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The Axis Should Understand that Uncle Sam Took Over Their Ships to Protect Them, the Same Reason Germany Gave for Invasion of Inoffensive Neighbors. SEIZED SHIPS Germany and Italy demand that they be released by the U.. S., which shows no disposition to comply. Will the axis pair at tempt to back up their demand by force? An affirmative an swer would put U. S. into the war. Head the NEWS-REVIEW for news of developments. THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Mostly cloudy with showers to night and Wednesday. Utile change In temperature. See page 4 for statistics. VOL. XLV NO. 305 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL I, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO. 193 OF THE EVENING NEWS q)d) mi vrauu m fHc DOUGLAS-COUNTY dah? ' OTIS 4 State Champion High School D t : iiwiimr"'n-imlMiiiV Pictured above, from left, are Amanda Anderson, coach, and the Roseburg high school debaters, Florence Hamilton, McAfee Campbell, Lu Britton and Elaine Fett, who last Saturday won for Rose burg the state debate championship. It was the first time the Roseburg school has won the state crown, although holding district championships and advancing to semi-finals and finals In several previous years. The two cups shown above are the state championship and western Oregon cham pionship cups, which were formally presented to the school at a special assembly Monday. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS KTO shooting yet (noon Satur day) in Yugoslavia or else where in the Balkans. That is Saturday's most important news. It means that the diplomats are still doing the work. 11HAT has happened and is " happening in Yugoslavia is clouded by censorship, but hints are showing through. The upset in the government was apparently engineered by the Serbs, who are German-haters. The Croats, who were a part of old Austria, were instru mental in signing Yugoslavia up with the axis. Yugoslavia is a hodgepodge of races and nationalities and so is necessarily a hodgepodge of hat reds. IIITLKR, an expert in such matters, has apparently chos en to try stirring these ancient enemies up against each other, hoping thus to divide and weak en Yugoslavia instead of trying to pulverize it with a swift blitz krieg. That's where the diplomats still come in. AS these words are written, a naval hattle is going on in the Mediterranean. The British, wliO for months have been daring Mussolini's navy lo come out and fight, seem to have caught a squadron of Ital ian warships out in the open. The Italian vessels were nrnbablv fix ing to cateh an inadequately pro tected convoy of British troop ships headed for Salonika. British reports indicate that serious damage was inflicted on at lcat one Italian Ivittleship and two cruisers. Atviin it ap pears that Mussolini's navy doesn't amount to murh in a pinch. IN East Africa. Chercn falls. leaving Asmara on"n to Brit ish capture. It looks like Eri trea. Mussolini's oldest African colony, is gone, with Ethiopia crumbling. The British are straining every nerve to wipe up all of East Af rica before the rains start nd are claiming lo he In sight of their goal. That is important, because if they can manage it they will he phle to withdraw heavy forces from Africa and throw them in to Greece. The more imposing the forces (Continued on page 4) r' ers Auto Accidents Kill Two Oregon Residents ALBANY, Ore., April 1. fAP) An automobile killed Mrs. Del ian Campbell, 75, at a Pacific highway intersection here last night, City Officer R. L. Chand ler reported. She had lived hero '10 years. A son, Forrest Camp bell, survives. PORTLAND, April 1. (AP) W. O. Chastain, 50, Maupin, died yesterday in an automobile colli sion east of the city limits. His wife and Coy B. Burton, Portland, were injured. Mr. and Mrs. Chastain were passengers in an automobile that collided with a car driven by Burton. Local Sawmill Worker Badly Injured by Log Arthur Engle. employed at the Joelson sawmill in North Rose burg suffered a badly mangled hip Monday when struck by a rolling log. He was helping load logs on a truck when one fell, striking his hip. He was taken by ambu lance to Mercy hospital, where x ray examinations showed the hip bone to be broken and splintered. 0. and C Timber Tracts in Douglas County Now Available Twenty-one Billion Feet Offered on Sustained Yield Plan The tentative establishment of sustained yield unit boundaries for the O. and C. lands in Doug las county has been completed making available for orderly do. velopment a vast reservoir of merchantable timber, according to W. II. Horning, chief forester of the Oregon and California re vested lands administration. The Douglas county forest lands, he reports, consist of (157,127 acres bearing 21 billion board feet of timber. The lands, for-the purpose of administration, explains Mr. Horning, have been divided into five mainr areas. whic. in turn. are subdivided into a total of 29 operating units noon which tim ber is to lie made available to operators or a sustained yield basis. The sustained yield uro gram, while very complex from a point of technical operation and administration provides, rouehly. for cutting on a plan whieh will assure a constant and perpetual supplv. This practice is expected to act In the next few years to greatly stabilize the lum ber industry. Perpetual Simply Is Aim Earh of the 29 units In Doug las countv. Mr. Hornlnt? states, will be