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Theodore, the First THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy with scattered light showers tonight and Friday. Utile change In temperature. See page 4 for statistics. VOL. XLVI N0.45 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW COPES , In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS TPHE sinking of tho Bismarck, which fills tho news today (Tuesday) almost to the exclu sion of everything else, Is for the British a psychological victory ol the utmost importance. It AVENGES the sinking of the Hood, and thus bolsters the ages-old tradition (a part of the fiber of every Englishman's be ing) that the British fleet can't be monkeyed with. Its effect on British morale is incalculable. TIIE story of the whole ac- tion involving the Hood and the Bismarck is emerging slowly today from the mists of censor ship. The Bismarck and her lesser satellite, tho cruiser Prince Eu gen, were first sighted on Satur day by British scouting planes at Bergen, Norway. They were seen again as they were pass ing through the Strait of Den mark, between Iceland and Greenland. Apparently they were heading put into the Atlantic to raid mcr hant shipping. UEAVr British naval forces were at once dispatched to intercept them, and in the first skirmish after contact was es tablished a lucky salvo from the Bismarck found a weak spot In the Hood's armor and blew up her magazines, sinking her. IN the ensuing confusion, the Bismarck escaped Into the fog and was lost for several hours. Then an American-made scout ing plane from the British fleet located her. Quoting the language of the official British communique, "planes from the carrier Ark Royal struck the first telling blows and later other (torpedo carrying) planes from the Ark Royal and UNITS OF THE AT LANTIC FLEET gave her the coup de grace." (Coup de grace means literally "grace blow" the blow with which the bull fighter finishes the bull.) The Bismarck Is said to have been slowed down to a speed of about eight knots after hits from two aerial torpedos from planes launched from British warships. FURTHER dispatch asserts that: "The cruiser Dorset- 'Continued nn nape 41 May Extend Duty Of National Guard WASHINGTON, May 20 (AP) Indefinite military duty for the national guard was considered a virtual certainty by army offi cials today because of the unlimit ed national emergency proclaim ed by President Roosevelt. An earlv request to congress for authority to retain the 291,000 guardsmen in service beyong the current single year of training was accordingly anticipated, al though no final decisoin has been disclosed on the question. In the light of the threat to American security pictured by the chief executive, an Informed official suggested It would be "hardly logical" to demobilize 18 full divisions of trained troops, representing more than half the number of such major units un der arms in all the expanding land forces. Pending a definite decision, the war department has gone ahead nevertheless perfecting detailed plans to fill the guardsmen's places with selective service trainees, organized Into entirely new divisions. Roosevelt to Occupy the White House, ROSEBuiiG LISTED Warning Service Filter Center Will be U;S. Officers Launch Plans System's Personnel Will Include About 75 Women; Equipment Coming Soon Preliminary arrangements for the establishment in Roseburg of an aircraft warning service filter center for southern Oregon were made here last night by army of ficers. Steps to complete the ar rangements to put the national defense project in operation about July first will be taken im mediately, it was reported. The visit here last night of Ma jor E. II. Lavvson of the army air corps and Major II. G. Miller, of the U. S. army signal corps, from the headquarters of Brigadier General Carlyle Wash, Spokane, intercept commander of the 2nd air force, follows closely upon the recent announcement by Major John F. Curry, Spokane, com manding general of the 2nd air force, concerning plans for a sys tem of spotting and plotting enemy aircraft. System Is Explained ' The system calls for a force of civilians and trained army per sonnel to be used in spotting air craft, plotting courses and spread ing warnings. The filter stations, now being arranged, will be the nerve centers through which are cleared the information on air craft operations in connection with di'fense against raids by possible enemy powers. The Roseburg filter area, which will extend south to the state line, will include from 150 to 200 scattered observation stations, and approximately 75 female ci vilian operator-plotters, Major Miller explains. The observers will be roughly located on a basis of one for each 10 square miles and will be pro vided with telephone or radio communication facilities to con tact the Roseburg filter center. A