What a Fortunate Thing for Herr Hitler, in His Blitzkrieg Program, That He Never had to Contend With Senseless Labor Unions in the Industries of Germany,
WHERE NEXT?
With the British on the vergd
of forced abandonment of Greece,
where will the nazig continue
their blitzkrieg? The fate o( ,
lli'tluln'a lifeline Is at stake. Fol
low the course ot the war In
NEWS-REVIEW news.
THE WEATHER
- By U. S. Weather Bureau
Fair tonight nncl Tuesday. Con
tinued warm.
See pago 4 lor statistics.
VOL. XLVI NO.12 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 2 1, 1 94 1.
VOL. XXIX NO. 210 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Axe Handles;
Fists Fly In
Labor Strife
Police Break Up Fight at
Steel Plant; GMC Faces
Threat; Coal Pinch Felt
OAKLAND, Calif., Aorll
21. (AP) Axe handles
were swunq .and fists flailed
today as 50 CIO union men
charged through an AFL
picket line at the Alameda
plant of the Bethlehem Steel
company.
Fifteen or twenty police,
swinging baseball bats, broke
up the fighting before it
reached serious proportions.
No one was hospitalized
and there were no arrests.
The 50 dO men, members of
the Steel Workers Organizing
committee, fought their way
through a 13-man picket line set
up by the AFL international un
ion of onerating engineers. Last
Wednesday the same groups en
raped In a melee. The AFL
claims to represent a majority
of crane men n the plant; the
CIO claims to reDresent a major
ity throughout the entire work
ings. The AFL union established a
picket line in demands for re
cocnition and wage increases.
Manv of those who broke
through the picket line carried
ae handles.
Threat to G. M. C, Coal
Tie-uo Major Problems
By the Associated Press
What to do about a strike
threat at plants ot the General
Motors corporation and the con
tract deadlock which has halted
soft coal production were the
fPnntinned nn rttre A
In the Day's Mews
By FRANK JENKINS
YUGOSLAVIA surrenders aft
er ten days of terrific punish
ment. When an unprepared lit
tle good man fights a fully pre
pared big bad man, that nearly
always happens.
Morally, it shouldn't. Actually,
it does.
BRITISH headquarters in Cairo
announce that Greek and Brit
ish forces in northern Greece are
withdrawing to a shorter line.
Study of the map indicates that
they are withdrawing from
stronger positions to weaker
ones.
Realistic thinking points to the
conclusion that the Germans
will take all of Greece.
MEANWHILE, watch Africa,
where the Germans (and the
Italians, it you feel like Includ
ing them) have been stooped for
two days at the Egyptian bor
der. And note the story of a German-Italian
convoy carrying re
inforcements and materials for
the battle in Africa that was to
tally destroyed by the British
Mediterranean fleet.
The German job there Is to get
men and guns across the Medi
terranean. The British job is to
STOP THEM.
In estimating the possibilities,
remember that the Germans are
at home on the land and the Brit
ish are at homo on the sea.
AND keep clearly In mind all
" through this disturbing news
from the Balkans that thp last
battle of this war Isn't yet be
In" fought.
It's the last battle that counts.
A ND don't overlook the dick
erin? that according to the
rumors Is going on between the
Turks and the Germans. Some
thing startling is llkelv to come
out of that one of these days.
The diplomats are still on the
Joh.
the home front:
Treasury Secretary Moreen
thnu announces that the adminl-
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Elopement Upsets Marriage Plans Here
Girl Jilts Fiance in Flight to Reno
Hand t-n to Newly-Met U. of 6. Youth
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TMlnto by Clnrlt Stmllo - Npws-Review KnBrnvlnnr
The time-honored feminine privilege of changing one's mind
was exercised In a romance last week, when Lois Eileen Chambers,
21, above, well-known Roscburg girl, eloped to Reno, Nov., with
Franklin Lee Renlck, 22, University of Oregon student, and became
his bride on April 18. Decision of the girl to become Mrs. Renlck
was made during a brief acquaintance formed In a stopover In
Eugene while she was en route from Portland to Roscburg to wed
another man on Sunday.
