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Hitler's Reported Need of Men to Fill Gaps in His Army Ranks Presents a Chance for Corpulent Marshal Goering. His Physique Could Fill Several of Them THE WEATHER By U. f. Weather Bureau Cloudy with rain tonight. .Thursday partly cloudy with showers. See page 4 for statistics. WAR TIDE 1 Is it finally flowing against thJ nazis, as the Russians claim? If so, look for a general revolt Irt nazl-oonquered nations, creating indescribable chaos. Watch tha NEWS-REVIEW for news ot world-shaking character. VOL. XLVI NO. 126 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1 94 1. VOL' XXX N0.1S OF THE EVENING NEWS KB illjlj M III I C2 ASSn n nn y ipi rn ME ma 'Soviet Counlpr Blows Hurl Nazis Back bn Two Fronts Hitler Elite Unit Erased, Moscow Says German Thrust Through Turkey Foreseen as Nazi Army Masses on Border o w MOSCOW, Sept 3. (AP) Two red army counter-offensives, one commanded per sonally by Marshal Voroshl lov before the gates of Lenin grad, were reported today to have hurled the Germans back with heavy losses In the northern and central areas of the eastern front. On the center of the front, In the sector entrusted to Marshal Timoshenko, Pravda, the com munist party organ, said advanc ing red army troops have retaken 22 villages in 10 days of battle. The Germans were thrown hack more than 30 miles after a flank attack by Russian mechan ized forces had snipped off a Ger man salient at its base, It was stated. A German SS elite blackshlrt 0 infantry division was destroyed nd a nazi held height command ing the countryside in one central front area was recaptured, its dispatch said. For the next three nights, It added, the Germans made counter-thrusts but could not dislodge the Russians. Nazis Stymied for 6 th Day, Russians Claim (By the Associated Press) Heading possibly for the dead lock aground which makes for war of position and attrition In the world war tradition, Russia today stepped up their aerial of- (Continued on page 6) (jflnthe Day's News By, FRANK JENKINS IN Tokyo today (F'rlday) Domcl, Japanese news agency, says: "Well informed circles are of the opinion that what Japan is aiming at, under the complex in ternational situation, is DISPOS AL of the China affair and con struction of the East Asia co prosperity sphere with the ulti mate object of ushering in an era of PERMANENT PEACE in the Pacific; and in consideration of the very delicate relations exist ing between Japan and the Unit ed States following the outbreak of the Russian-German war Prince Konoye (Jap premier) conveyed Japan's firm conviction , An this broad viewpoint to Presi dent Roosevelt." TTIE Important commercial 1 newspaper Chugal indicates todav its belief the Japanese American crisis could be settled amicably, and adds: "From time immemorial there has been no problem which could not be settled by mutual conversations between Japan and the United States." (It must be remembered here that in Japan, as in all dictator countries, the newspapers are merely mouthpieces for the gov ernment, saying what the gov ernment wants them to say and keeping still about what the gov ernment wants kept mum.) THIS writer's guess: ift1 Japan would like to cut loose -rom Hitler and make a deal with the United States. Britain and Russia. A further guess: Some such deal is UNDER Japan's Premier Urges All-Out Power To Meet "Crisis"; Tokyo Afraid of U.S. Pacific Fleet Congressman Declares Flight of Russ Planes Across Bering Sea to Alaska Adds to Jitters of Nipponese Nation TflKVn Snnt 9 fAPl Pro. mier Konoye told government and war Industries representa tives today that Japan was fac ing the gravest crisis in her his tory, Domci said, and that total mobilization was necessary to overcome the emergency. it was Konoyes nrst puDnc statement since July 30 and came as the proposed movement cf United States war supplies to so viet Russia thrnuph waters ad- Inrnnt tn .T.mnn U'fls n KllhtPCt of discussion in Tokyo,1 Washing- ten ana Moscow. Thn nrnmtnr snoke before a conference of government execu tives anu leauers oi Japanese littcinncc nnnpprns. nne of a ser ine nf mpptlntrs Instituted bv the National Service association to develop Japan s economic power. Leaders of Tohokal, extreme nationalist nolitical eroui). threw their support to proposals fc: es tablishment OI an or-"i limy zone around Japan, a pl-s.ii which Knnnvp was said v;!;..erday to have under consideration. Tiinhf nf two soviet nlanes across the Bering sea to Alaska (bearing 47 Russian airmen on what was described