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The Hour Is 7 p. m. Today; the Place is Roseburg's Stores, the Occasion Is Debut of Spring Styles and General Gaiety. Congregate, Appreciate, Participated THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Increasing cloudiness tonight. Saturday light rain. Slightly, warmer tonight. Son Pago 3 for Statistics. NEW "GO" SIGN Hitler gets a green light signal In Yugoslavia, but tor supplies only. However, It takes him an- ? other step nearer to the Greeks and their British allies. Watch NEWS-REVIEW news for reports of their first clash. VOL. XLV NO. 296 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1 94 1. VOL. XXIX NO.184 OF THE EVENING NEWS mm fDOUGLRS COUWY DMY HUGOS AV P mm teems West Coa0 Aviation Die Casters' Strike Perils Production Six Affected Concerns Urge Quick Settlement; Conciliator En Route LOS ANGELES, March 21. (API Executives of six large plants producing airplanes for the United States and British gov ernments reported today the strike at Harvill Die Casting Corp. threatens a coastwide shut down of aviation factories unless ended quickly. The statements from North rup, North American, Douglas, Vultee, Lockhood and Boeing were issued as the office of pro duction management In Washing ton sped Tommy Burns here to negotiate. Burns is due today. The struck factory has been supplying 30,000 parts daily. It was closed one week ago by the walkout of 350 of its 425 em ployes. The workers demanded that their minimum pay be in creased from 50 cents an hour to 75' cents. Lay-Offs Threatened. President L. T. Cohu of North rup Aircraft, Inc., said in a state ment which was echoed by other plane makers: "Our assembly linos Thursday required 1800 parts for the Boeing flying fortress cowling and 8500 parts for the British Vengeance bomber. We did not have those parts and the machines went down the lines without them. "This cannot keep up. I (hink we shall have to start lay offs this week "The strike at the Harvill plant, the west coast aviation industry's most acute bottleneck, was shrewdly delivered do to the greatest possible damage to the aircraft industry of this region." Nation's "No. 1 Strike." H. L. Harvill, president of the struck company, said he would be glad to give Burns every co operation in negotiations. In or dering Burns here, Labor Concili- ( Continued on page 6) By FRANK JENKINS PROM Washington today (Wed nesday) comes this immense ly interesting dispatch: "Before leaving for a southern vacation, President Roosevelt was expected to issue an execu tive order establishing a federal mediation board that would bring labor and management together to adjust their differences." The method of adjustment is not disclosed, but-it believed to involve appeals for voluntary co operation backed up by the weight of public opinion. fllERE is considerable demand (coming chiefly from hot heads) for compulsory and ttrike legislation. Few Intelli gent thoughtful citizens want to see any such thing come about. If government is to tell labor that it CAN'T strike, the foun dation of our liberties will be badly shaken. IN the background of all our thinking in the present swift ly rising crisis, however, is this menacing fact: We can't fight Hitler and win and FIGHT EACH OTHER vat the same time . France proved that beyond all possibility of doubt. ERM ANY Is pouring more troops Into Bulgaria the number there at the present time belniT estimated at around n half million, fully equipped. The British, behind a partial scre?n of censorship, are pouring troops and equipment Into In the Day's News ' (Continued on page 4) Groi" d Coulee Dam, Biggest Mai Made Structure, Begins Churning Grand Coulee dam, pictured above, the world's greatest man-made struoture, will tomorrow be gin hydroelectric production from the first two of nine generators which will transmit power to Bonneville station for relay to Industrial plants and cooperative utilities. The dam creates a lake 150 miles long, extending to the Canadian border. Cost of the project thus far Is $126,000,000, to be event ually Increased to $400,000,000 by power development and reclamation. GRAND COULEE, Wash., March 21. (AP) Grand Cou lee dam seven years a'building and the biggest thing ever made by man will go to work tomor row. In simple ceremonies, switches w ill be thrown between 1 and 1:30 p. m., to start the water wheels of two 10,000-kilowatt tur bines to churning the energy of falling water Into the first elec tric power from this unbeliev ably big project. And as the first Grand Coulee electricity energizes the 235-mile transmisison line to Bonneville, there will come into being one of the largest integrated power sys tems In the west. From Bonneville project, on the lower Columbia river, this Grand Coulee energy (a reduced load of 150.000 volts) will be switched over the 40-mile line to the federal power administra tion's substation in Vancouver, Wash. There It will become part of