Unless Russia Forgets and Puts the "rat" in Gratitude, We Should No Longer Hear About the Russian Menace, via Siberia, to Uncle Sam's Possession of Alaska THE WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau Showers tonight. 'Friday part ly cloudy. Little change in tem perature. See page 4 Tor statistics. HALTED That's what the Russians say, ot the nazl land Invasion, while Berlin indicates truth of the claim by the milder tone of its communiques. It may mark the turning point In Hitler's con quests. Watch for developments) in NEWS-REVIEW news. VOL. XLVI NO 69 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941. VOL. XXIX N0.267 OF THE EVENING NEWS IM1 N $ , ' . ' In The Day's ; News By FRANK JENKINS IN the next few clays, believe little you read or hear about the newest phase of the war. The censors will be busy, along with the rumor-mongers and the propagandists. The cor respondents, both newspaper and radio, will be doing their best to get at the truth, but they will be badly handicapped. JUST read and listen and draw your own conclusions. In time, the general outline of the facts will emerge, as has been the case invariably in the past. IT looks as this is written as If 1 the little Baltic states will go with Germany. They hate both sides, but apparently hate Russia more. And of course German propagandists have been busy among them. A broadcast from the Lithuan ian capital says: "The Lithuan ian people will fight, with all the means at their disposal, for free dom and independence." The broadcast admonishes the Lith uanians to "receive the Germans in the most friendly, helpru! manner possible." Poor devils. Freedom and in dependence are visions that are highly improbable of realization in their case. FINLAND is saying bravely she'll remain neutral .as long as possible, but Washington promptly stops the 35 million dol lar credit that had been extended to her, thus indicating belief that Finland will go with Germany. The Russians, holding the same belief, bomb Finnish ports and shipping a few hours after Hitler's declaration of war. Finland has no love for Ger many, but her hatred for Russia is deep and ancient and her wounds are sore. TJITLER says he was double crossed by Stalin. Somebody, of course, double-crossed some body. If you are wise, you will waste (Continued on page 4) SERIAL STORY LOVE POWER BY OREN ARNOLD (Science admits the possibili ty that atomic power may be harnessed to run man's ma chines. When this is accom plished, by splitting atoms of U I 235, found In the element of Ura nium, a vast source of energy will be released. This serial, "Love Power," anticipates that scientific feat, and while the background is based upon fact, all characters and incidents are entirely fictional. Any resem blance to actual persons, places or events is entirely coinciden tal.) CHAPTER I A WED by what he knew now " to be true, Dr. Robert Hale hacked slowly away from his ob servation chair, moving as If un der a hypnotic spell. The sheer potency of what had occurred here seemed to have numbed him even though it was expected and planned. He glanced once at Miss Sorml. She knew! She looked ghostly, her eyes wide as she waited there by the door, gazing back spell bound nt the great unit In full realization of what It contained. Neither spoke until they were outside. "Robert!" She whispered it tremulously, and repeated, "Rob ert!" Faces strained, they were still : , 3 SJ , a. ' I ArLriu il Votes f urn To Shipyards CIO Machinists Still To Take Action; Strike Threatens N. Y. Subway (By the Associated Press) AFL machinists announced to day the end of their 47-day strike at 11 San Francisco bay ship yards. Important defense orders ag gregating $500,000,000 have been delayed by the walkout of 1,200 AFL machinists and of 600 affil iated with the CIO. At a meeting In San Francisco last night, the AFL men voted to return to work Monday, negotiat ing their contracts later. Mean while, they were assured of pro tection under terms of a master contract negotiated by the AFL metal trades council with all 39 malor Pacific coast shipyards. The striking machinists, after their walkout, had withdrawn from the trades council, but they received assurance from the office of pro duction management in Washing ton of protection under terms of the master contract. The CIO strikers prepared to meet tonight to reconsider their position. James Smith, business agent for the CIO local, sat In on the AFL meetings and said he would have a definite recommen dation to make to the members of his union. The machinists, who had been getting $1 an hour and double time for overtime, struck