Unless U. S. Production Is Speeded Beyond the Present Pace, the Slogan, 'Everything Short of War,' May be Changed to Read "Short of Everything for War."
THE WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureau
Light rain or snow tonight;
Sunday partly cloudy. Little
change in temperature.
See page 4 for statistics.
BRITISH AID BILL
The senate will vote on It next
week. It's passage Is conceded
by Its opponents, but modiiica.
tlons are probable. All major de
tails will appear In the NEWS
REVIEW. VOL. XLV NO. 273 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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Senators Taft, Capper
Oppose Giving President
"War-Making Powers"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. (AP)
The administration's British aid
bill was denounced by two of its
opponents in the senate today as
a measure which would confer
upon President Roosevelt the
power to plunge the United States
into war.
' Senator Taft (R., Ohio) declar
ed in a speech on the sixth day
of debate on the legislation that
"we are asked to give one man
the power to take us into war and
by passing the bill in its present
form we are, in effect, approving
' a war policy if he sees fit to de
clare it."
An assertion that "complete
war-making powers" would be
given to the president was made
by Senator Capper (R., Kas.) in
his address. Capper also said
Mr. Roosevelt would gain "com
plete control over our domestic
rconomy" it the legislation was
rnacted.
Taft Advocates Loan.
Extension of a $2,000,000,000
loan to Britain for purchase of
military supplies in this country
was advocated by Taft as an al
ternative to the administration's
program for lending and leasing
the airplanes, guns and other
equipment which the British have
asked from the United States.
That plan, he said, would avoid
giving "ano -man" the power to
; take us into war."
He "doubted," he said, that
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In the Day's News
13y FRANK JENKINS
LEAVING Santa Maria.
The sun, believe It or not, is
shining. But the weather man
is still gloomy. He says there's
another storm lurking out at sea
and due to hit the coast some
time tonight ,or maybe tomor
row. Can't he see ANYTHING else
when he looks in that crystal ball
of his?
THERE was a time when in
our minds we placed the
weather man's daily contribution
back on the funny page.
"Heh! Heh! Heh!" we'd chortle
as we read It. "Sez you!" Then
we'd laugh merrily.
That was in those dear, dead
days before science came into our
lives. Now we listen to him and
reach morosely for the umbrella.
OUT east of Santa Maria is a
great new flying field, where
young men are being trained for
the army air corps. The air
above it is full of planes on this
sunny morning.
Looking at them up there,
something clicks, and suddenly
4 you know the answer to a prob
lem that has been troubling you
vaguely for days.
M the cities, the bars are
crowded more so than usual.
And in the chatter over the
glasses there is a brittle tone.
There is laughter. There is
gayety. There is lightness. But
under it all you feel that people
are listening listening for some
thing they couldn't describe if
asked to.
MEN you have known for
" years, men of ability, men
who understand their business
to its last detail, have a curious
ly detached attitude toward the
whole subject of business.
Ask them how last year was
and they will tell you it was fine.
Speak of the prospects for this
year and they will reply without
hesitation that they can't be oth
er than good.
But you have the feeling that
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Sues Nazi Con I"
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Suit for $8,000 salary and expenses was filed In San Francisco
this week by Mrs. Alice Crockett, above, former wife of a U. S.
army colonel, against Capt. Fritz Weidemann, nazi consul there,
for international sleuthing. Mrs. Crockett, Swiss native and former
movie actress, says she made a trip to Germany to Investigate the
consul's status with Adolf Hitler. She claims she interviewed Hit
ler, Goerlng and Goebbels on behalf of Weidemann, and her suit
declared the consul was the head of the German espionage system
in America.
Five Die In Fire
Near Cave Junction
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 22. (AP)
Four children and a young
mother perished from fire short
ly before 6 o'clock this morning
when the old Burch ranch house,
21 miles south of Cave Junction,
burned to the ground.
