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As Scripture Has It, "the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth," but The y Won't Have Much of an Estate in Britain and Germany if Ruin Continues on its Present Scale THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight and Tups. day with scattered showers. Lit' tie change In temperature. See page 4 for statistics. POUNDING Which side will last longest British or German? Both ara dealing terrific blows In tha war's most Intense phase. W1U U. S. aid reach Britain in time for decisive wallops? The NEWS REVIEW will keep you Informed VOL. XLVI NO.30 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO.228 OF THE EVENING NEWS) assssaesBssssssaeBssasaei (Q) CD THE DOUGlJS COUNTY DAHS ' AM mm la Hie Day's News By FRANK JENKINS COME 23 centuries ago, Philip became king of Macedonia (In the northern part of Greece.) Macedonia was then small and poor and weak poorer and weaker than Germany when Hit ler became dictator. Philip was able and AMBI TIOUS. LIE had served his military ap- prentlceshlp under Epamin ondas of Thebes, when Thebes was on the rise. The Theban phalanx was then ns irresistible as the German panzer division now is. It was a close-massed body of men 16 files deep, armed with spears 21 feet long. Each man rested his spear on the shoulder of the man in front, presenting a mass of points that was practically un breakable. With its aid, Thebes smashed hitherto undefeatable Sparta. piIILIP streamlined the The- ban phalanx, adding squa drons of DISCIPLINED cavalry on the wings to prevent an en emy from turning the flank and attacking the phalanx at its weak spot In the. rear. He was really the Inventor of cavalry dis cipline. Before his time, horse soldiers were more or less unor ganized Individualists. With the aid of his streamlined phalanx, he made himself the master of Greece and then turn ed to the conquest of Persia, Greece's ancient enemy. Before he could get his Per sian campaign under way, he was assassinated. His son Alex ander took on the job. pROSSING the Hellespont (now Dardanelles) Alexan der passed down through what is now Turkey and Syria, defeat ing Darius the Persian (he was the third Darius) at Issus. At the first shock of battle Darius abandoned his army and ran. IE succeeded in getting to- gether another army and awaited Alexander at Arbela, in the flat valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, near where the Brit ish are now fighting the Arabs in Iraq. D ARIUS pinned his faith on his war chariots some 200 in (Continued on Dflee 4) Eugeneans Plan N. Umpqua Camp The Eugene Obsidians may es tablish a summer camp on the North Umpqua river as the result of a week end excursion Into the Caps Illahee district, it was an nounced today. A large party which spent Saturday and Sun day camped near Copeland creek, is taking back a recommenda tion that the organization, devot ed to outdoor sports, Install a camp at some suitable spot in the North Umpqua region. A group of eight of the visitors was led Sunday on an all-day hike by E. A. Britton and Carmel New land of Roseburg. They made the trip from Copeland creek to Eagle creek and back by way of Eagle creek. Other members of the visiting party split up Into picture-taking groups and visited many scenic spots in the Illahee district. The Obsidians Included In the party from Eugene were Tony Vogel. Thelma and Bob Swenis, Bertha Deekman, Dr. O. R. Gul lion, Bob Edwards, Al Lynch, Lu cille Grav, Elizabeth Gullion, Roxle Waldorf. Louis Waldorf, Eunice McMurray, Anne Witham, J. D. and M. A. Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith and Miss Helen Smith. Foreign Ships Take-over 11-4 Apprr F3 2. -f Senate Committe Legislation; Con Criticised by He WASHINGTON, May 12 (AP) Legislation authorizing the government to take over foreign ships lying idle In American har bors was approved by the senate commerce committee today, 11 to 4. Prior to the final ballot the committee rejected 10 to 6 an ef fort by Senators Vandenberg (R., Mich.) and Clark (D., Mo.) to pre vent the government from taking a vessel owned by one belligerent nation, or its nationals Italy, for example and turning it over to another belligerent Britain. This proposal was expected to be press ed again on the senate floor when debate starts, probably late this week. Those voting against the legisla tion were Senators Clark, Vanden berg, Johnson, (R., Calif.) and Burton (R., Ohio). The committee wrote an amend ment into the house-approved leg islation to forbid the government from taking over any vessel ac tually owned by a foreign coun try, except by purchase. Chairman Bailey (D., N. C.) of the committee said that none of the foreign ships now lying Idle in American harbors actually was owned by a foreign govern ment. He said they all are the property of the nationals of for eign countries. Secretary Hull advised against