Lois Eileen Chambers, 21, who
eloped to Reno, Nov., and was
married there Saturday to Frank
lin Lee Renick, 22, U. of O. stu
dent, jilted a suiter of a year and
a half on the eve of marriage
and fled with an acquaintance of
only a few days, It was revealed
here today by the girl's father,
L. R. Chambers. Mr. Chambers,
a Roscburg automobile dealer,
had the couple detained at Reno
in an effort to halt the runaway
wedding, but his action was too
late and upon his return here re
ported that the counle had been
given parental blessing.
Miss Chambers, who has been
employed as an office worker
by the International Harvester
company at Portland, was to
have been married at a home
wedding in Roscburg Sunday to
a fellow employee. Chambers re
vealed. She left Portland early
last week to return to her home
in Roscburg to prepare for the
wedding, but stopped en route at
the camnus of the university,
from which she Is a graduate.
Introduced to Renick by mu
tual friends, an aliachmcnt was
quicklv formed and Miss Cham
bers Tied to Reno leaving ner
fiance with a newly furnished
aoartment in Portland and scores
of wedding gifts, Chambers re
vealed.
Renick and Miss Chambers
were accompanied to Reno by
Stan Short, 2-1. Roseburg U. of
O. student, and Braunda Conn,
21, Roseburg, beauty parlor op
erator, who also were married
in the Nevada city.
"Feeder" Fish Eggs Okay
Until July 1, Ruling
PORTLAND, April 21. (AP)
Fishermen may use "feeder eges"
until July 1, the state game com
mission ruled here Saturday.
The decision delayed a ban on
such bait as canned corn, to
which dealers had objected. The
dealers protested thev should be
given an opportunity to clear
their shelves.
After July 1. the ban will go
Into effect again.
More Than Half of
County Taxes Paid
Tax collections in Douglas
county to date, including bolh
current taxes and collections on
delinquencies, amount to more
than one-half of the levy for the
year, Sheriff Cliff Thornton an
nounced today. The total tax
levy for the year is S793.79G.42,
payable In quarterly install
ments. The first installment was
due in March. To date, the col
lections amount to S446.792.20,
leaving a balance of $347,004.22
to be paid during the balance of
the year, plus such payments as
may be received on delinquent
taxes.
The county, Sheriff Thornton
reports, will take title to prop
erty against which certificates of
delinquency were written last
year, on May 29 of this year. The
delinquent tax collector is now)
writing certificates of delin
quency against property on
which payments have been delin
quent for three years or more.
Fugitive Nazis Retaken
Or Slain by Canadians
PENINSULA. Ont., April 21.
(AP) Three escaped German
prisoners of war were captured
near the Canadian Pacific rail
way station house In the nleht
and observers here said thev be
lieved that only six of the 28 men
who broke from the dominion's
most isolated internment ramp
Friday night were still at large
todav.
Ottawa officials said thev had
heard of the capture of onlv 1G
of the Germans, three of whom
were wounded, but an official of
the internment operations branch
said "Information is coming in
slowly."
The new captures brought to
eleht the number caught near
this windandsnowswent nolnt
between Schreiber and White
River and an unofficial list of 19
In custody. Reports here said
three others were killed when
they fled on being challenged by
armed searchers.
Forest Fires
Leave Ruins
In 8 States
New Jersey, Hardest Hit,
Has $1,000,000 Loss; Two
Killed, Fourteen Injured
' By the Associated Press
Thousands of woodland acres
in eight eastern states were char
red ruins today, aftermath of a
devastating series of forest fires
that consumed sun-dried country
sides like cordwood.
Tiny sparks became raging
flames under the double spur of
brisk breezes and tinder-like
trees, shrubs and grasses and de
voured hundreds of homes as
well as forests and farms.
A fortnight of unseasonably
warm, diy weather was blamed
for the seriousness of several
hundred individual blazes that
felled dozens of firefighters and
resulted in at least two deaths.
