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MESSAGES
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
' Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday.
i Se paga 4 lor statistics.
They're coming from Roosevelt
to congress on the subjects ol neu
trality and social security. The
former Is slated this week. The .
latter will urge program expan
sion. Watch tor details In the
NEWS-REVIEW.
VOL. XLVI NO. 150 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER I, 1 941.
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NAZIS. ALLIES S FFEB HUGE
IN COMBATS FOR
Soviet Puts
Casualties At
260,000 Plus
Poltava Falls, Kharhov
Periled; British Cities
Blasted by Nazi Planes
LONDON, Oct. 1. (AP)
The Moscow radio tonight
reported the first snowfall
of the season on the south
western front, where the
mcst important recent Ger
man gains have been made.
' (By the Associated Press)
German siege armies attacking
Leningrad have lost 100,000 men
on the south and southwest ap
proaches o the old Czarist capi
tal, while Rumanian losses in the
siege of Odessa, Black sea port,
have reached a total of 160,000
troops, (he Russians reported to
day. Red Star, soviet army newspap
er, said "enormous German losses
in Estonia and in the direction of
Novgorod" wore not included in
the Leningrad estimate.
On the southern front, German
military dispatches reported that
"Ijiazl troops were approaching the
Qig industrial city of Kharkov, in
the heart of the Donets river bas
in, which lies almost at the east
ern border of the Ukraine repub
lic. DNB, official German news
agency, said na.i fliers "taking
part in ground fighting" around
Kharkov blasted a railway net
work and demolished 33 trains
filled with soviet army supplies.
Kharkov, a city of 654,000 popu
lation, is a center of smelting,
metallurgical and other indus
tries. Poltava Falls to Nazis
The Russians, admitting the
fall of historic Poltava, 80 miles
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
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Philadelphia. And inde-
pendence Hall.
Every American ought to man
age, some way or another, to see
Independence Hall and the
Gettysburg battlefield and the
Alamo.
But especially Independence
Hall.
IT is small. Unbelievably small.
Dwarfed by the skyscrapers
of mighty metropolitan Philadel
phia, it seems by comparison lit
tle more than a doll house.
But great events occurred
there.
N one of its severely simple,
aristocratically beautiful
rooms the Declaration of Inde
pendence, one of history's mile
stones, was drafted and signed.
In another room, equally sim
ple, equally beautiful, equally im
pressive, the American constitu
tion, by long odds history's MOST
important milestone, was ham
mered out on the anvil of crea
tive discussion, drafted into its
final form and SIGNED.
In a third room, simple, beau
tiful and aristocratic, the first
Continental Congress met.
REMEMBER the vast compass
of the America of today, with
Its 130 million people.
Then gaze upon this perfect
little doll house set down in its
Independence Square among the
tall structures of America's sec
ond city.
. It will bring home to you, with
an almost startling impact, the
fundamentally important truth
(Continued on page 4).
American Consumers Begin Digging Up
To Meet Nation's Heaviest Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP)
The heaviest taxes in American
history double those of the
World war era took their first
big handful of cash from the pub
lic's pocketbook today, and it was
only tho beginning.
The new excise levies which be
came effective at midnight gave
consumers their initial if incom
plete idea of what the recently
passed defense revenue tax bill
is going to mean in dollars and
cents.
Although the treasury depart
ment is counting on the excise
taxes for the pretty penny of
$3,000,000 a day, they represent
only a small part of the whole
revenue program which is expect
ed to raise about $13,000,000,000
a year.
Yet to come is the day of reck
oning on the new income ana
excess profits taxes, already in
effect and applying to 1941 re
turns. These levies are of the
delayed action variety, with the
payoff to. Uncle Sam deferred
until next March 15.
The new order of taxes con
trasted with the supposedly bur
densome levies of the World war
era, which yielded only $6,694,000,
000 in their banner year. How
ever, the nation now has about
thirty million more inhabitants
to share the burden.