restrictions on the use of foreign ships that may be taken over, but administration opponents renew ed their demands that the ship requisition bill be altered to ban the outright transfer of seized axis vessels to Britain. Alien Seamen to Hold Jobs Bailey told reporters that many of the seamen on ships to be tak en over by this country would be employed by the United States at their same jobs. He said that the provision for benefits to those not reemployed would not apply to persons who had violated United States laws. Thus, Italian and German sailors would not receive benefits if they should be convicted on pending charges of sabotage. Bailey declared that there were 84 foreign flat vessels in Ameri can harbors totaling 450,000 gross tons. He said that these ships could be acquired in any one of four ways: 1. By purchase. 2. By requisition. Under this plan the ships would be requisi tioned for "the duration of the emergency" with a view to their return to their owners later on. 3. By taking title. Bailey said tills probably would bo done through condemnation proceed ings. 4. By charter. This, Bailey said, would amount "to hiring a boat for any period in which it was needed." The procedure would not (Continued on pace fi Shellabarger Paroled From 2-Year Sentence A parole for a sentence of two years in the state penitentiary was granted In circuit court to day to Ted Shellabarger, who pleaded guilty to receiving stol en property. Shellabarger was reported by Sherill Clin inorn ton to have been found in posses sion of property allegedly stolen from the county warehouse by Louis Hopper, who was taken to the penitentiary last week to serve 18 months on a charge ot burglary to which he pleaded guilty. Sexton Mountain Slide Slows Highway Traffic GRANTS PASS, May 12. (AP) A slide last night from new construction work on Mt. Sexton summit of the Pacific highway undercut the present highway, and cars were being convoyed today past the danger spot while workmen shored up the break. Ship Blue Prints Found on Alien 'ft' N V ii "V " 'r Search by San Francisco po lice of Frederick Rels, above, German alien arrested on a drunk charge, yielded three sets of plans and blueprints for a Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpo ration ship job, the federal bu reau of investigation disclosed. Rels, who is not listed as an employee at the Bethlehem plant, denied all knowledge of the plans. Storm Shaffers Northwest Heat By the Associated Press Heavy rain rode a gale Into western Washington late yester day while storm clouds broke an intense heat wave in the Inland empire. A wind velocity of 58 miles an hour was measured at Seattle's airport and 42 miles In the city. Trees were uprooted at Seattle, some windows broken and small boats on Puget sound and Lake Washington sent scurrying for cover. A ferry picked up two Manchester bovs who were help less in a 12-foot boat several miles out from their homes after hav ing lost an oar in the white caps. Eighteen persons were marooned on Maurv island, near Tacoma, for several hours last nieht after the wind drove them ashore. A brilliant electric storm brought cooling rain to south eastern Washington and north eastern Oreeon. One witness re ported hailstones "as big as marbles" fell in the Blue moun tain foothills east of Walla Walla, PORTLAND, Mnv 12. (AP) A blustering coastal storm drove off Oreeon's two-day heat wave yesterday, causing temnorarv power and communications fail ures in the Portland area. . Wind reached a veloritv of 50 miles an hour west of Portland, and a half-hour rainstorm of near r'oudburst proportions sent the thermometer down from 84 to 70 degrees in a few hours. The state had its warmest dav of the vear Saturday with tem peratures reaching a peak of 03 degrees at North Bend on the usually cool coast. Eastern Oregon Man to Succeed Justice Bean SALEM. Mav 1?. (API Gov ernor Sorapue Indicated todav he would apnolnt a successor tomor row to the late Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Bean, who died last week. There were Indications that the new justice woId he, an eastern Oregon man. Hundreds of let ters and telegrams In behalf of various candidates poured into the governor's offlep today, hut the names most prominently men tioned were Circuit Judges Rob ert M. Duncan of Burns, Arthur D. Hav of Iikevlew, and Carl Hendricks of Fossil. The new judge would serve un til the next general election. Strike Threat Not Removed FromG.M.C Ninth Day Parley Comes To Naught; Boston Navy Yard Facing Walkout By the Associated Press Strike threats in plants of the General Motors corporation and in the Boston navy yard reached the critical point today and the American Federation of Labor threw its influence against a Pa cific coast walkout of 1,700 AFL and CIO shipyard machinists. Members of a national defense mediation board panel attempt ing to head off a strike in GO Gen eral Motors plants which have $700,000,000 of defense contracts adjourned yesterday, after nine days of negotiations with CIO leaders and company representa tives. Chiefs of the union, the United Automobile Workers, flew back to Detroit to consider whether to call a walkout. But Chairman W. H. Davis of the board panel said negotiations under its direc tion would resume tomorrow and that "there is no Indication of any purpose not to continue pro duction." The UAW wants a new con tract providing for a wage In crease of ten cents an hour. The company has offered at least two cents an hour for all workers and. three to five cents for cer tain skilled craftsmen. The pres ent wage rate varies with the type of work, but company offi cials said the average was slight ly over $1. Object to WPA Labor AFL's building construction trades council said 925 members would not report today at the Boston navy yard, where $30,000, 000 of defense building is under way, in protest against the em ployment of 1,100 WPA workers. Secretary-Treasurer E. A. John son said the union would not pick et at present but that members would not go back to work until It was agreed that union labor would handle all new construc tion "from start to finish." In the meanwhile William (Continued on page 6) Husband, 21, Convicted Of Slaying His Wife. 44 CHEHALIS, Wash., May 12. (AP) A 21-year-old former Chi cago department store worker, Frank W. Turner, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury here Saturday night for shooting his well-to-do, 44-year-old wife to death last December 30 a few weeks after theic mar riage. A second-degree conviction us ually carries a sentence of from 20 years to life. No date was set by the court for sentencing. The prosecution charged Turn er shot his wife to death "because he was tired of her and because he wanted to get possession of the money they held in a joint bank account." Turner's father, Major Frank Turner, disable cavalry officer formerly stationed In Panama and more recently at an army hospital in Denver, collapsed when he heard the verdict. The son received his fate In tearful silence. Weather Radio Recorder Found at Caps Illahee A weather bureau radio re corder, released Saturday, May 10, from the station at Medford, was recovered Sunday In the grain field adjoining the forest service guard station at Caps Illahee. The instrument was found by Joe Stelnmetz of Eu gene and his brother-in-law, George Wharton of Roseburg, with whom Mr. Stelnmetz has been visiting. The instrument Is one which Is sent aloft by balloon, broadcast ing weather information by ra dio. At a height of 12 miles the balloon explodes and the Instru ment drops by parachute. The parachute Is of brilliant color to attract attention and a reward is paid to finders of the Instruments who return them to Washington, D. C, to be prepared for use again. Highway Job To Halt as Troops Trek to Roseburg DATUM Ttrf..., 10 (APt 3(ntf Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock ordered his district engineers to day to stop all maintenance work California highways from May 19 until May zti,- wncn more uuui 20,000 troops from Fort Lewis, Wush., will pass tnrougn uregon ii motor convoys en route to maneuvers south ot Snn Fran cisco. Baldock said the order was re quested by army officials, who said maintenance work would in terfere with troop movements. Troops from the 3rd division will travel on the Pacific high wny, stopping overnight at Sa lem and Roseburg. They will go in five separate units of about 350 vehicles each, one unit to leave Fort Lewis each day beginning May 18. The 82nd brigade, which In cludes Oregon national guards men, will travel the central Ore gon route. 4-H Spring Fair in Roseburg Attracts Large Attendance The 4-H spring fair held In the Roseburg armory last Saturday completed the spring fair pro gram for the 4-H club members of Douelas county. While the ex act number of exhibits has not yet been determined, it is safe to estimate that .there were well over 400 at this particular lair The exhibits, well arranged were viewed by a large number of people throughout the entire day. The exhibits were grouped, with M. F. Miller of Edenbowcr in charge of all woodworking and forestry, Mrs. Curtis Calkins ot Edenbowcr in charge of homemaking, Mis. M. F. Miller of Edenbowcr In charge of hobby exhibits. The cookery depart ment was handled by Miss Flor ence Allls of Tenmlle, the first division of clothing by Mrs. Edith Ackley of Roseburg, and the up per divisions of clothing by Mrs. Nettle Woodruff of Elgarose. Several other leaders were on hand to assist 4hcse In charge. The judging was done by the Misses Maryollve Snarr, Jackie Morton and Catherine Cawrse, all of Oregon State college home economics school. These girls al so judged the fairs at Canyon vllle Thursday evening and at Yoncalla Friday evening. Elders Display Interest It was interesting to note the Interest of parents In the