The Rabbit-Out-of-the-Hat Magician is a Piker Compared With Adolf Hitler. Der Fuehrer, Warring on the Bear, Trapped 400,000 Russians and Sot Minsk.
r 2-WAY SMASHES
The nazis are walloping the)
Reds while the RAF, aided by;
American fliers, are scourging
the nazis. Which side can pountl
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Westher Bureau
a Partly cloudy tonight ami
Thursday. Occasional showers
tonight. Thursday cooler.
See page 4 for statistics.
largely on U. S. help. Follow thu
news In your home city dally.
VOL. XLVI NO. 74 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1941.
VOL. XXIX NO. 272 OF THE EVENING NEW3
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fHtDOUGLAS COUNTY DAIS'
o112 Enroll
Here; June 30
Birthday of 2
Draft Cards Given New
21-ers; All 28 or Over
' Deferred in Army Order
Bill Smith, Steamboat CCC
camp, native ot Tennessee, and
Terrance M. Tindell, Rt. 1, Rose
burg, received birthday presents
Tuesday in the form of selective
service registration cards. The
two young men each celebrated
their 21st birthdays June 30. .
They were among 112 men, 21
years of age, who registered with
the local board Tuesday. Of this
9 number 24, principally CCC en
lollees, were from other states
and their cards are to be for
warded to their local boards. The
Douglas county board anticipates
receipt of approximately 30 cards
from other localities where young
men from this county now are
employed.
The task of registration was
coducted very smoothly and ef
ficiently, Dr. Charles A. Edwards,
chairman, reported. The members
of the board were assisted bv the
members of the advisory board in
handling the registrations.
DEFERMENT GIVEN THOSE
18 YEARS OLD OR OVER
WASHINGTON, July 2. CAP)
Selective service narrowed its
age limits todav with the blanket
deferment of all men 28 years of
age or older not now In training.
OThe effect of the order was to
nnke onlv those from 21 through
27 liable to a vear's duty with the
army In the future, and it in
creased the likelihood of nn early
call for many of the 750.000 voting
men who registered yesterday.
The blanket deferment order
was issued vesterdav as local
boards thronphout the cniinlrv
were concluding the enrollment
of the men who have reached 21
since the first registration last
October. This second enrollment
went off smnothlv and apparent
ly without ma'or Incident.
Brigadier Genera lewis B.
TTersbev, deputy selective service
director, who issued the Inst rue-
ffnntinnprl nn nicp fit
In the Day
'sNews
By FRANK JENKINS
HPO date f about noon Monday)
this is the fruit of the world
shaking battle of (lie typewrit
ers: The Germans claim:
Surrounding of two Russian
armies, totaling about -100.000
men, and their imminent destruc
tion. Capture or destruction of 223.3
Russian tanks, including 415 52
tonners. Capture or destruction of 1297
Russian armored cars.
Forty thousand Russian prison
ers and 600 big guns taken.
Destruction of 'HOT soviet
planes. (The Germans candidly
admit they lost ISO planes them
Q Ives.)
'THE red army (calling the
German claims "boastful
humbug") gives its own figures
as follows:
2500 German tanks destroyed,
with losses of only 900 Russian
tanks.
1500 German planes destroyed,
with a loss of only 850 Russian
planes.
30.000 German prisoners taken,
with a loss of only 15,000 Russian
prisoners.
'THERE they are. Take your
choice.
On the face of statistics so far
available, one is forced to the
conclusion that both sides are
winning.
A TP to the hour this Is written,
however, the Japs haven't
Jumped onto the Russians. Be
fore going off the deep end, they
reem to want more than stalls-
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Lindbergh, S J ng Russia, Declares
EvenGerma referable as Ally;
Asserts "We iady to Fight for U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, j
(AP) Charles A. Line" de
nouncing Russia and an
entanglements, pleaded for "an
Independent destiny for Amer
ica" amid prolonged applause at
an overflow mass meeting spon
sored by the America First com
mittee here last night.
