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partly cloudy. Little change In
temperature.
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VOL. XLV NO. 240 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941.
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
pREMIER BOGAN PHILOFF,
of Bulgaria says this (Mon
day) morning:
"Our country may yet be
swung Into the war, but Bulgar
ians will not forgive anybody
who tries to make Bulgaria nazi,
communist or fascist."
That may be true but there
isn't much forgiveness in Europe,
anyway.
TTHE great mystery (excepting
when Hitler will decide to
tackle England) is what Russia
will do about it If Germany de
cides to attack Turkey and the
Dardanelles by way of Bulgaria.
On this point, Tass, the offi
cial Russian news agency, re
ports from Moscow that "Ger
many has never asked Russia's
consent to go into Bulgaria and
Bulgaria has never sounded out
Russia regarding such a possibil
ity." If you can believe that, your
capacity for belief Is admirable.
CREDIT for the best wisecrack
of the year to date goes to
Dorothy Thompson for her story
about Hitler kneeling before the
painting of Moses and praying
for enlightenment as to how he
got across the Red Sea on dry
land.
The English channel has him
worried.
CPEAKTNG of troubles: ,
Mussolini first took- Marshal
Tietro Badogllo out in Greece,
replacing him with General
ITbnldo Sodrlu. He now calls
Soddu out and sends In General
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In the upper picture five brothers show In a single year what
It means to be a "family man." Max, the youngest of five brothers
In the Haywood family of Kalamazoo, Mich., became a proud papa
early in 1940. Within ten months it got to be a family habit as
each of his brothers successively became a father. The family men,
with children, pictured above, left to right, are: Max, with Janet;
Ralph, with Robert; Donald, with Allen; Lawrence, with Leon, and
Wlllard, with Norma Jean.'
Two sets of twins were born. In 1940 to Mrs. George Demerls
of Chicago, shown In the lower picture with her quadruple bless
ing. George, Jr., left, and Georglana, right, were born Jan. 4, and
William and James were born Dec. 16.
Student Fliers' Activity Increase
Brinqs Additional Plane to Roseburg;
Lively Summer for Airport Looms
Improved weather of the past
few days has resulted In much
Increased activity nt the Rose
burg airport, where many stu
dent fliers are taking advent
age of clear skies to put In solo
time needed for advanced rat
ings.
Ernest "Red" Sink, local in
structor, returned the first of
the week from Seattle with a
new training plane to be added
to loe.il facilities, while one shin,
the first to be bought for train
ing use. has passed Into private
ownership.
The Welch trainer purchased
hv the Umnnua Flving club nnd
used to Instruct scores of students
In the rudiments of flving has
been sold bv the club to Fritz
Simpson, who recentlv secured
his nrlvate license and is now
ni'ttin" In hours for a commcr
c'nl license. The club s'lll re
tains its Aeronca coupe trainer.
Boseburo Club Buvs Plane
The Aeronca Thief. f5 h. n.
tmlner, nurcbtsed a few month1
n"o bv Mr. Sink for uc" In the
f-'clcrallv-enonsored civilian nl
los trnlnin' pronrim. hos Keen
sold tn the newlv orinred Pose
Inir" Flvln" club. The Rosemtitr
Flvlmr eltih is made un of .n
eroun of local business men and
lormer members of the Umpqua
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Flying club who desired member
ship in a smaller group with Its
own facilities to permit more fly.
i'.itf time.
' To Jill the need for a ship to
meet requirements of the federal
school, now in progress, Mr. Sink
lias purchased a new Aerorea
powered with a 65 h. p. Fr;;nk
lln, dual ignition motor. T.hii: is
a tandem trainer with stick con
trol.
Fifty Now Studying
Approximately 50 persons, dl
vided Into two classes, each meet
ing three nights each week, are
now taking the ground school
work specified under the civil
ian pilots training program.
From this class members will be
selected and given flight train
ing, after having successfully
terminated the ground school.
The class work will cover all sub
jects upon which examinations
are required for private flying II
cense. At present a makeshift
course Is being provided In met
eorology and navigation, pending
the arrival of textbooks cover
ing those subjects. The textbooks
are to be supplied by the feder
al government which, due to the
great expansion In flight train
Ing, is far behind In the printing
of the books. The local students
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Bigger Truck
Limits Asked
In Measure
Oregon Legislature Also
Given School Fund and
Higher Pension Bills.