work of the 4-H club members exhibit ing. One man, J. W. Todd of Oakland, made a second trip with a truck In order to return the exhibits of the hobby club back to Oakland Saturday night. It was necessary for Mr. Todd to drive home early to get his chores done, and then return to pick up the exhibit. What Mr. Todd did is also true of several other parents and leaders. The program for the evening consisted of a vocal guitar duet by Clela Cooper and Gloria Bee- croft of Sutherlln. a cookery demonstration hv Georgette John son of Kelley's Korner and Bcttv Pattlson of Edenbowcr, a read- ng by Patricia Cnlklns of Eden- bower, tap dance by Edna Real and Patty Jordan of Sutherlln, and rhythmetic rope jumping and folk dance by a group of El garose pupils directed by Mrs. Dora Ritzman. Following the program, the members and leaders took the ex hibits and received their prem ium money and ribbons.1 The achievement pins were also pre sented them at the same time. , Haskell Coffin, Artist, Dies in 3-Story Plunge ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., May 12. (AP) Haskell Coffin, 03, nationally known artist, commit ted suicide by leaping from the third floor of St. Anthony's hos pital today, Magistrate John T. Fisher said. Coffin had been confined to the hospital since April 17, Fish er said, under treatment for mel ancholia. BritishPlanes Retaliate For Damaging Blows to London Italian Army Of 33,000 In Ethiopia Trap British Forces Closing In, Cairo Says; Axis Bases In Mediterranean Raided CAIRO, Egypt, May 12. (AP) British forces closing In on 38,- 000 Italians holding Amba Alajl fortress, perched at an altitude of 9,000 feet In northern Ethiopia, have occupied the nearby strong hold of Gumsa, the middle east command announcedtoday. ' Four big fascist guns and quan tities of war materials were de clared seized by Indian troops ad. vanclng south toward the moun tain citadel, which lies 280 miles northeast of Addis Ababa. A sec ond British column driving from the north is making continued progress, the war bulletin said. Things picked up on the north African front over the week-end, the British command announced, with imperial forces at Tobruk capturing 32 axis prisoners and Inflicting casualties In a surprise raid. In the Salum sector, 80 miles farther east oh the Egyp tian border, the British reported capture of an axis tank in con tinuing harrasslng raids -on the uerman ana naunn positions. Following the capture of Rutba, station on the Iraq oil line, the communique said the situation had quieted down there. Action at Habbaniyah airdrome, GO miles west of Baghdad and at Basra, on the Persian gulf, was said to have been lacking for several days. Axis Island Bases Raided. On other middle east and Medi terranean fronts the British an nounced week end RAF raids on Sicily and across north Africa from Salum to Tripoli. British planes roared by day light yesterday over Sicily, aim ing for landing fields from which German pliines have attacked British shipping In the Mediter ranean. A communique declared heavy damage was caused at bomber nests at Catania and Comiso where RAF pilots were said to have machine-gunned officers and soldiers fleeing for shelter. (Although the British made no announcement of a follow-up of their naval shelling last Thurs day of the axis Libyan base at Bengasi, German accounts of Stuka operations during the week end In the Mediterranean area Indicated British warships pound ed the Bengasi fortress again Saturday night, The Germans said two British cruisers and three destroyers participating In the new attack were damaged and beaten off by dive bombers. BERLIN, May 12. (AP) Ger- (Continued on page 6) Portland Safeway Store Loses $1450 to Bandit PORTLAND, May 12. (AP) A bandit who called one of his victims by name robbed two Safe way store clerks of 51450 here yesterday. Detectives said the neatly dress ed robber loitered In the store un til closing time late Saturday, then flashed a gun and emptied two cash registers and a safe of $450 In currency and $1000 In checks. The clerks said they were unable to Identify the man, al though he displayed nn Intimate knowledge of the store. Strawberry Harvest Lacks Enough Pickers PORTLAND, May 12. (AP) Oregon's harvest of the straw berry crop began today despite a shortage of pickers. Workers arrived In 150 auto mobiles from California, and sev eral schools were expected to close this week to release youths for work In the fields. Heads Allies In Defense of Crete ( Commander-in-chief of allied forces on Greek Island of Crete Is MaJ.