Hardest hit was central and
southern New Jersey, where 68
homes were gutted and property
damace was estimated up to SI,-
000,000. In Lakewood, a winter
resort, 46 dwellings were razed
by licking flames.
Evelon Glazoff, 52, died of a
heart attack while trying to save
his burning Lakewood home.
George Knight of Centralla, W.
Va., either was burned to death
or killed by a falling tree as he
foueht flames nearby.
Other states where blackened
tree stumps marked the paths of
tires were Massachusetts, Ver
mont, .Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland and Virginia. In West
Virginia, some ISO separate
blazes were reported.
Rabbit Is Firebrand
Sparks from picnic fires, cig
arets, and railroad locomotives
were all that was needed to set
the flames, authorities said, and
in one case wildlife was observ
ed unwittingly spreading them.
This was in New Jersey, where
Col. W. G. Schaafflcr, U. S.
armv, retired, reported seeing a
rabbit with a blazing fur and tail,
dart across a highway and Ig
nite dry underbrush on the other
side.
Six hundred Fort Devens,
Mass.. soldiers, fighting a fire in
nearby Leominster, were recall
ed to the armv post to beat out
flames near the 366th Infantry
barracks and the rifle range.
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Tomato Acreage
Increase is Urged
A large Increase In tomato
acreage in the Umpqua valley Is
justified by the federal request
for an Increased canning produc
tion of 50 per cent over last year,
according to L. A. Smith, man
ager of the Riddle Valley Can
ning company. The federal gov
ernment Is urging canners to
pack at least 15 million tons, Mr.
Smith reports, and the price con
trol commission has announced
it will allow price Increases which
will permit payments to growers
of from S2.75 to S3 per ton more
than was paid last year, when
canners bought tomatoes for $11
per ton.
Mr. Smith states that ho has
contracted approximately 300
tons for the Riddle cannery, but
desires to secure about 400 tons
additional. Last year, due to rains
which ruined much of the crop,
the pack was only 245 tons.
Plans for Memorial Day
Celebration Launched
Plans for the celebration of
Memorial day were made Sunday
at a meeting here of the veter
ans council. The meeting was at
tended bv Robert A. Rydell and
Sam Starmer, representing the
Spanish war veterans; Ted Post
and Ned Dixon of the American
Legion; T. F. Holmes and M. L.
Adams of the Veterans of For
eign Wers: Llnvd Crouch and
Levi White of the Disabled
American Veterans, and Claude
Baker, representing the civilian
conservation corps.
Mr. Rydell was elected general
chairman and will name sub-corn-mlltees
to assist In the plans for
the celebration,
New Council
Of Townsend
Clubs Formed
Convention Here Creates
Board to Conform to 4th
Congressional District
R. G. Wright ot Hauser, Ore.,
was elected chairman of the
fourth congressional district
council ot Townsend clubs at a
district convention held here
Sunday. The meeting was called
to reorganize the Townsend unit
to conform to the new congres
sional district established by the
recent legislature. Other mem
bers of the council chosen yester
day were Fred Van Pegert, Co
quille; C. A. Cooper, Brookings;
D. M. Lankworthy, Grants Pass;
R. L. Singler, Medford; A. E. Rut
tor, Roseburg; E. H. Lakey,
Drain; Elmer Kent, Cottage
Grove; J. F. Olson, Eugene; Ed
Coffer, Medford; J. Fred Stilwell,
Albany; Harry Wiley, Lebanon.
The council is to act in an advi
sory capacity to the 85 clubs of
the district. All council mem
bers are presidents of the Town
send clubs of their respective com
munities. The convention hero was at
tended by more than 300 dele
gates and visitors. Principal
speaker at the afternoon session
was Miss Roberta Schmale of
Garden City, Kans., national
Townsend lecturer. The morning
business session was conducted by
Charles W. Wctterman ot Port
land, national representative.
The convention sessions were
held at the courthouse, where the
largo crowd in attendance over
flowed the courtroom. Many per
sons listened to proceedings from
the hallways.
