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We Don't Want Britain to Get Into a Jam, but We'd Like to See the Jam Go Info Britain In Form of Converted Prunes. The Surplus to Waist, Not Wasted LENINGRAD 1 THE WEATHER By U. P. Weather Bureau The dty'i faU to the blitzkrieg : . looms as a probability, but at at ' 1 price that may be tantamount to : . a nazl defeat. The same may be) said of Odessa. Watch for the big news In the NEWS-REVIEW, . a Mostly cloudy tonight and Son ay, with occasional showers. Cooler Sunday. ; ' ' t , See page 4 lor statistics. ' VOL. XLVI NO. 118 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 23, 1 94 1. VOL XXX NO.7 OF THE EVENING NEWS LJr fHf DOUGL&S COUNJY UMS " - , jjn i o3 Oregon Convict i One From Dougltl, Flee; Two Caught Break Made From Prison Flax Plant Melvin Carmichael, Car Stealer, Quickly Taken; Pal Caught at New Era o SALEM, Aug. 23. (AP) Two of a group of three state peniten tiary inmates who fled from a prison flax gang near the main institution at 9:15 a. m. today were captured before 11 o'clock and officers said they were on the trail of the third. Two state police cars chased one of the fugitives for more than 50 miles before their patrol vehicles collided in heavy traffic, but their man, James Quentln An derson, 18, in a stolen prison ma chine, was blocked off and cap tured by other troopers at New Era on the Pacific highway, Sgt. Knrley Mogan reported. Deputy Warden E. C. "Gene" Halley said Charles Melvin Car michael, 19, serving a three-year sentence from Douglas county for grand larceny, was recap- diired on the prison grounds. 'The third prisoner, Kenneth Lloyd Hougham, 19, serving five years from Tillamook county on a grand larceny charge, was last seen walking along a suburban Toad cast of Salem, Morgan said. Allen Cordon's Cap Hit Anderson led a state police pa trol car a zig-zag chase over Ma rion county roads east of Salem, through silverton, where the of ficers fired a shot that struck the fleeing machine, back toward Salem and finally onto the Pa cific highway. Morgan's car and a car driven by Patrolman Allen Cordon col lided in heavy traffic near Brooks, without serious injury to either, while Anderson sped northward, passing many mo torists on the wrong side of the road, the sergeant said. Q Anderson was stopped at New ra by Patrolmen Glen MacDon- (Continued on pane 6.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IN Washington today (Wedncs- day) there are authentic re ports of arrangements to fly American-made warplanes to the Russians by way of Siberia. These reports are supplement ed by rumors that the Russians have prepared a series of landing fields all across Siberia, so that not only bombers, but the short er ranged fighters can be flown rlear up to the fighting fronts. Q GLANCE at your globe will show you the feasibility of such a project. From Alaska it Is only a step to Siberia. pOUPLE this report with Presi dent Roosevelt's earlier an nouncement of a new service to ferry American warplanes to West Africa and thence on to the Middle East (Iraq, Iran, etc.) and you will get a slant at what America is planning as a contri bution to the war against Hitler. Airplanes are SUPREMELY important in modern warfare. We'll make them, and instead of slow transport by ship will FLY them direct to the hot spots, thus gaining immense speed in deliv ery. The next thing is to MAKE them with equal. speed. To do 4 lat, we II have Jo get down to usiness. . IN Washington today, Harry Hopkins is expected to head (Continued on page 4) s, New Credit Rules Hit Necessities as Well as Luxuries WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. (AP) Strict government regula tions for Installment buying, dis tributed today to take effect September 1, affect not only a wide range of luxuries but many items long considered In the ne cessity class. The new rules promulgated by the federal reserve board apply to pleasure cars and 23 other items such as musical instru ments, home repair loans and other credit facilities. Beginning the first of the month merchants, generally speaking, may not lend money without a down payment. They cannot give term credit without a down payment or permit In stallments to run more than 18 months. The order, the board said, Is merely a start on credit regula tions. The restrictions Include: One third minimum down pay ment and maximum of 18 month" to pay the balance on new rr, J used automohi'T,. ' ies, power driven hi-'- T.'.". -.r.; J mo tors, and motorcydci-. .