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MP through New Hampshire
" and on into Maine.
Following, the soacoast never
more than a few miles distant
and often not more than a mile
from the beach. But the ocean is
rarely seen. Even along the 70
odd miles of narrow Cape Cod,
glimpses of the Atlantic are rela
tively few.
The highway here doesn't
ang over the sea, as so often it
oes along the Pacific.
THE architecture changes grad-
ually, growing, imperceptibly
sturdier as one travels north.
These New Hampshire houses
are obviously built to resist
rougher weather than those far
ther south.
But in their way they are just
as attractive, and it is perfectly
plain that they represent genera
lions of pride on the part of their
jwners. They run to wings and
"L's." Back here houses aren't
torn down and replaced. They're
merely ADDED TO.
In New England, houses are
built to last. When more house
Is needed It is built onto what al
ready exists.
'HE house theme seems to run
through these chronicles un
endingly. But you can't look at
New England without seeing
houses. You can't think of New
England without thinking of
houses.
Their beautiful, tastefully sim
ple, enduring houses are an in
grained part of the lives of these
people.
liX, through here, the village
system of agriculture pre
vails. At least along the main
traveled highways.
That is to say, the houses In.
stead of being scattered all over
the farms haphazard are cluster
ed Into villages along the wind
ing roads. The farms, of course,
are small, according to Western
standards. The villages are
small. So the system doesn't in
volve much disruption of ordln.
ary farm methods.
It makes possible a distinctive
Tnntlnilprt nn nape 41
Roosevelt, Secretary Perkins Urqe
Labor Federation to End Internal
Strife, Join in All-Out Defense Job
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. (API Ad
monitions from President Roose
velt and Secretary of Labor
T-nn.n Tlnrl.lnn tny an 0.11. ntlt flX
I fnncit.a nffovt of irrnrt n fjivnrnhle
response today within the ranks
' of American Federation of Labor
lelegates.
A Secretary Perkins, in her con
',! vention address, expressed the
' belief that "unions make a mis-
take in insisting upon a closed
: shop where it cannot be won as
j a matter oi reiauvuiy lhuuuh-
able and intelligent agreement
neiween employers nu im-
union."
She added tnat sne is aware
iimi KllK (Jll-otlil ......... .......
emphasis" upon a closed snop in
some unions is largely caused by
j( ui it. casting ,ju . '
bers between the two divided
5 branches of labor.
t "The practice of closed mem
I berships and high dues, combin
t ed with closed shop, have been
effective in securing high wages
1 for particular groups," she con
1 tinued.
"The public asks today that
some of these practices be re
Aitudied with a view to tiie public
welfare and to the rights and
liberties of ail the citizens of the
' United States."
She expressed the belief that
most workers would want to be
, long to a constructive, well-con
5
Armi I of U. S. Trade Ships
To be Asked by Roosevelt in
Revision of Neutrality Law
Congress To
Get Message
Tomorrow
Lifting of Ban on Ships.
Entering Combat Areas
Remains as Moot Issue
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (AP)
Legislative leaders reported to
day they had agreed that neu
trality legislation to be introduc
ed in the house tomorrow fol
lowing a message from President
Roosevelt would be confined to
permitting American merchant
ships to carry arms.
Those who attended a white
house conference said it was
agreed that such legislation could
be sent through the house before
the end of next week.
It was said reliably, however,
that the president, Secretary o
State Hull aqd Harry L. Hopkins,
the lease-lend chieftain, still were
hopeful that congress eventually
would also amend the existing
law to lift the present prohibi
tion against American ships trav
eling to belligerent port's or de
signated combat areas. ; ' '
Hopkins, who had been report
ed taking the lead in an effort to
have the law revised to permit
the arming of ships and to allow
them to travel anywhere, was
said to have expressed disappoint
ment at the decision reached at
today's conference.
May Broaden Measure.