During the afternoon meeting,
tentative plans were discussed
for representation at the 6th an
nual national convention to be
held In Buffalo, N. Y., from June
30 to July 4.
Miss Schmale, who gave a most
interesting and convincing ad
dress at the afternoon meeting,
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J. F. Hamilton Dies
In Portland at 83
J. F. Hamilton, 83, native of
Roseburg, died early this morn
ing In Portland following a long
period of ill health. Born in 1858,
second of eight children born to
the late S. and Sarah Jane Hamil
ton, early-day settlers in Douglas
county, he received his education
In the Roseburg schools and at
University of Oregon.
In 1882 he went to Astoria,
where he was employed as a tele
graph operator while engaged In
the study of law. Following ad
mission to the bar he moved to
Portland In the early 1900's and
engaged there in the practice of
law until 111 health forced his re
tirement. Surviving are a son, Dolph
Hamilton. San Diego; a sister,
Mrs. Stella Richardson, Rose
burg, and two brothers, Waller
and C. L. Hamilton, Roseburg.
The body Is being brought to
this city by the Roseburg Under
taking company. Burial will be In
the Masonic cemetery beside the
body of a daughter who died In
infancy.
Time for funeral services will
be announced later.
Youth Jailed Here On
Charge of Stealing Auto
Louis Romero Morln, 17, Seat
lie, was in custody here todav
charged with auto theft. Mnrin Is
accused of stealing a car belong
ing to J. B. Conn, Melrose farm
er, from Roseburg Saturday night
and driving it to the canyon
south of Canvonville, where the
vehicle was abandoned. Sergeant
Paul Morgan of the state police
reported. A motorist who pave
the youth a ride Into Grants Pass
became convinced from the tone
of the lad's conversation that he
was wanted by police and at
Grants Pass turned him over to
authorities. Morgan said. Morln
admitted theft of the car and told
officers he was A. W. O. L. from
Camp Murray, Morgan reported. '
Blitzkrieg Pierces
of Defense on Mt.
Nazi Cities;
Docks Raided
By Air Fleet
British Claim Big Damage
Dealt by RAF; "Armchair
Critics" Draw Answer
LONDON, April 21. (AP)
British bombers started large
fires in Cologne last-night "and
also raided Duesseldorf and the
docks at Brest, on the German
occupied French coast, the air
ministry announced today.
Oil stores at Rotterdam and
the docks at Dunkerque and Os
tend also were bombed, the min
istry said.
A heavily laden ship of 3,000
tons was hit and left sinking off
the coast of Norway and other
shipping was attacked off the
Dutch coast, It declared, and oth
er aircraft bombed the airdrome
near Caen.
Bursts were obesrved on the
quays and near the drydock at
Brest, and large fires were start
ed at Cologne, the air ministry
said.
Scotch Towns Strafed.
In the only activity over Brit
ain yijterday, iome hombs fell In
east and southwest England In
the night, the government said,
and two Scottish towns were
strafed during the day. A three-year-old
boy was reported killed
by machine-gun bullets In one
Scotch town.
During the day, the RAF struck
at German shipping In the chan
nel and at Brest and other points
on the German-held French coast.
A 5,000-ton axis ship was report
ed sunk and an 8,000-tonner dam
aged. One na.l plane was report
ed destroyed and the' admiralty
reported today that two others
had been shot down by the mine
sweeper Bassett yesterday.
"Armchair Critics" Scored.
In the meantime, First Lord of
the Admiralty Alexander told a
London audience that regardless
of "armchair critics" the British
government had no need to apolo-
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Wheat, Oil Fields
JA Th Axis, ond
Occupied Areas
Oil Pipe Lines
rush aid from
PiMsiblo Axis
Lr.vcs
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. drivo to Ncor Edit difficult -C; f t, ? '
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'4 IvfoOOEcSNESEV-J r S?fA) J'l' Ifcy
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Mediterranean Sea " h r . 1 Tj
MJSiMfT1 l,. A Jf- ow .pp.y,n? Ml.
i mm egtpt a i.. saudi- y'r r"Mv;.i
to stem assault on Suei
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Three new fields of conqueit In the Ner Et Suei eannl, Russian Ukraine, oil fields r
pOMlbly next objectives In the nal scheme of things If German successes In the Balkans continue and
the African drive proves successful,
U. S., Canada to
Join in Defense
HYDE PARK, N. Y April 21.
