The Major Question of the Hour is Not When and Where Hitler Will Strike, or Wfi&t Labor Union Will Strike, bu t When are Umpqua Chinooks Going to Striked
SUEZ CANAL
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and Frl.
day with occasional showers.
Little change in temperature.
See page 4 for statistics.
If the axis forces reach that
vital waterway In their present
African campaign. It would spell
disaster for Britain, to whom the
U. S. is preparing to speed aid.
NEWS-REVIEW news will be
unusually Important within the
next few days.
VOL. XLVI NO.21 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY I, 1941.
VOL. XXIX NO.219 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Park-Pool Project Gets $13,325 Allotment
Work to Wait;
However, On
Airport Task
Defense Prefect Here
Expected to Absorb All
Available WPA Labor
Definite assurance that work
will be started on the proposed
park and swimming pool project
for the city of Roseburg, prob
ably in the late fall or early
winter, was received here today
by Mayor A. J. Young. The works
project administration has ap
proved an allotment of S13.325
to start the work, but the con
struction will be secondary to the
airport improvement already au
thorized as a defense project,
the mayor was advised.
Announcement of the approval
of the allocation was received
from Senator Rufus C. Holman,
who informed Mayor Young that
the start of the project will be at
the discretion of the state WPA
administrator. .
Due to the fact that a project
for improvement of the airport
under a WPA appropriation of
581,451 recently was approved, it
Is expected that the entire list of
available workmen will be util
ized during the summer months
in that task, expected to start
within a few days. The airport
job is to be rushed to completion"
as early as possible and, conse
quently, it is expected that the
swimming pool and park project
will be postponed until the air-
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By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY (Tuesday) the island of
Crete is the hot spot to
watch.
Tomorrow, of course, it may
be somewhere else. Hitler likes
to keep his enemies guessing as
to where he will strike next.
Uncertainty is hard on morale.
AT any rate, there's a tale on
" the wires that the Germans
are preparing an attack on Crete
(only 75 miles from the southern
tip of Greece) that will be n full
dress rehearsal for an attack on
England.
The idea is that in attacking
Crete over 75 miles of water they
would learn things that would
be of value in attacking Eng
land over 20 miles of water.
TALE No. 2 on the wires today
is to the effect that the Ger
mans may by pass Turkey entire
ly by attacking French-mandated
Syria.
At this point, you'll have to get
nut your map if you want to keep
things straight. Your map will
.show you that Syria lies just
south of Turkey and between the
Mediterranean and oil-rich Iraq,
which is becoming quite a hot
spot in the speculations as to the
future.
Away from the Mediterranean
coast, Syria is largely desert. It
is crossed by oil pipe lines hut no
railroads.
TpIE Island of Crete lies in the
sea path of such an enter
prise So does the British island
of Cyprus. Before tackling Syria,
the Germans would have to take
both Crete and Cyprus, as they
couldn't afford to leave strong
British naval bases in their
rear.
'"THERE'S another tale on the
wires today a reported bat
tle between British and German
speed boats off the southeast
coast of England. The Germans
claim to have come out ahead.
(They usually make that claim.)
There Is speculation as to
whether that is another rehears-
In the Day's News
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SHIP flUND-UP ANSWERING
Douglasrmen Answer Call to Pacific Naval Jobs
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A group of 12 Douglas county young men were included in a group of 72 men recruited in south-,
ern Oregon, who left Grants Pass the first of the week on a long trip to Midway and Wake islands
in the Pacific ocean, where they will engage in naval construction work. The men are being recruit
ed to aid in the construction of mid-Pacific naval and air bases. Identification was lacking today on
three of the group pictured above, but Included in the photograph are: front row Gene Hargls, two
not Identified, Woodrow Whitenburg and Robert Sporer; back row flrst'man not identified, Bur
dette Harvey, Wm. Branum, foreman; Kenneth Starmer, Fred Ramsey, Dick Crenshaw, Lloyd Nel
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Alcafraz Prison
Probe Demanded
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.
