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All Out Defense Registration in Douglas County Tomorrow. Both Sexes, No Age Limit. You're Due for What Y ou Can Do. Collective Might Wins U. S. Fighf, ACTION THE WEATHER 0 By U. S. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Tuesday. Lit tle change in temperature. See pace 4 for statistics. Roosevelt has taken it in thfl form of U. S. naval occupation of Iceland, meeting the nazi threat to the western hemisphere. Nazi ifuctioa should make Interesting reading. Wntch for details in the; NEWS-REVIEW, U , fHt DOUGLASXOUNTY QMS' VOL. XLVI NO. 77 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 7, 1941. VOL. XXIX NO. 275 OF THE EVENING NEWS iB EUUED ISfWIL fflSUB 0 ma 3 MCI 1VAL FORCES TAKE OVER ICELAND Triple Threat Sft'SfflK? luiuDyr.u.h. Action Assures Island's Independence, Displaces .British Defense There o WASHINGTON, July 7. (AP) Forces of the United Slides navy arrived in Iceland today. In accordance with nn under standing between President Roosevelt and the prime minister of Iceland, naval forces moved In to supplement and eventually replace British forces which have been stationed there to Insure the adequate defense of that coun try. Mr. Roosevelt Informed con press In a special message of this far-reaching step in America's foreign policy. Mr. Roosevelt said the United Stales could not permit "the oc cupation by Germany of strate gic outposts in the Atlantic to be used as air or naval bases for eventual attack against the west ern hemisphere." 9 At the same time, he said this iuntry had no desire to see any lange in the present sover eignty of those regions. Iceland was a sister kingdom of Denmark which eventually became virtually independent ex cept for retaining allegiance to the king of Denmark. After Germany overran Pen mark, Iceland separate. I the last tie. The United States already has taken similar steps to insure that Germany will not occupy Greenland. Three-Way Threat Cited Mr. Roosevelt told congress that occupation of Iceland by Germany would constitute a ser ious threat in three dimensions: "The threat against Greenland and the northern portion of the North American continent, in aiding the islands which lie off "The threat against all ship ping in the north Atlantic. "The threat against the steady flow of munitions to Britain - (Continued on pace ( In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS TODAY'S (Thursday's! big news is a speech by Stalin tr the Russian people - his first since 1930. He warns them of grave dang er and calls upon them to com bat the invaders with a huge SCORCHED EARTH campaign. He says: Tomi'tit guerrilla warfare Jerywhere. Blow up bridges and roads. Set fire to I be for esls." THE speech is interesting. It CONTRADICTS the opti mistic war reports that have been coming out of Moscow for days. It confirms, in effect, the German claim that Russian re sistance has been broken. No commander still confident of the ability of his armies to llnow back an invader would make such a speech. -THE speech does something else. II reveals the niyster-' ious Stalin, aoout whom little is Hunter Liggett in central Califor known, as possessing courage nia, set up camp in KU degree and resolution. temperature yen -May. Soon toe If the disaster is as great jjpeaicu .......m-, ,...,... ,- , apeated German claims indicate f.d as his own words seem to confirm, the threat of revolution which has always been in the background of the Russian situa tion is staring Stalin in the face. If his words can be taken at their face value, he is going to (Continued on page 4) Registration For Home Defense to vyceur lomorrow Plan Includes All Capable Douglas Folk Readiness for Possible Emergency Purpose of All-Out Enrollment All Douglas county residents willing to give full or part-time service in home defense are ask ed to register Tuesday at their usual polling places. The county defense council has arranged with election boards to handle registrations throughout the day and. except In Roseburg and im mediate vicinity, Canyonvllle and Oakland, registration will be con ducted at the polling places used in elections. Registration of volunloors In the city of Roseburg and in the vot ing precincts Immediately adja cent to the city will be conducted at the chamber of commerce of fice. Gave Mowrey's barber shop In the Grand hotel building, and at the state reemployment office in the court house. Central loca tions in the- business districts of Canvonville and Oakland will be selected by the local chairmen. due to inability to secure the polling places. For Emergency Purposes. I "The purpose of this registra tion is