Appropriately Silent Now are Congressmen Who Opposed U. S. Fortifying of Wake, Guam and Midway Islands, Arguing We had Nothing to Fear from Japan
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By FRANK JENKINS
fS the basis of today's (Thurs
day's) dispatches, Japan ap
pears to have IndoChina in the
bag. . -
She may get away with it
WITHOUT shooting.
AS these words arc written,
" this looks, like the deal:
J 1. France to recognize Japan
as the PREDOMINANT POWER
to safeguard peace in the Orient.
2. France, to accept whatever
present measures Japan deems
necessary to safeguard " Indo
China without detriment . to
French sovereignty.
POINT No. 2 is eyewash. If
Japan swallows IndoChina,
only FORCE will induce her to
disgorge.
WASHINGTON dispatches to-
day hint that Britain might
use force and that we may apply
I'uuiiuiiuu pressure suiuiiye Ul
gasoline and other military sup
plies, etc.) if Japan gets too,
cocky. ,
If tho Japs play their cards
shrewdly enough, don't look for
ither threat" to materialize.
WHAT Japan wants is to gnib
jnuu-L.nina ami men su on
the fence and wait until she can
pick a sure winner. She doesn't
want to make the ghastly mis
take Mussolini made.
AN equally safe guess:
" Neither Britain nor the Unit
ed States wants war with Japan
right now if it can be avoided
without giving up loo much.
PROM "authoritative London
quarters" comes this state
ment today: "Hitler's invasion
of Russia is SLOWING DOWN
if not actually halted."
Britain has a military mission
in Moscow. London might know
jmething,
CROM Shanghai comes a re
port that Russian and Japan
ese forces have clashed on the
Manchoukuo-Siberia frontier.
The Japs may be testing out
Russia's eastern army for Hit
ler to see if a substantial part
(Continued on page 4)
President's Aid
Encourages Britons
LONDON, July 2R. (AP)
Tho British people had the as
surances of Harry L. Hopkins,
President Roosevelt's lend-lease
coordinator, today that American
and British ships In the North
JMIanlic "are patrolling on pa
rallel lanes with only one obicct
in view to guard the world's
lifeline."
Hookins' statement was made
In a broadcast address last night
in which he also pledged all pos
sible American aid "and imme
diately" to soviet Russia, in the
war against Germany, and to
China.
"President P.oosevelt. speaking
for the people of the United
States, is rendering more than
lip service." he declare.
"Even now as I speak sleek
ican flag are plunning their bows
into the waters of tho North At
lantic. .
"Once upon a time this mighty
ocean separated us, now it joins
us."
Hopkins pictured Germany as
caueht between, two hostile
ramps supplied by American
w.var industries. He asserted the
United States program of turn
ip" out bombers for Britain is
"far advanced and Hitler will not
be able to move his factories far
enourrh to the east to escape their
devastating power of destruction."
Aluminum Colle
NowH-HitviiiW I'hoto ntul Knirravlnir.
Pictured above is a part of tne scrap aluminum already collected in Rosenurg. A corral for tne
metal was built Saturday In front of the chamber of commerce office and residents of Roseburg
are asked to toss their contributions into the pen. It is hoped to complete the task of filling the
corral by the end of the week.
Heavier Taxes Are
Forecast by Solon
WASHINGTON, July 28.
(AP) Chairman Doughlon (D.,
N. C.) of the house ways and
means committee forecast today
that congress would find it
necessary later to impose a gen
eral consumption tax and force
a larger number of people to pay
Income taxes.
'We're not at the end of this
tax road yet," Doughlon told the
rules committee while advocating
approval of parliamentary proce
dure which would permit consid
eration of the $3,529,200,000 tax
bill without amendments except
those approved by tho ways and
means group.
Douglitons forecast of still
heavier taxes was made In re
sponse to assertions by both
democrats and republicans on
the rules committee in behalf of
broadening of (he income tax
base. He did not go into detaits
to the new taxes but said
there was little doubt that an
other revenue measure vould
have to be drafted next year be
cause of the continued critical
state of world affairs.
