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Newspaper Page TextSIX ROSEBllRG NEWI-REVlEW. EOSEBUrS. 0RE60N, - WEDNESDAY. JANUARY I, 9Af. Defense Pace Quickened But Goal Far Off Production of War Material Lags Behind Joint Needs Of U. S Britain: Boost in Plane Output Noticeable. fly EDWAIU) H. P.OMATI WASIIINC,TONT. Jnn. 1. (AP) A year end stock-taking occasion ed by the holiday lull provided ground today for grim satisfaction, nut not complacency, over the pro gress made in a twelve-month per lod toward patting tho nation in arms. In tho midst of a world Bltnn tion of "terrible urgency" with its pious to speed lip quickly the production of wnrplancs anil othir munitions, offii-luls were able to snmmi"-!' these definite advances realized w thin a year Inward tlio iron 1 of total defense: Tho army has mom than dou bled Ha manpower and' is on the evn of a second doubling. Some GOO, 000 officers and men already are In uniform, contrasted with 215.488 all regulars In service nt the end of I!i39.' New ' tanks,- rifles, motor ve hicles anil other arms and supplies aro actually being received now at a role suggestive of. the volume to come, oven though, like war planes, they lag far behind I lie roinblneil requirements of the United Slates and Creat Ilrltai'n. More Ships, Planes Tho navy In a year has expand ed In personnel In uniform from ir.S.SM last January 1 to a present total or nearly 250,(100 officers and men; Including the murines and re servists called to uetlvo duly. The fleet has been reinforced by 21 now warships and several score auxiliaries. Its commanders rate it the wo"ld's strongest, al though the transfer of 50 aging de stroyers to Hiitaln reduced the number of combat vessels to 321, and not for four years Is the pro jected two-ocean navy expected to be ready. In air strength, several hundred new warplanes hove been put Into service wl'hln the year, as a pre lude to the delivery or thousands "on order." The nrmy counts porno COO ns first line combat planes, nsldo from several times as many train ing craft and outmoded rihters mxl bombers. Kxnet numbers are confidential. A year airn virtual ly none was ruled officially a match for new war-tested nal and British craft, because of lack of such equipment as leak-proof fuet tanks and armor. The navy plane and marine corns numbered 2.11.1 planes in service a year ago. Kleven months laier tho total was tip exactly 31)0, Pull twice as many youths aro in training as army and navy pi lots as were a year ago. Production Spurred Production or planes has been almost doubled, allhouiih lagging behind schedules proven to have been too optimistic for the over burdened Industry. The niipul will be about 7(10 per monlh. by tho estimate or William S. Knud sen, arms production chler. com pared with 3rl in January. I 111". A year earlier tlio lolul was just ir.7. Light tanks fur the nrniy's now nnnnred divisions are rolling off assembly lines now nl I he rate or four or more a day. Less than a year ago the war department acknowledged possession of Just ten of late design, aside from ob solescent models. Muss produc tion or 2!iton medium tanks and heavy monsters of lia tons or more is only In the innKereauy singe. New camps ami cantonments for nn army of 1.4(H). , hardly thought or a year ago as o peace time possibility, are three-quart-' ers or more completed. New facilities lor warship and merrbanl shipping hnve been add ed at almost every port. Actual work Is well along on the rirst or a bllllon-dollar string or govern ment munitions plants. Klght new Atlantic offshore bases acquired from Hiltnin have been surveyed, some are under construction, and troops have been 'ordered to the base In Newfound land. Willi the selective service sys tem in actual operation, u basis has been laid to meet with a mini mum of delay any demands for innnpower. Only In wartime 101718 could (he untied forces report such swift progress In bolstering defenses to meet liny Ihieat to American se curity In a disordered world. Unpreparcdnesl Glaring Overshadowing this bright side of the defense picture loom so many deficiencies and illscnurng ing delays, however, that the men nt the lop directly concerned with overcoming the more unwilling to do more than acknowledge ihe lim ited though substantial progress made. The other side of the pic ture, portrnvlng the mil Inn swing ing Into lull still utterly impre paired for total war. demands their full ntlenllon. Relatively, only preliminaries have been cleared nnuy Inward realizing the national objective of attaining maximum power lu two years. It Is a formidable un dertaking, comparing Willi the sev- -' en years taken by Adolt Hitler's (iermany, and the lour required by Great rirllnln. by the estimate or prime Minister Churchill. The HI 10 advances wore almost entirely tho result of steps to re inforce defenses taken lung before tho nnzl blitzkrieg and the col lapse of Prance put u new race on the outlook for American safe ty In a world or brute (one. Spendino Reluctance Noted Or the Immediate appropria tions and lnnr- term commitments nmdn by congress ror national de fense nnd neutrality enforcement UuiUis the year, aggregating li,- Japan s Choice ! S , If swr V-:- I T Wang Chins Wei. Japanese umh"'"!. ed ruler ot the Nanking i China) Government, puses inturmally alter til inauguration in Nanking. 