capable of supplying tim ber at the rate of from 60 to 100 Canyonville Pensioner Gets Check No. 1 Million SALEM, April 1. (API Old age pension check No. 1,000,000 has been paid to a woman who was born in Canyonville, Ore., on April 17, 1873, the governor's of fice said today. The check was for S30. About 20,000 persons in Ore gon now are receiving old age pensions, with about 4,000 of them receiving the maximum grant of $30 a month. Governor Sprague signed into law today a bill providing for payment of funeral and burial expenses for old age pension re cipients. Greece to Get 75 mm. Guns From United States WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) President Roosevelt, rested aft er a short fisherman's holiday in southern waters, returned to the White House today. He disclosed at Fort Bragg, N. C, yesterday that a number of 75 mm. guns were waiting there for early shipment to Greece, and let reporters know that these world war field pieces were not the only military equipment ear marked for the Greeks. thousand board feet daily. Units Immediately tributary to the city of "oseburg will supply 130 mil Ho,, feet annually, or about GOO thousand board feet daily, thus providing resources for large op erations with assurance of per petual supply. The effect of the sustained yield program on O. and C. lands will be to perpetuate the timber, wealth of the areas in which the practice is followed. Instead of completely denuding the country of Its resources, as has happened in some of the principal timber producing areas of the Pacific coast. At the same time, each lo cality is exneeted eventually to maintain mill operations of suf ficient capacity to handle the an nual yield. After that point is reached, there will be obtained i a stable condition of production and operation, observers believe. History of the Grant The Oregon and California 'grant lands have had a checker led history. The prant originally was made in ISOfi to aid In the find met inn of a railroad from Portland, Ore., to the southern boundary of the state to connect with the Central Pacific railroad. The grant consisted of odd num bered sections of public domain, not mineral in character, to the 330,000 Men Halt Work In Coal Mines Holiday May Develop Into Strike; Roosevelt Urges Adjustment of Dispute WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) Chairman Vinson, (D. Ca.) of the house naval com mittee introduced today leg islation to permit the govern--' ment to take over the Allis Chalmers and other struck defense plants upon deter mination merely that such stoppages are interfering with the defense program. Authoritative sources have hinted that such a measure might be offered with admin istration backing. Vinson said, however, that "I am doing this on my own hook." By the Associated Press Coal digging stopped today in the Appalachian bituminous fields and 330,000 miners whose labor contract expired last mid night observed an annual holiday with no indication when they would go back to mining the defense-important fuel. A few hours before the con tract ran out, President Roose velt telegraphed this message to New York, scene o negotiations for a new contract: "Uninterrupted operation of bi luminous coal industries ex tremcly important. Suggest if necessary you continue negotia tions during Tuesday looking to satisfactory arrangement." A further conference already had been scheduled for today be tween major operators in the eight-state area and representa tives of the ClOUnited Mine Workers. Even If the contract had not expired, hardly a union miner would have worked today. On April 1 each year the coal com pany employes celebrate their gaining of the eight-hour day. For this reason, effectiveness of the work stoppage could not be gauged accurately until tomor row, a regular working day pro vided a new agreement is not forthcoming by that time. Pay Boosts, Vacations Asked The union, headed by John L. Lewis, is asking $1 a day wage increases, a guarantee of 200 days work a year, and paid vaca tions. The Appalachian district takes in Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, Maryland, eastern Ken tucky. Ohio, Michigan and Ten nessee states which produce three-fourths of the nation's soft coal. About 120,000 miners in other states customarily model their contracts on the Appala- (Conttnued on page 5) amount of 20 alternate sections per mile- 10 on each side of the railroad's right-of-way. This grant stretched across IS coun ties in western Oregon and oc cupied a strip of country CO miles wide from east to west and 300 miles long from north to south a n d comprised approximately 4,300,000 acres. The act under which the lands were granted provided they must be sold to actual settlers onlv and at a price not to exceed $2.50 per acre. The railroad was charger! with violating this pro vision of the act and In 190S con eress took action to compel the company to restore to the federal government the lands remaining unsold. The action was upheld by the supreme court in 1915. Ensuing legislation provided that the railroad company should he reimbursed at the rate of 52.50 per acre for the lands re vested and payments were also marie to counties to satisfy de llnquent taxes and lo provide fu ture payments In lieu of taxes. The policy of the admtnlst ration hv legislative mandate was to hasten the disposal of the prop erty and Its return to private ownership. Conservation Put First By an act passed by congress