statement bv CIO President John I,. Lewis, directed at AFL. AFL President William Green railed Lewis n "real dictator" aft er 1w.a had told his eheering ('10 ron vent ion in Atlantic City "I've done u lot of exploding In Pill's mind and I give you my word there is nothing there," Lewis blasted (he AFL after President Poosevelt In a message to Croon there was no Indication here that, a similar message had been sent to Lewis called upon labor's leaders "with the interest of 1 ho nation at heart" to find a way to peace. "That Is the end of any hope for peace." said Woll In referring to Lewis' statement that 'it would be (Continued on page 6 Smaller Relief Outlay. New Tax Bill Predicted "WASTtrKOrON. Nor. 20. (AP) Chairman Houghton (T.. N, C.) of the house, ways and meant com mittee said today federal expendi tures for relief next year should be smaller and predicted there -would bo a new tux bill then to raise "at. least" sufficient additional revenue to meet "normal expenses" of the government. Talking after a while house con ference but making plain he was expressing his own Individual opin ion, l'Otigliton said Improved busi ness and Increased employment should result in smaller expendi tures for relief. "Outside of Increased national defense costs." he told reporters. "II Is mv Individual opinion thnt after effecting every proper and reasonable economy we should raise sufficient additional revenue at least to meet the. regular ex penses of government.' lie said he did not. believe "we should pass on to future genera tions n single dollar that wo can talto care of ourselves." Jenkins I i .No w.i-Review Plioto and TCn graving would catch up with each one of (hem before he got into long pants but surprisingly most or t !ie;i seem to make it. After they get to be nrddle aged they wonder why they v. unf. to have all this apparent luck, inv ito w. Fishing down the river hsf Sim day was just as unproduct v? (if results, at least ns far as F was concerned, as duck hunting up on the lake the preceding wei: lid been. I don't know whether to lay my failure to .the duvk-. Lie fi?h or to myself; but I have my suspicion where the fault rn liy lies ducks and fish are' ;mirter v b'n it comes to defiTidlns their freedom than I am at curtailing H. The United States and UikMi are licking their chops for i tur key dinner. American Faces Prison in Italy I J -nils George Ehret, above, grandson of the New York brewer, was recently convicted at a secret trial in Rome of violating Italian currency exchange laws. Sen tenced to six years In prison, fined 300,00 Olira ($15,000), Ehret appealed to U. S. state depart ment to intercede In his behalf. Douglas Tax Levy Will Be Decreased Amount of Reduction Depends On Action on New Bridge Request, Bowker States. Unless the county budget 1b changed to include a sinking fund for replacement of the Oak street bridge, ns requested by the Doug las County Taxpayers' league, the tax levy for the forthcoming year will be reduced approximately one and one-half mills, County Judge Morris Uowker announced today. The budget hearing held yesterday result ed in few recommendations for changes other than the propos ed sinking fund, which it was es timated would require a levy of about one mill for perhaps three or tour years. Even, if the sinking fund is approved and an extra mill added to the levy, the tax rate still will be below that of this year, .Judge How Iter said. Minor Boosts Asked. The hearing resulted in recom mendations that the appropriation for weed con I rol be raised from $."n0 to Sl.r.00 and that the sum or $f!0 be included for travel expenses for government hunters. These two suggestions, If adopted, will not materially affect the budget, Judge Uowker said. The county valuation for the com ing year Is $2!).5nr..S?)0. The ele mentary school tax was estimated in the budget at S52.0UO, but word received today Is that the amount has been established at ?.r(0,917.50. No state tax need be raised during the next year, the county was in formed. On the basis of this information, the levy will be approximately ft. 5 mills as compared with 11 mills for the current year. The court has the suggestions for budget c hanges under considera tion. Bids Opened for Jetty Job at Umpqua's Mouth PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (AP) Kern & Kibbe of Portland