Spineless Yugoslavian Ministers Said "Ja" to Adolf Hitler, but the Reply to the Fuehrer of the Resentful, Liberty-Loving People Seems to be "Yugotohell."
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YUGOSLAVIA
Will the revolt against the axis
pact give Hitler an excuse to in.
vade Yugoslavia? II he does, he
may launch a period of general
Balkan bloodshed costly to his
conquest plans. Keep posted on
dally developments through
NEWS-REVIEW news.
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Fair tonight and Friday. Little
change In temperature.
See Page 3 Tor Statistics.
VOL. XLV NO. 301 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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Bloody Fighf Marks Indiana Strike
Govt. Acts In
Strike After
64-Day Wait
Firm Recalls Workers
After Knox and Knudsen
Send "Must" Telegram
MILWAUKEE. March 27.
(AP) The Allis-Chalmers Manu
facturing Co., strikebound since
Jan. 22, today instructed some of
its production workers to report
for duty this afternoon in or
der that full operations on S45,
000,000 worth of national defense
orders can be resumed tomor
row morning.
This was the company's an
swer to the federal government's
demand for immediate cessation
of the ClO-called strike, which
threw 7,800 production men out
of work and has delayed con
struction of 25 destroyers for the
U. S. navy and powder mill op
erations. The government's order was
despatched from Washington hy
Secretary of Navy Knox and Wil
liam S. Knudsen, director of the
office of production manage
ment, late yesterday. Replying
by telegram, the company said
today:
"We are complying immediate
ly with the request which you
have made in the Interest of na
tional defense. All of our em
ployes are being notified to re
port for work. Some are being
called in for work this after
noon so that the plant may be in
full operation by tomorrow (Fri
day) morning.
"As you suggest negotiations
will be continued with the union
bargaining committee (repre
senting the CIO United Automo
bile Workers union) while all
men are at work, and such pay
increases as are finally agreed
upon will be made retroactive to
the day operations are resumed."
Govt. Tired of Waiting
Knudsen and Knox took un-
ipnntlnuert nn nape fi
By FRANK JENKINS
YUGOSLAVIA signs with the
axis.
On the basis of what the cen
sors have permitted to become
public, she agrees to permit
transport of German war sup
plies, hospital equipment and
wounded through her territory.
Ribbentrop, the nazi foreign
minister, solemnly "pledge s"
Prince Paul, the Yugoslav re
gent, that axis troops will not
violate Yugoslavia's frontiers.
ON the surface, judging entire
ly by what the censors have
let out, without having read the
small type clauses, not knowing
what Is in the back of nazi
minds, It looks like the Yugoslavs
have made what an enthusiastic
salesman would describe as a
swell deal.
Intelligently cynical readers of
the news will keep their fingers
crossed and wait to see what hap
pens. IWO new rumors:
Soviet war materials are re
ported today (Tuesday) to be
flowing Into Turkey. Russian
armies and naval forces facing
the Germans along the Bulgarian
and Rumanian borders are re
ported as being strengthened.
It LOOKS like a showdown
might be approaching In the
Balkans.
OST
of the fighting
today
strike
seems to bo on the
In the Day's News 1
fronts in America.
In Chicago. AFLers are going
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Tear Gas, Pol I
Bethlehem, Pa., police fired tear gas Into pickets seeking to prevent-workers from entering the
Bethlehem steel mills working on defense contracts. Here, a mounted policeman, on a rearing horse,
rides Into the crowd "of strikers outside of the plant. Slgri, "End Rat Plan," refers to the company
union "Employees Representation Plan."
Wildlife Movies
To Be Shown Here
Two reels of motion pictures,
one 'The Cougar Hunt" and the
other "Bear in Alaska," will be
shown at an open meting of the
Roseburg Rod and Gun club at
the Roseburg armory Friday,
April 4, according to word receiv
ed today by Bruce A. Yeager, sec
retary of the Roseburg club. 1 ne
pictures will be presented by Rob
ert A. Rowe, assistant district
agent of the U. S. fish and wild
life service. The program will be
in cooperation with the Oregon
state game commission and the
Oregon State college extension
service.