for S1.15 and continuation of the double overtime. The master con tract provides for S1.12 and time and one-half for extra hours. N. Y. Subway Threatened. Clear across the continent, a (Continued on page 6) B. B. Irvinq Ordered to Active Military Duty B. B. Irving, well known Rose- burg engineer and surveyor, has been ordered to active military service and has received instruc tions to report to the corps area service command at Fort Lewis, Wash., June 28. Irving recently was advanced to the rank of ma jor In the engineer reserve. He has held a reserve commission for many years. Mr. Irving has been anticipating a call Into ser vice for several weeks after hav ing been called for physical ex amination. His family will re main in Roseburg temporarily. COPVRIOMT. 1(41, NEA SERVICE. INC. staring back in. "Wait here," said he. "I'll go back and " "No! No, no!" "Just to throw the switch, Le ana. You know that must be done!" The switch was a massive bar: Miss Sorml stood transfixed while he put both hands to It and pulled. The weird hum that had dominated their laboratory stop ped instantly, as if genuinely glad of Its own release, but the si lence that followed was almost a tangible thing. Robert glanced at the windows, verifiying for the hundredth time that thev were both high and barred. The steel door across the room he knew to be doubly lock ed. Back near Lcana Sormi, he paused onlv to push a button that controlled the lights, then moved outside and locked the door. They walked a hundred yards toward the offices before either spoke again. "Don't be uneasy." he labored to say It easily himself. "Go about your personal routine." "Yes, Robert." "Say nothing, of course. I I shall take the precaution of set ting an armed guard. A man, several men. with rifles." "Rifles!" She spoke contemptu ously.' (Continued on page 5.) Heads Kiwanis International Newly-elected president of Kiwanis International is Charles S. Donley, above, Pitts burg transportation expert. He was chosen last week at the or ganization's annual convention in Atlanta, Ga. Hospital Gets Aid From Kiwanis Club The Roseburg Kiwanis club, as a part of its civic program, has raised funds for the purchase of blood plasma equipment for Mer cy hospital, it was announced to day. The equipment has been re ceived and now Is being -made ready for use. Blood plasma, a recent devel opment of medical science, has proven of great Importance in emergency transfusions, Dr. B. R. Shoemaker of the Kiwanis club reports. The plasma Is reduced to powdered form and may be kept for an Indefinite period of time. It then may be used, after being mixed to the proper con sistency in water, for transfusion purposes. While not entirely replacing the previous type of transfusions of matched blood, It is extremely valuable In cases of emergencies where transfusions must be quickly provided in event of hemorrhage as it Is not necessary to await the arrival of a donor nor the completion of the many tests required to match blood for type. Mexico, U. S. Conclude Economic Defense Pact WASHINGTON, June 26. (AP) The United States and Mexico have virtually concluded negotiation of an economic de fense pact under which Mexico will prohibit exports of vital war materials to countries outside the western hemisphere, and the United States will purchase from her millions of dollars worth of strategic supplies needed for de fense production. , None of the Mexican products involved in the deal was disclos ed, but Mexico produces consider able lead, zinc, copper, antimony, cadmium, molybdenum, mercury, graphite, henequen and other fibers-all basic materials In the production of military supplies. 33 Men Opening Forest Guard Camp at Camas Thirty-three men have arrived at Camas mountain to open an NYA forest protection camp there, It was reported today by Fred Southwlck, supervising war den of the Douglas Forest Pro tective association. The camp will work In cooperation with the protective agency during the fire season. The camp is under the direction of Vern Bronson. The men are preparing to erect permanent barracks and other facilities. The program for the summer will Include development of a state park at the summit of Cam as mountain, on the Roseburg Coos Bay highway, in addition to the forest protection work. Federal Price Fixer Acts On Tires, Tubes Freezing at June 16 Level Decided On; Some Firms Ignore No-Rise Request WASHINGTON, June 26. (AP) Leon Henderson, price administrator, announc ed today that both wholesale and retail prices of automo bile tires and tubes would be frozen at the levels prevailing June 16. Henderson said that confer ences with