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Oapanese Foreign Minister Matsuolca Is On His Way to Berlin to Confer With Hitler, and the Welcoming Chant Might be "When Good Aryans 6et Together BOOST TO BRITAIN The lend-lease bill should sooit launch Britain on a more vigor ous offensive against the axis, but only time can determine the ultl mate effect. Watch for heavy smashes when U. S. war material Is hurled Into the conflict. The NEWS-REVIEW will keep yoti posted. THE WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau Fair tonight. Wednesday part ly cloudy. Warmer tonight. See Page 3 for statistics. VOL. XLV NO. 287 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH II, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO.175 OF THE EVENING NEWS fin flHiTiY fo) Lfu im& m 0 mil) 0)0) State Senalfr Resident Of Roseburg For 33 Years City Served as Mayor, Councilman: Veteran of Spanish-American War State Senator Charles W. Clark, CO, former mayor of the city of Roseburg and a veteran of the Spanish-American war, died Mon day afternoon at the vPtcrans hos pital here following a long ill ness. Senator Clark nau tcen aD Fent from the state senate since 1 mid-session clue to the illness which resulted in his death. Ho was honored in state senate chambers at Salem today when senators stood with bowed heads to adopt a resolution extending rondolences to the family. A large bouquet of lilies and snapdragons was placed on his vacant desk as the session opened this morning. President of the Senate Dea Walker named Senators L. W. Wipperman of Josephine county nnd Joel T. Booth, Linn county, to officially represent the senate nt funeral services to be held Thursday at the Elks temple. War Veteran, Born at Bowling Green, Ind., July 24, 1872, Mr. Clark served in the Spanish-American war, the Philippine insurrection and Boxer rebellion. He enlisted April 26, k 1R!)8, 158th Indiana volunteers, nnd was discharged November 4 of that year, re-enlisting August 8, 1899 with Co. M, 30th. infantry, with which he served as a cor poral until February 13, 1901. Having been educated in com - 4 merclal photography prior to his military service ho was retained in China by the U. S. army intel ligence service, conducting a pho: tograph studio in China for lour years while engaged In that ser vice. lie came to Roseburg in 1908 and engaged in commercial pho tography, being associated for a time with his brother, the late James H. Clark, in the firm of Clark and Clark, and in recent (Continued on page C) By FRANK JENKINS IF you want a good picture of what all the diplomatic shoot ing today (Saturday) 4s about, get out your-map. You will' njte--at once that if Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia stand pat . altd get away with it Gerthjny.'will be barred from ac ', cess tb the eastern Medlterran- enn. if .w ?,. in o nnmnnl.1 nnd Bulgaria have done. mn ny , by mca ns o f sufom ari no In the Day's News I nnd air bases and a direct landGram, CouPe an(1 Bonneville route to Suez, will C()MMAiNl 1ho eastern Mediterranean. MOW take another look at your ' map. Cairo and Alexandria, In Egypt, arc the nerve centers of Britain's African empire. By means of the Rod Sea, they have a back door Inlet and outlet to India and Australia. As long as Britain commands the eastern Mediterranean, she can threaten Germany from the south, even If she should lose Gibraltar. If her command Is lost, she will bo wounded In a vi tal spot. That is the story' back of these diplomatic maneuvers that are filling the papers today. M this situation, Turkey is the king pin. If Turkey elects to fight, and does n good Job of It (as she Usually does once she starts to finVtt 1 nnl nnlv In tnb lit your map to see that Germany', (Continued on page 4) Varied Ca I Ended by beam 7 The summons of death yes terday came to State Senator Charles W. Clark, above, of Roseburg, at the age of 69. His life's activities Included serv ice to Roseburg as councilman and mayor and duty In the In telligence department of the U. S. army during the Boxer rebellion in China and In the Philippines during the Spanish American war. Elections On In Seattle, Spokane Mayoralty f Battle Seen in One City, Municipal Ownership of Utility Top Issue In Other By the Associated Press Votei's of Washington state's two principal cities acted on city - issues at the polls today. Prin cipal interest in Seattle's muni cipal election centered on the mayoralty contest between Coun ty Auditor Earl Milllkin and Po lice Judge William F. Devin. In Spokane a proposal for mu nicipal ownership of Spokane electrict distribution facilities was expected to draw, a