It is anticipated that other rep
resentatives of the department
will accompany Mr. Rowe and
take part in the program.
The Roseburg Rod and Gun
club has outlined a series of
monthly meetings, ,to be continu
ed throughout the summer
months, and will endeavor to pre
sent in each of these Interesting
facts on wildlife resources and
conservation, and is inviting all
interested persons to attend.
19 Perish When Flames
Rate Ship Off Halifax
HALIFAX, N. S., March 27.
(AP) Canadian naval officials
sought to learn today from 22
survivors the cause of a fire
which destroyed the patrol ship
Otter off this port yesterday
morning and sent 19 members of
the crew to their deaths.
High seas, which Interfered
with rescue operations, were
blamed for the toll. '
Of the two officers and 17 men
who perished, some were swept
from life rafts while they waited
for succor in sight of land and
some died of exposure after they
had been taken from the icy At
lantic. ,
Summer Lake Optioned
For Wild Fowl Refuge
SALEM. March 27. (AP)
Sumner ' lake, one of Oregon's
largest bodies of water, was op
tioned to the state game commis
sion yesterday. It will become a
wild fowl refuge.
Under lease for several years,
the property would cost the state
S27.205. The lake is approximate
ly 65 miles north of Lakeview.
: '
out Strikers at Bethlehem Plant
Salem Men to Eye
Roseburg's Plant
An inspection of Roseburg's
sewage disposal system, now
near completion, will be made
Sunday by a group of Salem of
ficials, according to word receiv
ed today by Mayor A. J. Young.
Salem's city engineer and the
chairman of the sewage disposal
committee from that city made
an inspection of the plant re
cently and will head a larger
group scheduled to arrive here
next Sunday afternoon,
the 1
mayor was informed. Mayor
Young made arrangements today
for the entertainment of the
group and designated Jack Daw
son, WPA superintendent, to ar
range for a thorough inspection
of the plant by the visitors. Sa
lem is contemplating the con
struction of a sewage disposal
plant estimated to cost around
$600,000 and is greatly Interested
in the design of the Roseburg
plant, reported to be one of the
best in the Pacific northwest,
Mayor Young said.
British Take Key
City of Cheren
CAIRO, Egypt, March 27.
(AP) British troops have enter
ed Cheren, key city of Eritrea, it
was officially announced tonight.
It was also announced that
British forces had entered Harar,
walled city 25 miles from the all
Important Addis Ababa-Jibuti
railway In Ethiopia.
The British command also re
ported the capture of Gambela,
river port about 100 miles inside
eastern Ethiopia from the Anglo
Sudan border, by African and Bel
gian troops. This victory was de
clared to have cleared the Baro
salient of Italian troops.
Reckless Driver Given
Time to Pay $100 Fine
Pleading guilty to a charge of
reckless driving, broupht In the
cltv court. Tucker Clayton of
Idlevld. late Wednesday was fin
ed $100 and sentenced to 30 days
In fn II. The Jail sentence, was
suspended, however, and he was
given time In which to pay the
fine unon the condition that he
surrender his driver's license for
a period of one year, which he
agreed to do.
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Cigaret Tax Bill
Ruling Refused
SALEM, March 27. (AP)
State Attorney - General Van
Winkle said yesterday he had
turned down a request by Rep.
John Steelhammer (R.-Marlon)
for a ruling on the constitutional
ity of the cigaret tax bill. Van
Winkle explained his office did
not furnish legislators with legal
advice between sessions.
Steelhammer, who fought the
measure during the recent ses-
sion, questioned the procedure by
which the bill was passed. He
said he had filed copies of the
method with Ralph Hamilton,
Governor Spraguc's legal advisor.