SALEM, Jan. 15. (AP) Slated
for introduction as the state legis
lature went into its third day to
day was a measure to increase the
length limits of trucks from 50
to 60 feet and the weight limits
from 54,000 to 68,000 pounds. It
was to be dropped in the hopper
by the highway committees of
both houses.
The bill, endorsed by Governor
Sprague In his message to the
legislators, has the support of the
state highway commission.
A bill to limit the amount the
state may take from income tax
receipts to "about $6,000,000" and
giving the rest equally to the old
age pension fund ana scnooi Dis
tricts will be introduced by Rep
resentative Lyle Thomas of Polk
county.
Thomas,' chairman of the house
education committee, said the bill
would reduce the property tax by
giving more money to the schools.
School districts do not now
share in Income tax receipts. Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague has In
dicated he would veto any bills
changing the tax structure.
Pension Bills Appear.
Two bills which would increase
the maximum old age pension
from $30 to $40 to be financed by
a state cigarette tax were intro
duced by Representative E. C. Al
len (D., Multnomah). A board of
seven Appointed by the governor
would set the amount of the tax.
Allen also introduced a bill
which would return control of
county welfare to the county com
missioners by eliminating the
governor's power to appoint four
members of the county welfare
boards.
A bill to exempt cooperative
and mutual telephone companies
valued at less than $2,500 was in
troduced in the senate by Senator
W. H. Steiwer of Wheeler coun
ty and' Representative Giles
French of Sherman county.
Reapportionment Sought.
Representative Richard L. Neu-
herger of Multnomah county said
last night he would introduce a
bill to increase Multnomah coun
ty's house delegation from 13 to
19 and the county's senate mem
bership from six to nine.
The reapportionment would be
accomplished by consolidating
districts now "over-represented,
mostly in eastern Oregon."
He pointed out that Multnomah
county has one legislator to every
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Washington Legislature
Bars Governor Race Quiz
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 15.
(AP) With a vote of confidence
from the democrat-dominated leg
islature, Arthur B. Langlle of
Seattle, republican .prepared to
be sworn In today as Washing
ton's governor.
By a 97 to 45 vote, the lawmak
ers reiected last night a proposal
for a legislative committee inves
tigation of Langlle's S.SlG-vote
victory over former U. S. Senator
C. C. Dill, democrat, in the No
vember election. The action clear
ed the way for today's inaugura
tion. Dill's supporters had charged
fraud, irregularities and Improp
er counting of ballots which were
marked for the straight demo
cratic ticket and also for the re
publican nominee for governor.
On the vote to sidetrack the
contest, 58 democrats In house and
senate joined with the legisla
ture's 39 republicans in support
of Langlie's legal election.
Inspector of Forestry
Service Angell Passes
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15.
(AP) Albert G. Angell, 53, U. S.
forestry service inspector, died of
a heart attack last night. Deputy
Coroner Shea reported.
Survivors Include the widow,
Ruth, and a son, William. Angell
came here five years ago from
Bend, Ore.
ireeks Hurl
lack Counter
Onsets of Foe
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lad Weather Slows Nazt
British Warfare: Italians
Face Ethiopian Revolt.
i By the Associated Press
Greece's mountain fighters re
ported today they smashed two
Italian counterattacks in the
drive north from Kllsura, in cen
tral Albania, compelling the fas
cists to retire in such haste they
left dead and wounded on the
battlefield. Then, the Greeks
said, they resumed their advance
toward Berati.
Reports reaching Struga, Yugo
slavia, said Albanian guerrillas
were raiding fascist lines of com
munication and ammunition de
pots, thus complicating the Ital
ian efforts to stem the Greek ad
vance. Two Albanian battalions, or
ganized by Italians, were said to
have been disbanded because
they refused to fight the Greeks.
Bad weather caused a lull in
the air siege of Britain during
the night, but RAF bombers flew
through '"dirty" skies to pound
nazi air bases, shipping and a
railway bridge in German-occupied
Norway. Two direct hits
were reported on a motorship in
Stavanger roads, on the west
coast.
London's millions enjoyed an
other night of quiet, wondering
at the continued absence of Ger
man raiders since Sunday night.
With the arrival of daylight,
however, nazl bombers returned
to .the assault. A lone raider
machine-gunned 'a .village Mrt
northern Scotland and dropped a
single bomb. Planes were also
reported over east Anglia.
