latest 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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(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
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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.