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VOL. XL VI NO. 109-.OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 3. 1 94 1.
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By FRANK JENKINS .
JROM the foreign military ob-
servers in Switzerland today
(Saturday) pomes the tale that
the original German plan lor in
vasion of Russia anticipated cap
ture of Leningrad in the first
three weeks of fighting, Moscow
soon afterward and arrival at
Astrakhan at the mouth of the
Volga on the Caspian sea some
time in August.
That would have been typical
'litzkrieg.
DUT the Russians proved unex
pectedly competent. Their
stubborn resistance, these observ
ers in Switzerland say, has forc
ed the German high command to
revise its Russian time-table to
a schedule calling for victory
west of the Caucasus mountains
by .the end of September.
This end-of-September goal
calls for occupation of Lenin
grad, Moscow and Ukraine with
in the next two months, with the
Germans attempting to push on
to the Urals later.
"T'HAT is io say, Hitler has his
recipe for rabbit soup all
ready, but hasn't yet caught his
rabbit.
THESE rumors from Switzer
' land add that the present
German schedule calls for pres
sure on Turkey in October for
permission to move German
troops to the Middle East and
for an attack on Siberia by Ja
pan if the United Slates. Inter
venes actively in the war.
yHE Russians officially an
nounce that it was . their
planes that bombed Berlin Thurs
day night.
If you were a German in Ber
lin and had listened confidently
first to Goering's statement
that "no foreign bomb would
ever fall on German soil" ar.d
then to the early boast that the
Russian air force had been DE
STROYED, what would you bo
thinking secretly about now?.
It is these secret thoughts of
the German people that are wor
rying Hitler and his leaders.
IJERE Is another thought that
must .be worrying Hitler:
(Continued on page 4)
Puget Sound Defenses "Smashed"
By "Enemy" Fleet in Mimic Attack
FORT LEWIS, Wash., Aug. 13.
(AP) A huge mythical enemy
fleet theoretically invaded the
coast of Washington at dawn to
day, officially starting the big
gest war maneuvers in west
oast history.
J First enemy troops theoretical
ly landed by parachute from
transport planes at Aberdeen
and Raymond, Wash., In the
Grays Harbor area. Transports
pulled into the harbor and pre
pared to unload under cover of
the guns of mythical warships
standing off-shore.
Parachute troops also landed
at North Head and Camp Clat
sop. Fort Worden, one of the main
Puget Sound delense outposts,
was "destroyed" after only 16
minutes of battle with the make
believe enemv fleet.
The new 512.000,000 McChord
field air base, near Tacoma, was
bombed, half its planes destroyed
before they could get into the
air and Its runways blasted to
bits.
Four hours after the attack,
Jhe cities of Port Townsend, Port
J.ngeles, ' Aberdeen, Hoqulam,
Tiaymond. Seaside, -Ore., Canby,
Ore.. Warrington, Ore., and the
mouth of the Columbia river had
been theoretically captured by
the enemy.
All this was part of the paper 1
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Phone f item
Threat ! id
NaHon-Wide Bell Lines
May Be Tied Up in Row
With Equipment Union
By the Associated Press
A tie-up of the nation-wide Bell
Telephone system was threaten
ed today when the association of
communication equipment wons
ers .nnounecd that a majority cf
its locals in 13 cities had voted
a rtilke authorization In connec
tion with Its dispute with a Bell
co.-orany.
Negotiation! between the asso
ciation and Western E'ecirlc
Company, Inc., a part of the Bell
system, are now stalemated over
four points of a proposed master
wcrklng agreement, the union
sold.
Commissioner James W. Fltz
Patrick of the New York slate
n.odiatlon board, attempting to
avert a nation-wide stoppage,
called the disputants to a meet
ing in New York City tomorrow.
In a statement issued from
New York, the union said that
plant workers of the associated
companies in the Bell system
were affiliated with the associa
tion of communication equipment
workers in the National Federa
tion of Telephone Workers, an
independent union, and that
these affiliates have indicated
they would not do anything
which could be regarded as a
strike-breaking activity.