building in Roseburg will be equipped with special plotting boards and various devices de veloped by the army for the air craft warning system, and wom en will be trained in combining the reKrts of the observers and in plotting the courses of the flights and tho transmission of reports to the central operations office, in Portland. A survey was made last night by Majors Lawson and Miller of suitable buildings in Roseburg for use in establishing the filter cen ter and tentative arrangements were made subject to approval. It is expected a definite selection will be made in a few days and equipment then will be installed. Women To Aid In Plan A civilian force of about 75 women will be recruited to pro vide 21-hour service. Women who have had experience as telephone (Continued on page 6) One Killed, Three Hurt In Oregon Auto Crashes THE DALLES, May 20. (AP) An automobile-train collision here Tuesday night fatally injur ed Phyllis Sorenson, 15, The Dalles. The girl was a passenger In a car driven by Eldon C. Polf, 21, The Dalles, who suffered chest In juries in the collision with a Un ion Pacific switch engine nt a grade crossing. ONTARIO, Ore., May 29 (AP) Dick Charlesworth, 18, Grants Pass, and Ray Stokes, 25, Tor- rence. Calif., were Injured yester day In an automobile accident on the John Day highway near Iron sides. Stokes' right leg was broken in two places and Charlcsworth's in one. Charlesworth also suffered cut tendons in his right hand as their car missed a bridge. State police said the men apparently fell asleep after driving all night I 1FEK ; : 3 I Annual Commencement Program To Close Roseburg School Term Tonight; Junior High Promotion Exercises Held The 1010 41 term of the Rose burg public schools will close here tonight when the 38th an nual commencement program is presented at Roseburg senior high school for the 95 members of the graduating class. No classes were held in the several schools today, but pupils returned this afternoon to receive their re port cards for the last semester and were then free for the .be ginning of the summer vacation. The commencement program at 8 o'clock tonight at the senior high auditorium will climax the events of tho closing week of the school year. The principal address will be given by Dr. E. W. War rington, former Presbyterian pas tor here, now professor of relig ious education at Oregon State college. Promotion exercises were held at the junior high school last night for a class of 133 ninth grade students who were advanc ed to the 10th grade and into sen ior high school. Program and Awards A most interesting! program was enjoyed . by i i anS audience Oregon's Plea On Gasoline Taxation Given to Congress WASHINGTON, May 29. (AP) Favorable consideration of the Oregon legislature's memor ial requesting congress to with draw from the field of gasoline taxation was asked by Rep. An gell (R., Ore.), who said lawmak ers of 23 other states have taken similar action. Angell urged that "not only do we refrain from imposing any additional tax on gasoline, but that steps be taken at once to remove the existing federal tax thereon so that this one field of taxation so pecularily available to the states and local govern ments may be left to them, with out interference from the fed eral government." Angell recalled that Oregon originated the gasoline tax, and with it has built an extensive sys tem of roads. "We pride ourselves on having constructed and maintained a system of road development equal to any state in the union, in com parison with our resources and population and territory cover ed," he continued. "Unfortunately, the federal government owns over 50 per cent of the land area of the state of Oregon, which has re moved from taxation a very con ssidcrable portion of the wealth which otherwise would be avail able for carrying on state activi ties." Redmond Starts Work On $717,000 Airport REDMOND, Ore., May 29. (API Construction of Red mond's S717.O00 class IV airport, the largest under CAA regula tions, started here today under authorization from President Roosevelt. The airport will be the main control point for military planes flying the north-south route east of the Cascades and Is expected to be central Oregon's principal field for commercial and private craft. Germans Pay U. S. Firm For "Black Tom" Damage PHILADELPHIA, May 29. (AP) A report filed in U. S. district court today disclosed that German interests have paid the Lehigh Valley railroad S10.016. 