It Diverted American Gasoline Means More Fuel for Allied Ships, Planes and Tanks It Also Means Less Work fo r American Ambulances on Motor Highways?
THE WEATHER
By U. 9. Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and Frt
ftlay. Little change In tempera'
"uie.
See page 4 for statistics.
RUSSIA
She's badly mauled but not
beaten far from It. If ihe holds
out untU winter, the tide of wall
may turn against Hitler. Between!'
now and that period, follow de
velopmonts through' NEWS-R&
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VOL. XLVI NO. 116 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURS, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1941.
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NJOT much HOT war news over
j the weekend,
j The British-American confer-
ence on the high seas is still the
; big news. More was cooked up
there than has yet met the eye.
The admirals and generals who
were present weren't there to
talk peace terms if and when.
Their job is to FIGHT, and you
Oan bet your bottom dollar that
ighting plans occupied the bulk
. of the conference time.
HPHE Jap press Is muttering
i 1 into its beard about ENCIR-
CLEMENT of Japan.
Paste it In your hat that cneir-
clement of Japan was one of the
plans discussed at the Roosovelt-
v Churchill conference. The idea
Is to encircle Japan so effective
ly that' she won't be able to do
much about it.
In Tokyo-: today (Monday)
I here are menacing rumors that
; o Russian Far East . army of
great strength has been mobiliz
ed and stationed on the Siberian
border.
if The threat back of that Is that
j If Japan gets brash in the south
phe'll be smacked by this Russian
Jrmy in the north... -.
yHE wires tell us today that
American Ambassador Grew
Is In conference (as these words
; lire written) with Jap Foreign
; Minister Toyoda. It is reported
lhat the subject of their discus-
; (ions is of the UTMOST import-
. ance.
It's a fair guess they aren't
. just passing the time of day.
; pHE Russians admit today the
i loss of Nikolaev and Krivoi
Rog, in the southern Ukraine.
You'd better take a look at
j your map here. It will tell you
, more than words can. Loss of
: Kikolaev and Krivoi Rog indl
, cates that Odessa is surrounded.
O Odessa, of course, can be lost
nd Russia will still go on. Rus
i sla is BIG. The interesting point
is the size of the Russian forces
surrounded and the possibilities
of their destruction.
(Continued on page 4)
Jap-Built Malice
Harries Americans
" SHANGHAI, Aug. 21. (AP)
An anti-American campaign, pur
( ported to be inspired and direct-
ed by Japanese military authori
zes ties, appeared today to be grow
i Ing through occupied China as
. a result of the recent United
"s States freezing of assets.
Reports from numerous points
On central and south China indi
ate that more than 1,700 Ameri
s cans are facing increasingly dif
; flcult living conditions because
; of restrictions imposed by the
military. British citizens also
;? were affected in some areas, but
i not as badly as Americans.
' Many of those feeling the
I brunt of the campaign are mis
: sionaries. At numerous places
missions have been picketed as
; have American business houses
; in Shangtung province and in
. j south China.
Americans have been forced
i; in some instances to wait many
j hours, day after day, before ob
taining travel permits at Japan-
ese offices. Travel by foreign
':? ers in the occupied area has been
. '; restricted since July when the
i Japanese began a mobilization of
i men who had been released from
' active duty in China.
OOne Swedish correspondent for
American and British newspap
ers has been expelled from Han
. kow and two British correspon
dents have been told to leave. All
Anglo-American press activities
; were halted summarily by the
5 Japanese military at Hankow.
LEuidGRAD BRACES FOR NAZI SMASH
AFTER CRASH OF OUTER DEFENSES
Garrison Of
Million Men
Awaits Blow
Nazis Continue to Blast
Fire-Swept Odessa; Dam
Blown Up by Russians
MOSCOW, Aug. 21. (AP)
Germany has lost nearly
two million dead and wound
ed In two months of war
with Russia, S. A. Lozovsky,
soviet vlce-commlssar for for
eign affairs, said today.
Despite severe reverses at
both ends of the 1,500 m lie
battlefront from Karelia to
the Black sea, Lozovsky de
clared In Moscow:
"There is no alarm or pes
simlsm In our ranks. Even
Hitler and his advisers un
derstand that the war In the
east has only begun."
Lozovsky conceded that the
Germans had won considerable
success, but he said, on the basis
of Russia's vastness only a com
paratively smair area has been
taken and that has been le'i
"without provis'ins. en- -'r'ng
only wrecked r"'-'s. ---i fac
tories . . . guerr 'la wjureand
local hatred '.'' . : "
(By the Associated Press)
Adolf Hitler's high command
reported today that German
troops had smashed three main
bulwarks of Leningrad's outer de
fense system, and the Russians
acknowledged that the old-time
czarist capital was in "dread
danger."