to create a pool of men and women who are willing to give either full or part-time ser vice In times of defense emer gency," Harry Plnnlgor, county defense coordinator, said today. "It Is qhite probable that little ac tual service will be required, but the county is to be completely or ganized and trained in the event an emergency should arise." Men and women will be re quested to list experiences in va rious fields of civil occupation and also will be asked to express pre ference for the type of defense work in which they may be called to serve. Services for men in clude police and fire department reserves, first aid, aircraft ob server, air raid warden, etc. For women the jobs listed include: assistant fire warden, first aid, home economics, aircraft warn ing service, recreation, motor corps. Instructors also are want ed in home nursing, accident pre vention, swimming, first aid, nur sery school, recreation, nutrition and domestic science. Training, Experience Count. "From among the persons who (Continued on page III Heat Prostrates Troops; Truck Kills Soldier REDDING, Calif., July 7. (API -Army doctors said that 'most of the 00 men and five of j fleers of the list division, strick- !!! with heat pro-it rat Ion whi! lencarr.pcd at tbr municipal air port, would be able to leave to day. ! Th" oivi-ien ni ivtule tf Foi Lew is, from war games at Camp . strir-Ken men oean dropping e nhe eiiumd. manv unconsciouj. y of ,hf. M ..,,,.,. nave b(,,.n suffering from dysentery the past several days, officers said. John Winters, 22. attache' to the 21Sth field 'iitillery se; vice battalion, was iniured fatally un der the wheels of an army truck he was attempting to board after a Sunday swim here. He was a icsidetit of Portland. Surgery Opens Way to Entry In Army Air Corps I 'V-vX J .SfW-x-ltt-vlcu- 1-aiKra vinic. Fully recovered from a ma jor operation which he had un dergone to qualify for en trance Into the army air corps, Bill Wren, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Wren, 1042 Prospect St., Roseburg, has been accepted for flight train ing and is awaiting orders to report as a cadet. A graduate from Roseburg high school with the class of 1938, he was graduated this year from University of Ore gon. He was a student In the civilian pilots training program at U. of O. and holds a private license. He was one of the fast est track men on the university team. Prevented by hernia from en tering the air corps, he submit ted to an operation following graduation, and recently pass ed the required physical tests, and expects travel orders with, in a few days. Missing Inn Clerk Sought In $100,000 Gem Theft CARMEL, Calif., July 7. (API A missing clerk and two large suitcases were sought by police today in the daring theft of an estimated $100,000 In jew els from an exclusive inn here. Police turned to San Francisco in their hunt for the clerk, Leon ard Steinert, 40, to whom the jewels were entrusted for safe keeping early Saturday. The jewels, owned by wealthy Mrs. Edwina Kinsley Mandel di vorced wife of a Chicago depart ment store owner, evidently wei- dispatched lo San Francisco by bus in two suitcases, Police Unci Roy G. Fraties said. Steinert, who had been in the employ of the Pinn i.m only 27 days, vanished befoie dawn Set U'tiay, shortly after the jewels had been left in his care by Ed ward G. Sutherland. Hollywood film director anC friend ol Mrs. Mandel. Doctor Faces 2 Charges Involving Girl of 12 OLYMPIA. July 7. (AP) Jo seph J. Shebl, 2S, an Olympia phvsidan, was charged with first degree kidnaping In justice court,1 Prosecutor John S. Lynch, Jr., said today. The charge was in addition to a morals count filed Saturday, in connection with what Lynch said was his attempted attack upon a 12-year-old Llttlerock girl. Held under 85,000 bail, Dr. Shebl Is alleged to have lured the girl from her home on a ruse that her mother was seriously injured in an automobile accident, Auto Crash Ends Life Of Maude Eaton Death Follows Accident Near Tiller; Five Hurt In Two Other Accidents Injuries suffered In an auto mobile accident on the South Umpqua forest road several miles east of Tiller, July 3, re sulted in the death at the hos pital hero today of Maude Eve lyn Eaton, 37, Klamath Falls. Mrs. Eaton was injured when a car driven by Charles Welcher, of Klamath Falls, on a holiday trip to Camp Comfort, skidded off a turn and struck a tree be side the roadway. She was giv en first aid at the South Ump qua Falls CCC camp and brought to Roseburg by the Douglas am bulance. Welcher was only slightly Injured in the accident. Mrs. Eaton was born at Sandy. Oregon, April 21, 1904, and had made her home for the