- Twenty per r minimum down payment and 13 months to pay balance on mechanical re frigerators of less than 12 cubic feet capacity, household washing machines, ironers, suction clean ers, cooking stoves and ranges, heating stoves, electric dishwash ers, room-unit air conditioners, sewing machines, radios, phono graphs and musical instruments composed principally of metal. Fifteen per cent minimum down payment and 18 months to pay household furnaces and heating units for furnaces (in cluding installations for oil, gas, or coal stokers), household water heaters, water pumps, plumbing, and sanitary fixtures. Ten per cent minimum down payment and 18 months to pay new household furnitures (includ ing iceboxes, bed springs and matresses but excluding floor coverings, draperies and bed coverings) pianos and household electric organs. North Umpqua Road Now On 24-Hour Travel Basis The North Umpqua road Is now open to travel on a 24-hour basis, V. V. Harpham, supervisor of the Umpqua national forest, reported today. Previously the travel has been restricted above Copeland creek, due to construction work. Persons travelling the road may be subject to temporary delays, due to the fact the improvement work still is in progress, Mr. Harpham states, but the delays will be of only a few minutes' du ration. Crews are being maintained to improve the road surface. Gravel is being placed on wet sections between Big Camas and Cope land creek, and the rough sections of the Copeland creek grade are being smoothed. The new Cope land creek bridge now is in use, eliminating the steep approaches to the bridge previously used. Fire Sweeps Lumber Yard In North Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23. (AP) A disastrous fire swept the Joseph H. Sykes lumber yard In North Philadelphia's in dustrial center early today, de stroying thousands of dollars worth of lumber destined for de fense housing projects and dam aging or destroying four other plants and an equal number of homes. At least 16 firemen were injur ed, none seriously, in a four-hour battle that brought the blaze un der control. Joseph H. Sykes, owner of the lumber yard, estimated his loss at $100,000. Situation On Strike Fronts Not Bettered Jersey Shipyards' Tieup Holds, Second Threatened In Great Lakes Region By the Associated Press Still harrasslng federal agen cies, keen on defense speedups, were the threats of walkouts at Great Lakes shipyards, the stale mate at the strikebound Kearny, N. J., shipyards holding huge de fense contracts and the public transit tie-up In Detroit. L. H. Korndorff, president of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company of Kearny, United States Steel subsidiary, which holds $493,000,000 worth of contracts for fighting and mer chant craft, returned from Wash ington to New York for a possible conference with his associates. The striking CIO shipbuilders demand a maintenace-of-union contract, under which the firm would be required to discharge union members who failed to pay their union dues. The manage ment has continued for 18 days to say "no" to this. As a result of the failure of workers and owner to agree, there are not hot rivets goinij Into two cruisers, six destroyers and many merchant vessels, and 18,000 workers are Idling. Mayor Edward J. Jef fres of De troit pondered what to do about the motionless buses and trolley cars, which up until four days ago were hastening men to the big auto plants.- The transportation system is the center of a jurisdic tional dispute between AFL and CIO unions. Steel Dispute Settled. A bright spot in the picture" was the quick settlement of a strike at an Alabama steel mill. CIO steel-workers had picketed the plant of the Republic Steel corpor poration at Gadsen, Ala., Friday. A union man said a demand had been made for wages approach ing those of the Birmingham dis trict, a union shop and the check off system of dues collection. The plant management assert ed the scale was approximately the same as that at Birmingham, (Continued on page 6) Gasless Sunday Looms for East WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. (AP) Eastern motorists who plan long trips this week-end may have trouble buying enough gaso line to get back home. Filling sta tions In some localities have an nounced a gasless Sunday for the first time since 1918. A statement by Senator George (D., Ga.) indicated that pleasure car drivers' troubles may only have begun. He said he was re liably informed that a lack of oil transportation would force a one third cut in eastern motor fuel, against the present 10 per cent curtailment. Unverified reports