The crowd filled the 12.000
seats of the Civic auditorium be
fore the meeting began and over
flowed into the street where
they listened to outdoor loud
speakers. About 7,000 seals were
free.
The audience roared its loud
est approval when Lindbergh de
clared:
"I would a hundred times rath
er see my country ally herself
with England, or even with Ger
many with all her faults, than
with the cruelty, the Godlessness,
and the barbarism that exist In
soviet Russia. . . .
"But there is one thing upon
which we can agree, upon which
we are not divided, and that is
that we are ready to fight for
America if the need should ever
arise."
Lindbergh responded with en
gaging grins to the ovation
which greeted him and his wife,
as they took their places on the
platform with other speakers:
Picnic, Sports Expected to Attract
Large Crowd to Idleyld Park July 4th;
Forests, Beaches Also to Draw Treks
News-Review to Take
Holiday July Fourth
In keeping with its usual cus
tom of observing Independence
day, July 4, as a full holidav,
the News-Review company will
not publish Friday of this
week.
Tile day is to be observed as
a general holiday bv retail
stores, which will be closed all
day, as will be offices and
hanks. Holiday rules will be in
effect at the postoffice.
Some places of business will
also remain closed on Satur
day, but retail stores will be
open as usual on that day.
The Roseburg Rod and Gun
club picnic, to be held at Idlevld
park Friday. Juiv 4, is expected to
be the outstanding Independence
day celebration for this area and
the club is making elaborate prep
arations for the entertainment of
a large crowd. The picnic will be
an all-day affair, with the formal
program starting at 10 a. m.
The morning will be given over
largely to the flycasting tourna
ment and trapshooting. A large
number of outofcounty shooters
are expected to attend, and events
will be continued throughout the
afternoon with merchandise and
cash shoots for all classes.
The club will furnish free cof
fee and ice cream during the
noon hour, but picnickers are ex
pected to furnish their own lunch,
cups and utensils.
Sports For Kiddies Listed
Horseshoe pitching, a greased
pole contest, and various types of
games and sports will be provid
ed for entertainment and danc
ing will be enjoved in the park
pavilion both afternoon and eve
ning. Prizes will he provided for
dancers.
Special arrangements have
been made for the entertainment
of the youngsters of the picnic
parties. Miss Muriel White, phv
sical education instructor in the
Roseburg schools, will be in
charge of the games for children
and will have manv merchandise
prizes to be awarded winners in
various contests.
Celebrations Elsewhere
In addition to the Pod and Gun
club picnic, there will be various
'community events throughout the
county. The forest sen-ice is an
ticlnatlni? a large Influx of pic
nickers into the wooded areas,
mrticnlnrlv nlon" the North nnd
South I'mnoua rivers. Good fish
ing Is anticipated In both streams
in the event the weather con
tinues warm. The rivers, swollen
bv recent rains, are drnpnine and I
clearing ranldlv and should afford
good fly fishing over the holi-
I Author Kathleen Norris, Actress
Lillian Gish, and Senator David
Worth Clark of Idaho.
But his mouth wore grim lines
when he spoke of "intervention
ist propaganda," commenting:
"A refugee who steps from
the gangplank and advocates
war is acclaimed as a defender
of freedom. A n a 1 1 v e-born
American who opposes war is
called a fifth columnist."
British Deceit Charged
Senator Clark asserted that he
had great admiration for the
British people, but believed they
were playing only their own
came.
"When the long arm of Eng
land reaches over here and by
means of every sort of propa
ganda deceives citizens of the
United States," he declared,
"then with what little feeble
voice I have I shall undertake
at least to tell the American peo
ple what a fraud is being perpe
trated on them.
