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Newspaper Page Textlatest Dispatches From the Balkans Front Indicate That the German Army Succeeded In Advancing in Spite of Its Handicap Junction With Mussolini's Troops. ALLIES VS. AXIS v They're engaged In terrific) battle in Greece, and th outcome may decide the war situation in the Balkans. Watch for the nana of the Victor in NEWS REVIEW news. i THE WEATHER . By U. S. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday. Mild temjierature. See page 4 for statistics. VOL. XLVl NO.5 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO.203 OF THE EVENING NEWS fcDfo) IfflW Stair, ffll II mm Unions Given VarningTo Clf an House Strikes, Racketeering to Bring "Drastic Action," Senator Norris States By the Associated Press Prospective opening of the Ford Motor company's River Rouge plant -largest Industrial unit in the world brightened the labor-defense picture today, but Senator Norris, of Nebraska still viewed the general problem ser iously enough to warn that "dras tic action" will come out of con gress unless "unjustified" strikes and "labor racketeering" are stopped. Norris, co-author, with Mayor Fiorcllo LaGuardia of New York; of the Norris-LaGuardia act lim iting the right of the federal courts to issue injunctions in la bor disputes, said in an open let ter to his constituents that some local unions had resorted to "in timidation" in getting fees out of job applicants. Settlement of the Ford strike the great plant was expected to open again Monday was describ ed by Governor Van Wagoner of Michigan as "an historic step in establishing industrial peace in our country." About 200.000 workers in the Ford and allied plants have been idle for 11 days and work on $155,000,000 in de fense contracts has been bogged down. - General Motors Threatened , While peace was in sight for Ford, the United Automobile Workers international union ask ed locals for authority to take a strike vote of 175,000 members in 76 General Motors plants. The union was reported demanding higher wages. The bituminous coal fields re mained unmanned as southern operators quit the eight-state Ap palachian conference in a dispute over terms of a new contract which would cover 325,000 work ers seeking wage Increases. Non-delivery of soft coal pinch ed the operation of steel furn aces as the CIO's steel workers organizing committee sought wage increases for about 100,000 workers in Bethlehem plants. The union wants a minimum 10 cent hourly increase. Sidney Hillman said in Wash ington that settlement of the Ford dispute left fewer than 7,000 'Continued on oaee 6) Woman Badly Burned in Kerosene Lamp Upset YAKIMA, Wash., April 12. : (API Mrs. Edward J. Bakker, age 55, is reported in grave con dition from burns all over her body. They resulted when she knocked over a kerosene lamp In her home and then ran through the house, clothes flaming, In an attempt to get aid. Bakker, who heard his wife's screams when she dashed outside, extinguished the flames by wrap ping blankets around her. Easter I think I understand What Easter means, the more Since I've seen flowers die To bloom lovelier than before. They droop and fade, but root Below the ground; there to sleep 'Till sun and rains arouse Them from the deep. Then, unexpectedly, Some sunny day, They shoot above the pall To nod and sway. Oh, you who fear the End of earthly life Dread not the passing hour; We die for such a little while To live much richer than before. And just as Christ arose on Easter Day; Just as flowers bloom to nod and sway, So will we wake io live for aye I HELEN M. BATTERSON. Steel War Baby Get? Z d and Water .,.. j , k U. S. army's new monster that roars with five machine guns and 37 mm. and 75 mm. guns plows mud and water hazard at Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds before army officers and British observers. Uncle Sam has ordered $250,000,000 worth of these 25-ton tanks and larger ones. Stray Army Mule Hit by Auto, Killing Soldier FORT LEWIS, Wash., April 12. (AP) An army mule wan dering on the Pacific highway south of the Fort Lewis main gate caused the death last night of Pvt. Bruce G. McLain,19, of Lowell, Wash., when the car In which he was riding, struck the animal. McLain, a member of company L, 161st Infantry, was apparently jarred from his seat by the im pact and fell through the car door. lie died in the base hospital shortly after the accident, which occurred about midnight. The driver of the car was Paul Luidl, 20, of Everett, who was not seriously Injured. Arthur C. Baer, also of Everett, a passenger, was cut about the face. Army officials said the mule had escaped from the picket line of the 98th field artillery mule pack, located about five miles from the road. Widow Takes Fourth Mate In Three-Time Widower MINDEN, Nev. April 12. (AP) Dextra Baldwin, granddaughter of E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, was married a fourth time yesterday, only one day after she divorced her third mate at Reno. Miss Baldwin's new spouse is Robert E. Derx, a former Hono lulu resident who won an annul ment of his marriage to Juanita M. Derx of Honolulu on