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Be Devoutly Thankful that as a Free American You are Privileged to Carve a Turkey Instead of Being Compelled by a Dictator to Carve Your Fellow Man, GREECE THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight. Frldnv generally fiilr. Cooler tonight. See page 4 tor Btatlstlce. Can she, with such aid an Britain! can give, hold out against the axis when the uazls go to the aid ot the repulsed ItallanB? And wilt Turkey act to prevent a nar.l ad vance eastward? Watch NEWS RHVIEW' wire newa for the niw swers to these questions. OL XLV NO. 194 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1, 1 940. VOL. XXIXNO. 92 OF THE EVENING NEW8 mmmm mm i .1 TO FLEE mm Nazi Acuities Peril U.S. Trade 'ucture in Latin AmeriCu, Dies Probe Finds Results Of Long Inquiry Made Public Pro-German Propaganda Also Smeared in United States. Report Asserts; Seized Documents are Quoted. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. (AP) Tho Dies commit too declared to Iay hi n special report on nai ao tivitles in tho Cutted Slatcn that the Ciorman government has been engaged In u "fur-Righted policy" of penetrating tho economic atrur turos of tho I'nltod States and Cen tral and South America. Making public n HOO-page re view of govern I months of inquiry, mostly in Now York, the committee said: "An n result of thone Investiga tions, it been mo apparent that the activities of tho Gorman govern ment in this country were not do rotcd solely toward propaganda md so-called military espionage, but alwo reflect tho fact that the German government over a period of years has been engaged in the fur-sinhtod policy of penetrating into the economic trueture of-this country ami those of Central and South America. "It Is true that, the evidence be fore this committee up until the present time is not all-conclusive." Seized Documents Quoted ' Quoting from manv documents v.'liieh it had seized, the committee described in detail nctivilies which it attributed to the Transocenn News service, a German organiza tion (not connected with nnv Vnlt ed States news service); the Ger man Library of Information of New York; the German Railroads Infor mation office of New York, and the American Fellowship- forum. The report also said that the committee had seized in files of the Chemical Marketing company In New York a idnn entitled "the organization of German industry in America after tho war.' This organizal ion, the commit- (Continued on paen fi Ily FRANK JENKINS TIIE nazi foreign office today (Tuesday) describes tho pres out results nt Hitler's military atid diplomatic activities as "a dear sign liiat the goal of building Eu rope on completely new pi-jtu-iple is being brought nearer realia linn." (L.SCR over today's dispntchoF and then refer to your map j and you will find it hard to or- j cape the conclusion that the much-' discussed 'Tnited States of En-1 rope" has been about realized. The trouble is that they are eith er CONQUERED or IU'LMED states. IT'S hard to think of icrmanont peace as coming from any such union. In fact, it is hard for care ful students of history to think of permanent peace at all. l;',In The ' ' I Day's p -News tlENRY L. STIMSON, secretary of war, warns the American Federation of Labor at New Or leans that danger now approach ing America may be Imminent and adds that labor will be called upon for sacrifices for the defense pro gram but will be assured the right of collective bargaining He pledges the co-operation of (Continued on page 4) Ex-Gestapo Agent Faces Dies Quiz 3 tmmmmutt fgljjj? (NKA Telephoto.) Heinrich Petef Fassenber, alien youth described as a former agent of the nazi gestapo who engaged In military and plant espion age In the United States, as he appeared before the Dies committee in Chicago. Rep. Martin DieSj, chairman of the congressional commit tee, said Fassenber had been active in this country for a year. Auto Accidents In Oregon Kill Four List of Nine Injured Includes Two Oregon U. Students In Serious Condition. PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (AP) Four persons died in Oregon in pro-Thanksgiving day road acci dents last night. Near The Dalles. Charles Wheel er. 2ii. a government employee nt the Celilo canal project on the Columbia river. lost his life as a train struck his automobile. Two automobiles crashed head on in a heavy rain in the out skirts of Portland last night, kill ing Ruben Kaser, 47. Gresham. Ore,, ii nd Ray Donald Owen, 20. Portland. Three were injured: Howard Owen. 22, brother of Ray. head cuts; Mary Huffman, 10. Porlhind. leg ami facial injuries; Fern Mergy, Till, Gresham, leg and skull fractures. Max lilohm. 