Britain Needs Less Yelp and More Help From the United States il She is to Crush Hitlerism, and It's, up to Us Now to Either Back Her up or Back Down.
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VOL. XLVI N0.26 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941.
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By FRANK JENKINS
IN his surprise speech on Sun-
day, Hitler must have been
gunning for Churchill, who goes
on the pan before the house of
commons this week.
Otherwise it is a little hard to
understand why he went to the
trouble to summon the reichstag
which is merely window dress
ing in the German governmental
scheme.
The speech seems a bit too
mild to have been worth the ef
fort, unless dor fuehrer just had
one in his system and had to get
it out which sometimes hap
pens in the case of orators.
F he was gunning for Churchill,
the heart of the speech was
the statement that only 1151 Ger
man officers and men lost their
lives in the Balkan blitzkrieg.
That is cither a colossal lie or
a colossal achievement. If the
latter, it brings out startlingly
the superiority of German arms
and military skill and emphasizes
the unwisdom of the British ef
fort in Greece.
Churchill is responsible for
lhat effort,' atd it may be that
Hitler was speaking to the Brit
ish house of commons rather
than to the German reichstag.
""PHIS thought naturally arises:
If he wants to get rid of
Churchill, he must FEAR him.
If the British Balkan campaign
were as bad as Hitler says, he
would want to keep Churchill in
power to make other mistakes.
So he may have been talking to
Russia and Turkey, conveying to
them the thought that he can
liek them with one hand tied he-
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Woman's Story Points To Jealousy
Motive in Slaying of W. D. McNary
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 7.
(AP) In an attempt to probe
the motives of a strange slaying
that apparently grew from jeal
ousy, police yesterday question
ed friends of young Wilson Davis
McNary, Jr., who was shot to
death here Saturday, and of John
M. Holmes, dangerously wound
ed by a bullet.
McNary, Pendleton and Port
land resident, was the son of the
retired superintendent of the
Eastern Oregon State hospital at
Pendleton, and a second cousin
of Oregon's U. S. Senator Charles
L. MeNarv. Holmes Is a San
f Mateo clubman and a reserve
captain In tho army air corps.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Johnston, a
young and very wealthy widow,
goffered her assistance to District
Attorney Ferrell, the prosecutor
said, and told of her acquaintance
with both. men.
Ferrell announced, meanwhile,
that he had not prepared a mur
der charge against Homes, al
though he had enough Informa
tion on which to base the charge.
Mrs. Johnston, widow of a mil
lionaire sugar dealer, said she in
vited McNary to her home for
dinner. Thev went out for the
evening and returned home
about midnight.
Ferrell said Mrs. Johnston re
lated that shortly after that hour
Holmes arrived, obviously intoxi
cated, and that he demanded that
McNary leave. Instead, Mrs.
Johnston asked Holmes to leave,
and he did so. but returned. She
told him to leave again, and he
complied.
McNary then went to his ho
tel. Mrs. Johnston said.
f It was in his hotel room the
next morning that police found
McNary' body, a bullet through
the heart, and Holmes barely
conscious, with a bullet in his
head.
At the hospital It' was said
Holmes probably would live, un-
FURIOUS
British F
Nazi,Fr
Coast C
Nazis Strafe Liverpool,
Glasgow, Erin; Iraq War
Sees British Gaining
(By the Associated Press)
British "Spitfires" and German
Messerschmitts fought a spectac
ular battle over the English chan
nel today after a night of aerial
fury in which Adolf Hitler's luft
waffe again pounded British ship
yards and ports of arrival for
United States war materials.
RAF night raiders attacked the
north German port of Hamburg
and the docks at LeHavre. Then,
by daylight, bombers escorted by
fighters roared across the strait
of Dover toward the French coast
on a new mission.
In the channel fight, 24 hours,
these claims were made:
LONDON Nineteen German
fighters shot down, seven British
fighter planes lost.
BERLIN Six British planes de
stroyed; German losses, none.
Waves of nazi bombers smash
ed overnight at the big Clydeside
shipyards of Glasgow, Scotland;
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Mayor Bowron Wins 2nd
Term in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, May 7. (AP)
Mayor Bowron, former super
ior judge sfwept into office nearly
three years ago as a reform can
didate, was re-elected yesterday
to a four-year term.
He defeated Stephen W. Cun
ningham, city councilman pledg
ed to a business administration,
with only about half the city's
registered voters casting their
ballots.
Trailing 90,597 to 112,550 on re
turns from 1,750 precincts of
2.753, Cunningham conceded de
feat.
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less complications set In, but that
he unquestionably would be blind,
the bullet severed the optic
nerves.
Ferrell said that as police lift
ed Holmes from the hotel room
floor he murmured "McNary
stole my girl."