past 15 years at Klamath Falls, where she was employed by the Kla math Lumber and Box company. She was a member of the Catholic church. Surviving are her step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Silvey, of Klamath Falls, and a brother and sister, Stnford R. Silvey, Fort Bennlng, Ga., and Ruby A. Silvey, Klamath Falls. The body was taken today by Frank W. Long of the Douglas Funeral home to Klamath Falls where services will he held. "Spike" Hughes Killed Word was received hero Sunday of the death at Weed, California, of Grover "Spike" Hughes, for mer resident of Roseburg. His death resulted from injuries suf fered July 4 in an automobile ac cident near Weed. Mr. Hughes, who made his home here for many years, had been employed throughout bis ac tive life by the Southern Pacific company, and had been serving as a trainman at Dunsmulr and Weed in recent years. He was a brother of Washing ton Hughes of Roseburg and Mrs. A. A. McMasters of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Hughes left Saturday for Weed following receipt of news of the accident. Mrs. R. W. Ohman, 921 South Stephens, and M. B. (Buck) Hughes, both of Roseburg, and George Jenkins of Myrtle Point, were in Mercy hospital here to day suffering from injuries re ceived Sunday night in an auto mobile accident on Camas moun tain. State police reported they were told that a tire blowout on the (Continued on page 0) Nation's 3-Day Holiday Over July 4 Posts Toll of More Than 600 Lives By the Associated Press Back to normalcy after the long Fourth of July holiday week end the nation todav counted 373 traf fic deaths---three more than aver age for an ordinary Friday, Sat urday and Sunday in July. Rain in some parts or the country dur ing the holiday period was be lieved to be the chief reason the total was not higher. Other violent deaths drown ings, plane crashes, shootings and the like totaled 237 throughout the country to swell the number killed by all causes to 612. California's 57 reported deaths, 40 of them in vehicular mishaps, was 10 ahead of Illinois' total of 29 traffic and 18 other fatalities. f'ow York was third with 39 deaths, of which 20 were by cars, followed by Pennsylvania with 27 traffic fatalities and 11 others. Fifth was Ohio, where 25 persons were killed by autos, 10 by other causes. Three states Rhode Island, Ne vada and South Dakota had no violent deaths On the fireworks casualty list Nazis Given No Respite In RAF Raiding Ruhr Region, French Area, North Sea Ships Blasted By Armadas of Planes LONDON, July 7. (API-British bombers raided German-held France today in two heavy at tacks, continuing without a let-up the overnight assault which ex tended from the docks at Brest to the Ruhr valley. Watchers on the southeast coast saw a morning armada sweep over, heard distant bomb explo sions and estimated many tons of projectiles were dropped upon northern France. In the afternoon, they saw new flights sweep across the glittering channel and heard the sharp crash of anti-aircraft fire as the Germans put up. a fierce barrage between Boulogne and Calais. One German plane was report ed over northern England, the first daylight raider in weeks. Liverpool ground defenses went into- action The plane was be lieved on a weal Iter reconnais sance flight. An authoritative announcement said that in the morning sweep heavy bombers- attacked an air craft works at Meaulle, near Al bert, In northern France, and struck lis buildings with heavy explosives and incendiary bombs which started a number of fires. Both Sides Lose Planes Escorting RAF fighters wore declared to have shot down three German fighters and two British fighters were acknowledged lost, though both their pilots were saved. A burst of machine-gun fire clattered out of the channel haze, and RAF rescue launches tore out in the direction of the shoot ing. Planes droned over the chan nel an hour. The German Industrial centers of Dortmund and Muenster were said to have been among targets of the night attacks, which tin; British acknowledged had cost them six planes. (The Germans also reported that six liritish planes were downed in raids on western Ger many, which they said had re sulted In damage to residential sections. I The air ministry said lighter at tacks were made upon Duessel dorf and Cologne, the port of Em den and the docks at Rotterdam. The communique claimed ex tensive damag to the naval base and harbor at Brest and to docks (Continued on page D than last year but still far less than In years when laws against Ihe sale of fireworks were less strict. (By Ihe Associated Press) A warm sun sent week-end va cationers searching for cooling waters