'If that should eventuate." the
statement saK1 "It ' would un
doubtedly result '' an almost
complete tie-up of I'.w Bell sys
tem in the United States."
Military Set-Up Involved
The association added that a
work stoppage by Its claimed
8,000 members employed in West
ern Electrlc's installation depart
ment would tie up work on Bell
system private communications
installations in military canton
ments, government buildings and
defense plats throughout the
country.
There are association locals In
New York, Atlanta, Washington,
(Continued on page 6)
Child on Tricycle Hurt
Slightly by Auto Blow
Peter Stanton Williams, five-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Williams, suffering severe cuts
and bruises but escaped critical
injury late yesterday evening
when he was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Harold Ingram,
who is visiting here from Spo
kane. The child was riding his
tricycle at the time of the acci
dent, which occured near his
home in Laurelwood.
maneuvers of the war games
which will involve about 100,000
troops. The 50,000 men and offi
cers of the fort were expected to
go into action any moment to re
pel the mythical attack.
The actual theoretical attack
followed two days of a "war of
nerves," which kept officers on
the alert day and night awaiting
developments as army umpires
made them up.
Even the highest army officers
did not know when the mythical
enemy would strike; only the
umpires held the secrets. All this
was planned in order to hold the
war games under close to actual
war conditions.
For the past two days, there
had been reports from up and
down the west coast of mythical
feints bv the make-believe at
tacker. This kept officers in a
state of harassment and uncer
tainty. ..
Only yesterday the enemy
fleet was reported to have bomb
ed points In the Los Angeles area
and retired into a dense fog off
the coast. Officers said this feint
was made by only a few ships of
the mythical fleet in order to
throw the concentration of sol
diers at Fort Lewis off guard.
The fleet had been reported
heading south, but Instead the
main body of ships had been
steaming north in the fog to
make the attack this morning. '
Roseburg Woman Rising as Composer
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Barbara Orr's Songs Win Recognition
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The first of three accepted
popular songs written by Barbara
V. Orr of Roseburg. will go on
sale here Thursday morning and
will . be publicly introduced by
radio broadcasts in the near fu
ture, it was announced today.
Mrs. Orr, who has written more
than 200 songs, has been advised
that In addition to her song,
"Accent on You," making Its ap
pearance this week, two more of
her compositions, "Let's Get
Them Together Again," and "It
Will All Come Out in My
Dreams," are now being prepar
ed for publication and will be re
leased soon.
"Accent on You" Is being dis
tributed by the Syndicate Music
Publishers, . Hollywood, and a
Wool Sale Nets
Pool 41 Cts. Pound
Sale of approximately 300,000
pounds of wool, owned by nearly
400 members of the Southern
Oregon Wool Pool, to Adams and
Leland of Boston, was announced
by V. J. Phllippl, director and co
manager of the pool. The Boston
firm has agreed upon a price
which will net the growers 41
cents per pound, Philippi report
ed. Last year's pool price was 35
.cents, the buyer also being Ad
ams and Leland.
Growers are being notified to
make deliveries to Southern Pa
cific freight depots at the several
loading stations as follows: Rose
burg, Aug. 15 and 16; Myrtle
Creek, Aug. 18; Oakland, Aug. 19
a. m.; Drain, Aug. 19 p. m.; Med
ford, Aug. 20.
The pool directors earlier had
rejected bids on the wool held by
the organization, due to a belief
that a better price than that of
fered was justified by market
conditions. The price agreed up
on in the sale approved today by
the directors Is considered more
satisfactory than offers previous
ly received, Philippi said.
Dude Cowboys Classed
With Maids, Busboys
SANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 13.
(API New Mexico's dude cow
waddies got an awful come-down
today.
The attorney general's office
held they weren't ranch hands at
all, but something on the order of
hotel chambermaids or busboys.
. State labor statutes exempt
farm and ranch hands from most
of their provisions, prompting
State Labor Commissioner Jaeger
to seek a definition of dude
wranglers.
Assistant Attorney General
Hunker held that a dude ranch
"beds, boards and entertains
guests" and Its cowboys were
"not generally engaged In stock
raising.
