"What's So Rare as a Day In June?" A Splash of Summer (See Almanac) That Advances the Old Seasonal Reminder to "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
SAME OLD WAR
THE WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureau '
Scattered showers tonight and
probably Wednesday. L 1 1 1 1 q
change In temperature.
See page 4 for statistics.
That's the chief dally news. M
usual, and perhaps will be foil
some time. The probable ultimate
role of the U. S. is the subject oC
Increasing speculation. Keep youi"
eye on the NEWS-REVIEW foe
any nationally-vital develop,
ments.
VOL. XLVI NO. 67 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1941.
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Douglas Role
In Defense To
Be Discussed
1 Public Meeting Tonight
Will Hear David Eccles
Speak on Organization
Advance registrations indicate
a large attendance for the dinner
meeting to be held at the Umpqua
hotel tonight at which time
Douglas county defense plans will
be discussed, it was announced
today by Harry Pinniger, execu
tive officer for the county defense
council. The meeting, which will
start at 6:30 o'clock, will be ad
dressed by David Eccles, execu
tive secretary to Governor
Sprague. Mr. Eccles is represent
ing the governor in helping to
set up the defense organization
in the state.
The county defense council per
sonnel is expected to be in atten
dance, together with representa
tives of various civic, patriotic
and service organizations. All In
terested individuals are Invited.
It is requested that reservations
for the dinner bo made in ad
vance at the chamber of com
merce office or Umpqua hotel.
OREGON'S DEFENSE PLANS
OKAYED BY LaGUARDIA
SALEM, Juno 24. (AP) Ma
yor F. H. LaGuardia of New York
City, United States director
of civilian defense, advised
Governor Sprague today that Ore
gon's plane to create a force of
volunteer civil reserves meets the
requirements of the federal gov
ernment. "It is apparent that those mat
ters are In good hands, and that
you and the officials charged
with the responsibility of the pro
tection of life and property are
fully alert to your duties, La
Guardia wrote.
LaGuardia added that his office
would issue instructions to the
states for further defensive meas
ures. Alfred P. Kelley, commander of
the Oregon department of the
American Legion, telegraphed the
governor today that the legion
would give the state "its full co
operation in the home defense
program."
Kelley also asks the 120 legion
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IN a special message to con-
gress today (Friday) on the
Robin Moor, President Roosevelt
describes the sinking as "ruth
less" and the "act of an interna
tional outlaw."
Me declares the United States
does not propose to yield the use
ot the high seas to Germany.
I ET'S keep this Robin Moor
incident straight in our
minds.
Hitler sank it for a purpose.
Since he has sunk no others
since, it is probable that his pur
pose was to find out how the
American people would react to
such a deed.
The reaction was utterly dif
ferent from that which followed
the sinking of the Lusitania in
the other war. The American
people were then flamingly in
dignant, and demanded Imme
diate war.
This time they had little to
say.
"PHE comparative silence with
which the sinking of the Ro
bin Moor has been received in
this country is in all probability
a GRIM silence.
But Hitler might not under
stand it Is such. He might jump
to the conclusion that the Ameri
can people are determined not
to go to war, no matter what
happens. That would weaken
the influence of the United
States In the present critical sit
uation. '
It must be made plain to Hit
ler that the Indignation of this
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Chambe Commerce Officers Buy
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Expressing their support of the sale of national defense savings bonds in a practical way, direc
tors of the Roseburg chamber of commerce visited the post office en masse Monday to buy defense
bonds. Pictured are, front row, Fred Lockwood, Postmaster L. L. Wimberly, H. O. Pargeter, J. A.
Hart; second row, George Smith, V. V. Harpham, Wm, Adair, Harris Ellsworth, L. A. Rhoden; third
row, G. M. Krell, Louis Josse, H. C. Wells and Harry Pinniger.