yesterday and boosted Oregon's Fourth of Juiy holiday death toll to 11. Nine of the deaths were by drowning and four were blamed on traffic accidents. A canoe overturned in the Mary's river near Corvallis yes terday, drowning Marvin Quails, 21, Sweet Home. Two others escaped. Calvin Shinn, 10, Portland, drowned while swimming in the Tualatin river yesterday, and Robert Schwarzman, 10, Portland, died of skull injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Sea side. Elmer Tronson, 4, was killed Saturday on the Florence-Eugene highway. He lit a firecracker and ran into the path of an automobile. W. R. Vinson, Prominent Pioneer of Douglas County, Passes Away at 82 William William R. (Billy) Vinson, R2, widely known throughout Doug las county, died at his home in Roseburg today following a short illness. A lifelong resident of Douglas county, Mr. Vinson had engaged in various activities, in cluding that of early-day stage driver, sawmill operator, cattle raiser, farmer, orehardist and various lines of business, lie was very active for many years III political al fairs, lie was a staunch republican. He was born June 9, IH5!), at the old immigrant crossing on the Platte river, as bis pioneer parents were en route from Iowa lo the Oregon country. His birth occured on Ihe day Oregort's char ter was signed in Washington, D. C, and Mr. Vinson claimed Ore gon as his nalive state, as ills Ammunition Plant Dispute Mullen Coal Row Settled (!?y the Associated Press)' Failure of Ihe management and a union at an ammunition plant lo settle differences which led to a strike throat gave the defense medial (pn board an urgent Job to day. AFL's chemical workers union at the Alton, III., plant of the Western Cartridge company ask ed the board yesterday to take su pervision of bargaining negotia tions. Fred Olds, AFL organizer, contended the company was stall ing, but management spokesmen said progress was being made. The union had planned to strike last midnight, but held ore when the mediation board persuaded both sides to continue bargaining. The company holds $K.4IW,0IK) of contracts for ammunition, a necessity of war with which Presi dent Roosevelt said recently the United Stales was poorly supplied. Involved In the dispute are 5.r() employes of the plant's smokeless powder division. In all, the firm employs (!,500. The union wants recognition as bargaining agent in the smoke i powder division, a 25-ccnt In crease in the minimum wage of (10 cents an hour plus adjustment in other wage brackets, and a union shop. Coal Dispute Settled. Fears of defense officials that there might be another work stoppage; in soft coal mines were ended yesterday when CIO's Unit ed Mine Workers and southern mine operators signed a new two- year contract. The contract provided n basin $7 a day wage tor 150,U00 miners of the area, the same as northern operators already had agreed to pay. Under contracts which ex pired In April the pay was $0 In the north and $5.00 In the south. The southern operators tried vainly to continue the 40 cents a day differential. While the negotiations were go ing on southern miners worked for S0.60 a day. The contract. however, was retroactive to April 1, so each will receive an extra 10 cents for each day worked since then. IT . I Xi wh-IIi-vIi m- Choi, i unit KiiKnivliiK. R. Vinson parents had previously severed Iowa citizenship. As a young man he worked as a mail carrier and stage driver on the Cous Bay wagon road. Later be was engaged In farm ing, slockralslng and numerous other activities. He was widely known for his ability as an old-time fiddler and was in great demand throughout the county at public gatherings. He is survived hv his widow two sojis, Dr. Ralph Vinson, Port land, and Vernon Vinson, Mon tana; a foster son, Carl Coleman, Roseburg, and a brother, R. F. Vinson of Paulson, Mont. The body has been removed to- the Roseburg Undertaking com pany cnapcl. Mineral arrange ments are awaiting word from the sous. U.S., China Must Halt Threat From Japan, M'Nutt Says WASHINGTON', July 7. (AP) Federal Security Administra tor Paul V. McNutt said today that America's slake in Asia was "far too real" to be abandoned "In order to appease the political machine which now happens to be in Tokyo." Ills address, emphatic In serv ing notice that this country would resist any Japanese attempt to raise a military barrier between America and the far east, was prepared for exercises of the Washington Chinese colony in ob serving of the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of Sino-Japanese fighting. McNutt warned that a Ger man conquest of Russia might bring Japan Into outright mili tary