Tracking the Submarine That Shot at a U. S. Destroyer Should be a Simple Matter. A Few Trained Dog Salmon Should be Able to Locate the "Varmint" Easily.'
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THE WEATHER
By U. K Weather Bureaa
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force against Russian resistance T
War dispatches are contradictory,
but the slowing of the nazl drive
seems unmistakable. . Watch
NEWS-REVIEW news lor a de
clslve blow on one side or the
other. . .
Clear tonight and Saturday ex
cept ovpivnt in early morning.
See p-ge 4 lor statistics,
VOL. XLVI NO. 128 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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For Abolition
Provision for Monthly
Pensions of $30 to Get
Separate Attention
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.
(AP) The senate killed today an
amendment to the record-break-inn
tux bill which would have
prevented husband and wives in
Jkommunity property states from
Splitting income in order to re
duce taxes.
Such division, which usually
operates to lower tax liabilities
on Joint incomes above $3,500,
now is permitted in Louisiana,
Texas, Arizona, Nevada, . New
Mexico, California, Idaho and
Washington. The projected prohi
bition would add about $50,000,
000 in revenue, some senators es
timated. The restriction was recom
mended by fhe finance commit
tee, but Senator Connally (D.
Tex.), a committee member,
lermed it "a proposal which no
ipnator from a community prop
prty state can accept without
making known hls'opposition."
Defeat of the amendment on a
voice vote cleared the way for
final action on the tax measure
today. The amendment was,. re
Vcted after leaders, confronted
"with an extended fight, abandon
ed their efforts to obtain its
adoption. The amendment ihad
been proposed by the senate's fi
nance. committee. ; '
Committee Chairman -George
(D.-Ga.) announced that the pro
posal would be considered later
on in another measure.
Elimination of the proposal
brought the total of the tax bill
down to $3,583,900,000. That still
was a record high, however, and
(Continued on page G.)
Another Woman
Held as Nazi Spy
S. fiEW YORK, Sept. 5. (AP)
Jr.'ederal agents today announced
the arrest of 25-year-old Mrs.
Helen Pauline Mayer on espion
age charges, the second woman
accused of being involved in a
soy ring allegedly operated by
Kurt Frederick Ludwig, who was
arrested recently In the state of
Washington.
The other woman, Lucy
Bochmler, 18, and two men ac
complices, have pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Mayer lived with her par
ents In suburban Ridgewood,
Queens, and worked as a secre
tary. A native of Brooklyn, she
was graduated from a New York
City high school and attended
business school. She also had at
tended German script classes con
ducted bv the German-American
bund in Ridgewood.
Mrs. Maver was held in $10.
000 ball for hearing Tuesday
Jvhen arraigned in federal court.
Federal agents said she was a
member of the New York Turn-
verein, Yorkville branch. (Many
Germans and German-Americans
live in the Yorkville area on the
upner east side of Manhattan.)
Her father, Carl Romahn, they
said, was born in Germanv and
is a naturalized United States
citizen; her mother, Bertha, Is a
native of Brooklyn.
'Oregon Green' Campaign
Success, Sprague Says
" SALEM. Sent. 5. (API As
serting that the "keep Oregon
preen" camnaign is a success,
Governor Charles A. Sprgaue
said tftday that only 7,659 acres
of state and private forest lands
have been burned over this year.
Q There have been only 312 man
?aused fires, against a normal of
700. There were 524 fires caused
bv lightning, or 63 per cent of the
total number. The normal figure
is 15 per cent."
Lightning caused more than 90
per 'cent of the damage.
I.'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.
(AP) The green signal was
flashed today for railroads to
send hundreds of trains rolling
out of the west to relieve the oil
emergency in the eastern states.
Representatives of the oil in
dustry gave the government a
pledge last night to use every
available railroad tank car, open
ing the way for the railways to
prove that their kind of trans
portation could eliminate the oil
shortage within two weeks.
Rail representatives and a com
mittee of the oil Industry agreed
speedily on sharp reductions for
rail movement of oil from the
producing areas to the Atlantic
seaboard.
J. J. Pelley, president of the
Association of American Rail
roads, told a senate committee
Wednesday that the oil shortage
could be ended within two weeks
by utilizing all available tank
cars. He said there now were 20,
000 idle rail tankers capable of
moving 200.000 barrels of oil to
the east daily. The daily shortage
is estimated by government offi
cials at 174,000 barrels.