AIR BATTLES RAGING OVER
'Lame Duck' Hops
To Federal Bench
Sherman Mlnton
WASHINGTON, May 7. (AP)
President Roosevelt nominated
former Senator Sherman Minton
of Indiana today to be a judge of
the seventh circuit court of ap
peals.
Minton, who was defeated for
reelection last November, later
was appointed an administrative
assistant to the president.
He will succeed the late Judge
Walter E. Treanor. The seventh
circuit embraces the states of In
diana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Churchill Wins
Vote After Blast
From Lloyd George
LONDON, May 7. (AP) Win
ston Churchill won today from
the house of commons a tremend
ous 447 to-3 vote of confidence de
spite a stringent charge from
David Lloyd George, world war
premier, that "America has got to
do more" if she is to enable Brit
ain to beat Germany.
The elder statesman warned
the government against exagger
ating the speed or amount of Unit
ed States aid and declared Ameri
can war organization tradition
ally is "full of disappointments
for the British.
He demanded a "real war cabi
net" and "an end to the kind of
blunders which have discredited
and weakened us."
However, Lloyd George cried:
I thank God" for Secretary of
War Stimson s speech of last
night, and said it was clear that
President Roosevelt, by his
"changed" aftitude, and Stimson
both realized the gravity of Brit
ain's position.
Churchill retorted that nearly
500,000 British imperial troops
now stand guard to defend the
middle east and that Britain can
count on enough new American
ships to help her through 1942 in
the battle of the Atlantic.
No Farther Retreat.
The prime minister proclaimed,
too, a halt to the British retreat
in the Mediterranean basin with
the flat declaration:
'We intend to defend to the
death and without thought of re
tirement Crete and Tobruk."
It is on Crete, big Island to the
south of the Greek mainland, that
the British and Greeks are mak
ing their final stand as allies; It
Is In Tobruk, Libya, 80 miles from
the Egyptian border, that a Brit
ish garrison Is holding out behind
the axis advanced lines.
The vote was 447 to 3, and thus
ended a critical two-day debate on
Britain's grave reverses on both
shores of the Mediterranean.
"It might be that the Germans
will arrive In Iraq before we have
crushed the revolt, in which case
our task would be greater,"
Churchill warned, "or it might be
that the revolt went off at half
cock In consequence of our land
ing troops at Basra.
"We Intend to assist the Iraqis
to get rid of their military dicta
tor as soon as possible."
Lloyd George was not among
the trio who voted "no" on the
confidence test. They were com
munist William Gallagher, social
ist Denis Prltt and Dr. Arthur
Salter, laborite.
Public Lands
Board of Assn.1
Sets Meeting
Two Vacancies Will Be
Filled; Guy Cordon Tells
Of Legislation Progress
A meeting of the special public
lands committee of the Associa
tion of Oregon Counties, for the
purpose of electing a new chair
man and executive secretary, will
be held in Portland Monday at
10 a. m., it was announced here
today by Attorney Guy Cordon,
legal adviser to the association.
Morris Bowkcr, county judge of
Douglas county, chairman of the
special committee, recently was
summoned into active army serv
ice, and Earl B. Day of Medford,
executive secretary, has been ap
pointed to the state tax commis
sion.
Members of the special com
mittee are County Judges Guy
Bovineton, Astoria; N. B. Hlggs.
Burns: C. D. Nlckelsen, Hood
River: E. L. Pone, Oregon City;
U. E. Reeder, Klamath Falls and
County Commissioners R. H.
Lawhorn. McKinley, and Wm. R.
Miners, Pendleton.
Progress Made On Plans
Attorney Cordon, who has just
returned from several weeks
spent " In Washington, D. C,
whore he has been presenting the
program of the Oregon associa
tion, as well as the recommenda
tions of other organizations in
western slates, reports that good
progress is being made on plans
to secure federal payments In
lieu of taxes on federally owned
lands.
A bill recently introduced by
Senator Charles L. McNary,
which would provide federal pay
ments cqlal to 2 per cent of the
fair value of public lands, is in di
rect accord with the recommen
dations made by western states,
Mr. Cordon reports. The bill pro
vides federal payments to states
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Land Office Clerk
Reported Missing
Local and state police have
been asked by George Flnley, re
gister of the U. S. land office at
Rosehurg, to assist in a search
for Albert A. Norbeck. of Black
foot, Idaho, land office clerk,
missing from Roseburg since
Monday evening.
Norbeck left the office Monday
complaining that his head .pain
ed him. Finley reported. He was
believed to have struck his head
against a desk. He failed to re
turn to his rooms, and has not
since been seen.
He is described as 28 years of
age, slender build, five feet nine
inches In height, weight about
150 pounds, dark hair and eyes.
He limps slightly on his left leg.