circulated In congressional circles that the government had called upon American oil companies to make up a pool of 100 additional deep sea tankers to be turned over to the British. Diversion of 50 tankers from the Atlantic coast run to serve Britain In the battle of the Atlan tic precipitated the current petro leum emergency. One member of congress said he had heard from a reliable source that 40 of 80 tankers acquired in the United States by the British before en actment of the lend-lease act had been sunk. Sheet Metal Firm Here Occupies New Quarters The firm of Rice and Meyers, sheet metal workers, was moved today from 527 N. Jackson St., to 404 W. Lane St. The shop will oc cupy the quarters formerly hous ing the Roseburg Plumbing and Heating company, operated by Dell V. Rast. Mr. Rast has gone to Alaska to engage In defense construction work. The stock and equipment from the plumbing business has been purchased by L. W. Metzger. British Ruler's Brother Calls on U. S. President 7 Is iPr IbVia Duke of Kent HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 23. (AP) For the second time In 27 months, President Roosevelt op ened his family home to British royalty today. The Duke of Kent, youngest brother of King George VI, was expected late this afternoon at the Roosevelt house overlooking the Hudson. He was motoring from New York to spend tonight and Sunday and then go with the chief executive to Washington by special train. In June, 1939, while the world still was at peace. King George and Queen Elizabeth also were the president s guests at Hyde Park. British Columbia Forest Fire Spread by Lightning PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, Aug. 23. (CP A great forest fire raging in a 100-mile semi-circle north of Prince George was ex tended today by lightning which struck in the forests near Penny, 75 miles east of here and set nu merous small blazes. Although the new blazes have not reached serious proportions, forestry branch officials here said last night that only rain can save the situation. Meteorollgists, however, hold out no hope of a break in the six weeks rainless dry spell which has left even the great muskeg swamps of the north dried to the bottom, and which are so much tinder in the path of the fires. BOBS WATSON, whom doubt less you will remember as Pee wee In the movie "Boystown," sitting on the arm of Olive lies' chair at the Story lies home on Pitzer street. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Watson, of Holly wood, California, who have spent the past few days visiting at the lies', who arc their cousins. Bobs is the youngest of nine children six boys and three girls, all of whom have been In pictures. Not just two or three pictures, either; but 1100 of them. For their ages, they are old hands at the picture game. Bobs, 10 years old, has been in over 80. He couldn't remember how many over one forgets aft er that many, and an adding ma chine is too cumbersome to carry 1 SAW:::::: By Paul Jenkins French Made Hostages In Revolt Wave Slaying of Nazi Officer, Sabotage Puts Thousands Of Lives in Jeopardy VICHY, Unoccupied France, Aug. 23. (AP) German mili tary authorities put the lives of thousands of Frenchmen in pawn today for any new violence fol lowing the assassination of a German colonel In the Paris sub way, and the Petaln government of unoccupied France followed an earlier German lead by decree ing death for communists and anarchists. . But even while the roundups of suspects continued, news reach ed Vichy of a new train wreck in the unoccupied zone at the en trance to the Valdonne tunnel In Mussat plain yesterday. Thirty miners were injured. Police raids In Paris wore re ported to have turned from the working class districts to the swank Champs Elysees section of the eighth arrondissement. In disclosing the fatal stabbing of a German officer In Paris Thursday, Lieut.-General von Schamhurg, German comman dant of the city, announced that effective today all Frenchmen un der arrest would be classed as hos tages and "In case of a new crim inal act, a number of hostages corresponding to the gravity of the act committed will be snot. The assassination followed the arrest of 6,000. Jews, communists and de Gaullists (Free French) In Paris Wednesday. The victim's Identity was not disclosed. The Petain decree against com munists appeared In the official journal today, although It was drafted August 14, the same day the Germans made communist ac tivity In the occupied zone pun ishable by death because of dem- (Continued on page 6) CCC Jurisdiction to Move