Coroner Virgil Hull listed the
following dead:
Mrs. Frank Thompson, 22.
Marian Thompson, 4.
Francis Thompson, 18 months.
Irene Thompson, four months.
Edna Thompson, 8, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Thompson.
Marian, Francis and Irene were
children of Mrs. Frank Thomp
son.
All five bodies were found in
locations Indicating they had been
trapped In upstairs bedrooms.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Thompson,
sleeping downstairs, escaped the
fire, the coroner said.
A boy living in the house start
ed a fire in the kitchen stove be
tween 5:30 and 6 a. m., and the
blaze spread from that, Hull said
he was told.
Four Canyonville Men
Admit Game Law Breaking
Four Canyonville residents,
Malcolm E. McGregor, 30; Clinton
F. Crow, 19; George A. Sargeant,
19, and Charles E. Cooper, 24,
were arrested by state police Fri
day charged with game law vio
lations. Sergeant Paul Morgan of
the state police reported. McGre
gor was accused of hunting for
deer on the Cow creek game
refuge and the other three mem
bers of the party were charged
with fishing for trout in closed
season. All pleaded guilty in the
Canyonville jutlce court, Morgan
reported, and sentence will be
imposed Monday.
TODAY'S
TOP
sZO ODDITY
By the Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. To test the hon
esty of Omaha citizens on the ap
proach of George Washington's
birthday, the Omaha World-Herald
sent out a reporter to "lose"
eiv MiifniHs Farh contained a
dollar bill and the reporter's
name and telepnone numoer.
Four were returned. Concluded
the paper: "Omaha's honesty
should be rated at Gfi per cent."
an average It believes would
please rather than shock the
father of our country. The honest
citizens were told to keep the
dollar.
or Sleuthing
!
Mrs. Julia Sether Hagen
Of Glendale Passes Away
' GLENDALE, Feb. 22". Mrs.
Julia Sether Hagen, 88, died at
her home in Glendale Thursday.
Born in Norway, March 17, 1852,
she was married in that country
in 1881 to Julius Hagen and
shortly afterward moved to the
United States and settled in the
Glendale district. Mr. Hagen
died Jan. 17, 1918.
Surviving are five sons and
daughters, Christopherson Ha
gen, Glendale; Christoph Hagen,
Drain; Arthur and Harry Hagen,
Globe, Arizona, and Mrs. Glenn
Wardrip, Corvallis. She also
leaves 16 grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren.
Mrs. Hagen was a member of
the Lutheran church but for a
number of years had been affil
iated with the Presbyterian
church in Glendale. She was an
active member for many years
in the Eastern Star lodge.
Services were held this after
noon in the Glendale Presbyter
Ian church, Rev. J. K. Howard of
ficiating'. Burial was in the fam
ily plot in the Glendale Masonic
cemetery. Arrangements were in
charge of the Eberle Stearns mor
tuary.
Summer Camp for Boys
Plan of Men's 99 Units
Plans for a summer camp for
boys to be sponsored by Men s
99 groups In southern Oregon has
been proposed as the result of an
inter-club meeting held Tuesday
at Myrtle Point, according to
John A. Barney, pastor of the
First Christian church of Rose
burg. A delegation of 14 mem
bers of the Roseburg group met
at a banquet with the men of the
Coos Bay district at Myrtle Point
and heard a program by Manag
er Gene Robinson and Dean How
ard Cole of the Turner camp.
The two speakers urged a
summer camp for the southern
Oregon district and the men al
ready have made plans for a
camp at Fir Point near Glendale
on the tentative dates of August
10 to 17. The age group will be
from nine to 16 years. All south
ern Oregon churches will be In
vited to participate.
Scout Committeemen Set
Meeting, Court of Honor
A meeting of all district Boy
Scout committeemen has been
callpd by Chairman E. S. Mc-
Claln to meet at the Umpqua ho
tel for a dinner session at 6 p
m. Tuesday. They will meet the
new district field representative
at that time and transact dislrlct
business. The dinner meeting
will be followed by a public
court of honor at the courthouse,
starting at 8:15 p. m.