(AP) A federal court jury which
last night convicted Henri Young,
29, of Involuntary manslaughter
In the knifing of a fellow convict
at Alcatraz, today asked Washing
ton officials to investigate condi
tions at the island prison.
Paul Vcrdier, San Francisco
merchant and foreman of the
jury, said the six men and six
women on the panel declared in
the petition they were "convinced
that conditions in this federal
prison are unbelievably inhu
man." The verdict against Young,
SDokane, Wash., bank robber
charged with the murder of Ru
fus Roy McCain, another bank
robber from Oklahoma Cltv, car
ries a maximum penally of tnree
years.
Fellow convicts testified in sun-
port of Young's testimony that
guards brutally beat men in iso
lation cells.
The convict witnesses, among
them Harmon M. Walov. kid
naper of youthful George Wever-
haeuser of Taeoma. and other
notorious criminals, tnld of being
beaten and placed in straight
jackets.
P. Allen Named Liquor
Administrator of Oregon
PORTLAND. Mav 1. (AP)
L. F. Allen. Portland, became sec
retary and administrator of the
Oregon liquor control commis
sion todav.
Supervisor of linuor stores
since 1039. he was named jester-
rlnv to rnnlnee Ihe late Joseph J.
Mamie. He had been acting ad
ministrator since Hague's death.
Formerly Allen served two
terms as state representative
from 1,'nlnn and Wallowa coun
ties and for siv vears was mayor
of the city of Wallowa.
"Gin Morriaqe" Law's
Repeal Gets First O. K.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.. May 1.
(AP) Repeal of California's
"pin mnrriige" law today held
the silent blessing of the assom
blv hidiclnrv codes committee.
With no comment other than a
"do pass" recommendation, the
committee vesterday reported nut
a bill to eliminate the three-dav
wait now renuired between the
time of application for marriage
licenses and the time they are issued.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Criticizes Lindy
On Hitler Medal
EUGENE, Ore., May 1. (AP)
Charles A. Lindbergh was criti
cized by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt here last night for keeping a
medal from the German govern
ment. "If I had received a medal
from Hitler, as Lindbergh did, I
would have returned it long ago.
Of course what Lindbergh does
with his medal is his affair," she
told newsmen.
Mrs. Roosevelt also defended
the president's comparison of
Lindbergh to Civil war "copper
heads." "When someone says that the
democracies cannot possibly win
this war, anyone has a perfect
right to compare that person with
certain factions in American his
tory," she remarked.
Renorters also were told that It
was "highly improbable" a U. S.
expenditionary force ever would
be sent to Europe. Military diffi
culties of such an action were
pointed out.
LONDON, May 1. (AP) R.
A. Butler, undersecretary of for
eign affairs, declared in commons
todav that Charles A. Lindbergh
had "consistently, alwavs used his
influence to prevent effective ac
tion against Germany."
Butler said that the American
flier's views on the strength of
the soviet union about the time
of Ihe Munich pact in September,
1938, were considered of "no un
due significance" by the British
government.
The house cheered this declara
tion. Butler refused to answer La
borlte Kills Smith's querv wheth
er Lindbergh had used his Influ
ence "along with a well-known
lady member of this house."
Inter-American Highway
Fund Asked by Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, May 1. fAP)
President Roosevelt asked con
press todav to authorize a $20,
000.000 appropriation for con
struction of an Inter-American
highway as far as the Panama
canal. '
He sent to congress a report by
Secretary Hull, along with a
draft of legislation, proposing
that the United States pay two
Ihlrds of the, cost of construction
of the road through the Central
American countries. Among oth,
er things, Hull said the highway
would be valuable for defense,
Wildlife Experts
Dated in Roseburg
Local sportsmen who attend
the meeting of the Roseburg
Rod and Uun club Friday even
ing are expected to enjoy an un
anticipated treat, according to
Forest Supervisor V. V. Harpham,
who received word today that H.