20. of Ocean Park. Pa!it, lost his life near Klamath Falls. His automobile skidded on icy pavement of Tho Dalles-California highway Into a logging truck, then veered into a tree. Mr. and Mis. Daniel Callahan. Ocean Park, reipiired hospitalization but a fourth occupant. Jack Rossen. suffered only minor injuries. The lotting truck turned over in a ditch but the driver escaped in jury. SALEM. Nov. 21. (AP) An au tomobile bounced into the ditch near Brooks last night injuring three vacationing I niversity of Oregon students, two seriously. The car and another traveling in the same direction sideswipod. Injured were: Eugene G. Chec clni. Portland, broken ribs and possible back injuries; Eugene Cobb. Portland, concussion of the brain: Don Closson. Portland, lac erations. Clnsson was discharg ed after treatment at a hospital, but the other two were detained. Tlio trio was en route to Mt. Hood for a tki Kathorinc. Vancouver Plywood Mill Fire Does $15,000 Damage VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 21. (AP) Firemen fnucht a blaze in the Vancouver Plywood nnd Veneer T-lant yesterday for nearly an hour. I m mage may exceed $1-",0"i. The' company was working on national defense orders, but Fire Chief p. E. Dupaul said there was no indication of incendiarism. Best Bomb Sight Retained By U.S. Britain Given Obsolete Type, Roosevelt States; Bombers Add to British Strength. II Y D K PARK. N. Y.. Nov. 21 (Apt President Roosevelt assert ed through u secretary today that the nation's most efficient bond) sight remained a military secret and was not being released to Brit ain along with 4i bombing planes. The bombers are equipped with the Sperry bomb sight, but Secre tary William D. Hassett said that the Norden sight used on top-grade American bomhers was being with held from the British. "The bomhers being made avail able to Britain," he said, "are equipped with the Sperry bomb sight which, in relation to the more efficient Norden "Bight, is considered more or less obsolete. The Norden sight, of course, re mains an American military se Imjoiet". The bombers released to Rritatn are long range planes able to reach any part nf Germany from tho British Isles. They weigh about 4U.0OU pounds each without bomb loads. The army thief of staff disclosed thai the I'nited States army has had observers in British war planes flying over Great Britain and the Eugiish channel. Fp to the pres ent, however, it was said, these observers have not flown over Germany. Mother Dies With Child Under Wheels of Train GASTONIA. N. -., Nov. 21. (AP) A funeral hell and not the I locomotive tjoll that tie lined so well tolled today for 16-mnnth-old Lawrence Chavls and his mother. Lawrence, sn the neighbors paid, liked to watch the train roar by ills home: he'd cock his head when the hell rani; and imitate the whistle. Yesterday he apparently decid ed that such a friendly thing as a train wouldn't hurt a little fellow.- So whllo his mother was busy with the housework, he slip ped away and headed for the trucks. " Hia mother saw him there, saw the train hearing down upon him. Screatnlnff. she ran to his side, threw her arms about him and there they died together. Civilian Air Pilot Course Slated Here Instructors 'Planning to Start Classes When Sufficient Number Passes Physical Exam; 85 Thus Par Apply. Arrangements are, rapidly being completed for tho inauguration here of the Civilian Pilots Training program, according to Ernest Sink, instructor, who stated that the school may open next week. Mr. Sink and George Kelt, local filer, spent .Monday In Portland, where they received their ratings as ground school instructors nnd are now prepared to conduct the courses to be made a part of the program. Felt was certified as an instructor In meteorology and navi gation. Sink was given his rating on civil air regulations. Under the plan of the training program, fifty or more students will be accepted into an eight weeks' ground school, which will cover the subjects of the history of aviation, civil air regulations, navi gation, meteorology, parachutes, aircraft nnd theory of flight, en gines, instruments, radio uses and forms. Three