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Mr. Roosevelt's Aid-to-Britain Message was Praiseworthy, but He was Silent on the BIG Question: Will U. S. Warships Convoy the Supplies to Neutral Ports7 THE WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau Occasional rain tonight and Wednesday. Little change in tem peratures. j See Page 3 for Statistics AID What form will It take to en able Britain to beat the axis?. The answer tests with congress Watch the proceedings through the news columns of the NEWS" REVIEW. . . j VOL. XLV NO. 233 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO. 131 OF THE EVENING NEWS mm 0 LW 0 LX fHrDOUGLRS COUNTY QMS ' ME ;n - . In 'The J - Day's ! ': ' , ' ' ,i: i News By FRANK JENKINS DOMBS (mysteriously few in number) fall in Ireland. The Irish identify them officially as of Gorman origin and protest to Berlin. A German "spokesman" re plies that the bombs are ENG LISH or thry are IMAGINARY, as German planes have not been over Ireland. "THAT is to say (according to the German spokesman) the British are dropping German "bombs on Ireland, hoping to get the Irish so mad at Germany that they will throw in with the British. Maybe so. Anything is pos sible in war. But it doesn't sound reasonable. Such an enterprise would be risky, and the British can't afford to lake risks with the Irish. Too much is at stake. IN AFRICA, the British launch what is apparently an all-out nttack on besieged Bardia, re porting today'. Saturday) deep penetration into the Italian de fenses and capture of 5,000 of the 20,000 defenders. Rome says the attack was hastened, Jn .order to get it oyer J before the German airplanes that have been sent to Italy's help can get into notion. nPMAT Is probably true. Still, under the circumstances, it must hurt Mussolini to have to admit that only German help can save him from an African disaster. That admission won't bo for gotten when (and if) the spoils are divided. A RECENT survey by the Lea guo of Women Voters shows 340 women elected this year to the legislatures of 29 states, with eight women members of eon press. Two years a?o there were 130 women legislators in 28 states. Looking over the records of the last few years, even the hardest-boiled male will have to ad mit that the women couldn't have done much worse. w OMEN have had a lot of ex perience in balancing family (Continued on page 4) Boy Slaver of Sheri Prison With High S SEATTLE, Jan. 7. (AP) From nine years of isolation be hind Institutional walls to which he was committed for life as a sheriff's slayer at the age of 12 w Herbert Niccolls stepped forth to day to seek a niche in the world "outside" and to vindicate a gov ernor's confidence in him. Herbert, at 21. a frail and studi ous appearing chap with a ready smile and a hopeful manner, was granted an executive parole yes terday by Governor Clarence D. Martin, and was to go to work today as an aoprentlce in a ma chine shop. He earned his high school diploma in prison. It was nine years ago that Her bert, an Ill-dressed, emaciated . waif whose father had been sent to an Idaho asylum for the in sane, pulled the trigger that meant denth for aged Sheriff John Wormell at Asotin, Wash. Wormel had surprised the boy as he was committing a petty bur glary In an Asotin store, and the urchin fired from behind a bar rel. Hunger Crime Motive. f He said later he only meant to scare the officer. Governor Mar . tin. In reporting the parole, said In extenuation of the crime: ''You went into the store be cause you were hungry, didn't you 3 - Britis In Lib Bombed, Garrison Of 50,000 Waits 3-WayOnset Determination to Battle On Despite Big Losses Voiced by Rome Govt. CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 7. (AP) An RAF communique announced today that British troops thrust ing deep into Libya had reached EI Adem, the airport for Tobruk, and there captured 40 Italian planes which had been damaged bv previous British bomb attacks. The Italians had abandoned the airport. El Adem is only 15 miles south of Tobruk. Tobruk, 70 miles west of cap tured Bardia, Is the next major Italian stronghold in the path of the British advance, and armed patrols were reported already testing Its defenses as General Wavell sought to keep Italy's north African army on the defen sive. (The forces which reached El Adem presumably were mechaniz ed'UnHs reported in London to be "now in contact with the outer defenses of Tobruk." Pointing out that the coastal