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Quite Comforting are Italy's Repeated Assurances that She Plans no Attack on the United States, Which Already has all the Indigents She can Afford to Feed THE WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau Occasional rain tonight and FH day. Little change In tempera turn. 1 See Page 3 for statistics. AGREEMENT That's the word from the Turte ish-Brltlsh conference on the Bal kans. And Russia Is Indicating opposition to the nazl drlva against Greece, Is the word from Yugoslavia. What will It all lead to? Keep your eye on NEWS . REVIEW news. VOL. XLV NO. 277 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEFBRUARY 27, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO. 165 OF THE EVENING NEWS rn I fll mmi,. ami- N UN Jl "l ijj SEMEN m mm mm 3 . f Nazis Blast Londorfl Cardiff , Take Further Toll? t Sea; British Also Deal Lamage Death Rained On Civilians In Night Raid Italians in Somaliland Reported 'Demoralized,' Rapidly Surrendering By the Associated Press Daylight raiders shielded by clouds dropped a load of bombs on London today, attacked ships off the east coast and were de clared to have machine-gunned the streets of four English vill ages. Small formations of German planes made two tries at London and got through for a brief at tack at noon. British sources taid bombs as well as machine runs were used In hit-and-run raids on three towns of east An Elia and one on the south coast. In last night's raids on Lon don a bomb wrecked' the can teen of an air raid precautions station, formerly a hospital, kill ing and injuring a number of persons. A south Wales town, hit at night, reported nine dead and nurses and firemen were said to have carried 30 babies from an orphanage fired by an incendiary bomb. An official statement said Brit ish night fighters "damaged" two raiders over Britain. British Also Score RAF night raiders today re ported a "very successful" at tack on the Rhineland city of Cologne the 58th and fire-setting assaults on the docks of Boulogne, France, and Flush ing, Holland. The Germans reported night raids on London and Cardiff, (Continued on page 6) By FRANK JENKINS OLVERA STREET on a Sunday night. Twanging guitars. Mexican quartettes singing waltz time Spanish songs before open front eating places where for a trifling matter of two bits you can imagine you are taking a trip to foreign parts. The illu sion Is heightened by market booths where Mexicans In wide hats and scrapes sell authentic Mexican merchandise at three to five times the Mexican prices. "VLVERA STREET, kittycor ner from the handsome Union station, Is the site of old Los Angeles. A century ago It was a dusty Mexican village. Now it is a little island in the West's most amazing city. It Is a block long, and sooner or later nearly everybody who comes here strolls through It. It's a grand place for the sail ors to take their girls slightly on the exotic side (if you have a good imagination) and not too expensive. ALMOST anywhere you turn you can have your palm read. Or you can have your handwriting analyzed and fas cinating things told in the analy sis. You couldn't swing a cat by the' tail without hitting several places where your picture will be taken and delivered to you pron to for ten cents. Or, If you yearn for higher forms of art, you can have your silhouette cut and If your as pirations soar more loftily still you can have your portrait done In crayon a surprisingly good job, too.- There's talent In Ol vera street. If you wish, your girl's name In the Day's News I (Continued on page 4) Turkish, British Conferees Reported in Full Agreement on Situation in Balkans; Russia Said Now Opposed to Nazi Drive ANKARA, Feb. 27. (AP) British and Turkish leaders were authoritatively reported today to have reached "full agreement" on problems affecting the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean situation. It was indicated that the con ferences tomorrow would turn al so on the subject of Russia. Sir Stafford Cripps, British ambassa dor to Russia, arrived at Instan bul from Moscow today and was to join the conferees at Ankara. British Foreign Secretary An thony Eden and General Sir John G. Dill, chief of the British im perial general staff, and their aides and British Ambassador Hugessen met in the Turkish cabinet room with Turkish For eign Minister Saracoglu, Field Marshal Chakmak and officers of the Turkish general staff "for a general review of the situation." Renda, president of the Tur kish national assembly, also at tended the conference. Unofficial reports said Great Britain was sounding out Turkish reaction to a plan for regulating traffic through the Dardanelles, strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean and the Black seas. Snmp sources snlrl thev helleved Eden would propose that Turkey assume strict -jurisdiction over the strait, barring all merchant tralfic without special permis sion. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb. 27. (API Diplomatic dispatches from Belgrade said today that tne Yugoslav general staff had or dered a speed-up of defense prep arations, apparently in fear that German armies now massed in Jap Ultimatum Hits Crisis Over Thailand Border TOKYO, Feb. 27. (AP) Japan was reliably reported tonight to have delivered an ultimatum to French Indo china, demanding that she accept Japan's "final" pro posal of mediation in the In do-China Thailand border dis pute by midnight Friday. The Japanese government or dered Japanese residents of French Indo China today to be prepared to depart and informed observers expressed belief the action was a diplomatic maneu ver intended to strengthen Ja pan's hand during the next few days should the Thailand-Indo-China peace negotiations col lapse. Authoritative sources said the success or failure of the confer ence was likely to be determined within the next 48 hours and were not too optimistic over the pros pects. NEW YORK, Feb. 27. (AP) Advices received from the Orient today indicate that Japan may be about to make another malor dip lomatic move, perhaps rivalling in importance her adherence to the German-Italian alliance last Sent. 27. This is likely to take the form, the advices say, of a Journey abroad by Yosuke Matusoka, Ja pan's foreign minister, in the course of which he mav visit one or more of the following cities: Hankow, Moscow, Berlin, Rome. , Latest developments, however, may compel a postponement. Ja pan Is confronted with an Imme diate crisis In her effort to fur ther establish herself as the dominant power of "Greater East Asia" through Imposing her plan for peace between Thailand and French Indo-Chlna. The French are balking. Tokyo may find It necessary to act. Rumania might attempt toi get at Greece through Yugoslavia in stead of Bulgaria. Diplomats heard that soviet Russia, apparently after agreeing to German transit through Bul garia, now had raised objections. GREEKS, BRITISH DEAL FRESH BLOWS TO ITALIANS ATHENS, Feb. -27. (API Italian troop and vehicle concen trations at Luzati and Fieri, on the Albanian front, and a convoy off the Albanian port of, Valona have leen bombed and machine gunned by British fliers in sup. port of Greek land forces, the RAF said today. After vehicles were hit at Luzati, southeast of Tepelenl, and military camps hit at Fieri with "several large fires" resulting, the attackers machine-gunned the Fieri headquarters and other targets, the communique said. Other aircraft were declared to have "successfully machine gunned" a convoy and a gunboat two miles off Valona. The RAF said all Its planes returned safely. . -. - .. . . . . . Defense Bill Passed by House Keeps Closed Shop WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (AP) The house passed and sent to the senate today a $1, 533,439,702 emergency defense appropriation bill after over whelmingly defeating an anti closed shop amendment which its opponents said would "tie the defense program into knots." The measure, carrying funds for completition of the army's big housing program and a vast expansion of naval shore estab lishments, including development of naval aviation outposts at Guam and Samoa, went through without a record vote qr even a ripple of opposition. ARLO WOODARD as he blew a tune on four harmonicas at practically one and the sarne time. At any rate he changed from one to another without los ing a note. Mr. Woodard, a most person able young man, came to Rose burg last September and estab lished a studio for harmonica In struction. He has many years of successful teaching' to his credit, composes his own music and has written a ninety-eight page book on the arf of playing the har monica. At the present time, he told me, he has two hundred pu pils here. "No instrument In all the world," he declared, "is so com pact, easy to play and easy to buy, yet endowed with as great a capacity for making music as the harmonica. Of course It will never take the place of any 1 SAW ::::::: ' By Paul Jenkins JA ?' ' N Filibuster Threat Still Faced by Bill Debate Cloture May Be Imposed to Bring Vote On British Aid Plan WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. (AP) Senator Chavez (D.,' N. M.) and Senator Brown (D Mich.) took un the cudeels to day on the British aid bill, Cha vez contending that the legisla tion invited war while Brown ar gued that it was the best, "the only weapon" at hand for the self-defense of American demo cracy. With the general debate now in its tenth day, some support ers of the bill manifested fresh uneasiness over the possibility of a surprise opposition filibuster, despite an agreement to start consideration of amendments next week. Senator Van Nuys (D., Ind.) said he would not be surprised a such tactics, and announced that in such an event he would favor cloture of debate. Norm ally consideration of amend ments signifies the approaclj of a final roll call, but it was point ed out that opposition senators could continue to speak at any length during the amendment discussion, if they wished. Cloture which requires a two thirds majority would impose drastic limitations on any speech making. No senator would be al lowed to address the chamber Continued on page. 6) ' Indians Offer $150,000 to U. S. for Defense School KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 27. (AP) The Klamath Indian tribes, among the wealthiest in the United States, want to help Uncle Sam's national defense program. The tribal council voted to of fer $150,000 of its $2,500,000 on deposit In the United Slates treasury for establishment of a "training school for Klamath In- .. 