the grounds she had not told him she had three previous husbands. Miss Baldwin's divorce was from Walter Jones, Honolulu ho tel man. flfoeseage Weather to Favor Easter Paraders (By the Associated Press) Weather prospects favor Easter parades In most sections of the nation. Churchgoers In the 'southeast and midwest may get new hats wet In April showers, but most of the east could expect generally fair and mild temperatures. The outlook was for clouds In the southwest, and sunshine In the Rocky mountains and far west. The nation's capital made ready for an estimated 200,000 visitors at the annual cherry blossom fes tival. Despite sunny, warm weather, the Japanese blooms were tardy and may not be out In force until Wednesday. LOS ANGELES, April 12. (AP) Old Soli is expected to show up today for an eastcr visit and, b r-r-r he's just In time, too. Snowstorms blew down the central and southern California mountains yesterday. Snow cov ered roofs and ground patches near Beaumont until the weather gods turned on the rain and wash ed It away. Flurries mingled with cherry blossoms in Cherry valley. Cherry and peach orchards, now In blossom, were not dam aged. Poisonous Mushrooms Kill Soldier; Wife III TACOMA, April 12. (AP) A meal of poisonous mushrooms Friday evening was responsible for the death of a Fort Lewis sergeant and the serious illness of his wife. Sgt. Ross R. Edwards, 46, of the 7th Infantry, died a few hours af ter eating the mushrooms, which, according to his wife, he had picked on the Meadow Park golf course. Mrs. Edwards called the police ambulance when her husband first became ill. and when police arrived they found her also in serious condition. Hospital officials say she will recover. Training Plane Crashes; Pilot, Passenger Unhurt McMINNVTLLE, April 12. (AP) The pilot and a passen ger escaped serious Injury yester day In the crash of a Piper cub training plane during an attempt ed takeoff from a farm field near Willamlna yesterday. The undercarriage, motor and a wing of the plane were dam aged. The craft, owned by John Hughes, Salem, was piloted by Dixie Dawkins of Willamlna. The passenger, Joe Klanecky, also of Willamlna, suffered head In juries. They were flying from the Salem field under the civilian pilot training program. Baptism "t- if2 i8 Predicts Sale Of Private Utilities KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April 12. (AP) Paul D. Raver, Bon neville power administrator, last night predicted "a complete sell ing o6t of all private power com. panics In the northwest." Raver told a public power dis cussion meeting here that a "sen sible plan" is being worked out which will pay off security hold ers, destroy no jobs, and destroy no property but will put power distribution under the control of local communities. The federal government, he said, will sell power wholesale to such com munities. Questions from the nudience, however, brought Raver's reply that action in any particular com munity depends upon local inter est. He said that his agency could sell power to a proposed public utilities district here "if we can take over the plants and lines of the' California Oregon Power company," but he pointed out that the distance Bonneville pow er can be transmitted Is limited. Greenland Air Base Plan Approved by Lindbergh NEW YORK, April 12. (AP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was quoted by the New York Herald Tribune today as saying that the government s action to set up de fense bases in Greenland was a wise and logical move In western hemisphere protective strategy. Lindbergh reiterated, said the newspaper, that Greenland cli mate and topography made the Island unusable as an air or nnval springboard for an invasion of North America from Europe and added that establishment of any thing other than small American bases was neither practical nor necessary to protect Greenland from possible foreign efforts to gain a foothold there. He also -said flying conditions in Greenland would be among the most difficult in the world. Lindbergh and Bis wife flpw lo both Greenland and Iceland In 193.3 on their route-survey flight for Pan-American Airways. Marketing Day Draws 8th Graders to Roseburg Roseburg was host today to ap proximately 300 eighth grade stu dents, in addition to a large num ber of teachers and club leaders as the annual 4H club market ing day program was held. The students all of whom have com pleted agricultural studies and projects as a part of their eighth grade work, were organized into groups and taken on tours to the courthouse, industrial plants, forest service and weather bu reau nffiroa nnd nthfr ' Lunch was served at the arm lory and was followed by a free theater party, provided by Donn ,Radabaugh, manager of the local theaters. Roseburg On Route of Big Army Trek City to See Thousands of Troops in Move From Ft. Lewis to California .The city of Roseburg will be filled with soldiers during the next few weeks as the U. S. army participates in the greatest mass movement of troops ever attempt ed in peace-time. Prior to the mass movement, there will be trips by Individual units, which ace being trained for quick and