Rate Charges Slashed
No official statement was is
sued on the rale reduction agree
ment, but tellable reports said it
embraced & flat v35 m-r cent rate
cut on gasoline M 1 "II fuel oils,
and reductions r nging up to 50
per cent on crude oil, for west-to-east
shipments.
A 25 per cent slice in gasoline
rates would mean the motor fuel
would move at 1 to 1.5 cents a
gallon under rates now effective.
The present tariff runs up to 5.5
cents for the long haul from Tex
as to the New York area.
The crude rate, it was under
stood, would be 13 per cent of
the first class rail rate now in ef
fect in the east, compared with
26 per cent of first class now
charged.
The charge for hauling oil by
coastwise tank ships has run
about one-sixth the rail tariffs.
Renegade "Red'
Journalist Slain
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Sept. 5. (AP) Marcel Gitton, a
prominent communist journalist
who had turned against his party,
died in a hospital today from an
assassin's bullet wound.
He was shot last night by an
assailant who escaped on a bi
cycle. Gitton was secretary-general of
the metal workers union before
the war, when he was elected to
the chamber of deputies from the
Seine department.
He refused to Join other com
munist deputies In signing a let
ter opposing the war and was
not unseated when the chamber
voted to oust the signers.
The assassination followed
swiftly the wounding of a Ger
man army sergeant In Paris. Ger
man police still are seeking his
assailant.
U. S. Drug Firms Ordered
To Sever German Links
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.
(AP) Actine Attorney General
Francis Biddle announced today
two consent decrees under which
four important American drug
companies must break contracts
with the German Dye trust which
prevent United States firms from
doing business in South America.
The decrees were based on civil
action chareine anti-trust law
violation by restricting markets,
particularly in Latin-American
countries.
The actions named Sterling
Products. Inc., Alba Pharmaceu
tical Company, Inc., the Bayer
Companv, Inc., and Winthrop
Chemical Companv. and Albert
H. Dlebold and William Weiss,
president and chairman, respec
tively of Sterling. '
Government I Green Signal For
Railroad Tank Trains to Roll Out of
West With Oil to Relieve Shortage
PRIVILEGE
Gas for I ekes
Oil Co ordinator Harold Ickes,
who put the east on gas ra
tions, has a private pump on
his Maryland estate. This is It,
and underneath Is a 500-gallon
tank to supply Ickes' tractor,
truck, station wagon, private
sedan and government limou
sine. Boy Wounded By
Accidental Shot
Wendell Haughn, 14-year-old
boy living a short distance north
of Roseburg, was accidentally
shot with a .22 calibre rifle while
shooting at stumps yesterday aft
ernoon, with another youth as his
companion. The bullet penetrat
ed his abdomen and liver, and
lodged against the spine. It was
removed in an operation at
Mercy hospital, where it was an
nounced that the boy would prob
ably recover.
Fence-Jumping Dog's
Mistake Ends His Life
BEND, Sept. 5. (AP) The
$500 police dog of Mrs. L. B. Wall
bridge of San Francisco was
fond of Jumping fences.
Yesterday state police revealed
that he mistook the guardwall
at the Peter Skene Ogden park
for a fence and jumped it, fall
ing to his death in the 300-foot-deep
Crooked river canyon.
Mrs. Wallbrldge asked officers
to determine whether the ani
mal might have survived the
fall. They found the dog crush
ed on the rocks in the gorge bot
tom. Murder Charge Faced
By Slayer of Indian
DALLAS, Ore., Sept. 5. (AP)
First degree murder charges
were filed here yesterday against
Dewey Jackson, 45, logger, by
District Attorney Spaulding, and
Jackson was bound over to the
grand jury.
Jackson Is charged wtih the fa
tal shooting Wednesday of Joe
McCoy, 40, Indian, at Grande
Ronde. Sheriff T. B. Hooker said
Jackson confessed the shooting,
Jackson charging that McCoy
had been giving attentions to
Mrs. Jackson.
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Rail Unions'
Vote Favors
Strike Call
Last Chance of Averting
Tie-Up for Wage Boosts
Rests With Roosevelt
CHICAGO, Sept. 5. (AP)'
Mediation of the wage dis
pute between the nation's ma
jor railroads and their 1,250,.
000 employes ended In failure
today, less than three hours
after the employes had given
a general strike authorization
a hlf 10. union.
In nnnniinpinu that attemDtS tO
rineh an nmicanie settlement oi
fha Hicnntn hnrl ended, the nation
al railway mediation board dis
closed that an offer or arDitraiion
had been rejected by the unions.