1 n.nnnt Fnn,A lines." The council specified, however, that the proposed school must be at Klamath Agency, Ore., on the reservation, and must be staffed by instructors furnished by the government. W-Itrvlw Photo niifl KnKravlriff. standard instrument; but It Is a wonderful stepping stone for those who wish to play those in struments later." Mr. Woodard has a variety ol trick methods of playing (aside from the standard one) and can juggle various different num bers and sizes like a magician II? achieves melody and har mony at the same time by using one in his mouth while blowing upon another through his nose; again, he plays two instruments at the same time by means of rubber tubes through which he blows. I told hlin he'd better not let his talents get noised around, or every service club, lodge or oth er like organization In town would clamor for his services or at least the chairmen of their entertainment committees would. Bui he didn't seem to mind. Game Board s Power lipped By Senate Right to Fix Seasons, Bag Limits Voted; Jobless Act Amendments Up in House By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. SALEM, Feb. 27. (AP) The senate voted 19 to 10 today to give the state game commission complete authority to fix seasons and bag limits. The bill now goes to the house. Senator Lew Wallace, chairman of the senate game committee, which introduced the bill, said the power should be given to the game commission because the legislature can't look far enough ahead to fix seasons. He read a letter from Governor Sprague, endorsing the measure, and said all soprtsmen's organi zations are supporting it. Senator Charles Childs (K., Linn) said the bill gives too much authority to the commission, add ing "I have no confidence in tne game commission and I am dis gusted with the governor for sup porting this bill." . Senator Thomas R. Manoney XT).. Multnomah) charged thatthe game committee purposely delay ed the bill, asserting it hoped the measure would be rushed through to passage in the log jam of legis lation. "Why do they bring this In when we're all tired and want to go home?" Mahoney asked, i "I wouldn't care if he does go ome,' , Wallace answered,,; "If he's too tired to look into these laws, ho ought to go home." Health tnaurance Slain. The house killed 48 to 12 a bill by Representative J. F. Hosch (D., Deschutes) which would have provided compulsory health In surance for families with Incomes of less than $1,500. With the ways and means com mittee finishing its work on the state's budget, the state's defjeit for the next blennlum stood today at $263,000. But officials estimated that In heritance taxes, to be the largest in history, would offset the defi cit. The house began discussion to day of the unemployment com- (Continued on page 6) Meat Wholesaling Local Firm's Plan The Douglas County Poultry company, located on Douglas street, Roseburg, is preparing a large expansion program to em brace the wholesale meat busi ness, according to an announce ment today by K. B. Reynolds, manager. The company has leas ed the Louis Kohlhagen slaugh terhouse on the Dixonville road east of Roseburg and Is putting In modern equipment to be used In dressing livestock for market. The company plans, Mr. Rey nolds states, to buy all kinds of marketable livestock, bolh live and dressed, and will also handle wool and mohair. Cold storage fa cilities are to bo provided for use In display of meats. The company does not plan any activity In the retail field, the manager reports. The large poultry and turkey business of the company will be continued without change. Walter Burnell, owner of the companv, now Is on a business trip at Snn Rafael and San Fran cisco, where he Is purchasing equipment and making other ar rangements connected with the expansion. McNary Asks $5,000,000 For Drydock at Astoria WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. - (AP) Senator McNarv of Ore eon introduced yesterday a bill to permit the port of Astoria. Ore., In the Interest of national defense, to ronstruet and operate a sectional floating drv dock nt a cost not to exceed $5.000 000. The drydock would bo of 12, 000 tons deajl weight and locat ed near Smith point. The port of Astoria would be authorized to charge reasonable fees for the use of the drydock. Selectee Call in March Takes 22 From Douglas Twenty-two men will leave Roseburg March 6 as Douglas county's quota In the early March selective service call. Ten ol the men are volunteers, who are ac cepting their year of military training In advance of their regu lar call, while 10 others have been inducted. Two men included In the quota are transfers from Mis sissippi. They now are serving in CCC camps. The selectees will be in Rose burg Thursday to register with the Oregon employment service. Under new arrangements, the men will be registered prior to their departure- for training camps! Thirty days before they are discharged, the employment service will be notified and will endeavor to find positions for them upon their return to civil life. The work Is being carried on In cooperation with the vocational rehabilitation service and the National Youth administration. The group will be entertained at a dinner to be furnished by the local selective service board, and will be guests at local theaters prior to the departure of the troop train shortly after midnight. A second March call will be made between