Federal Budgeteers Evidently Think That If a "Sustained Yield" Policy Helps the Timber Industry, it Should Work Satisfactorily on Pocketbooks of Taxpayers
HOTTER
That's the status of the second
world war today, with heavy
blows being struck on all major
fronts. Any day may see a smash
indicating the trend toward ulti
mate victory. Read the NEWS
REVIEWED dally and keen
posted.
THE WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureau
Cloudy tonight. Rain Saturday,
Little change in temperature.
See page 4 for statistics.
fHrDOlJGLSS COUNTY DALY
VOL. XLV NO. 236 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
RObtBURS, ORbfcON, FRIDAY-JANUARY 10, 1941.
VOL. XXIX NO. 134 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
nrODAY (Wednesday) there is
a comparative lull In the war
storm. (Since the advent of air
bombing, lulls can be only com
parative.) IN cyclone territory, there is a
peculiar lull that comes before
the vicious and terrifying storm.
The wind dies. The air be
comes oppressive. Dark clouds
mass on the horizon. Gradually
'these clouds acquire a greenish
tinge. Humans and animals,
sensing the tension, become jit
tery. Suddenly, the STORM
BREAKS.
"TMIE present lull in .the war
storm is like that.
Despite the comparative calm,
the air is tense. On the Balk
an horizon, dark clouds have
been gathering for days. Threat
ening clouds loom about Britain.
Throughout the world, peo
ple sense the tension. Unless
you are an exception, you feel it
yourself.
IF you have lived in cyclone
country, you know that when
jthese conditions appear the fol
lowing storm is as certain as
anything can be. You know that
when the storm breaks it will be
SOMETHING.
The whole world knows that
today.
INTERESTING:
The British government agrees
today to the passage of Ameri
can Red Cross ships through the
blockade with condensed milk
for the children of unoccupied
France and wheat for the hun
gry of Spain.
The dispatches explain that
humanitarian, not political, con
siderations have led to the deci
sion. v MAYBE.
' Don't forget, however, that
Franco can still be useful to the
British cause (which is now of
ficially our cause) if she chooses
to make the sacrifices that will
be involved. Spain, holding the
road to Gibraltar, can also be
useful.
The point is that in war hu-
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SERIAL STORY
CONSCRIPTS WIFE
BY BETTY WALLACE
CHAPTER ONE
The neighbors called them, dis
approvingly, "That crazy young
Marshall couple." The neighbors
romplained about the late parties
they gave; the high laughter, the
shuffle of dancing feet, the blar
ing radio. They objected to
Butch, the bulldog. The neigh
bors opened their windows and
slammed them down meaningly
whenever Peg, the wheezing old
wreck the Marshall called a car,
sprang to groaning life at the
curb outside.
And the neighbors talked about
Paul Elliott, who was always
with them. Imagine! Evervone
In town knew that Paul Elliott
was the man Mrs. Marshall had
been engaged to for two years.
Then, all of a sudden, less than
three months ago his .old college
friend, Bill Marshall, blew into
town. He got a Job as credit
manager at Throckmorton's Jew
elry store. And what happened?
Before you could turn around he
was taking Martha out. Within
a month, she married him!
And now, look! The three of
them, chummy as you please,
running in and out what used
to be a nice, quiet. r--pectable
apartment house. Oh, the neigh
bors sniffed, sure, sometimes
there was another girl a tall,
InU xal Collapse
To Beat Axis, Says
Dr. Victor Morris
Alternative Would Be U. S. Entry in War, Speaker at
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Banquet Asserts;
World's Business Wants Peace, Free Enterprise.
A prediction that the axis powers will be defeated in the
present world war through interna! deterioration and a gradual
breakdown in morale, rather than through the force of British
military might, was voiced here last night by Dr. Victor P. Morris,
dean of the school of business administration of University of
Oregon. Speaking before the annual banquet meeting of the
Roseburg chamber of commerce, Dr. Morris declared that there
already are indications of an internal breakdown in the axis struc
ture. If, however, the totalitarian states succeed !n holding to
gether, the United States eventually- will be forced to send men
as well as supplies to Britain's aid, he predicted..