the stream of power for the plants of the Aluminum Company of America, nearby; the Pacific Carbide and Alloys Co.. at Port land, and homes, farms and other Industries served by Bonneville In western Washington and Ore gon. Each step will be broadcast over a national radio network. Glgantls Machinery Put In The two generators which start work tomorrow In the "wpqt" powerhouse at the dam would be deemed large almost anywhere else. Each is 13 feet high, IS feet In diameter and each weighs 88 tons. But they, and a third of the same sbo to be Installed, are mere nullng Infants alongside the 108.000-kllowatt machines to be installed. These turbines, the world's largest waterwheel eener ators, each will produce 30 per cent more nowcr than Is produc ed bv any other waterwheel gen erator In existence. It took 142.224,000 man-hours femilvalont to the work of 71. 112 men for an entire year) to bring the Grand Coulee project to Its present status.. Onlv a little more than a third of the time was employed at the dam site. Nearlv two-thirds was scattered through more than 40 of the 48 states- Energy Tomorrow support for a year for more than 350,000 persons. .Another World Wonder It took $128,450,000 for labor, materials and equipment. Of this a little more than a third was spent for labor at the dam; the rest went for materials and equipment throughout the coun try. The dam itself is three times bigger than that wonder of the world the largest of the Egyptian pyramids. It contains enough con crete (11,250,000 cubic yards) to lay a six-Inch pavement over 71 square miles of land, or pave two 16-foot roadways from coast to coast. Behind the dam there will be an 82,000-acre storage reservoir 151 miles long, extending to the Canadian line, containing 10, 000,000 acre feet of water two months average flow of the Co lumbia. When completed, the project will represent a total investment of $435,734,000, and labor here and throughout the nation equivalent to the work of 237, 650 men for an entire year. But that's in the future. Additional Outlay for Army and Navy Asked WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) An additional outlay of S4,073,810.074 for the army and navy, including funds for new plant canaclty sufficient to supply a 4,000,000-man army "on a com bat status" was recommended to the house today by its appropria tions committee. About half of the huge sum would be a direct cash appropria tion with the balance in contract authorizations for which con gress would have to provide the funds later, possibly this year. Fourth Congress District Bill Signed by Sprague Governor Sprague Thursday sign ed a house bill passed by the re cent legislature creating a fourtn congressional district in Oregon. The new district includes Josephine, Lane and Linn coun ties. Plants St. Lawrence Project Submitted to Congress WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) President Roosevelt sent to congress today the text of an agreement by which the United States and Canada propose to de velop the St. Lawrence waterway-power project, estimated eventually to cost more than $500,000,000. Deep sea navigation between the Great lakes and the Atlantic and provision for 2,200,000 new hydroelectric horsepower for the two countries are contemplated. The agreement, closely resem bling a treaty which the United States senate failed to ratify by the necessary two-thirds vote in 1934, is subject to approval of congress and the Canadian par liament. Only a majority vole would be required this time In the American congress. Britain Will Permit U. S. Wheat Delivery to France WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) An agreement that will pass two shiploads of American wheat through the British block ade for unoccupied France is ex pected to be announced within the next few days, It was learned today, after weeks of Involved negotiations between the Ameri can. British and French govern ments. The wheat an American gift to the people of unoccupied France Is to be shipped In two French vessels now tied up In ports here and distributed In France by the American Red Cross. Referendum Planned On New Steelhead Law MARSHFIELD, March 21. ( AP) Petitions will be circulat ed within the next 90 days In an attempt to force a referendum vote In November. 