Saboteurs Of Ships Facing Prosecution Axis Protests Ignored by United States; Peru, Cuba Also Seize Alien Craft. i WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) Germany and Italy have demanded that the Unit ed States release axis ships taken Into protective custody during the week-end and also members of the crews, It was learned reliably today. Germany and Italy were aid to have challenged the right of the United States to take possession of the ships or to take members of the crews into custody. WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) Despite axis protests over the "protective" seizure of German and Italian shipping, the United States with an eye to criminal prosecution put federal agents to work today investigating the sabotage found on most of the vessels. At the same time, administra tion officials indicated that they (Continued on page 6) Cordon Backed By 2 More Counties Josephine and Curry counties have joined with Douglas county in a resolution urging Attorney Guy Cordon of Roseburg to be come a candidate for the office of congressman from the newly created fourth congressional dis trict of Oregon, County Judge Morris Bowker reported today. The Douglas county court's re solution was sent to the courts of each of the counties compris ing the district and a very strong approval has been given by coun ty officers anil persons influen tial in state politics, Judge Bowk er states, lie has as yet receiv ed no response from Mr. Cordon, to whom the resolutions and let ters of approval have been for warded. Mr. Cordon now is In Washington representing the as sociation of Oregon counties in matters pertaining lo payments in lieu of taxes on- federally- owned lands. SALEM, April 1. (AP) Gov ernor Sprague received official notification from Washington to day that Oregon would be en tilled to an additional congress man beginning with the congress convening In January, 1943. The fourth congressman will be nominated and elected at the 1912 primary and general elec tions. in 1937, the disposal policy, how ever, was reversed in favor of a plan of conservation. The new ly adopterl plan, while providing for prudent use of mature tim ber, requires that timber cutting shall he conducted In accordance with the principles of sustained yield. All the lands best suited for the growing of timber will now be retainer! In public owner, ship anrl kept at work producing crops of timber. Continuous pro duction of timber of commercial quality In the largest possible volume is the goal. Whim con tinuous production of timber is attained the land grant counties will bo assurer! of large annual Incomes similar to that which they now receive. For example, Douglas county will receive S153. CuH as its proportionate share of the 19)0 Income from O. anrl C. lands In accordance with the 1937 act which specifics that each land grant county shall be paid money annually In lieu of taxes. The 1910 return equals twentv one cents per acre based on 7S3. 103 acres of O. and C. lands In Douglas county. Kvery acre of revested land returns equal amounts In the county even though some are not producing (Continued on page C) Heavy Destruction Dealt to Em de n by New- Type Bomb Yugoslavs; Turks, Soviet May be Linked Joint Declaration on Neutrality Proposed to Meet German Menace BELGRADE, April 1. (API- Government circles said today Yugoslavia's new govern ment was seriously considering jolm ing soviet Russia and Turkey in a neutrality declaration. Such a declaration was said to have been proposed by the so viet union hut ignored by Regent Prince Paul, who was ousted last week with the Cvetkovlc govern ment that signed the axis three power treaty. (Russia anrl Turkey Issued Identical statements March 25 pledging each other "full and comprehensive neutrality" In the event that either was obliged to fight to defend her territory.) Belief was expressed in In formed quarters here that such a declaration could have an Im portant: psychological effect on the critical relations between Germany and Yugoslavia. War Prospect Not Eased Despite German-Yugoslav ten sion, both countries continued to maintain relations and the opin ion was expressed In some quart ers that the situation might not be clarified for another 30 days, Under circumstances sugges tive of approaching armed con flict, Germany completed form al evacuation of her nationals from this country, which only a week ago she triumphantly wel comed Into the Rome-Berlin- Tokyo alliance. Five n a z 1 divisions approxi mately 75,000 men were report er! massed on the Hungarian- Yugoslav frontier within a few hours after German Minister Von Heeren left Belgrade for Berlin. , Reports were current that an ultimatum from Adolf Hitler might be expected at any mo ment, demanding that Yugosla via demobilize and fulfill the treaty of alliance with the axis which the since-deposed regency (Continued on page 0) Assn. of Childhood Education Dates Meet in Roseburg Approximately 150 members and guests of the southwest zone of the Association of Childhood Education are expected to attend the district meeting lo be held in Roseburg Saturday, April 5. The meeting, to be helrl at the Junior high school building, under the sponsorship or the primary anrl intermediate teachers association, will be attenrlerl by representa tives from Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry, Josephine anrl Jackson counties, according to Mrs. Lulu C. Gorrell, county school superin tendent. Principal