Challenging an official Russian
order for a fight to defend Lenin
grad to the death, the Berlin ra
dio declared that if the city were
defended it would suffer the fate
of Warsaw, which was largely
destroyed by nazi Stukas and
siege guns when the Poles refus
ed to surrender.
The red army northwest com
mand admitted that Leningrad
was under "direct threat of at
tack," but the Russians express
ed confidence that the city's de
fenseswith an estimated garri
son of 1,000,000 menwould hold.
On the southern front, Russia's
great Black Sea port of Odessa
was reported aflame, blasted by
German artillery and Stuka dive
bombers. The German high command re
ported that nazi troops storming
(Continued on page 6)
Americans Allowed
To Sail From Japan
TOKYO, Aug. 21. (AP) The
Nyk line apparently under for
eign office pressure suddenly
announced tonight It had reserva
tions for 26 United States em
bassy and consular officials
aboard the liner Tatsuta Maru,
scheduled to sail August 28 for
Shanghai.
At Shanghai, most of the
Americans expected to obtain
transpacific passage home
aboard a United States transport.
Nyk line officials then turned
up accommodations for nine
naval, two marine and four army
officers, all Japanese-language
students who recently have been
ordered to other stations; and a
group of consular employes.
Fugitive Found Dead
In Lower Rogue River
MEDFORD, Aug. 21. (AP)-:
The body of a young man found
by a guide in lower Rogue river
late yesterday was identified by
the state police and Coroner H.
W. Conger today as Nye Mat
thews, 32, a member of a pioneer
Eagle Point family.
Coroner Conger reported Mat
thews had been missing since
late last Sunday, when he fled
from arrest by the state police
following a domestic dispute on
the Crater lake highway.
British Invasion of Continent Urged
To Beat Germany; Air Raids Deemed
By Strategists to be Insufficient
LONDON, Aug. 21. (AP) Un
official English, Polish and Nor
wegian strategists raised anew to
day their cries for a British inva
sion of the continent as the only
way to defeat Germany.
British military leaders were
called upon for all-out war
against the nazis. Current RAF
bombings of Germany and occu
pied territories were deemed in
sufficient by these sources.
Frank Owen, editor of Minister
of Supply Lord Beaverbrook's Ev
ening Standard, demanded "a sec
ond front and not only in the air"
in a signed editorial. Owen sug
gested a British offensive against
Italy, long favored by some mili
tary sources as the spot where
the axis could be hit hardest.
Many Polish and Norwegian
military men have urged the Brit
ish to attempt landings at a num
ber of points along the European
coastline in an effort to find the
weakest point in German de
fenses.
Once a weak spot were found,
these men believe, enough Brit
ish and allied forces could be
landed to overcome local resist
ance to dig in and open a new
front. Most of these men believe
RAF bombings have smashed
German communications and
therefore the Germans would
find it difficult to concentrate
enough troops to counter a Brit
ish invasion at any one point.
Norway Entry Favored.
Favored particularly by Poles
and Norwegians is a landing In
2 Killed, 2 Hurt In
Crashes of Autos
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (API
Two persons died and two were
hurt, one possibly fatally, in au
tomobile accidents In this region
early today.
Garth Arthur Carr, 21, was
sleeping with his head outside a
coupe window. He was almost
beheaded as the car crashed Into
a traffic sign after the driver,
Frederick H. Erdman, lost, con
trol of it.
Shirley Spencer was killed out
right when the automobile in
which she was riding with Sgt.
Loren Dale Collins, 29th army en
gineers, Portland, crashed into
trees. Collins' skull was frac
tured, and he was not expected
to live.
Miss Margaret Corn, 22, riding
with Miss Shirley and Collins,
was suffering from lacerations,
head injuries and shock.
Bad Vaccine Kills 100
Dogs, More Threatened
FLORENCE, Ala., Aug. 21.
(AP) Dog owners of Lauderdale
county worked today to save ap
proximately 1,300 of their pets
all violently ill.
Dr. G. D. Ingram, county rabies
Inspector, said the dogs were
stricken after injections of what
he described as contaminated ra
bies vaccine.
About 100 dogs already have
died, he said.
All were innoculated between
Aug. 11 and Aug. 15 under a state
law for controlling rabies.
Oregon's Right to Fix
Liquor Prices Upheld
SALEM, Aug. 21. (AP) The
state has the right to fix liquor
prices, the attorney general held
yesterday in an opinion for Dis
trict Attorney William W. Battle
of Lane county.