1912, on a leg islative act closing coastal streams to set nets. The move will he sponsored hv the Oregon Fish Protective rsso Nation, which Incorporated yesterday. Facing Spring Modes To Bow Here At7Tonight Unveiling of Windows to Reveal Season's Goods; Music, Dance Scheduled Stores In Roseburg's business district presented an unusual ap pearance today as the usually at tractive display windows were covered by curtains behind which window decorators tolled in pre paring the exhibit of spring merchandise to be shown tonight in; the annual Spring Opening A far more lavish display than ever before is in propect tonight, when the windows will be simul taneously unveiled at 7 o'clock. Ail of the principal stores handling wearing apparel will display their new modes and styles by the use of living mo del, an attraction which always proves very popular with the great throng of spectators. The use of models in store windows was adopted this year, instead of the style show at the armory, as in past seasons. Music, Dance Also Slated Festivities, starting at 7 p. m., will continue until ' midnight. Bands and drum corps will join In providing music on the streets from 7 to 9 p. m. vvhlle the w)n-. dow displays form the center of attraction. ' Starting at 9 p. m. there will be a free dance, which either wul be held out-of-doors, at the in tersection of Oak and Jackson streets , or at the armory, de pending upon the state of the weather. Auction on Saturday The big event for Saturday will be the public auction of the many merchandise items furnish ed by Roseburg stores. The auc tion will be held at the corner of Oak and Jackson streets start ing at 2 p. m. Phony money will be accepted In payment for the articles sold at auction. The city police department has requested the cooperation of nil motor vehicle operators in keep ing the streets clear in the vicin ity of the activities. Jackson street, between Washington and Cass streets, and Oak street be- (Continued on page 6) I SAW By Paul i. DEE HOWARD, 259 South Main street, as he held a cock mountain quail In his hands for my particular edification yester day. This fine specimen Is one of a hundred Dee has at his home. His place, within two blocks of the business district, is a regular farm huge, screened lot, big house, big barn and Innumerable pens in which his birds are kept (and thirteen mink) and a pro fusion of flowers, trees and shrubs. In addition to the mountain quail Dee has several pens of Bob Whites, Chukers and Hun garian pheasants; native grouse and pheasants and three families of Mandarin ducks. These latter, brilliantly marked birds (certain ly at any rate the males are, the Tie-up South Methodist Church Property in Roseburg Purchased by Adventists Negotiations were completed today by the local congregation of Seventh Day Adventists for the purchase of the South Methodist church building, at the corner of Lane and Main streets, Roseburg. The structure pictured above was vacated by the South Methodists following the recent union with the Methodist Episcopal church. The Seventh Day Adventists have arranged for considerable remodeling and will reroof the structure and redecorate the In terior. The congregation plans to occupy the building about the first of ftpril. :--- The purchase also Includes the Oregon Girl Disappears At National Capital WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) Police searched today for a 22-year-old f orest Grove, Ore., girl who left her rooming house for work Wednesday and has not been seen since. She was Miss Ruth Egoscue, described at "very pretty," about five feet six Inches tall .weigh ing about 115 pounds. She arrived here last Saturday to work as a clerk in the war de partment. Her roommate, Miss Doris Nolan, said she left for work Wednesday morning, but her superiors at the air corps section said she had not report ed since Tuesday. Detectives said a search of her room showed her belongings ap parently intact. Jenkins News-Review Photo and Knffravtnff- Beau Brummels) live contented ly In a Bocluded pen densely shaded by a growth of hamboo. They have their private baths, storm shelters and nests. These are cleverly fashioned from hol low logs. The Mandarins, like our wood ducks, nest in holes in trees. "I have some livestock here you don't see so much of, too," Dee In formed me, "and that Is rats! They are attracted by the grain and prepared feeds I keep in the barn. In the past fourteen months I have killed 280 of them!" Dee, retired automobile me chanic, has been Interested In birds all his life, "I've always had feathered pets," he told me, "and now that I have more leisure to care for them, I want more andi more of them!" I Threat NoWH-novlow KliKrnvlncr. parsonage, which Is to be tho roughly renovated. At present the congregation has no resident past or, but Is served by Adolph John son, district manager. The congre gation numbers about 160 active members. It has been meeting In the church building located In West Roseburg, and plans to dis pose of that property. The Seventh Day Advcntlst sc hool, located In the former Fuller ton school building, purchased from the Roseburg school dis trict, will be continued in its pre sent location. Thq school has be tween 30 and 40 pupils in attend' ance- and providesVa -course - of study including the 9th grade. Upper North Umpqua Road Being Rapidly Bettered Considerable work has been done by the Steamboat CCC com. pany In making the North Ump qua road available for greater use during the coming months, ac cording to VrV. Harpham, super visor of the Umpqua national for est. The road from Steamboat to Big Camas recently