sub mitted a low bid of f723.:i20 for re construction of the north jetty at the moult) of the I'mpqna river, V. S. district engineers' office an nounced today. The job will in volve construction of 07U0 feet of tramway or truck trestle, the plac ing of lOd.uoti tons of jetty stone, and 2S.000 yards of concrete. Food Stamp Plan Goes to 9 More Oregon Counties PORTLAND, Nov. 20. f AP) Elmer (Joudy. state welfare admin istrator, said today the food stamp plan would be extended to nine western Oregon counties late In December. To be included are: Columbia, Clatsop. Itenton. Washington, Yam hill. Linn. Tillamook, Polk and Ma rion. The plan is In effect in 18 of the state's 3 counties now. Young Rockefeller Gives Blood to Treat Wounded NEW fcOUK. Nov. 20. f AP) Wlnthrop Rockefeller, son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., donated a pint of his blood today tor use in the treatment of wounded Brit ish soldiers and civilians. Adjournment Plans Defeat Aids Measure Logan-Walter Bill Gets Chance in Senate as House Votes Continuance off Session: Rams peck Bill Approved. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. (AP) The decisive house defeat of an attempt at adjournment gave the controversial Iogan-Wnlter bill to day Its long-deferred chance for prompt senate consideration. Administration leaders, who pre dict a presidential veto for the measure, were hopeful it would die In committee at the close of the 70th congress, hut the bouse de stroyed that hope yesterday when it voted I'M to MS against ending the current session and going home. As a result, when the senate took a two-day Thanksgiving recess yesterday, H had n motion to con sider the Logan-Walter bill us the pending business It will take up on reconvening Friday. Opponents conceded there were enough votes to force consideration. The legis lation has the announced purpose of facilitating appeals from deci sions of quasi-judicial federal agen cies. House defeat of the adjournment resolution gave the senate no choice but to stay In session, for under t ho const itut Ion neither chamber may adjourn or recess for longer than three days without the consent of the other. Vote Margin Surprises. The margin by which adjourn ment was defeated surprised both those who advocated going homo and those opposed. The 344 mem bers of the republican minority voted snlldly against the resolution, and they were supported by 44 democrats. 2 progressives and 1 American-labor. All 348 votes for adjournment were democratic. Although President Itcosevelt said nt his press conference yester day that result of Iho vote made no difference to him, It did repre sent a definite defeat for demo cratic bouse leaders in ino first posi electlon test. They ndvocnted adjournment, on the other hand, republican legislators had been urged by Wendell Willkio to vole against ending the session. With the adjournment resolution (Continued on pace 6 Imperialism to Vanish by 2040, U. S. Envoy Predicts MKXtCO CITY, Nov. 20. CAP) IT. S. AmlinsHiulor .losnphuR Daniels predicted today "there will be not a klim or queen or emperor" hold ing power "hy right of inheritance or life tenure" in 2010, nor any dli tator kc'IzIiik power hy force or holding It hy denial of the popular will." In a Thanksgiving day address at a church here, the ambassador said that "colonization und im pcrlalism will (in 2040) bo as deail and turned to clay as Imperial Caesar." that "every man who tilts the soil will own the land he culti vates." that education from kinder garten lo the highest post-grnduate work would be "free lo nil," thnt there would bo no strikes, no need for standing armies, great navies or militarized aircraft beyond nn "International police force," and universal freedom of religion would be rcHpeeted. U. S. Naval Newest, smallest, and by far speediest additions to Uncle Sam's rapidly expanding navy ara the four motor torpedo boats pictured above at the Brooklyn navy yard. The Insignia of the new fleet, of which six boats have been delivered, with 14 more nearly complete, is aptly a torpedo-carrying mosquito. Mos quitoes Indeed, the craft are 70 feet long, capable of 72 miles an hour, and carry four torpedoes, two twin machine guns. Italians Get Ready to Quit Albanian Base Army Trucks Stream From Key City of KoriMa as Attack Of Greeks, British Drive Outposts