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If the U. S. Navy Would Promise All Recruits Immediate Assignment to Iceland During the Current Hot Spell, S etting IN Increased Quota Woul J be a CtmrL NAZI PAIDERS If J hey continue in operate la the waters of! Iceland, wtH they; clash wtth the 0. S, navy? A safe answer wotttd be "yfs, Then what? Answer that una vorsef, Awl watch JV'EWS? REVIEW news. J f THE WEATHER , By U. S. Weather Bursso Fair tonight and Wednesday. Little change In tempetature. S-2 page 4 fur statistics. VOL. XLVI NO. 78 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941, VOL. XXIX NO. 278 OF THE EVENING NEWS ffl UU EG So d 1 2 2. " (7. 5. Occupa f m of Iceland Bars Nazi Pincers Move on British Supply Lines Washington Informed Of Hitlers Aim Speculation Now Rife as To War on Nazi Raiders In Vicinity of Island WASHINGTON, July 8. (AP) J The occupation of Iceland by United States armed forces was described in administration cir cles today as a step intended to thwart a vast German pincers movement on Great Britain's in dispensable supply lines. It was said that the United Slates government had iu'en in formed just before Germany's attack on Russia that Relchs fuehrer Hitler planned a two pronged blockade- squeeze one extending to Iceland lo war on north Atlantic shipping, the oth er running through Portugal southward to Dakar, on the west African coast, to prey on British shipping in the south Atlantic. This pincers movement, ex tending from the equator to the Arctic, would have as its imme diate objective the cutting off of Britain from all overseas sup plies, including lease-lend ship ments, but. an informed military authority pointed out that an op eration of such magnitude con stituted a logical prelude to an attempt at invading F.ngland. Should an invasion be success ful, he said, the reich would be in position for a pincers cam paign against the western hemis pherethe threat President Roosevelt mentioned yesterday tvheh he notified congress that United States naval forces had landed in Iceland as the occupa tion vanguard. War Sequel Feared Administration supporters gen erally seemed to take this long range view, for they spoke of the occupation as a defense precau tion and endorsed it as such. Dp position legislators, however, 1 (Continued on page 0) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A MERICAN independence was " born July 4, 1776 TG5 years ago. It was a dark world the infant was ushered into. OEVEN years earlier Napoleon Bonaparte had been born. Two years earlier the ill-fated Louis XVI ascended the throne of France. Fifteen years after the De claration of Independence came the French Revolution. Sixteen years afterward France declar ed war on Austria, Prussia de- ared war on France and France lecame a republic. Seventeen years afterward Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette were beheaded. TWENTY-THREE years later Napoleon became dictator of France and the French republic died. COR 16 years after he became first consul (dictator) of France, Europe resounded to the din of Napoleon's conquests. Na tions fell on every hand as they are falling now. Wherever he fought, Napoleon uo:i as K.ta-r has. c'iUii the LAST TIME. The last time came at Waterloo, in 1815. That ended Napoleon. ON APOLEON' was checked by Russia. It was his march to Moscow that first broke his power. Two years later he ab dicated as emperor and was sent to Elba. After 11 months he es caped and returned to France In (Continued on page 4) Parking Limits Enforcement Awaits Emplacement of Signs; Council Plans Land Buy for New Entrance to Airport Price Agreements Reached With Owners of Property Needed for Loading Station by Coos Bay Lumber Co. Fire Dept. to Rid Vacant Lots of Weeds and Grass Purchase of signs required in connection with the ordinance re cently adopted to extend parking restrictions in the downtown area was authorized by the city council at a brief meeting last night. The ordinance provides one-hour park ing on Cass and Jackson streets and a portion of Stephens streets, and imposes two-hour limitations on parking on Main, Rose, Doug las, Washington, Oak and Lane streets In the downtown area. En forcement of the ordinance has been held up pending the placing of signs. A committee consisting of Councilmen W. F. Harris, C. W. Wharton and C. P. Snoddy was appointed by Mayor A. J. Young to investigate the proposed pur chase of a small piece of land to be used as a part of the new en trance to the airport. The en trance to the airport, which now is being enlarged, is to be moved to the north and will form an ex tension of the road leading off from the Caskey corner on the Pacific