Corpse of Slain
Nan Found; Sailor
Jailed as Suspect
GRANGE COULEE, ' Wash.,
June 24. (AP) Shot through
the head the body of Douglas
Smith was found by a motorist
near Arlington, Ore., last night at
almost the same hour as the ar
rest near Nespelem of a 19-year-old
sailor accused of forging his
name.
The twor developments brought
to a sudden climax a widespread
manhunt which had spread over
parts of Washington, Oregon and
Idaho since the mysterious dis
appearance of the Seattle meter
reader June 11.
The man arrested on a farm
near Nespelem was James Har
vey Thomas, absent without leave
from the San Diego naval hos
pital. A Washington state patrol
sergeant, M. R. Wardall, said
Thomas admitted his identity,
that he had hitched a ride with
Smith and that he had taken
Smith's car after "knocking him
in a ditch" near Arlington. He
did not admit killing Smith.
Smith, 26, left Wallace, Idaho,
June 11, to go to the bedside of
his sick mother at Aberdeen,
Wash. He was traced to Walla
Walla through gasoline credit
slips, some later pronounced for
geries by his father. Freeman
Smith, Aberdeen. Smith's car
was found wrecked near Tensed,
Idaho, a week later, and officers
there learned a sailor had been
driving it at the time of the acci
dent. Forgery charges were fil
ed against Thomas in Colfax,
Wash., and the search for him
and for Smith began.
Army Training Plane's
Crash Kills Two Fliers
ALTADENA, Calif., June 24.
(AP) The bodies of two army
fliers who crashed yesterday in
their training plane on the steep
slopes of Mount Lowe have been
located with the wreckage of the
plane. Victims of the crash were
Lieut. Jesse K. Jackson, pilot, and
Staff Sergeant Fred L. Pankey,
of Hamilton field, who took off
yesterday on a routine flight.
The plane had crashed Into for
est service telephone poles and
wires about 1,000 feet above
w here it came to rest.
Seattle Woman Victim
Of Fiendish Murder
SEATTLE, June 24 (API
Mrs. Blanche Link. 33, widow,
was found assaulted and slain in
a vacant lot in the underbrush a
block from her Winchester
heights home last night. She was
sought after her son. Howard. 9.
became affirmed last night when
she failed to return from an up
town hotel where Ehe was a
switchboard operator.
Registration Of
21-ers Wi'lBe
Only in Roseburg
Official notice to all 'men who
have reached the age of 21 years
since October 17, 1940, to appear
for registration at the courthouse
in Roseburg on Tuesday, July 1,
was issued today by Dr. Charles
A. Edwards, chairman of the
Douglas county selective service
board.
At the first registration, the
work was conducted in each vot
ing precinct by the precinct elec
tion boards. The July 1 registra
tion, however, will be handled by
the selective service board and all
men subject to registration on
that date will be required to come
to Roseburg for registration, Mr.
Edwards said. No funds have
been allotted for the expense of
the registration, the chairman
states, and, due to the fact that
only from 100 to 110 men are ex
pected to be affected in Douglas
county, it was decided that the
cost of setting up boards in each
precinct, as was done formerly,
was not justified.
The selective service board will
be in session from 7 a. m. to 9
p. m. on the date of July 1, the
chairman states, and will accept
registrations at anv time within
those hours. Employers are re
quested by the board to give em
ployes free time for the purpose
of registration.
Britons Asked for Four
Billion More for War
LONDON, Juno 24. (AP)
The house of commons today vot
ed to place one billion pounds
(about $4,000,000,000) at the dis
posal of the government for war
purposes.
In moving the credit vote, the
chancellor of the exchequer, Sir
Kingsley Wood, told the house
that this amount would last about
three months at the present rate
of expenditure, about 333,000,
000 (81,383,000,000) a month.
Supplies received from the
United States under the aid to
Britain bill were not Included In
the billion-pound estimate, the
chancellor said.
Flight Accident Kills
U. S. Officer in England
LONDON, June 24. (API-
First Lieut. Follett Bradley, Jr.,
of the U. S. army air corps, was
killed two days ago In a training
flight accident in England, it was
announced today.
