Uohn Bull's Urgent Appeal for AM to Combat the Axis Onslaught Could Well be Answered in Kihdby Uncle Sam With His Own S.O. $.--"Stymied on Strikes"
UPHEAVAL
That's what looms for Hitler
when he starts moving troops or
. war supplies through Yugoslavia
to attack Greece. He has cowed
the government but not the-re-sent
ful populace. Watch the
NEWS-REVIEW service for ex
plosive events. .
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Fair tonight and. Tuesday. Lit
tle change in temperature.
See Pago 3 for Statistics.
VOL. XLV NO. 298 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1941.
VOL. XXIX N0.186 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Plane Yill
Rush Measure
To Roosevelt
President Signs Naval
Works Program; Lakes
Pact Made With Canada
WASHINGTON, March 24.
(AP) The senate passed
and sent to President Roose.
velt today a $7,000,000,000 .
appropriation to finance the
administration's all-out Brit
ish aid program. The vote
was 67 to 9.
The appropriation, already
passed by the house, was ap
proved without change. Dur
ing the two hours debate pre
ceding the vote many sena
tors who opposed the origin
al lend-lease measure said
they would vote for the ap
propriation to carry out the
law.
Arrangements were made
to fly the bill to the presi
dent, now cruising in south
ern waters.
Naval Bill Signed
President Roosevelt signed In
to law todav two bills authoriz
ing a $340,526,383 naval nubile
works program. The legislation
includes funds for developments
at Guam and Samoa in the Pa
cific and at the naval and air
bases in the Atlantic acquired
from Great Britain.
V In testimonv made public to
day by the senate appropriations
committee. Budget Director Har
old D. Smith testified that Brit
ain had spent or obligated $2,700,-
000. 000 for defense equipment in
the United States up to January
1. s
"This would mean," Senator
Adams (D., Colo.) remarked,
"that the British SDending would
stop at $2,700,000,000' and we
would nick ud the load and add
$7,000,000,000."
The committee learned from
Secretarv Stimson that needs of
other nations, "notably the Greek
government" were Included
when the $7,000,000,000 total of
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By FRANK JENKINS
AS these words are written (11
" a. m. Friday) Yugoslavia is
reported to have decided to join
the axis in some more or less
limited manner not satlsfyingly
described in the dispatches. .
There are hints of Internal
trouble over the decision. Four
cabinet members are said to have
resigned with Regent Prince Paul
(Yugoslavia has a boy king) re
fusing to accept the resignations.
Four anti-German generals are
said to have been quletlv pen
sioned earlier In the week pre
sumably to get them out of the
way.
' It sounds like typical German
strong-arm work at the top.
OREEK quarters are described
" ns "stunned" bv the news,
having been assured only a few
days ago that the Yugoslav crown
council would not take any action
at this time despite Insistent axis
pressure.
Nohndv should be stunned bv
ANYTHING that hanpens In the
Balkans. The air down that wav
is thick with fear and treachery
these days.
This writer's advice to readers
Is to keep their fingers crossed
until the shooting actually starts.
OEFORE blaming the Balkan
neonles too severely, consider
their historical barktrround.
For more than 500 wars, while
Rome was decavlne, nil thev saw
of cn-ermnent was the Intrimie,
the treachery, the asnssinatfon.
the venal cupidity that aecom-
In the Day's News I
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AID Bl IS PASSAGE COMPLETED BY
"Millions" Sp 1 '; by
Nowa-Revlow Photo nnd Enernvlnff.
More than three hundred million dollars In phony money was spent by members of the big crowd
pictured above In attendance at the auction held In this city Saturday as a part of the annual Spring
Opening sponsored Friday and Saturday by the Retail Merchants committee and the Roseburg
chamber of commerce. Merchandise Items were sold on bids by a professional auctioneer, and small
articles were bid up Into the millions of dollars, affording a great deal of amusement to the throng
attending the event.
John Busenbark
Of Melrose Dies
John Busenbark, 89, a resident
of Douglas county for the past
31 years, died at his home at
Melrose today. Although in fall
ing health, Mr. Busenbark had
been active until very recently.