6S2.227.000. a major portion be came available only in Septem ber. This evidence of the country s reluctance to undertake the vast spending Is the primary reason, In the official view, why the de fense .picture Is not less somber now. ' At the year's end, approximately 85 per cent of the orders had been placed to carry" out a program de signed to make this country the world's mightiest on sen nnd In tho air ami a force to be reckoned with on land. Months must elapse, by official schedules, before their full Impact Is felt with the conversion oi con tracts into munitions, nnd of raw recruits Into trained soldiers, sailors nnd tilers. Regardless of the volume of aid that may bo spared In the mean time to helii decide the outcome or the battle or Itrltaln. relatively little further bolstering ot Ameri can defenses may be expected be fore late summer. Former U. of 0. Teacher Held On Assault Charge PI, MONTE. Cttlir., Jnn. 1. (AP) Hr. rtulph ('. Tlennett or Husiidena. former faculty member ot tho University of Oregon, was held for trlnl aflor his preliminary hearing today on charges or as saulting a process server and a u-i.n.im snnlttiriiiin proprietor. Dr. Dennett advise the court lie had onre been an nsslstanl stale's attorney In Cook county. Illinois, and conducted his own deronso after dispensing with the services of his attorney. Ho Is charged with attacking Mrs. Helen ('Divers and Walter T. tlleeson with a hammer last De cember 12 ut the concuslon of a hearing In which Mrs. Olivers ob tained n $1M Judgment against 1, i i.i tor the care nl his 93-year-old mother. Mrs. Clara llennelt. The alleged assault occurred when tileeson sought to serve a Jlnlg ..,,.. h. sf,0 obtained against him i.v Mrs. Olivers In another action. , . Mrs. Olivers collapsed inter net direct testimony and ncnln after Dr. llennett questioned her on cross exainlnallon. ' Dr. llennett was released on fall) bond pending bis arraignment lu superior court January Iti, Revaluation Authority Repeal Urged by Board fconllnii"'' from Tne 1 R.H. S. Hoopsters Battle Medford Here January 10 Tho Ttoseburg high school In dinns returned home last night fol lowing a successful hojidny barn storming trip In which they won basketball games from high school teams nt Orescent Cllv. 3.1 to IS, and Oilco, 20 to 18. Tho ISose-burg team,-believed to bo tho tallest pron school Imskelball team In the tuition, will piny Its next game of tho season hero Jan. 10 ugalnst Medford. noseburg's stnrllng team averages six feet and three Inches in height, the players ranging from en even six feet for Jim Flnlay, veteran guard, to six feet and sev en Inches for rtovnl Denton, 200 pound center. Other starters are Knrl Wlard. forward 6', 3": Wll flood low. forward, 6', 2", and Kd Hugos li, 2". Nell Schrimpf. sopho more reserve forward. . who has been one of the high scorers for tho early port of the season, is five feet. 11 InoheH in height. , The game to be played - here against Medford will he tho first conferenco match or tho season, the Indians having been transfer red this season from the coast dis trict, which embmces Coos and Curry counties, to the southern Oregon district, including Jose phine ami Jackson counties. One of the highlights of the sen son's schedule will be the meetings with Ashland high school. Iloth the nosclmrg nml Ashland teems have tho samn history or having started together In Junior high school days, end a rivalry which started then nnd In which honors aro even will he renewed by the identical players this year. Vichy, Nazis Break Off Negotiations, Report Builds Roseburg Homes (Continued from page 1) torlo Kmnnuele of Italy, expressed More Private Capital ill v mum iiiul lunula J come the Italian people may be en abled to enjoy the blessings of a righteous peace." U. 8. Planes Aid British. American aircraft, flown to Eng land under their own power, are being dispatched to the middle east in Increasing numbers and have jiroved their effectiveness there al ready, n royal air lorco spokesman In London said. .The disclosure indicated tho