Rome, According to Legend, Was Once Saved by Cackling of Geese. Now She Is Forced to Call on the Goose-Step to Save Her From a Cracking by Greece
THE WEATHER
By U, 8. Weather Bureau
Occasional light rairt tonight
and Saturday. Little change in
temperature.
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GREECE
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Can she resist, with British air!,
the Impending nod attack? And
will Turkey offer armed resist
a nee to the Germans? Watch foe
the answer to these questions In
the wire service of the NEWS"
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VOL. XLV NO. 272 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941.
VOL. XXIX NO. 160 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
TJEADED south. (This Is writ-
ten at Santa Maria.) Hunt
ing sunshine.
No soap or at least not much.
The sun did shine for a few mo
ments this afternoon, in between
gully-washers. And tonight the
stars are shining through the
pepper trees, inspiring flutlor
ings of hope.
A BOUT midway of this pretty
little town, a young river is
flowing across the main street
in the best Los Angeles manner,
with cars plowing through it run
ning board deep.
A flash flood back in the foot
hills, the bell hop at the Inn ex
plains.
CTRANGEST sight, perhaps, is
the Salinas river, which
normally Is a fecund breeding
ground for dust devils, but now
is a chocolate-brown flood from
bank to bank.
I P on the divide at the head
waters of the Salinas stands
Mission San Miguel, and near it
is the village of the same name.
(Village isn't a good western
American word, but to San Mi
guel, with the whitewashed
adobe walls of the old mission
rising behind it, no other has
seemed In the past to apply ac
curately. If not the actual per
sons, at least the shades of the
Mission Indians who clustered
around the mission walls a cen
tury and a half ago have always
appeared to this writer to be flit
tin through its streets.)
But no more. A few miles
away the army is building a
great new training camp, and
San Miguel has taken on all the
aspects of a Western boom town.
INSTINCTIVELY, one glances
into the quiet half-acre in the
rear to see if the ground above
any of the little mounds is heav
ing. Surely the padres lying be
neath must be turning over in
their graves. What is going on
along that century and a half old
street bevond the mission's walls,
lined with automobiles standing
where once the horses with their
ponderous Spanish saddles were
hitched, couldn't be to their lik
ing. "VN ALL sides are trailers. Big
trailers. Little trailers. Trail
ers made on production lines in
great factories. Trailers carpen
tered out in somebody's back
yard with a hammer and a saw.
Trailers EVERYWHERE. The
landscape Is simply cluttered
with them.
With the arrival of canton-
(Continued on page 41
Welfare Payments to
Oregon Residents Shown
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (AP)
The nclnl seenritv board esti
mate's that nearlv S1.400 000.000
was disbursed under tnihlic social
Insurance nrograms In the United
States and Its territories during
the vear endin? January 1. 1940.
Oreion received S4.114.000 un
der the federal-state unemploy
ment and railroad retirement
acts.
Old-nee and survivor Insurance
pavments to Oregon residents to
taled Sl.034.000.
Under the other Insurance pro
grams, over which the social se
curity and railroad retirement
boards have no lurlsdictlon, pav
ments were estimated as: Dis
abled veterans of the world war
and their survivors, $400,000,000;
state workmen's compensation
S250.000.000 and retirement svs
tpms for public employes, $180,-000,000.
How c Okays Bill
Aim as Curb on
Trai l c Mishaps
Motorist Will Lose
Permit Until He Proves
Financial Responsibility
Bv PAUL W. HARVEY. Jr.
SALEM, Feb. 21. (AP) The
house nassed and sent to the sen
ate todav. bv a 51 to 8 vote, a bill
to provide that owners and driv
ers of automobiles involved In au
tomobile accidents should have
their drivers' licenses and license
nlates suspended until thev prove
their financial responsibility.
The bill would affect all persons
Involved In accidents, regardless
of whether thev are to blame. It
was Introduced by the house in
surance committee.
The effect of the bill, opponents
charged, would be to force every
car owner to carry liability insur
ance. Argument For Bill.
Representative E. C. Frisble (R.
Baker), chairman of the commit
tee, said the bill would reduce the
number of accidents and reduce
insurance rates.
lie said 'that in New Hamp
shire, which has a similar law,
the number of traffic fatalities
has been reduced by 50 per cent
in three years, insurance rates
have dropped 30 per cent, and
that 80 per cent of the car own
ers now are protectd by liability
Insurance.