Born May 31, 1851, in Butler
county, Ohio, Mr. Busenbark
was engaged In farming In Il
linois and Kansas prior to mov
ing to Oregon in 1909. He pur
chased a large tract of land at
Melrose, where, with the aid of
his sons, he built up one of the
most successful farms of the
county.
Very active throughout his
residence here in civic affairs
Mr. Busenbark for 12 years serv
ed as community chairman for
the farming communities of Mel
rose, Flournoy valley, Cleveland,
Elgarose and West Roseburg in
connection with the Red Cross
roll call. He was prominent for
many years in the work of the
Melrose grange. He cooperated
in numerous public affairs in
Roseburg, and was particularly
enthusiastic over all sorts of
sports events.
He leaves four sons. Rovce A.,
Tence D., David and John Jr.,
and a daughter, Mrs. L. E. Good
bourne, all residents of the Mel
rose district. He also leaves 10
grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren. The bodv was brought to the
Roseburg Undertaking company
parlors. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
Runaway Visits Kin Here
During Broadcasts
While radio stations 'in the
state of Washington were broad
casting apneals Sunday from Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Miller of Bremer
ton for aid In locatine their 13-vear-old
son. the youth. Gerald
.Teffer Miller, was visiting In the
DouHas countv tall with his cou
sin. Raymond Weed, of Klamath
Falls. Weed Informed the officers
that the bov was a runaway and
he was nlared in custody while
relatives were contacted. His re
turn home was being arranged
todav.
Incidentally, making arrests
easv for officers would nnnear to
be a family trait, as Weed was
tailed Feb. 10 when he ran his ait
tnmohlle nn the courthouse stens.
He was released fodnv after serv
ing a tail term for drunken driv
ing and paying the fine of $100.
Holiday Crowd in
Jewish-Owned Shops in
France "Administered"
, VICHY, France, March 24.
(AP) Fifty-nine more Jewish
owned shops in the German oc
cupied zone of France were re
ported today to have been placed
under French administrators,
bringing the total to 1,432.
Blood Test Ordered in
Drunken Driving Case
Arnold Charles Kast, 26, a log
ger from Drain, was in custody
today on a charge of drunken
driving. Kast demanded a blood
test and arraignment was post
poned pending receipt of a report
on the test made at the state laboratory.
Radio Dial Changes Ordered by U. S.
For March 29 Affect Oregon Stations
Radio station frequency
changes ordered by the federal
communications commission to
go into effect at 3 a. m. March
29 will affect all but two Oregon
stations.
KOAC, Corvallls, on 550 kilo
cycles and KGW, Portland, on
620 kilocycles will remain un
shifted. The News-Review station,
KRNR, will drop on the dial
from 1500 to 1490. Other Oregon
changes follow:
Old New
KEX, Portland 1160 1190
KXL, Portland 1420 1450
KOIN, Portland 940 970
KWJ.I, Portland 1060 1080
KBPS. Portland 1420 1450
KALE, Portland 1300 1330
KWIL, Albany 1210 1240
KAST, Astoria 1200 1230
KBKR, Baker 1500 1490
KBND, Bend 1310 1340
KODL, The Dalles .1200 1230
Kore. Eugene -. 1420 1450
KUIN, Grants Pass 1310 1340
KFJI. Klamath Falls 1210 1240
KLBM, I Grande .1420 . 1450
KOOS. Marshfield .1200 1230
KMED, Medford 1410 1440
KSLM, Salem 1360 1390
To Cut Interference
The changes, affecting about
fifty million radio push buttons,
are being made In conformity
with Mexico's ratification last
year of the North American re
gional broadcasting aereement
reached at Havana in December,
1937. The agreement, slened bv
Canada, Cuba, Mexico and the U.
S.. was designed to permit the
1300 North American stations "to
operate . simultaneously with a
minimum of Interference."
Because Mexico's high-powered
stations may be Used tinder the
agreement onlv to serve "Mexi
can nationals." certain oblectlon
able broadcasters, many of whom
Roseburg
Slayer of His Mother
Pays Penalty in Noose '
WALLA WALLA, March 24.