road all the way across Libya to Tripoli is vulner able to sea attack, official quar ters there said Italy's remaining Libyan air bases wore being forc ed constantly to shift westward.) Tobruk itself was bombed again yesterday as well as Mar tuba and the port of Derna, still farther west, the communique said. Bombs fell along Tobruk's wa terfront and on military targets within the town, it reported, "but (('(inlimn'il on pone (i) Boy Admits Holdup Try To Aid Needy Mother NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (AP) Sixteen-year-old Joseph Bellavia, arrested after attempting to hold up a Brooklyn grocery with a toy pistol yesterday, said he did it to get money so his mother wouldn't have to go to a charity hospital when she bore her seventh child late this month. "It was for my mom," he wept. "I wanted her to have the best." ff Freed From chool Diploma Herbert?" Herbert, listening soberly and intently to the discussion of h;s case, nodded assent. A maelstrom of publicity swirl ed around the youngster's head. It centered primarily on the at tempt of the Rev. Father E. J. Flanagan to take the lad to his nationally famed home for boys near Omaha. Neb. The then gov ernor, Roland H. Hartley, refused to release the boy. From the start of his prison life, Herbert was kept apart. He was tutored carefullyby prison officials, hand-picked inmates and the Walla Walla, Wash., school superintendent. A year ago, Gov ernor Martin took him by air plane to the state hospital, where he since has been under surveil lance of psychiatrists. "The doctors have given Her bert full clearance," Governor Martin said. "They say there Is nothing wrong with him, physic ally or mentally." Of his start as a machine shop apprentice, Herbert observed: "Having been so Isolated from ac tual contact with the world, I can't be sure Just what I'm best fitted to do. But I think it may be along mechanical lines." . His chief study interests In prison were science and aviation "from the ground only." arab Tobruk Airport in Thrust; Fort Again Port Entry Barred Noted Aviatrix Dies in Thames Amy Johnson Mollison LONDON, Jan. 7. (AP) Amy Johnson Mollison, Britain's great est aviatrix, drowned in the Thames estuary Sunday after she was forced to bail out of the air craft she was flying for the air transport auxiliary. During her spectacular caroer, the 32-year-old flier had winged from Britain to Australia and to America, Japan and China and across Africa. Strike Voted By Aircraft Union FARMINGDALE, N. Y., Jan. 7. (AP) A strike of workers en gaged in aircraft production at the Ranger engineering division of the Fairchild Engine and Air plane corporation has been called for Thursday night. By a unanimous vote, 212 union workers last night decided to lay down their tools should ne gotiations fail between the air craft company and local 661, aviation division of the United Automobilp Workers (CIO). The company employs 240 men. The threatened strike was au thorized on the heels of the sign ing of a $1,478,000 navy contract by the Fairchild firm. The union has been negotiating with the company since Sept. 1, seeking a blanket 5-cent-an-hour pay Increase, elevation of the starting wage from 50 to 55 cents an hour, raising of this to 65 cents after 90 days and complete reclassification of all plant em ployes. The union, which recently con ducted a strike at the Vultee Air craft plant in Downey, Calif., has announced its determination to organize the entire aircraft in dustry, and Is reported to have its greatest strength in this area in the Ranger plant, which makes air-cooled army and navy train ing plane engines. Hermit Postmaster of Curry County Passes AGNESS, Ore., Jan. 7. (AP) George W. Rilea, who ventured out of this remote settlement in southern Oregon's coast range only twice in 38 years, died yes terday, three days after bjs 76th birthday. Rilea, father of Brigadier Gen eral Thomas Rilea of the Oregon national guard, was postmaster here for 33 years until his retire ment a year ago. Nearly all of the town's 125 people Joined In a celebration at the postoffice, (it the corner of Cougar street and Rattlesnake avenue, on his last day. He took his first automobile ride In 1928 after an automobile was brought herp by boat, uo the dangerous Rogue river. There were no roads Into here at the time. In 1929 he visited the "outside world" for the first time after coming here and saw his first moving picture show. my La -LJ Nazi Planes Renew