in Washing ton as a "purely technical mis wna pttpri hv the Janan Times and Advertiser as indicat ing a possibility of future dang ers in the north. "Any effort to establish a sys tem of warplane service between the American and Asiatic contin ents," it said, "will be viewed by authorities charged witn me ae fense of Japan as a question of state and international import ance." , . nnnin..tnn h a f nnntrctpment had been demonstrated in the south and west (the directions oi rhinn unit Pacific interests of Britain, the Netherlands and the United States), the newspaper said Japan "cannot stand idly by ...hiio a srheme for northern en circlement is in the making." Good Will Offer Needed Meanwhile, the news paper v-miifi nai-HoH nn interview in which U. S. Rear Admiral Rich mond K. Turner was quoted as saying Japan should make an ex-,.-ir.r, nf onnri will If she ex pected the United States to do likewise. Admiral Turner was said to have told Jiji Kaisal, member of the Japanese diet, in an inter view at Washington mai uem- ( Continued on page 6.) U.S. Aid Mission To Russia Named WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (AP) President Roosevelt today ap pointed a five-man mission head ed by W. Averell Harriman, lend lease expediter in London, to go to Moscow to aiscuss nuuei mi aid to Russia in her fight with nazi Germany. The other members are: Major General James H. Burns, executive officer of -the lend lease administration. Major General George H. Brett, chief of the army air corps, recently ordered on a spe cial mission to Great Britain and the middle east in connection with deliveries of American air craft. Admiral William H. Standley, retired, former chief of naval op erations. William L. Batt, deputy direc tor of the office of production management's production divis ion. . In addition, the White House announced that about nine tech nicians would accompany the mission. No announcement was made as to when it would leave. Western Hemisphere Not in Danger of Aggression From Japanese, Moos' Opinion WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (AP) A Minnesota congressman, just returned from six weeks of. sea duty as a marine corps reserve air officer, declared today that Japan was "deathly afraid" of the United States fleet when it was in the Pacific. The legislator-colonel, Rep. Maas (R., Minn.), remarked in an interview that some of the fleet had been withdrawn to the Atlantic, but he expressed the opinion nevertheless that United States forces in the Pacific re main strong enough to fend off any attack against this nation, and at the same time open sup ply routes for vital shipments of rubber and tin. Further, he said he believed that the western hemisphere "Is in no danger from Japanese ag' gression." "The Hawaiian islands are more powerful that Gibraltar ever was because their defenses are geared to modern warfare," he said. "No navy could get to Panama without passing Hawaii and no navy could get past Ha waii. ' "Japan is deathly afraid of the American fleet when it is Intact. It is significant that they did not move into Indo-China until the fleet in the Pacific had been split and part of It had been transfer red to the Atlantic. "In spite of all the secrecy of the navy, the first information that the American public had that the fleet had been split was a news broadcast from Tokyo giving the dates the ships went (Continued on page 6) Seven Injured In Crash at Elkton Labor day proved a day of real labor for H. C. Stearns of Oak land and his ambulance. He was called Monday afternoon to Elk ton, where an automobile colli sion caused injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hedden of Elkton, and a group of Portland resi dents. Mrs. Florence C. Porter, Harry A. Porter, George Smith, Leona Phelps and Dwane Phelps, all suffering from cuts, bruises and shock, were taken by Mr, Stearns Into Portland. Mrs. Hed den and Mrs. Phelps, the most seriously hurt as the result of the wreck, were given first aid treatment at the CCC camp hos pital at Elkton. Returning from Portland, Mr. Stearns took the west side high way to avoid traffic around the state fair at Salem, and five miles north of Mon mouth arrived a few moments after a car driven by a Wash ington tourist was struck by a train. Mrs. C. M. Allen and her daughter, hurt In the accident, were taken by Mr. Stearns to In dependence, where they were treated by Dr. George C. Knott, a former physician at Glendale. Stolen Automobile Object of Local Search A report that an automobile answering the description