953 00 for property damage caus ed in the "Black Tom" explosion at Jersey City during the first world war. Sal d Pointedly: "Words are Good When ROSEBURG. OREGON. IN PLANE SPOTTING which filled the junior high school auditorium to capacity. Musical features of the pro gram included a piano trio by Lou Helen Strange, Ruth Heek and Elaine Rhoden; vocal trio by Wanda Olmseheid, Betty Jane Roberts and Jane Ellsworth; vio lin duet, Virginia Roselund and Jack Horn; piano duet, Vivian Miller and Elaine Rhoden; girls' triple trio; trumpet solo, Ward Cummlngs. The Bashford award, sponsored by the Rotary club, was presented to Ward Cummlngs as the out standing ninth grade boy, the pre sentation being made by Victor J. Micelll. The P. E. O. award to the outstanding ninth grade girl was presented by Mrs. W. M. Camp bell to Betty Jane Roberts, junior high school student body presi dent. The class was welcomed into senior high school by Stuart Slat tery, senior high school student body president, and the response was made by Miss Roberts. A skit, "Seein' Ma Off," was one of the highlights of the eve . (ontlnued-on page 3) Two Army Fliers Perish In Flaming Plane Crash SAN JOSE, Calif., May 29, (AP) Two army fliers from Moffett field burned to death yesterday after their plane crashed in an orchard near Los Altos. The victims were Second Lieut. Theodore C. Barrett of Wichita, Kas., and Albert Newmeyer of Alhambra, Calif. Each was 23. Two witnesses said the plane lost altitude rapidly while flying west, missed the top of a hill, banked and crashed. I SAW By Paul 5? .ST- THE ABANDONED DIG GINGS and dumps of the Oregon-Portland Cement company on a mountainside above Glen gary. For about twenty years this company mined limestone at this site, shipping it to Its ce ment manufacturing plant at Oswego. Operations were dis continued five or six years ago. At the time I last visited the plant, In 1933, it was employing twenty-four men and shipping ii-u I.DI junua ji mill.- uuujr. ji owned five miles of standard gauge railroad and Us own en gine, plus a lot of single gauge and electric motors, serving Its tunnels and dumps. The crew was housed In a camp at the foot of the mountain. 1 recall that J. B. Bywater, the resident engineer, and I hiked to the top of the latter, quite a climb of a hot afternoon, and had a look down tho glory ! hole of the mine, which had just been opened to the sky at (he time. We then descended thp mountain about two-thirds of the way, entered a level there and climbed back up to the glory hole from the inside, through a I THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941. Ml Established Bus Drivers In Washington State Strike ' System's Tie-Up Extends To Montana; Portland's Bakery Strike Eased . SEATTLE, May 29. (AP) On tho day before the Memorial day week-end when hundreds of persons planned trips, a bus drivers' strike today paralyzed motor coach transportation east to Butte and Helena, Mont., along the north shore of the Col umbia river and on the northern Olympic peninsula. A complete tieup was brought about by the strike last mid night of 150 members of the Mo tor Coach Drivers' union against the Washington Motor Coach sys tem. The drivers asked four cents a mile, compared with the present 3.3 cents and retroac tive pay to the date negotiations started, February 1. The com pany offered 3.7 cents with driv ers paying for their rooms out of the city, which the company now pays. United States malls ' have -lieen carried between here and Olym pic peninsula points and between Yakima and certain eastern Washington towns but no serious tieup of postal service was ex pected. Postoffico officials said rail roads could serve most of the points or such deliveries would be let out on contract. Tho strike order was Issued Tuesday when negotiations broke off. C. B. Fitzgerald, company president, said negotiations were ended when tho union de manded retroactive pay at Tues- (Conlinued on page (!) Jenkins m Newa-Rev'ew Photo and RnKrnvlng perfect maze (to me) of tunnels, slopes, drifts, shafts and what not un experience I was In no hurry to repeat. Y'e see, the limestone was blasted loose from these upper workings and descended these shafts by gravity action to the waiting ears far below, and I had no desire to lose my foot ing and follow its example. The camp, composed of a resi dence, numerous cabins, bunk- h' cookhouse and various machine shops, Is now. owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ander- json, who purchased It last fall, together with 500 acres or sur rounding land, from the com pany and have stocked It with sheep and cattle. - I visited three of the old mine workings, Including the one I had gone through eight years ago; but seeing them wasn't worth the climb, unless one Is Interested In ruins more than the thought of rattlesnakes. I didn't see any snakes, but the thought of them kept me from doing justice to some of the scenery, I'm sure. It's a good place for both, on that mountainside, Backed by Deeds, IMI Nation Still Guessing On Convoy Issue F. R. Stands by Neutrality Act, Mum on Methods of Sending Goods to Britain WASHINGTON; May 29. (AP) President Roosevelt adopt ed the strategy of silence today on future methods for delivering the goods to Great Britain. "You don't telegraph your moves any more In tho world of today," one service official ex plained, referring to the presi dent's statement that army and navy technicians were devising new safeguards. "You can't afford to. You'll notice the other fellows never do." However, Chairman Reynolds (D.