Dr. Morris pictured tne world s
business interests, as represent
ed through chambers ot com
merce and like organization, the
greatest force for peace, person
al liberty and law and order.
The meeting at which Dr. Mor
ris was the principal speaker
was held at the Umpqua hotel
last night with a large attend
ance. The program was conduct
ed by Tom Parkinson, retiring
president, and included music by
the Roseburg high school Swing-
sters and the Roseburg Men's
Glee club. H. H. Cleland, Med-
ford, president of the California
Oregon Power company, and E.
P. Leavitt, manager of Crater
Lake .National park, were guests
at the banquet and spoke briefly.
Business Wants Peace
The addness by Dean Morris,
which was the principal pro
gram feature, gave an interest
ing picture of the economic and
social factors involved in the
present war.
He pointed out that the busi
ness interests of the world are
the strongest advocates of per
sonal liberty, free enterprise and
peaceful society, because it is un
der such conditions that bus!-
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Captured Jail Fugitive
Faces Kidnaping Charge
SALEM, Jan. 10. fAP) A
year-old charge of kidnaping
awaited Warren E. Bartges, Sa
lem, here today, following his ar
rest in Klamath Falls, Sheriff A.
C. Burk said.
Burk -accused Bartfes of escap
ing -the county jail December 30,
1030, with another prisoner and
forcing Mrs. A. R. Hunter, 53, Sa
lem, to drive him to Portland.
Mrs. Hunter has since died.
Barteges' record also includes
navy desertion and an arson con
viction in Yamhill county for
which he served a sentence in the
penitentiary, the sheriff said.
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slim blond, supposed to be Paul
Elliott's new girl.
Early on the morning of Oet.
1(5 registration day the neigh
bors heard whoons of laughter
from the Marshall menaee! Thev
judged, correctly, that Paul El
liott was eating breakfast with
the Marshalls again.
"We might as well register to
gether. Bill." Paul had said. "Aft
r a hearty breakfast, the con
demned men will go forth brave
Iv. Bill, you certainly were the
farsighted bird, seeing all this
coming." He didn't sav that he'd
had the Idea first. "Now you're
married, in the exempt class."
"So that was It. vou worm!"
Martha turned on Bill. "You mar
ried me for protection." Her
golden brown eves sparkled with
lauehter, her little white nose
wrinkled adorablv.
"What else?" Bill ran a casual
hand through her red curls. "You
didn't think I was in love with
you?"
Thev munched their tonst. In
perfect blips. To Paul. Martin
said serlonslv. "You should ruh
to the license bureau with Su
zanne Decker, that's what you
should dn."
Paul grinned. "Should I? Per-
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Douglas Selectees
Called to Service
County's Initial Quota of Nine
Men, All Volunteers, Leave
Roseburg on January 22nd.
The nine men composing Doug
las county's selective service
quota for the January call will
leave Roseburg by train at 12:45
"a. m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, it was
announced today at Salem. Trans
portation schedules for all the
351 Oregon men ordered to re
port to the army Induction sta
tion at the armory in Portland,
.beginning Jan. , 20, have been
sent to the 55 local boards by
Lieutenant Colonel Elmer V.
Wooton, state selective service
director.
The Douglas county men will
arrive in Portland at 8 a. m. Jan.
22, and, after physical examina
tion .it the induction station, will
probably be sent cither to Camp
Murray, Wash., or Camp Clatsop,
Oregon.
The draftees are George Har
old Long, Roseburg: Charles Ed
ward Dean, Drain; Thomas How
ard Hubbard, Riddle: John
Charles Giovaninl, Yoncalla;
George Benjamin Gruver, Myrtle
Creek; David Thomas Higeln
botham and Freeman Llovd Hic
pinbotham. both of Oakland;
Sherwood Harris, Roseburg, and
Ted Wilbur Parsons, Glide.
These men are all volunteers
and. peculiarly, with but few ex
ceptions are In the last 1.000 men
in the order of call. Had they
waited their regular turn thev
would not have been summoned
for training for several months,
but elected to take their year's
training ahead of schedule. The
local hoard reports that it now
has 20 such volunteers on the
list and these will be called upon
to make no nuotns before resort
ing to conscriptions is made.