highway. - ... The railroad company has ob jected to the proposed crossing and lias asked that it be moved 25 U.S. Troops Pay Through Feet For Crass Vulgarity MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 8. (AP) A long line of soldiers trudged along the too familiar road from Memphis to Camp Rob inson today paying through the feet for a raucous and non-military salute delivered to some pretty girls while their general listened. After an overnight bivouac in a city park the chastened soldiers heard their conduct of Sunday described by Lieutenant General Ben Lear as a "disgrace to the army, the 35th division and their regiment." This stinging rebuke was de livered in a letter in which the second army commander also said that resignations of commissioned officers involved would be ac cepted if offered and the non commissioned officers will be de moted if they can't keep disci pline. The verbal spanking over, the entire battalion of 3"0 men loaded into their trucks and rolled across the Mississippi toward their Arkansas base camp 150 miles away. Just across the bridge, they halted and half the men piled out under a hot sun to start march ing single file along the highway. They walked a mile, rested for a few minutes and were examined for signs of foot soreness. They then took up a four-mile stretch to catch up with the halted trucks and to ride while the other half walked a similar distance. This off-andon marching was to continue until every man from captain down had done 15 miles. It all started when a mixed bat talion of the 35th was rolling through Memphis Sunday en route to Camp Robinson from the scene of the Tennessee war games. Sight ol a group of pretty, course brought an outburst of calling and whistling. General Lear happened to be playing the same course and he walked up to stop the column and protest to its officers, the exuberant soldiers made matters worse by an assort ment of cricks at their mufti clad chief. General Lear started the d's cinline at once by ordering the column to ride on to camp, then ' turn around and come right back to Memphis. feet farther to the north, contend ing that the location originally se lected crossed a wet spot where the company has had difficulty in maintaining a fill and it was feared that the crossing would in terfere with the tracks. In order lo comply with the change re quested by the company, it will be necessary for the city to buy a triangular piece of land, 25, feet in maximum width. Mill Site Land Priced Councilman Harris advised the council that the city has complied with the request "of the Coos Hay Lumber company in securing prices on land needed lor a site for a loading station. Representa tives of the company are expected here this week, he said, to com plete deals for purchasing private land, on which the city has se cured stated prices and it is ex pected the negotiations will prove satisfactory. Instead o the previously an nounced plan of acquiring the Mi- celli proerty, the site how Is to include ail of blocks 9 aha 12, lo cated between Fullerlon street and thp Southern Pacific com pany railroad tracks, Mr. Harris stated, and will take the east half of each block between Fullerton street and the tracks as far north as Hoover street. Price agree ments have been made, he said, with all private owners. The bulk of the property is ovned by the city and county. All streets and alleyways connected with the lo cation are to be vacated by the city. Grass Will Be Burned At the request of City Fire Chief J. S. McDonald, the fire de- (Continued on page G) Fiancee of Coquille Banker Said Drowned SANTA ROSA, Calif., July's. (AP) E. M. Howard, 43, a Co quille, Ore., bank president, told police last night that the girl he had planned to marry had drown ed in the Russian river. He and the girl, Helen Earl Dent, 25, San Francisco, had gone swimming at Northwood yester day, he said. They walked out of the water together, hut Miss Dent went back to get her shoes on the other side of the river. He turned around once, saw her wave to him from the middle of the river, and then went on to the dressing room. She did not re appear within 15 minutes, so he started a search. Draggfng opera tions for the body continued to day. Larceny Charge Faced By Drain Mill Foreman ' Ray Harris, 38, foreman of the loading docks for the Earl Har ris Lumher company at Drain, was in custody here today on a charge of grand larceny. He is ac cused. District Attorney .1. V. Long reported, of selling 575 rail road ties belonging to the com pany, which is operated by his brother, and converting the money to his own use. He waived piemninary exami nation In justice court todav. Bail was fixed In