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The Russians, m Their Struggle With Hitler &Co., Would Happily Welcome Their Old Ally, Winter, While Hitler Certainly Would be Elated With Uk-raine. I MEANING WHAT? THE WEATHER ' U. S. Navy Secretary Kno urges use of the navy now to) drive the nazl craft off the At lantic ocean. Is this preliminary . to an outright war declaration?, If the answer Is "yes," watch the) NEWS-REVIEW tor extra big news. j By U. S. Weather Bureau 1 Fair tonight and Wednesday, '3lMie change In temperature. P I Sec page 4 for statistics, VOL. XLVI NO. 73 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY I, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO. 271 OF THE EVENING NEWS IF FIE mm 5 & SilET SAYS Cabin Picnic Given Tragic Finale Near Maine Bodies of Six Victims, One Badly Burned, Bits Of Wreckage Picked Up HARPSWELL, Mo., July 1. CAP) The discovery of six bodies one of them badly burned led searchers to believe today Ohat all of the 35 members of a v1ay picnic party which set out Sunday on the 44-foot cabin cruis or Don might have perished after fire swept the boat. The tragedy, the worst in the memory of residents of this rocky coast, apparently occurred in the fog-enshrouded waters of lower Caseo bay while the party of Rumford, Me., residents was re turning from Monhegan island, 40 miles from here in the open Atlantic. Coast Guard Lieutenant Thom as Sampson, in charge of the search, said he believed the cruls rr had exploded, probably while homeward bound. Wreckage was found as the day wore on, including a life pre server, a boathook, and a piece of green painted wood. Carlton Smith, one of the many searcners. sa u mat "un doubtedly" there had been an ex 'v"losion aboard the heavily loaded Don. He spoke after bringing ashore a body identified as that of Miss Elizabeth Howard, a Rumford bank employee. She had suffer ed bad burns on l:er legs and one hip. Boy Scouts patrolling beaches to aid the search, found a piece of green-painted wood and some scorched cloth apparently part of a trouser leg. The Don had green woodwork trimmings. Victims Identified. The first five bodies found were those of women. They were identified as those of Miss How- iContinued on page 6) In the Day's News P.v PR ANN tn-Mk-tv-c: T noon today (Saturday) the Russians claim to have loos ed a mighty blitzkrieg counter assault in the region of Minsk ,( better consult your map here), Routing the most threatening of the German panzer columns, which are no nrerl tnw.irrl Mns. cow along Napoleon's 1812 inva sion route. In the north, it looks like a showdown fight on the fortified frontier of old Russia. In the south (Rumanian border) the reds seems to be holding fairly well for the present. OF.MEMBKR that for all this we have to believe the Rus sians. There are no American r British correspondents Willi the Russian armies. There are practically none in Moscow. The scanty picture of the fight ing we have so far is presented almost entirely by official com muniques on both sides. So keep your fingers crossed ns you read. ACKING reliable news of ne tual developments, let's pause hero and do some realistic guessing. Guess No. 1: Hitler went to war with Rus sia to get ABSOLUTE CON- ,TROL of turopean rtusstns re Smrces ns an offset to the on- trice of the United States on the side of Britain. d.h. To n certain extent, that (s true. Stalin failed to furnish supwlies as fast as his promises to wUtler had indicated. HitVr had to have the supplies (CTontinued on page 4) Crui&l Roseburg Mechanic Among Draft Registrants j 4.- j c:JLfm mm (A i r rv. K v .:WS-lirW lhitO ItiHl KllKrnVl riff. Scott Stidham, Roseburg, a mechanic at the Lockwood Ford agency, was among the 21-year old selectees who registered today with the Douglas County Selective Service board. Stidham, right, is shown above as he registered before Attorney Dexter Rice, left, at the courthouse today. Attorney 'Rice is chairman of the advisory board, whose members assisted the selective service board in regis trations today. The work of registering all men who have reached the age of 21 years since Oct. 16, 1940, was started at 7 a. m. and will continue until 9 p. m. today. All registrants of the county were required to come to Roseburg to fill out their cards, as no provision was made for expenses In setting up registration places elsewhere. The local board anticipated that the number of registrations would total syghfly over 100. j ; ( Use U.S. Navy Now To Rid Ocean of Nazis, Knox Urges WASHINGTON', July 1. (AP) Secretary Knox's call for im mediate use of the United Slates navy "to clear the Atlantic of the German menace" led the capital to wonder today whether lie was luting at an important change in administration policy toward nazi sea activities. The direct language the navy secretary used in his speech at Boston last night gave rise to the belief in some quarters that a definite revision was contem plated in existing naval strategy. Knox, who addressed the con ference of governors, urged that the naval forces be used to deal Hitler "a smashing blow," even though it involved "risk and danger . . . sacrifice to the ex- reme ... if need be, American blood." Some officials attached consid erable weight to Knox's state ments because of the