Frisble said that in Oregon,
owners' 'have'- one chance in' six
each year of being involved in ac
cidents. 74.000 of Oregon's 477,000
licensed drivers having been in
volved last year.
Todav, if the reckless driver
is caught, we fine him and let
him go on his reckless way, Fris-
bie said. "If this bill Is passed.
it would drive some of them off
the highways and give the public
protection against the rest."
"Hardship" Foreseen.
Representative George R. Dun
can (R., Marion) said the bill
would drive many cars off the
road and work a hardship against
indigent car owners who could
not afford Insurance. He suggest
ed an outright compulsory insur
ance law.
Representative Phil Brady (R.,
Multnomah) said 150.000 Portland
laboring men who drive to work
each day would be handicapped
by having to pay $1.10 a month
for insurance.
The senate roads and highways
committee approved today a pros
posed constitutional amendment
to prohibit diversion of highway
funds for any purposes other than
for highways.
The senate passed and sent to
the house a memorial to ask con
gress to extend the power of the
International salmon commission
to fishing beyond the three-mile
(Continued on page 6)
Two Senators Hit
British Aid Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
(AP) Carrying on the fight
against the British aid bill, Sena
tor Brooks (R.-IU.) declared to-
day that It represented "a leap
toward dictatorship" which would
Involve us in active, personal,
fiphtine partlriDation In war."
Brooks said that senators could
not shirk their responsibilities by
giving President Roosevelt the
nowers contained In the legisla-.
tion.
"The blood of American boys
will be on your hands." he as
serted. "The blood of America be
longs to America, and to her de
fense to the last dron.
Senator Gillette (D.-Iowa), also
onooslnp the bill, told the senate
that United States defenses now
are "so Inadeouate that onlv bv
the utmost exertion and use of all
our resources and Ingenuity can
we nrenare for the future."
Brook said he favored helnlnq
Britain "hv elvln them whatever
we can snare out of our present
production from now on short
of war." He sMd he would not
"dlsslnate another ounce of th
present Inadequate defense of
America."
Anglo-American
Defenses Decried
Japantso Minister Matsuoka
Says His Nation Has Mad
No Provocative Moves.
TOKYO, Feb. 21. (AP) For
eign Minister Matsuoka told Jap
anese newspapermen today that
continued defense preparations
by Britain and the United States
in the South Pacific would pro
duce a situation "attended by
considerable danger."
Dome!, Japanese news agency,
quoted the foreign minister as
exprcsslnc hone In a len"thv in
terview that "the Anelo-Saxon:
would refrain from "taking any
measures tending to excite Jap
anese public opinion."
. Simultaneously he reiterated a
denial that he had sent an offer
of European mediation to Lon
don. He said he merelv disnatch
cd a communication to British
Foreien Secretary Anthony Eden
in which he gave a "verv frank
reolv" to Questions Eden had
asked threuph the Japanese am
bassado," to London.
"There Is no need of Angio-
Americrfn- defense preparations
in- the South seas because Japan
has taken no action which should
cause Britain or the United
States to feel uneasiness," Mat
suoka said.
"I consider it not onlv unneces
sary but regrettable that thovt
should be anv such action on the
part of Britain which would en
dorse the British propaganda cry
of 'wolf! wolf!' when no wolf is
at the door.
Provocation Dented
Matsuoka's interview followed
British action in strengthening
isingapores defenses with a
massing of Australian troons and
the United States' decision to
strengthen defenses of Guam and
Samoa.
He went on to say that Japn
had made no moves which reas
onably might cause concer I. He
said that recent troop movements
to Flench Indo-China were "car
ried out on the basis of an amlc-
ble understanding with French
Indo-China authorities as a part
of military operations against
Chungking."
(So far as the formal written
accord between Tokyo and the
French colony is concerned on
this point, the number of Japan
ese soldiers in northern Indo
China days ago was reported to
bo more than double the 6,000
permitted.)
Sprague Asks Roosevelt
To Warn Japs on Thrust
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21. ( AP)
-Japan should be warned that
thl country will not tolerate a
southward thrust bv Japan," Gov
ernor Sprague of Oregon said In
a telegram to President Roose
velt yesterday.
His message slated, "the Paci
fic coast states are vitally con
cerned we desire friendly
relations with Japan, but strong
ly oppose Japan's policies which
threaten the security of the orient
and endanger the national Inter
ests of the United States."
Austrian in U. S. 2 Years
Wins "Americanism" Tilt
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 21.