Miss Gish said she was "not
proud" of the part she had play
eel in the last war, when she ap
peared in films made by D. W,
Griffith after the producer had
been approached by David Lloyd
George and Lord Beaverbrook
with requests to make persuasive
pictures to praise the cause of
England and France.
days. Bait and spinner fishermen
also should secure ample catches
The celebrations in Coos eoun
ty also are expected to draw
great many people from Rose
burg, while the beaches will lure
a large number ot Douglas coun
ty residents.
Prisoners Demand More
Food; They Get It, Plus
Wilson Hartshorn, - Douglas
'county jailor, has his own method
of handling prisoners who com
plain of insufficiency of meals
Two prisoners in the county jail
nau complained that they were
not receiving sufficient food
Hartshorn assured them that the
county did not want them to suf
fer from lack of nourishment,
ana lor preaKiast tnis morning
saw that both men were supplied
with a double allotment. He not
only provided the additional food
but stood over them to see that
they ate all of it. Three slices of
bread, left until last by the din
ers, went down with much diffi
culty, but the jailer insisted upon
me devouring ot the last crust.
Both prisoners were absent
when lunch was served.
Residence Properties in
Roseburg Change Hands
Sale of two Roseburg homes
was reported today bv the G. W.
Young and Son Realty company.
The residential property at 420
howler street, formerly occupied
by the late F. A. Clemens, has
neon purchased and occupied by
Mrs. Daisy Barnett. A home on
East Sixth street, formerly own
ed by Wilbur Diehl, now of San
Dlepo. has been purchased by J.
M. Ross. Another recent purchase
was that of the L. J. Barnes resi
dence on Chadwlck street. The
home has been acquired by Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Black, who have
been occupying the residence for
several months.
Traffic Charge Draws
$100 Fine, Jail Term
Pleading guilty to a charge of
nermittlng an intoxicated man to
drive his automobile. Eugene Dau
del, 21. Eugene salesman, was
fined S100 and sentenced to 30
days in Jail here todav. Justice of
the Peace R. W. Marsters report
ed that Daudel was alleged to
have provided an automobile for
the use of a fellow salesman, Ar
thur A. Thirlon, 40, after the lat
ter's car had been taken away
from him hv the city marshal at
Oakland. Thirlon was arrested
June IS bv state police and now is
serving a 30-day sentence for
drunken driving.
VPA Issue
Causes Union
To Quit Work
Low Pay to Painting Crew
Brings AFL Strike at
Federal Barracks Job
By the Associated Press
In a strike which union leaders
termed a national test of the use
of WPA labor at sub-union wages,
the AFL building trades council
at St. Louis Instructed between
1,500 and 2,000 workmen today to
stay away from their jobs on a
$4,000,000 construction project at
Jefferson barracks.
The walkout was ordered In
protest to the employment of 75
WPA painters. E. M. Basye, depu
ty state WPA administrator, de
clared however that "our men
will remain on the job. The pro
jects have been certified as neces
sary to national defense."
Other labor developments in
cluded: Cleveland United Automobile
Workers-CIO begin voting on
whether to strike to enforce their
demand for a wage increase of 10
cents an hour at the White Motor
company. Their current wage
rate was not disclosed.
Los Angeles The last remain
ing detachment of 1,500 soldiers
was relieved from further duty at
the North American Aviation
company plant after final settle
ment of the CIO-called strike
there was announced. The sol
diers took over the plant June 9,
nroKe a five-day strike. Terms of
the strike settlement included
pay Increases which the union
estimated at $7,000,000 a year for
9,000 employes, and a modified
form of closed CIO shop.
Kearny, N. J. An official of
the CIO shipbuilders union dr
dared there was no danger
whatsoever" of a strike against
the Federal Shipbuilding and
Drydock company which holds
$493,000,000 in navy and maritime
commission contracts. The na
tional defense mediation board
has stepped into a dispute be
tween the union and manage
ment Involving the workers' de
mand for wage raises, paid vaca
tions and a modified union shop.
i ne union seeks to have the pres
ent minimum of G21 cents an
hour lifted to 72 cents. The pres
ent labor contract expires at mid-
nignt Monday.