Farther Back. niTOU. Yugoslavia, Nov. 20. (AP) Italian army trucks, pre sumably carrying Rtipplics, were seen leaving Korltza today as Creek heavy artillery and British planes bombarded the area and re ports strengthened that the fas cists were ready to abandon their vital Albanian base. Batteries on Mount Moravia shelled the city from the south east and Greek infantrymen were reported advancing along the western slope, but border observ ers said the lute of the city would he uncertain until the last mo ment nnd depended on whether the Italians decided to make a stand or retire to the plains where their motorized equipment could be used more effectively. Korltza was bombed several times overnight by (jreek nnd British planes, and Greek sources suid the Italians' position there was. precarious. Encirclement Resisted The ltalhms. however, offered desperate resistance on Mount Zvuzila to stall on attempt of the Greek right wing to encircle the battered city through mountain passes to tho north. Helnforced Greek batteries on Mount Ivan and Italian guns on .veziln exchanged shells. Greek Infantry hurled continual attacks at Jhe Italian alpino troops hold ing the heights. Unable to shell Korlzu from Mount Ivan because Zviftrin. stood in the 'way, the Greeks were trying to drive past the Italian emplacements. ltepnrts at the border hero snid the Greeks had forced the Italians down to the foothills of Mornva mountain, which stretch south ward nlong the Korltza plain. Italy Stronger In Air Ten Italian tanks, war muter- (Continued on page fi Truck Burner For Insurance Paroled Floyd freeman .Iligglnbothnm, convicted In circuit court of burn ing a logging truck for the purpose of collecting Insitrnnco, was sen tenced by Judge G. Skipworlh today lo three years In the stale penitentiary, but was given n pa role, conditioned upon future good behavior. Continued freedom also was per mitted Leslie ,1. Croy. who pleaded guilty to a charge of non-support of minor children. Judge Skipworth accepted tho idea of guilty lint an, nounccd Hint sentence would be postponed as long as the defendnnt paid support money In the sum of $20 per month. The jury was granted a recess until Monday nfter a verdict was returned yesterday In the action of William II. Gulbreath against the state Industrial accident com mission. The Jury found that the plaintiff had suffered 12- per cent loss of the function of one leg. thus forming a basis for payment of compensation by the commission for Injury resulting from nn Indus triril accident. Mosquitoes With Deadly Sting 'JJT' ' $ Birmingham Suffers Fate of Coventry In German Air Raid; British Retaliate By Attacks on Arms Works, Shipyards By tho Associated Press An axis diplomats signed Hun gary Into a more or less puppet partnership, llrilons read In their morning newspapers of still an other devastating smash by Ger iiian night raiders against the in dustrial midlands a nine-hour as sault on the "queen" city of Birm ingham and l.'l other cltleB and towns. Hitler's high command said fiOO mi.l planes stormed Iho midland belt with more than l.OOO.UUO pounds of bombs, setting "fnr-vls-Iblo conflagrations and explosions even more extensive thai; during the raid on Coventry." Knglnnd's second largest city, Birmingham lias 1,000,000 Inhabi tants. The nnzl raldors, roaring across the channel from bases In Holland. Belgium nnd France, dive-bombed Birmingham nt a rato of more than ono-a-mlnute. British feared the toll of killed nnd maimed w as high as the Germnn bombers, dropping first flnres, then Incendiaries to start fires nnd light the way for a hail of explosives, nttnoked hour after hour despito a thunderous anti-aircraft barrage. This morning Birmingham, pre sented a flrc-blnckened picture of ruin, while In nearby Coventry the bodies of 172 of 300 victims killed In last Thursday's town-smashing assault were burled In ft common grave. Tho nazl high command's com munique also reported that Lon don, Liverpool, Southampton und other ports and airfields camo In for additional attacks. Among airports bombed wore Marliam, NorwIch Ltittnn nnd Cran well In eastern Knglnnd, where hangars nnd Bheltors wero fired, the lilgh "command said.