From Medford MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 23. (AP) The administration of 16 camps under jurisdiction of the Medford CCC office will be trans ferred to Sacramento, Calif., and Vancouver, Wash., September 1. The Medford office, which will close that day, said six of the camps are In Oregon, the rest In California. Newa-ltftvlew 1'holo and Ensravlns. about in one's pocket. My favo rite (I haven't seen them all) was his nlavini? of Peewee, with Spencer Tracy. His favorite Is "On Borrowed Time," in which he co-starred with Lionel Barry mnrd He is a doggoned nice movie star, we nave em nere, jrom time to time, I don't give two hoots about; but I could stand see- tntr a lnt nf Hnhs. Hp Was down at the office yesterday, picked up n niece of hot metal with his name on It, and did everything else an ioiks ao wnen oeing shown the workings of a newspa per plant. He told us he enjoyed it all vprv much: hut thoupht when he grew up he'd rather swim, or play baseball for a liv ing, than work In an office. By Jove, Bobs, so would I! Oil-Rich Iran, Refusing to Deport German Technicians, Prepares For Showdown With British, Russians r milk I SOVIET RUSSIA I m cm.- 1 0 200 lJ Penetration Hfcl - oim.id, VKlir Kharkov; 151 y Oil PiM Linn Mftf' . Black Sea at8r'l' - Mediterranean Seahrf festornj "" EGYPT'")!' ARABIA Iran, modern Persia, and rich In oil resources, Is In peril of becoming the war's next battlefield if axis and anti-axis troops clash for control there. Map shows how Germans might attack to establish bases for drive on the British-controlled east, how British and Russians might move In to keep the nazis out. TEHERAN, Iran, Aug. 23. (AP) Iran, anticipating a show down on British-Russian demands for expulsion of German techni cians from the country, has can celled .leaves for 1,072 -newly- graduated army officers and has ordered them to the frontiers for active duty with 120,000 troops on guard there. A government answer to a British-Russian note was deliv ered to the British minister yes terday. Iran was understood to have shown readiness to reduce the number of German techni cians when their contracts in state-owned railroads and com munications industries expire. The answer, however, was re ported to have stressed that Iran as a neutral, independent power, did not see why she should be Bride's Ex-Mate Slays Newlyweds OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 23. (AP) A man and his bride, mar ried only Wednesday, were shot to death In their new homo to day by a former husband of the woman. The victims were Robert A. Newcomb, 42, and Dorothy Dunn Newcomb, 35. Deputy District Attorney Lau rence Dayton said they were slain by James H. McDonald, 47, army sergeant and R. O. T. C. instruc tor, who then shot a bullet Into his own chest. He may die. The Ncwcombs were married Wednesday at Ensenada, Mexico. Daylon said that McDonald first disabled the Newcomb automobile. He went to the rear of the house and tried to shoot off the door lock, then broke down the door. As Newcomb ran to meet the Intruder three bullets ended his life. Mrs. Newcomb got a pistol from a dresser, fired at McDon ald hut missed. A bullet struck her hut she was able to run to the front lawn where two more shots killed her. Then, Dayton related, McDon ald fired a shot into his chest and fell near the woman's body. Davton said neighbors had heard McDonald threaten to kill Mr. nnd Mrs. Newcomb. Newcomb operated a plumbing shop here. Dogs Die Savinq Child From Rattler's Fangs WAYNESRORO. Miss., Auu. 23. (API Two pet does attack ed a rattlesnake collpd to strike the young son of Edwin Smith. Thev saved the child's life hut died themselves from the rentlle's venom. Smith, summoned by the boy's sister, killed the snake. forced to risk diplomatic rupture with Germany by expelling all German nationals at once. (Sources in London Indicated Great Britain would stand firm on her demands ana was ready to send troops Into Iran rather than permit an alleged 3,000 .Ger mans to remain there.) Iranians declared the British Russian demands were window- dressing to cover plans to Invade the country and establish con tacts by which British troops could join Russians on the east ern front. An official police statement said there were only 640 male Germans In the country and that in the past 45 days 50 of these had left. Iran has an air force of less than 300 aircraft. Mexico Closes 15 Nazi Consulates MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23. (AP) The Mexican government has ordered 15 German consulates throughout Mexico