Rep. Halleck (D., Ind.) led the
demand for a broader tax base,
asserting it was extremely desir
able to have a greater number
of people tax conscious.
Rep. Cooper (D Tenn.) assur
ed the rules group that no phase
of the tax problem had received
closer study by the wavs and
means committee than that of
broadening the base and remind
ed the members that at the pres
ent time single persons have
only SI 5 and married persons S38
a week that is exempt from
taxation.
Arrangements Made for
Local Swimming School
C. M. McDermott, chairman,
announced today that the Doug
las county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross will sponsor a
ten-day water safety school for
Roseburg and vicinity at "The
Forks," starting Wednesday, July
30, at 2 p. m. Each person will
furnish his own transportation.
Adults as well as children are In
vited to take advantage of this
instruction.
Miss Athalie Taylor will be the
instructor. She has recently com
pleted a most successful school
at Brockway.
Mc Arthur Named Head of
rorces in rnuppines
WASHINGTON. July 28.
(AP) President Roosevelt form
ally nominated Douglas MacAr-
thur today to be a lieutenant
general in command of the Unit
ed States and commonwealth
forces in the Philippine islands.
The nomination of the former
chief of staff went to the senate
as Senator Pepper 'D., Fia.) told
reporters that Mr. Roosevelt
could have made "no better sel
ection" of a commanding general
of forces in this troubled far
eastern area.
f Watch the Pile
n
lii"
Yeah, We Know
CLEARFIELD, Pa., July 28.
(AP) After juggling with
headlines on eight or ten
stories on the international
situation, the editor of the
Clearfield Progress scrapped
them all and Informed his
readers in a five-column, 72
point page 1 headline:
''World in an awful mess."
In an editor's note he listed
briefly the fast-breaking in
ternational developments and
told tho readers:
"If you can think of a bet
ter headline to summarize nil
this, let us know."
He then told tho news of
the day in an Associated
Press roundup.
Catches One with Pancake
Turner Latest Fish Yarn
WALDPORT, Ore., July 28.
(AP) This is the fish story ot
Hal Vickery, Portland:
His wife, flipping pancakes tn
the kitchen of their summer cot
tage here, saw a fish splashing in
a crab hole nearby. She hustled
outside and scooped out a plump
11-inch perch with one twist of
the pancake turner.
I SAW
By Paul
DAD, as he stood admiring the
prospects for a good crop in his
filbert grove in the McKenzie
valley.
"It SHOULD be good at any
rate," he said. "That is, if the
blue jays, the gray diggers and
the worms don't damage it too
severely!"
I suppose everyone knows a
cmiirrpl'Q fnndpess .for.nuts: but
it may surprise some to discover
that blue jays are serious preda
tors on filbert groves. Instances
have been known when swarms
of jays have entirely denuded ex
tensive planting of filberts of
their crop, before it had a chance
to ripen and be harvested.
If filberts grew easily in the
wild, the mountainsides along the
McKenzie would be covered with
them, because that's where the
jays scatter most of them. Some
of course they eat (they are ex
perts tn cracking them) but most
of them thev carelessly drop in
flight or while perched In a for-
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Defense Roads Are
Set in New Bill
SALEM, July 28. (API The
defense highway act, passed by
congress last week, will provide
$2,045,000 for strategic military
highways in Oregon, as well as
more-' than $2,000,000 for access
roads' fo military reservations
and defense industries In the
state, State Highway Engineer
R. H. Baldock said today.
The slate will spend $555,000
on strategic military roads, mak
ing a total of $2,(500,000 available
for this purpose.
Baldock said the list of strate
gic roads In the state will be an
nounced soon by tho war depart
ment, but the list will Include the
Pacific, The Dalles-California,
and the Old Ofogon Trait-Columbia
river highways.
Additional funds also will be
given the state for construction
of flight strips, to be used for
emergency landing fields, on
state highways.