Battle asked for the opinion in
connection with the govern
ment's prosecution of 20 Pacific
coast breweries for alleged re
straint of trade by price-fixing.
Norway north of Narvik. They
offer three reasons for such a
landing:
1. Norwegian troops in England
are said to be better equipped to
fight in that territory and they
could be helped by Scots and
Poles trained in mountain fight
ing. 2. Once a landing had been
made, a corridor would be open
ed through Finland to Mur
mansk, soviet Russia, cutting off
the Finnish port of Petsamo.
Over this corridor troops and sup
plies could be moved to bolster
the red armies In the north, It
was said.
3. Norwegians at home have
been reported ready to rebel
against the Germans at the first
sign of outside help. The Ger
mans would be unable to concen
trate a largo force against the in
vaders in the north, it was assert
ed, because It has been reported
garrisons have to be maintained
now in every Norwegian hamlet
and town.
If the British have contemplat
ed an invasion of the French
coast, unofficial observers agree
there have been no signs of it In
London.
In 'London, a high British au
thority "said RAF raids in the
last eight weeks had placed far
more bombers over Germany in
a single night than the Germans
sent over Britain in the most vio
lent assaults last autumn and
winter.
"The German people are catch
ing it now," he said.
Gas Tax Diversion
Proposal Scored
SALEM, Aug. 21. (AP) Ef
forts to divert or reduce state
gasoline taxes were criticized to
day in a message sent by A. a.
Tucker, Montgomery, Ala., presi
dent of the North American gaso
line tax conference, to the conven
tion here of the Pacific group of
the conference.
"The gasoline tax has brought
about the cheapest transportation
the world has ever known. It is
not a burden on the motorist, It is
a benefit because it provides the
money for good roads," Tucker
wrote.
He appealed to the patriotism
of the gasoline tax and oil com
pany officials attending today's
meeting, but he admonished them
that they should not permit the
federal government "to weaken
the sovereignty of the states."
"We should fight against eff.
forts to divert gasoline tax money
for other purposes, but let us not
oppose any form of tax that con
gress may impose without first
providing an alternatiye."
Asserting that congress might
Increase the gas tax one cent a
gallon to provide money for de
fense, Tucker wrote that "gaso
line dealers can show their patri
otism by quietly accepting the
verdict of congress, even though
the verdict might be an Increase
in the gasoline tax. Gasoline
taxes do not reduce consumption."
Depoe Bay Gun Wielder
Will Plead Self Defense
TOLEDO, Ore., Aug. 21. (AP)
William Hughes, 59, Depoe
Bay, was held to the grand jury
yesterday on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon.
Hughes, signalman for the
tuna fleet, Is charged with shoot
ing John Avery, 47, boat cap
tain, at Depoe Bay Tuesday.
Sheriff George Robinson said
Hughes had indicated he would
plead self defense. He waived
preliminary hearing in justice
I court.
I Avery, wounded in the abdo
men, has a good chance for re
covery, hospital attendants said.
Shipyards
Strike Goes
To Roosevelt
arley Follows Plea for
utual Accord; Break in
etroit Strike Looms
By the Associated Press
LA second conference with Fed
eral Shipbuilding and Drydock
company officials was scheduled
by President Roosevelt for 4 p.
m. today In an effort to end the
two-weeks old strike at the com
pany's Kearny, N. J., plant.
The chief executive conferred
this morning with L. H. Korn
dorff, president of the company,
arid Myron C. Taylor, former
board chairman of the U. S. Steel
corporation, . parent firm, and
these two later went to the navy
department to meet Navy Secre
tary Knox, Sidney Hillman, OPM
associate director, and William
H. Davis, chairman of the de
fense mediation board.
Knox, Hillman and Davis were
to go to the white house with
Korndorff and Taylor for the 4
p. m. conference.
Roosevelt Sends Appeal '
' President Roosevelt yesterday
formally asked both sides In the
strike to put the importance of
national defense ahead of their
points of difference and "return
to your work at once."
The strike, affecting 17,000
workers, has tied up work on
$193,000,000 worth of navy and
merchant marine shipbuilding
since August 7.
There were Indications, mean
while, that a development might
be expected soon In the city-wide
transportation strike tie-up in
Detroit. Shortly before resump
tion of conferences aimed at set
tlement of the union jurisdiction
al dispute there, Thomas J. Dona
hue, Michigan labor mediation
board chairman, declared: "There
are signs of a break."
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.
(AP) Three Portland flouring
mills closed by a strike will re
open as soon as crews can be as
sembled, a union spokesman said
today.