unexpected moves over, long dis tances. Word was received today that the Third Quartermaster batta lion, traveling In a convoy of 109 trucks, southbound, will arrive here at 11 a. m. April 15. The trucks will take on fuel near Roseburg and the men will stop for lunch. The unit is en route from Fort Lewis, Wash., to a camp in California. Five days will be consumed In putting the 3rd division of ap proximately 12,00 men through Roseburg, starting May 20, ac cording to Captain N. E. Poinier of the 9th field artillery, who was here yesterday to arrange details of the movement. Simultaneously, the 41st division will be moving over The Dalles-California high way. Roseburg on Bivouac List Bivouac areas for the 3rd di vision will be at Salem, Roseburg, Wfed,. Woodland and Salinas, as the troops move to the San Luis Obispo region for maneuvers. The movement, starting May 20 and continuing through the 24th, will bring from 1500 to 3,000 men in to Roseburg each afternoon. Each battle-wise veterans of the ebb contingent will have from 335 to Ing east African campaign, were 380 vehicles. reported engaged west of Tobruk I Cars of gasoline will be spotted today with the axis divisions on railroad sidings at various lo- which Prime Minister Churchill cations along the route. Refrlge- has termed a threat to Egypt, ration cars also will be on sld- Throughout the 400-mlle ad ings at bivouac stations. Three vance of axis forces In the past ' such cars have been designated three weeks the British have In- I - (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page G) M.....M............. I wmwwiiiiiiiiiiim pj rpt v v ........ I By Pari Jaakim THE RESIDENCE, magnifi cent for Its day, erected by H. B. Flournoy In the valley, a couple of miles west of Looklngglnss, which bears his name. It stands at the Junction of the Melrose Flournoy valley road with that of the old Coos Bay wagon road, oc cupying an extremely sightly lo cation near Flournoy creek. I don't know when this home was erected sixty or seventy years ago, perhaps; Billy Vinson told me It was new the first time he ever saw It, but, drat It, that was one of the few times he Just couldn't remember "when was." Mr. Flournoy first settled there In 1850. being, so our good histo rian Walling states, the first white settler In this part of the county west of the South Ump qua. He It was who. three years earlier, had named Looklngglass valley, on the occasion of an ex ploring trip through southern Oregon from the Willamette val ley. His first home In Flournoy valley was Just back of the pres ent structure, pictured above, on the banks of the nearby creek. ... "I stooped there many and many a time when I was freight ing through there to Coos Bay in "We Shall Win," Declares Official Greek Spokesman Bristol Given Hammering In Nazi Raid Defenses of Port Fail to Ward Off Attack; British, Axis Battling in Africa BRISTOL, England, April 12. (AP) Waves of German raiders battered their way through In tense British ground and air de fenses last night, subjecting this southwestern English port to "a very heavy raid." The nazis unleashed their slash ing attack by the light of a full moon and used a "hit-twice" technique, following up early bombings with a fierce final at tack. U. S. Ambassador Winant ar rived here this morning a few hours after the raid, looking over the town, and commented: The courage and fortitude of tne wounded and otner victims oi the raid is the most remarkable thing I ever have seen, With W. A. Harriman, U. S. defense aid coordinator, and Prime Minister Churchill, Win ant visited Swansea yesterday to inspect bomb damage there. British, Axis Division "' Battling in East Africa CAIRO, Egypt, April 12. (AP) British desert troops In Libya, reinforced by a flood of Novrn-ItAvleffr I'hnto nnrt Rnprravlnff. the early days,'' Uncle Billy re. latcd to me. "Directly across the road from the house stood two huge barns (one of these still stands) and adjoining them Mr. Flournoy had some high corrals in which he kept n number of elk. "One fine day ho (or Roland Flournoy, I forget which) sad dled one of the blegest of these, and climbed on. The surprised bull, after a few moments of wild plunging, leaned the corral fence, which nobody thought he could do, and headed for the tall timber on a fast run. Flournoy, who had survived the leap, stuck on until tlmberline was reached, at which point an overhanging branch swept him from the sad dle. Flournoy returned to the cor ral In about twenty minutes, limping: but It took the elk eight days. When he did get back, all that was left of the saddle (which had been a fine one) was the girth and cantle!" The substantial Flournoy farm upon which the old house, now untenanted, stands has for manv venrs been the property of J. E. McClintock, of Roseburg: but re cently has been sold to James E. and II. W. Coon, of Melrose. Italy Asks His Recall by U. S. 0) i ft i !' I (NEA Telephoto.) In what was regarded at a reprisal against the U. 8., the Italian government asked that Capt. W. C. Bentley, above, be removed aa assistant United States military attaohe In Rome. Italy's request was made In the same note in whloh It