Jenkins
"2fT-'. roe. i
N's-!'.fV!ew i'huiit nut KuKravlnK.
est tree. Taking them as they
do, they don't bother with flying
off with one nut at a time they
carry whole clusters of them.
A grower can poison squirrels;
but no known method has been
discovered successfully to combat
the jays. Thank heavens, some
years they aren't as bad as dur
ing others. Either they die down
in rvch-s or. .rtrhflnv . fjn.d. more
suitable food back in the hills
some seasons.
Worms are new to filberts In
this country. Until the past few
years these pests were unknown
to Oregon growers. No one seems
to know what to do about them,
either. Federal government
agencies recommend certain
sprays, but not enthusiastically
thev don't know whether they
will work or not.
Last season. In some of the
better groves, worms damaged
about five per cent of the crop;
In others the Infestation was
much greater.
Lumber Plant
Site Plans
Near Close
Negotations With Coos
Say Company Ready for
Final Signatures
Completion of negotiations for
a site for a proposed lumber load
ing and remanufaeturing plant to
be operated by the Coos Bay Lum
ber company Is anticipated In the
near future, according to W. P.
Harris, president of the Roseburg
city council and chairman of a
special committee named to work
with the lumber company In se
curing the desired site. Ail pre
liminary work has been complet
ed and approval has been given
by the lumber company officials,
Harris said today.
Mr. Harris reports he has been
advised by the company that of
ficials have been meeting with of
ficers of the Southern Pacific
company to complete arrange
ments for tho use of a portion of
the railroad yards. Representa
tives are expected here soon to
(Continued on page G)
Pacific Highway
Project Studied
Directors of the Oregon Paci
fic Highway association met In
Roseburg today to consider ways
and means ot protecting the
highway's interests tn federal
legislation pertaining to the con
struction of strategic military
routes. Anticipating the appro
priation of large federal funds
for roads needed for defense pur
poses, the association will, it was
stated, use every effort to see
that all possible attention is se
cured for highway No. 99, deem
ed by the association to be the
most Important military route
through the slate.
The morning meeting of the
board of directors was given
ever principally to the financial
report and the report by Car!
Rynearson, Cottage Grove, exe
cutive secretary, regarding the
work done in congress to secure
passage of legislation authoriz
ing expenditure of money for de
fense road building.
The meeting was adjourned
during the noon hour to be re
sumed In the early afternoon for
a round table discussion.
In attendance were: R. E.
Kozer, Ashland, president; ,A, C.
Marsters, Roseburg, vice-president;
Paul B. Rynning, Mcdford,
secretary; Car! Rynearson, exe
cutive secretary; Richard McEt-
ligatt, W. A. Johnson, Pete Fred-
rickson, C. H. Demaray, Jose
phine county; - J. B. Coleman,
Wm. Perry, R. E. Kozer, Paul B.
Rynning, Jackson county; Car!
Rynearson, W. J. Holland, H. E.
Eakin, Allen P. Wheeier, H. S.
Merriam, Lane county; Guy Cor
don, W. C. Harding, D. N. Bus
enbark, II. B. Roadman, A. C.
Marsters, Douglas county.
London Gets First
Bombs in Months
LONDON, July 28. (API
German aerial raiders struck at
London for the first time tn near
ly two months early today,
wrecking homes and causing
casualties among shelter-scorning
residents in several districts,
while the RAF bombed Dunker-
oue docks.
For two hours the luffwaffe
units flew above the British capi
tal, loosing explosives and incen
diaries from muggy skies which
followed upon week-end storms
that curtailed genera! air opera
tions. The British said that last night
was the fifth night since early
in June in which the RAF made
no forays into western Ger
many. Some fighter planes strafed
airdromes in northern France
during the night and bombers
laid mines In German-controlled
waters, the air ministry said.
The German raid this morn
ing caught many Londers with a
false sense of security, and more
than a dozen persons were
killed.
Hitler Charges Mysterious Third
Power in Denying Bolivian Effort
BERLIN, July 28. (API The
German foreign office, in a set
ting of microphones, cameras
and assembled reporters, today
struck back at Bolivian allega
tions of German conspiracy to
overthrow the Bolivian govern
ment.