heavy vote. While the Seattle election Is nonpartisan, Milllkin, a demo crat, was drawing heavy support from the stalwarts of that party while Devin, a close friend and appointee of Governor Langlie, republican, had the support of the Langlie group during the heated campaign. Both sought to fill the vacancy created when Langlie resigned the first of the year as mayor to become gover nor. Seattle was to elect also three councilmen from a group of six nominee, two school directors and a port commissioner. A bitter fight on the power question overshadowed the rest of the Spokane ballot. The pow- lor f'Rht developed over a refer Ger-1"""""1 ordinance to permit ' the I rlictrihittn etaftrr ttnwnr frnm dams. Spokane was to choose also three city commissioners from a field of 12, name a school direc tor and pass on a referendum ordinance providing that all milk sold in the city shall be pasteur ized. Instructor, Cadet Die When Airplanes Collide HEMET, Calif., March 11. (API An army air corps cadet and an Instructor were killed and another cadet critically Injured late yesterday in a spectacular mid air collision 1,000 feet above an alfalfa field. Dead are Cadet Lynn E. Rog ers, 28, of San Diego, and Gordon S. Rosenstock, civilian flying In structor for the Hemet branch of the Ryan School of Aeronautics. In a hospital Is Charles W. Rvckman. 23. of Santa Ana. He lumped after the crash, his para chute opened 50 feet above the ftj leg and possible internal Injuries when he landed. Clark State Office Building Gets House s Okay Approval Also Given Bill On Insanity Hearings; Sales Tax Idea Revived By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, March 11. (AP) Hoping to end the session by Thursday night, the house passed measures today to construct a $1,000,000 state office building in faaiem and to prevent insane per sons from being lodged in jail while awaiting court hearings. Leaders said that passage of the office building bill would sat isfy the federal government, which threatened to withhold funds for administration of the unemployment compensation law unless new quarters were provid ed for the unemployment com pensation commission, which now is lodged In the old high school building here. The bill, which goes to the sen ate, provides that construction shall not begin until approved by the state emergency board, which Is instructed to wait until building costs are lower. The building would be financ ed by bonds issued against the irreducible school fund. The bonds would be retired by rentals paid by departments occupying the building, presumably the un employment commsslon and the public utilities commissioner. Can Choose Own Doctors The insane bills, already ap proved by the senate, provide that persons awaiting insanity hearings or waiting transporta tion to a state hospital, shall be kept in a private hospital instead of In a Jail. They also permit such persons to be represented at hearings by doctors of their own choosing. The senate will consider tonor- row the amendments to the un employment compensation law, (Continued on page 6) No Taxes on PUD, Van Winkle Rules SALEM, Ore., March 11. (AP) Municipal power systems and peoples utility districts were assured today that they would not have to go on the tax rolls. Attorney General Van Winkle holding that a bill to tax their gross revenues is unconstitution al. Chairman C. T. Hockett of the house taxation and revenue com mittee, which Introduced the bill, said the measure "Is sleeping In Its grave for the rest of the ses slon." As the bill originally was written, It would have placed a 12 per cent gross revenue tax on public and private utilities, abol ishing the property tax on pri vate utilities. The bill then was amended, leaving the private util ity tax on a property basis, and taxing public systems on their "revenues. Van Winkle said It would be unconstitutional to tax public sys tems on a different basis than private utilities are taxed. New Steelhead Bill to Face Referendum Fight NEWPORT, Ore., March 11. (AP) One hundred fifty busi ness men held an Indignation meeting here Sunday to protest passage of the so-called steelhead bill which would bar set nets from coastal streams, and decided to circulate referendum petitions against it to put the measure on the ballot at the next general election. Speakers contended the bill would reduce the take of fish along the coast by 40 per cent and throw about ."100 families out 'of work. Citizens of various coast points, Including the Columbia river area, were present. Passes Harry Pinninger Chosen Secretary Of Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Appointment of