He was wearing a light gray suit
at the time of his disappearance.
Norbeck had been employed
here as a clerk since March 16.
when he was loaned to the local
office by the Blackfoot office
during the absence of C. F. Spald
ing, chief clerk, who is on vaca
tion.
Parole Breaker Ordered
Taken to Penitentiary
Ernest Hill, who recently was
paroled, In circuit court from a
sentence of one year in the state
penitentiary, after pleading guilty
to a charge of perjury, was or
dered to serve the one-year term
today by Circuit Judge Wimbcr
ly. The parole was ordered re
voked following Hill's arrest by
city officers on a charge of
drunkenness. One of the provis
ions of the parole was that he
should abstain froti Intoxicating
liquor, but he was taken Into cus
tody only a few hours from the
time of his release on circuit
court order. The charge of pee
lury was filed because of an al
leged false affidavit to secure
title to an automobile.
Tourist Crop
High In Value,
School Told
Oregon's Natural "Sales"
Advantages Narrated by
Highway Dept. Publicist
Oregon's tourist crop, surpass
ed in the amount of revenue pro
duced only by lumbering and ag
riculture, can be vastly increased
through community efforts, Ben
Titus of the travel and informa
tion bureau of the state highway
department told a group of more
than a score of persons who last
night attended the first session
of tho Tourist Information school
at the Roseburg chamber of com
merce offices.
Due to numerous conflicting at
tractions, attendance at the
school was not as largo as had
been anticipated, but a much
larger group is expected next
Tuesday when Commander Scott
of the Pacific Greyhound lines Is
to be tho speaker.
Tourists spent more than 45
million dollars in Oregon last
year, Mr. Titus told those in at
tendance at last night's session.
"This is important money," he
said ."because it is all in cash, it
Is all new money, offsetting the
mqnoy that goes out ot tho state
for'new automobiles, gasoline'and
products not manufactured in
Oregon. The tourist crop, while
not producing as much revenue
as lumbering and agriculture,
has a greater profit, because
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Counterfeit Money Sends
Truck Driver to Prison
PORTLAND, May 7. (AP)
A charge of possessing counter
feit money resulted in a two-
year sentence In a federal prison
for Ross Miller, 58, truck driver,
yesterday.
Federal Judge MeColloth pro
bated a 2-year sentence on Sil-
vestro Racanelll, 44, gardener,
similarly charged.
I SAW
By Paul
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
PASSENGER DEPOT In Rose
burg, one fine spring day not
long ago, when the sunshine cast
a pleasant warmth and, for all
one could see, the whole world
was peacefully serene.
Of course I knew the world
(the big bad outside world)
wasn't at peace, bv a long shot;
but It was peaceful here. One
could see that with half an eye.
Not a man nor a woman or a
child was anywhere In sight; not
a car on a siding, nor a switch
engine, not even a gas speeder,
and as for a train well, as for a
passenger train, Just dismiss the
idea. I said.
"This is the kind of peace," I
thought to myself, "which really
we ought to capitalize upon here.
There must be lots of peonle In
the world who can't abide the
noise of tooting engines, clatter
ing couplings and clanging pas
senger trains. This should be an
Ideal spot for them to retire to."
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Roseburg's first picket In ths current labor strife had only
one day of duty when an AFL teamsters' dispute with the Paclfio
Fruit and Produce company was settled yesterday. A picket was
sent from Eugene when the Roseburg plant was closed Tuesday
morning In sympathy with strikers at Klamath Falls and Bend.
The Eugene picket was relieved Tuesday afternoon by Bob Span
cake, above, one of the local teamsters. All local employes were
back at work today.
River Yields Boy Who
Died With Birthday Rod
SEASIDE, Ore., May 7. (AP)
The body ot Bruce Gaffney, 7,
was recovered from the Necanl
cum river here yesterday. He
drowned while using for the first
lime a fishing rod which was a
birthday present.
Jenkins
Newa-HflVlrw f'huto and KnKrnvlng
The tall grasses waving over
the various trarks undulated se
ductively In the light breeze,
reminiscent of meadowlanils in
May throughout the world, I sup
pose; hut Ihese, being right here
at home, appealed to my sense of
local pride. Nowhere, I assured
myself with a glow of satisfac
tion, could any people possibly
find such green, such luscious,
such absolutely delectable grass
In their railroad yards as we
have. It occurred to me it Is no
wonder mv friend, Jim Clark,
the agent here, loves It so.
Passing the next day I was de
lighted to see a local sports en
thusiast training his bird dog In
the stilendld cover there, and
paused and watched him with a
nostalgic eve. I only hope, I
thought as drove on, that he
doesn't chnse all the rabbits out.
Although I reckon, like the quail,
you couldn't keep them from re
turning to a spot so Utterly de
sirable and Ideal.