the 17th and 31st and Douglas county will bo re quired to furnish 11 men. The county's quota up to July 1 Is 59 men, and with those already sent to camp It will be necessary to choose only 18 between March and July. The group leaving next week Includes Norman Traylor, Irvln Frieze and Charles Cooper, Drain; Arthur Wells, Jimmy Brown, William Blake, Addison CarrotL Carl . Blake,.. John Me Cafferty and Marvin Helland, Melvln McCord, Sibley Nellson, Mavnard Byrd. Roseburg; Joseph Anderson. Azalea: Chnrles Para zoo, William Rutter, Mvrtle Creek; Hawlcy Counts. Glide; Millon Bowman, Ynncalla; Tod Prultt, Camas Valley; Arthur Shaffer, Booth. Dutch Clash With Nazi Police; 6 Persons Killed AMSTERDAM, The Nether lands (via Berlin), Feb. 27 (AP) Clashes between civilians and German military police yes terday brought death to at least six persons and injuries to several others. A "great number of persons re sponsible for the disturbances or having participated therein" were arrested, a German announcement said last night. It declared the clashes occurred when civilians fought police tak ing action against "the ringlead ers of nightly attacks against the police patrol and a secret Jewish organization. The outbreaks followed strikes and riots which brought a declara tion of martlol law for the pro vince of North Holland, includ ing its principal city, Amsterdam. Sunny California's , - " ' i ,,,,-'' i , - , : " . , : ' ,'A ;., " '.. v - ' - - to- Onoe main thoroughfare, Riverside drive In North Hollywood Is a dead-end street as con tinued downpour In the Los Angeles area created a big wash that ripped out the pavement, mads the road Impassable. Tragedy Hear Atlanta Also : Injures Nine, Including Noted Aviator Eddie Rickenbacker Dodges Death In Airliner Crash Eddie V. Rickenbacker, above, famous filer and world war ace, was not among the seven killed In the crash of an air liner near Atlanta, Ga., this morning, but he Is Hated among the nine Injured. He suffered a broken leg and severe Inter nal hurts. Coast Guard Rescues Two From Sea Off Port Orford PORT ORFORD, Feb. "27. (AP) Coast guardsmen pulled two men off a wovo-swept rock outside the Port Orford harbor where they had been trapped by a rising tide for more than an hour yesterday. Arthur G. Walker and his son, Maurice, took refuge on the rock after the engine of their fishing boat failed and the Rogue river reefs threatened them. An hour later their drifting craft, slightly damaged, was sight ed by the coast guard and a search launched. As the tide rose, a wave bowled the elder Walker, husband of the Curry county clerk, Into the surf. Maurice dove in and tugged him to safety. When the coast guard arrived, he was working over his father. Brief resuscitation by the guards men revived the older man. Gresham Farmer Kills Himself With Revolver GRESHAM, Ore., Feb. 27. (AP) Death of Albert Quay, 54, farmer who lived near here, was listed as a Bulclde yesterday by George Mlnleily, deputy sheriff. Mlnlelly said Quay shot himself with a revolver. "Low Mists" Wash Two Army Fliers Meet , Death in Plane Crash' Near Moffett Field ATLANTA, Feb. 27. (AP) Dropping away from a, radio beam, an Eastern Air lines plana ripped itself to pieces In a pine woods' near here today, killing seven and injuring nine others, including famed flier Eddie Rick enbacker. , The 14-passenger sleeper bang ed against a wooded knoll short ly after 1 a. m. while attempting a beam landing after a run from New York but searchers didn't' find the wreckage until shortly after dawn, when an injured passenger made his way to a phone to call for help. Five miles from the airport and 700 yards from the nearest dirt road, rescue work was pain fully slow and it was not until mid-morning that seven bodies had been removed from the smashed cabin and nine Injured taken to hospitals. Three of the dead were Iden tified as those of the crew, Cap tain James Perry, Co-pilot L. E. Thomas and Steward Clarence) Moore, all of New York. The other four bodies were those of passengers listed on tha official EAL roster as: Rep. William D. Byron (D., Md.) of Wllliamsport, Md.; B. C. M. Vanderhoop, Scarsdole, N, Y.; Juan Maria, San Salvador, Central America, and A. Lelbo wltz, Atlanta. ! ' Identification 61 tfle dead pass engers was made difficult by the fact that they were dressed In pajamos, some of them having been asleep in the plane's bertlis. 3 In Serious Condition-? '-:V' Of the nine in hospitals, those, in the most serious condition seemed to be Rickenbacker, who had a broken left leg and, back injuries of undetermined eitent; H. A. Llttledale, an assistant managing editor of the New York Times from Short Hills, N. J., whose injuries were not de termined at once, and Mrs. Little dale. J: S. Rosenfeld of New Orleans and N. Hansell of the Bronx, N. Y., both wore able to walk away from the shattered plane, the former giving the alarm that brought searchers to the Isolated crash scene. Llttledale and his wife, who is editor of Parents' magazine, were en route to Mexico on a va cation trip. Rosenfeld was thrown clear o the plane and made his way about 20 yards in the darkness, where he fell into a ditch. In jured and shocked, he lay there until dawn when he maue nis way to the farm home of C. C. Sherman near Morrow, which Is (Continued on page 6) Out Highway 43 JtC, 22 p. i'