The strike was ended yester
day by an agreement between
union members and millers.
Oregon Prunes Will Be ,
Included in Federal Buy
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.
(AP) Oregon and Washington
prunes would be included in the
surplus marketing administra
tion's purchase plan for the Cali
fornia crop If production were
heavy enough, G. A. Nahstoll
said today.
The administration's field rep
resentative said that unofficial
estimates of the Oregon and
Washington crop placed it below
normal while that in California
has been estimated at 220,000
tons, compared with 175,000 tons
last year.
The California production or
mally is 90 per cent of the U. S.
total, he said.
Parking Space Marking
Here Nears Completion
The city street department Is
rapidly completing the work of
marking parking spaces on all of
the streets now Included In the
zone In which parking time is
regulated. It is expected that en
forcement of the recently adopt
ed ordinance, which provides one
hour parking on the main bust
ness streets and two-hour park
ing on secondary streets In the
business district, will start next
week. Enforced parking within
the markings now being painted
by the street department Is now
effective and violators are being
given tickets, Chief of Police
John Duer reported.
Train's Blow Doesn't Unseat Him
- . :': - - , ' ' '
No wonder Paul Isaao, 20, grins as he stands next to the cab
of what once was a 21-ton truck. Paul was caught on the railroad
tracks near Woodland, Calif., when a speeding train crashed his
truck, left him sitting uninjured In the cab while the train carried
the rear part more tnan a half mile down the line.
Gasoline Supply
Probe Demanded
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) A New England senator
today urged a speedy congres
sional investigation to determine
whether the east actually faces a
gasoline shortage, as the defense
petroleum office sharply reas
serts is the case.
T want to learn If there is an
actual shortage or if we are be
ing pushed around for psycholo
gical reasons," Senator Maloney
(D., Conn.), told reporters, say
ing he would ask the senate com
merce committee to act imme
diately on his resolution for an
inquiry.
Ralph K. Davles, acting petro
leum coordinator, announced yes
terday that the long-predicted
shortage had developed, that us
able reserve stocks had dwindled
to an available storage sufficient
for only 10 days, and that the
situation was "perilous."
Senator Maloney proposed
that a special senate committee
determine If there was an actual
shortage of gasoline and fuel
oil, and that it recommend
means of assuring an adequate
supply of fuels for national de
fense purposes without undue
hardship to business enter
prises and consumers generally."
As the proposal gained sup
port, Senator Clark (D., Mo.)
said he was especially interested
in learning If it were necessary
to cut down American consump
tion in order to supply Britain
with fuel, or If such steps were
being taken to emphasize the
"all-out" viewpoint of aid to1
Britain.
At the same time, Senator Mc-
Nary of Oregon, the minority
leader, predicted that there
would be almost solid republican
support for the Maloney propos
al on ,the commerce committee,
of which he Is a member.
Dredge Bearing 14 Men
Adrift in Pacific Ocean
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Aug. 21.
(AP) Mackay radio reports
the S. S. Chippewa radioed that
a dredge carrying 14 men broke
loose In the Pacific ocean at 1
a. m. today and is drifting help
lessly.
The Chippewa is owned by the
Standard Dredging Co., of New
Jersey.
The coast guard said the posi
tion reported would be about 900
to 1,000 miles south of here. It
added that although the dredge
would be subject to whims of
wind and waves, it presumably
carried food and water. The
men aboard thus could survive
for days if the craft were not
swamped, it added, but they
would have no control over the
dredge's direction.
Defense Police
Reserves Named
Sheriff Cliff Thornton today
announced the appointment of 42
reserve police officers to serve in
civilian defense activities. The
reserves will be organized to
serve under the sheriff and his
regular deputies in the event of
emergencies. The force may be
enlarged at a later date, in the
event tests indicate the need for
further appointments, the sheriff
states. Thornton reports that he
has a large list of names of per
sons available for appointment in
the event it is decided to aug
ment the force of reserves.
Appointments announced today
Include the following: Kenneth
F. Barneberg, Lynn V. Bcckley,
Gordon W. Bennet, Robert T.
Blakeley, Ira C. Byrd, Amos B.
Cacy, Waldo J. Campbell, Wil
liam H. "Doc" Carter, Howard
Casebeer, Frank W. Chase,
George Dawson, Alvah B. De
Guire, Chas. M. Emery, Eugene
H. Fisher, Thomas F. Fletcher,
Noble B. Goettel, William L.