-N. C.) of the senate military committee looked for "full con voys of some description." He said that was his Interpretation of the president's fireside chat pledge to see that needed sup plies reached England safely. On the other hand, no less a personage than Vice-President Wallace was reported to be disap pointed that his chief had not been more specific as to how de livery would be assured. Guessing Not Halted Mr. Roosevelt did nothing to 'quell conjecture yesterday nt his sneclal press conference. He dis claimed nnv Intention of seeking change or repeal of tho neutral ity act, Contending that it In no way Infringed on the principle of the freedom of the seas, which he formally reasserted for the Unit ed States Tuesday night. He said that he thought free dom of the seas could be main tained In compatibility with tho neutrality net. The act forbids American vessels to enter com bat zones. Tho president said It would be a violation of the act for Ameri can ships to engage In trndo In such zones and that this step was not contemplated. "Then how can we have free dom of the sens?" a reporter In quired. Mr. Roosevelt replied lhat ships (Continued on page G) Anti-Trust Law Fines Imposed On Medical Groups W A S 1 1 1 N GTON, May 29. (AP) Justice James M. Proctor of district court today fined the American Medical association $2, 500 and the District of Columbia Medical society $1,500 for viola tion of the Sherman antitrust act. The A. M. A. and the district society were convicted of con spiracy to violate the net on April 4. At the snme time 18 physicians, including five offi cials of the AMA, were exoner ated. In the trial, attorneys of the justice department argued lhat the two groups and the physi cians had conspired to obstruct tho netlvltles of Group Health association, a federation of gov ernment employees organized to provide cooeratlve medical care. They charged that tho associa tion and its affiliated societies had "concertedly restrained 12 Washington hospitals" by refus ing the Group Health doctors the privilege of practicing In the hospitals and had brought pres sure to bear to prevent other physicians from consulting with the Group Health physicians. Officials of the two associa tions denied that they had In any way obstructed Group Health ac tivities and that their only In terest was to assure that ndo qunte medical care be provided under that or any other medical Insurance plan. 1 he case has hinged on wheth er the practice of medicine is a trade" ns defined in the Sher man anti trust act or a "learned profession" not subject to the snme control as nrc business or ganizations. Justice Proctor, In his original decision In the case, declared that It was not a trade, but he was reversed and a new trial ordered. and Only So." It's Your Move, Franklin VOL. XXIX NO. Max Schmeling, Ex-Ring Champ, Slain In Crete CAIRO, Egypt, May 29. (AP) Max Schmeling, former world champion heavyweight boxer, has been killed while trying to escape from British Imperial forces which captured him in the German invasion of Crete, a New Zealand ambulance driver witness declared today. Returning to Egypt, the ambul ance driver said: "Early in the battle of Crete, a husky German soldier was captured, slightly wounded. "Speaking English ,. with a strong American accent, he said he was Schmeling and his pa pers bore that name. " He was truculent and surly. "Later In the day he was be ing taken to a field hospital by our ambulance corps when more German parachutists descended An top of us and a dog fight op ened. "Schmeling grabbed a rifle from one of our soldiers who had been wounded and went into ac tion like a wild bull. "Before he did any damage, however, someone let him have It, and that was tho end of Max." The ambulance driver said he did not know how Schmeling ar rived in Crete, but German of ficials had said previously that he went there as a parachute trooper. Lasting Peace Is Britain's Sole Aim, Eden Announces LONDON, May 29. (AP) Foreign Secretary Eden, in his first comprehensive statement on Britain's war aims, declared todny that "our political and mili tary terms of peace will be de signed to prevent a repetition of Germany s misdeeds." Eden said that "under the sys tem of free economic coopera tion, Germany must play a part. But hero I tlrnw a firm distinc tion. "Wo must never forgot thnt Germnny Is the worst master Eu rope has yet known. Five times In the last century she has vio lated the peace. She must never be In a position to paly that role again." Eden, addressing a London au dience, termed President Roose velt's fireside chat