speakers will be Mrs. Genevieve Turnlpsecd of Univer sity of Oregon; Miss Ida Mae Smith, Oregon College of Educa tion, Monmouth, und Dr. L. Ken neth Shumaker, University of Oregon. The opening session at 10:30 a. ., will start with a folk dance, presented by pupils of the third anrl fourth grades at Fullcrton school. Mrs. Helen Lehman, slate president of the Association of Childhood Education, will con duet the business session. A noon luncheon program at the Umpqua hotel will lie conduct ed by Mrs. Vera Rae Lee of Eu gene, anrl will Include music by Miss Helene Robinson of Rose burg. , Pupils of the Drain school will open the afternoon session with a song and dance skit, "Big Wig In the Wigwam," anrl the Benson school toy orchestra will appear on the program at a later hour. I U. S. Mexico Pact Aids Canal Defense WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) The United States and Mexico today signed a conven tion providing for reciprocal use of air fields which will permit American military planes to speed to Panama fields In the shortest possible time. The convention was signed In the presence of the commit tee formed to draft plans for mutual defense measures for defense of the western hemis phere. The agreement, qualified au thorities stated, would greatly strengthen the aerial defenses of the Panama canal by mak ing it possible for the United States to shift air force rein forcements rapidly southward from this side of the Rio Grande if danger threatened the canal zone. Eritrean Capital Taken by British CAIRO, Egypt, April I. (AP) Asmara, capital of Eri trea, capitulated to the British today, it was announced offi cially tonight. In Italian hands since 188?, the city surrendered to the Brit ish . apparently without' a struggle only five days after the tall of Cheren, 42 miles to the northwest, where 35,000 Italians finally gave up after a bitter 7-week siege. Massaua, biggest port, re mains as the last major goal of the British in their drive to the Rod sea. LYONS, France, April 1. (AP) Five hundred persons dem onstrated today before the Unit ed, States consulate, cheering Yugoslavia and President Roose velt, singing the Marseillaise and calling for the American flag. The crowrl saluted the flag when consular officials hung It out. I SAW By Paul HAROLD McCORM ACK, at the ft In the photo above, and Lu ther Patterson as they sheared a flock of goats at the Short ranch on Sunshine road several days ago. Both young men are resi dents nf South Deer creek, They constitute one of the best known shearing teams In the county. An expert shearer, manipulat ing ruiwor rllnneri. can denude a sheep or a goat of his fleece In an inbellevably short span of reun ites. If Scott Brltt only were ,lin find linrn. I'm Rlirp he COUltl have told me how many fleeces could be stripped in a day's work a good operator; nut so many his successors at the game are too reticent for any good use. "Tf Hnnends " thev will sav. "on dltlnn of the fleece, and I other changeable factors." It doesn't depend so much upon the , fractiousness of the sheep that I individual, once caught and sat on I - m i mil a 8 Nazi Convoys, Frisian Isles Also Suffer British Lose 5 Planes In Fights; Hull, Great Yarmouth Hit by Nazis LONDON, April 1. (AP) A new-type of high explosive bomb produced results which "appear ed to be devastating" In a Brit, ish overnight raid on the Ger man port and industrial city ot Emden, the air ministry said to day. Bremen also was reported heav ily hit, with shipbuilding yards the principal targets, but tha ministry mentioned the new bombs their nature not an nouncedonly In the raid on Em rlen. "Masses of debris fly Ins through the air were outlined against the glow of the fires," a communique said In describing the effects, "and the results ap peared to be devastating." The ministry ot information quoted a pilot as saying he saw '"houses tuke to the air" when the bombs burst. , Smaller-scale raids also were made on Bremcrhavcn and Old cnberg and the nazl-held Nether lands harbor of Rotterdam. Blows Dealt at Sea Striking at German seapower, British air units scored two bomb hits on n nazl destroyer yester day off the Frisian Islands, caus ing her to halt with a heavy list, the air ministry said, and raided German supply ships. They struck, too, at gun em placements nnd troops In a ser ies of offensive actions described as "busy and successful." The German destroyer report ed damaged was said by the air ministry news service to have, been escorting a small convoy. When last seen it was listing heavily and "black smoke was pouring from the stern," tha (Continued on page 6) Jwdtiw Nws-!tvlow Vhoto nnil BnKrnvtnic. his rump, furnishes a model ot tractablllty. If the deportment ot a small boy in a barber's chair were half so complacent, It would please (and surprise) the barber half to death. A couple of hundred goats remnants of a flock of four nun died last year roam the pastures at the Short ranch, browsing down the tenacious growths ot brash. "Eagles take so many ot the kids that wo sold half of tha flock," Claude Short told me, "Steve comes over now and then and hunts the big birds here's a picture showing nine or ten ot them he killed not long ago and nailed to a gate." Claude Is completing erection of a large, heavily constructed shearing barn, equipped with con venient alleys and pens and sur rounded by corrals. Here shear ing is done with the minimum ef fort and the maximum amount ol speed.