indoor classes of three hours each, from 7 to 10 p. m. will he bold at the Rosehurg armory weekly. Physical Exam Sole Cost From among the students mak ing the highest grades -in the school, a group of 10 will be se lected for flight training. It is an ticipated that after the first group has been trained, others will be se lected until all who ore able to qualify . will be trained ob pilots. There lis no charge or the course other than the cost of a physical examination. It "Is expected that the fee paid for the examination will he returned fo the student In the event he Is chosen for flight training. Persons between the ages of 10 and 25 years are eligible to par ticipate. The ground school is open to any number of female appli cants, but only one will be' taken in each group of ten students to re ceive flight t mining. 85 Already Apply Already S5 applications are on file for registration In the course. Persons who have registered nnd who have not filled out formal ap plication blanks should do so im mediately and secure physical ex aminations at once, Mr. Sink ad vises. Others who are interested may procure application blanks either at tho chamber of com merce office or nt tho airport. In the event ns many as 50 or the applicants complete their phy sical examinations by Monday, it is planned to start the school on the 25th, Mr. Sink reports. Sportsmen Bidden To Meeting Here All Douglas county sportsmen, particularly officers and members of sportsmen's cjubs in the var ious sections of the Umpqua val ley, are invited to attend a meet ing of the Roseburg Rod and Gun dub at. the chamber of commerce office in Rosehurg at 7:30 p. m. Friday. . Harris Ellsworth, presi dent of the Rosehurg club, re ports that the meeting Is particul arly Important because of the leg islative program now being con sidered. A delegation will he arranged to attend a meeting of the Ore gon -Wildlife federation at Corval lis next Wednesday and Thurs day at which time attention will be given a state-wide conservation program. The meeting Friday night will make nn exhaustive study of various proposals in or der that sportsmen from Douglas county attending the banquet on the night of the 27th. ns well us business sessions of the two-day convention, will have an opinion from the various clubs of the county concerning proposed legis lative changes. "Buy Something British" Week Urged on Portland PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 21. (AP) Portland's mayor urged sup port of Great Britain in the Euro pean war and proclaimed a "Buy Something British" week yester day. The proclamation said: "The courageous British depend on sup plies which they purchase in the 1"n)tw1 Ufritfta . In nt"Hp that Britain may have dollar exchange to purcnase American supplies it Is necessary that we reciprocate by buying some things which Britain Ik able to sell." Totalitarian Principle Hit At CIO Meet Adopted Resolution Does Not, . However, Bar Adherents of Isms From Offices: Vote Follows Lewis' Policies. ATLANTIC CITY, N. Y., Nov. 21. (AP) The CongreBS of Industrial Organizations adopted today a resolution con demning "the dictatorships and totalitarianism of nazilsm, com munism and fascism as inimi cal to the welfare of labor and destructive of ouMorm of gov ernment." The resolution, however, did not contain any refertMco to the pro posal of the Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers to bar communists, nnzis and fascists from CIO offices. Thomas Kennedy, as chairman or the resolutions committee, moved for its adoption ns "a plain, simple reaffirmation of the policies of the CIO and John L. Lewis." "It is not conceived In red baiting, hysteria or witch-hunting," he said. An overwhelming majority stood up for passage of the resolution after the convention first had vot ed against throwing the contro versial issue open to debate. Vice President Philip Murray, presiding, announced adoption "by what the chair believes to be the unanimous vote oT this conven tion." ATLANTIC CITY. N. J Nov. 21. (AP) A declaration against the philosophy of communism, naz ism and fascism was reported drawled and ready for a vote In the CIO convention' today For a week there has been open ngiialion for CIO action on such a policy and for a showdown ho i ween so-called left, and right whig groups. PjonoFuls calling for the ad-'p- Con. of tills policy have been un.ler ()."sideration in the resolution i