Flood Pours
Into Area Of
Los Angeles
Stores Barricaded, Two
Suburbs Shut; Lightning
Hits Houses, Power Line
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22. (AP)
Two suburban towns . were
closed to visitors today as flood
waters alternately roared and
trickled through the cities of
southern California, sodden after
more than a week of almost con
tinuous rain.
Precipitation here to date Is
18.09 Inches, almost twice that of
the season's normal fall, and dur
ing -one of the heavier showers
yesterday almost an Inch fell In
the metropolitan area. The fore
cast is for five more days of rain.
Authorities asked motorists to
stay out of Reseda and Canoga
park, in the San Fernando valley
Just over the hills from Holly
wood, except on urgent business.
Flood water and debris, they safd,
have made most streets impass
able. The normally-dry Los Angelps
river spread half a mile over its
banks at Canoga park, forcing
the evacuation of 10 families.
Twenty storm refugees were
being housed temporarily in the
Canoga park community church.
Several families also were evacu
ated from Topanga canyon, north
of Santa Monica, after a big crack
appeared In the canyon wall, pre
saging a possible landslide,
i Stores Menaced
In the Los ' Angeles' business
section, streets ran gutter-to-gutter
much of the time, and many
stores protected their entrances
with sandbags and packing crates.
Several families Isolated In Tu
junga canyon, north of Glendale,
reported by telephone that they
had plenty of supplies. Sheriff's
officers waded through floodwa
ters to carry food to other ma
rooned families In the Newhall
area.
Two persons were believed to
have drowned an 18-year-old
youth who sought to rescue a
woman from a flood-stream and
apparently was washed down a
storm drain, and an elderly man
whose body was seen floating
down a flooded streets. Two boys
were carried three miles in one
flood stream before they escaped,
and a woman and a boy were
carried more than a mile.
Lightning, a rare occurrence
here, flashed for the second suc
cessive day, striking two houses,
several power poles and a radio
station, starting several fires but
doing little damage.
Lawmakers of Oregon Now Working
Without Pay; Batch of Bills Probably
Doomed to be Tossed Into Junk Pile
By PAUL W. HARVEY. Jr.
SALEM, Feb. 22. (AP) The
Oregon legislature began donat
ing its services to the state to
day, the 40-day period during
which members receive $3 a day
having expired yesterday.
And the first payless days usu
ally starts members to thinking
about how much longer they'll
have to serve for nothing.
Speaker Robert S. Farrell, Jr..
is pointing toward adiournment
next Saturday, but most members
doubt it can be done, assertlne th"
session will go at least two more
weeks.
Farrell says It can be done be
cause all the wavs and means
committee bills should be passed
bv then, as well as other Impor
tant legislation. But a lot of bills
probably will be junked In com
mittees. Jobless Pay lue Pends.
The work on the score of un
employment compensation law
amendments, one of the toughest
lobs ever to face anv committee,
should be completed tonight by
the house judiciary committee,
and the bills probably will reach
the house floor early next week
In the form of a comnromlsp be
tween employers and labor.
Labor will get slightly larger
benefits, while employers will get
lower tax rates. But whether the
Major Issues
Still Facing
Legislators
Reapportionment, Speed
Limit, Pension Increase
Get Action Next Week
GALEM, Feb. 22.-(AP) The
Tiouse will consider Monday Its re
apportionment committees rec
ommendation that the proposed
fourth congressional district in
clude eight counties south of the
southern boundary of Marlon
county.
There Is no doubt that the
house will pass the bill and send
It to the senate with little dis
cussion, since it adopted the eoi
mlttee's report last week by a 42
13 vote.
Old age pensions will get their,
first floor discussion Mondav
when the house considers a bill
to 'remove the $30 maximum for
pensions.