Governor Sprague said this
week he would sign the bill, which
imposes a two-cent a pack tax on
cigarets.
tery'mengmln-
Governor Sprague signed yes
imum benefits payable under un
employment compensation from
$7 to $10 weekly. The bill is the
first of five unemployment com
pensation measures to receive the
governor's signature.
Governor Sprague signed more
unemployment compensation bills
today, the measures reducing the
waiting period for benefits from
three to two weeks, exempting
newspaper carriers and employes
of college fraternities and sorori
ties, and preventing payment of
benefits to women who quit work
to get married or because they
are pregnant.
He also signed the bill Increas
ing benefits under the workmen's
compensation act. The increases
Include $30 to $-10 a month for a
widow, $8 to $12 for a child, and
$100 to $150 for burial expenses.
The bill changing the assess-'
ment date from March 1 to Janu
ary 1 also received his approval.
Pioneer Educator of
Roseburg to Be Honored
PARADISE. Mont., March 27
(AP) The Plains-Paradise cham
ber of commerce will honor H. A.
Davee, pioneer northwest educa
tor, at a banquet Friday.
Davee Is retiring as principal
of the Plains school and president
of the chamber of commerce. He
was once principal at Roseburg,
Ore., and Inter was Montana su
perintendent of public Instruc
tion, president of the Montana
Education association, president
of the Inland Empire Education
association and a director of the
National Education association,
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Police Rout
Pickets From
Harvester Co.
Raid on CIO Den, Arrest
Of Leaders Trail Clash
At Plant in Richmond
RICHMOND, . Ind., March 27.
(AP) After a . bloody, head-
bashing battle between local po
lice and pickets at the gates of
the International Harvester plant
here this morning, state police
raided the downtown headquart
ers of the CIO Farm Equipment
Workers Organizing committee
and arrested all those in the
headquarters on assault and bat
tery charges.
Those arrested included Clif
ford Kerr, president of the
FEWOC local, and Robert Foley,
an organizer.
Captain Walter Eckcrt, who
led the state police, said about
160 of his men had been concen
trated at Richmond in anticipa
tion of disorders In connection
with the reopening this morning
of the harvester plant, closed
since the FEWOC called a strike
Some state officers formed a
double line on the sidewalk in
front of a stairway leading to the
second floor headquarters of the
union while others entered the
building and herded all those In
side the headquarters to waiting
state police cars.
A score or more of those taken
away wore bloodstained band
ages. The raid came shortly after the
wild melee outside the harvester
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Old Land Grant Timber
Aiding Defense Program
WASHINGTON, March 27.
(AP) The great timber re
sources on 2,500,000 acres of gov
ernment lands In western Oregon,
comprising the areas of the old
Oregon and California railroad
grants, have been made available
for national defense.
Commissioner Fred W.. John
son of the general land office said
107,000,000 board feet of lumber
had been sold during March,
proximately 30 per cent was de
voted to filling defense orders.
THE DEBATE TEAM of the
Senior High School, which leaves
tomorrow for Salem to compete
in the state finals of the debating
tourney to be held there Friday
and Saturday.
In the photograph above, from
left to right are: Amanda Ander
son, high school Instructor and
debate coach; Elaine Fett, Mc
Afee Campbell, Florence Hamil
ton and Lu Britton.
"Let's go outdoors," I had sug
gested, "and use this hedge as a
background for the picture. I
think it will make a good one."
Photographically I was In error;
nevertheless I hope It proves
symbolic of the laurel a victory at
Salem will crown the brows of
the youngsters with.
Considering the arguments and
discussions all of us so habitually
Indulge In, it seems to
me that
everyone should loin a debating
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7 Billion Aid
Bill Signed
By Roosevelt
President Also Sends to
Congress Pacts on Swap
Of Bases, Destroyers
. ABOARD U. S. S. BEN
SON AT SEA, March 27.