of one stolen at Portland had been seen in Roseburg resulted in an all night vigil last night by local of ficers. A widespread patrol was made in Roseburg while traffic blocks were maintained .on all roads. The suspect, however, es caped capture, but Is believed to have hidden and abandoned the automobile somewhere in or near the city and a search for the ma chine is being continued today. Berlin Dealt Hardest Blow In Months RAF Also Blasts Other German Areas; Pocket Battleship Torpedoed By the' Associated Press At Germany's rear on the western front, Britain's aerial offensive, thus far her principal active aid to Russia, has gained hitting power. Dispatches from Berlin itself today said that an RAF night raid on the reich's capital was one of the liveliest as saults in months.. British bombers, Wasting Ber lin, southwestern Germany and nazi-occupled France, ushered in the second anniversary of Brit ain's declaration of war today by sticking to a round-the-clock offensive which reversed the con ditions of last September when the luftwaffe was carrying the war to Britain. Only a few German raiders struck back. Anti-aircraft fire was heard shortly before dawn in London but no alarm was sounded in the capital, raid-free for weeks. The attack on Berlin was one of the sharpest the capital of the reich had undergone. The British raiders dived through a curtain of anti-aircraft fire, dumping powerful explosives and fire bombs. Three Raiders Downed The Germans said strong RAF forces struck at Berlin, but only a few planes actually broke through the city's defenses. Three of the raiders were down ed over the capital, the Berlin report said. Waves of other British long range bombers were striking, at the same time, against objectives scattered throughout northern, central and southwestern Ger many. They streaked eastward soon after darkness last night, and observers on the chalk cliffs of southeastern England saw the sky over Boulogne and Calais alight with flashes which indi cated that the French coast, hammered all day yesterday, was taking another pounding. In the Mediterranean theater, British submarines at war on axis shipping lines, were report ed to have sunk two large schoon ers off the African coast, damag ed a large merchant vessel north- (Continued on page 6) Sponsor Douglas County Sale of Defense Bonds "Ti "'"'ill nit i i "n-nl i "i (""iii ii i iir-nn r'1 Pictured above are member! of the Douglas county committee engaged In promoting the sale of defense bonds and stamps In Oouglas county. The local members are pictured while meeting with a visiting group of state committee members. Shown above are: sitting, Harrle W. Booth, George Smith, H. O. Pargcter, chairman; Mrs. Roy Young, Mrs. William Bell, A. C. Marsters, Dexter Rice; standing, Robert S. Farrell, Jr., Walter 8. Fisher, E. S. McClain, L. A. Rhoden, Harris Ellsworth, Palmer Hoyt, Carl E. Wimberly, Harry Plnniger and Ted R. Gamble. Farrell, Hoyt and Gamble are all of Portland and members of the state committee. Trial of 19 Alleged Nazi Spies Starts 14 Others Admit Guilt, Supply Evidence: Long Prison Terms Faced ' NEW YORK, Sept. 3. (AP) Nineteen members of a recently rounded up German espionage ring go on trial today In Brooklyn federal court. . Fourteen others who have ad mitted their guilt await sentenc ing after the trial. U. S. Attorney Harold M: Ken nedy, assisted by special prose cutors from Washington, was ready to present the people's case which ho said would unfold ramifications almost beyond be lief. Much of his Information has been gleaned from members of the ring who have pleaded guilty. One of four defendants chang ing their pleas to guilty yesterday was Everett Minster Roeder, 47, who worked In the Sperry gyro scope factory as an Inspector of the famed Sperry bomb sight. The others were: Max Albrecht Blank, 38, former employee of the German library of Informa tion which has been shut up by government orders; Gustav Wll helm Kaercher, 35, employed in a New Jersey powder plant, and George Gottlob Schuh, 54, who worked In the German bund Camp Nordland in New Jersey. Roeder pleaded guilty to the second count of the indictment tfiat ho helped gather Informa Hon and send It to a foreign power. The other three pleaded guilty to the first count that of being unregistered agents of a foreign power. All were remanded in bail of $25,000 for sentencing, The government charges that the ring transmitted Information about ship movements, develop, ments In United States naval, army and aircraft products, and (Continued