ThiQ hrlnou the controversy to
President Roosevelt, who has the
authority to appoint an emer
gency fact finding board. No
ctt-itrn mfiv hp nut into effect un
til at least 30 days after this
board has made its report.
rHTf-Ann Sent. 5. (AP)
Chieftains of 19 railroad unions
announced today that they nao.
hann nut hm-l'Pfl TO Call Q TiailOn-
wide strike in an effort to en
force demands for wage in
creases.
iTnnHo of the nnn-oneratinir un
ions with a membership of ap
proximately 91)0,01)0 sec sept, il
as the date for a strike. Offi
ninla nt the five oneratine croups
said that 98.7 of their 350,000
members voted in favor oi n
strike.
Thn lnnriers nf the operating
unions reported that prelimin
ary figures on a striKe aumonzu
tlon vote showed that out of 287,
000 votes cast, 283,429 were for
a strike and 3,571 were against.
Stanley Johnston, head of the
ninthnrhnnd of Locomotive En
gineers, said that the operating
unions wouia announce a uuiu
for a strike within three days,
fnhnctnn cniH that the operat
ing unions undoubtedly would re
ject a proposal to arbitrate the
dispute. He added that they
were eager to have a fact-finding
board, appointed by the presi
dent, investigate and report.
This is the final step in the pro
cedure estaRllsnea oy me ranwuy
labor act to avert strikes.
.Tnhnctnn sain the carriers made
a final wage offer before the
strike votes were announced. He
said that it .was so complicated
"we consider it no oner ui mi.
Three Issues Set Forth
A statement issued by Bert M.
(Continued on page 6)
Mrs. C. G. Stanton
Dies in Roseburg
Mrs. Charles G. Stanton, 64, of
702 S. Pine street, Roseburg, died
last night following a long illness.
Born at Rochester, Minn., Au
gust 17, 1877, she came to Rose
burg as a child with her parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Patter
son. She was married in Rose
burg June 1, 1894.
Mrs. Stanton had made her
home In Roseburg throughout
the greater part of her life, ex
cept for a few years spent at
Portland and Timber, Ore., where
Mr. Stanton was employed by the
Southern Pacific company. They
returned to Roseburg from Tim
ber In 1937, following his retire
ment from the railroad company
service.
Mrs. Stanton was a life-long
member and active worker In the
Christian church.
Surviving are the husband, two
1 sons, Charles V. Stanton, city edi
tor of the Roseburg News-Review,
and George L. Strfnton, Toledo,
Oregon; a sister, Mrs. L. W. My
rick. Portland, and three grand
children. Services will be held at the
Roseburg Undertaking company
chapel at 2 p. m. Saturday, Rev.
John A. Barney officiating. In
terment will follow in the I. O.
O. F. cemetery.
Younger Men
To Lead Army
Units Planned
Reduced Age Limit Set by
War Dept. Will Remove
About 5,000 Officers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. (AP)
The army, intent on developing
its fighting punch, put another
billion dollars worth of .combat
equipment on its buying list to
day and simultaneously began
shifting field leadership to young,
hand-picked officers as tough
physically as the men they com
mand. Both steps, announced by Rob
ert P. Patterson, undersecretary
of war, at his press conference
yesterday, were expected to raise
soldiers' morale to a higher pitch.
The extra money, Patterson
said, is needed for tanks, anti
tank guns, and anti-aircraft weap
ons. The request will go soon to
congress, which recently trimmed
about $550,000,000 off a $1,300,
000, request for additional weap
ons which army men said would
be needed for a force of 3,000,000
men.
Patterson made it plain that
neither then nor now did the de
partment contemplate immediate
creation of a 3,000,000-man force.
But the tanks and artillery pieces
will require a long time to manu
facture, should be ready wnen
needed, and new plans call for a
denser assignment of such weap
ons umong the present forces.
The undersecretary told news
men that the trend was . "clear
lv In favor of an increased den
sity of these weapons in any
troop units."
Age Limits Changed.
The army's plans for re-vltallz-Inc
Its growing forces call for re
placement of about 5,000 of the
older officers now on duty with
troops with younger, more active
men butter able to withstand the
rigors of modern warfare. The
new age standards will affect
about 500 regular army officers,
roughly 20 per cent of the na
tional guard officers now on ac
tive duty, and a small number of
reserves.
The maximum age for major
generals In command of divisions
was fixed at 62, brigadier gen
erals at CO, colonels 55, lleuten-
nnt-colonels 52. majors 47, cap
tains 42, first lieutenants 35 and
second lieutenants 30.