oomplled with the American request for withdrawal of Ad miral Lais, the Italian naval at taohe at Washington, because of his oonneotlon with the sab otage of Italian ships In U. S. harbors. "Funnies" Seen As Problem Child Aid ATHENS, O., April 12. (AP) Newspaper comic strips, once targets of severe criticism by American educators, now are be ing held effectively in diagnosis and treatment of the "problem child." . By having "problem" children play "author" and direct the ac tivities of their favorite cartoon characters, Ernest A. Haggard and Helen Sargent of Northwest ern university's psychological clinic said they often were able to discern causes of delinquency ait cr other efforts had failed. "As the child directs the comic characters himself, it Is often pos sible to uncover difficulties of family and child-group malad Justment, which youngsters could never be persuaded to discuss, Haggard declared in a report prepared for the Midwestern Psychological association's con vention today at Ohio university. "Frequently, In this comic strip game, the child unwittingly re. veals just what conditions In his home life he thinks should be changed, or whnt troublesome problems his playmates are ere. atlng for him," Haggard asserted, One child,- Jealous of other youngsters In the family, was found to eliminate all rivals from the plots of his cartoon story, Hagard said. Another disclosed a thirst for revenge. Children with frustrated Ideas selected heroes who bowled over all opposition In surmounting dif ficulties, often linking themselves so closely with their favorite character that they used "I" In unfolding the story Instead of the comic heroc's name, Haggard found. Woman Dies When Auto Strikes Parked Truck VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. (AP) An automobile collided with a parked truck on the Ever green highway a mile west of the Skamania, county line last night, killing Mrs. Adeline steckclberg, Vancouver, and critically injuring her husband, Herman Steckel berg. Sam Specfle, owner or tne truck, told officers he had run out of gas and had pulled the truck toward the roadside. Serbian Army Dissolving; Nazis Assert Yugoslavs Not Downcast, Premier Says, as H Goes To Moscow for Confab ATHENS, Greece, April 12. ' (AP) German panzer forces were hurled baok from the regions of Phlorlna In an Ini tial clash with Greeks on their new defense line, a Greek spokesman deolared today. The spokesman said the mech anized German troops were foro ed to retreat yesterday after en tering Greece through the Bitojl (Monastlr) gap and attacking the fortified line between Phlorlna) and Vanltsa. The German formations were) composed of a number of tanks, motorcycles, armored ears and Infantry, it was said. By the Associated Press : Allied and German armies met today in a mighty battle in tha Phlorlna area of Greece, 16 miles south of the Bltolj (Monastlr) gap, the British radio reported, .while in northern Yugoslavia nazi Units, accordlng.to , the. German high command, were advancing from several directions on Bel grade. Details of the battle In the rug ged Greek mountains were lack- . ing. The Germans asserted that Yugoslav resistance in Croatia had collapsed and that "the Ser bian northern army is dissolv ing." British bombers were said to have pounded Germans in south ern Yugoslavia and northern Greece before the land forces . joined battle. There was a diplomatic devel opment of Interest: A German ra dio broadcast heard in Bern, Switzerland, said Yugoslavia's Premier Slmovlc, had left on. a mission, presumably for Moscow. It was recalled that only Thurs day Red Star, organ of the soviet army, . said the soviet-Yugoslav friendship pact was "all the more valuable under the new condi tions because the soviet union al ways fulfills its international pledges." , The German high command's ' war bulletin said nazi troops had occupied Varazdln, a Yugoslav town on the Hungarian border, and that a Serb brigade had sur rendered to the Germans. North west of Zagreb the Germans claimed to have reached tha Sava river. The battle In the Phlorlna area between the Germans and both flanks of the British-Greek de fense line was forecast last night. Greek Predicts Vlotory Theologos Nlcoloudls, Greek press minister, told the residents of German-occupied Macedonia and Thrace in a broadcast last night that: "Within a few hours there will start if it has not started al ready one of the most stubborn and best battles In history, be tween the Greeks and English on one hand and the Germans on the other. We shall win the bat- " tie." Yugoslavia, meanwhile, was cut (Continued on page 6) Air Raid Deals Havoc To Axis Pamer Unit CAIRO, Egypt, April 12-(AP) British and Australian alp fighters destroyed or damaged nearly 100 vehicles in a panzer column of German and Italian transport on the Tobruk-El Ga- zala road in Libya, the RAF an nounced tonight. Many casualties were caused, It was said. In a communique, the British air force declared 16 German fighting planes definitely were destroyed on the ground and a bomber was destroyed as It was attempting to take off. The to tal toll of axis aircraft was put at 21.