One of those who attended the
meeting told reporters that if the
legislation providing for arming
ships went through the house by
a substantial majority it was pos-
(Continued on page 6)
Accidental Blast Kills
3 High British Officers
LONDON, Oct. 8. (AP)
Three high-ranking British offi
cers, Major-General V. Pope,
Brigadier H. E. Russell and Colo
nel E. S. Unwin, were killed in a
recent accidental explosion of a
mine in the middle east, an au
thoritative source disclosed to
day. No details of the accident,
which occurred last Sunday,
were made public immediately.
ducted trade union, but there are
always some "rugged individual
ists call them cranks if you
like " who are non-joiners by
nature, but are still human be
ings "with the rights and dignity
of human personality."
Labor Peace Urged
President Roosevelt told the
federation in a message yester
day "in this hour when civiliza
tion Is in the balance, organiza
tional rivalries and jurisdictional
conflicts should be discarded."
"Only by united action, can we
turn back the nazi threat," the
president said.
"The establishment of peace
between labor organizations
would be a patriotic step forward
of Incalculable value in the crea
tion of true national unity."
The president said that the
"threat of Hitlerlsm" was direct
ed not only at labor "even though
labor is among the very first
that will suffer therefrom" but
that it was also "aimed at all of
us every man, woman and child
who believes in freedom. It
menaces everything that we
cherish as Americans and free
men."
"Our program of defense our
production of 'ships, planes, guns,
tanks must be all-out. It shall
be limited by only one factor
the amount necessary to over
whelm the nazi hordes."
Roseburg Soldier
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- Lt. Rex Applegate, whose home Is at 436 S. Stephens street,
Roseburg, Is ohe of the officers being trained in operation and main
tenance of Ford-built military equipment at the Army Service school
in the Ford Motor company's Rouge plant at Dearborn, Mich. He
is shown tightening cylinder head nuts on the engine of a "blitz
buggy," one of the revolutionary midget reconnalsance cars Ford
is building for the army. Lt. Applegate is attached to the 200th Mili
tary Police Co., at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Air Filter Class
Progress is Good
Classes in the air raid filter
center operation In Roseburg be
gan Monday and are progressing
very satisfactorily, Lieut. Truman
Runyan, officer in charge, said
today.
Expressing his satisfaction ov
er the number of volunteers who
turned out for the first sessions
of the class which numbered 74
on Monday and 76 yesterday,
Lieut. Runyan said that any more
volunteers would be welcome to
enroll for the course, but they
would be signed up for the next
class, which, will begin in the
near future.
The local volunteers have been
picking up the rudiments of the
operating technique of the filter
board during the first sessions of
the class and are preparing for
advanced instruction in prepara
tion lor the Pacific coast blackout
and simulated air raid scheduled
from October 28 to November 1.
Portland Couple Found
Dead From Gunshots
PORTLAND, Oct. 8 (AP)
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam G. Paxton were found in
their North Portland home last
night each with a bullet wound
in the head.
Detective Myron Warren said
a pistol was found under the body
of Paxton, 37. Deputy coroner
Roy Crabtree reported that Pax
ton apparently had shot his wife,
31, then himself. Relatives said
they knew of no motive.
Toledo Man Killed in
Collision of Autos
CORVALLIS, Oct. 8 (AP)
A head-on automobile collision
on the Pacific highway north of
here Sunday proved fatal to Wil
liam C. Ingram, Toledo, last
night.
A passenger In his car, Edward
Borris, Siletz, remained in a hos
pital, but was believed out ot
danger.
Three other persons, occupants
of the other machine, suffered
minor Injuries In the crash.
on 'Blitz Buggy1 Job
A. S. Cummins
Succeeds Cleland
As Copco's Head
A. S, Cummins of Chicago will
succeed Hance H. Cleland as
president of The California Ore
gon Power company, according
to an announcement today by
company officials. Mr. Cummins
has a background of thirty years
in the public utility industry and
has had intimate knowledge of
the operation of The California
Oregon Power company since
192G. He has already arrived In
Medford with his wife and
daughter. Mr. Cummins will im
mediately take over the duties of
Mr. Cleland, who resigned recent
ly to accept a similar position
with San Diego Consolidated Gas
& Electric.