No age limits were fixed for
lieutenant generals or for major
generals in command of army
corps. Officers on duty with the
air forces also were exempted
because of the heavy demand lor
(Continued on page 6)
Traffic Mishap Victim
Dies; Inquest Ordered
Mfnirniin. Sent. 5. (AP)
William A. Maxwell, 59, Injured
Monday in a traffic accident, died
vesterdav. He suffered a skull
f rapture.
District Attorney Neilson or
dered an inquest for tonlgnt.
MILTON-FREEWATER, Sept,
5.(AP) Robert Perkins, 4, was
In serious condition today from
Injuries suffered Wednesday
when he was struck by an auto
mobile. The child, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Perkins, suffered a
skull fracture.
Nazis Sieze Churches
Of Christian Science
BERLIN. Sept. 5. (AP) Con
fiscation of the property of nine
Berlin Christian Science churches
was announced In the official Ga
zette today.
Christian Science has been
banned in Germany,
Douglas-Coos Bull Elk
Kill Reported at 104
PORTLAND, Sept. 5. (AP)
The bull elk kill in the Coos
Douglas area since the season
opened Aug. 31 was reported yes
terday by the state game depart'
ment as 104.
Eight hundred seventy-eight
hunters checked Into the area and
355 have checked out.
Submarine Will be Erased
If Found, Roosevelt States
Artillery Of
Nazis Pounds
Leningrad
Fresh Troops Join City's
Defense; British, Italians
Battle in Mediterranean
By the Associated Press
German artillery shells scream
ed into Leningrad today, the na
zis said, highlighting the gigan
tic struggle on the Russlant front.
The Germans, who previously
have claimed to bo within 20
miles of Leningrad, easy range
for the biggest cannon, gave no
details about action on any of
the widespread fighting fronts.
The Russians, however, ack
nowledging that the hot pace of
the llfe-or-death battle for that
city of 3,000,000 was increasing,
claimed recapture of three vill
ages and destruction of a heavy
gun battery.
The defenses of Leningrad
were said to have been bolster
ed by the arrival of troops from
Tallinn, evacuated successfully
Dciore tne uermans took the Es
tonian capital. These forces
were reported already back in
battle against the nazls.
Berlin Version Given .
"Informed sources nt Berlin
snld long-range guns were firing
on bridges and rail facilities in
and between Leningrad and
Schuluesselburg, 20 miles to the
(Continued on page 0)
Murder Indictment
Faced by Canby Youth'
THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 5.
(AP) A first degree murder In
dictment was faced today by If
vln Russel Jones, 20, Canby,
charged by a Wasco county grand
jury with killing and robbing
John Karlen, 77, Tygh Valley resl
dent. '
Jones was arrested at his
Canby home by state police July
20 after Karlen's body had been
found in a street at The Dalles.
The indictment accused Jones
of taking money, a gold watch
and notebooks from Karlen and
then "beating, bruising, kicking
and stamping him," causing fatal
Injuries.
I SAW
By Paul
ANDREW (TONY) HOGAN,
ninety-nine years old the 14th
of lust August, Tony makes his
home at the county hospital, and,
In the picture of him above, ho
was pointing his hand unmistak
ably at the clock, which very
nearly indicated the lunch hour.
Tony, although he Is not as
long on conversation as he Is ad
vanced in years, admits that he
Is enjoying himself at the hos
pital as well as could be expect
ed, and proved it by stowing
away a good square meul at noon
time. He invited me to Join him,
but I was a trifle put out with
him, because he has the room
there that I've always felt hope
ful of securing for myself; so
preferred to sulk in a corner,
Defense Work
For Army, Navy
Hit by Strikes
By the Associated Press)
Labor troubles have caused a
serious stoppage at the Crucible
Steel company's Harrison, N. J.,
plant, making $10,000,000 worth
of ammunition for the army and
navy.
The company closed down the
works, making 3,000 employes
Idle, as-the result of a strike 01
500 CIO maintenance men.
A company spokesman said
the maintenance men, members
of the steel workers organizing
committee, Were vital to opera
tion. Federal, company and union
representatives were trying to
solve the tangle, centering around
a union protest that the company
has abused a calendar work week
agreement.
At Lorain, Ohio, the American
Shipbuilding company's Lorain
yard was struck by CIO marjne
and shipbuilding workers in pro
test against recognition of the
AFL as bargaining agent for the
firm's seven Great Lakes yards.
The company has navy contracts.
A CIO union official claimed 900
of the Lorain yard's 1,100 work
ers were idle.