Immediate war outlook and the series of in cidents affecting the United Slates since President Roosevelt reasserted the nation's freedom of the seas doctrine in his fire side chat May 27. For one thing, they said, the production of American arma ment industries has begun to hit something like its stride and the volume of supplies will grow rapidly in the months immediate ly ahead. Those months "vital months in this crucial year," as Knox phrased it may represent a de cisive opportunity for Britain, if soviet Russia holds out. they add ed, hence the need for seeing that all the lease-lend supplies reach her as soon as they are available. Noted Oregon Stockman, Friend Killed in Crash PRINEVILI.E, Ore., July 1. (AP) Head-on crash of an auto mobile and a gasoline truck last night killed I. M. Mills, 80, Pau lina stockman, and F. J. Brown. Mills was driving the car and Brown was a passenger. Ernest Edwards, driver of the truck, was unhurt. Mills, founder of the Mills Land and Livestock company, was one of Crook county's largest stock owners. Two sons and two daugh ters survive. r Explosion Claims 36 Lives jrfcftr&i'iifliiiittltHtKi Earthquake Rocks California Areas LOS ANGELES, July 1. (AP) A powerful rocking-chair earth quake swayed southern Califor nia just before midnight last night, causing noticeable damage in the Santa Barbara area. Downtown plate-glass windows were shattered and bricks fell off the parapets of some buildings in Santa Barbara. Plaster was shak en down as cracks appeared in some walls. Similar damage to a lesser de gree was reported from Carpin teria and Ventura, south of Santa BaiDara. In the Los Angeles area, the swing-like quake awakened thou sands of sleepers and remained perceptible for about a minute. The .sensation was that of some great cosmic rocking chair in mo tion rocking southeast-northwest in comparatively long, lazy sweeps. It was a contrast to the usual jolting or shuddering quakes usually leit in tnis area Navy Yard Drops 28 Men Because Untrustworthy SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. (AP) Twenty-eight skilled civil service workers who naval spokesmen said "could not be trusted to work around military secrets" have been discharged from Mare Island navy yard. Rear Admiral Greensiade, dis trict commandant, said the dis missalsrecommended by naval intelligence officers after thor ough investigations were, "pure ly precautionary." Naval spokesmen said the In vestigation would continue and that further discharges could be expected. The men discharged will not be blacklisted from pri vate employment, they said. Their names were not given out. The navy announcement said the men were discharged "for subversive activity and associa tions." Nazi Fugitive From Canadian Camp Killed OTTAWA, July 1. (AP) Ob- er-Lleutenant Martin Mueller, German airman, was shot and killed In resisting capture after escaping from a Canadian pri son camp, Internment offlciajs announced today. The shooting occurred not far from the prison camp east of Schrelber, Ont., from which he escaped Sunday. Pool Will Assure U.S., Britain 500 Bombers Monthly LOS ANGELES, July l.-(AP) American airplane builders are pooling their productive re sources to give the United States and Britain an unprecedented fleet of long-range, four-engine heavy bombers. The aviation news committee of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America renorted today this cooperation would pro- uuce an estimated 500 bombers monthly in 1942. It based its figures on government records and forecasts. Col. John II. Jouett. president of the aeronautical chamber, said these bombers, produced in suf ficient numbers, successfully could convoy shipping from America to England. Three Pacific coast manufac turersBoeing of Seattle, Doug las of Santa Monica, Calif., and Vega of Burbank, Calif. have agreed upon a cooperative pro gram for production of Boeing's B-17E bombers. Each will pro duce completely assembled war planes. Parts will be inter changeable. Consolidated Aircraft Corp. of San Diego and Douglas are build ing two $22,000,000 plants, to build 11-24 bombers. The plants are scheduled to begin operation by the end of 1!M1. Consolidated will operate at Fort Worth. Tex., and Douglas at Tulsa, Okla., in another cooperative program. Subassemblies will be produced by the automotive Industry. output of these plants, the aeronautical chamber predicted, will increase production of heavy bombers to 300 planes per month. After the Boelng-Douglas Vega cooperative begins production in 1942, the output should total 500 a month, the chamber added. Other Types Not Included The chamber stressed that these figures cover only the heavy bombers and do not in clude other cooperative for the production of medium bombers. Under the latter, fast ships of the Martin B-26 and North American B-25 type will bo pro duced by the Glenn L. Martin Co. and North American Avia tion, Inc., at government plants at Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City, Mo. Automobile manufacturers will supply assembles. To augment the program, Boeing plans Immediate con struction of a large addition to (Continued on page 6) Proposal To CloseWPA Stirs Protest Petitions Circulated by Clients Oppose Request Of Douglas Tax League WPA