on page 4) Oregon Agent of AAA Kills Self With Rifle PENDLETON, Sept. 3. (AP) Earl Thompson, 48, field man for the state trlplc-A, was found dead In his car a mile from his ranch 12 miles southeast of here last night and was pronounced a suicide today by Coroner Allen Folsom, who said Investigation showed that Thompson had shot himself through the head with a .22-calibre rifle found in his hands. A note addressed to his wife gave despondency over 111 health as reason for his act. Besides his widow and a son he is survived by a daughter and two step sons. Thompson had liv ed in the Pendleton area 26 years and was a graduate of Oregon State college. Council Adds To Duties Of Street Supt. Frew Named Plumbing Inspector; 2nd Budget Coming Under New Law A meeting devoted chiefly to routine business matters marked the regular session of the Rose burg city council last night. George Frew was appointed as city plumbing Inspector,, street matters were discussed, a bud get committee was named, an amendment to the traffic ordin ance was authorized, a contract was let for construction of a dike at the sewage disposal plant, and the usual monthly reports and bills were received. Reporting that much difficulty had been encountered because of unauthorized and sometimes in experienced persons breaking op enings into sewer lines to obtain connections, City Recorder A. J. Geddes presented a copy of an old ordinance, passed in lau, which requires that no person shall "make a connection to or cause any Interference with any sewer," without first having se cured a permit from the plumb ing Inspector. The council or dered the enforcement of the or dinance and approved the ap pointment of Street Superinten dent George Frew to serve as In spector following the recommen dation by Mayor A. J. Young. Street Petition Filed A petition filed for the Improve ment o'f one block of Parrott street was referred to the city attorney to determine whether the petition is sufficient. The request represents one-half of the front footage but the east half of the black abuts the S. P. right of way and the railroad company has not joined In the re quest. A petition was received from H. C. Wells and Jack Chapman, asking the vacation of a stub of Riverside drive, the short section coming to a dead end at the south side of the Mercy hospital prop erty. The matter was referred to the street committee. Second Budget Needed Because of a law passed by the last legislature changing the fiscal year for municipalities from Jan. 1 to July 1, It will be necessary for the city to prepare two budgets, the council was in formed. A budget will be pre pared during October to cover the period from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1942, and a second budget will be prepared prior to July 1 to cover the fiscal years to follow. To assist the council in the pre paration of the short budget a committee consisting of A. N. Or cutt, R. W. Marsters, V. J. MI celll, E. S. McClain, J. E. Dent, V. V. Harpham. A. J. Lilburn and (Continued on page 4) Will Gef Chief Post in Revised Defense Set-Up 0' lK : if m l . j Donald M. Nelson, above, who has been directing purchases for the OPM, will be advanced to the head of the revised de fense organization established by President Roosevelt .accord ing to reliable reports from Washington. Nelson, former vice president of Soars, Roe buck & Co., was borrowed for the multl-mllllon dollar defense program beoause of his experi ence as a buyer. He will take over executive duties which Vice President Wallace, as chairman, will not have time to perform. Levi White Takes Edwards' Place On Local Draft Board Reorganization of the Douglas county selective service board. with R. L. Preston as chairman and Howard C. Waddcll as sec retary, was announced this morn ing. The Rev. Levi White today became a member of the board, following his appointment by Governor Charles Sprague to take the vacancy left by the resigns tlon of Dr. C. A. Edwards. Dr. Edwards, retiring chairman, Is transferring the property oi tne board to the custody of the new chairman, Mr. Preston, who pre viously served as secretary. The annolntment of Levi White nlaces the operations of the board entire v In the nanus oi veterans Mr. Waddell is a veteran oi botn the Spanish-American and world wars. Preston and White are world war veterans. All three have taken a prominent part in the actlvit es of ex-service men s organizations, particularly the D. A. V., American Legion and Veterans of Foreign wars. Canyonville and Officers Face $10,000 Damage