committee since CIO members g.tlhered hero in their convention io (io-ermino policies they would tohow alter John L. Lewis re tires Iiom ClO's presidency. Since Lewis and n group of la bor lenders established CIO here five years ago to engage In a mill t.ml campaign to unionize big in- luslry. there have been cha' -area that adherents of communism had obtained n foothold in the new movement and were active in or ganizing work. During the past ween tne (true to br'tig about n showdown on ClO's attitude toward the thorny issue became one of the conven tion's major activities. Tho Amalgamated Clothing Workers' union beaded by Sidney (Continued on page 6) Sprague Studies Judgeship Issue PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (API Governor Sprngtio said at Salem to day he had not. yet reached a de cision on appointment nf A succes sor to the late Circuit Judge Jacob Kanzler but indicated (hut IhU ap pointment would be tho only one lie would nnilfuince soon of ii pos sible three he Is considering. Ho said he bad reached no con clusion on appointment of ;i cir cuit judge lu the probate, depart ment of Ihe Multnomah bench. Judge (lenige Ta.well's term ex pires In January but Judge John A. Mears. elected to succeed him, was killed recently In nn automo bile accident. A contioersy exists ns to wheth er or not Judge Tazwell would cm. tlituo to srrve until the 1!M2 elec tion. Covernor Sprague sa'd th;it in any event It would be a ii:ont)i and n half before an appointment wr.uld be nec-?rtnry. At the same lime the governor said be was canvass ing "informed opinion" in Mrllno mah county relative to n uVmcnd that the district court se-it former ly held !iy Judge Mears he left va cant. No Settlement Reached In Vultee Plant Strike DOWNEY, Calif.. Nov. 21. (AP) Government negotiators, striving to iron out a labor dis pute which has tied up the big Vultee aircraft plant- and $N4, 000,000 In military contracts for nearly a week, still were unsuc cessful today. The union wants nn increase from HO cents to 75 cents an hour in the minimum base pay. The company has offered a boost to 55 cents for workers after three months' service and 60 cents alter six months. British Empire to Fight Until Freedom ' Secure, King George Pledges; Munitions Aid From United States Gives Pleasure LONDON, Nov. 21. (AP) King Oeorge solemnly pledged his em pire to fight "until freedom 1b made secure" In a speech today from the throne opening a new sea slon of purltament. Sneaking later In the house of commons, Prime Minister Churchill expressed "a measure of confi dence" thnb Britain would he able to repel the tixia Invaders in Kgypt. Churchill declnred that he looked forward "with confidence and hope" to the time "when we ourselves shnll ho ns well armed as our an tagonists" nnd beyond that to the time when "the arsenals nnd train ing grounds nnd science ot the Brit ish empire" will "bring victory and deliverance to nil mnnklnd." American Aid Pleases. The king. In his address, declar ed that the relations of the British government with the United States "could not be more cordial." He said said lie had learned "with the utmost satisfaction" of nn "ever Increasing ivnlume" of munitions of war nrrivlng from America. "It Is good to know in these fate ful limes how widely shared are 32 States Return Thanks for Peace Special Services at Churches, Feasts Mark Traditional Spirit of U. S. Holiday. (By the Associated Press) Voder roofs unmennced by homb- fers and lit. dinners' prepared "with out ration enrds, Americans In 82 slates loday returned fervent thanks for a nation nt penco. The rest of the nntion will cele brnto Thanksgiving a week from today, on the usual lust Thursday In November, hut regardless of date both observances had tho trndl- Ulonal spirit of Ihe day in common. Churches held special Thanksgiv ing services for communicants seek ing spiritual reossurunce In a world at war. The president's proc lamation had called, in Americans to "give thuuks for our preserva tion" in n year which saw "calam ity and sorrow" fall upon olher nations. The Atlanta Constitution swept all war news from Its front page and devoted tho entire space lo ac counts of holiday festivities and a picture of three small girls knoel ing in church services "confident of showers of blessings, fearing no showers of bombB." Although thanks for peace and freedom were the keynotes of the day, they came from a