Waae Disoute Threatens
Airplane Engine Output
FAR MTNGDAI .E. N. Y.. Jan. 10.
(AP) John Owens, represen
tative of the national defense
commission, reported "little or
no progress" lodav in efforts to
avert a strike which would halt
production on S7.750.000 worth of
government airplane engine or
ders. Owens told newsmen that a con
ference at the Ranger plant of
the Fairchild Engine and Air
plane corporation had adjourned
until later In the day because "so
far, they have been unable to
agree on any substantial wage
basis."
"Once they agree on that," he
explained, "other matters can be
cleared up easily."
Sheep Stealing Charged
To Four at Crescent City
CRESCENT CITY, Calif., Jan.
1 0. ( AP ) Charged with stealing
120 sheep near here and selling
them In Grants Pass, Ore., four
men were under arrest today.
Those accused were Lloyd Ed
gerton, 30: Charles Hornbarger,
21. John Eller and Harvey Wat
kins, both 17. Deputy Sheriff
Frank Blackberry said that Ed
gerton also admitted stealing cat
tle. Sheriff Austin Huffman said
the men admitted taking the
sheep to Grants Pass for sale to
a riding academy operator there.
Gets Puerto Rico
Governor Post
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Former Congressman Guy
Swope, above, lately auditor of
the Pennsylvania railroad, has
been nominated by President
Roosevelt as governor of Puer
to Rico. He succeeds Admiral
W. D. Leahy, who was trans
ferred to the post of ambassa
dor to France.
Gardiner Youth Plans to
Enlist as British Aviator
Announcing his intention to
enlist in Canada for service with
the royal air force in Great Bri
tain, Robert Milan Richmond, 24,
of Gardiner, Oregon, secured his
release from the selective service
board ,1iere today and departed
for Vancouver, British Columbia.
' Milan, a graduate of Oregon
State college, where he received
training in the ROTC, recently
completed an enlistment in the
U. S. navy, where he trained as
an aviation mechanic and ob
tained flying training. He has
had 50 hours of solo flying.
Discharged from the navy only
last week, he registered here
Monday, with the selective serv
ice board.
I SAW
By Paul
PAUL SIMPSON, Gnue ranch
er, as he made an appearance at
the "open house" the Farm Bu
reau Cooperative Exchange stag
ed last Wednesday. The wire net-1
ting "dodger which shows up so
splendidly in the photograph
above bears ample testimony to
this.
"Ever since we lived In Doug
las county once before," Mrs.
Simpson told me a year or so ago,
"we have wanted to come back.
I, particularly, liked the climate
here so well. So, the first oppor
tunity we got, we came back."
You see, after leaving here that
time, the Simpsons went to the
Tule lake district. Just below the
California line souin oi ruamain
Falls, and took up the first home- j
stead opened in that area by the:
government.
Mr. Simpson didn't tell me this, I
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RAF Stages
Terrific Raid
On Nazi Bases
French Ports, Ruhr Valley
Blasted; Greeks Capture
Gateway to Valona
: (By the Associated Press)
Massed hundreds of RAF war
planes thundered across the Eng
lish channel at midday today
challenging Hitler's fighter plane
defenses along the nazi-held
French coast and blasted the Ca
lais and Boulogne areas with
bombs and machine-gun fire in
one of the greatest attacks in
many weeks.
Residents of a southcoast Eng
lish town said "at least 50 bomb
ers" engaged in the assault, which
capped a six-hour overnight at
tack on the German U-boat base
at Brest, France, nazl "Invasion"
bases, and targets In Germany's
industrial Ruhr valley.
It was indicated unofficially
that 500 RAF fighter planes es
corted the bomber In the daylight
raids, spreading over 1,000 square
miles of northwestern France.
London aviation exports declar
ed that the foray compared with
mass Gorman daylight raids on
Britain last September and Oo
toher" hut that it was "more suc
cessful." German airdromes, military In
stallations and patrol vessels
were among the objcclives hit.
The RAF offensive came as
Britain's empire armies slashed
against Italian - east Africa' -and
massed lor an assault on tno las
clst stronghold of Tobruk, North
Africa, and as Britain's little ally,
Greece, rejoiced over still another
triumph against Italy's batlored
legions in Albania.