collaboration with the axis, and declared China and the Unit ed Slates must take action now to prevent the "unification of the totalitarian battlefront" across across all Europe and Asia. The Indlanan charged that American Institutions and Indus tries for eight years "have been the bult of a war waged against us by totalitarian power." "When any nation teams up as Japan has done with this axis threat, It can hardly do so with out expecting to shoulder the full consequences of its actions." The- former high commissioner of the Philippines predicted ulti mate Chinese victory "a victory in which China will command the orient." Rev. Stearns Cushing, Jr., Faces Morals Charge PENDLETON, July 7. (AP) Circuit Judge Sweek said today that the Rev. Stearns Cushing, Jr., pastor of the Methodist church in Hermlston the past two years, pleaded not guilty to a charge of contributing to the de linquency of a minor. Bail was set at $1,000 pending selection or a Jury. Cushing is married, but not living with his wife, who Is In the Willamette valley with their minor daughter. Cushing was formerly stationed at Sutherlin, Douglas county, Oregon. Nazis Reply That Stalin Line Broken Blitzkrieg Pace Slowed, Reports Indicate, With Battle Tide in Seesaw By the Associated Press Adolf Hitler's invasion armies were reported to have "broken" the Stalin line today, but the Rus sians declared red army troops had blocked the nazi offensive along the whole front and driven the Germans back in five sectors. The soviet high command said Russian troops had seized the of. tensive in heavy fighting from the Baltic to the Black sea. smashing the Germans along the Berezina river and hurling bacK a nazl drive aimed at the north, flank of the Stalin line. DNB (official German news agency) asserted German troops had "broken" thp line, which runs 75 miles deep in some places. No details were given. Equally vague, the Berlin radio said German columns had pierced the line at several points. Panzer Columns "Padded" The Russians reported officially that the Germans were using wood-and-canvas tanks to pad out their panzer columns, described as self-propelling and carrying machine guns. Red army scouts, It was said, discovered the subterfuge when they spotted a nazl tank column moving up to tho front and noted with amazement that "the body of one of the tanks unexpectedly gave In under the pressure of the elbow of nn officer who leaned Against It." . ' . u the column, the Russians said, only one of the 20 tanks was genuine.' The German high command said axis , troops had captured Cernautl, capital of sovletized Bu covina, In :' a drive toward tha Russian Ukraine. Rumanian and Hungarian troops, allies of1 Germany, were declared to have reached the up per Dnestr river in Bucovina, while In nearby Bessarabia, German-Rumanian forces were re ported "In a progressive ad vance" after repulsing soviet counter-attacks. By contrast, a red army bulle tin said that in the Bessarablan sector "Ihe enemy, suffering very heavy losses, was thrown back to his previous position." Losses Tremendous A Moscow communique, pro claiming success everywhere for the red armies, declared heavy losses had blunted the German drive to the east, and that Ger man attempts to cross tho Dnepr liver near Bobruisk, on the cen tral front, had been repelled vio lently. Describing bitter fighting along a river apparently me Berezina i soviet communique declared the Germans threw fresh reserves Into the battle and "crossed to our shore at a cost of tremendous sacrifices." Counter-attacking with bayo- nets. Russian troops "threw the German fascists back across the Iver, Inflicting heavy casualties, the communique said. "Hie bodies of several tnou- sand fascist soldiers remained on the field of battle, and many, more perished in the river." Blltzkrlef Pace Slowed While conflicting versions ot the Hi-day-old struggle came from Moscow and Berlin, one thing seemed clear: Adolf Hitler's invasion armies, according to reiwrts edited by the nazl fuehrer himself, still were fighting mostly on the fringe ot the vast soviet hinterlands after battering through sovletized "buf fer" states. A German military commentator admitted frankly the Russians remained1 at their, posts longer than the French did In the 1910 campaign In tho west. On the far north front, the Germans said Finnish troops "succeeded In encircling a whole soviet battalion after half of them had been killed In action." Reporting the German Invaders routed in rive sectors, tho soviet high command declared red army soldiers broke up a tank-led at tempt by nazl motorized troops to knlle through the Ostrov region (Continued on page 6),
