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VOL. XLV1 NO. 93 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1941
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Invaded late Thursday by a raiding force of Oregon Cavemen,
cn route from Grants Pass to take the city of Eugene under pro
tective custody, Roscburg demonstrated the power of Its civil de
fense forces by hasty mobilization of Its police reserves. Cavemen
were branded with the Roseburg "R" upon their arrival here and
stripped of their dinosaur claws and other weapons of offense.
Pictured above: Cavemen and their women march with the Pepsi
Cola Girls drum corps, and Chief Big Horn Sherman Dahl re
celves his "R" brand.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
RIOSCOW (on Monday night)
f gets Its first bombing attack.
Stories of what happened (as
usual) conflict sharply.
'T'HE Germans claim that
bombs hit the kremlin dis
trict in the heart of the city (Red
square, etc.), that flames spread
through the whole Muskva river
bend, that power plants and
buildings of high soviet execu
tive and administrative Import
ance as well as the city's supply
industries were destroyed or
damaged.
The Russian reports assert
that main forces of German
planes were prevented from
reaching Moscow that only iso
lated planes broke through. Pri
vate dwellings, the Russians say,
were fired and a small number
f persons killed and injured,
lut NO military objective was
damaged.
AT this point, for the first
time, a NEW ELEMENT en
ters the news.
The Associated Press now has
a man ON THE GROUND in
Moscow. In a dispatch filed this
(Tuesday) morning, he says:
"The German air force TRIED
last night to burn out Moscow,
as it burned out parts of London.
BUT IT FAILED."
JE adds:
Xl prom sunset to dawn (sun
set comes at 10 p. m. in Moscow
at this season) I watched squads
of Russian home guards toss in
cendiary bombs off roofs and put
Out fires, with roof watchers re
lacing each other all night in
relays.".
He ends his dispatch thus:
"The drone of planes faded
gradually as dawn spread In the
sky. Daylight showed that what
( Continued on page 4)
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Cavemen Branded,
Lose Claws Upon
Roseburg Invasion
Roseburg's first emergency mo
bilization of police reserves oc
curred late Thursday, when
Sheriff Cliff Thornton called up
on his deputies to resist the "in
vasion" of the Oregon Cavemen,
of Grants Pass. Thirty of the 35
special home defense sheriff's
aides responded to the mobiliza
tion call. Armed with aluminum
pots and pans unfinished de
fense weapons the officers sur
rounded the Cavemen upon their
arrival In Roseburg, branded
them with the Roseburg "R" for
future identification and stripped
them of their dinosaur claws and
other weapons of offense.
The captured tribesmen then
were paraded with the Pepsi-Cola
girls drum corps before being
permitted to dine preparatory to
resumption of their journey to
Eugene.
All Cavemen and their women
left Roseburg bearing the city's
brand plainly marked in Indeli
ble Ink. The tribesmen made
strong resistance but the home
defense force was too strong for
the "enemy" force.
While the "battle' was staged
entirely in fun, it had a serious
side insofar as the mobilization
of the sheriff's reserves was con
cerned. The mobilization was
called in the exact manner of an
emergency, and within one hour
r,n v,"fi,. f w ,rr,o,t hi.!
Sheriff Thornton to places on the
reserve had
st ructions.
responded for in-
Two Douglas Selectees
Ordered to Report Here
The Douglas county selective
service board today announced
the call of two men to report at
Roseburg Aug. 4 for Induction in
to the U. S. army. The selectees
are Frank Joseph Stringer, a vol
unteer from Azalea, and Albert
Joseph Goguar. Winchester Bav,
a transfer from Detroit, Michigan.
Cavemen
Holdover Of
Draftees To
Be Approved
Senate Group Will Ask
Emergency Declaration
To Erase 1-Year Limit
WASHINGTON, July 25.
(AP) Members of the senate
military committee were report
ed today to have agreed inform
ally on the general terms of a
resolution by which congress
would declare a limited emerg
ency under which selectees, na
tional guardsmen ana reserves
could be retained in active serv
ice beyond the present one-year
limit. .
Senator Lee (D., Okla.), told
reporters when he came out of
a closed session that a "count of
noses" within the committee had
disclosed no opposition to a pro
posal under which congress
would bo asked to find that the
national Interests were imper
iled. Lee predicted that a revised
version of the bill to be consid
ered by the committee this after
noon would not disturb present
prohibitions In the laws against
the sending of selectees, guards
men and reserves outside the
western hemisphere.