Incomes Hit Harder
In 1918, income tax exemptions
were $2,000 for a family head and
$1,000 for a single person. The
new figures are $1,500 and 575U.
However, in 1918 dependents
were S200 credits ana now are
$400 apiece. The tax rates in
both cases range up to 77 per
cent, but the new law sets heavi
er rates In the lower and medium
brackets than the 1918 statute.
The corporation income tax in
1918 was 6 per cent, but now is
21 to 31 per cent.
The excess profits tax on cor
porations has been upped from
a range of 8 to 60 per cent to a
bracket of 35 to 60 per cent.
Estates were taxed then at 2
to 25 per cent and now are 3 to
Livestock Show To
Get Douglas Booth
The Roseburg booth for the Pa
cific International Livestock
show, to be held in Portland Oc
tober 4 to 11, is being readied,
Harry Pinniger, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, said to
day. Mr. Pinniger and Robert Gile
will leave tomorrow morning
with a truckload of the agricul
tural exhibits for Salem, where
they will pick up the booth,
which was used at the State
fair, and continue on to Portland.
The exhibit this year will be
the most outstanding that Rose
burg will have ever entered in
the show, Mr. Pinniger said. The
large Umpqua Chief will be the
background of the exhibit, which
will feature agricultural products
of the valley. A noted addition to
the exhibit this year will be the
6x8-foot colored mural map of
the Umpqua valley painted by
Mrs. William Magness.
Members of the committee in
charge of the exhibits, besides
Pinniger and Gile, are Paul
Abeel, Jim Mess, Hank Palmer
and Roy Sullivan.
Tax Ruling Hits Home
Owners of Multnomah -
SALEM, Oct. 1. (AP) Reaf
firming its order of last April, the
state tax commission today order
ed the Multnomah county board
of equalization to change from a
variable ratio to a uniform ratio
system, the effect of which would
be to increase taxes on homes
while reducing those on buildings
and structural improvements.
The commission ordered the
board to set aside its recent order
that the variable ratio method
should be continued.
RUSSIAN
77 per cent.
Alcohol that was knicked $2.20
a gallon when the country was
"over there" now contributes $4.
The beer tax has Jumped from $3
to $6 a barrel.
Changing times have altered
many of the methods and sources
of taxation. Now important reve
nue comes from radios, mechanic
al refrigerators, electrical appli
ances. These things either didn't
exist or were not rated consumer
luxuries In those days.
un tne other hand, the new
tax act doesn't have taxes, as.
they did In 1918, on soft drinks.
player pianos, silk shirts and oth
er expensive clothing, candy.
patent medicine and riding aca
demies.
Japanese Forces Start
Evacuation of Changsha
SHANGHAI, Oct. 1. (AP)
Japanese military headquarters
in Hunan province announced to
day that Japanese forces were
withdrawing tomorrow from
Changsha, the provincial capital,
because the "purpose of the cam
paign has been accomplished."
Previously the Japanese had
announced their withdrawal from
Chuchow, strategic railway junc
tion 30 miles south of Changsha,
asserting their thrust there had
accomplished its purpose.
The Chinese never have admit
ted the loss of Changsha and lat
est Chungking advises told of
Chinese military claims that re
inforcements hurled into the
Changsha campaign by Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek were cut
ting Japanese communications
with their base at Yochow, 100
miles north of Changsha.
A PEACEFUL STREET
SCENE In Laurelwood. At any
rate, it was reasonably peaceful,
considering the time of day
about ten minutes to one o'clock,
of a week day when the Senior
High school was in session, or
about to be.
The intersection shown in the
photograph above is that of
Madrone and Chadwick. Neither
is wide, and sometimes I think
each one is narrower than the
other. However that may be, both
are too narrow to accomodate the
type of traffic each is called upon
to bear.
Ordinarily yes, perhaps; but
not when a hunch of wilrLeyed.
drivers, each bent upon showing
his skill, his what-not and what-have-you
off to the best advan
tage before a group of girls is
concerned. Sometimes the said
group of girls is on the sidewalk,
more often It forms the passen
ger list of the car under discus
sion.