the tire Industry would be held within the next few days to smooth out certain details of the proposed schedule, which is expected to be ordered next week. An advance announcement of the pending move was decided up on, Henderson said, to advise the trade as to what to expect and to avert any price changes before the schedule Is issued. WASHINGTON, June 26. (AP) Prompt and sweeping gov ernment action to fix mandatory price-levels appeared imminent today, hastened by two refusals of Industry to curb price increases. Pointing to a prospective show down on the enforcement powers of Price Administrator Leon Hen derson, a major automobile com pany and a segment of the furni ture manufacturing Industry serv ed notice they would not comply with Henderson's "requests." . . Jthe price administrator an nounced yesterday that Chrysler corporation had refused to re scind recent price Increases on Its new models. Last night, several New York furniture manufactur ers announced price boosts of about five per cent despite the ad ministrator's request that such In creases first be submitted to his office. The furniture Increase topped (Continued on page ) Elk Season Opposed by Chamber at Coquille COQUILLE, June 26. (AP) The chamber of commerce has asked the state game commission to reconsider its decision to open the season on elk here next fall. It was held that the supply Is not yet sufficient. I SAW By Paul SAN W PICTURED HEREWITH Is the much discussed highway sign at the Y at Goshen, 5 or 6 miles this side of Eugene, at the June tlon of the Willamette highway (58) with the Pacific highway No. 99 our highway, you all un derstand. As you may note, this sign bears the dreadful Intelligence that from Goshen It's 15 'miles further to San Francisco, by way of Roseburg, than it is via Kla math Falls. One school of thought In Rose- burg maintains that the highway commission should have claimed It was only 14 miles further, holding to the time honored mer cantliing theory that If you knock off a cent the total won't sound nearly as big. Another claims that the com mission did us a good turn through Its failure to announce ! IV j - V Red Armies Firm on All Fronts, Claim; RAF Hits Air Smashing Of Germany "Only Begun" British Planes Set Kiel, Bremen Bases on Fire During Record Offensive LONDON, June 26. (API- Britain's RAF reported the de struction of nine more German fighter planes over the channel and northern France today when it returned there for another shattering raid to reinforce its mastery of the davlicht skies in that area. Three British fight ers were missing. An authorized British source declared that losses In the air battle on the western front from Jijne 15 to 25, inclusive, were 161 jfraan pianes against ut lirlt ish. Only a few hours after the RAF wound up the greatest 24 hour offensive it has yet attempt ed! a continuous assault in which 400 to 500 planes were said to have participated the roar of aircraft could be heard along the south coast as planes . raced across the channel to hammer nazioccupied territories again. Yesterday's great raid culmin ate in another smashing air at tack on western Germany. The short summer nights were said to be forcing the RAF to concen trate on western Germany but when the nights lengthen they expect to reach out to the virtual ly untouched eastern section. Naval Bases Set Afire Bremen and Kiel were the main objectives last night. A number of large fires were started in both places, the air ministry said, and docks at Bou-' logne on the nazi occupied French coast also were bombed. The raids cost the British only one plane, a communique declared. The night raids on Germany were the 15th In as many nights, and the British Broadcasting cor poration declared that the RAF (Continued on page 6) JaaklM FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO v;a ROSEBURG ,A KLAMATH FALLS 555 Ml 570 Ml. 58 Nows-ltvlpw J'hoto mill KiiKrnvinir. that Klamath Falls was some 60 miles nearer Goshen by way of the Willamette than it is via Roseburg and Ashland. Also, these students claim further, nothing, mercifully, Is said in the sign concerning the compartive number of curves In the two routes. Why cry about this sign any longer? The milk has been spill ed. The Willamette highway ex ists, and it does furnish a shorter route to San Francisco and way points particularly the way points frjm Goshen than the Pacific highway does, and It isn't as crooked, and may be driven faster. When I suggested, as I have upon several occasions, that we capitalize upon our comparative isolation here, It wasn't done In a completely ribald sense. I really think we might