Hotel Unionists Clash
SAN FRANCISCO Fists
swung wildly as almost 1.000 men
and women battled in a jurisdic
tional dispute between two hotel
employes' unions last night. The
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G.U.Helbig, Local
Realtor, Passes On
George Ulysses Helblg. 71. lo
cal real estate broker, well-known
resident of Roseburg and Doug-
las county, died at his home at 427
South Pine street this morning
following a short period of Ill
ness. He was born at Salem. Indiana.
January 23, 1870, and was mar
ried to Rena Ogle March 5, 18!)fi.
He moved to Oregon with his
family in lHOfl, coming from Colo
rado. He resided In Garden valley
for three years and then at Riddle
for a like period before moving to
Roseburg. For the past 2.'1 years
ne nas neon engaged in the real
estate and insurance business. Mr.
Helblg was a member of the Ma
sonic lodge and of the Methodist
church.
Surviving are his widow and
two sons, Clinton L. Helblg.
Tucson, Arizona, and Vcrn V. Hel
blg of Roseburg. He is also stir-
Ived by five brothers, John and
William Helblg, both residents of
Washington; Clint Helbig of
Bloomington, Indiana; Dean S.
lelblg, Spokane, Washington,
nd Kirland Helblg of American
Lake, Washington. He is also sur
vived by two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
the chapel of the Douglas Fune
ral home Saturday at 2 p. m. Ser
vices will be conducted bv Laurel
lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M. Con-
ciuaing services win ne neia at
Civil Bend cemetery, where Inter-
ment will take place, with Dr. C.
A. Edwards officiating.
Songbird Wins
Legal Battle
For Her Child
; r i I
Marion and Ex-Mato
LOS ANGELES, July 2. (AP)
-Marion Talley has a divorce,
full custody of her daughter, Su
san, and assurance of Superior
Judge Ingall W. Bull that no
more court fights are to be insti
tuted over possession of the 6-year-old
child.
Judge Bull awarded Miss Tal
ley, Missouri farm girl who be
came famous as an opera and
movie singer, a divorce from
Adolpli G. Eckstrom, her former
New York voice coach, yesterday.
He gave her Susan and restrained
Eckstrom from prosecuting fur
ther, In any state, any issues In
volved here. The trial consumed
six weeks and two days.
Further, Judge Bull reprimand
cd Eckstrom for making morals
charges against Miss Talley.
O'Daniel Wins In
U.S. Senator Race
DALLAS, July 2. (AP) Gov.
W. Loo O'Daniel, who three
years ago was selling flour
through a radio program with
hillbilly music nnd songs of his
own composition, will go to the
United States senate soon unless
an official count alters his ap
parent special election victory.
Back to seats in the house aft
er a strenuous campaign go Rep.
Martin Dies, chairman of a corn-
mlttee to
investigate un-Ameri
can activities, and Lyndon John
son. Roosevelt administration
friend. Johnson finished a close
second anil Dies a badly beaten
fourth on the basis of unofficial
returns from Saturday's elec
tion. Although Bob Johnson. Texas
election bureau manager, said re
turns from all the stale's 251
counties had been carefully
checked, he warned there was
still a possibility of nor. An
official canvass will be made
July I I.
The final election bureau count
showed: O'Daniel 17fi,3fiK. John
son 174.273. Attorney General
Gerald C. Mann 1 10,R.-3, Dies 80,-
r,oi.
Work Partly Resumed
At Roseburg Airport
Work at the Roseburg .'illHt't
was resumed todav following a
one-day lay off of the WPA crew
employed on that project. Only
part of the crew was called
back to work today, but It was
expected that the entire, force
will be back on the job by Mon
day. Meal WPA officers were ad
vised that the temporary layoff
wan occasioned by the change In
fiscal year and a technicality
which briefly delayed allotments
Ijor projects.