Ainerlcnn-tnado planes might bo In uso ugalnst. Italians. Ill Arrlca or Albania or both. The spokesman characterized as "entirely Incorrect" Hrltlsh press statements that tho American craft had provu inferior to Ilrillsh planes. "I prefer to take reports of the minister of aircraft production bus ed on official reports of test pilots, which say American planes are very satisfactory and of the utmost value," lie said. Included In the residence category was the annex to the nurses' home nt Mercy hospital. Business Expenditure Maior expenditures on business property included the remodeling of the Rose theatre, construction of the cheese factory In south Hose- Inirg. remodeling of the Hansen Chevrolet company plant following a fire and construction oi an wiui- ton tp that plant, Bholl Oil com pany service station nt Moshcr and Stephens streets, purchase nnd re modeling of the Snbtman building by the Unsehurg Klectrlc, construc tion of the Ij. n. Chambers garage ami service Blalion at N. Jackson St. and Recond Avenue, south. Standard Oil Btatlon at Oak and Stephens streets, remodeling of the front at Fisher's store and con struction of a dry kiln by the Ttose burg Lumber company. Comparative figures tabulated Four U. S. Marines Hurt In Clash With Japanese PEIPINO, China, Jan. 1. (API United States officials assorted to day that four American marines had been Injured by Japanese gen darmes who held them 17 hours af- tnp n rnhiiret frnCaS. American officials Indicated that they considered tne inciiieni The American version Is that five u, ,.., nnesteil llV the geil- from the 1910 building records aro ' Bi10, tiy before midnight us follows: Piisiness Monlh nnd Public January 2.000 February - March 3.000 April - 6.000 May 3,500 June - - American aircraft wilt prove a decisive rut-tor in the air war in 11)41, the HAP official also told United Stntes correspondents. CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. 1. f AP) An RAP communique reported to day that Hrltish planes bombed Italian warships ut Turanto Mon day night. The communique, which also an nounced a raid on N'nples the same night, said 11 bombs were seen to jy July August September October .. , November . December . Totals . 1,500 "moo 2,000 $24,000 Ttesl deuces $ S.S00 11.000 7.100 3.3D0 11.000 , . 4.000 , 17,900 ""3,700 SK,500 ghods, Cnrnges, Alterations nnd Repairs t 800 -25 975 675 625 940 615 720 1,407 250 47 500 $7579 Total 111,300 11,025 11,075 9,975 15,125 4.940 20.015 720 7.407 5,950 47 500 tDS.079 COMPARISON! BY MONTHS Month January . February .. . March April June July August - .. September October .. (Continued from page 1) Informed quarters In Vichy snld the reply woS not expected until Jan. 3 or later. France Still Has Trump TeMiiilrnllV flerinanv . and Franco are not yet nt peace but merelv In n stnte of truce, their relations governed by the armis tice signed in the forest of Com piegne June 22. (iermanv can de nounce Ibis if she holds France has not fulfilled her obligations. Threats (Iermany holds over Frnnce Include the occupation or Ihe entire countrv. Frnnce holds enrd 'n t"o position of tne sum powerful nrmv in northern At i lea, commanded by Oeneral Maximo Wovgand. who some observers be lievo might Hike Independent nc Hon should Oermnn pressure nn tho Vichy regime become too se vere. burst around Italian wnrships at Taranto. It was at Taranto that the Tlrlt Ish reported their torpedo-planes crippled half of Itnly's six battle ships and four other warships In 1 November 11 raid November 11. . In raids on the Pardla area yes terday, the Hritish reported troops and motor transports concentrating military stores In the besieged Ub- ynn port were heavily blasted. 1940 19.19 " 193 1937 1930 1935 ...$11,300 $ 7.900 $ 400 S 290 J 1.720 1.075 11.025 ' 0.520 5,527 - 2,535 8.300 45 11.075 ' 17.932: - 550 34,050 3.300 3,220 ... 9,975 530 2.135 2.350 1.415 ... 15,125 25.460 4.0S9 1,570 8,100 200 4.940 23.800 51,555 31,325 12,955 3,125 ... 20,015 r 7,615 3,936 1.355 725 3.000 720 , 880 3.783 1.390 7,140 6,000 . 7.407 8.205 6.931 5,010 12,065 240 ... 5,950 4.248 5,802 2,670 3,900 2,475 47 ' 11,550 3,560 420 .