the sum of $500. I ..... i Fewer Line Voltage Kms Two Men Near Redding REDDING, Calif., July 8. (API Two men were killed to day by contact with a power line carrying 60,000 volts. They were Charles Noble Bur rell. 41. and William Edward Moon, 37. The two were working on a crane at the sand and gravel I plant of the Columbia Construc Ition enmpmy, east of Redding, 0. of C. Puts Committees On New Basis Local Activities to Have Closer Contact; Street Naming Signs Planned Reorganization of the Rose burg chamber of commerce com mittees on a departmentalized ba sis was authorized by the board of directors at the regular meet ing held last night. At the pres ent time the activities are direct ed by a large number of commit tees, each headed by a director. Under the new program, several departments will be created, with a director at the head of each, and the departments, In turn, will be divided Into a number of com mittees, each vith its own chair man, who will be responsible to the director. The new plan, it fs expected, will permit a closer eon tact with various activities and employ the services ot a larger number of members In chamber enterprises. Street Signs Planned. - The directors also voted au thorization for appointment of a special i committee to work on a plan for name signs on all city streets. The committee is expect ed to work out a program for placing signs at all Intersections, designating the city streets, and to cooperate with the city coun cil in financing the program. Studv was given a proposal from the Marshfield chamber of commerce regarding the estab lishment in each county of a cen tral office to handle information connected with mining and min erals. The plan would make it possible for miners and prospec tors to secure help In the survey and development of mineral de posits, particularly in the case of minerals needed in defense indus tries. The plan was approved hy the directors and will be taken before the county court In an ef fort to work out a county bureau, possibly through the office of county surveyor. The directors authorized the attendance of Secretary Harry Pinniger at the school for com mercial and trade executives at University of Oregon August 3 to 8. Federal Indian Officer In Klamath Wounded KLAMATH FALLS, July 8. fAP) Bullets blazed over farm fields at Beatty last night, result ing in the serious wounding of Truman Wilson, federal Indian officer, and the jailing of Floyd Fisher, 35. Sheriff Low led a posse to Fish er's home, chased him across fields and captured htm after he fell while bullets whistled over head. Wilson accused Fisher, a na tive wliite man, of shooting him at the door of the Fisher home, the sheriff said. He added that Wilson had answered a call from Fisher's Indian wife, who said her husband was threatening to shoot her. Reserve Officers of Air Corps Called to Duty WASHINGTON, July 8. (AP) The war department disclosed today that all .air corps reserve officers, not already on active duty aitd whose civilian occupa tions are not of primary impor tance to the defense program, were being ordered to extended active duty. Those not being called to duty because of their present occupa tions are considered more impor tant to defense than their mili tary services, It was said, Includ ed men employed In aeronautical, transportation and allied Indus tries, and In flying schools and other activities directly contribut ing to the defense effort. Named Chairman Of Oregon GOP 1 .s3i Niet R. Allen PORTLAND. July 8. (AP) Oregon republicans named Kiel R. Alien, Grants Pass, former state American Legion comman der, as party chairman yesterday. There was no opposition. In selecting Alien, the central committee followed the recom mendation of Majrir Kern Cran tlall, who resigned for army fluty. The old practice of permitting unassignert proxies to be voted in a block was eliminated bv com mittee vote before Allen's ('lec tion. Hereafter written proxies ot absent commit teemen roust name the proxy voter ami he must come from the county represent ed by the absent member. Many Register In Roseburg fri Home Defense Program Registration of home defense volunteers was proceeding most ; satisfactorily today, Harry Pinni- j ger, county defense coordinator, reported. A large number of resi dents of Roseburg and immediate vicinity were registered at the chamber of commerce office, while smaller numbers were en rolled at the Oregon employment office in the courthouse and at the Grand barber shop. Registra tion also was in progress at all polling places throughout the county. Registration will be kept openf Mr. Pinniger states, and persons who were not enrolled today may volunteer at any time by