(AP) Donzel Davis' last
thoughts were for his young
wife and their 3-year-old daugh
ter as he paid with his life early
today on the gallows of the state
penitentiary for the ice-pick slay
ing of his mother.
The 24-year-old Seattle man,
in a last minute stutcmcnt from
the death chamber, asked the
forgiveness of his wife and
daughter. Earlier he had express
ed disappointment that he did
not have an expected final inter
view with them.
Radio dial aoove Indicates
where you'll find your local ra
dio station after March 29. If
It is now at 760 kilocycles, a
glance at the oh art shows you
that It will be "plus" 10 kc or
10 kc farther up the dial at
770 kc. All stations will go up
the dial except those at 1500
(present designation of the
.NEWS-REVIEW station,
KRNR), which are "minus" 10
kc, dropping to 1490.
went to Mexico after being bar
red from the American air for
undesirable programs, will have
their power materially cut down,
if they are not completely put out
of business.
futo S!
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, 1500 LOCAL 10
,490 CLEAR
.. ICHANNEL
W0 40
,450 V ,
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870 ) ,
790
780 )
740 J '
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5M (CHANGE.
Accord Ends
Two Defense
York Strikes
Three Other Production
FrontsIncluding West
Coast Area, Threatened
By the , Associated Press
The office of production man
agement chalked up strike set
tlements in two plants with vital
defense orders today after a
week-end of intensive effort, but
storm clouds hung over three
other defense production fronts.
CIO representatives at the
Harvill Aircraft Die Casting cor
poration at Los Angeles agreed
to halt a ten-day-old strike last
night after reaching agreement
with the management on de
mands for union recognition and
wage increases. The disputants
agreed to continue negotiations
on other Issues and to submit
them to arbitration if still dead
locked later.
This strike had caused great
concern to the OPM because the
company's production was essen
tial to the operation ol eignt ra-
ciflc coast aircraft plants. The
walkout had involved 350 of the
nlant's 425 employes.
Striking CIO workers at the
Aluminum Company ot Amer
ica plat in Edgewater, N.1 J., al-
so-agreod to -resume work today
and continue 1 negotiations 'over
wage increase and overtime pay
demands. The OPM had request.
ed that this be done. The plant
hires 3,000.
On the other side of the de.
fense labor picture were these
develonments:
At Bethlehem, Pa., the CIO
steel workers organizing commit
tee stood ready to walk out of
the Bethlehem Steel company
plant if officials of the employes'
representation plan tried to con
duct a scheduled election toaay.
The SWOC claims the E. R. P.
is a "company union." A repre
sentative of the E. R. P. said the
election would be conducted any
way. Bethienem nas jb.uuu em
ployes and a billion in aeiense
contracts.
Chicago Police Massed
At Chicago 1,386 policemen,
nearly a fourth of the city force,
were marshaled for the reopen
ing of the McCormlck works of
the International Harvester com
pany, closed for three weeks by
a CIO strike for union recogni
tion, wage increases and other
demands. An AFL organizer said
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Banks in Shanghai
Bombed; Ten Slain
SHANGHAI. March 24. (AP)
Ten persons were killed and
at least 56 Injured today in ter
rorist bombings of two Chungking-affiliated
banks, and United
.States marines began a patrol of
American property nearby.
An unexploded bomb two feet
long and a foot in diameter was
found In the Farmers' bann, an
other Chungking-affiliated Insti
tution In the International settle
ment. All casualties were Chinese,
Many of the Iniured were In such
serious condition it was feared
thev would not recover.
One explosion which wrecked
the building housing a branch of
the Central Bank of China In
Bubbling Well road In the Inter
national settlement killed three
and Injured at least 36.
Two bombs, one explosive and
theothcr Incendiary, blew out the
Interior of a Bank of China
branch at the Canldrome Doo rac
ing track In the French conces
sion, killing seven and Injuring
20.
The bombings followed arrests
of 130 Bank of China employes
last week by the police ministry
of the Japanese-supported Nan
king regime in a move described
as retaliation for assassinations
of officials of the Nanking Cen
tral reserve bank here.
SENATE
G. 0. P. Heads
Refuse to Let
Martin Quit
Chairman's Resignation
Rejected; U. S. Declared
"Staggering to War"
WASHINGTON, March 24.