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Mrs. Barbara V. Orr
large display will go on exhibit
Thursday at the Roseburg Book
store. . 1
Composed at Age of 6.
A daughter of Mr and Mr W.
E. Ott, Mrs. Orr began studying
music at the age of five years
with the Helnllne studio. She
was given great encouragement
at home by her parents and par
ticularly her father, who has long
been identified as a dealer in
musical Instruments and as a
musician. She has engaged In
original composition since she
was six years of age, writing
both words and music. She form
ed and directed a successful dance
orchestra at the age of nine years,
the organization remaining in ex
istence for several years.
Her compositions at present
are being handled by Richard Co
burn, who is acting as her' agent.
Mr. Coburn is the composer of
"Whispering," "Doll Dance," "Ro
salie," "Forgive Me," "Old Fash
ioned Locket," and other popular
songs. Incidentally, Mrs. Orr
states, "Whispering," is the first
popular song she ever learned.
Mrs. Orr is the wife of Vernon
M. Orr, assistant manager of the
Roseburg branch of the U. S. Na
tional bank.
She states that her ambition Is
to write songs for motion pic
tures. Robt.Helliwell .
Heads GOP Unit
Robert Helllwell was elected
president of the Douglas county
chapter of the Oregon Republl
can club last night at
meet-
I n g of t h eg
Huh at I h
Roseburg
chamber o f
commerce of
fice. Maurice
Newland wus'
elected vice 11.
p r es I de n ty
and H. Af
uanauay was
chosen seer
t a ry - treas
urer
The club Robt. Helllwel
voted full cooperation with the
G. O. P. central committee in the
plans for the republican picnic to
be held at Winchester Saturday,
Aug. 16. All party members are
being urged to attend the picnic,
at which Nlel Allen of Grants
Pass, state committee chairman,
and Ernest Jachetta, Portland,
president of the Oregon Republi
can club, will be principal speak
ers. The program Is to start at 2
p. m., and a picnic dinner will be
enjoyed at 6 p. m.
Last night's meeting also was
devoted to a discussion of plans
for the convention of the State
Republican club to be held here
September 26 and 27.
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Draftee Bill
Wins By One
Vote In House
Army Service Extension
Of 18 Months Greeted By
Cheers, Boos, Catcalls
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.
(AP) By the hair-line margin
of a single vote a tumultuous
house gave its approval last
night to an 18-months extension
of service for the army's rank and
file.
Temperd frayed by the rough-and-tumble
debate of a ten-hour
session, the representatives burst
Into a roar when Speaker Ray
burn ended the dramatic sus
pense of the final roll call with
the announcement that the legis
lation had been approved by a
record vote of 203 to 202.
A shouted demand was made
and granted for a formal re
check of the vote. It disclosed
that the first result was correct.
There was more tumult
cheers, rebel yells, boos and cat
calls. Administration forces had
won but it was a brealh taklngly
close thing.
Thus the house joined the sen
ate In approving the war depart
ment's insistent requests that
congress authorize selectees, na
tional guardsmen and reserve
army components to be kept In
training for a total of 30 months
Instead of 12, and that it remove
the 900,000 maximum on the num
ber of draftees that may be in
service at one time.
Compromise Expected
Final congressional action by
the week-end on a compromise be
tween the almost identical sen
ate and house bills was expected
on all sides but the unusually
close house vote raised several
questions of procedure.
The normal course would send
the measures to a conference
with each chamber being requir
ed to vote on the compromise ver
sion. That would mean that the
administration would have to
run the risk of being defeated In
the house.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
the majority leader, expressed
the hope that the senate might ac
cept the minor house changes In
its original bill, thereby permit
ting it to go to the president
(Continued on page R)
Captured Escapee
Slays Custodian
McALESTER, Okla., Aug. 13.
(AP) The body of W. R, Ben
ningfield was found today in a
weed-filled ditch, hammered to
death by a convict the 60-year-old
state employee was taking to a
physician.
The death brought to six the
number this week in which Mc-
Alester prison convicts figured.
Warden Fred Hunt, aroused by
the latest killing, ordered Imme
diate closing of the state's two
prison camps at Atoka and Red
Oak.