-(AP) A 17-year-old Austrian
refugee who has been In the
United States two years won the
district championship in an
"Americanism" contest last night.
The victory made Andrew
Grosz. Camas, Wash., eligible for
divisional honors at Spokane,
Wash.. In the American Legion
sponsored event. In winning,
Grosz contrasted life In Austria
with his experiences In the Unit
ed States.
Sprague Signs
Bill to Create
State Guard
SALEM, Feb. 21. (AP) The
bill to permit Governor Sprague
to create a state guurd became
law today with his signature, al
though the governor said he
would not do so unless there is an
emergency that could not be
handled by state police or federal
troops.
The act, amended by the senate
at labor's request, will expire
Jan. 21, 1943, unless the next leg
islature reenacts it.
The law, however, would expire
automatically when the Oregon
national guard returns from fed
eral service.
If the governor should organize
a state guard, it would be fi
nanced by a provision that ap
propriations for the state military
department may be transferred to
the state guard.
Other Bills Passed
The senate passed and sent to
the governor today a bill to per
mit counties to cooperate with
other counties jn advertising cam
paigns and surveys of resources
in such groups as the Shasta-Cas
cade Wonderland and the Red
wood Empire. Under present
law, counties arc authorized, to
spend only $3,500 a year for ad
vertising. The senate also passed and
sent to the governor six measures
containing clauses that records of
state and county public welfare
commissions shall be secret. It
also sent another measure to the
governor to permit legislators to
examine such records.
A bill to permit county central
committees of political parties to
declare precinct committee posts
vacant when the elected commit
teeman don't appear at the first
iheetlng of the central commit
tee, was passed by the senate and
sent to the governor.
Today was the fortieth of the
legislative session and the last
pay day for legislators, but the
end was not In sight.
The apparently settled reap
portionment problem encountered
new difficulties last night as a
movement appeared to keep Ben
ton county in the first congres
sional district Instead of shifting
it to the proposed fourth district
as a house vote did yesterday.
senate president Dean IT.
Walker, who represents Polk and
Benton counties, said he wanted
Benton to stay In the first dis
trict. Washington-Wanted Man
Arrested in Roseburg
Frederick L. Hinner, wanted by
Washington state police on a
charge of armed assault and
rape, was taken Into custody by
Oregon state police here last
night. Hinner was traveling by
automobile and had picked up
two hitch-hikers who were re
leased after questioning, State
Police Sergeant Paul Morgan re
ported. Hinner waived extradi
tion and officers from Tacoma
arrived here this morning to re
turn him to that city.
All Set, "Fighting
afkV
"Fighting fit and ready for whatever Jobs may be In store." Thousands of Australian troops like
these landed at Singapore to straighten British defense stations on the Malayan peninsula. A Japa
nese spokesman In Tokyo branded the landing as a "belligerent action" by Britain.
Publicity On
Defense Quiz
HitByF.D.R:
Disclosure of Testimony
Of Army Chief Evokes
Criticism by President
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
(AP) President Roosevelt said
today he considered the disclos
ure of what was Intended to be
secret testimony before a senate
committee, yesterday by General
George C. Marshall, army chief
of staff, as hurtful to national
defense.
The president told a press con
ference that it raised a question
of ethics, morals, and patriotism
on the part of committee mem
bers and editors, publishers and
broadcasters who printed reports
of Marshall's testimony.
The chief executive said it was
a question for the American peo
ple to consider. At the conclu
sion of lengthy questioning on
the subject he said it was pure
ly a voluntary :nattor, that he
was not thinking about censor
ship, but that he was merely put
ting it up to the people as a nice
question to think about.
(Information about General
Marshall's testimony yesterday
was given to the Associated
Press by members of the senate
military committee before whom
he testified.)
Marshall was reported by some
members of the committee as
having said that the Pacific fleet
was being bolstered with an un
specified number of army and
navy planes and as having fde-
scribed the Pacific situation as
serious.
Asked to clarify the accounts
on Marshall's testimony, the
president, with a warning to re
porters not to say that he was
angry or that a raised eyebrow
indicated resentment, said he
was interested in the problem of
ethics and he thought that the
American people should be Inter
ested for the same reason.
In times of world upheaval, he
added, there were certain things
regarding the defense of the
United States that It was atlvls-.
able to keep secret.