Raids Over Britain Damage Dealt Midlands, But London Little Hurt 1 And Shows No Concern. LONDON, Jan. 7. (AP) German raiders were reported to have killed or wounded several persons in a midlands town to day in the heaviest of a series of daylight raids against that in dustrial area, London and the southeast coast. The midlands casualties were reported in the suburb of a town where several houses were de molished. This raid was carried out as London was kept under alert for more than three hours and the city's anti-aircraft de fenses roared repeatedly at the attackers. Londoners went about their business without fluster despite the long alert and the anti-air craft fire, unusually persistent for the daytime. Even when the shrill whistles of London bobbies -warned"that-the raiders were overhead hurry ing shoppers and businessmen merely looked up and kept go ing. Taxis, buses and trucks kept moving along. The raiders could be heard (Continued on page 6) Bootlegging Remains Flourishing Industry WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (AP) Bootlegging, which supposedly disappeared with repeal of prohi bition, still is a flourishing indus try. Secret Service Chief Frank J. Wilson, reported today that out of the 39,978 persons convicted for violation of federal acts under Jurisdiction of the treasury de partment, 18,221 were bootleggers or moonshiners. By Paul MRS. J. E. HIGGINBOTH AM, Myrtle Creek glove manufactur er, as she stood by the sewing table In her work shop there, known as the Ross Glove factory, Mrs. Hlgglnbotham fashions all kinds of gloves, from the heaviest work varieties for the use of hard laboring men, to the daintiest types for women's wear. They are made of buck skin. This wonderfully pliant leather is tanned and processed in the Ross factory, cut for size and de sign in various steel dies, and finally sewed by the battery of machines you may see appearing in the picture above with Mrs. Hlgglnbotham. Not only gloves are manufac tured there, but coats and jackets also, most of which are tailored to order. Numerous other artl-tgon. cles, such as moccasins, are keptjfor a selling trip to Klamath in stock; but the major produc-1 Falls. ' , lumber Mill At Greens Is Hew Project Plant to Refine Output of Small Mills to Be Built by California Company. Construction of a lumber re- manufacturing plant at Greens station, five miles south of Rose burg, will be started within the next ten days by Alley Brothers, wholesale and retail lumber deal ers at Santa Monica, California, it was announced here today by Joe Murphy, local timber cruiser and agent, who has been assist ing the California men in their negotiations here. . The plant, Mr. Murphy said, will be equipped to take lumber from small mills operating in Douglas county and to refine it to meet market requirements. All machinery and equipment now is being loaded at Los Ange les for shipment to the new loca tion, and It is expected the mill will be set up and ready for ope ration within 30 to 60 days. A su perintendent from the company's yards at Santa Monica -will be sent here to direct operation of the new plant, which Is expected to furnish employment for from 12 to 15 men. The mill will be electrically powered throughout. Contacts are being made with numerous small mills which will furnish rough lumber for the plant. The lumber will be planed, sized and otherwise prepared to fill orders handled through the Santa Monlea market. The company of Alley Brothers Is headed by F. R. and H. J. Al ley and has been engaged In wholesale and retail lumber trade for a number of years. The two men- have been spending several (Continued on pnge G) Five Dodge Death When Auto Dives Into Canal THE DALLES, Jan. 7. (AP) An automobile skidded off the Icy Columbia river highway five miles east of here yesterday and plunged Into the Cclilo canal, drenching the five occupants. The passengers, Helfrcd Lar son of Fort Peck, Mont., his wife and three children, climbed through the car windows to safe ty before the automobile slowly submerged. Jtnkins Npwa-UifVlpw Photo and KnKriiviiiK tion is of gloves. Mrs. Hlgglnbotham has been manufacturing leather goods chiefly gloves for the past thir ty years. She learned the craft in the great glove factories in New England when a girl, and for many years was forewoman of one of the largest exporting firms In that territory. Since she has been located In many cities of the west. For several years prior to her