The question of placing some
time limitation on the operation
of the emergency powers had not
yet been discussed, he said, ex
pressing the belief, however, that
the authority would be permitted
to continue until congress or the
president found that the emer
gency had ended.
HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 25.
(AP) President Roosevelt said
today that he agrees with the
captions on two morning news
paper editorials which read "on
dangerous ground" and "Mr.
Wheeler goes too far."
He volunteered that observa
Hon at a press conference and
this recalled the controversy !
(Continued on page D
Death Toll From Railway
Collision Mounts to 4
VANCOUVER, B. C, July 25
(AP) Officials of the Great
Northern and Canadian National
railways planned Investigations
today Into a hcadon collision of 2
passenger trains on a simile
strech of track north of New West
minster yesterday.
Death last night of crewman
Charles Lynam of Vancouver, B.
C. of the Canadian National train
raised the fatality toll to four.
Twenty-two other crewmen and
passengers were injured.
Railroad officials were silent
as to their preliminary findings,
indicating no cause for the crash
could be determined until John
Carey, engineer of the Great
Northern train could be Inter
viewed. He is in a critical condi
tion in a hospital.
H. H. Mills, engineer of the
Canadian National train,, was one
of those killed.
Nazi Invaders
Meet Tough
Resistance
Entire Division Erased,
Russians Report; RAF
Blasts German Bases
(By the Associated Press)
On the Russian-German war
front, reports today said that
Adolf Hitler's invasion armies
had renewed the offensive along
the entire line, but that "no deci
sive result was gained by either
side at any place."
Hitler's high command asserted
the 34-day-old campaign was "pro
ceeding according to plan," but It
acknowledged stiff red army re
sistance. The Germans said a strong
bunker group on the Stalin line,
south of the Plnsk marshes, sur
rendered yesterday after a fierce,
24-hour battle. They also report
ed that the Russians lost 92
planes yesterday, against eight
missing for the Germans.
Nazi Division Erased.
Red army troops defending the
road to Moscow reported they
had annihilated an entire Ger
man infantry division (about
15,000 men) near Smolensk, and
the soviet capital's air defenses
were officially credited with
beating off a fourth successive
night assault by German war
planes. Unlike the three previous raids,
each lasting precisely 5i hours,
an ; official soviet announcement
said that only one plane penetrat
ed the capital's defenses and that
it was shot down.
In all sectors the Russians were
said to be battling "stubbornly.
Annihilation of the nazl divi
sion was claimed in a commu
nique which indicated the Ger
mans were throwing great
masses of troops into action in an
effort to smash Russian resist
ance In the Smolensk area, some
230 miles west of Moscow.
There was no hint in the bulle
tin that the German offensive
had gained any ground, either In
the Smolensk sector or elsewhere.
Nazi Bases Blasted.
In the channel air war, RAF
(Continued on page 6)
I SAW
By Paul
H. F. WELLS, of Scott Valley,
standing in the midst of a crop of
dill.
What is dill? It's a crop, resem
bling sweet anls in growth and
which, when distilled, forms the
essence of the liquid in which cu
cumbers are pickled to become
what are commercially known as
"dill" pickles.
"Heretofore," Mr. Wells in
formed me. "dill has been almost
exclusively a European crop, be
ing produced chiefly In Hungary.
This, due to economic and politi
cal conditions there during re
cent years, is no longer true, as
very little has been shipped to the
United States for several years.
It has been found to thrive in
certain areas of western Oregon
and Washington, and already has
become an important crop in
the hands of many farmers."
Mr. Wells commenced growing
it two years ago, planting twenty
acres. He used three pounds of
seed to the acre, drilling It in
rows thirty Inches apart. Seed
Indo- China Grab Gives Springboard;
Roosevelt Promises U. S. Retaliation
Jap Assets,
Credits To Be
Frozen, Belief
President Slates Action
For Tomorrow; Query On
Oil Supply Parried
, HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 25.
(AP) President Roosevelt dis
closed today that the United
States would retaliate with spe
cific action tomorrow against Ja
pan's occupation of naval and air
bases in French Indo-China.
He told a press conference
there would be something out of
Washington tomorrow, but would
not say exactly what.
But to members of the presi
dential party spending the week
end here the most likely move
appeared to be the freezing of
Japanese credits and assets In
the United States.
