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The Sinking of the Zamzam by a Nazi Surface Raider Offers Further Proof That the U. S. Needs a Convoy Syste m to Assure Delivery of War Material Abroad.1 CRETE If 'he nazis wrest this vital .Mediterranean naval base from, the British, It will be a severe blow to the latter. Follow NEWS REVIEW reports of the battle now raging for possession of the strategic Island. THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Ris ing temperature. See page 4 for statistics. VOL. XLVI N0.38 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1941. VOL. XXIX N0.236 OF THE EVENING NEWS mm XsaX fHfDOUGU&. COUNTY QMS' BATTLE OF CRETF AS NAZIS POUR , Heavy Loss Said Suffered By Invaders British Reported to Have Control of Situation,' But Nazis Hold Vital Points , LONDON, May 21. (AP) Prime Minister Churchill warned today that the battle of Crete would continue with "increasing severity" as reliable sources de clared airborne nazi shock troops were still pouring into the invaueu ureek island. The latest total of the German invasion force made known in Undon and unofficially has 4,500 men. The Germans were delivered by ncriai transports nnd sailed in by glider and parachute, the prime minister informed the House of Commons, bringing for ward the running account he gave it with first news of the invasion yesterday. He told of a second assault on Suda Bay which, although avail able only to shallow draft vessels, Is dele's best anchorage-,- Canea, the Island capital to which King George II of Nazi occupied Greece has shifted his government, is less than five miles from Suda Bay. On the northwest corner of the island, it is closest to the southern Greek airdromes from which the Ger mans are launching their sus tained aerial invasion attempt. "In the Suda bay area," Church ill said, "further air-borne attacks (Continued on page 6) By FRANK JENKINS 'PHE big news over the week end is the surrender of Italy's Ethiopian army mention ed first in Monday's dispatches as about 38,000 and later as 7,000. (Probably 7,000 Italians and 30-odd thousand natives.) The size of the captured army Isn't so important to the British as the fact that it has surrender ed, thus permitting removal of badly needed British forces to Egypt. lit; Jiauans, wno nau oeen ordered to fight to the end In order to keep the British busy In Ethiopia, were out of food nnd water, and HAD to submit. As a tribute to their courage, the British permitted Italian of ficers to retain their side arms nnd rendered military honors to he garrison as it filed out of the raptured fortress of Amba Alaji. That Is an old touch in war Hot seen much In these days ex cept among the airmen. The soldier's impulse to honor a hrave enemy Is probably as strong as ever, but .Is suppressed by the rules of modern propa ganda which require picturing the enemy as a monster. "TPHE Puke of Aosta (Italian commander) Is described in today's (Monday's) dispatches as sharing the fate of his troops. Well, why shouldn't he? In earlier centuries, the gen eral's place was at the post of danger at the front. The Roman Emperor Constantlne LED his troops Into battle, taking every risk they took. When his sol diers remonstrated with him, 'limine that his person was too valuable to he thus hazarded, he laughed at them. Alexander, in his earlv and freat years, was in the thick of In the Day's News .(Continued on page 4). Riverside Home Prey of Flames . ... 'iUM . ,? .h. VV -1 V . A I- ' 1 m'WrTrlt- -a V l-lmtn liw:ir,l Crook. N.-WH-Kevli-w- l-'.iiKri, vfnif. A spectacular early morning fire, pictured above, today de stroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Finley Webb in Riverside, ad joining North Roseburg. Mrs. Webb was not at home at the time of the fire, as-she is visiting relatives In Portland. Mr, Webb, em ployed at the veterans facility, left for work about 6 a. m. About 30 minutes later a neighbor discovered the fire and summoned help, but it was too late to save the building or any of its contents. The property is owned by Mrs. V. J. Van Briesen, Roseburg. U. S. Diplomatic Corps in Paris Ordered to Leave VICHY, France, May 21. (AP) United States and oth er members of the foreign diplomatic corps received word today from their re spective embassies and lega tions in Berlin that they would have to withdraw their representatives from Paris by June 10. The order was said to have emanated from the Wilhelm strasse In Berlin. (In Washington it was report ed authoritatively that the Unit ed Slates virtually has called up on Vichy for a forthright declara tion of Frances Intentions bv collaborating with Germany. It was said the Frenrh government has been given to understand there could he no restoration of French-American relations to har mony until Vichy sent formal as surances that France would hold firmly to the terms of her armis tice In dealing with the reich.) LONDON, May 21. (AP) The French admiralty has In structed masters of French mer chantmen to scuttle their shins if lntercented bv Rritlsh warships. he British ministry of economic warfare declared today. The ministry statement said that a copv of such Instructions had come Into British possession, signed for Vice Premier Admiral Darlan, by a subordinate. Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds Voted by Salem SM.FM. May 21. (API A S200.000 bond issue for o sewage disposal plant was approved hv Knlem voters yesterday. 1393 to 997. Only 13 per cent of the reg istered voters appeared at the polls. , S.g : iECOiUES MORE SOLDIERS 1 Postmasters End Convention By Naming Officers The two-day convention of the Oregon branch of the National League of District Postmasters, held Monday and Tuesday, the first time this organization has met In Douglas county, was con cluded Tuesday evening with the election of officers. Thomas R. Roe of Gaston, Ore gon, was reelected president, and Von D. Seaton, Yamhill, was continued as -secretary-treasurer. Vice presidents elected were Ruth E. Walter, Clackamas, first district; Edith Glover, Grand Ronde, second district; Kate F. Prey, Eastside, third district; Georgia Casebeer, Bly, fourth district. Resolutions of appreciation for hospitality shown the delegates and visitors were adopted. The convention Tuesday heard addresses bv C. B. Calkins of the Roseburg postoffice, sneaking on civil service matters; James Bou ton, Washington, D. C., represent ing the postal service, speaking on problems connected with se cond class malls: and Walter F. Case, Portland, inspector discus sing Inspection problems. The delegates voted at the busi ness session which closed the convention to leave the selection of the 1942 convention site In the hands of the executive com mittee. Missing Oregon Student Located in Nevada PORTLAND, Mav 21. (API Laurence Moore, 20, University of Oregon student missing since February 28. has been located at Las Vegas, Nev., police said last night. The youth Is the son of Earl Moore, John Day, Ore., attorney. HOTTER Plea To End Shipyards Strike Futile S. F. Bay Machinists Hold Out, But AFL Unit Plans To Crash Picket Line By the Associated Press Striking CIO and AFL machin ists declined today to return to their Jobs at 11 San Francisco shipyards, despite a personal ap peal from California's Governor Olson that they lay aside their grievances in the interests of patriotism. The yards, where the strike has been in progress 12 days, hold $500,000,000 worth of de fense orders. John Frcy, head of the metal trades department of the AFL, declared that regardless of the machinists' position, he and oth er AFL leaders would lead 15,000 shipbuilders back to work today "and God help the man who tries to stop me." Governor Olson appealed to the strikers at a meeting last night, but they - rejected -his- resume work proposal by a vote an nounced by union officials as 1,702 to 355. The machinists struck for wages of $1.15 an hour and re tention of double pay for over time. Old wages were $1 an hour while the companies agreed to a new contract scale of $1.12 straight time, but only time and (Continued on page 6) I SAW By Paul MARVIN ROSS, Third Division military police, as he stopped his friend Bernard Prlngle, 20flth military police company, as the latter was proceeding from down town Roseburg to the IjIij armv night encampment at the rifle rancre. Prlng'e was drlvln" one of the nrmvs little four cylinder, hnlf ten reeonnnlsanee ears, doable of seatlptr four soldleri and mak- n" a sneed of nhout 85 mph. It mnde me think of a "din ning" Pav Lehman, of the Doug las Merket ent me a few days nrn. Tf hfd been torn from a brick flue Ray was repairing at his home in Looklngglass, and was from The Orngonlan, month. I1h dav, 1R95: General Miles said: The next great advance in armv matters will nrobablv be In the line of transportation of men and equip ment. Th blcvclc and the horse, vehicle will have much to do in the wars of the future. Put an armv on blevcles, and their op ponents would he at their merev If they were not similarly eouln. ned. The blevrle troops could feed off the supplies of their enemy s country. Th"v could movo so rapidly that hp others could not catch them. Thev could streets? Bv so doing we could choose their own positions, andisave tb army truck drivers and flv from one point to another at a few hours' notice. They could Infantry Unit Given Lively Greeting Here Music, Show, Ball Game Highlight Pause in Trek To War Games Arena The nearly 5,000 men of the 7th infantry regiment and Its detachments had a "postman's holiday" in Roseburg last night. When the recently organized Roseburg school girls drum corps, in ilashy new uniforms made its first public appearance to sere nade the visiting troops, the sol diers promptly swung into line for an impromptu parade. The Roseburg Municipal band, meeting for regular weekly re hearsal, abandoned its practice session to lead a group of more than 1,000 men in a songfest. A radio quiz show, a concert by the Roseburg high school glee clubs, a baseball game and other attractions entertained the sol diers In the first of five convoys scheduled to make overnight stops here this week. Breaking camp about 6 a. m today, the last of the more than 500 vehicles of the convoy were just leaving Roseburg in the late forenoon, when