James David Parrlsh, 37, serv
ing a brief sentence for grand
larceny, was quoted after his cap
ture last night at Shawnee as ad
mitting he killed Bcnningficld
Monday and dumped his body
from a car 14 miles north of Du
rant. Parrlsh, a trusty, had been
at the Atoka prison camp.
Four convicts died as a' result
of a bloody attempt last Sunday
to break out of the penitentiary.
Before they died, they killed
Hunt's predecessor, Warden Jess
Dunn, who had been seized as a
hostage.
Drowning Girl Saved,
Would-Ee Rescuer Dies
TOLEDO. Aug. 13. (AP) A
girl swimming in the Yaquina
river screamed for help yester
day. James Ray, 49, Elk City, Ore.,
responded. An unidentified youth
reached the girl, Helen Limbo,
17, first, and hauled her to safety.
Then It was noticed Ray had
disappeared. His body was
found a half hour later, but
resuscitation efforts failed.
Brazilian Air bases Nearest
Strategic Dakar Sought;
Blitzkrieg Still Pounds Reds
Odessa Naval
Base Beset
From 3 Sides
Position of Russian Army
Trying to Defend Ukraine
Acknowledged Serious
LONDON, Aug. 13. (AP)
If the Germans enter the
Black sea ports of Odessa
and Nlkolaev they will find a -"smoking
ruins of demolish
ed factories and empty
streets" soviet quarters In
London said today.
They predicted that Mar
shal Budyenny's troops
"will extract an awful oost In
blood" as a toll for any Ger
man gateway to the Black
sea.
Thousands of Russian
tanks, an unshaken Infantry
and tens of thousands of
hard-rldlng Cossaok horse
men will hurl "ceaseless
counter-attacks" at Field
Marshal General Von Rund
stedt's advancing Germans,
the Soviets said.
By the Associated Press
On rhe Russo-Gorman war
front today, Hitler's high com
mand reported that nazl troops
were "pursuing the enemy re
treating toward Black sea ports,"
Inflicting bloody losses on soviet
rearguards, and the British con
ceded that the red army position
in the Ukraine was very grave.
Nazi milltdry dispatches assert
ed that the port of Odessa, main
base of the Russian Black sea
fleet, was caught In a gigantic
"squeeze," with German col
umns storming toward the city
from three sides.
German reports suld a consid
erable red army force was trap
ped along the Black sea coast
between Odessa and Ochakox, 40
miles east, cut off from retreat
(Continued on page 6)
ALVIN KNUDTSON, Rose
burg jeweler, manipulating a
watch-testing machine which he
recently purchased. By placing
a watch in a "dlaphram" a dia
gram is made both of Its ticks
and tocks on a roll of paper,
somewhat In the manner of some
barometers you may have seen.
This diagram tells Al not only
whether the watch needs adjust
ing or repairing, but In some in
stances what the nature of its
trouble Is.
Its use Is of particular value
to the customer, In cases where
the watch needs adjusting for
fast, or slow running inasmuch
as after adjustment, the speed
may be tested In 60 seconds.
whereas without the machine a
day or more is necessary. Some
times, as you doubtless have ex
perienced, obstinate timepieces
will require several days', atten
tion from the jeweler.
A small earphone, similar in
lfSAW
By Paul Jenkins
Nazi Industrial
Cities Blasted by
British Bombers
LONDON, Aug. 13. (AP)
British bombers stabbed through
murky night skies at Berlin and
at least nine other German Indus
trial and port cities early today
in a continuation of heavy as
saults on Germany and nazl-oc-cupled
territory.
Magdeburg, Hannover, Essen,
Stettin, Kiel, Bremen, Osnabruck,
Dulsburg and Cologne were list
ed as RAF targets, besides the
reieh capital.
Luftwaffe activity against the
British Isles during the night
was described as small scale by
the air and home security minis
tries. They said In their usual
joint communique that : bombs
fell at a number of points In the
midlands and east England, but
damage was small and there
were few casualties.
A dozen Blenheims and eight
fighters were lost during the day
and three German planes were
shot down, the British claimed.