Tuesday night "a momentous world event" be cause, "by his words, the presi dent has given resolute expres sion to the fixed determination of the most powerful nation on earth." He asserted that "a lasting set tlement and Internal peace of the continent as a whole Is our only aim." "It is obvious," the foreign sec. retary said, "that we have no motive of self-interest prompting us to economic exploitation elth er of Germany or of the rest of Europe. "Only our victory can restore both to Europe and to tho world thnt freedom which is our hcrlt. age for centuries of Christian civilization and that security which alone can make possible the betterment of man's lot up on earth." "We can not now foresee when the end will come. But it is tho nature of a machine so rigid as the German to break sudden ly and with little warning. When It comes the need of succor to European peoples will bo ur gent." Redwood Route to Post Signs to Draw Traffic BAN FRANCIRCO.'MnV 29. (AP) An Orceon camnalcn to Increase traffic over tho Red wood emnlro route to the Golden Gate bridge was approved by em pire directors yesterday. They aecmea to erect an eiec irie aim In Oreoon at the Gosh en Junction on highway 99, south of Eugene, nnd to ask Oregon highway commissioners to Im prove Junctions of highways 101 and 99 at Grants Pass, nireetnrn unlit too manv Der- sons were taking the Inland route and missing the bridge, HISTORIC NEWS Is due any day now that the U, S. Is pledged to continue all poa-. sible aid to Britain and to keep the nazls away from Atlantic. -bases. The dally NEWS-REVIEW will be your prompt Informant on all developments. 243 OF THE EVENING NEWS Invaders Take Prize Harbor Of Suda Bay Air Blin Leaves 3 Cities In Ruins; New Blows Hit England and Naval Craft By the' Associated Press With newly-arrived Italian troops striking from the east end of the island, Adolf Hitler's aerial Invaders captured Crete's prize harbor of Suda bay on the west today and occupied Candla, In central Crete, as the British struggled desperately .in the Jaws of a closing vise. Candia is the Islands largest city, with a population of- 33.000 about 55 miles cast of Suda bay. British military headquarters, conceding that the heavily-reinforced Germans had scored ma jor gains, declared that violent hand-to-hand fighting was con tinuing. Casualties were heavy on) both sides, the British said, with New Zealand and other imperial forces fighting bitterly east of Suda bay. Seizure of Suda bay gave tho Germans a bridgehead for land tncr cno.hnrnn ifnnrto nnrl -ntll- tary experts said it may prove) to be the turning-point of the struggle the beginning of an other British debacle. Greek Prime Minister Tsou deros, now somewhere In the) middle east, Informed his lega tion In London today that Geit man bombers had so hammered the Crete cities of Canea, Candia and Retimo that there was "not one stone left standing." Tsouderos alleged the German raiders "ruthlessly machine-gunned" the civilian population. Raging fires, he declared, com pleted the work of destruction started by high explosives.' Capture of Khanuqta, . Iraq, halfway between Fallujah and Baghdad, was reported today by the British roval air force. British Isles Raided Weather vagaries aided tho Germans and handicapped the British In aerial offensives last night and the British isles wero strafed by tho luftwaffe with a severity unequalled since May 17. Nazi bombers favored by Im proved flying conditions struck at towns of the northwest, east and southwest England and tho southwest coast of northern Ire land while a small force of tho British bomber command air craft raided objectives of north west Germany In spite of what the air ministry called "bad weather." A communique acknowledged the loss of four British planes in all operations yesterday; claim ed one raider was shot down over England. Other sources re ported destruction of one Ger man fighter over the French coast. In coastal operations yesterday, the air ministry said, a small axis supply ship was dnmnged by bombs. A southeast England coast town suffered extensive dnmngo nnd a number of casualties In tho night raids. Five bodies, includ ing those of tho mayor nnd his (Continued on page 6) School Ousts 2 Boys for Refusing to Salute Flag PORTLAND, Mny 29. (AP) Tho school board of Parkroso grade school, just east of Port land, announced yesterday that two boys were expelled for refus ing to salute the flag. Tho board withheld the boy's) names, but Norman Larson of Je hovah's Witnesses, a religious cult, said they were Robert and Wllford Woodruff, of the sixth and fifth grades, respectively. Senate Approves Taking Over of Seiied Vessels WASHINGTON, May 29. (AP) The senate approved and sent to the Whit House today administration legisla tion permitting tho govern ment to take over more than 80 foreign ships now lying Idle In American harbors,