the vanguard of the artillery units which will spend tonight here began to ar- rivo from Salem. The men camped out In pup tents on a 65 acre tract at the edge of the city limits. Army Precision Exemplified Koseburg spectators had an opportunity to tnoroughly under stand the meaning of the words "military precision," as they wit nessed the tent city spring Into being. Long and orderly rows of tents were quickly placed, si multaneously with the erection of field kitchens, mess tents, la trines, etc. The movement of the troops between Salem and Roseburg Tuesday was conducted very sal- (Continued on page 6) Jenkins Kewn-Rovlew Photo and Engraving forestall supplies and have every position of advantage, both In at tacking and retreating ..." Here the naper was torn, and I never eot to learn what would hannen If the enemv were unsporting enough to scatter tacks In front of the ndi'nneo. I don't know how fr or how fist th" troons of the fulure whoi General Miles snolte of would have potten ripping over the roads on blevcles. Anvwav. the Connecticut Yankee bent him to the Idea bv mnv centuries when he mounted the k"lehls of win? Arthur's Round Table on them. Considerable future would hawe had to ol.insc. at any rate before the roads became nood enni'fh to have accomodated ev en bicycles, most of the time each year. But I am pretty sure that as blitz bupnles they wouldn't have rated with the Jeep pictured above. Bv the way, now that Win chester street and Fast Second Avenue South will be so bnsv for the next few riavs aecomndat inc henw armv traffic, wouldn't It be a good nlnn for all of us whom It wouldn't Inconvenience .too much, to use parallelling the military traffic directors a lot of grief. When Soldiers Tarried in Roseburg A. :WkmA Kewn-nevlw Photo nnd Rngravlng. Bivouac preparations finished, bodily ablutions general wash up, plus shaving, to you followed at the soldiers' camp at the edge of the eastern city limits of Roseburg yesterday afternoon. In the rear of the pup-tent city, at the foot of the hill, may be seen the parked motor vehicles that are transporting the unit from Fort Lewis to the war-games arena In California. Registration Of Civilians in U.S. Defense Planned WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP) A plan for the voluntary registration of the millions of men above the present military age was reported under consid eration today as Mayor LaGuar dia of New York came here to di rect the vast new civilian defense program. Counting in more than 2,000,000 world war veterans, authorities said there " were approximately 10,000,000 men In the ago group 36 through 45. (The age limits for military service registrants are 21 through 35.) Furthermore, they pointed out, there were 27,000,000 women be tween ages of 21 , and 40 from whom additional millions of vol unteers could be drawn, if the registration were exlended to cover them. A final decision on adoption of the voluntary registration plan, It was said, will rest with LaGuar dla, to whom the president has delegated full authority for super vising the organization of civilian defenses. Such defenses Include home guards, already formed in some stales, air-raid warning and air raid defense services, and tho numerous services connected with recreational and social projects for men in the army. In announcing his selection of New York's mayor for the new post, Mr. Roosevelt indicated that civil defense services might uti lize men of military age who are in deferred classifications. He said that he had asked selective service headquarters for the names of those who could volun teer for civil defense duties. Of the 16,500,00 selective serv ice registrants, about 6,000,000 have been classified to date and! only 600.000 of these men will be In training by the end of June. Thus a reservoir of at least 5,000. 000 would be available here, and the number would be more than doubled when the remaining 10. 000,000 registrants are classified. Dal M. Kinq Succeeds Brand as Circuit Judge SALEM. May 21. (API- Governor Snraaue appointed Dal M. King, Mvrlle Point, yesterday as Second Judicial District Court ludge. succeeding James T. Brand, who was recently named to the state supreme court, to ren'ace the late Henrv J, Bean. King, who was born near Myrtle Point In 1R!)3, Is a gradu ate of the University of Oregon. He was a second lieutenant in the If. S. Army's air service from 1917 to 1919. He Is a republican. Bank Puts Depositories on Curb for Motorists MEMPHIS. Tenn., May 21. (AP) Two Memphis hanks came up with a new wrinkle today curb service banking for busy motorists. Thev announced plans for con struction of special windows to which motorists could drive un, hand their deposits over to a tel ler and drive away without get ting out of their automobiles. A Nazis Will Free Americans Taken Off The Zamzam WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP) The state department was officially advised today that Ger man naval authorities would per mit American survivors from the sunken freighter Zamzam to leave France, via Spain and Portugal. The report came through Vichy, France, from Henry S. Waterman, American