I don't know how you are (per
haps you don't have to travel
those streets), but I have come
to duck West Oak, Madrone and
Chadwick streets as I would the
plague, when the high school traf
fic is loose upon them. I'd sooner
SAW
By Paul Jonltles
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LOSSES
CITIES
Strike-Bound
Dodge Plant
Again Hums
15,000 Return to Jobs,
But 20,000 Others of
Briggs Unit Still Idle
(By the Associated Press)
Production was resumed today
at one of three big Detroit motor
car plants closed by strikes o a
few hundred men.
The Dodge division of Chrysler
corporation, employing 15,000, re
sumed production following an
agreement between company and
officials of the CIO United Au
tomobile Workers.
Some 20,000 other auto work
ers continued Idle In the Mack
avenue plant of the Briggs Body
company and at Chrysler's Ply
mouth division, because of a la
bor dispute In Briggs' frame de
partment. Briggs supplies Ply
mouth with car bodies.
The Briggs plant was shut
down after employes In the
frame department refused to
work with four men transferred
from the door assembly depart
ment, A CIO spokesman said the
Dodge plant dispute centcrea
over methods of ventilating paint
spray booths and drying ovens.
Dodge officials declared some' 300
men struck in protest to the lay
ing off of fellow workers.
Hotel Operators Hit
The eight largest hotels In
Pittsburgh were hit last' mid
night by a strike of 2,000 bell
boys, cooks, waiters, elevator op
erators and other service work
ers, who demanded 15 to 20.per
(Continued on page 6)
News-Review Photo and Engraving.
face every locomotive in Jim
Clark's S. P. yards; Glenn Wim
berly's cougar or even the wrath
of the News-Review's "conit ruc
tion" editor over a misspelled
word, than I would tho stream of
traffic which flows over those
streets when school is lust about
to convene, or dismiss Its sessions.
I sunpose that the fond panas
and mamas who furnish, or allow
their offspring to possess, auto
mobiles have no idea whatever
of how those callow youths con
duct themselves behind a steer
Ing whee': but I haw a fine Idea
of it. I have a candid camera
idea of It. I know lust nearlv all
(or am overtaken by them) so
extremely often. If they were
my kids I would freely forgive
them, of course; but es 1 ;ng as
they are someone else's 'tide, my
constraint is unloosened, or un
loosed or, better utlll, it pus's
clear loose.
Mark my words. unless the
menace of these crockv drivers
Is lessened, some serious acci
dents. Involving either other auto
mobiles, or children walking to
school or other pedestrians neces
sarily using these streets, are
bound to occur. , , .
Permanent
Peace Goal
Cited by Knox
U. S.-British Pool Must
Prevent Future Wars,
Navy Secretary Declares
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1 (AP)
' Secretary of Navy Knox de
clared today that once the Rome.
Berlin-Tokyo axis has been . de
feated, the United States and
Great Britain must pool their
forces "to stop new aggression
. ; . at its beginnings" in the
jost-war world. .
The United States, Gald Knox,
''must provide both the major
power and the dominant leader
ship" for the task.
The navy chief outlined his
views on the nation's future in
ternational role In a speech pre
pared for the annual convention
of the American Bar association.
Repeatedly he emphasized
American Insistence on freedom
of the seas "it is for this we
have fought two wars and now,
for a third time, have declared
we shall insist upon at whatever
cost come what may."
Should war come, he said, "far
better a distant war, than one at
home.
"If we must fight, and mark
this well, there will not be for
many years to come a time when
we may not have to fight, men
with modern weapons what they
are, let us determine that we will
fight elsewhere than on our own
soil."
He dwelt on the advantages
now accruing to the United States
and Britain because of the com
bined control of the seas by their
two fleets, and predicted: "Event
ually we shall lock nazl Germany
up In an iron ring, and within
that ring of seapower she shall
perish."