I The bill, recommended by Gov
ernor Sprague, does not carry any
appropriation for larger pensions.
Democrats said they would take
the republicans to task for this
omission.
Republicans, however, said they
would follow Governor Sprague's
recommendation against new
taxes'.
The senate vote today to con
sider the speed bill at 10:30 a. m.
Monday. The bill would fix a
maximum speed limit of 55 miles
per hour, and place the burden of
proof.'on the driver. The burden
untle the present 45-mile law is
ori' the arresting officer:,-:'
For 1-Man Tax Head.
The house yesterday voted 44
to 12 today to abolish the three
man state tax commission and
have all (ax affairs administered
by a single commissioner.
The bill now goes to the senate.
Members of the present state tax
commission each draw a salary
of $100 monthly.
Representative Harry D. Bolvin
(D., Klamath), chairman of the
house alcoholic control commit
tee, said he would introduce a bill
'to give the state liquor commis
sion authority over night clubs
.and other places serving mixers
i for the drinking of liquor.
The bill would require such
places to obtain a service license
for about $50.
The commission has no autho
rity over such clubs and can take
action only If bartenders actually
serve liquor to customers. A simi
lar measure, the "club bill," was
passed by the last legislature, but
was defeated by the people upon
being referred.
house will vote for the measures
is another question.
The workmen's compensation
law amendments will be submit
ted to the senate next week by
Its Industries committee, which
has been holding dailv meetings
for almost six weeks, trying to
whip them Into shape.
Pension Boost Unlikely.
Legislation to restrict the Rale
of fortified wine to liquor stores
will be considered by the house
nevt week.
Measures to Increase old ape
nensions nrohably will receive lit
tle consideration, most members
being reluctant to go against Gov
ernor Sprague's advice against
lewlng new taxes.
The problem of reapportioning
the legislature, which as yet has
received no consideration, will
amount to little. The senate will
vote Monday on a bill to give
Klamath county a senator of Its
own and, as far was legislative
leaders are concerned, that's all
the reapportioning to be consid
ered. It Is a virtual certainty that the
nftu, fmtrlh .nnnrftcclnnnl rllctl-t
I w ill Include nil counties south of
Marion county, although there
may be a move In the senate on
the pnrt of Benton county to be
taken out of the new district and
placed In the first.
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British Will Counter With
Troops From Africa, Report
Rival Plane
Raids Staged
Over Channel
German Coastal Bases
Bombed by RAF; Nails
Again Blast Swansea
i
LONDON, Feb. 22. (AP) The
German naval base at Wilhelms
haven, the big shlp-bulldtng cen
ter of Emden and the : port of
Brest in nazi-occupled France
were heavily bombed last night
by the RAF, an official announce
ment today said.
The raid on Wilhelmshaven was
the 43rd on that vital port report
ed by the British since the war
began.
British bombers also attacked
industrial targets in the Ruhr, the
announcement said, "but bad visi
bility rendered It Impossible to
observe details of results."
(The Germans acknowledged
"disturbance flights" by the RAF
over occupied territory and Helgo
land bight, but said the raiders
did little damage.)
Swansea Again Blasted.
British fighters engaged a
squadron , pf German planes In a
terrifjfl'hattle over the Kent coast
todajf the luftwaffe returned to
the , attack -. on, , England after
blast Inapthe' Welsh port of Swan
sea for the third successive night.
Observers saw n patrol of spit
fires, flying In close formation,
close with a squadron of 14 Mes
serschmltls at an altitude of five
miles, and the sky was criss
crossed with long spirals of smoke
as the nlanes dodged and twisted
in deadly combat.
The raiders apparently were
turned off before reaching their
objective. One group of eight nazi
planes was seen streaking toward
Boulogne on the French coast,
and within a short time the sky
was clear of hostile planes.
The German night raiders start
ed numerous fires In Swansea and
added to England's mounting toll
of casualties.