register ing at the chamher of commerce office in Roseburg or with their local defense council member. Following the completion of registration, the list will lie scan ned by the county council, which wilt then endeavor to organize various defense units and services by utilizing the services of vol unteers In places for which they are most suited by exerienee, or for which preference has been ex pressed. Not all of those registered will be called for organization, Mr. Pinniger states, and, it is ejutte probable that organizations wilt never see artual service, other than test mobilizations for train ing purposes. However, it Is pro (sosefl to have the various units fully organized to meet any emergency, and reserves created from the lists of volunteers to re spond to defense calls. Americans Win All Star Battle ER1GGS STADIUM, Detroit July 8. (API Imi Williams of the Boston Red Sox smashed a home run with two motes so base in the ninth inning to cK- ! mat a four-run rerffy j the American league AH Stars a j 7-5 victory over the National league in a thrilling battle her today. Roseburg Places in Safety Traffic Contest SALEM, July 8,(AP Cen tral anil eastern Oregon cities won all four first places during the first five months of this year in Secretary of State Snell's traf fic safety contest. Rankings included; Third division- Burns, Silver ton, Boseburg. ' 1 :- -- WfrZ Attacks on Main Stalin Line Of 600 Miles Said Blows Traded In Air Raids Oyer Channel RAF Lashes at Nazis In 4 Countries, Germans Damage Southampton LONDON, July R (API RAF bombers lashed out today against the nazl-held French coast In a follow-up to widespread overnight attacks against objectives In west ern Germany, Holland, Belgium and France. Germans made a shnro raid against Southampton during the night causing some easualtU and considerable damage to the busi ness district. Other (mints In the south and southeast were hombed and the British said five night raiders were destroyed. The nazis made a morning at tack on nnother south coast town, hut were driven off after a half hour fight with British planes. No bomb damage was re ported, A tJerman plane was shot down into the sea off the south coast by RAF fighters shortly after noon, it was reported authoritatively. t Berlin sources said British liombers caused property damage and civilian casualties In rains on towns in vest and northwest Ger many. Informed quarters said six bombers were shot down and four British fighters and one bonder were tagged outside Calais tjifs morning.) ' i Bath Sides Lose Planes A synthetic oil plant between Lens and Hethune In occupied France was attacked today and seven German planes were shot down to six for the British, It wag reported authoritatively. Two of (Continued on page Gl I SAW By Paul Jentttm "ttt i tit . .... , . - . i K' U j.4 !S HARRY PINNIGER, secretary of the Roseburg chamber of commerce, at the left in the pho tograph above; W. A. Bnrdiek, renter, Iteedsrt druggist, and Harry Mef'abe, Rwlsimrl mar shal ami Douglas county deputy sheriff. The three were dismissing. In Mr. Hurdtrk's store in Heeds- :port, civilian defense and the proposed methods by which various civilian groups will or ganize enlistees for this activity. Mr. Pinniger is IJnuglas county coordinator and Mr. Rurriick a member of the county council and chairman for the western fviuglas county units of the civil ian defence program, which is headed nationally hy Mayor La Guardia of New York City, and in Oregon by Governor Sprague. Today ( Tuesday t citizens (both men and women I not eligible for military service are request ed to register wtth their local civilian defense boards for serv ice. This service entails volun tary training in police work; first aid; fire fighting: airplane spotting; as air wardens and other duties which In time of emergency the civilian popula tion ol any community would be Nazi Bankers Rob France, Belgium To Pay Turkey ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 8. ( AP) - German bankers, pursu ing the financial conquest of Eu rope In the wake and sometimes in advatice of the nazi armies, have begun buying out French and Belgian holdings in Tur key, For money they appparcntly are using funds extracted from the occupied countries. Although French and Belgian investments in Turkey are com paratively small, Germany needs Ihelr credits In Turkey to pay for her Increased purchases here, A score of German bankers ar rived a few weeks ago. Germany g e t s -500,000,000 francs daily from Franco under the armistice agreement to pay costs of the German occupation. But since the actual cost Is re ported to be much less than that, a surplus fs left over with which to buy