recent return she was in Myrtle Creek, leaving In 1933 for Spo kane, Washington, where she spent four years conducting u re tail as well as a wholesale glove business. Her gloves arc wholesaled at thp present time throughout the Willamette valley, the state of Washington and In southern Ore- She left Monday afternoon 1 SAW:::":::; Council Hears Economy Urge From Mayor Young's Warning Touches 'Would Be Planners;' No Appointment Changes The Roseburg city council was organized last night for the 1941 42 term as two new councllmen, Fred Hargis and O. J. Feldkamp, were seated and departmental heads nominated and approved, No changes were made by Mayor A. J. Young In his appointments, which were prefaced by a brief statement in which he urged strict economy for the ensuing two years. The mayor's appointments, uunanimously ratified by the council, were: B. L, Eddy, attor ney; John S. Duer, chief of po lice; George Frew, street superin tendent; H. Worthlngton, electrl cal inspector. The council elected W. F. Har ris to continue as president. The president of the council presides In the absence ot the mayor. Warns Against "Planners" . layor Young, in opening the new term, urged that members of the council give the city's busi ness their thorough consideration at all times, particularly through attendance at all council meet ings. "Four years ago this adminis tration was elected on a promise that we would work for "strict economy," Mayor Young said. "For three years we tarried out that, premise and, . In ..fact,' Jtept well under the budget allowance. Last year we grew a little too generous, and while we still were under the amount of our budget It was only by a very small (Continued on page (!) Nine Bund Heads Slated for Prison NEWTON, N. J., Jan. 7. (AP) Sussex County Judge John C. Losey upheld today the constitu tionality of New Jersey's "race hatred" statues and set January 31 for the sentencing of Wilhelm Kunze, national German-American bund leader, and eight bund associates on indictments charg ing them with "promoting hatred against people of the Jewish re ligion." John Wlnans, defense attorney, filed an exception Immediately and said he would appeal. Maximum penalties under the law are three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Besides Kunze, the men are August Klapprott of Andover, the bund's eastern leader; Matthias Kohler of Irvlngton, state bund treasurer; Leonard D. Clark of Now York, writer for the bund magazine, "Free America": the Rev. John C. Fitting of Union City, state bund secretary: Rich ard Schlelo and Paul Sehaar schmldt of Paterson, Carl Schlpp horst of Glen Rock and George Neuppert of Cllffslde Park, trus tees of Camp Nordianrt. The defendants admitted the facts In the indictment, but con tended they were insufficient to warrant prosecution and that the laws under which they were re turned wore unconstitutional. It was the first court test of the statutes, passed In 1935. Douglas County Road Jobs Listed for Bids SALEM, Jan. 7. (AP) Bids on 15 highway projects costing $500,000 will be opened by the state highway commission In Portland January 21 and 22. Projects Include the following: Coos and Douglas counties Provide 7,350 cubic yards of crushed rock on Endlcott Crook Bear Crook rock production proj ect on Coos Bay-Roseburg high way. Douglas county Provide 10, 000 cubic yards of crushed rock on Bear Creek-Coos Junction rock production project on Coos Bay Roseburg highway. Douglas county Provide 16, 700 cubic yards of crushed gravel on Dean creek-Parker creek rock production project on Umpqua highway. Gives Business To Home Town 0 Clarence Sohock believes that "the laws of our( land whloh provide tor the Inheritance of -property are unetriloal' and un Christian." So the wealthy Mount Joy, Pa., oil man, plo tured above with a model sec tion of one of his servloe sta tions, turned over his $1,000,000 Shock Independent Oil com pany in trust to his home town. Except for a small part of the profit reserved for the donor and his wife, all earnings go to the'communlty. Defense Road Program For West States Eyed DENVER, Jan. 7. (AP) A half billion dollar program of de fense highway construction in the western states was studied to- day at a conference of highway officials or 12 states. Working on a tentative pro gram submitted by a special com mittee, the highway officials plan ned to correlate the western net work of strategic highways and access roads to camps, airports and