L. Shantz of Washington, D. C,
is expected to be in attendance.
Mr. Shantz Is head of the division
of wildlife management in the
office of the national forester.
and is now on a speaking tour of
the Pacific coast area.
He has an open date between
speaking engagements, and Is
planning to accompany Glenn E.
Mitchell, of the division forestry
office, to Roseburg tomorrow,
Mr. Harpham was Informed. Mr.
Shantz is reported to be an ex
cellent speaker and is expected to
give a brief talk on national wild
life activities. Mr. Shantz is
former president of the Univer
sity of Arizona.
The program, which. Is being
arranged by Supervisor Harp
ham, will feature the talk by Mr
Mitchell, game supervisor for the
northwest division of the forest
service, and will Include several
reels of motion pictures.
Naval Appropriations
Bill Sent to Roosevelt
WASHINGTON. May 1. (AP)
The senate sent to the white
house todav a $3,415,521,750 naval
appropriations bill containing $1,
515.000.000 to speed the con
struction of 729 vessels of all
tvpes under way In the two-ocean
fleet program.
Congress wrote into the meas
ure a provision for the purchase
of Argentine canned beef and
other foreign products by the
navy where domestic articles of
satisfactory quality could not be
obtained at reasonable prices.
Embezzlement Charge
Hits Vale Postmaster
ONTARIO, Ore., May 1. (AP)
A charge of embezzlement of
government funds was placed
against Carl K. Fegtly, Vale post
master, yesterday, U. S. Commis
sioner George K. Aiken said.
Fegtly, who has held the posi
tion for eight years ,was released
on $3000 bonds. Arthur H. Bone,
Malheur Enterprise publisher,
was named acting postmaster.
ROOSEVELT'S URGE
Strike Taboo
Asked of U.S.
Labor, Chiefs
Defense Interruption
Decried by Chamber; Tax
Raising Plan Criticized
WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP)
The United States chamber of
commerce called on the nation's
"patriotic labor and industrial
leaders" today to declare a mora
torium against all strikes which
would Interrupt defense produc
tion. Approving a resolution proposed
by Its resolutions committee, the
chamber declared it to be "intol
erable" that anyone should threat
en to Interrupt defense production
"for purposes of coercion" and
added that "such acts are of
fenses against the public safety,
and offenders should be subjected
to the penalties of the laws they
violate."
Ilils and other policy state
ments were adopted without dis
cussion as the chamber acted on
the; proposals of. Its committee.
Another resolution, on "federal
finance," called for a $2,000,000,
000 reduction in non-defense ex
penditures and for tax increases
in unspecified amounts which
should be "limited In duration to
the period of the emergency with
the burden fairly distributed."
Tax Method Criticized.
The resolution did not comment
on the administration's $3,500,000,
000 defense tax program, but
Ellsworth C. Alvord, chairman of
the chamber's finance committee,
in a speech, described the meth
ods by which the treasury would
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Unusual AerialView of Roseburg Obtained by Local Cameraman
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The above picture of Roseburg is believed to be the most complete aerial view ever obtained of the olty. The photograph was made
from a height of 9,000 feet by Frsnk Coen, flying In a plane piloted by Ernest ( Red) 8lnk, local aviation Instructor. The view was taken
from a point west of trte veterans facility, which appears In the center foreground, and looks toward the east. It Is to be enlarged and .
framed for use In office of the chamber of commerce.
Supplies For
Britain Will
Be Speeded
Fifty Tankers Lead Off in
Response; Seized Foreign
Vessels Will Be Used
WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP)
In quick response to President
Roosevelt's request for ships for
this country's "all-out aid to the
democracies," Ihe maritime com
mission made plans today to place
50 American tankers in the serv
ice of the British within the next
few days.
All operators of American tank
ers of over 5,000 gross tons are
being called on for aid In the pro
gram. The tentative plan does not
call for a transfer of registry of
tankers to the British, but for
their use outside the war zone for
the direct benefit of the British.