Appropos of the American
navy's operations, he reported
"We are already sweeping the
German pirates from the North
Atlantic, and bringing to England
the products of the arsenal we
have set up here.
That statement aroused con
lecture whether the secretary
had positive evidence that the
navy's new shoot-on slght policy
was clearing raiders out of the
Atlantic.
No announcement on the sub
ject has been made since tho At-
(Continued on page 6)
Mimic Air Raid
Of 4 Days To Test
Spotter Stations
SALEM, Oct. 1. (AP) A
mythical four-day air raid on
western Oregon from October 28
to November 1 will provide the
first test of army and civilian de
fense against air attack, State
Civilian Defense Coordinator Jer
rold Owen said today.
Owen, who said western Wash'
ington would have similar tests
at the same time, said that every
army plane now stationed in the
west would be used in the mock
attack, blanketing the sky with
planes.
The exercises will provide tests
for observation posts, which will
be manned by civil reserves and
located in each six square miles
throughout the area. At least
three planes a day will fly over
each observation post.
The maneuvers also will give
tests for air raid precautions,
which prepares the civilian pop
ulation for defense against raids.
The praetlep will pnrt with an
all-out attack on Portland and
other industrial areas during the
?A Yirmrv hoglnnlnir nf nnnn pr
October 31. There will be a black'
out that night throughout the
area.
The army air corps will have
men stationed In the: 15 control
centers during tho four days.
These control centers, which dis-
rrinute information about ap
proaching enemy planes through
out their respective areas, are lo
cated at Tillamook. Portland, Sa
lem, Hood River. St. Helens, As
toria, MeMlnnville, Albany. Con
vallls, Eugene, Forest Grove,
Marshfield, Grants Pass, Rose
burg and Medford.
William Moar Appointed as Roseburg
Police Chief to Succeed John S. Duer
Appointment of William
Moar, well - known Roseburg
resident for many years, as
chief of police, to succeed John
Duer, was announced this
morning by W. F. Harris, chair,
man of the police committee of
the city council. The appoint,
ment is subject to approval of
the council, which meets in reg
ular session next Monday night.
Duer resigned several days
ago to enter private business in
Eugene.
Moar until recently operated
the Hub Cigar store in Rose
burg and previously conducted
the resort at Lake Tahkenitch
during a period of . litigation.
Before that he was a local dis
tributor for the Texas Oil com
pany, following several years'
Britain Hoists War
Outlay 4 Billion
LONDON. Oct. 1 (AP) The
house of commons today voted
a new war credit of 1.000.000.-
000 about $4,000.000.000 asked
by chancellor of the exchequer
Sir Klngsley Wood to meet the
rising cost of the war.
British war expenditures now
are running to 11.000,000 ($44,
000,000) per day, the chancellor
said. :
The ctirrent' expenditures are
more than 50 per cent higher
than during the. peak of the
World war, when they ran only
7,000,000 per day. .
(United States treasury figures
show that during the first 29
days of September that nation
spent $1,827,220,347, an average of
Sbs.uuu.uuu a day, or which $1,280,
246,904, or $40,698,000 a day, was
specifically marked for national
defense and lend-lease aid.)
Los Angeles Jewelry
Store Looted by Thugs
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1. (AP)
Three masked men held up a
Jewelry store yesterday, slugged
the manager into unconscious
ness, bound and gagged six em
ployees, and looted the safe of
what the firm said was more
than $50,000 in diamonds and
other precious stones.
The robbers entered the rear
door of the Paul Plato Jewelry
store at 8637 Sunset boulevard as
a messenger boy delivered a
package. A clerk, Irving Derby,
was knocked down as he admit
ted the messenger, and E. F. Gar
ner, manager of the store, was
felled by a gun butt as he went to
Derby's assistance.
The trio then held up clerks
and Jewelry craftsmen on two
floor of the building, bound and
gagged them, and opened the
safe.