defense factories, and then appeal to congress to finance the work. The special committee pointed out that the states themselves would be able to bear only part of the cost of the huge program need to orlng the highway net work up to minimum military standards. Traffic Crash Near Wilbur Injures Driver J. F. Hogan, Portland, was In Morcy hospital here today suf fering from a broken leg, broken arm and chest injuries suffered late Monday In an automobile ac cident north of Wilbur. Hogan's car. It was reported, struck the abutment of a concrete culvert bridge when he turned out to avoid a delivery truck belonging to C. S. Fullerton of Roseburg. The Impact drove the Hogan car Into a collision with the truck. The Injured man, although seri ously hurt, was expected to re cover. Man Denies Mother's Charge of Assault A plea of Innocent to a charge of assault and battery was made In Justice court by William E. Richardson, who was arraigned here this morning. The complaint was filed hy the man's mother, Mnttle Richardson. Justice of the Peace R. W. Marsters reported. Richardson was continued in cus tody in lieu of $50 ball and a trial was ordered on Thursday of this week. Leaders At York on Task Of Procedure Time Required for Plan's O. K. of More Concern ' Than Any Opposition. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (APV, A surge of congressional senti ment for extensive British aid today answered President Roose velt's call for a "swift and drlv ing increase" in armament pro duction, despite some criticism that the program would mean war. The reaction generally bespoke readiness to take up at the earl iest possible moment a detailed plan under which 'billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense" could be lent or leased to England and other "democra cies," as Mr. Roosevelt recom mended In his message yester day. Administration leaders already were at work on the complicated problem of procedure and legis lation. The president was said to have advised leaders that con gress and the executive depart ment should collaborate in - the task, with the assurance that 'there would be no quibbling over details. Budget Awaited Submission of the 1941-42 fed eral budget tomorrow was await ed, meanwhile, for the first indi cation of proportions of the over all program. Congress will learn then how much money Mr. Roosevelt wants lmmodlatelyrlor- the manufacture of war sup plies. There, was general support among legislators for vast funds to arm America itself, but some division in party ranks over the president's proposal to make the United States an arsenal for . countries "now in actual war with aggressor nations." Nevertheless, some leaders ap peared more concerned about the length ot time that might be re quired to obtain final approval of the British aid legislation than they did with the opposition expected against it. Aid Flnanolng Mulled - One plan reported under oon slderation involved use of a fed eral corporation to assist the Bri- (Continued on rags 6) Woman Jailed On Bad Check Charge Prlsontr at Mtdfofd Accused Of Unlawful Operations in Rostburg and Vicinity. A woman whom state police report has a record of numerous aliases is under arrest in Mod ford, after having allegedly is sued a number of worthless checks in Roseburg and vicinity. Sergeant Paul Morgan reported today. Using the name of Alma Sloan, Alma Bates and Mrs. Frank Out scheld, the woman is reported to have posed here as planning to open a convalescent home, the officer reported. She had negotiated for a lease on the J. VV. Hamilton property, had con tracted for the purchase of furn ishings nnd supplies and had suc ceeded, the officer reported. In cashing a number of checks, six of which, in the total amount to $65, are in the hands of the police. She was in Roseburg for about a week, officers stated, and was reported to have said she was soon to receive money from an estate in Pennsylvania. Checks wore drawn on a Pitts burgh bank. She was taken into custody at Ashland and was lodged In the Jackson county Jail, where, ac cording to information received by Sergeant Morgan, she Is be ing held on a charge issued In that county. The exact nature of the Jackson county complaint was not learned Morgan said, nor was it ascertained definitely whether she would be prosecuted there or returned to Douglas county to answer to complaints filed here. Her activities, Morgan said, are being further Investigated by , the state police.