Suit ' Suit for damages In the sum of $10,000 has been filea in circuit hnpn hv T.nren James against the City of Canyonville and Kd liamiin ana rrca uuuu, the former the city marshal and hn loHnp a rlnnntv. JnmPS claims he was brutally oeaien Dy ine ui- f cors and sunereo. a diukimi nnrl nrhir inlllHPS. The 8t tack is alleged to have occurred when an effort was matte to ar Tnmno nn n rbnree of drunk. nnnncci nnrl fllsnrriprlv conduct. according to the report from Can yonville. The nliegeu meiee oc flirn1 Turin 9S .Tnmes is asklnir $5,000 general damages and $5,- 000 punitive uamages. Urgent Call Issued for Pickers to Save Prunes There Is an urgent and immo' diate need for prune pickers in orchards throughout tne county, it was reported from the state pmnlovment office here today, The lieavv winds and rains of the nast week end shook a great deal of fruit off the trees and unless the fallen prunes are re. covered Immediately and placed In driers they will become at to tal loss. Orchardlsts are appeal Ing to the local office for aid in securing pickers and any persons desiring employment in orchard work are asked to contact the employment office In the court house immediately. Hodge-Podge' Legislation; ! Clark Asserts ' Missourian, LaFoffttte Blast Proposed Cut In Income Tax Exemptions 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. -i (AP) Terming the new revenuq bill "a vicious assault on tha rank-and-file taxpayer," .Senator" LaFollotte (Prog.-Wis.) called on the senate today to reject it and then work out legislation "based upon the sound principle ot abll ity to pay." I LaFollette criticized tne om in a minority finance committee re port coincident with issuance oC a majority report which estimafc, ed that the bill would yield $3,. 679,800,000 annually, or $463,000.- 000 more than similar legislation approved by the house. The sen ate arranged to start debate on the bill today. Senator Clark, ID.-MO.J, member of the finance group, and other members also express, ed disfavor, Clark calling tha measure "a hodge-podge hlt-or miss piece of legislation," Both Clark and LaFolletta spoke harshly of a committee amendment lowering income tax exemptions from $2,000 to $1,500 for married persons ana irom $800 to $750 for single individ uals. The majority committee re port today said the lowered ex emptions would require 4,911,000) additional persons to file lncoma tax returns, and would Increase the number of actual Income tax payers By 2,256,000. -Schedules Defended The majority report contained no general argument; WT behalf oi; the tax bill and was devoted, al most entirely to outlining Jerhis of the measure. As to the lowered exemptions. It said that "this broadening of the Income tax base Is thought to be desirable, particularly dur ing the present emergency, In order that the greatest possible) number of persons may contri bute directly to the costs of tha defense program." With regard to a provision pre venting husband and wives In community property states from dividing Income In order to re duce taxes, the report said that "ever since the advent of the in come tax, the disparity in tho taxation of income in the com munity property states as com pared with that in the non-community property states has caus ed considerable concern. "This situation has become) more accentuated as the graduaN ed surtax rates have been in creased from time to time. Mar ried persons in the community; property states under existing (Continued on page 6) Canning of Prunes Begun by Hurd Co. Work of packing approximate ly 30,000 cases of canned prunes started here today by the F. A. Hurd Canning company. Tha prunes have been purchased by the surplus commodities corpora tion for export and are to be packed In one-gallon cans, Mr, Hurd reports. No plans had been made by Mr. Hurd to operate the cannery regularly this year but the fed eral government has placed an order, ho reports, which will op erate the plant at capacity for about three weeks, and he has completed hurried arrangements to get the cannery in operation. He reports that he has con tracted nearly enough prunes to fill the order and is paying $20 per ton. He also has gathered a crew of experienced workers and will employ., about. JW.jrsons during the brief run. Curb on Boycotts Aim On Initiative Petition SALEM, Sept. 3. (AP) An Initiative petition to curb sec ondary boycotts In labor disputes was filed in the state department yesterday by Dan Hay, Salem, executive manager of Associated. Employers of. Oregon, Inc. .(Continued on pace 4)