(AP) President Roosevelt,
aboard the yacht Potomao on
a f Ishlng-vaoatlon cruise,
signed the seven billion dol
lar British aid bill today.
While this is the largest
outlay ever authorized, by
congress In peacetime, It
was exceeded more than
once during the world war.
Provided primarily to Imple
ment the United States' policy
of aiding Great Britain, 'the $7,
000,000,000 could be distributed
to the governments of any nation
whose defense President Roose
velt deems essential to the de
fense of this country. He would
decide whether the money could
be used to help Greece, China or
any other country resisting ag
gression. Concurrently today President
Roosevelt sent to congress new
ly signed agreements transfer
ring naval and air base sites to
the United States in seven Brit
ish possessions In the western
hemisphere "for American de
fense from attack.
An agreement will be signed
later for the site In the Bahamas,
the eighth of the group Involved,
In last September's destroyer
base trade, when the United
States 'authorities' decide on a
definite location. j -t '
The agreements, which do not
require congressional approval,
were submitted for the Informa
tion of the senate and house.
Work already has been start-
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Browder Begins 4-Year
Term in Federal Prison
ATLANTA, March 27. (API
Earl Browder, former chief of the
communist party In the United
States entered the federal peni
tentiary here today to begin serv
ing a four-year sentence. for pass
port fraud.
The communist party's 19-10
nominee for president, wearing a
slltted handkerchief over his face
and handcuffed to two negroes,
was escorted from a train In
downtown Atlanta by guards and
brought to the prison by automo
bile. Browder surrendered and paid
a $2,000 fine in federal court In
New York Tuesday, several weeks
after the U. S. supreme court up
held his conviction of using a
fraudulently obtained passport.
Nawa-Itevlnw Photo anil EnKravlnit
society while In school and learn
how to expresB himself properly.
Of all the dreary and tiring ex
periences one must go through
with in life is that ot listening to
someone talk who doesn't know
how to make his meaning clear
and his remarks Interesting.
The next worst experience Is
suffered by this kind of speaker
himself, usually, who dies a thou
sand deaths while groping desper
ately for the correct words and
phrases. I can speak with au
thority In this matter since, in
an oral discussion even the sim
plest words, as cat and dog, come
or go, elude me with the most
provoking ease.
So, here's the best of luck to
this high school team of ours.
However, I'm going to keep my
eye on each of them as the years
multiply, and be sure I never en
gage In an argument with any of
them!
Heads Airplane
Plant Unit at 25
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It's not altogether a man's
world as proven by Mist Elsie
MaoGIII, above, Vancouver, B.
C, who at the age of 25 It ohlef
aeronautical engineer of Can
ada'a largest airplane factory
only woman In Canada, at least,
to hold such a position. She re
cently received the Czowskl
medal, highest honor of the
Engineering Institute of Can.
ada.
Airport Project
For Roseburg Has
PWA Approval
A protect recently submit
ted for improvement of the
Roseburg airport has been ap
proved by the federal works ad
ministration and It awaiting
only presidential signature be
fore being put into operation,
senator Charles L. McNary in
formed Mayor A. J. Youna in a
telegram received here today
trom Washington, V. (J.
The project calls for the grad
ing and surfacing of the runway,
the removal of the hangar to a
new location, construction of a
warm-up apron, and other lm-
provrmonts to make tlie field
available to military aircraft.
The work would be done by the
WPA with the sponsorship of the
civil aeronautics authority and
would represent an expenditure
of approximately $100,000.
The local WPA office Is re
ported to 'have everything- In
readiness to start work as quickly
as authority Is received. Arrange
ments have been made for trucks,
grading machinery, surfacing ma
terials, etc., and has made pre
liminary crew organizations to
speed the work through to com
pletion at the earliest possible
date.
Klamath Business Man
Badly Injured in Wreck
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.,
March 27. (AP) R o b e r t E.