ANOTHER 80MALILANO PORT
CAPTURED BY BRITISH
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Feb.
22. (AP) The port of Jumbo,
near Chrislmaio, at the mouth of
the Juba river in Kalian Somali
land, has fallen to South African
troops, It was announced official
ly today.
A ."brigade staff and one full
colonel, together with a number
of European and native prison
ers were reported captured,
along with "considerable quanti
ties of guns and materials."
LONDON, Feb. 22. ( AP) The
entire 94th battalion of the Ital
ian colonial Infantry is believed
dying of thirst in a desert near
the Kenya border, a Reuters
(British news agency) dispatch
from the east African front said
today.
Driven from Afmadu, Italian
Somaliland, by the British II
days ago, the battalion was said
to have fled into trackless sands
southward toward Gcllb, 80 miles
away.
, The troops have not appeared
In the vicinity of Gellb yet, but a
doctor who accompanied the Ital
ians for 40 miles returned and
surrendered to the British at Af
madu. A battalion priest later was
found dying of thirst.
Oregon Knights Templars'
Ex-Commander Passes On
SALEM. Feb. 22. (AP) E. L.
Welder, 80, former grand com
mander of the grand command
ery of Oregon, Knights Templars,
died last night after an extended
Illness. He had operated a laun
dry for 20 years.
Survivors Include a son, Van
Wleder of Salem: a daughter.
Mrs. Sanford Adler of Baker, and
a brother, C. H. Wleder of Al
bany. '....
Alien Ship With
U. S. Flag Sunk,
Germans Report
BERLIN, Feb. 22. (AP) Ah
armed British merchant ship out
of Montreal which the German
high command said displayed the
United States flag and had the
American colors painted on the
Hull "to conceal its nationality"
was reported today to have been
sunk In the Indian qcean.
The 7,187-ton ship was Identi
fied as the Canadian Cruiser,
registered in Lloyd's as owned by
the Canadian Tramp Shipping
company, Ltd., and she was sunk,
as today's German communique
said, by "German naval forces."
The daily war bulletin reported
the sinking of two other ships
one of 4,300 tons by a submarine
and another . of 4,000 tons by
bombers.
The bombers were said to have
attacked a number of British mer
chant vessels yesterday off the
east and west coasts of England,
damaging two large tankers and
several others In addition to the
one sunk.
The report that the Canadian
Cruiser flew the United States
flag should be of gravest concern
to Washington, German circles
sutd.
It was Indicated that If every
shiD with an American flag must
be suspected by German sea raid
ers as being actually Britisn, "a
most unfortunate incldcnt:',,inlght
occur. - , - ;. ' '";'l,.-r;.
With the best Intent , and
through no fault of Its own, they
said, a German raider might at
tack a United States vessel.
Authorized spokesmen said they
susnected that "an unfortunate
mistake" was precisely what Brit
ain hoped for.
Augustus G. Cowan Dies
At His Home at Drain
Aiiatictna Gnrflelrl Cowan. GO.
tlfalnno resident of Douelns
county, died at his home in Drain
Friday following a snort uiness.
Born In Yoncalla Oct. 13, 1882,
he had spent the greater part of
his life as a resident of Drain.
He was never married.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
A. E. Gardiner. Drain, and Mrs.
E. E. Starr, Portland.
Services win be neia at inc
Christian church In Drain at 2
n m Rimrl.iv. Rev. C. F. Trimble
officiating. Interment will be In
the Yoncalla cemetery. Arrange
ments are In charge of Stearns
mortuary.
Veterans' Registration
Requires Extra Blanks
An additional supply of blanks
was required today as world war
veterans of Douglas county rcg
Istered for service In the nation
al defense program. The regis
tration, snonsored nationally by
the American Legion, Is purely
voluntary and lists the exper
ience and availability of veterans
In national defense duty.
Headquarters set up bv Ump
qua post were crowded through
out the day as veterans kept a
half dozen volunteer clerks busy
filling out the questionnaires.