consul at Bordeaux, before h left for St. Jean do Luss where the 140 Americans were taken by the Germans. BERLIN, May 21. (AP) Ger man military authorities will make sure that American am bulance drivers cannot divulge any military Information to the United States or Britain, author ized sources declared today. This came In response to the question whether the Americans captur ed In the sinking of the Egyp tian liner Zamzam would be re leased soon. Speedy release of the Ameri cans taken bff the Zamzam be fore she was sunk in the South Atlantic by a nazi warship pre viously had been forecast by an authorized German spokesman. "It is a publicly known fact that the American patrolling system has for its chief purpose that or reporting on anything that might be of service to the British," authorized sources later observed. It must be assumed that the ambulance drivers pledged to General dc Gaulle have a similar assignment." The statement followed an of ficial announcement that all 322 persons aboard tho vessel had been saved. (The Berlin cable did not Indi cate what disposition the Ger mans Intended to make of those not American citizens.) Dr. Kinney's Promotion At Facility Recommended Alfred P. Kelley, commander of the Oregon department of the American Legion, has recommen ded to the veterans administra tion of Washington, D. C that Dr. Kenneth Klnnev, psychiatrist at llie veterans facility here, be promoted to chief medical offi cer. Commander Kelley urges the promotion of Dr. Kinney to suc ceed Dr. A. H. Mountford, who has been promoted to the position of medical supervisor and hospi tal Inspector at national head Quarters In Washington, D. C. Senator Charles L. McNary Is re ported to have passed Comman der Kelley's recommendation on to General Frank T. Hlnes, head of the veterans administration. Former Mayor Kiqqins Of Vancouver Passes VANCOUVER. Wash., May 21. (AP) John P. N. Klgglns. 72, former mayor this cltv who head ed the city government off and on for most of a generation, died today at a Portland hospital. He had served nine terms totaling 17 years. Truck Upsets Near South Douglas Line Private E. Dow Killed; Soldier's Motorcycle ; Hits Car Near Canyonvllfa Two accidents as the motor convoy of the 7th infantry, en route from the Fort Lewis area to California, struck the crook ed mountain roads of southern Oregon this morning, left one dead, one seriously hurt and IS others hospitalixed with unde termined injuries. Fatally injured was Private E. Dow, Co. C, 7th infantry, who was crushed when a squad truck containing 24 men rolled off tho Pacific highway near the Douglas-Joseohine county line about 9 o'clock. Fifteen passengers in the truck, driven by Jerry Carney, Jr., Co. G, 47th QMC, one of the Injured, were taken to the Josephine) county hospital at Grants Pass. The convoy unit was In com mand of Lieutenant Byron Burns. Private Ralph F. Kraby, MB Co. 209, 7th infantry, of 4331 42nd Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn., was reported seriously injured about II a.m. when his motorcycle crashed head-on In to an automobile oecuoied by, rhe Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Mack, Preseott, Mich. The accident occurred about three miles south of Canyonville. Kraby was brought by ambulance to rthe veterans hospital in Rosebura. He was reported to have suf fered internal injuries, the ex tent of which had. not been de termined. Occuoants of the automobile escaped injury. Ten 8otdlers Injured In Three-Vehicle Collision VANCOUVER, Wash., Mav 21. ' (AP) Ton Fort Lewis soldiers were In lured yesterday on tho Pacific highway near here when a frlcght truck, an army trans port truck and an army recon naissance automobile collided. The Injured men. all privates. were bound for the California war games. Army officers did not disclose cause of the accident. All were brought to the army hospital here and three were re leased after treatment. The ac cldent occurred two miles north of Woodland, Those remaining tit the hospi tal were: Roger Moe, possible! shoulder fracture; Layton Gal lagher, fractured leg and rib; Gordon Zrensler, brokon rib; Ce cil Havson. head lnlurles, frac tured leg and rib; Judd Harold, Inlured feet; Benjamin Morris, brain concussion; nnd Harry Smith, head Injury and cuts. Auto Hits S. P. Truck, Injuring Four Persons SALEM, Ore., May 21. (AP) Four Portland residents were In a hospital today suffering from cuts and bruises last nignt when their car crashed Into the reur of a Southern Pacific trans port truck on the Pacific high way eight miles north of Salem. The Inlured, who were return ing to Portland after attending boxing matches In Salem, were Irving Bloomberg, driver; Don ald Evans, LaVerna Evans and Verna Mctture. Roosevelt Asks Relief Fund of 886 Million WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP) President Roosevelt yes terday asked congress for a $886,000,000 relief appropriation for the year beginning July 1. The sum was $109,000,000 be low the estimate In the budget and Mr. Roosevelt noted In a message to congress that defense expenditures would have an Im portant bearing on employment.