The United States embassy re
ported he hart been In England
about a month a a military ob
server. His father Is Brig. Gen. Follett
Bradley, who Is stationed In
Puerto Rico.
Defense Bonds
Winchester Bay Mill
Taken Over by Purchaser
REEDSPORT, Ore., June 24.
(AP) The E. K. Wood Lumber
company today took over the
Winchester Bay Lumber com
pany. The ' mill" personnel re
mained unchanged except for ap
pointment of a new general man
ager. The purchase was com
pleted some time ago.
The Wood company will con
tinue operation, marketing the
lumber through Its own yards in
California.
Has Finger Cut Off So
He Can Join U. S. Navy
CORVALLIS. June 94 ( API
Recruiting officers told Ethan
t. farKcr, independence, that a
stiff finger on his left hand
would keep him out of the navy.
Parker got In anyway. He
marched to a hosnltal. called a
doctor, and ordered the finger
cut off.
LOGAN WHITE, left In the
photo above, of Millwood; Ernie
Crane of Umpqua and Bob Mat
thews of Roseburg, all of whom
are fiddlers of note and Ernie a
long established champion, as
they entertained the Fltzpatrick
annual family reunion at the
Umpqua Auto camp, between
Myrtle Creek and Canyonvllle,
some time ago.
The occasion of the reunion, to
quote from our Myrtle Creek cor
respondent s story at the time,
was the anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fltz
patrick, owners of the camp.
Also the date is G. A.'s birth
day.
Two hundred guests, gathered
there from nearly every sec
tion of the state, enjoyed "a
sumptuous feast, reminiscent of
stories of the early days of Ore
gon history." Believe me, the
gals today can cook just as well
as their grandmas, you can take
my word for that I've sampled
that of both and claim to know.
zzl SAWr::::
By Paul Jeakios
Solution Of
Shipyards
Strike Found
Civil Service Roll Will
Supply Machinists; Some
Of Pickets Withdrawn
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.
(AP) AFL machinists were or
dered by their executive council
to withdraw pickets from San
Francisco shipyards today to
avoid possible violence in the
navy's move to end the 46-day
strike by filling strikers' jobs
from civil service rolls.
The machinists were instruct
ed to keep away from the ship
yards until tomorrow night's
meeting1 "when all issues will be
discussed."
No such withdrawal was or
dered for CIO pickets at Oak
land. A large contingent of po
lice was dispatched to the ship
yards there.
The navy s action was taken
as; the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
corporation a major target In
the strike agreed to sign a
closed shop contract for Its San
Francisco plant today.
Rear Admiral J. W. Green-
slade, 12th naval district com
mandant, said that by afternoon
he hoped to have machinists fil
tering back into at least some of
the 11 involved plants which hold
defense contracts totaling $500,-
000,000.
Admiral Greenslade had asked
city authorities In San Francisco
and Oakland to help the navy "in
dispersing the picket ,lnes" rom
the Immediate vicinity of plants
so there would be no trouble in
the registration of machinists as
federal civil service employes
and their entry into the plants.
Agreement of Bethlehem to
sign a closed shop contract with
the AFL bay cities metal trades
council was viewed as encourage-
Ing by spokesmen for the AFL
machinists' union, although the
local union withdrew from the
metal trades council after start
of the strike.
ANTI-STRIKE BILL
GIVEN COMMITTEE O. K.
WASHINGTON, June 24.
(AP) Legislation to give statu
tory sanction to the national de
fense mediation board and to
empower President Roosevelt to
order maintenance of the status
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N'W(!.tfvpw Photo mid Knlf mvlnir
For one thing there's a little
more to "do" with than grandma
had, bless her heart. Then I
reckon the kitchen queens of to
day have a trifle more time to
devote to the preparation of new
recipes; there isn't so much milk
ing and sewing for them to do.