Greeks Capture Klisura.
Church bells pealed throughout
the. ancient Aegean kingdom as
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Jenkins
K.uK-Hvlrw Hinlo Hint fcllKrnvinK
but I mink he goi moderately (or
more so) rich down there; so,
when the time came when he
could sell out profitably he did
so, and returned to Douglas coun
ty. He bought the Beckley ranch
this side of Glide, and Improved
It in many ways.
First, he built a fine new house,
which undoubtedly you have wen
If you havo driven the river road
to Glide within the past several
years. Then he commenced clear
ing a lot of stumps out of the al
ready ample farm lands there
and lately he has Irrigated a
large portion of the ranch.
In fact, this next summer he
w have eighty-five acres under
v,,.,Pr. The North Umpqua river
fowg alongside the farm, and
,n, water is pumped Into ditches
which lead over the rich bottom
lands. This ground will be seed-
ed to red clover.
Twosomes in New
Upper picture shows the youngest members of the 77th con
gress, each 26 years old. They are Representative Hale Boggs, at
left, a democrat from Louisiana, and William G. Stratton, a repub
lican, of Illinois.
Lower picture Is that of father and son sitting among the na
tion's lawmakers. At the left Is Senator John H. Bankhead of Ala
bama welcoming his son, Representative Walter W. ' Bankhead,
who succeeded his uncle, the late House Speaker Wnv B. Bank-head.
Birth Certificate
Filings Increase
Arrangements for filing of
birth certificates principally by
persons born In Oregon between
the dales of 18!)0 and 1010 ,are
rapidly increasing, according to
County Clerk Roy Agee. Birth
records were not authorized in
Oregon until 1003, and from that
date until 1010 were not kept
with any degree of accuracy, Mr.
Agee reports.
Opportunity for employment in
civil service, national defense Jobs
and other types of employment,
In which It Is necessary for the
applicant to furnish a birth cer
tificate, has resulted in a great
demand for such filings.
A recent Oregon law permits
the recording of birth data where
an affidavit Is obtainable from
either parent, a near relative, or
some person having direct knowl
edge of the birth and its date,
provided the affidavit can be sup
ported by some person outside
the family who also has knowl
edge of the exact or approximate
date of birth. This opportunity
for recording a birth, however, is
open only to persons born within
the state of Oregon.
During the past few months,
Mr. Agee stales, his office has
filed 105 such certificates, has
25 pending and has furnished ap
plication blanks to many other
persons who are attempting to
secure the required affidavits.
Legion Chief Criticizes
Oregon State Guard Plan
DAIXAS, Ore., Jan. 10. (AP)
Alfred P. Hellcy, state Ameri
can Ij'gion commander, voiced
criticism hero this week of Gov
ernor Sprague's decision to form
a state guard only In ease ot an
emergency.
Kelley warned, "I have a high
regard for the Integrity of our
governor, but when it becomes ap
parent to him that an emergency
exists requiring a state guard, it
will be Just too late."
May Change Knox Law to
Aid Fruit, Berry Raisers
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (AP)
The state liquor control commis
sion said yesterday it would con
sider changes In the Knox law to
aid Oregon fruit and berry grow
ers and wineries.
A discussion with wine manu
facturers was planned for next
week.
Congress
New Laws Asked By
Assn. of Counties
PORTLAND, Jan. 10. (AP)
The Association of Oregon Coun
ties opposed an Increase in
lengths and load limits of freight
trucks yesterduy.
The association, acting through
its executive committee, also fa
vored a proposed state law mak
ing state und county welfare
commissions responsible for care
of indigent persons with com
municablo diseases.
Oilier bills to be taken to the
state legislature would:
Grant to counties a lien on
proceeds of fire Insurance poll
cles in cases where delinquent
taxes were charged against de
stroyed buildings.
Enumerate minimum audit
standards and require a list of
qualified auditors for county
books.
Correct asserted Inequalities in
distribution of the counties'
shares of state highway revenues.