In a sharp note to the Boli
vian government a "third pow
er, was charged with a crude
forgery of a letter involved tn
the Incident. The "third power,"
it was strongly implied, was the
United States.
Major Ellas Belmonfe, Boli
vian military and air attache
here dismissed by his govern
ment on a charge of treason and
alleged by Bolivia to have writ
ten the letter, himself read a pre
pared declaration In Spanish to
the foreign correspondents.
He flatly denied writing the
letter or even having communi
cated with Ernst Wendler, Ger-
man minister expelled by Boli
via. The note to Bolivia sharply
complained of the "unheard of
procedure," and a foreign office
Coach Dies
Career of Famous
Coach Cut by Death
LOS ANGELES, July 28.
(APi Football Coach Howard
Jones died yesterday, leaving
leaderless the University of
Southern California football ma
chine which he made famous.
A heart attack cut down the
55-year-old Trojan mentor as lie
was preparing for the start of a
new football season Sept. 8. He
had been Southern California's
coach since 1925, and since 3934
had been earning $15,000 a year.
There was no Immediate ac
tion regarding n successor, Willis
O. Hunter, athletic director said
any appointment would await the
return from Washington, D. C,
of President Rufus B. Von Klein
Smid in mid-August.
Since most coaches have been
engaged for the year, however.
many Informed circles helteved
Justin M. (Sam) Barry, long
Jones top-ranking assistant,
might be given the responsibility
of directing the team this fall,
at least.
Jones brought Harry nere iroro
Iowa in 1929 after he had used
htm as an assistant at the Hawk
eye school. Barry Is head base
ball and basketball coach.
Jones' coaching record of 29
seasons listed 194 victories, 65 de-
feats and 21 ties. At Southern
California his teams won 121
games, lost 38 and tied 13. Twen
ty of his players were acclaimed
Ail-Amerlcan, 11 of them at
U. S. C.
Five Jones coached Trojan
teams represented the Pacific
coast in the Rose bowl game. Alt
were victorious.
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spokesman who read a German
translation ot Beimonte's state
ment, added:
"The continuation of such prac
tice threatens to poison the re
lations between nations."
He said he could not official
ly name the "third nation," but
he went on to declare:
"At this very moment there's
a campaign of tnclfatton by a
third power against Germany un
der way throughout Latin Amer
ica. The United States at this
moment is trying to poison rela
tions of South American coun
tries with the axis and fo sow
discord. Considered in this light
the Bolivian Incident assumes
special meaning."
Jap Press Attacks
(I.S. Freezing Act
War Jittars Hit People
In Philippine; Ship
Clears B. C. Harbor
TOKYO, July 29. (Tuesdayl
(AP) The foreign offlce-controV
led Japan Times and Advertiser
today described the United States
as "hostile" and the leader tn a
grim economic battle against Ja
pan as the Japanese press gener
ally employed sharper terms in
attacking Washington's econom
ic measures.
Informed ctrctcs, however, said
that the action of The Nether
lands East Indies in freezing
Japanese assets following the
United States' lead might pro
duce even more fart-reaching eon-
sequences' than- the American
program. "
Japan gets quantities of oil
from the Dutch Indies, and shut-,
ting off of that supply, It was!
said, might bring about a drastio
change in the far eastern sltua
lion. CIn Batavta It was assert
ed that the Japan-Iudtes agree
ment whereby Japan was to get
1,800,000 tons of Indies oil an
nually was suspended.)
Japan's privy council, In the
presence of Emperor Hirohlto,
ratified yesterday the Japanese
French accord under which Ja
pan Is moving troops, warplanes
and warships into southeastern
Asia for further occupation of
French. tntlo-Chlna.