Many persons, indeed, consid
ered that step Inevitable. But
whether the United States was
ready to take additional measures
appeared to be awaiting future de
termination, depending on how
the International situation devel
ops in the Pacific.
To a question whether "events
In (he far east have sharply ac
"cchtuated the dangors In the In
ternational situation," Mr. Roose
velt suggested that the answer
be put this way:
Events In the far east are
bringing a greater awareness on
the part of the public to the dan
gers of the world situation.
Oil Supply Query Dodged.
Speaking In the past tense In
Washington yesterday, the chief
executive had enunciated a pol
icy under which this government
had been letting Japan obtain oil
from the United Slates with the
objective of restraining her from
invading the Dutch East Indies
for petroleum.
"As of today," a reporter ask-
(Continued on page 6)
Jenkins
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for his second year's crop was
harvested from his first, being
threshed by hand.
The dill shown in the picture
above most of it about as high
as Mr. Wells' head was seeded
the middle of April, and will be
ready for distillation about the
first of August. Mowed and
windrowed, it is distilled while
still quite green, in the same
plan! used tor the distillation a
the mint crop.
It's yield in oil is quite similar
to that of mint. Over a period of
years and in slightly varying
types of soil, it has been found to
average 40 pounds to the acre.
Buyers at the present time, Mr.
Wells told me, are offering $3.50
a pound for the oil only a few
ounces of which are used In a
fifty-gallon barrel of water, by
manufacturers, to form a suit
able solution for their purposes.
The leaves and blossoms, when
crushed, are aromatic and the
oil extremely volatile. As with
mint, great care Is necessary to
keep It from wasting its strength.
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The above map shows the area Immediately involved In Ja
pan's latest move to carry out her "new order", in the Far East.
Faoed by Japanese naval and air fleets and transports bearing
thousands of troops, the nazi-dominated Vichy government of
France has granted Japan vital naval and air bases Ih Indo-Chlna
and garrison iltes. . In, her southward Pacific campaign, Japan thus
gains "springboards" for possible attaoks on the British bases at
Singapore and Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. Close by also
are the Philippine Islands and China's Burma road.
Prune Industry
Prospects Bright,
Robt. Gile Says
Prospects for the prune Indus,
try In Douglas county are bright
er than at any time in recent
years, according to Robert Gilo,
manager of the H. S. Gilo and
company packing plant here. Mr.
Gile reports an upward price
trend on dried prunes, an unus
ually low carryover and a grow
ing demand. At the same time, he
reports, Douglas county orchards
will probably yield a crop of
large-steed prunes although the
total volume may be below nor
mal. Mr. Gile reports that the local
packing house is now shipping
large orders of dried prunes,
principally to New York, and
probably will clean up all exist
ing fruit within the next few
weeks. The surplus In California,
he states, Is .lower than at any
time in recent years, while the
demand is steadily growing.
Prices have advanced to around
6 to 7 cents on the large sizes
and Mr. Gile believes the price on
top sizes this season will be at
least six cents per pound.
Some huyers of green prunes,
he reports, already have been en
deavoring to contract fruit at
prices of $18 per ton. It is Mr.
Gile's opinion that better prices
will result later and that the
outlook for dried fruit this sea
son would Justify a price of $30
or more per ton on green fruit.
There Is considerable talk, he
reports, that the federal surplus
commodities corporation may
take the small sized and off
grade prunes off the market to
be used as bases for Jams and
Jellies for Great Britain, under
the lease-lend program. Such ac
tion, he states, probably would
stimulate prices on the larger
sizes. The packers also arc urg
Ing, he reports, that the price
fixing department set a mint
mum price on dried fruit.
Ecuador Summons More
Men to Battle Peru
QUITO, Ecuador, July 25.
(AP) The Ecuadorcan govern
ment, engaged In border conflict
with Peru, today summoned for
military service men born In
1916 to 1919.
Newspaper dispatches reported
heavy Peruvian bombings of Cha
eras and Santa Rosa but no cas
ualties.
. WAPAN
Weyerhaeuser Co.
To Install Logging
Unit at Sutherlin
SUTHERLIN, Ore., July 25.
Announcement was made here to
day of completion of negotiations
by the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company of Tacoma for installa
tion of log handling facilities
here In connection with opera
tions to be conducted In the
Calapoola area.
The company has leased land
for the construction of a log
pond and has negotiated with the
Southern Pacific company for
construction of spur tracks and
loading yards.