do so, quite profitably. "El 1 New Blows in Air Japan Siill Hesitating Between Neutrality and War as Italy Hints At Chance to Seize Russian Bases TOKYO, Friday, June 27. (AP) Since United States aid to soviet Russia will be directed against the axis, Japan cannot "take it light ly," the influential Tokyo newspaper Asahi said today. Such help, however, will be "largely abstract" be cause of geographical and other factors, Asahl said, add ing: "Britain, Russia and the United States now have a common enemy, so coopera tion may be expected." TOKYO, June 26. (AP) The Japanese cabinet continued a series of extraordinary meetings today to study the international situation as it relates to Japan particularly with reference to the German-Russian conflict. There still was no indication whether Japan would make a choice between the reich and the soviet or remain neutral. She has an alliance with Germany, a neutrality pact with Russia. Domcl, authoritative Japanese news agency, reported from Mos cow that 22 members of the Jap anese colony there were prepar ed to leave for home tonight via Siberia. Remaining members of the em bassy staff were said to have "divided' into three groups pre paratory for any eventuality." Mario Indelli, Italian ambas sador to Japan, called at the for eign office to ask for help In the removal of members of the Ital ian embassy in Moscow. Ho al so gave an explanation of Italy's declaration of war on Russia. The press continued to express anxiety over the prospect of United States' aid to Russia and other American moves In the Pa cific. The newspaper Kokumln, con- Appoint Aircraft Spotter Heads Now, Urge on Councils SALEM, June 26. (AP) Chairmen of Oregon county de fense councils were asked today by Jerrold Owen, state civilian de fense coordinator, to appoint Im mediately men to head the air craft observers committees In each county. These men will locate the ob servation posts In their counties, the posts to be part of a state wide aircraft warning network to be used In 'case of air attack. "Sixteen observers arc to be as signed to each observation post, which will be responsible for ap proximately 36 square miles of terrain, being located as near as possible to the center of six-mile squares," Owen said today nfter a conference with Lt. Col. H. If. Newman, head of the second In terceptor command at Fort Lnw ton, near Seattle. "Information from these posts will be digested In filter centers located at Portland, Eugene and Roseburg, from which orders will Issue to pursuit planes and anti aircraft artillery In event of In vasion." Blind men are going to be ask ed to volunteer to man aircraft observation posts In Oregon, the state civilian defense council said today. Since blind persons often have better hearing, they will be team ed up with persons who have good eyesight so that enemy air craft may be spotted." Auto Hits Bike With Three Children: 1 Killed HOOD RIVER, June 26. (AP) Joan Borton, 8, of Odell was killed outright last night by an automobile which struck a bicycle on which she was riding with two other youngsters. The other bicycle passengers were Martin Borton, 13, brother of the dead girl, and Bctto Bloom, 13. Isidered an army organ, said lt United was obvious that the States could not "distribute Its aid over the entire world." America, Kokumln continued, "can not supply Britain, Chiang Kai-Shek (China), the . Dutch East Indies, the Near East and Russia efficiently although she has adopted the high-sounding title 'arsenal of democracy.' " ITALIAN HINT GIVEN JAPAN TO ENTER WAR ROME, June 26. (AP) Ad miral Ducci of the Italian navy said today that Japan might join in the axis war on Russia, occupy ing all of Sakhalin Island and the soviet base at Petropavlovsk on Kamchatka to prevent the Unit ed States from occupying Siber ian bases In a war against Ja pan, Germany and Italy. United States commercial aid to Russia "may force" Japan to "re-examine her defensive prob lem toward the west and north," Admiral Ducci wrote In II Glor nale O'ltulia, the newspaper of the authoritative editor Virginia Gayda. "Complete occupation of Sak halin and the port of Petropav lovsk on Kumchlatka would com plete Japanese security toward the north against possible war Initiatives of the United. States," the admiral said. (Russia owns the northern half of Sakhalin Island, Japan the southern half. The Island lies north of Japan off the Siberian coast.) 