British Warships Hit
London military quarters de
clared that the nazl air force was
striking at Britain's Mediter
ranean fleet to clear the water
for shipment of German troops to
Africa to rescue Italy's battered
armies in the Libyan desert cam
pain, j
These quarters said the attack
by nazi dive bombers on a British
naval flotilla Jan. 10 was "the
first gun of the offensive." The
London admiralty acknowledged
last night that a combined aerial
assault by axis planes had dam
aged the 23,000-ton aircraft car
rier Illustrious and the 9,100-ton
cruiser Southampton.
Italy was reported today to
have devised a 100 per cent Ital
ian explosive with which to re
place TNT, supplies of which are
being used by the munitions in
dustry. Authorized sources identified
the explosive as pentrlte T 4,
composed of formaldehyde, lime
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I SAW
By Paul
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A HITCH HIKER a week ago,
on his way to golden California.
Born In Idaho and kind of rear
ed on the run, he apparently was
a remarkably fine young fellow
for the chances he's had. When
he finds work, he told me, he
works; but he doesn't always find
It. Perhaps he doesn't always
look for it In the right places.
He hadn't eaten for twenty
four hours, he admitted, and la
ter I came to believe this must
have been an understatement.
The night before he had slept In
County Senior
Day Attracts
242 Students
High School Groups Talk
With Leading Educators
Here on Future Courses
The fourth annual Senior day
was observed at Roseburg high
school Tuesday with represen
tatives present from all of the 18
Douglas county high schools. The
seniors of each school, accom
panied by an advisor, attended
the program, making a group of
242 students, of which number
151 were from schools outside of
Roseburg.
The annual meeting is for the
purpose of bringing the students
in contact with representatives
of the state board of higher edu
cation and various leaders in ad
vanced educational lines In or
der that the seniors may obtain
Information upon which to base
plans for educational activities
after completing high school.
Leading Educators Present
Among the educators present
at yesterday's meeting were Dr.
Dan Poling, field representative
of the state board of higher edu
cation; Dr. Caldwell, head of the
state extension service; Walter
Morris, representative of the
state department of vocational
education; E. B. Pallette, regis
trar at University of Oregon; E.
B. Lemon, registrar at Oregon
State college, and Dr. Walter
Redford, of Southern Oregon
College of Education.
Dr. Lemon, Dr. Pallette and
Dr. Redford are members of the
state board of high school con
tacts, wrilch sponsors, in coopera
tion with the Roseburg schools,
the annual Senior day here. Oth
er members of the contact board
are Rex Putnam, state superin
tendent of schools, together with
the current president of the state
association of superintendents
and state high school principals'
association.
The Senior day activity is the
outgrowth of an idea submitted
by Clyde Beard, principal of the
Roseburg high school, at the
time he was president of the
slate principals' . association and
therefore a member of the con
tacts board.
Previous to the Senior day
plan, representatives of schools
of higher learning visited the
high schools Individually and at
various times to interview sen
iors. The visits frequently Inter
fered with the regular programs
of the schools and the system
failed to furnish students with
the information they needed for
making plans for advanced edu
cational activities.
Mr. Beard suggested that all
seniors of the county be brought
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Jenkins
NnwH-Iltivlew T'hnln nnd KnKravinfr
a warehouse; but he was good
natured about his vicissitudes.
I didn't suggest It to him, be
cause I figured that was his busi
ness; but it occurred to me that
If I were In his shoes I'd hunt up
a recruiting sergeant.
It's altogether likely, however,
that this young man prefers his
nomandlc freedom to the restric
tions of an army barracks and a
pair of tin bars. I reckon, though,
a kitchen police would eat often
cr. That Is, If I remember my
KP days and I think I do. ,
Contestants For
Governor's Seat
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' On the faoe of off iolal re
turns from the Nov. 9 eleotlon,
Forrest Oonneli, republican (up
per photo), defeated Lawrenoa
McDanlel, demoorat (lower
photo), for governor of Missouri
by 3,613 votes. But the demo
cratic controlled legislature,
charging the republicans with
eleotlon Irregularities, refuted
to certify Donnell'i election
and demanded an Investigation.
Donnell yesterday .asked the
Missouri supreme court for a
writ of mandamus ordering
the demooratlo house speaker
to - declare him elected. The
court's action Is awaited.