Harry Pinnin ger, well known Grants Pass resi dent, to the office of secretary of the Roseburg chamber of commerce was announced here today. Mr. Pinninger will suc ceed to the post now held by W. C. Harding, who recently tender ed his resignation effective May 1, after having served since 1928. Selection was made, it was re ported, after the board had ex amined applications of more than a score of candidates. Mr. Pin ninger will arrive in Roseburg April 1 and spend a month in the office with Mr. Harding, be coming acquainted with the du ties before actually taking over the secretaryship. He has spent the greater part of his life In southern Oregon, having been associated for a number of years with his broth er in conducting an agricultural lime plant at Grants Pass. In the course of that business he traveled throughout the state of Oregon and thus secured knowl edge and contacts expected to prove very valuable in his new office. During the last political cam paign he was employed by the state republican central commit- New Yorkers Still Afoot in Bus Halt Strii es Elsewhere Continue to Tie Up Production of National Defense Needs By the Associated Press Strikes bearing directly or in directly on the nation's rearma ment drive continued today to dot the industrial map. The one which directly af fected the most men and wo men was the bus strike In New York City. It sent hundreds of thousands of city dwellers walk ing to their business or seeking transportation by subway or taxi cab. The CIO transport workers un ion is asking wage increases, longer, paid vacations and a uni form 8-hour day for drivers, con ductors, .garage men nnd me chanics. A group of AFL metal trade riggers struck yesterday at the Ingalls shipbuilding yard at Pas cagoula, Miss., where cargo ves sels are being biult. The union claimed 150 men were affected; the company said only 50 of its 2,000 employes were involved. The company contended the strike was Jurisdictional; the un ion said it was called because of improper recognition by the firm and In protest to wages, hours, working conditions and alleged discrimination against the rig gers trade. At Philadelphia, where the J. G. Brill company was working on S418.B61 worth of artillery and ammunition orders, CIO steel- workers were on strike for high er wages, a union shop, and va cation and seniority concessions. The firm employs 1,500. About 2,400 AFL electrical workers walked out yesterday at the Cornell Dubilier corporation, Plalnfield, N. J., asking "Improv ed wage conditions." Officials said the company had orders for $1,500,000 worth of electrical equipment which was needed for $40,000,000 worth of defense work elsewhere. Fall Kills Leader of Klamath Indian Tribe KLAMATH FALLS, March 11. (AP) Ben F. Mitchell, secre tary and nominal leader of the Klamath Indian tribe, died last night of Injuries received In a fall Sunday. Mitchell was Injured when planking over a sump . shaft at Lost river diversion dam gave way as he walked over It to watch some fishermen. He fell 20 feet and received multiple fractures of both legs when he struck a par tially dismantled turbine in the shaft. Away Harry Pinninger l'liptn ly flrtiiitH I'nHH Cnurlt'r. Nt'Ww-ltevlfW HnKruvInK tee as state organizer of repub lican clubs. For the past few months he has been associated with an auto mobile agency at Grants Pass. Indictment Hits Nazi News Agency in America ' 'WASHINGTON, March 11. (kP) A -federal grand Jury to day Indicted Transocean, a Ger man news agency; Its manager, Manfred Zapp, and Guenther Tonn, an employee, for violation of the foreign agents registry law. ' Justice department officials said that both Zapp nnd Tonn, who are German citizens, had been arrested on commissioner's warrants In New York. The three indictments charged: That Transocean, a German corporation with headquarters in Berlin, had established a branch agency In the United States ln.Oc tober, 1938, to further the Inter ests of the German government and the nazi party, but had failed to register with the state depart ment as an agent of a foreign principal. I THE FISHING GROUNDS Just below the deadline at the dam at Winchester one of the most popular spots In Oregon for angling for steelhead and sal mon. Occupants of the boat ir the middle foreground of the pic ture above were peacefully and hopefully spinning their lutes for chlnook salmon, several fine spe eiments of which already have been taken from the river. At the far end of the dam, un der the bluff overhanging th? shoreline at that point, ore locat ed the fish ladders. These ter raced pools were enlarged and modernized a year or so ago, so that now