out French holdings In France and abroad. (The franc has a nominal value of about 2.3 cents.! The Germans therefore can afford to make enticing offers for French foreign investments. Girl Dies in Fall Into Multnomah Falls Post PORTLAND, Ore., July &r (AP A 250-foof fall Into the pool betow Multnomah falls, fam ed scenic spot on the Columbia river, last night hilled Alice Plrie, It, ' Portland. Her companion, 13yet-i!d Kenyon Arrlngtstt, Bridal Veil, Ore., also slipped from the ledge but was caught in a ttw 120 feet below. He was rescued by Fred Luscher, Bridal Veil, who made a perilous des cent of the cliff's face to reach I him. s 1 f t called upon to perform. It's a good Idea and I'm strong for It. Its training program (won't work hardship on anyone and the instruction given wili j prove of value to those reeeiv (ing II, whether thev ever are called on to praeflee it or not. ! As precaution iry meastttv H may prove unnecessary let us j sincerely hope so; but in ese iof armed invasion of this crue- itry or other national disaster at any time, a trained personnel in ithe lines ot service partially oul i lined above would prove Invaltt- able. Incidentally, those who find It I impossible to register for service I todav mav do so later at their j first opportunity, of course, as iyet no one is obligated to eta so, beyond that obligation which at (ways exists of doing those things (which patriotism tfemands. Conw; j right down to II, this isn't so much of a duly as it is a privilege- Also, there shouldn't be any thing dreary In the execution of this program. It will surpilse me greatly if those participating don't Ret a lot of fun and enter tainment out of their training experiences. - j 1 if iVJ Shattered Blitzkrieg Outwitted By Red Strategy Germans Gain In North Sector, Getting Within 75 Miles of Leningrad By the Associated Press Soviet "red armies were report ed hotttlng the Germans at Bay along a 600-mile front of river defenses today, out in front ot the main Stalin line, and crush ing repeated nazf attempts tai break through en route to Mas cc. A Russian war bulletin pi seed the scene of the heaviest light ing on a tight-stretched line running almost due north and south, between Ostrov, on the Latvian frontier, and Mogilev Poefelskf, on the Dnesfr river at the Bessarabian border. The communique said soviet troops clashed with German tanks and motortod forces In the Ukraine sector of Novograd Volynski" and, further south, struck In "a decisive counter-attack on the flank and rear of the enemy annihilating two nazi. infantry regiments. The. soviet high eoromswl said the Germans had been routed In a series of attempts to storm across the Dnepr river. In a drive towartt Moscow, bat, conceded ngmi Blaring heat engulfed the en tire battlefwnt. Nazi Uet torimist Military .tfSreiei in Vichy, France, reported today that the German drive against the Stalin line had bees virtually stopped; for four fult days, u These circles Indicated that German losses were enormous. They listed as one of the rea sons tor stopping the offensive the necessity for regrouping Ger man units. Other reasons for the halt, they said, was the need to reorjptnize supply lines and the guerrilla re sistance in the rear of German, columns. Even women and children were Joining these guerrilla attacks, they said. The Russians declared the Ger mans were suffering enormous: casualties and that gains along: the 2,000-mite front were slight. Tass, the official soviet news agency, reported 1300 German troops were killed and wounded, in s five-hour fight for a single village. Tass asserted that 7,000 nazis were killed and wounded and 1,509 others surrendered when soviet tanks trapped a column o German infantry la a penetra tion o Russian lines. The red army's high command specifically mentioned only the destruction o same 6,fW0 Ger man soldiers. What Germans Claim By contrast, the Berlin radio reKirtwl the capture of an addi tional 142,216 Russian prisoners between July 2 and 5, along with (Continued on page Si Disaster Unit Wili Be Formed at Reedsporf A disaster unit, sponsored by the American Legion post and Rett Cross chapter at Rcedsport, will be made a part of the Daug ias county Rational defense set up. It was announced today by Harry Pmmger, snuily uefetise coordinator. Mr. Pinniger made? a trip to Reedsport yesterday to consult with heads o the Legion post and Red Cross chanter re garding the registration of the disaster unit with the defense program. W. A, Bttrdlck, a member of the county defense count;:, was appointed as deputy coordinator for the Reedsport area and Will direct the activities there and coordinate them with the county- wide program. j