-Gen. B. C. Freyburg, V. C, above, a New Zealander. Hitler's 'Shadow' Crashes in Plane BERLIN, May 12. (AP) Ru dolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's No. 2 political heir and referred to as Hitlers shadow, has crashed in a plane flight made contrary to the fuehrers orders, the nazl party announced tonight, and his adjutants, accused of permitting the flight, had been ordered ar rested. The brief announcement from the national social headquarters did not at once make clear the extent, If any, of the party de puty's Injuries but said Hess had been in falling health. (A Berlin announcement said that Hess, piloting his own plane, was believed either to have crash ed or to have fallen from the ma chine.) His adjutants of unspecified number were accused of having been aware that HeBS had been ordered not to fly when Hess took off. As Hitler's personal deputy for nazl party affairs Hess was vir tually a minister without port folio In the Hitler cabinet. "A letter he left behind In lis wording, showed clearly traces of mental derangement which makes It to be feared that Party Comrade Hess has fallen victim to hallucinations," it was said Peggy Shannon, Actress, Found Dead in Her Home HOLLYWOOD. May 12. (AP) Peggy Shannon, redhead who tried to take Clara Bow s place In the movies but failed, Is dead. The convent-bred actress, 31, a native of Pine Bluff, Ark., was found dead In her home yesterday when her cameraman husband, Albert G. Roberts, returned from a week-end fishing trip. Clad In a sun suit, the body was In a kitchen chair with the head resting on a table. Nearby was an empty glass. An autopsy was ordered. Phy sicians said Miss Shannon had been dead about 12 hours. Sprague Not Planning Call to Legislature SALEM, Ore., May 12. (API Only for a "national defense emergency" will Governor Spra gue call a speclnl session of the legislature. The executive said Saturday that he was not considering a ses sion lo amend tax assessment laws, as had been rumored after the state tax commission ruled Multnomah county assessment methods illegal. He added that the "national dc fense emergency may create a sit uation Justifying a special ses sion. Shipyards Of Nazis Left In Seas of Fire German Raiders Damage Westminster Abbey. Big ' Ben, House of Commons LONDON, . May 12. (API British pilots, trading steel fop steel and fire for fire with the nazls, beat at the German porta of Hamburg and Bremen again last night In a mighty bombing; attack officially declared to have left vast areas of flaming destruction. It was Hamburg that was at the focus of these new assaults. said the air ministry, and a "dis organization of vital parts" of that biggest of German harbors was claimed. Shipbuilding yards nine miles In length, which line the batiks of the River Elbe, were threaded and crossed with British fire, said the air ministry, and high explo slve and Incendiary bomb fell rcavily in all that section. Among the objectives hit, the British said, were the Blohm and Vosf shipyards where German capital ships were laid down in the last great war. All this was accomplished abroad at the same time .that the. British defenders at home night; fighters and anti-aircraft guns were shooting down eight more nazl raiders during widespread attacks upon the Islands. Across the river from ,'tho Blohm and Voss yards, the air ministry news service said, "flames leaped high and, away from tho dock, industrial quart ers of the town were vigorously ussallcd." The attack on Bremen was as heavy and successful as that at Hamburg, with clear weather at both places, the service said. It was tho third hammering In four nights for tho great German ports. Targets Thursday night of the biggest British raid of the war the two cities took It again Saturday night. British said an armada of 100 planes belted Ham burg with Britain's new super bombs, causing destruction In shipyards and Industrial plants there. British Shrines Blasted Arthu-r Greenwood, minister without portfolio whose Job Is to rebuild battered Britain after the war, surveyed wreckage today In the house of commons, which only four days ago was a throng ed debating chamber. Standing beside a teetering wall, Greenwood observed rubble, charred wood and masonry piled 50 feet high where pillars onco soared to the vaulted roof and where oaken panels and tall win- (Continued on pace 6) Kai-Shek Tells Of China's War Need CHUNGKING, May 12. (AP)' Generalissimo Chiang Kal-Shelc declared In a speech last night that China, without the help of ait expeditionary force or naval ac tion, but with material and eco nomic aid, was prepared to un dertake single-handed the task ot putting down Japan. He added it was his conviction that "any country In the world matching Itself against American democracy would meet with cer tain destruction." He spoke at a farewell dinner given tor United States Ambassa dor Nelson T. Johnson, who is leaving to become minister to Australia. SHANGHAI, May 12. (API- Japanese military authorities as serted today their forces were closing In on Chinese troops In southwest Shansl province after a battle which cost the Chinese 15, 000 dead and 8,000 captured. The fighting is raging on In torrential rains, the Japanese as serted, in battlefields churned In to a quagmire.