Long Practice Cited
He emphasized it was only oc
casionally that It became neces
sary for defense officials, in the
Interest of national safety, to ap
pear in a confidential capacity
before congressional committees.
He said there was not much
new in such appearancs, as the
practice had been going on since
1776. but that the problem of
keeping Ihis testimony from the
public still lived.
The president said that there
were various stories on what
Marshall was supposed to have
said, but that they all differed
from a memorandum he had on
his desk from the chief of staff
(Continued on page 6)
Fit," Say Aussies At
Greece Appeals
Again to U. S.
For Warplanes
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP)
--The Greek government, it was
learned today, has made a sec
ond urgent appeal to the United
States for help particularly for
warplanes before it is too late."
The result has been to start
defense officials on a fresh can
vass of available supplies in
search of aircraft that can be
spared to reinforce the Greeks in
their struggle with the Italians.
Greece's renewed plea for the
assistance promised by President
Roosevelt some time ago reached
here during the last several days,
It nrrlved just before the sign
ing this week of the Turco-But
garlan non-aggression pact which
may niter the Balkan status quo
and exert a decisive effect on the
military and political future of
Greece.
The problem of finding planes
for Greece is admittedly beset
with difficulties, for aircraft fac
tories already are loaded with or
ders for the army, navy, Britain
and China. The question, how
ever, was understood to be under
study by the navy department and
the national defense commission s
priorities hoard.
Woman Who Fired
Building Paroled
Pleading guilty In circuit court
today to a charge of burning prop
erty with the intent to injure the
Insurer, Mrs. Gladys Whitney of
Canyonville was sentenced to one
year In the state penitentiary, but
was granted a parole. Mrs. Whit
ney burned a building which con
tained a cigar store she was op
erating In Canyonville a year ago,
District Attorney J. V. Long told
the court. She was Indicted last
vear, but the case was continued
due to her illness. Two other In
dictments against the woman
were dismissed.
Glenn Newell, of Canyonville,
pleaded Innocent In circuit court
today to a grand jury indictment
and a district attorney's Informa
tion each charging contributing
to the delinquency of a minor.
Litvinoff, Four Others
Ousted From Red Council
MOSCOW, Feb. 21. (AP)
The communist party removed
former Foreign Commissar Max
im Litvinoff and four others
from the parly's central commit
tee today for "falling their du
ties" and warned the heads of
seven commissariats that similar
action would be taken against
them unless their work "im
proves." (Litvinoff, a supporter of the
league of nations and collective
security, was supplanted on May
3. 19.3!), by Premier Molotoff, who
subsequently negotiated the Rus
sian non-aggression pact with
Germany.)
Singapore
German Armys Surge To
Danube Continues; Britain
Speeds Planes for Combat
Russia, Assured Another Slice of Rumania, Assents :
To Nazi Passage Through Bulgaria; American-Mad :
Bombers Being Rushed to Balkans and Orient
By the Associated Press
Columni of German motorized troops many miles long were!
reported rolling south through Rumania toward the Danube river
frontier with Bulgaria today as Britain sped aerial reinforcement!
to Greece against an expected naz! Invasion of the Aegean king
dom. Bulgaria would, provide a logical gateway for a flanking
attack on Greece, probably striking at the port of Salonika.
, Unusual activity was reported from all Rumanian airports
controlled by the German air force, with fighting and bombing
planes lined up on the runways.
Sf rike End Looms
AtAllis-Chalmers
Agreement Also Announced In
Vanadium TIeup: New Labor
Dispute Hits Auto Industry.
(By the Associated Press)
Hones brightened today for
speedy settlement of the month
long strike at the Milwaukee
ulant of Allls-Chalmers manufac
turing company, which holds
$45,000,000 in national defense or-
leds.
Company negotiators announc
ed last night their acceptance of a
strike-settlement formula offered
by the office of production man
agement In Washington, D. C.
The agreement remained to be
acted upon by the ClO-Unlted au
tomobile workers, representing
6,800 striking workmen.
Arbitration of disciplinary mat
ters was the principal stipulation
in the agreement prepared by the
production management office.
Another bright spot in the de
fense labor picture was a report
ed tentative agreement to end
strike of 400 employes of the Van
adium Company of America plant
at Niagara Falls, N. Y. The strik
ers, members of the ClO-Unlted
Mine Workers union, were to vote
on ratifying the agreement today.
Wage increases and a closed shop
were at Issue.