-. ... - A "small submarine" nn appar ent reference to tho "baby" subma rines reported built In largo num bers for attacks In the narrow wa ters about tho British isles was declared by the communique to have sunk four merchant ships to taling 2:1.500 tons, bringing the to tal of this one undersens boat to Ol.nno tons. Tho high command said tho at tacks on Birmingham wero made in Holman Sees Peril in 'Rush for U. S. Funds EUGRNK, Nov. 20, (AP) Ren al or Unfits llolinan yesterday told members of the F.ugenn notary club the rush of cities to obtain their share of federal funds "be cause somo other community got something" might paralyze private enterprise and lend to federal bank ruptcy. Communities seeking projects, lie de hired, should satisfy themselves that they are legitimate, rcnsonnblo and proper to present to the gov ernment. He also called for home town committees to work through congressmen, rather than by send ing representatives directly to the capltfil. Baby Drowns in Bath When Mother Faints NEW YOrtK. Nov. 20. (API Mrs. Katlierine McCarthy fainted yesterday while bathing her 5-week old daughter, Kathleen Francis, in u portable canvas bathtub, nnd when she revived she found her babv had drowned. "retaliation" for nrlllsh raids on ."residential sections" of Hnmhurg, Bremen and Kiel. Informed sources anld the at tacks were from varying heights and directions, which made the British defense Ineffective. Britlih Alao Deal Blow British bombers raided the erent Skoda arms works at Pllsen, In old Cznchoslovnkin, for ' the Recond time Inst night, the London air mlnlstnry announced today. Munitions stores nnd other objec tives In Berlin also wore bombed. It was slated. The communique nddetl : "Munitions stores and other ob jectives In norlln nnd shlpynrds and docks nt Kiel, Hamburg nnd Bremerhnven were bombed and fires nnd explosions observed. "Among industrial targets at tacked with good results were tho synthetic oil plants at Gel senklrchen and Humhurg and nn Important electric power station at Ilumborn. "Knllwuy yards and Junctions nt Bremen, Berlin nnd Aurich and the Inland port of Pulsberg-Riih-rort were also liomued. "Coastal command aircraft at tacked the naval base at Lorlent and tho harbor nt Barfleur, Nor mandy. "From these operations three of our aircraft are missing." The Germans acknowledged two raids on their capital but asserted Hint "each time, only one plane succeeded In flying over the city nnd dropping ft number of Incon- llnry nnd exploslvo Bombs." "Hospitals, clinics and sovernl apartment houses wore struck," the nazls said. "The resulting roof fires wero quickly extin guished." A Germnn torpedd boat was sunk In the . North sbtt last'.ulBltf. by light British naval forces, mo admiralty reported today. Tho announcement said the Hilt- had no losses nor dntnnge nnd picked up survivors from the Ger man crnl't. Food rnlloning, already enrnrc ed for human beings, will become effeetlvo Jan. 1 for farm animals enllle. sheep nnd horses "ir pos sible," it was announced officially today. , BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. (AP) The army high com. mand today acted to release 46 of the largest United States bombing planes to Great Brit ain and announced that one of two high-accuracy bombslghts developed In this country had already been released for Brit- lah ,.a The glnnt bombers for which release has been or is Deing piun ncd fall into two categories. They First, 26 four-englned planes now coming rrom tho uonsoiiuatea air craft plant at Snn IMcgo, Calif., the A ...l.l,.h tuna iindni-alnnd tn have been delivered to the Urltlsh Saturday. Second, 20 planes built by the Boeing company and nlrendy fully equipped. Turkey Demand Cleans Up Supplies in Portland POTtTLANl), Nov. 20. (AP) Although tomorrow mny he only the first halt of a Thanksgiving dnuhlnheader, the Portland turkey market furnished ample evidence that Oregonlans new denl or oth erwise Intend to fenst on the tra ditional fowl. The Journal said that cleanup of supplies was general, total sales nt record figures, nnd that even toms which lagged in early sell ingbad been absorbed by late buying. Wholesalers even reported Inability to fill some lute orders. Some packers asked IS cents for toms but In genernl tho 1 fil-17 cent price held. Hens held nt 22-23 cents lo retullers. Corvallis Votes Down Port-Air Field Proposal CORVALLIS, Oro., Nov. 20. ( AP) Creation of n port of Cor vallis wns snowed under by voters or this city nnd three