John C. Boyle, vice-president In
charge of operation, was made
vice-president and general man
ager of Copco. He has been with
the company since May 1, 1910,
when he was employed as engin
eer on Copco No. 1 dam and pow
er house tn northern California,
after which, he built the Link
River dam at Klamath Falls. Mr.
Boyle was made manager of the
Klamath division in 1921 and
came to Medford as vice-president
In charge of operation in 1929.
M. D. Field and Glenn L. Jack
son will continue as vice-president
and treasurer, and vice-president
in charge of sales, respectively.
E. L. Lenox will continue to serve
as secretary.
Inquest Being Held In
Rewcy Hartley's DeafK
An Inquest Into the death of
Dewey Huntley, 19-year-old Cam
as Valley youth, who died Mon
day at Mercy hospital after be
ing injured when the car In
which he was riding left the Pa
cific highway near the Ever
green grange hall Sunday, has
been ordered by Coroner Harry
Stearns.
A coroner's jury composed of
Harold McKay, Wallv Rapp, J. B.
Fullerton. J. C. Hume, Paul
Abeel and Charles Meusch, has
been called to meet at the court
house this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
New Billions
Approved For
Lend-Lease
Munitions Output Not Yet
On Scale to Defeat Axis,
House Committee Says
WASHINGTON, Oof. 8 (AP)
The house appropriations com
mittee approved a S5,085,O00,0O0
lend-lease appropriation today
with the statement that produc
tion of munitions has not yet
reached the point where defeat
of axis powers was assured.
The committee reported to con
grcss that almost all of the huge
new fund could be obligated by
next March 1 and that delivery
of material could he completed
not later than June 30, 1943.
And then, with publication of
voluminous hearings on the ap
propriation, the members present
ed the first, overall picture of the
lend-lease program which began
with a $7,000,000,000 appropria
tion last spring.
They asserted that production
necessarily was slow at first; that
there had been no abuses In put
ting the dollars to work; that the
new fund was Imperatively neces
Bary. "Munitions superiority must be
achieved to insure the defeat of
the axis," the committee report
said. "Production in the countries
opposed to the axis has not reach
ed the point at this time to
achieve this.
'The battle of production must
Intensify and Increase until the
Continued on page R).
Derailed Train Crashes
Into Depot: Child Killed
LANSING, Mich., Oct. 8 (AP)
A child wus killed and 12 per
sons were injured when a fast
freight train left the tracks and,
with its string of ears lashing
like a whip, crushed In one end
ot the Grand Trunk Western
Railway Co. depot here late yes
terday. The 50-car Chicago - to New
York train, laden with fruit and
other perishables in refrigerator
cars, spilled much of Its load over
a three-block stretch.
James Smith, 13, of Lansing,
who was selling magazines on
the station platform, was killed.
By Paul
WALTER FREDRICKSON,
News-Review pressman and en
graver, as he pointed (proudly,
I thought) at a circulation ad
which had stopped conveniently
to his hand. Tn fact, It was so
convenient that he had stuck an
inquiring finger right through it.
By the way, the paper, passing
linougit the pj'PSH a ;vuu sue it
here, Is known as a "web," and
this Is the confounded thing
which breaks every now and then,
nearly always causing us to miss
the malls when It occurs. There
are various reasons for breakage
of the paper, or web; but no
matter which one is responsible,
It Is cussed just as heartily by us,
as by you when your paper falls
to materialize at the appointed
time at youtv postofflce.
As engraver, Walt has a most
interesting Job, transferring as
he does the image from a photo
graphic print, to a zinc plate, then
etching it. He keeps an eagle
1 SAW:;:::
Trapped
Annihilation Battle, Claim
Of Hitler's Field Command
Viereck, Nazi
Propagandist,
Under Arrest
German-Born Publicist
Accused of Secrecy in
Alien Agent Registering
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (AP)
Agents of the federal bureau of
investigation today arrested
George Sylvester Viereck, 56, on
a charge of withholding informa
tion when he registered with the
state department as an agent of
a foreign power.
Viereck, a naturalized Ameri
can who once acknowledged be
fore a congressional committee
that the German consul had paid
him for publicity favorable to
Germany, Is subject to a maxi
mum penalty of five years Im
prisonment and $10,000 fine if
convicted.