At Birmingham, Ala., the dis
trict scale committee of the CIO
United Mine .Workers arranged
to consider a defense mediation
board request that production In
Alabama s soft coal mines be re
sumed pending a board hearing
on September 10. Union leaders
estimated 20,000 miners were Idle
and said the stoppage resulted
from "unreasonable delay" In ne
gotiating a permanent contract,
The union is demanding $5.90 for
a seven-hour day and vacations
with pay, whereas they now are
receiving $5.50 under a tempo
rary arrangement.
E. A. Rhoten, Former
Douglas Resident, Dies
Word was received here this
morning of the death at Salem to
day of E. A. Rhoten, 63, former
resident of Douglas county. Prior
to 1902, Mr. Rhoten was for a
number of years a resident of
the South Deer creek community.
Since 1902 he has resided at Sa
lem. Ho leaves a widow and five
sons and daughters. Mrs. Rhoten
is a daughter of Mrs. R. L. Can
non of Glide.
Jnkin
Newa-Hevlew Photo and Enlravlng.
and eat by myself.
The rooms and corridors at
the hospital-home have been won
derfully Improved and brighten
ed since my last visit there. This
was extremely encouraging to
me, as its a cinch that I am go
ing back there, and not as a
sightseer cither: I'm going to
make it my heme have to.
Then, when that time comes,
I will be able to see a lot of Tony,
and perhaps he will loosen up
with some more of his past nie,
which I feel sure must have con
tained some very lurid chapters,
Anyone's life should, at any rate,
when it has extended itself for
ninety-nine years. Perhaps my
own will, in that case, although
I sincerely hope not.
Torpedo Fails
To Hit Greer;
Iceland-Bound
Result of Depth Bombs In
Reply Unknown: Greer
Frequently Assailed I
REYKJAVIK, Sept. 5.
(AP) Officers and crew
member of the U. 8. destroy
er Greet, which was attacked
by a submarine near here, .
said today they believed that
they at least damaged the at
tacking oraft.
They based this belief on
the fact that their Instru
ments Indicated that their
vessel was over the subma
rine when they dropped their
depth charges. .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. (APV
President Roosevelt said today
that the United States destroyer
Greer had been attacked more
than once, that steps were being
taken to track down the maraud
ing submarine, and that the ves
sel would be eliminated if found.
The president's statement was
an official answer to the first
challenge to the U. S. navy's ex
tended Atlantic patrol an at
tempt by an unidentified submar
ine -to sink the, Greer, which re
plied with depth bombs.-- '
The navy Itself remained sl.r
lcnt after issuing this communl.
que last night:
"The navy department .an
nounced that the U. S. S. Greer,
en route to Iceland with mall,
reported this morning that a sub
marine attacked her by firing
torpedoes which missed their
mark. The Greer immediately
counter-attacked with depth
charges. Results unknown."
Greer Clearly Marked
Mr. Roosevelt, speaking to
press conference, did not say ex
actly how many attacks had been
made on nhe vessel, which was
carrying mail to Iceland. But,
he said, they occurred In daylight,
and definitely on the American
side of the ocean.
He said that while the Greer
was alone at the time torpedoes,
were launched at her, with oth
er American ships nearby, she
was clearly marked, and carried
an identification number, plus an
American flag.
Asked what would be done II
the attacking vessel were found,
Mr. Roosevelt said he supposed
American forces would "elimin
ate" it or try.
Mr. Roosevelt did not say
whether all the attacks occur
red within a relatively short time
yesterday morning or were spac
ed at intervals. ,
Reply Bombs Approved
He left little doubt that he ap
proved the action of the com
mander In taking Immediate
(Continued on page 6)
Oakland Man Accused
By His Wife of Assault 1
Hugh Copeland, 28, of Oakland,
was arrested last night by Depu
ty Sheriff BUI Manning, of Oak
land, on a warrant charging as
sault and battery, signed by his
wife. According to Sheriff Cliff
Thornton, the officers are inves
tigating the case relative to the
report that Copeland had made
threats against his children. He
was arraigned this morning be.
fore Judge R. W. Marsters in tho
justice court and ball was set at
$100. His trial was set for Sep
tember 9. .-
Drunkenness on Highway
Draws Fine of $25 1
Forrest McKay, of Roseburg,
pleaded guilty this morning to a
charge of drunkenness and paid
a fine of $25 in the Justice court
here. Sheriff Cliff Thornton ar
rested McKay near Deady, after
the car In which McKay had been
riding had struck a concrete cul
vert and then stalled a short dis
tance beyond, . i