Big Army Smashed, 100,000
Prisoners Captured, Claim
U.S. Fliers
Aid RAF In
Raid on Nazis
American "Eagles" Bag 3
Of 17 Planes Destroyed;
Gen. Waved Transferred
LONDON, July 2. (API-
American fliers in the Eagle
squadron were credited with bag
ging three of a total of 17 Ger
man planes claimed by the RAF
today in a series of daylight raids
on northern Franco. i
Strong RAF forces smashed
across the channel this -nornlng
and squadrons of fighters and
bombers still were streaking over
northern France during the nfter
noon. following up a night attack
in which British bombs were said
to have straddled the dock of a
German battleship at Brest.
The) RAF acknowledged that
two bombers and seven freighters
lost in the daylight sweeps, the
first large scale offensive against
occupied France In which the
American Eagle squadron was re
ported taking part.
The British announcement said
an airdrome at Mervllle, near
Lille, and a railway junction
southeast of "Lille were bombed
by British Blenheims. Bombs
burst on runways and buildings
and among dispersed aircraft, It
reported.
"The attacks were pressed
home in the face of heavy oppo
sillon from ground defenses and
a large number ot enemy fight
ers were beaten off with heavy
losses," It: continued.
As the British flights continued
(Continued on page G)
Tentative List of
New Taxes Shaped
For House Action
WASHINGTON, July 2. (AP)
J he house ways and means
committee completed the prelim
inary drafting of a $3,504,000 tax
bill today ,$4,400,000 above Its
goal after voting tentatively to
increase the capital stock tax on
corporations.
Representative Cooper, a mem
her, announced that the commit
tee had agreed tentatively to
raise the capital stock tax from
the present rate of $1.10 per $1
000 to $1.25. He said this was
estimated to yield $18,000,000.
The committee also voted to
Impose a 10 per cent ma nu fact
lifers' excise tax on cutlery
which would produce an estimat
ed $0,000,000 and to increase the
present withholding tax on non
sident aliens and non resident
foreign corporations from 101
per cent to 274 per cent.
The treasury estimated the
withholding lax revision would
raise $20,000,000 additional. The
levy represents the amount this
government withholds from the
earnings In this country of non
resident aliens and foreign cor
porations. Committee attaches explained
that the increase in the with
holding tax was designed to
bring the levy in line with In
creases in the rates on domestic
taxpayers,
Cooper announced that the
committee had also voted tenia
lively to revise its proposed tax
on slot machines so as to exempt
bona fide merchandise vending
machines and to restrict the tax
- -$25 annually for the use of
such machines-to plnhall and
other gambling devices.
He said the committee was nd
vised by the treasury that penny
vending machines In many cases
would not 'ake in, In the course
of a year, as much as the tart ori
ginally proposed. In the case of
machines vending merchandise
only, the proposed tax was $5
yearly.
Chairman Doughton predicted
the house would complete action
the week of July 14. I
Knox Stands By
Urge to Rid Sea
Of Nazi Craft
WASHINGTON. July 2. (AP)
Secretary Knox flatly stated to
day that no American vessels on
Atlantic patrols had engaged In
convoying, had become Involved
In combat, had suffered any loss
of life in their crews or any loss
oi equipment.
The question of patrol opera
tlon was raised at a press confer
ence at which the navy chief also
was interrogated about ciltlclsm
in congress of his demand this
week that the United States seize
on the present moment to sweep
-me uerman menace'- from the
Atlantic.
Repeatedly, the secretary de
clined to reply to the criticisms or
to say whether the speech in
which he made the demand had
presidential or cabinet approval.
At length, however, when asked
whether it would "be fair to say
you are sticking by your guns on
the speech," Knox boomed:
"Yes, of course."