Big Michigan automobile fac
tories felt repercussions of the
strike of 2,500 employes of the
Motor Wheel Corporation at Lan
sing, Mich., called February 13 by
AFL-United Automobile Workers
who sought a closed shop.
Officials of Packard Motor com
pany at Detroit announced that
automotive division of their plant
would not open today, because of
shortage of wheels caused by
the Lansing walkout. The shut
down 7,500 men Idle.
Two automobile plants at Lans
ing Oldsmoblle and Fisher body
shut down last night. Fisher
officials said a "slow-down" forc
ed the closing for last night only,
but that the plant, employing 2,-
200, would reopen today. Oldsmo
blle reported lack of material
forced their shutdown, affecting
2,500 men.
Defense Contract Letting
Investigation Demanded
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
(AP) The senate military com
mittee today recommended a
sweeping Investigation of contract
letting In the multl-bllllon dollar
national defense program.
The committee sent on to the
senate a resolution calling for ap
pointment of seven senntors "to
make a full and complete study
and Investigation of the operation
of the program for the procure
ment and construction of supplies,
materials, munitions, vehicles,
aircraft, vessels, plants, camps
and other articles and facilities In
connection with the national de
fense." The resolution, by Truman (D.,
Mo.) recommended that $25,000
be riven the Investigators with
broad powers to require testimony
of witnesses and officials and
conduct hearings.
Former King Alfonso of
Spain Near Death's Door
ROME, Feb. 21. f AP) Doc
tors described the condition of
former King Alfonso X1TI of
Spain as Rrave today. They said
he spent a restless night during
which he suffered another heart
attack.
Military observers at Rusa
(Rushchuk), Bulgaria, on tha
Danube facing Glurgiu, Rumania,
said that German engineers con
tinued their drill of floating pon
toon bridges, but they insisted
that none had touched the Bul
garian shore. This drill has been
going on dally for many weeks,
apparently in the nazl effort trt
have everything in readiness
when and If the time comes toff
crossing.
Bulgarian police were reported
to have fought "communist dem
onstrations" against the expected
entry of nazl troops Into Bulgaria.
8polls Offered Russia
The Balkan situation was typi
cally complex.
High-lighted was the belief ex
pressed by observers that Adolf
Hitler had approved cession of an
other slice of dwindling Rumania
to soviet Russia In return for
Moscow's "cooperation" that Is,
a passive attitude with his plans
for southeastern Europe.
Russia's reward, these observ
ers said, probably -will be-tha
province of Moldavia on which
the soviet long has cast covetous
eyes, as even red diplomats ae.
knowledge. . f ,: i '
In Washington, Chairman
George (D.-Ga.) of the senate for
eign relations committee, an inti
mate friend of Secretary of Stata
Hull, declared:
"Germany Is preparing to move
very fast. I think there will bo.
tremendous developments within
the next 10 days."
Turkey Still Concerned
Reports from Sofia, Bulgaria,
today said the Turkish minister
at Belgrade had protested to tha
foreign office against a declara
tion by the semi-official newspa
per Zora that It is "none of Tur
key's business when Bulgaria will
recover an outlet to the Aegean
sea from Greece."
Bulgaria and Turkey signed n
non-aggression pact four days
ago.
Seven axis fighting planes were)
reported by the RAF todav to
have been shot down bv the fight-
er escorts of British bombers
which raided Bcratl and TelepenI,
In Italian-held Albania yesterday.
The British said they lost none.
Severe damage resulted from
the raids, the dally communlquo
said.
Qreeoa Assured Aid
Attention focused on the arrival
In Egypt of Britain's Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden and Chief
of the Imperial General Staff
General Sir John Dill.
It was recalled that Eden's last
visit to the middle east was fol
lowed bv a lightning British of
fensive In North Africa, and spec
ulation arose In somo quarters)
lh.it Frten nnrt Dill mav divert
some of Britain's North African
troops to support Greece against
nal Invasion.
The North African battlefront
has been almost completely Inac
tive since the British canturo of
Bengasi on Feb. 6 which may
mean that troops used In that
fCrntlnued on naee 6
By the Associated Press
DALLAS, Tex. Detectives
George Williamson and L. M. Me
Kinney Just followed their noses
and there was the forger.
A storekeeper recalled cashing
a $9.3P WPA check for a negro
who bought a large supply ot
lotus blossom incense. The offi
cers sniffed around the neighbor
hood until they found the Incense
and a n-gro who had forged tha
payee's signature.
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