clients, agitated by the announcement that the Douglas County Taxpayers league had rec ommended release of workers from relief rolls for employment as farm laborers, were busy today circulating petitions against clos ing of WPA activities. The agita tion was spurred by a shut down of work this morning on the air port project, where 40 men were employed. County Judge D. N. Busenbark stated that so far as is known by county and local WPA officers, the shut-down has no relation to the recommenda tion of the tax league. Tax league officers reported to day that their action, as covered by the resolution submitted to the WPA and county court, does not propose cessation of all activities, but would provide that workers refusing offered employment be stricken from the relief rolls; that workers accepting outside work be given temporary release, and, that all clients be permitted to retain their WPA status with-out-'rerlassiflcation. , -text of Resolution The recommendations were submitted In the following reso lution: Whereas; the continued rains, and lack of man power due to army and navy enlistments and (Conlinucd on paffp 3) I SAW By Paul PICTURED ABOVE, the re constructed lodge at Mr. and Mrs. George Howard's Diamond Lake Resort, housing, as I believe I've told you, holed rooms in addition to the big lounge room, dining room and kitchens. At the end of this season a pergola will be built on the end and side facing the camera, which likewise face the lake. In addition to the lodge, the re sort consists of a large store; a boathouse. and sixty cottages, all "spotted" In a fine growth of trees and overlooking the gently sinning shore of the lake. The boat house Is headquarters for half a dozen boatmen form ing one unit of the thirtvseven men and women emploved it the resort. They repair, omiln anil on crate the one hundred thirty boats maintained for the use of guests; overhaul and service the twenty outboard motors kept for hire and net ns boatmen and guides for those who wish their services as such. A refrigeration plant was In stalled In the boathouse last win ter. In which guests staving for some time may store their fish. If desired, these itinv he narked and shipped via a refrigerated freight ing service. June weather the resort open ed May 20th has been anything Excise Taxes Asked Reach Many Places Slot and Office Machines, Autos, Fares Listed; Levy On Soft Drinks Pondered WASHINGTON, July 1. (AP) The house ways and means committee voted tentatively to day to recommend excise taxes on slot machines, office and store machines a n d optical instru ments, other than eye glasses, in an effort to raise $3,500,000,000 additional revenue to finance the defense program. Representative Cooper, a mem ber, announced that the commit tee had agreed tentatively on a $25 annual use tax on coin-operated devices that pay cash or tokens redeemable In cash or merchandise and a S5 tax on each machine vending merchan dise, such as cigarette machines. The committee had no esti mate of the amount these levies would produce, Cooper said. A 10 per cent manufacturer's excise tax was approved for op tical instruments other than eye glasses and was estimated to yield $1,400,000. A similar tax on office and store machines, such, as adding and calculating machines and typewriters, would produce an estimated $1H,500,000. .Other Levies Asked ' Today's action of the commit tee followed its recommendation of yesterday that a $5 tax be lev- I (Continued on pafp -) Jvnkini 1," "8 i if f KnwH-llrvli-w lMinlo nrirl fcriKruvliiif. but desirable; however, vacation ers and other travellers have pa tronized the lake In surprising anil satisfactory numbers. When I arrived there last Thursday night, a few hours after a snow storm, followed by the severest hail storm Mr. Howard remem bered ever having seen there In June, the place was packed Which surprised me, as I hail lust rome from Crater lake, where there weren't enough people to flag a hot dog stand. A lot of snow remains at Cra ter, ns I discovered to mv cha grin. Coming in from Klamath Falls, I branched up to the lake at the Annie Springs turnoff, fig uiing on having n five minute look at Crater before proceeding on to Diamond via the rim road; but discovered the latter to be open for only two miles, and had to retrace my wny to Annie Springs anil proceed to Diamond by wav of the Union Creek high way. I Imagine the rim route still Is closed; there appeared to be several feet of snow on It. The Park Service is not giving reentrants windshield stickers this venr. This economv should enable the Department of the In terior to Just about equip some hnndsome summer season ranger with a snanpy new uniform, with a rose on It. In-Law of Hitler Helping Britain -1 ' f Wish i f te f Sj No admirer of Adolf Is his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bridget Hit ler, above, who's preparing en velopes for British war relief work in New York. The Irish born woman seeks annulment of her marriage to Alois Hitler, claiming he deserted her. Fehl Denied Right to U. S. High Court Appeal SALEM, July 1. (AP)-The state supreme court refused today to permit Earl II. Fehl, former Jackson county judge who was paroled several days ago from the state hospital, to appeal to the United States supreme court in