Reduce mileage fees of wit
nesses and Jurors from 10 to 5
cents a mile In counties under 50,-
(XXI population.
Nazi Propagandist Given
Two-Year Term in Prison
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. (AP)
A government prosecutor assert
ed today that Isidore Lazarus,
who was sentenced to prison for
passport fraud, had carried large
sums of money from Germany
for such lop nazl leaders as Her
mann Goering and deposited It in
other countries where some "was
believed to have been used to fin
ance espionage work and propa
ganda." Lazarus, 58 years old, had plead
ed guilty to un indictment alleg
ing he had made false statements
In obtaining a passport and had
used the passport so obtained. He
was sentenced to two years In
prison and fined $2,500 by Federal
Judge Lelbell.
Swollen-Tongue Deaths
Traced to Poison Beets
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10.
(AP) Portland's three mysteri
ous swollen-tongue deaths were
traced definitely to botullnus poi
soning In home-canned beets, Dr.
Harry J. Sears announced today.
The food bacteria claimed the
lives of Miss Laura Gordon, 43,
her sister, Mrs. Gladys Cook, 35,
and Fred Thompson, 53,
Lend-Lease
PowerVested
In President
Repair Provision Could .
Include British Craft;
"Neutrality Act" Holds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. -r
(AP) After President Roosevelt
urged quick action on his vast
lease-lend program, administra
tion leaders asked congress to
day to give him sweeping pow:
era to transfer American-made
military equipment to Great
Britain and other warring
"democracies." . .
The president told his press
conference just before the leg
islation was introduced in both
houses of congress that the pow
ers which it gave him were need
ed to avoid delay.
The bill would permit the chief
executive, '"when he deems it in
the interest of national defense,"
to:
1. "Manufacture In arsen
als, factories, and shipyards
under their Jurisdiction, or
otherwise procure, any de
fense article for the govern
ment of any country whose
defense the president deems
vital to the defense of the
United States.
2. "S e 1 1, transfer, ex
change, lease, lend, or oth- ,
erwise dispose of, to any
such government any de-
lon ammo
3. "Test, inspect, prove,
repair, outfit, recondition, or
.. otherwise, to place In good 1.
working order any defense ...
article for any such govern
ment. 4. "Communicate to any
such government any de
fense information, pertaln-
. Ing to any defense article
furnished' to such govern
ment under paragraph (2) -
of this subsection.
I 5. "Release for. export any
defense article to any such
government."
"Repair" Proviso Board
A statement Issued by congres
sional leaders said that the bill's
provision permitting the presi
dent "to test, repair, outfit, or
otherwise to place In good work
ing order any defense article"
meant that repairs could bo
made to defense articles whether
manufactured In the United
States or not.
"It could conceivably mean, for
example," the statement gaid,
"that the British battle cruiser
Renown could be repaired in the
Brooklyn navy yard If the presi
dent considered It In the Interest
of our national defense to do so.
"The provision is broad en-
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Cult Leader Must
Pay Heart Balm
McMINNVILLE, Jan. 10 (AP)'
Alfred Smith, gray-bearded head
of the "Household of God" suc
cessively married his step-mother
and three of the four Taylor sta
ters. But it was the one he didn't
marry who cost him $500 yester.
day.
A circuit court Jury held ha
alienated the affections of Mrs.
Maxine Hadley and ordered him
to pay her husband, Russell Had
ley, $500 damages.
The Jury returned its verdict
after Smith had spiced the day's
testimony with his "talking in
tongues" on the witness stand.
The 52-year-old cultlst of tha
small Falls City, Ore., lumbering
community, confounded attorneys
and the court reporter with his
utterances. The reporter said sha
took down Smith's talk phonetic
ally but could make no meaning
of the sounds. .
An explanation demanded,
rtmiin sum nu nuu nu lut-a wuui,
he said.
Three of the Taylor sisters,
Thelmn, his present wife; Julia,
his second wife, and Maxine sat
beside Smith In court.
Only Bernlce, the first of tha
Taylor sisters to marry him, tes
tified against Smith. She said
Smith declared It the will of God
and her duty to get Maxine away
from Russell Hadley. Later she
divorced Smith after losing faith t
In his religious powers, she said( '