nulion look ing to its defenses us tho Pilgrims looked to their rendy muskets on tho first Thanksgiving. A great preparedness program was going forward regardless of the holiday. Planes and tanks moved along on factory ussenibly lines; ships of a formidable fleet observed the day ut sea, nnd citi zen soldiers feaHted on turkey In new nriny mess halls. Still de ferring celebrations until next Thursday were Maine, New Hamp shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Hhode iKiuiid, Connecticut, Arkan sas, Kloi-idii, North Caroliiin, Ten nessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, South liakola, Pennsylvania ami Nevada. Linn Board Turns Down Food Stamp Proposal ALBANY, Ore.. Nov. 21. (AP) Linn county voted Itself out of the food stamp pin n yesterday, de ciding to wait and see how It works In neighboring counties first. The public welfare commission turned down a proposal to Join eight olher counties In trying tho plan in December, 8 to I. Kond stamps are in use In 18 Oregon counties. Thief Steals Truck Laden With 200 Turkeys LOS ANCIOLMS, Nov. 21. (AP) Two hundred turkeys probably graced different festive hoards to day than those for which they were Intended. Victor Downs reported he park ed his turkey-laden truck for s brief stop. When he came hack the birds were gone. To make transportation easier, the tblef had taken the truck, too. the Ideals of ordered freedom. Jus tice and security," the monarch said.. The king also revealed his "grati fication" at the exchange of Brit ish defense bases for American destroyers. He said that he hoped the bases would "serve to defend the heritage of free men." Churchill 8tandl Firm. Churchill snfd "the valiant and sudden uprising" of tho Creeks had already "almost purged" their soil of an attnek which he described as "pure nnd unmitigated brigand age." The prime minister expressed hope that Britain would he able to give from her resources, "always heavily strained.' 'a "helpful meas ure ot assistance to the Greeks" and that "we shall be able to dis charge our responsibility to Egypt In defending Its soil and guarding the vital artery ot the Suez canal." "Even If Ihe whole of the homes all over the country are levelled," Churchill said, "we ahull still be found all standing together and we shall build them up again nrter the fighting Is over." Defense Guns Cut Nazi Raid's Force Fresh Blow Aimed at Midlands Partly Parried; Axis Now Seeks Rumanian Sign-Up. LONDON, Nov. 21. (AP) Lmv don's sirens sounded two daylight alerts In ouiclt succession today, shortly after raiders were i-eporteil over scattered towns In England. The raiders defied a gale over the channel to ninke their daylight stabs at Britain, and even us they crossed a heavy cross-channel gun duel raged below them, In splto ot low visibility. The first two dnyllght raids on London were of short duration. A soulhenst Englund vlllnge turn ed out en mnsso to help firemen control fires cnused Inst night by hundreds of incendlnry bombs drop ped by nazi bombers. In tho London nron. a high ex plosive bomb killed n family of tour, the parents nnd two daugh ters. Defense Effective. Terrific anti-aircraft fire was re ported (odny to have taken the sting out of ihe nnzls second suc cessive night nf "all out" raiding on Britain's vital midlands nnd the government described (ho nttneks ns "Intermittent nnd on a minor scale." Appnrently trying lo strike an other blow similar to that at Cov entry a week ago, swarms of raid ers poured over an east midlands town during (he night but were said to hnvo been dispersed by ground guns nftor loss than two hours of Incendiary honih-dropplng rirst step in mo technlouo of to tal air war. A British communique snlil "a nuinner or people wore killed nnd Injured" In the midlands, where "fires were started nnd high ex plosive bombs demolished some houses nnd damaged others" In sev eral towns. Attacks on other parts of Knglnnd, Including Imdon, were labeled "generally Ineffective" nnd the toll of dend and Injured was reported to linve been sinnl . The British middle east command reported today that 108 "enemy" troops were killed In nn engage ment In the western desert of Kgypt Tuesday nt "small cost" to mo iirittsli forces. Five Itnllan tnnkn were destroyed and six were severely dnmnged, inn communique from Cairo said. German Port Bombed. British bombers hammered the Cerman Inland port of Dulsburg- iionrort in "n large