his fight to have invalidated the proceedings in which ho was com mitted fauYtyeni:s n;i to the state hospital. Fehl wanted outright release from the hospital, rather than a parole. Ho said a few days ago that he would appeal to the U. S. supreme court for the out light release. Seattle P-l Cashier Kills Self With Pistol SEATTLE, July 1. (AP) Cor oner Mlttelstadt said today Phil ip S. Parker, 28, cashier for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, shot himself to death yesterday in his parked automobile south ot the city. A .22 callbre pistol, with one shot fired, was found beside the body, which had fallen out a car door. Mrs. Parker, ot Des Moines, said her husband was cheeful on leaving for work yesterday morn ing. A small daughter also sur vives. O' Daniel Gains Lead in Texas Senator Count DALLAS, Texas, July 1. (AP) Gov. W. Lee O'Danlol, who wooed I he voters with hillbilly music, forged Into a lead of 379 In the race for United States senator from Texas today with an esti mated 200 to 30 Oballots still to be counted. He had snatched the lead away from New Deal Congressman Lyndon Johnson this morning. Oklahoma's Pay-As-You-Go Policy May Become National Fiscal Model OKLAHOMA CITY, July 1. (AP) Oklahoma's state govern ment approximately $39,000,000 In debt -embarked today on a hnrdboiled pay-as-you-go fiscal policy that may be used as a na tional model. No salaries can be paid, noth ing can be bought, unless the cash Is at hand. Officials who exceed the amounts apportioned to them be come personally liable and may be removed from office. The voters, at the Insistent prodding of Governor Leon C. Phillips, drew the public purse strings tight with a constitutional amendment last March outlawing deficits. It became effective to day, with the new fiscal year. Debt-ridden states have written for Information. Copies of the amendment will be sent to every state by the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers ind Treasurers. Roger Phelps, assistant state Nazis Counter With Reports Of Big Gains 400,000 Russian Troops Trapped, Claim: Latvia Capital, Riga, Captured By the Associated Press In hitter all-night fighting, Russia's troops declared today they had checked the advance o German Invasion forces at two main sectors of the 2,000-mile bat tlefront In the Mlnsk-Brobuislc and Luck areas where the nazlsi are striking directly toward Mos cow and the soviet Ukraine. The Germans, by contrast as serted that two na.l tanks col umns "now ore far east oC Minsk," capital of white Russia, and that German sehnelle trup pen (speed troops) were in sight of Smolensk, 250 miles from Moscow. Radio reports from Stockholm said Riga, the capital of soviet Izcd Latvia, had fallen into nazl hands. A Berlin broadcast said Ger man troops, in violent action at Lwow, former Poland, had de stroyed 100 soviet tanks with hand grenades. Nazis 8ay 400,000 Trapped The German high command said nazl and Slovak troops were "carrying forward the pursuit of the enemy on both sides of Lwow," the gateway to the Ukraine. "The soviet armies surround ed between Blalystok and Minsk vainly made desperate attempts the entire" day to break out o the vise," the nazi communiquo said. Approximately 400,000 Rus slan troops are reported caught In the nazl trap. The German war bulletin de clared that the Russians, charg ing In formations eight to 12 ranks deep and supnorted by henw tanks, "collapsed with un usually bloody losses." Far up In the Arctic, a Russian' communique said, "fierce clashes with the German troops are In progress . . . the enemv Is suffer ing considerable losses." This was In the Murmansk area, at the ex treme northern tip of the vast line which stretches to the distant shores of the Black sea. Countering official German claims of having all but smash ed the soviet air force, Premier Josenh Stalin's high command emphasized that heavy aerial forces had been hurled into the assault on fresh nazy troops driv ing toward Leningrad In the Dvinsk area, Latvia. Strong air force cooperation was reported nil along the red army's front. Napoleon Said Outstripped In Its preliminary report today. Adolf Hitler's high command as serted that 280 Russian planes were destroyed yesterday, Includ ing 216 In air fights over thn Dvinsk region. The Germans left a clear im plication that the advance "speed tronps" which had knif ed more than 200 miles into the U. S. S. R. toward Smolensk (Continued on page 6) auditor, said that as far as lws knew only Alabama had a com parable debt-limit law. Change to a cash basis was easy. A $3,500,000 cushion of frozen Income taxes, paid In March but withheld from the gen eral fund, absorbed the shock. Briefly, the nmendmcnt works like this: The state board of equalization estimates total revenue beyond which the legislature cannot ap propriate without first levying new taxes. Each division cots monthly statements of avnllablo cash from the state auditor. If these Indi cate revenue Is sufficient,' divi sions are free to obligate the full appropriation. If revenues run behind, each department or Insti tution takes a pro rata monthly reduction. Oklahoma will be out of debt by 1956, Phelps said, if the Mate decides to fund the overdraft ot the last biennlum about $17,000,- 000 over a 15-year period,