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Petty Theft Orgy
Jails Youth Here
A cascade of papers and ar
ticles of clothing pouring from
a rooming house window result
ed late Tuesday In the arrest of
Lawrence Crittenden, 17, of
Wichita, Kansas, and tho recov
ery of articles stolen from a
number of parked automobiles,
Chief of Police John S. Duer re
ported hero today.
Persons who saw articles fall
ing from the rooming house win
dow Informed the police, wno
found the youth discarding all ar
ticles bearing Identification
marks, Duer said. Suitcases con
taining clothing, a sample case
filled with choice pipes belonging
to a salesman, nnd various small
articles were taken from automo
biles on a hotel parking lot, tho
officer reported. Duer said Crit
tenden had admitted the tneits
and also told officers he had
failed In attempts to break Into
a number of penny scales in
front of business houses.
He was surrended by the city
officers to the county Juvenile
court after his age had been au
thenticated by messages from
Wichita.
Alleged Drunken Driver
Said Wanted Elsewhere
Earl F. Haley, 27, of Eugene,
was brought to Roseburg last
night from Reedsport, following
his arrest there on a drunken
driving charge. Sheriff Cliff
Thornton reported he had been
advised by the state police that
Haley is wanted in Merrill, Ore
gon, on a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses, and
may he surrendered to Klumath
county officers.
Soldier at Fort Lewis
Commits Suicide
FORT LEWIS, May 7. (AP)
Using a scaffolding being er
ected for photographers at a
troop review to be held here, Pri
vate Manuel Archuleta. 21, of An
tonlto, Colo., hanged himself
here during the night, Fort Lewis
officers reported.
Army officials said they knew
of no motive for the suicide,
"Right Now"
Action Urged
By Stimson
War Secretary, Atrter
Talk With F. D. R.. Asks
Speed on Aid to Britain
WASHINGTON, May 7. (AP)'
Secretary Knox said today that
tho navy Is "readier now than
ever" to undertake the Job of as- .
surlng delivery of war supplies to
Britain if and when it is as
signed to such duty,
The navy department chief
made the statement at a press .
conference in commenting on a
speech last night by Secretary
of War Stimson In which Stim
son advocated use of the United
States navy to assure a victory
for Britain in the battlo of tha
Atlantic.
At the same time, Knox disclos
ed that the navy was taking over
the seagoing activities ' of the
coast guard. The process, he
said, amounts to a "transfer bod
ily of the coast guard ships and
their crews."
. Knox was asked by reporters
for comment on Stlmson's plea
for naval action "right now" and
he said, "I thought it a forth-
right, courageous and very en
lightening talk animated by a
high spirit of patriotism."
Few Supply Ships Lost
Shortly before Knox's press
conference, Senator Vandonborg
(R., Mich.) announced that Chalr-t
man Emory S. Land of the mari
time commission had Informed
h'nn that "only eight ojit of 205
ships that left our ports with sup
plies for England were sunk In.
the first three months ot this
year." Quoting a letter from Land,
Vandenberg told the senate com
merce committee that these were
the "first facts I have been able
to obtain from any responsible
officials as to how much of our
magnificent aid to Britain is ac
tually going to the bottom of tho
sea." "
"This Is .a very encouraging
report," Vandenberg told other
senators as he quoted the lettef
from Admiral Land.
Before tho committee session,
Vandenberg charged that many
loose figures about ships sunk
wore being used "to whip up sup
port for convoys" and that lie
proposed to try to learn the ex
act facts.
A reporter asked Knox wheth.
er the Stimson speech was de
signed to pave tho wav for ac
tion by the administration to
ward the objectives which Stim
son sponsored, and Knox replied
"no comment. -"Is
the navy ready to do tho
job Stimson suggested?" the sec
retary was asked.
"The navy Is always ready
readier now than ever," was thd
reply.
Special Importance was at
tached to Stimson's words in
many quarters because Stephen
Early, presidential secretary, said
it could be assumed that the war
department chief discussed his
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House Votes F.R.
Permit to Take
Oyer Alien Ships
WASHINGTON, May 7. (AP)
Legislation to permit Presi
dent Roosevelt to requisition Idle
foreign ships In United States
ports for national defense was
passed by the house today and
sent to the senate.
Approval came on a roll call
vote after the members had de
feated two attempts to prohibit
the president from transferring
any ship taken over from one
belligerent to another.
The vote on passage was an
nounced as 266 to 120. .
The legislation would apply to
83 foreign ships, Including 2 Ger
man and 28 Italian vessels, and
would expire June 30, 1942, un
less the present emergency end
ed before that date.
The maritime commission
would be given authority to pur
chase or oharter foreign-owned
ships a powor It does not now
have, '