(AP) The republican national
committee today received the
resignation of Chairman Joseph
W. Martin, Jr., and promptly re
jected it unanimously.
Martin, the house minority
leader, told ithe committee in exe
cutive session that when he ac
cepted the chairmanship It was
"with the expectation I would be
relieved upon the conclusion Ol
th? campaign."
Martin curlier declared tnat
the United States was staggering
"along in the direction of war"
and "face to face with the possi
bility of national bankruptcy."
Under the circumstances, no
said, the responsibility of the re
publican party was to "police and
audit the new deal administra
tion to protect our country from
financial, political and social
bankruptcy, ...
"The scandals of 1918 must not
be repeated."
Addressing a closed meeting of
tho national committee called to
discuss.1 organization problems,
Martini the house minority lead
er, ' asserted - in his - prepared
speech that there was a genuine
need for national unity in for
warding defense plans, but said
this must not be achieved by de
stroying the two-party system.
Wlllkie "Not Interested"
Before the national committee
convened, Wendell L. Wlllkie,
the party's nominee In the recent
presidential nomination disclaim
ed the "slightest" Interest "at
this time In the candidacy of
anyone for any office In 1942
or 1944."
Wlllkle's statement was occa
sioned by reports, circulated on
the eve of the meeting, that he
was "not Interested" in the 1944
nomination for president. These
reports led to speculation that
he would back Governor Harold
E. Stasscn of Minnesota for the
nomination when the time came.
"Such talk Is pure nonsense,"
was Wlllkle's reaction. He cit
ed the gravity of world affairs
and the enormous detense proo-
lem. commenting: "The sooner
nartisan politics is adjourned and
talk of candidacies ana peuy am
bitions discontinued the better
off every one will be."
Committee members seemea
agreed that Wlllkie should con
tinue to be regarded as the titu
lar head of the party, although
some leaders were not In sym-
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Selectees Will
Be Entertained
Eleven selectees, completing
Douglas county s March quota,
were assembled In Roseburg this
afternoon preparatory to depart
ing at 12:15 a. m. Tuesday for
armv Induction headquarters ai
Portland, where they will enter
the U. S. army for a year of mili
tary tranllng.
The men were enrolled this af
ternoon with the Oregon re-employment
service, which will en
deavor to see that they are pro
vided with work following their
discharge from the army.
The enrollees will be entertain
ed at dinner at the Rose hotel to
night and with a brief program
arranged by the local selective
service board. They then will be
guests of the theater manage
ment at a motion picture show at
Hunt's Indian theater.
The groun Includes Walter San
ders, Jr., Elkton; Alfred Buss,
Haakon Haukaas, Lawrence
Gudge, Booth: Glenford Guy, Al-
via Wright. John D. Conine, Rose
burg: William Hollamon, Yon
calla; Charles Pell, Glendale;
Ronald DcWItt, Tiller; Pete Ulam,
Myrtle Creek.
Forest Safety
Program Drawn
For Congress
WASHINGTON, March 24.
(AP) A congressional commit
tee which Investigated the na
tion's forest problems outlined to
day a 12-polnt program to check
what it described as "ruthless de
struction of our forests."
The first recommendation was
for extension and Intensification
of cooperative protection against
fires by Increasing a federal au
thorization for preventing and
fighting fires from $2,500,000 to
$10,000,000 a year.
Other recommendations were:
Agreements for cooperative
management of intermingled pub
lic and private forest holdings;
rental of forest land to the gov
ernment for rehabilitation work;
federal cooperation with states to
encourage and develop farm for
est cooperatives; extension of for
est research work; Increase to
$10,000,000 the federal authoriza
tion to aid states in acquiring for
est lands; an investigation of
puipwood purchasing by paper
mills: provision for a forest credit
system to make long-term low In
terest loans to private forest and
naval stores operators; extension
of cooperative protection against
forest . Insects and diseases; an
"equitable" contribution to local
governments to compensate for
taxes on forest land removed
from tax , rolls through federal
acquisition; acceleration ot tho
federal acquisition program in
forests, and increase appropria
tion for cooperative farm fores
try. .