(The Germans put British
losses yesterday and last night
at 57 planes.)
Eight-Hour Day Law in
Defense Jobs Suspended
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.
(AP) President Roosevelt has
suspended the 8-hour day law as
applied to mechanics and labor
ers employed by the war depart
ment on public works necessary
to natlonul defense In the United
States. ... 'v... . . ,
The action, by means of an
executive order announced to
day, was said at the white house
to have been taken because of
the necessity of completing all
military projects at the earliest
practical date.
The suspension applies to
workers on air fields, troop hous
ing units, fortifications and oth
er works necessary to the mili
tary establishment.
Newa-ncvlew Photo and KnRrnvinK.
action to a physician's stetho
scope, enables the Jeweler to list
en to the ticking of a watch, the
sound being amplified many
times.
"This machine really causes
more work for the jeweler," Al
informed me, "because It affords
a quick check on the work he
has done, keeping him on his
toes In an effort to meet the re
quirements of accuracy, the
lack of which it does not fail to
call attention to."'
A driver of a truck was struck
at a raiiroad crossing between
here and Cottage Grove by a
train, and killed. Our train serv
ice being what It Is down here,
one reads of this accident with
the same degree of surprise he
would display It he heard of a
hunter In the Umpqua forest be
ing mauled by a tiger. Trains
and tigers are Just about equally
scarce in this territory.
Colonies In
West Indies
MayBeTahen
Seiiure of Vital Martinqu
Island by United States
Planned, Germany Clalmf
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-.
(AP) Pursuing a broad strategy
designed to safeguard the hemls.
pherc, the United States today
was reported negotiating for air
base rights In Brazil to offset
any German threat to Dakar,
irencn west Africa,
Informed congressional source
declared the state department '
has Initiated discussions with;
Brazil, urging her to resume
control of an Italian-operated
airport on an Island off Natal,
seaport on the hump of the South
American continent.
From Natal, It Is only 1,620
miles northeast across the nar
rawest part of the south Atlan.
tic to Dakar, referred to fre
quently as a potential jump-oft
point for operations against the
western hemisphere.
Hitler May Gain Dakar
Members of congress concern?
ed with military legislation ex.
pressed misgivings over the an
nouncement fronj Vichy that Ad
miral Jean Darlan. woVild be giv
en supreme control of French
military 1 matters. This newest
evidence of France-German col
laboration, they declared, prob
ably meant that Hitler would be'
accorded the right to use Dakar.
These legislators bbw little
likelihood that the United States
would make any direct move to
block nazl occupation of the
African base, but they foresaw
swift moves by this nation In
the western hemlshero to ofreet
such a threat, should It material
ize. They said the most practi
cal safeguard would be assur
ed American access to previously.
prepared bases in Brazil.
. This might mean, they said.
that the United States would
have to advance funds and equip
ment for such bases although it
might make no effort to place
troops there until the threat oc
a nazl move toward this hemis
phere became more definite.
Secretary oi state Huu witn-
held formal comment, but spine
senators and congressmen out
spokenly urged that the Ameri
can republics should take over
France's colonics In the western
hemisphere.
Several congressmen also ad
vocated breaking oft diplomatic
(Continued on page 6)
Scrap Aluminum
Leaves Roseburg
Scrap nlumlnum amounting td
3245 pounds was collected In
Douglas county during the recent
campaign to secure metal for na
tional defense needs, it was re
ported today by Harry Pinnlger,
chamber of commerce secretary.
The aluminum, which has been
piled In front of the chamber of
commerce office, was loaded yes
terday into trucks to be taken to
Portland, where It will be baled
for shipment to a foundry at San
Francisco.
The transportation to Portland
was handled free of charge by
the Pcarcc Auto Freight linos. -
The collection here Ipeltided all
of the metal gathered throughout
the county and Is one of the
highest per capita In the state
of Oregon, according to reports so
far received, Mr. Pinnlger states.
Various women's clubs and or
ganizations conducted the collec
tion campaign In the city of
Roseburg, while outside the city
limits the collection was made by
granges, 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts,
Camp fire girls and other organi
zations. r-