It Isn't much of a trick for even the trout to pass up them. It called for a pretty sturdy fish to navigate the old ladder. Mr. and Mrs. John Amachcr's V .l SAW By Paul Jenkins I &t:5 in l)hiii mnmm Var Nations React Quickly To Aid Bill Jap-Nazi Parley Slated in Berlin; Briton Talks Of Manning U. S. Craft By the Associated Press A high London naval source de clared today that Britain wanted all the ships she could get from America and that enough trained British personnel was ready to man the whole United States fleet If It were turned over to Britain for the developing "Battle of the Atlantic." (The reason for this statement was not at once apparent. The British have not hitherto hinted that such a measure of United States naval assistance was need ed in the Atlantic.) This source said that Britain wanted all the ships from Amer ica that she could get and assert ed that already "there Is hardly a convoy on the seas that doesn't number among the escort one of the American destroyers" of the 50 transferred last September. It was then that he declared the capacity of the British navy to man the whole American fleet, if necessary, after questions by American correspondents. Atlantlo Battle Is On That the battle of the Atlantic now has started, the source said, is evidenced by the Intensified submarine war, by the Intensi fied air attack on British ship ping and by Britain's counter measures : - ., -. r Britain's counter measures were not outlined. This Informant said, however, that surface raiders were less a problem to British shipping than submarines and bombing planes. He also stated that, while Brit ain welcomed the transfer of 50 destroyers from the United States in return from western hemis phere bases, she would be more benefitted by destroyers better equipped for anti-submarine and anti-aircraft warfare such as mod ern warships must face. As an indication of how Brit ain is able to supply crews for ad ditional warships, another British source said that British sailors took the transferred destroyers on their voyage to Britain from (Continued on page 6) Nown-Ileview Photo and Engraving. campground adjoins the river Immediately to the right of the bridge, on the near side, located on a shaded flat. Some of these days I hope the Amachers will make this place their home (they are In business at Topanga Beach, California at present) and a pleasant thought build a tav ern there and operate it them selves. It would prove such a tempting place to visit I still have fond memories of enfoyahle times spent at their former re sort in the canyon, Just south of Canyonvllle. The highway commission was foreslghted in furnishing an ob servation spot overlooking the river at the far end of the bridge at Winchester. It Is astonishing the number of people who pull out there to enjoy the interest ing and delightful view. Trained Britons Ready to Handle Craft From U. S. LONDON, March 11. (API Air Minister Sinclair assured the British today that American air planes "will get here In time" for the battle of the Atlantic. The air minister told the house of commons that the RAF was "now on the threshhold of its period of greatest expansion" and declared that unless Adolf Hitler had a "more effective secret wea pon than any he has yet managed to produce" British planes going into the battle would be better than nazi craft. In the past 10 months, ho an nounced, the British air force has destroyed 4,250 German and 1,100" Italian airplanes and lost "fewer than 1,800 aircraft of our own." Fliers Trained In Advance. Well-informed quarters said Britain already has trained a vast skeleton organization of fliers, seamen and soldiers to take over the large quantities of planes, ships and guns expected from the United States. American military, naval and air experts have been working here more than four months In close cooperation with the Brit ish so that the empire's forces can operate American equipment immediately. Neutral sources said: 1 Britain's naval forces are prepared to man a mosquito boat fleet to patrol the channel against any invasion and use any addi tional destroyers for convoy and other purposes. 2 There is a huge reservoir of pilots trained In the, use of Ameri can planes and ready to fly pa trol bonibe'rs doserlfced as' needed for "defense In depth of the At lantic" against attacks on British shipping. 