Ernie, as perhaps you've read
before In this column and else
where, can whip more music out
of a fiddle than you can shake a
stick at. When he grabs a bow
and commences pouring it on,
music gallops forth from that
treasured old violin of his on the
dead run and starts the whole
world dancing. He has won more
old time fiddling contests here,
In the Willamette valley and at
coast towns than I can remem
ber, and would have won more
If Lester Hatfield, pioneer beard
culturist and danseuse, could
have appeared on the samp pro
gram as his associate. I tell you
that man can dance, when Ernie
wields the fiddle; but then, who
couldn't? .
Will Head U.S.
Secret Service
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Recently returned from a se
cret mission to the Mediter
ranean and the middle east,
Colonel Wm. J. ("Wild Bill")
Donovan, above, of New York,
has been commissioned as a
major general of the U. S.
army by President Roosevelt,
to supervise American military
Intelligence and to ally It with
British secret service. His new
duties shrouded In utter se
crecy, General Donovan will re
port on his activities to Presi
dent Roosevelt alone.
Public Bidden To
Picnic July Fourth
A full day of entertainment Is
promised by -tho-Roseburg , Hod
and Gun club In connection with
the fourth of July picnic to be
held at Idleyld park, according to
Bruce Yeager, chairman. The
Rod and Gun club Is Inviting the
general public to participate in
the event. .
Flycasting, trapshootlng, horse
shoes and other competitive
sports will be enjoyed all day.
The club has arranged with
Miss Murial White, physical edu
cation instructor In the Roseburg
schools, to supervise the play for
the younger children In attend
ance at the picnic.
Dancing will be enjoyed after
noon and night with music by
"The Swingsters." Afternoon
dancing will be provided from 3
to 6 p. m., and night dancing will
continue from 8 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Persons planning to attend are
requested to bring picnic lunches.
Coffee will be furnished free on
the grounds.
Mad Slayer of Seattle
Still Object of Search
SEATTLE, Juno 24. (AP)
Thirteen automobile loads of pa
trolmen, armed with shotguns
and under orders of "shoot to
kill!" hunted today for a mad
slayer, who committed yester
days unprovoked attacks In
which Edward A. LaFountaln,
58, insurance salesman, was shot
to death; Mrs. LaFountaln was
shot seriously through the neck,
and another motorist, R. F. Bull,
43, plumbing supplies salesman,
was critically shot and blud
geoned. Walker to Be Governor
During Sprague's Absence
SALEM, June 24. (AP) Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague, accom
panied by his wife, will leave
Portland tomorrow night for Bos
ton, Mass., to atterid the national
conference of governors, at which
he will speak on "America's stake
In the Pacific."
President of the Senate Dean
If. Walker of Independence will
become acting governor. The
governor will return to Salem
about July 15.
High School, Equipment
Destroyed by Homes
YELM, Wash., June 24. (AP)
Defective wiring was blamed
for an early morning fire that
destroyed the Yclm high school
building, with estimated damage
of $30,000, the full value of the
old frame structure, plus several
thousand dollars loss to equip
ment. The building was Insured
for $25,000.
Panzer Divisions Smash Into
Ukraine, Bessarabia Regions;
Baltic Country of Lithuania
Russians Claim Repulse of Two German Armies, .
With Heavy Loss, in One Sector; Naval Craft,
Air Squadrons Reported Battling en Black Sea.
By the Associated Press
Sweeping drives of German armored columns Into the Rus"
sian Ukraine, Bessarabia and through red army defenses to the)
north were indicated today by diverse reports.
Foreign military attaches in Ankara, Turkey, said they weret
advised that Panzer units had. driven 120 miles into southwest
Russia in the first two days.
In the center of the 2,000-mile front, a spearhead has pene
trated about 125 miles in a thrust through Brest-Litovsk toward
Minsk, said Reuters (British news agency) in a dispatch from
Vichy. . '
A German-Rumanian force was said to have slashed 80 miles
through Russian Bessarabia, heading for Odessa and other Black
sea ports.