was dragged, and with the exception of a few wet spots is In fine shape, Mr. Harpham reports. The road Is not recommended for public travel, but forest service and CCC equip ment have been operating at Big Camas. However, there are sev eral small slides in the road and some wet spots making traffic difficult. Much work has been done dur ing the winter in improving the grade on the Copcland creek sec tion, and preparations have been made to start construction of bridge across the creek In the near future. Students Win Strike For Retention of Principal BROWNSVILLE, Ore., March 21. (AP) Brownsville high school's striking students won their fight today to retain Princi pal E. S. Stultz. Voters of the high school dis trict overrode the school board's decision to release Stultz 105 to 46 last night. The election was Irregular and not binding, but board members Indicated that they would abide by the decision of the majority In favor of retain ing Stultz. One hundred of the school's students, virtually the entire stir dent body, struck to force reten tion of Stultz but returned to class after an open meeting was promised by the board. Gas Tax Allocation Bill Approved by Gov, Sprague SALEM, March 21. (API Governor Sprague signed 21 bills Into law today, Including mea sures to place allocation of gaso line tax revenues to counties on a basis of actual residence of car owners rather than their post office addresses. Other measures signed are to merge the state board of voca tional education and the state board of education and to cut In half Industrial accident contribu tions whose employes have drawn benefits less than 50 per cent of all previous contributions. i Resentment Flares; Trio Quits Cabinet Nazis Get Permission To Transport Supplies But Troops Are Barred BELGRADE, Yugosla via, March 21 (AP) A swelling tide of Internal discontent, , led by three anti-German cab inet ministers and other high -offlolals, farced tonight prob able postponement of the Yugoslav government's plans to align Itself with the axis Sunday at Vienna. The three ministers Serb leaders In this nation of mixed peoples who resigned In protest against a crown council decision to yield to Germany, refused to remain in the cabinet even though Chief Regent Prince Paul ordered them to do so. The dissenters flatly declared they would have nothing more to) do with the government. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March 21. (AP) The Yugoslav government yielded today to Ger man pressure and prepared to follow four of her neighbors Into a working arrangement with the) axis but forthwith found Itself confronted by an Internal crisis generated by powerful pro-British elements. Prince Paul, the chief regent, refused to accept the resignations of three ministers who In protest against the Yugoslav capitulation, had promised to walk out of their "offices; ' " ' ' .'."" A fourth cabinet member was reported to be planning to re. sign, and feverish political; con ferences kept the capital tense The tenseness was heightened by disclosure that four of Yugo slavia's most prominent generals were pensioned early in the week as a "mere routine matters." Observers pointed out that army circles have been among the most vigorous opponents of a surrender to Germany. But government circles said the remaining high officers had (Continued on page 6) British Rulers EscaoeBombinq Of Port of Plymouth (Bv the Associated Press) In the aerial siege of Britain, King George and Queen Eliza beth escaped by a few hours from a violent raid last night on Ply mouth, on the English south coast. The German luftwaffe, press ing Its night strategy of concert ed attack, showered quantities of fire bombs and high explosives on the port city not long after the British sovereigns had visit ed the shipyards and Inspected a former United States destroyer. Nazi pilots said the Plymouth naval provision depot was de stroyed, great fires set, and "ex traordinarily heavy damage" In flicted. British officials acknowledged heavy losses from fire, with thrco churches ,a movie theater, build ings and many private homes damaged. Bad flying weather kept tho RAF from overnight raids against Germany, but British bombers lashed at tho German submarine base nt Lorlent, In nazl-occupled France, for the 48th time since) the war . Cheren Blocks British. On the African war front, Brit ish bombers intensified their ef forts to blast 35,000 Italian troops out of their llfty, siege-bound po sitions around Cheren, key city of Italian Eritrea. An RAF communique said "many tons" of bombs were drop ped on the fascist defenders, who must be swept aside before the British can push on to Asmara, the capital, 42 miles distant. Germany's far-roving under seas raiders were declared todav to have struck another heavy blow at British shipping. Hitler's high command assert ed that nazi U-boats operating off the west African coast had sunk 69,000 tons of merchant vessels out of a British convoy.