siibnrbnn pre cincts effected by a 1318-440 mar gin In n special election held yes terday. Backers of the plan had pledged the port to construct an airport for the city If tho port was brought Into being. Despite a spirited bat tle over the question In which op ponents said a batter moans of ob taining an airport could he found, voters showed a great lack of in terest, the turnout being about 34 per cent of those eligible. Hitler Adds 250 Miles To Balkan Trail 'Promotion of Pnci" Assorted Aim of Allianeo, But Smash Of Naxi Military Machino Toward Grtoeo Expoetod. VIENNA, Nov. 20. (AP) Hun. gary signed a military, political und economic compact with her lotamnrian Wends today, making the German-Itnllan-Jnnanese nl- llnnce Into n four-nation nxls. The representntives of tho four nntlons affixed their signatures tr a document binding Hungary to join the war against any country wnicn in tne near luture may en ter the Europenn or Japanese Chinese conflicts. By the stroke. Adolf Hitler on- ened a nazl military avenue 250 miles further Into the Balkans, to ward Greece. Turkey, Baghdad and Suez. Germany's Foreign Minister Vi Rlbbcntrnp indicated thnt further extensions are to come by declaring "more powers will follow" Hungary. Ho describ ed the pact as a "challenge to -all war Inciters and any power which la in favor of extension of tho war." The original alliance, signed Inst Sept. 27 nt Berlin, is a 10 yoar military nnd economio treaty whlrb hliwla Ita stfrimrs tn n nne- for-all and all-for-one pledge of aid against any new entrant Into eith er the European or Chinese wars. Balkan Smash Looms There was no intimation from any sources how soon any military operations might follow these nazl diplomatic strides townrd tho Balkuns, but scarcely an observ er doubted such n slepiwauld bo In. the original agreement, Ger many, Itnly and Japan bound them selves "to assist one another with nil political, economio and, 'mili tary menus when one of ;t)ie, thfipw contracting powers Is sttiwked by n power not nt present Involved In the lOuropoan war or In the Chi nese-Japanese conflict." (Since then, Italy lias invnuea Greece, contending 'Itbf Greeks had sided 'actively withjjlrltnln hy permitting her use of '' bases on Greek soil.) Would Check U. 8. Aid H By Joining up, Hungary became. n party to wnai nns neon resum ed In the United Statos ns nnl at tempt to check Amerlcnn nl for Great Brltalu. . Since no Kuropean power! save soviet Ilussln ever could think ot attacking the totalitarian , trium virate n coninine oi aau.uuii.uu" peoplo and specific reservations are made concerning Russia, the United Stutos is the only power envisnged by the pledge of mutunl assistance, it was said here. Russia and Germany are Dottnit by a 10-year pledge of non-nggrres- slon, signed nt Moscow aus. n, 1939, nnd the original treaty sti pulated that the '"political status which exists now" between each of the contracting parties and the U. S. S. R. Is In no way nftectod. ' Thnt Hungary, Indebted to Ger many for getting her northern Transylvania back from Rumania, boenmo a treaty partner was no great surprise since she long had (Continued on page 6) Blood Gift Part Of Divorce Accord CHICAGO, Nov. 20. (AP) Thomas Donahue, 42, must contrib ute blood In lieu of alimony under the terms of a divorce agreement. The unusual pact was approved by Judge Joseph Sabath who said yesterday that It would be mado part of n divorce decree to be is sued Nov. 29. Mrs. Anna Honohue brought suit for divorce, charging her husband with chronic drunkenness. Her at torney, Charles Oradinan, asked Judge Sabath to order temporary alluiony paid at once because Mrs. Donohuo was ill and needed a blood transfusloji. Judge Sabath, perhaps the na tion's most famous divorce court Jurist, turned to Donohue nnd said: "You nre a big, strapping fellow. Why don't you he the donor for your wife's transfusion? Besides, It might bring you two together agnin." "it would bring them together In body, but not In spirit," comment ed Attorney Grndman. "And speaking of spirits," Inter jected Mrs. Tlonohue, "I don't want any of his alcoholic transfusions." Under the sgreement subsequent ly reached, Mrs. Donohuo will un dergo a transfusion nt the Cook; county hospital, drawing on the blood reserves there. Donohue then must donnte blood to the hospital "blood tank."