Senate Rescinds Ban On
Buying of Argentine Beef
WASHINGTON, March 24.-,
(AP) Reversing a previous vote,
the senate approved today a pro
posal to permit navy purchases of
canned corned beef from Argen
tina. The proposal, offered as an
amendment to the naval supply
bill, failed on a tie vote of 32 to
32 last week. Vice President Wal
lace was not present to break the
tie.
Without objection, the senate
today approved a motion to cor
rect the roll call to make the vote
33 to 32 In favor of the amend
ment, after Senator Russell (D.,
Ga.) had told the senate he had
voted for the amendment but that
his vote had not been recorded.
I SAW
y Pool
f
,t. JC I.
RAY WRIGHT, above, of Days
Creek, and a fine Perchoron stal
lion owned by him. "He's six
years old," Ray Informed me,
"and weighs about eighteen hun
dred at present. As you see, he's
not fat I have used him to put
In my grain crops this spring.
He's a splendid worker In har
ness or out of it!"
Earlier In the day I visited Ray
I had seen at Earl Sumner's farm
a colt from this stallion. Two
years old, sixteen hundred sixty
four pounds In weight, he was al
most a dead-rlnger for his sire.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner manage
the big Marstcrs-Ncuner date
prune orchard a few miles east
of Canyonvllie. Most of their time
Is directed towards the care of
the orchard; but I don't mind
telling you that they raise some
tremendously large and tender
white chickens which fry extra
ordinarily well. (No, Doe, their
Yugoslavian
Heads Yield;
People Angry
Greece, Britain Join In
Warning; Turkey, Soviet
Reach an Agreement
BELG RADE, Yugoslavia,
Mareh 24. (AP) Pamphlets
strewn tonight in the street
of Belgrade threatened assas
sination for government leid
. erf who had agreed to sign '
Yugoslavia as a member of
the three-power paot.. ,
"Those government leaders
who have agreed to the axis
demands are traitors,'' the
leaflets said.
"Those who risk the heads
of 16,000,000 people must un
derstand the risk. to. their
own heads.
"These traitors must be
prepared to face the fate of
those who have betrayed
Yugoslavia In the past."
By the Associated Press '
A heavy movement of Gorman
troops through the Struma river
valley In Bulgaria toward tha
Greek frontier was reported In
unconfirmed Balkan dispatches
today as Yugoslavia's Prince Paul,
overriding angry protests against
submission to Germany, prepared)
to Join the Rpme-Berlln-Tokyo al
liance.
Military experts have said tha
Struma river valley would be tho
likely portal for Adolf Hiller'a
expected attack on Greece.
Official German quarters Jrt
Belgrade said "Yugoslavia woul
have to sign up as a partner
Just as -Hungary, Rumania, Bul
garla and Slovakia have done-
rather than as merely a panlve)
member.
Presumably, this would give)
Germany the right to march nazl
troops through the Balkan king.
i dom via the Vardar valley stra
tegle gateway for an Invasion ot
i Greece.
Greeoe, Britain Warn '
I Greece herself warned Yugo
slavla against any "hostile act" In)
cooperating wjth Germany, and
the British minister in Belgrarid
addressed a note to the Yugoslav
government appealing to the rc
gency not to "betray" Yugoslavia
I (Continued on page 6)
JmIiIm
Newn-ttovtow I'hoto and EnnrnvtnB
legs aren't yellow they're blue.)
www
Ray Wright's farm Is one ol
those surprisingly located places
which so unexpectedly are to be
discovered all over Douglas coun
ty. A mile or so to the north ot
the Tiller highway and reached
by a steep, winding road, it
perches on top of a mountain
with half of creation, or so It
seems. In view below. Forming a
nucleus for Its timber stands and
pastures are forty acres of good
farm land.
In addition to his farming ac
tivities, Ray drives a school bus
serving the high school at Days
Creek. He and Earl and I found
time tho other afternoon to watch
a softball game being played be
tween the girls teams of Days
Creek and Myrtle Creek high
schools. The latter won by a com
fortable margin. Comforting, that
Is, to them at any rate. It not to
the D-C gals.