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
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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
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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
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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
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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."