Senator Wheeler (D.-Mont.)
said yesterday that Knox "should
resign or bo thrown out of office"
for making such a speech. This Is
no time to have as the head of
our great navy an Irresponsible,
erratic Individual to say nothing
gf one who makes promises to the
people when ho seeks confirma
tion by the senate only to violate
every promise in less than r
year's time," Wheeler declared.
Boy Drowns in Futile
Try to Rescue Brother
miAf CA-NWV1A n- T..1..I"'" '.-' " " "I'"-"" -"""""-
o . . ,i , ' , ."" W "lso asserted that another
r i, . "ynr-?ld by Enve 220 red army tanks had been cap
h Is life in a fut le effort to save tured or destroyed In a battle on
,.K..lvt, u,u muim-r jiom
drowning.
Franklin Young, 8, stepped In a
hole while wading In a pond yes
terday. His brother, Willard, at
tempted to rescue him but both
drowned before others could ob
tain aid.
By Paul
n "V
frf si J
A SECTION of the new high
way grade now under construe
tlon across Sexton mountain, the
first of the four mountain ranges
motorist must cross on a Jour
ney from Grants Pass to Rose
burg. The fill pictured nliovo
points downward to the Grave
creek side of the divide. The
cut In the background Is Imme-
liately below the old roadway,
which may be seen above.
I don't know how many curves
the new route will eliminate
from the Pacific highway. I
didn't have an adding machine
along with mo, and if I'd asked
the engineer you or I would have
forgotten the total In fifteen
minutes anyway. But there are
lot less on the new grade,
which will be of modern stand
ard width.
...
We're all fond of cussing the
crooked, mountainous road be
tween here and Grants Pass (It's
he climb It, I reckon); but. to
one familiar with the mountain
l oads of the west, It can't be so
Hundreds Of
Tanks, Cannon
Also Seized
Soviet Destroys German '
Naval Base on Black Sea,
4 Sub Boats In Baltic
By the Associated Press
Adolf Hitler's military Jugger
naut was declared to have dealt
a bloody, staggering blow to Rus
sia today with the smashing oC
"a large part" of soviet armies)
trapped east of Blalystok esti
mated at 400,000 troops and the)
capture of 100,000 red army prl.
soners.
In addition, the German high;
command announced that "im
measurable booty" takon In tho
battle included 400 tanks and 30(1
field cannon seized or destroyed.
While gigantic battles raged on
land, the British radio reported
that units of the Russia Black:
sea fleet shelled and destroyed
the German-occupied naval basa
at Constanta, on the Rumanian)
coast.
The Berlin radio quoted tha
nazi high command as saying
that German troops had "smash
ed strong soviet forces In the)
area of Kaunas and captured
their entire arms and equip
ment," Including 94 armord ears;
250 guns, 28 anti-aircraft guns,
81 tanks and 500 machineguns.
The Germans claimed the cap
ture of Kaunas, the capital of!
sovletlzed Lithuania, on Sunday.
The German fuehrer's head-
nitrtt'tnPa In n ananlnl swttvtmii r t.
the Gallclan front, near tho so.
vict Ukraine, which ended yester
day.
Russians Said Retreating
Russian troops were described
as retreating on a wide front,
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JmUm
Newa-Hm'lnw I'liotn nml Kmri-hvIuk.
had when a driver, without burn
ing up the highway or In any
way endangering his own or any
one else's safety, can drive tho
125 miles from here to Ashland
In less than three hours, much
less, If he really puts enthus
iasm Into his Job, and traffic
isn't too thick.
There's a knack In the driving
of crooked roads, as there Is in
properly doing nearly everything
else; and tho driver who masters
it will discover that his . driving
not only Immediately becomes
safer, but easier as well, and the
crooked, steep roads will lose
much of their Inconvenience to .
him.
Just the same, It will be dog-
goned nice when this section of
the highway eventually Is
straightened.
...
If It doesn't rain and folks en-
Joy a good Fourth of July holl- '
day, they ll come back reeling
lot better those that come
back.
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