Hess' Fliqht Due
To Nazi Failure,
Benes Declares
LONDON, June 24. (API-
Former President Eduard Benes
of Czeco-Slovakla said in a broad
cast to his people tonight that
Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain was
the result of a six-months dispute
among nazl leaders over what
they should do next since, he said,
they knew they could not defeat
Britain.
Benes pictured the ' one-time
number 3 nazl as believing that
continuation of the war would
lead to German defeat said that
his trip to Scotland May 10 wag
made with the belief that tie could
persuade the British to stop hos
tilities. Hitler, Benes added, Intended
to attack soviet Russia after Brit
ain was defeated. Now, he went
on, Hitler's "mistake" In Invad
ing Russia has "removed the
specter of nazl victory and decid
ed the Issue of war.
Lost Child Sought in
Silver Falls State Park
SILVERTON, Ore., June 24.
(AP) A search continued In the
Sliver Falls state park area today
for the 10-year-old daughter ot
Mr. and Mrs. Albert McCullough,
lost since Sunday.
She wandered away from the
berry patch where her parents
were working as pickers.
Marauding Eagles Prey
On Coast Chicken Hocks
DELAKE, Ore., June 24. (AP)
Coastal chicken raisers of this
region today complained of
wholesale loss of stock to eagles
Which have been attacking flocks
on an unusual scale lately. B.
Rogers, a Delake poultryman,
said he had lost practically his
entire flock.
Theft of Garlic Puts
$25 Fines on Two Men
PORTLAND, Ore., June 24.
(AP) Both the temptation and
the boodle was too strong,
George P. Soley, 47, and Mark
Burton, 43, told Municipal Judge
Cohn yesterday in pleading
guilty to theft of 30 pounds of
garlic.
They were fined $25 each.
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.
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The high command communi
que indicated that Adolf Hitler
was with his troops just as he was
at the beginning of the Polish In
vaslon and in the western and
Balkan campaigns.
By sea, too, the Germans claim
ed success, the sinking of a Rus
sian submarine bv a nazi U-boat
in the Baltic off the soviet strong
hold of Windau, on the Latvian
coast.
The red air force attempted to
strike back, DNB said, sending a
weak force against East Prussia
only to be driven off by massive
curtain of fire thrown up by antl
aircraft batteries. So hot was thin
barrage that the soviet airmen
were said to have jettisoned theli
bombs in open fields and turned
tall.
- Running tme to Its ; form, - as)
first developed In Poland, then In
the western campaign last sum
mer and again in the Balkans
this soring, the luftwaffe was re
ported spreading death and de
struction among moving Russian
columns, troon concentrations,
strategic naval and land bases,
rail junctions and stations, arma
ment factories, fuel depots, muni
tions and arsenals.
Russia Admits Nazi Gains
Although Russian advices Indi
cated German nenetratlon of 10)
to 15 miles In places In Adolf Hit
ler's new drive to the east, the;
soviet high command declared
two nazl columns had been re
pulsed with heavy losses.
Soviet war corresrjondents de
scribed the Russian frontlet
gunrds forming the outposts of a
nation two and a half times as
large as the United States, as
"fighting like Hons."
The nazi columns which . the)
Russians reported driving back:
were said to have been aiming at
Slaulla (Shavli) in sovletlzed
Lithuania, 60 miles northeast of
the East Prussia border, and
Rawa Ruska, formerly in south
ern Poland but now 10 miles in
side soviet territory.
The soviet high command as
serted the Germans had made no
Important gains elsewhere and
reported the capture of 5.O0O nazl
soldiers, destruction of 300 tanks
and the downing of 127 nazl
planes.
The soviet high command at thn
same time acknowledged the loss
of three frontier towns Brest
Lltovsk, Kolno and Lomza an
well as other penetrations Into;
sovletlzed Lithuania and eastern
Poland.
Naval Battle In Black Sea
A Reuters dispatch from An-
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