Manning was reported in a ser
ious condition at a local hospital
today after an automobile acci
dent near Dorrls late Tuesday.
Manning, manager ot the
northwest office and vice-president
of the Lawrence Warehouse
company, was unable to walk
and hospital attendants said he
suffered general body injuries
and shock when his car rolled
over five miles south of Dorrls
as ho was en route here.
Manning was thrown free but
was pinned down by the rolling
car. He lay there several hours
before the wreck was discovered.
Restaurant Workers of
Portland Gain Vacation
PORTLAND, March 27. (AP)
Two thousand restaurant work
ers In Portland will gain a week's
vacation with pay by terms of a
contract signed yesterday by em
ployers and the AFL culinary
council. Wages and hours re
mained the same-
A reduction to $5 In initiation
fees was announced at the same
time by the three unions In the
council. Former rates ranged
from $3.50 to $16.
Regent Yho
Signed With
Hitler Flees
Coup Follows Night of
Bloody Riots: Pact With
Axis Doomed, Forecast
BUDAPEST, Hungary, MareB
27. (API Seventeen - year
old King Peter II, of Yugoslavia
took the helm In Yugoslavia to
day in a popular surge of dis
approval of Tuesday's pact with)
the axis, and swore In a govern,
ment to defend the country'
independence after a night of
rioting and bloody demonstra
tions.
Regent Prinea Paul who ap
proved the axis pact, was re
ported to have fled to Greece
with his Grecian wtfa, Princess
Olga, and the government of
Premier Cvetkovlc, who went to
Vienna to sign the agreement
with Adolf Hitler, was over
thrown.
Reports from Belgrade said
Cvetkovlc and Foreign Minister
Alksander Markovlc, who also
had an Important role in thai
pact signing, and most of the
members of the overthrown cab
inet were under arrest.
Gen. Dusan Simovic, chief ot
Yugoslavia's air corps, took over?
as premier and formed a cabinet.
Many persons were killed and
wounded In demonstrations)
throughout the night, the Bel.
grade reports said. ....
""Rioting' took place In the malS
streets of Belgrade all night. ..
The Belgrade radio broadcast
an appeal to army garrisons
throughout the kingdom to sup-
port the new king and govern
ment and help to preserve or
der, i
In demonstrations In the capi
tal and provinces crowds carried
British and Russian flags and
shouted, "long live Britain and
Russin! Down with Germany
and Italy."
Students marched with linked
arms and sang patriotic and na
tionalistic songs. Many were ar
rested. The new government repre
sents all elements of the Yugo
slav population. Informed quart
ers said It was a military coup)
d'etat in effect, although only
two members are active army of.
fleers. Many others in the new
government are resrve officers
who saw service In the world
war against Germany, Austria
Hungary and Bulgaria.
The British radio, heard by
CBS, reported that a military
governor had been appointed for
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Slavs Given U. S.
Congratulations
WASHINGTON, March 27.
(AP) The United States sent
congratulations today to the new
Yugoslavia government and not
ed that President Roosevelt win
empowered to assist nations seek
ing to preserve their Independ
ence. Sumner Welles, acting secre
tary of state, announced that
Arthur Bliss Lane, the Ameri
can minister In Belgrade, hail
been instructed to Inform the
new government, which has over
thrown the pro-axis regency, ot
the following:
That the Information received
here on the change In power in
Yugoslavia had been widely wel
comed In the United States as a
matter for self congratulation ta
every liberty loving man and wo
man. That In accordance with tha
terms of the lease-lend act, Presi
dent Roosevelt was able In the In
terest of the national defense ot
the United States to render ef
fective material assistance to na
tions which are seeking to pre
serve their Independence and In- ,
tegrlty against aggression.'
Welles Indicated also that
Yugoslavian assets In the United
States which were frozen imme
diately after the former Bet
grade government Joined tha
axis might now be released, .