2,700 to Be Dropped From Oregon WPA on July 1 PORTLAND, June 26. (AP) A slash of 2700 workers from the Oregon WPA rolls will be made about July 1, E. J. Griffith, state WPA administrator, said yester day. There are now 9200 workers employed he said, and projects will bo closed to cut the number to about 6500. Elmer Goudy, state public wel fare commission administrator, said" It was expected that the workers would be absorbed quick ly In private industry and on sea sonal jobs. Uniform Flag Display in Roseburg On Patriotic Holidays Proposed By Veterans, With Boy Scout Service Roseburg business houses will be asked this week to cooperate In a program proposed by Ump qua post of the American Legion to provide a uniform display of flags on patriotic holidays. The proposal calls for purchase by each nlace of business of a pole, flag, sidewalk socket, etc., and the navment of an annual $1 fee which will provide for the plac ing of the flags on the proper holidays nnd the collection and storage following use. Llovd Crouch, chairman of the committee handling the activity, reports that arrangements have been made with local troops of Bov Scouts, whereby the scouts will put out the flags on the morning of each holiday, and col lect them In the evening. Storage snace has been arranged at the citv hall. "Many merchants neglect to display flags In front of their places of business," Mr. Crouch snys, "because of absence from the city or a lack of desire to go over town In the morning to put out tho flag and then return In the evening to put It away. Un der the system we are proposing, the annual fee of SI will cover the placing and collection of the fines on each patriotic holiday, of which there will be eight each year. An extra charge may be re quired for special occasions." Uniformity Is Sought Manv of the places of business throughout the city already have Mastery Nazi Success Reports Show Milder Tone Another Hard Raid Hits Finland; Italians, Poles To Be Hurled Into War - By the Associated Press The red army was reported In Russian military dispatches to day to be enveloping the thrusts of Germany's mechanized armies and if ultimately successful the tactics will be the first check mate ever found for the panzer Infiltration. By the Russian account, masses of red troops, thrown In to the breach after passage oC German tanks In their drive to ward Vllna, Lithuanian, reform ed the front, leaving the tanks to be disposed of in rearguard ac tion. The French tried It a llttlo more than a year ago and it didn't work. According to word reaching Vichy military circles tonight, the Germans had made no great forward movement against the Russians within the past 24 hours, except for the drive near This, If true, might account for1 the continued reticence ot the 'German high command to dis cuss the campaign In detail, Russian forces were repotted holding tight In the Vllna sec tor and elsewhere along the 1.000 mile active battle front. Rus sian dispatches said that Przemysl, on the border of German-occupied Poland, had been recaptured in a Russian counter attack. The announcement of Russian successes coincided with broad cast of an official Russian state ment charging Finland with flag- (Continued on page fi) Suspect In Seattle's Shooting Orgy Released SEATTLE, June 26. (API Police today released a former Nebraska asylum Inmate after R. F. Bull, salesman, said he did not resemble the elderly abductor who wounded him, then fled after slaying Edward La Fountain and wounding Mrs. La Fountain near here Monday. the sidewalk sockets, poles flags. Mr; Crouch states. and For those who desire to continue the) use of such outfits, nrrangomenta have been made to paint tho poles white and to cap them with an ornament, all at a fee of about 50 cents. Tho purpose of painting and capping, he states, Is to pro vide uniform equipment through out, o An entire outfit will Include a steel socket and cap to be placed In the sidewalk, a 12-foot staff, with gilt tip ornament and a 3 by 5-foot flag. This outfit complete will be furnished at a cost ot $3.10. The nddltlonal fee of $1 to be charged for service will bring the total cost to $4.10, Mr. Crouch states. The same outfit also is to be made available for homes, either with a socket to be sunk In the lawn, or a bracket to be affixed to the building. The equipment Is being sold at cost with no Intent of any profit to the American Legion, Mr. Crouch states. The Jl service fee will go entirely to the Boy Scouts. 'Our sole purpose in this proj ect is to secure a uniform display of flags on proper occasions," Mr. Crouch said. "We now nave nags of all sizes, standards of different heights and colors and we seldom have a complete display. If our prolct Is successful, every flag will be In place, all will be uni form, and they will be kept clean and properly cared for."