Love-Smitten Girls,
Ignored, Kill Selves
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (API-
Two girls in their teens, Infatu
ated with boys who ignored them,
committed suicide in the apart
ment of a friend last night, detec
tive Myron Warren said.
The bodies of Betty Waldron,
18, and La Vonne Wood, 17, were
found on a small cot In tho kitch
en of the apartment of Eddie
Lentz, 19, who told Warren he
gave them permission to use the
apartment. All six jets of a gas
range were on.
Detective Warren said several
suicide notes were discovered In
the living room. Both girls admitt
ed infatuation for boys who did
nut snare int?ft?e1ing.
Truck-Auto Crash Kills
Soldier of Vancouver
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1.
(AP) A head-on collision be
tween a truck and an automobile
killed Sergeant Canuto Cordova,
22, of Vancouver barracks, on
the northern apnroach to the In
terstate bridge last night.
Cordova was a passenger In the
automobile, In which three other
persons were lnlured. They were
hospitalized In Vancouver. 1 '
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William Moar.
service as a truck driver for the
Standard Oil company.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. (AP)
Official box score of the first
world series game:
Brooklyn ABRHPOA
Walker, rf ....3 0 0 3 0
Herman, 2b 3 0 0 0 6
Reiser, cf 3 0 0 4 0
Camilll, lb ... 4 0 0 7 2
Medwlck, If 4 0 14 0
Lavagotto, 3b 4 10 0 0
Reese, ss 4 13 4 2
Owen, c 2 0 110
Rlggs ...1 0 10 0
Franks, c , Q 0 0 1
Davis, p 2 0 0 i 0
Casey, p .....0 0 0 0 0
Wasdell 1 0 0 0 0
Allen, p ...0 0 0 0 0
Totals ; :....32 2 6 24 51
Batted for Owen in 7th.
Batted for Casey In 7th.
Yankees AB R H PO A
Sturm, lb 3 0 17 0
Rolfe, 3b 3 0 12 2
Henrlch, rf ...:...4 0 0 0 0
DIMagglo, cf 4 0 0 5 0
Keller, If 2 2 0 4 0
Dickey, c 4 0 2 6 0
Gordon, 2b 2 -1 2 0 2
Rizzuto, ss : ;..4 0 0 3 5
Ruffing, p .... 3 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 27 9
Brooklyn .000 010 1002
New York 010 101 OOx 3
Error Rizzuto. Runs batted in
Gordon 2, Dickey, Owen, Riggs.
Two base hit Dickey. Three base
hit Owen. Home run Gordon.
Double plays Rolfe and Rizzuto,
Gordon, Rizzuto and Sturm. Earn
ed runs New York 3, Brooklyn
1. Left on base Brooklyn 6,
New York 8. Base on balls off
Ruffing 3 (Walker, Herman, Rei
ser); Davis 3 (Keller 2, Gordon);
Allen 2 (Rolfe, Gordon). Struck
out by Ruffing 5 (Camilll 3,
Medwick, Reiser); Davis 1
(Rolfe). Pitching summary off
Davis 6 hits and 3 runs in 5 1-3
Innings; off Casey no hits and no
runs in 2-3 inning; off Allen no
hits and no runs in 2 innings. Hit
by pitcher Allen (Sturm). Los
ing pitcher Davis.
Institute of Douglas
Teachers Arranged
Teachers of Douglas county
will convene in Roseburg Novem
ber 3 and 4 for their annual Insti
tute. Lula C. Gorrell, county su
perintendent of schools, said to
day that 241 teachers would at
tend the meetings along with the
state supterlntendent of public
instruction, Rex Putnam, and the
state superintendent of public
Teachers association, Mrs. Isabel
Brixner.
Mrs. Brixner will meet . with
county officers of the Oregon
Teachersssocjatlqn at a lunch
eon Monday," November 3.
Discussion groups during the
two-day meet will have the round
table discussion topic of "The
School's Responsibility Toward
Education for Democracy." Mrs.