Under the proposal the tankers
would be operated from oil-producing
countries along the north
coast of South America to British
tankers for the remainder of the
tripy j
- - Seized Ships to Be Used """
The commission was asked by
the president last night to begin
rounding up 2,000,000 tons of ship
ping to carry cargo abroad "vital
war materials."
President Roosevelt, himself,
was reported ready to order the
prompt requisitioning of refugee
vessels in United States ports as
one of the first steps toward the
objective.
Requisitioning of G9 axis and
Danish vessels aggregating 300,
000 tons would provide as a
starter approximately 15 per
cent of the 2,000,000 tons the
president called for "at the ear-
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Intensified War in Africa
Threatens Egypt, Suez Canal;
Britain Sees Invasion Signs
By the," iociated Press
In the 3-weeks-old siev(o of the British garrison at Tobrulc, 80
miles Inside Libya on the North African coast, British headauar
ters at Cairo acknowledged that axis troops penetrated the
stronghold's outer defenses this morning.
German and Italian infantry attacked "in some strength'!
escorted by tanks," it was said.
"Fighting is continuing," a British communique said.
Informed military circles in London freely predicted that a
grand-scale nazi assault on Egypt and the Suez canal, by way of
French-mandated Syria andPalestine, would break within 10 days.
At the same time, these sources said, other axis columns;
striking from Libya would join'n a giant pincer movement.
RAF Raid Draws
New Dover Blows
LONDON, May 1. (AP) -Strong
royal air force bomber
squadrons centered their attack
on the German naval base at Kiel
last night, an air ministry com
munique said, and also hit at tar
gets in the Berlin area, the indus
trial center of Hamburg and the
port of Emden.
Other harassing raids were
made yesterday on shipping off
the Dutch coast, and a wireless
station on an Island off the Nor
wegian coast was bombed, the
ministry said.
One British plane was reported
lost in the attacks.
German cannon renewed the
shelling of the Dover area to
night from the Tufel-occupled
French coast. ' t
- German long-rairWfcuns some
20 miles away across, the nar
rowest neck of file channel
pounded the Dover area for sev
en hours Tuesday, contributing
to the theory of some British
sources that an invasion at
tempt may be next on the nazi
military schedule.
Salary Increase Turned
Down by County Judge
BEND, May 1. (AP) Because
it would unsettle the county bud
get, County Judge C. L. Allen has
announced he will not accept a
$50 monthly pny Increase autho
rized by the legislature.
premier Mussolini s ntgn com
mand asserted that axis scouts
had put the British to flight and!
seized armored equipment In tha
region of Salum, Egyptian fron
tier post, just over the Libyan,
border.
British naval units have carried
out "a successful bombardment"
of axis troops and supplies In tho
Aln El Gazala area ot Libya, thn
admiralty at London announced
today.
The sector Is about 30 miles
west of beleaguered Tobruk,
where a British garrison has held
on for about three weeks desplto
a German-Italian drive past be,
yond the Egyptian border. One
side of Trobuk's outer defenses,
reported today to have been pene
trated by axis infantry and mo.
torizd forces, reaches almost to.
Aln El Gazala.
Invasion Signs Seen
Military .experts in London
noted slgnaiy, that Hitler now
mav attemrtts lonc-thrcatened
(invasion. of. inland. Thoy give
six points: :yfci I
1. Favorable weather ahead. .
2. Mounting violence by tho
nazi luftwnffo In hitting Ply
mouth and Portsmouth nnval
bases in the last fortnight.
3. Increasing activity by Ger
man long-range guns on tho
French coast.
4. Steppcd-up operations by
nazi U-boats In the channel, in
cluding a bold raid along the Dov
er coast Tuesday.
5. Daylight aerial reconnais
sance has been vastly Increased.
6. Aid from the United States
Is now beginning to arrive in
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