(AP) Speedy mobilization of
North America's resources, call
ing for the interchange ot de
fense articles by the United
Slates and Canada, has been
agreed upon by President Roose
velt and Canadian Prime Minis
ter W. L. Mackenzie King.
Designed for the dual purpose
of hastening aid to Great Brit
ain and other democracies and
for defense ot the hemisphere,
the agreement was announced in
a joint statement last night after
a conference between Mr. Roose
velt and the Canadian leader at
the president's home.
During the next year, the
statement said, it was hoped
Canada could supply the United
States with $200,000,000 to $300,-
000,000 worth of defense articles
"urgently required by the United
States."
It was understood between the
statesmen that Canada would re
ceive payment for the supplies
so as to defray part of the cost
of its defense purchases in this
country.
Ex-S. P. Agent Of
Roseburg Passes
George Estes, native of Yon
calla, Ore., Southern Pacific sta
tion agent In Roseburg In the
early 'HQ's, later a law practltlon
or In Portland for twenty years
and formerly president of the
Slale Bank ot Estncndo, Ore.,
died last Saturday in Portland at
the ago ot 80.
Mr. Estes' activities also In
cluded story writing. He was the
author of "Rawhide Railroad,"
"Wayfaring Man" and "The
Stage Coach." He was past mas
ter of the Hawthorne Masonic
lodge. Mr. Estes' father cross
ed the plains with the noted Ore
gon pioneer, Jesse Applegate, In
18-13. The son was born New
Year's day, 1861.
Surviving Mr. Estes are n sis
ter, Mrs. Virginia Applegate, 90-year-old
Roseburg resident, and
a daughter, Mrs. Bertha A. Fra
ley of Seaside, Oregon. Funeral
services will be held in Portland
and burial will follow at Yon-
calla.
May be Next Goals
SOVIET RUSSIA
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Center
Olympus
Planes Stage
BattleOver
High Terrain
Aniac Troops Covering
Orderly Retreat Inflict
Heavy Loss on Germans
ATHENS, April 21. (AP)
The British withdrawal to new
positions in Greece has been
nearly completed despite terriflo
assaults by the German air force
and the Germans are advancing
"very cautiously," an army eom
munlque said today.
The communique follows: .
"Despite continuous bombing',
the ordered withdrawal of our
forces to new positions continued
and Is ncarlng completion.
"The enemy Is advancing very
cautiously, partly due to bad
roads but largely because of tho
rough handling he has received
whenever In contact with our
men. Our casualties are light."
ATHENS, Greece, April 21..
(AP) Air war In the style of the
battle of Britain surged over
Athens as British and Greeks, al
lies In a desperate struggle on
the plains and mountains ot
Thessaly, withdrew to new, un
disclosed positions In the; face o
the German advance.
The British announced today
that 1(1 Gorman planes were shot
down Sunday 14 of them over
this seat ot ancient democracy In
a single battle with a "very
large formation" of nazl dive
bombers and fighters.
Many others of the raiders
were crippled, tho British said
but admitted destruction of seven
of their own fighters, with four
of the pilots. (A German radio
broadcast said 11 British planes
were shot down . over Greece
yesterday.)
The British held their new po
sitions after the Gel-mans pene
trated a Greek-held pass at Gre
vena In the center of the Mount
Olympus line Friday.
The retirement was said to bo
"In conformity" with the "move-
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of Nazi Drive
Thiuit at Ukraino might net Oar
many needed food, but might also
lose hor vital oil and other war
needs supplied by or sent across
hero Naiis would meet most
mcchonited resistance yet