Green, Homer W. Grow, Harold
W. Haskln, Thomas A. Hendricks,
J. Clifford Hess, Albert O.
Hughes, Oliver L. Johnson, Mor
gan F. Lawson, Burdett Leas,
J. V. Long, Lucius L. Marsters,
William J. Mess, Lee O. Miller,
William I. Moar, Leon E. McClin
tock, Tom F. Neal, C. W. "Pat"
Patterson, Donald W. Radabaugh,
Ray Rauch, Richard C. Reed,
Hugh Ritchie, Henry Simmons,
Arte E. Stephens, Charles E.
Thompson, Siemon W. VanVoorst
and Laurence P. Watson.
Newly "Winged" Flier
Killed in Plane Crash
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn.,
Aug. 21. (AP) Second Lieut.
Eugene M. Bradley, 24, of Ant
lers, Okla., was killed today In
the first airplane crash at the
new army air base here. Mili
tary officials said he failed to
come out of a routine dive.
Bradley was a member of the
64th flying squadron of the 57th
pursuit group which arrived here
Monday from Mitchel field. He
received his wings at Kelley field
Inst May 29.
Dies in River Trying
To Make Good on Dare
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. ( AP)
The body of Gordon Greer, 19,
Portland, who followed up a dare
and dived from the Broadway
bridge, was recovered from the
Willamette river yesterday.
Deputy Coroner C. E. Shea said
Greer and friends had discussed
the dive Sunday night but when
he appeared ready to go through
with It, they dissuaded him. Later
he returned alone and made the
leap.
Report Given
Congress On 1
Sea Meeting
"Armed Breath" for Nail
Reich Opposed: Russia M
Be Aided, Message Says
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.
(AP) President Roosevelt, re.
rjortlne to congress on his epo
chal meeting at sea with Prima
Minister Churchill, said today uie
declaration of principles agreed
upon there were - so clear cut:
that they would be .difficult to
oppose "without automatically
admitting a willingness to accept
compromise" with nazllsm.
These principles, the president
nddnd in a brief sDeclal messasa
also would be hard to opposa
without admitting a willingness)
to "agree to a world peace which)
would give to nazllsm domination
over large numbers of conquered)
nations.
"Inevitably." Mr. Roosevelt as
serted, "such a peace would brt
a gift to nazllsm to take breath)
armed breath" for a second
war to extend the control ovei
Europe and Asia to the Ameri
can hemisphere Itself."
Nazi Word Valueless
Mr. Roosevelt said It was per
haps unnecessary to "call atten
tion once more to the utter lack
of validity of the spoken or wrlt
ton word of the nazi govern.
ment." r
He added that It also was un.
necessary to point out that thrt
declaration included of necessity
"the world need for freedom o
rellelon and freedom ot Informs.
Hon." ' '
He said:
"No society of the world or
ganlzcd under the announced
principles could survve without
these freedoms which are a part
of the whole freedom for whlcli
we strive."
Will Confer With Russia
The president reported thrt
military and naval conversation
at the north Atlantic conference)
"made clear gains" in xunnering;
the effectiveness of lend-lease aid
to countries cast and west.
He and the prime minister, Mr,
Roosevelt added, are arranging;
for conferences with Russia to
assist It "in Its defense against
the attack made by the principal
aggressor of the modern world
Germany." The declaration of principles,
the president continued, present,
cd a goal "worthwhile for oufl
type of civilization to seek."
Written with pencil and
scratch pad in the president's
study last night, the message con
tained a copy of the official state,
ment released by the white house
last Thursday covering the eight
general alms agreed upon by,
the Prime Minister and Mr,
Roosevelt.
In fact, this copy, furnished to)
congress In the nature of a re.
port, constituted most of today's
message. Only six new para
praphs were Included.
"Alliance" Charge Ignored.
Since the joint declaration,
congressional critics of the ad
ministrations ioreign policy nuvn
charged that the president and
(Continued on page 6.)
Shorter Skirts ,
To Save Cloth is 1
Asked of Women
NEW YORK, Aug. 21. (AP)-
A clarion call to American wo
men to "cut skirt lengths several
inches" was Issued today by the
National Women's Undergarment
Manufacturers association.
The members of the association
Indicated they would cooperate
by shortening up on their own
specialties, just how, they didn't
say.
Delegates to a meeting of the
organization said their suggestion
should result in a saving of at
least 10 per cent In women's
dress and underwear fabrics.
Thev said such a saving would
total millions of yards of cloth.
Helen Fbrrist Hall, Associated
Press fashion expert, raised her
eyebrows when Informed of this
action.
"Skirt hems," she said severe,
ly, "already are slapping at out
knees. Now what?"
I