Free lunch was served during the
noon hour.
The headquarters at 230 North
Jackson street, were to be kept
onen until C o'clock this eve
ning. Reedsport Child Serves
Sister From Torch Death'
REEDSPORT, Ore., Feb. 22.
(AP)-Elevenyearold Beverly
Beardsley paused yesterday
while roasting potatoes with her
four vear-old sister Marllvn In a
bonfire, to watch an airplane.
Marllvn got too near the fire and
her dress flamed.
Swiftly the older girl hurled
her screaming sister Into a patch
of swamn prnss. nlunccd on ton
of her and rolled and smothered
out the fire. Marllvn escnned
with sunerflclal bodv burns, Bev
erly with blistered hands.
They are the children of Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Beardsley.
Greece's Fate
In Balance As
Battle Hears
Buildings in Sofia Sprout
Anti-Aircraft Guns; U. S.
Legation Placarded
. By the Associated Press
? A flood of rumors, some seem
ingly well-founded and some ut
terly without confirmation, stir
red belief today that Britain and
Germany might soon be locked In
combat on a new front In tho
Balkans.
One unconfirmed report
transmitted from Belgrade, Yugo
slavia, by Reuters, British news
agency said German troops al
ready were crossing Into Bulgaria
from Rumania, and the Turkish
official radio at Ankara broadcast
that the British were holding;
large forces In North Africa in
readiness for a dash Into the
Balkans through Greece.
"If this Is so," the radio added,
"it means the British either want
to establish a Balkan front
against Germany .or prevent
Greece from being pushed by
German threats Into an untimely
armistice."
The Reuters dispatch from Bel
grade said: "According to one un
confirmed report, German troops
have been .crossing into BulttOti.
across the Danube at the But
ganan town oi nuse uvu.iiuiujw,
since Friday." 'A I
: Bridges Span Danube 'j ,
The dispatch, which Reulors
said was filled "with all reserve'
since "no confirmation has been'
received from any quarter," fol
lowed by a few hours a posltlvo
declaration by a leading Balkan
diplomat that the movement of a
nazi expeditionary force lntoi Bul
garia was "a matter of days, it
not hours."
He said ' German pontoon
bridges spanned the Danube in
considerable numbers and miles
long columns of nazi motorized
forces were moving southward
through Rumania toward the,
river frontier. Neutral estimates
of the number of German troops
In Rumania have run as high 83
600,000.
Ruse, the first Bulgarian city
likely to be entered, is directly
across the Danube from Giurgui,
Rumania, into which a German
vanguard marched on Dec. 29, and
about 280 miles northeast of Sa
lonika, Greece, probable nazi ob
jective. . .
The Turkish radio remarked
the lack of news about Britain's
army of the Nile since the fall ot
Bengasi and commented:
'The British may be holding
these forces in readiness for an
instant call to Greece."
Sofia Guards Against Raid
Anti-aircraft guns appeared on
buildings in Sofia, the Bulgarian
capital, and the United States le
gation there posted placards in
English, Bulgarian and German
reading:
"This building Is the property
of the United States."
The British Institute in Sofia,
an educational off-shoot of tho
British legation, suddenly closed
its doors and the four British di
rectors hastened to leave thn
country.
Nearly 50 radical Agrarian
leaders of anti-German sympathy
were rounded up by Bulgarian po
lice without explanation.
Government party leaders in
Bulgaria expressed a fear of seri
ous internal disorders when the
nazis move. One demonstration,
attributed to "communists," al
ready has been reported in Ruse.
Among the endless rumors cir
culating In the Balkans was one
that soviet Russia was making a
belated effort to stall off the Ger
man thrust to the south but
there was no confirmation and It
contrasted sharply with an earlier
report that Adolf Hitler had
promised Moscow the Rumanian
province of Moldavia In return
for a "hands off" policy.
In Albania, the stalemated con
flict between Italy and Greece
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