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
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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-
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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 '
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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-
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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
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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.