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
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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
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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
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Riverside Home Prey of Flames
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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.
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iECOiUES
MORE SOLDIERS
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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-
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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.