The log pond, covering approxi
mately 12 acres, will have a ca
pacity of five million board feet.
Railroad company engineers are
making surveys preparatory to
construction of a 10-car side
track. The Weyerhaeuser company,
which Is affiliated with a ply
wood plant at Springfield, owns
approximately 2,000 acres of tim
ber lands In the Calapoola area,
and is reported to be negotiating
the purchase of several thous
and acres of additional forest
land.
The plan of future logging op
eratlons, it reported, will be to
transport peeler logs to the plant
at Springfield. Mill logs will be
sawed by the Shaw-Wiseman
Lumber company, which recent
ly purchased and enlarged the
Schleman mill at Sutherlin. A
contract also is being made, It
is reported, with a Douglas coun
ty mill to cut small logs for rail
road ties.
First Degree Murder
Charged to Portlander
PORTLAND, Ore., July 25.
(AP) James Crain, 30-year-old
cannery worker, was charged
with first degree murder yester
day In the slaying of a co-worker,
Thomas Hawkins, 27.
Crain admitted to Detective
James Purcell that he had quar
reled with Hawkins after a beer
party. He asserted Hawkins at
tacked him with a lead pipe
which he wrested from the
younger man and with which he
struck him over the head.
. He later attempted to burn the
body In a vacant lot in southeast
Portland.
Crain said today the fatal quar
rel originated In a remark Hawk
ins made about Craln's estrang
ed wife.
Singapore,
Dutch Indies
Face Threat
Japanese Trade Vessels
Bound for U. S. Halted in
Fear of Likely Sehture
By the Associated Press '
Jaoan's dream of conquest In
the Pacific moved toward grim
reality today with the reported
mobilization of 1,000,000 men.
while at sea her ships blanked
out In silence and turned away
from American shores.
In London, Foreign Secretary:
Eden told parliament that "cer
tain defense measures In Malaya
have already been enforced" to
counter "the potential threat" ot
the Japanese occupation ot
French Indo-Chlna.
The house of commons cheered
when Eden said the British gov
ernment had "been In close touch
with "the United States govern
ment" on developments In . the
far east.
British dispatches from Singa
pore said France's colony In the;
Orient Ignored a recent offer ot
protection by Great Britain, tho
United States, China and the
Dutch East Indies "against furth.
er encroachments irom me oui
side." ' :
Foreign Intelligence reports
reaching Shanghai said the Jap
anese mobilization the .greatest
since July, 1937, wfren the war
with China beganfrhatjbeen In
progress since Jutt!) 17iatld was
still continuing. i V.Adva'nce '-con
tlngents were expected to occupy
newly-won air and naval bases
in southern French Indo-China
on Sunday, and as one Hanoi
newspaper put It:
"Indo-Chlna Is on the way to
Singapore and the Netherlands
East Indies."
In Berlin, authorized sources
declared Japan has informed
Germany she Is determined to
oppose by every means any Brit
ish attempt on French Indc
China or any threat to Japan's
"new order" in the far east.
Jap Ships Avoid U. S.
San Francisco reports said Ja
pan, taking no chance of having
her finest liners and cargo ships
seized by the United States.
clamped strict orders of radio si
lence on her vast merchant fleet,
halted suddenly on the high seas.
Forty-two Japanese ships were
reported marking time or turn
ing back toward Japan. There
were indications that one liner,
the Tatuta Maru, was . headed
for a Mexican port. Other Jap
anso vessels In Pacific coast
ports rushed loading operations
for a quick getaway.
The authoritative Japan Times
and Advertiser declared that "en
circlement of Indo-China by
Anglo-American and Chungking
Interests" had taken the form of
"aerial, naval and military bases
extending from India and Burma
around to Malaya and the Phil
ippines." Japanese Grip Widespread
Concessions gained by Japan
(Continued on page G)
N. Douglas Co-Op
Gets Federal Loan
For Electric Line
. The North Douglas Electrlo
Cooperative headquarters at
Roseburg today was notified by
the Rural Electrification Admin
istration at Washington, D. C,
that the sum of $380,000 had been
allotted as a loan to the coopera
tive. The sum I to be used for
the construction of a transmis
sion line from Eugene to Drain,
to connect the system to th
Bonneville power lines, and also
to provide further extensions of
service In the northern part of
the county, It It reported. The
appropriation was one of five for
as many Oregon rural power
projects to make a total of $80t
000 In loans approved by the)
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