Gorrell announced that the dis
cussion groups would be under
the direction of Mrs. Lois Meek
Stole.
Carl Sumner Knoff, president
of Willamette university In Sa
lem, has notified the county
school superintendent's office
that he will address the Institute
November 3.
Box Score
Joe Gordon's1
Homer First
1 1
Run of Game
Red Ruffing Hurls Steady; '
Six-Hitter; Curt Davis
Routed In 6th Inning
NEW YORK, Oct. IOPT '
Red Ruffing' brilliant sis-
hit pitching and Joe Gordon's V
slugging enabled the Yankees
to defeat the Brooklyn Dodg '
era, 3 to 2, In the opening
world series battle today be
fore a record throi.g of W,S40 "
spectator.
Gordon, brilliant second base
man of the Yankees and former
University of Oregon star, regis
tered the first run of the game
with a tremendous home run in
the second Inning off Curt Davla,
who started on the pitching
mound for the Dodgers. His single)
in the 6th inning, scoring Keller,
climaxed a debacle that sent Da
vis to the showers. It was the)
third and winning tally for the)
Yankees. Their second tally came
in the fourth Inning, when Kel
ler scored on a double by Dickey.
Brooklyn's first run was scored
in the fifth by Reese on a triple
by Owen. Their second run waa
in the seventh when an error and
two singles combined to score La
va petto.
Gam by Innings
First Inning.
DODGERS Walker drew a
pass. With the hit and run on,
Herman bounced to Rolfe and
was thrown out as Walker reach,
cd second. Reiser sent a fly to DI
Magglo who held Walker on
second with a quick throw to the
Infield. Camilll struck out. No
runs, no hits, no errors, "one left.
YANKEES Sturm singled,
Rolfe grounded to Camilll, who
threw to Reese forcing Sturm at
second. Henrlch grounded to
Herman who threw to Reese in
time to catch Rolfe at second, but
Heinrich beat the throw to first.
Dimagglo filed to Medwlck.
No runs one hit no errors one
left. . " ,i
Second Inning.
. Dodgers Medwlck fanned. La
vagetto knocked a grounder to
Rizzuto and was thrown out.
Reese lifted a fly to Keller. No
runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
Yankees Keller filed to Reiser.
Dickey bounced out, Herman to
Camilll. Gordon lifted a home
run far back into the lower left
field grandstand. Rizzuto filed
to Medwick, back a few feet from
the left field wall. One one, one
hit, no errors, none left
Third Inning. ,
Dodgers O wen, Davis and.
Walker filed out successively to
Keller. No runs, no hits, no er
rors, none left.
Yankees Ruffing grounded to
Reese and was thrown out. Sturm
hit a bounder to Camilll back Of
first and he tossed to Davis for
the put-out. Rolfe struck out NO
runs, not hits, no errors, none
'eft.
Fourth Inning.
Dodgers Herman grounded
out to Rizzuto. Reiser and Ca
mllll fanned. No runs, no hits,
no errors, none left.
Yankees H enrich filed to
Reese. DIMagglo filed to Med
wick, Keller walked. Dickey
doubled, scoring Keller. While
the crowd booed, Gordon was '
purposely passed. Rizzuto waa
thrown out by Herman. One run,
one hit, no errors, two left
Fifth Inning.
Dodgers Medwick" filed" to DC
Magglo. Lavagetto also filed to
DIMagglo, Reese popped a single
Into center for the first hit eft
Ruffing. Owen rifled a liner in
to center and was just able W
tmtil. Uic iiit li'.ta-tt-tfip-la-bff-
sliding headlong into third, after
Reese had scored. Davis knocked
a roller to Rizzuto and waa
thrown out One run, two hit,
no errors, one left
Yankees Ruffing filed to Rel
er, Sturm grounded to Herman
and was thrown out Rolfe punch
ed a single into center. Henrlch '
filed to walker, no runs, one
hit, no errors, one left i
Sixth Inning.
Dodgers Walker lined to D(
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