Vichy Agreement Set
VICHY, Unoccupied: France,
July 28. (AP It was announc
ed officially tonight that Japan
will occupy two points on the
coast ot French IndoChina and;
several points in the Interior by
agreement with the Vichy gov
ernment. The inland concessions are in
Annam, a coastal region running
most of the length of the French
Asiatic colony, and in Cochtn
China, at the southernmost tip of
the peninsula across the Gulf of
Siam from Malaya.
Japanese troops, it was dis
closed, also will have use of Indo
Chinese roads, and possibly rail
roads, to move southward to
their new bases. Japanese forces
(Continued on page 6
Flashes
(By the Associated Press)
Not Statistics
NEW YORK, July 2a fAPl
Here's what a hot July Sunday
(yesterday) means to New York's
Rocfcaway beach:
Attendance Nearly 1,000,000,
Automobiles 150,000.
First-aid cases 1,278.
Rescues 340.
Lost children 580.
And that's not half of it!
Coney Island didn't keep statis
tics but veteran resort policemen
estimated more Inan l,uwi,u0u
visitors: and the combined atten
dance at all the public beaches
near New York City was at least
2,500,000.
Delayed Assist
PARK CITY, Utah. Credit the
fence with two of the four bases
Harry Colbert of the Wasatch
league collected for what appear
ed an ordinary two-base blow.
While Park City teammates la
bored to extricate Leftflelderj
Jack Green from the park's barb
Nazis Claim
Success In
North Sector
Battle of Smolensk Near
End in German Win;
Moscow Drive Next
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW, July 28. AP)-
The Red army appeared today to
be taking the initiative on several
sectors of the Russian-German
front 2,000-mile fighting zona
along which soviet spokesmen
earlier declared the nari biita
kricg had broken down to sieg
tactics.
A communique reported "fight.
ins actions of our trooffir
throughout the night In the dlreo
tions of Nevel and Smolensk, ia
the central region, and the Zhito
mir, ia the Ukraine.
This was a variation from the
wording of previous communU
ques, which mentioned only stubt
born battles or fierce fighting, in
dicating that the Russians nov
are undertaking more than do
fensive operations.
The red air fleet as welt a
ground troops were reported td
be gradually swinging Into the of
fensive. .
The communique cited several
specific instances of Russian
thrusts against the Germans,
ranging from a local raid on the
Invaders' lines to a Iarge-gcala
counter-attack.
One detachment was reported
to have attacked the German
garrisoned city of "Z" and driven
out. (fa -at acrcrci 4&ijuiK
with bayonets and granades, in-
(Continued on page ?
Senate ftpitjitfee
0. Ks Long Service
WASHINGTON, July 28.
CAP) The senate military com
mtttee reported today that pend
ing legislation to extend the serv
ice period of all army personnel
"gives notice to the world that
this nation is continuing with
out cessation to do everything
necessary to provide a strong,
f?fwiirt nml nttanttnta rnftnftt
defense."
Democratic Leader Ba rkiey
announced that the legislation,
approved 9 to 1 by the military
committee Saturday, would ba
taken up In the senate Thursday,
The measure declared that the
national interest is Imperilled
and permits extension of service
for selectees and all other army
groups. It does not declare tha
existence of a national emerg
ency, however,
"The determination by congress
whether it will declare the exist
ence of a national emergency
may require considerable de
bate," the committee report
said. "In tho meantime, imme
diate measures are necessary t
prevent disintegration of tha
army that has been building fop
the pnst year."
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home.
Colbert trotted
This is News
MILTONFREEWATER, Ore,
Said Traffic Officer John Bat
lack to the woman driver:
"Going to a fire?"
"No going to report one."
Officer Bnttnck ran Interfer
ence, i
Slick Work
CHICAGO Miss Olga Syss, 13,
spent an anxious half hour strand
ed in Lake Michigan until a fire
department lieutenant rushed to
the rescue with a bucket ot
grease.
The girl accidentally wedged
her knee between, two tog pilings
and was trapped for 30 minutes
in chin-deep water until Lieuten
ant William Hughes arrived with
the grease which he dabbed on
the logs and her knee, thus al
lowing frightened Miss Syss tq
wriggle free, u