3 There are tank formations without tanks, machine-gunners without guns and riflemen with out rifles who are ready to be fit ted into operating units as soon as they are equipped. "It's lack of equipment that's been holding us back," a British source said. Rhineland, Coast Regions Bombed British Raiders Start Fires, Germans Reply by Pounding Naval Base at Portsmouth LONDON, March 11, (AP) Large fires were started in the German Rhineland city of Co logne in an overnight British air raid, the air ministry declared to day. Docks at Boulogne, Cherbourg and Brest, along the nazl-held "invasion coast," also were bomb ed, its communique said, while RAF fighters carried out offen sive patrols over airdromes In northern France. The Hohenzollern bridge In Cologne was mentioned as a spe cific target of the British night raiders and the communique said large fires were started by bombs "seen to burst on the approaches. Many of the fires in Cologne, It added "were observed in the Industrial center and there wero several explosions." The communique said three British planes were missing. The ministry said an RAF raldeV destroyed a German plane over its own base in German-occupied territory and that a hostile bomber had been destroyer In a raid on Britain last night. The Germans pounded the big (Continued on page 6) Earl's Murder Charged To British Army Officer LONDON, March 11. ( AP) -A Reuters, British news agency, dispatch today from Nairobi, Ken ya colony, said that Major Sir Delves Broughton had been charged formally with murder In the death Jan. 24 of the Eari of Erroll, hereditary high constable of Scotland. When Lord Erroll was found dead It was first believed he had been killed In an automobile ac cident. The dispatch said that later It was determined that death was caused by a revolver shot. Roosevelt To Ask 7 Billion To Back Plan Request to Specify Cash" But Include Transfer of U. S. War Materials WASHINGTON, March 11. ( AP) Congress complet- ,. ed action today on the his torlo British aid bill, just aft or President Roosevelt set . $7,000,000,000 as Its starting appropriation. This round figure, which ' would be the largest peace- time appropriation ever re quested in America' history, . was announoed by congres sional authorities who met with the president In antici pation of his signing the aid legislation late today or to night. The roll call vote which sent it to the white house, was an nounced as 317 to 71, on house acceptance of senate amend ments. Mr. Roosevelt Is expected to re quest the $7,000,000,000 formally In a special message to coneros tomorrow. . The president's powers under the law would end June 30, 1943, unless terminated earlier by a majority vote of the house and senate but contracts negotiated under the bill would run until July 1, 1946. WASHINGTON, March 11. (AP) President Roosevelt, con gressional authorities disclosed .today, will ask congress , for a.S7,- 000,000,000 appropriation to carry out the British aid program un der ' legislation which ho is. ex pected to sign late today 'or to morrow. i ' The chief executive probably will request that sum In a mess age to congress tomorrow. Ho disclosed his Intention to ask for the huge sum at a conference at tended by members of the senate and house appropriations com mittees and other legislators. Chairman Glass (D., Va.), of the senate appropriations com mittee made the announcement that Mr. Roosevelt would recom mend the appropriation, and ha said It would be "all cash." That would omit any contract authorizations. What specific Items the money would be used for was not dis closed, but members of the con gressional delegation which call ed at the white house said it would permit purchase of "all ar ticles authorized in the British aid bill." Can Transfer Supplies Senator Byrnes (D., S. C), when asked what period the ap propriation would be for, said It would cover "the life of tha bill." Furthermore, the $7,000,000,000 total, Byrnes explained, is Inclu sive of 51,300,000,000 of present war supplies now in possession of the army and navy which may be transferred to Britain or other nations. In other words, Byrnes ex plained, if the president trans ferred to Britain $500,000,000 ot army equipment, $500,000,000 ot the new $7,000,000,000 fund could be turned over to the nrmy for the acquisition ot new equip ment. The $7,000,000,000 would be tho largest peace time appropriation ever requested In America's his tory. The chief executive, movlnij rapidly ahead with plans to put (Continued on page 6) TODAY'S TOP ODDITY (By the Associated Press) INDIANOLA, la. Frank Oldt probably will call a plumber next time without experimenting. He poked his finger down a drain when the water wouldn't run out of the lavatory. The fin ger stuck. A plumber tawed off the drain pipe to no avail, finally smashed the bowl to pieces with ham mer. Cost to Oldt: Sore finger, $15 in plumber's fees, end the price of a new bowl.