-1,180 1,150 500 900 145 455 245 ...898,079 1115,540 $88,413 S83.420 $61,045 $20,530 December Totals Totals for previous years: 1920, $117,610; 1921, $126,380; 1922, $318, 860; 1923, $279,710; 1924, 327,776; 1925, S511.615; 19M, S144.830; 1927, $66,150; 1928, $439,165; 1929, $40,980; 1930, $07,785; 1931, $41,190; 1932, $56,99(1: I9nn. sao.iutz: ism, sis.ueo. New Years eve at the International cabaret, near the embassy quarter, after an altercation with Japanese civilians. The marines snld they were threatened nnd insuitea by the Japanese. More than 380.000 oil wells,' tho greatest number In tho history of the petroleum Industry, were pro ducing in the United Stntes nt the end of 1939. The nnnunl service costs of school bus transportation for 42, 500 consolidated schools in tho United Stnlos nVcrngea $19.50 per pupil. GET BUSY, BABY! You've got a busy year ahead. You don't know what's coming, but there is one thing you CAN be sure of. " 1 The folks who buy Co-op will be in better shape for 1942 than those who don't. Because "You own the profits." DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. ROSEBURG, OREGON New Douglas Officers Begin Duties January 6 (Continued from page 11 the oomitrv will have reached Its "full utilisation of Its econome- ' nncllv. with ntnuonrlnte considein llops of both employment and pro duction." NeedfH Power Uacklna. The statement cotnnlalned tlml the federal reserve svstem has Ihe nosslbllitv of credit control, but bss liisefflclenl powers to "efrec tlvniv dlschnrce" thoe duties. Kccles s"bmllted the report to Secretin-" Moigenthau beiore mull Inc 't public, saving: "It in vital to tb" success of these inons"res that there be milt v of nollcv nnd full coordination or nr'ion by the various government bodies." No one nt federal reserve head onnrters would snv whether the nropooal bad administration nn "rovnl. However. T.niirhlln Curile. President Tinosevelt'a personal eco nomic adviser, attended n Tnesdav meeting with Fccles nnd Morgen than on the suhlect. Defense Alters Conditions. In the summer of 1930. the ad ministration mustered nil Its con eresslonnl strength to win a hitler flfflit to renew Ihe president's (lol- iir devaluation powers, which the federal reserve croup now urges nlinndnned. Under the 1939 act ibis power will hmse on June 30 toil. If not renewed again. Federal reserve spokesmen, how ever snld the business boom creat ed bv the' defense program hod rndlcnllv altered conditions ro that, regardless of I heir former merit, this and the greenback nnd silver money powers were no longer either necessnrv or desirable. The silver proposal snecincntiv orovlded for no chance In the pur- cbiisn and monetlziillon oi domesll- cnllynilned silver. Although tne siiine nfflclnla had previously urg ed H linn on purchase or foreign silver, the pew plan did not sug gest that, either. It merelv asked that the treasury be deprived of Its unused power to Issue $1.29 In paper money for every ounce of for eign silver It buys tisunlly at 35 cents. of Mrs Slnttery. Ned Dixon, deputy tax rolleclor. will continue ill his present position. A new Job. that of counly Jailer, has been created and will be lilled bv npnolntnicnt of Wilson Harts horn of aulherlln. who already has moved into the jailer's apartment in Ihe courthouse. Mr. Thornton reports that he has not yet completed his list of depu ties In the various communities of the count v. but so fur has otrered commissions In (ioldie Dyer, Mvr- lie Creek: William Manning-. Oak hind; (lenrge Files. Yoncnlla. and II. C, McCabe. Iteedsport. Others Name Deputies. Oliver I.. Johnson will succeed to the office of county treasurer. which will be vacated by I), n. Lenox. Mr. Johnson has announc ed tho appointment of li. I.. Living stone of Dlxonville to serve ns his demit y. Airs. Luln Con-ell of Onklnntl win succeed Stella IJuine in the office of county school superintendent. She has appointed Kenneth iinrne burg. former principal of the Wil bur school, as her deputy. . No other changes ore anticipat ed In county offices. In tho counly court J. lioss Hutchinson will switch chairs with Commissioner II. 11. Unniltnnn, who was reelected last November. Two new represen tatives will go to the legislature from Douglas counly. Carl C. I Mil and Hubert Clle having been elect ed to Join Senator C. W. Clark In making up the county's delegation. All of the re elected city officers, together with the two new council men, will bo required to renew their onllis of office as they meet next Monday for tho beginning of a new term. Lull in Air Warfare Noted in Debut of 1941 (Contt.rtied from page 1 the future will bring. President Itoosevelt replying to a greeting yesterday from King Vlt- Vo'ro saying it for you "Welcome, 1941," and may this Now Year bring you only he best of things. WEBER'S BAKERY .iW lllBil MIS I ll Every item in this stirring f3" TaP Selvagesi value even, is specio.ly A Of fa I I priced. ..You save extra lfe X 110!) b if you buy now I 7fM.rZZ ' '" lll)fK II P-X Swears? longwearCpses 17 j ll Thrift Cases. Sue 42x36 W ChcSrs ,,,,,, 1 m S Sove 1S! Well made with Q- WVWVT Plwet? lil". M any Jfcjfc -I 'I wide hems and strong seams! ?C .. iwrj .L, OOjL Mattress Covers. 54 in. 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