closed by Sep tember 1 and has called homo all Mexican consuls In German-occu pied portions of Europe. The foreign office order last night was accompanied by a bluntly-worded statement by President Camacho that his gov ernment "Does not recognize, nor for any motive can recognize, the state of things created in Europe by violence." The action was based on what Mexico regarded as an unfriendly act by the Germans an order from Berlin to withdraw Mexican consular representatives from Paris and six other German-controlled cities. The Mexican counter-move, similar to steps taken by the Unit ed States nnd Cuba, added to the strain on Mexican-German rela tions caused last April when the government seized 12 German and Italian vessels refuged In Mexican ports. At that time Mexico reiterated that her foreign policy was dedi cated to western hemisphere soli darity and collaboration with the United States. Non-Licensed Driver Draws 30 Days in Joil A sentence of 30 days In the county jail was Imposed In jus tice court here today upon Bob by Guy Burns, 23, Roseburg, who pleaded guilty to the charge of operating a motor vehicle with out an operator's license. Jus tice of the Peace R. W. Marsters reported that It was the third time Burns had been In his court for law violations. Dig In Urge Given People ByVoroshilov Assault on Three Sides Faced by Defenders; Air Armada Said Beaten Off MOSCOW, Aug. 23. (AP) Marshal Klcmentl Voroshilov, the) defender of Leningrad, repeated urgent proclamations today de claring the Soviet's second city; In "terrible danger" and urging soviet citizens to perform their? "holy duty" in fighting off tha nazl Invader. "Dig yourselves inl Leningrad was, Is and shall forever remain the city of the great October revolution," Voroshilov urged it! an appeal to the citizens' army; and regular troops. "A terrible danger Is hanging over Leningrad," he said. "Tha decisive moment has arrived The enemy Is nearlng Leningrad. Our holy duty Is to self-sacrlflo lngly defend the path of the a p. proaches to the city." The soviet communique, how ever, had by inference reported the red army standing fast all along the front, from Leningrad to the Black sea, with no new! areas of fighting mentioned. Pravda, communist party news paper, said In a report from tha front that combined forces ot the red army and people's army; had lifted the siege of an un named city and driven the nazia back six miles in a counter-attack. (The city may have been Odessa, Black sea port under siege foe many days.) ...... - . . viiiv v tv v las r wi i Red Star, the organ of the red army, reported continuous Rus slan counter-attacks on the con. tral sector and said latest reports! showed nine villages recaptured In the past two days. One Ger man Infantry division was do clared to have been smashed and much of Its equipment captured. The Germans, driven from (Continued on page 6) War Bulletins LONDON, Aug. 23. (AP) British bombers loosed explosive on the Industrial city of Mann, helm In western Germany during the night and carried out side, show sorties against harbor faci lities at La Havre and the dock at Ostend and Dunkerque, It was CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 23 (AP)' British bombers dropped mora than 25 tons of bombs on the Spanish mole In Tripoli, the axis' chief Libyan supply port, and caused large fires and exptoslona Thursday night, the RAF middle east communique said today. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (AP) The German radio, heard by NBC, said today that "German forces have broken through all Russian field fortification near Lake llmen (south of Leningrad)' and have taken several bunker by storm." NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (AP) A British broadcast said today that according to reports from Bucharest, Rumanian and Ger man troops are within nine mile of Odessa. The broadcast was heard by NBC. Douglas Timber Will Be Stressed at State Fair The Douglas county booth at the Oregon State fair this year will feature timber resources, Harry Plnnlger, secretary of the Roseburg chamber of commerce reported today. The booth was shinned to Salem last night anil will be set up Sunday by H. D. 'Hank) Palmer nnd Plnnlger. The booth will feature three huge slabs from peeler logs and will house numerous exhibits per taining to timber resources. Paul Abeel and Palmer will go to Salem, Aug. 31, to plaeo the exhibits In the booth. The state fair will open Labor day. Exhibits are now being col lected and a very complete dis play of agricultural products la planned. ... ;