scale attack' last night .the air ministry an nounred today. Damage was done to shipping nnd warehouses. It snld. "and many fires and explosions occurred." Other British air squndrons at tacked German air bnses nnd the "Invasion ports" of Lorlent, Cher bourg, Diinkorqun nnd Oslcnd, the commnnlquo snld. It acknowledged thnt one British plane was missing. RUMANIA MAY BE NEXT TO BE ABSORBED INTO AXIS BERLIN, Nov. 21. (AP) Gen eral Antonescu, premier of Ru mania, nrrlved In Germany today, bringing his country to the fore as tho probable next recruit for the expanding axis alliance. Authorized Germnn sources ob served that if the United States were to go to war against any one of the axis powers, not only Hun gary, which jollied the alliance yes- (Continued on page 6) Victors Reach Koritza After Wedge Thrust Successes Reported All Alone; Battle Front; Air Marshal Of Britain Captured After ' Forced Landing In Sicily. ATHENS, Nov. 21. (AP) GreeW" forces were reported to hava readied the outskirts of the be sieged Italian base city of Korllza. in Albania this morning. At the same time, in the coastal sector of the fighting tone, Greek columns were said to be marching rapidly on another Important Ital ian base, Arglrocastro, also In AN banla. Italian resistance In that xone was roported to have collapsed al most totnlly. Latest Information from the front said the Creeks worn within six miles of Arglrocastro, which 1st said to rank equally with Korltm In strategio vnluo. It was on these two cities that the Italians had based their drive Into Greece. Huge stores of wnr materials had been assembled In both cities. Greekt Drive Wedge. A thrust through the center oC tho Italian lines, putting the fas cist forces to hasty flight at a point six miles within Albania, was the previous high spot of Greek: successes reported today all nlonif the 100-mile battlefront from tho Ionian sea to Koritza, Observers in the Koritr.n seotnr1 reported that the Italians were abandoning the city nnd all out. going, roads were under fire front Greek artillery. ' Pilots flying over tho coastal sector reported that, the Italians; worn retreating in such (taste that iiuiiu wuro siguieu unmeujaieiy m tho pntli ot tho advancing Creeks, ITALIANS CAPTURE NEW AIR MARSHAL OF BRITAIN' ROME, Nov. 21. (AP) The cap ture ot the new vice commander ot the British air forces In the mid dle east, Air Marshal Owen Tudor Hoyd, was nnnounced today by the Italian high command. Tudor, former commander of the British balloon barrage forces, anil six other men, Including four offl- cers, were captured iu Sicilyi.wheu a iiritisn Wellington piano mnue u forced landing, Us communlqua said. Ho was reported en route front KtiKland lo take over the nost when his plnne went down. l'nsclst troops smnnhed repented Greek attacks along the Albanian front, particularly in the Koritza sector, the dnily communique said. The Italians snld seven British planes were shot down in flames In an air bottle over Egypt. Tho high commnnd ncknowledgcd the loss of four plnnes in bombing ac tlvlllcs In Greece, three In the Egyptian battle and another In. bombing activities In east Africa. Italian plnnes. It reported also, bombed military objectives on, Malta. LONDON, Nov. 21. (AP) Tho air ministry announced today that Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd has been tnken prisoner by tho Italians. Boyd, who was promoted to tho post of nlr marshal November M, was appointed deputy to the chief nlr officer In the middle enst com mnnd in sweeping changes In tho royal air force announced Noveni. her 17. British-Russian Trade Pact Looms LONDON. Nov. 21. (AP) Lord Halifax, foreign secretary, told parliament today thnt Britain had mado "certain proposals" for a trade agreement with soviet Rus sia and "had some reason to be Hove" the proposals would be ac ceptable. The proposals also have been, made, he disclosed In a speech to the house of lords, for "a compro mise settlement arising out of so vlct annexations of territory" with." regard to British obligations. Frlc 1 1 Ion has arisen out of Russia's absorption ot the three Baltla states last summer. Olher proposals '"of a general character" have been made, he added, "to establish greater con fidence between the two govern ments in the political sphere." Adolf Hitler, the foreign secre tary declared, Is pursuing "his us ual policy" of "combined cajolery; and brutality" with France.