Roseburg Men Go
To Highway Meet
County Judge Morris Bowker
and Attorney Guy Cordon of
Roseburg, accompanied by Carl
Ryneraon, Eugene, secretary, of
the Pacific Highway association,
left last night for San Francisco,
where they will attend an im
portant meeting expected to
have considerable bearing on the
proposed development of the Pa
cific highway for military pur
poses. The party leaving here
Inst night was to be joined at
Grants Pass by C. H. Demaree,
president of the Redwood High
way association. L. A. Rhoden,
newly elected president of the
Roseburg chamber of commerce,
will leave tomorrow to Join the
delegation going to Sun Fran
cisco from Med ford.
The meeting In San Francisco
is to be attended by a large num
ber of delegations representing
communities ulong the highway.
Representatives are expected to
be present from the federal bu
reau of public roads, together
with nrmy officials and others
Interested In the proposed high
way militarization program.
Oregon Prune Growers
Ask for Advance in Price
SALEM, Jan. 15. (AP) The
Oregon Prune Growers associa
tion asked at a meeting yester
day for $10 to $15 per ton price
advance for growers this year in
anticipation of rise in production
costs.
Cooperatives paid $5 and $8 a
ton more than cash buyers during
1940.
The association elected Harry
Stewart of AumsvlUe as presi
dent; E. L. Cos, Eugene, vice-presi
dent, and Charles Martin, Aums-
vllle, secretary-treasurer.
Act Before
Too Late, Urge
Of Secretary"
Aid to Nations Resisting,
"World Conquest" Move
Advocated at Hearing -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, (APJ
Summoning the nation to "in
voke the law of self-defense be
fore it is too late," Secretary of
State Hull urged upon congresa
today the enactment of legislation
for unlimited supplies of war ma
terials to Britain and other na
tions battling a "world movement
conquest."
Hull testified before the nous
foreign affairs committee in sup
port of President Roosevelt's lend-
loaon hill Ha una Tho rtrar unr.
ness on this historic legislation
and he expressed the belief it was
"absolutely necessary" to the na
tion's defense. . ,'
He also said that If the Atlantic;
ocean fell "into German control"
it would "offer little or no assur
ance of security."
were tiniain ueietueu ami were
She to lose command of the seas,'.'
he said. "Germany could easily
cross the Atlantic, especially the
South Atlantic, unless we were
ready and able to do what Britain
is doing now."
Japan Condemned.
Hull also took occasion to voice
some of the strongest condemna
tion nf the exDansionlst Dollaes
oi japan in me jar easi wurca ,
has been uttered by the admin
istration. . ; ;
' Among other things, he said Ja
pan's new order would lead, eco
'iiuuiiauy, .'
of invaded parts of the orient and,)
socially ' to "destruction M per
sonal liberties and the reduction
of the conquered peoples to the
role of Inferiors."
Pointedly he asserted that Ger
many, Japan and Italy had made
unmistakably clear their Inten
tions to "repudiate and destroy
the verv foundations of a civiliz
ed world order under law" and to
conquer and establish "tyranicai
rules over their victims."
"Before It Is Too Late."
When Hull finished the state
ment, committee members turn
ed to questioning him and Repre
sentative Luther A. Johnson (D.,
Tay n sited whether a section Of
the president's lease-lend bill pro
viding for repair of belligerent
vessels, such as those of Britain,
In United States ports, violated
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Strike Situation
Doesn't Improve
By the Associated Press
Plans of Michigan's new govei
nor for a conference to settle the
Eaton Airplane Parts strike fell
through today, and in another
employe-employer dispute affect
ing defense orders at the Ryan
Aeronautical company plant In
San Diego there were predic
tions the defense commission
might intervene.
Governor Van Wagoner asked
government, CIO and manage
ment representatives in the Eaton
strike, which has closed four
plants in Michigan and Ohio, tn
meet with him at the state capi
tal, but It was decided to confet
In Detroit Instead.
James F. Dewey, federal con
ciliator who has Insisted that the
strike be ended and the plants re
opened In view of defense needs,
said he was "hopeful."
Power to call a walkout at tho
Rvan aircraft plant, which would
affect work on $11,400,000 of
military planes, was voted CIO
officials last night by 731 of the
firm's approximately 1,600 work
ers. Federal Conciliator Harry C.
Malcolm, was trying to head oft
a strike and observers at San
Diego said the defense commis
sion itself might step In to avert
it.
Complaints of broken agree
ments against the management
and the CIO-AFL split figured In
the Eaton Btrlke, while the Ryan
situation developed In a wage
controversy.
The Chrysler plant at New
Castle, Ind., was closed today aft
er failure to settle a dispute over
whether workers should be paid
while on their lunch hour.