Viereck, author and editor,
listed in Who's Who as being
born in Munich, Germany, emi
grated to the United States in
1895 at the age of 11.
According to testimony In a
Chicago" lawsuit In 1922, Viereck
predicted the sinking of the Lusl
tanla four days before that passenger-laden
ship went down in
the north Atlantic an event
many persons believe was the di
rect cause of the United States
entering the world war I.
Admits Pay From Nazis
Long after the war Viereck re
ceived constant correspondence
from the former kaiser. He ad
dressed many friends of Ger
many forums and was quizzed by
a congressional committee head
ed by Rep. Samuel Dickstein in
vestigating un-American activi
ties. During that questioning he ad
mitted he was in the pay of the
German consul and said he had
(Continued on page 6)
Jenkins
DAYS
". : "c rut D; v r
News-ltoview Photo and HnKravlnff.
eye on me, let me tell you; If I
give him a bum print for use as
an "I Saw," I hear about it. I'm
sorry to say that It has been
known to happen.
It's rather astonishing the num
ber of calls we get at this time,
Inquiring if Mr. Orvllle French
(who perhaps even then Is ut the
dxr ol tiie house where the cull
Is coming from) represents the
News-Review's circulation depart
ment, or not.
Mr. French does. It Is his Job to
call at the homes or offices of
those of our customers whose pap
ers are subject for collection, or
whom we think might wish to
take advantage of the subscrip
tion bargain rates now available.
I can heartily assure you of his
complete dependability, and his
Intense desire to please.
By the way, these rates close
next Saturday, October 11th, In
case any of you have forgotten It.
Red Units
Top Soldier of
Reds Commands
Moscow Lines
Head man ' of all Russia's
military forces and personally
directing the resistance to the
nazi blitzkrieg aimed at Mos
cow Is Marshal Semyon Tltmo
shenko, above, Intimate friend
of Boss Joseph Stalin and his
war comrade of the Bolshevist
revolution. Timoshenko's great
est reputation springs from his
successful ending of. the Fin
nish war after Marshal Voro
shllov had failed.
Japanese Blame
U.S. For Spread
Of Encirclement
TCltfvn Ot. S (AP) Tokvo
newspapers, striking the same
chord of critical comment against
thn llnllnri States, blamed Wash
ington today for what they called
the strengthening ana spreaa oi
encirclement of Japan and said
the Pacific situation was deterior
ating. Nlchi Nichl In an editorial said:
"Thn PnKlMe situation Is eolnc
from bad to worse and It cannot
be said what will happen next."
It asserted that "the United
States evidently is aiming to In
clude Russia In the ABCD (Ameri
can - British-Chinese-Dutch) en
circlement by sending oil and
planes.
This has Irritated the Janan-
ese who now must expect any
development ana prepare ior ine
consequences."
Nlchi Nlchi said It judged that
Japanese-American negotiations
were not progressing smoothly
and the newspaper Yomlurl said
that if the talks collapsea "japan
to rlntnrtninnrl tfl ralTV Ollt the
high principles set forth by the
tripartite alliance" ot itome, Mer
lin and Tokyo.
Thn nnumnntwp Knkumin. said
"It Is Impossible to maintain
tn-ton in thn Hap tin ns ion? as
the United States refuses to un
.lnretfinrl .Innfin'a real Intentions."
Japanese-American talks, it
added, "must eventually rupture
unless the United States aban
dons her selfish attitude."
Bridges Case Witness
Gets Perjury Sentence
RAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8.
(AP) James O'Ncll, former ciu
rmh'Mtv wan. u-jw convicted of
perjury today for his testimony
In Harry Bridges' aeponaiion
hearing.
Federal Judge Welsh Imme
diately sentenced O'Nell to three
years and fined him $100. He
brushed aside attempts of de
fense attorneys to gain a delay
for argument on a motion for a
new trial, but after protest said
he would hear such argument In
Sacramento Saturday.
When the defense Indicated It
wanted to move for probation,
tho ronrt commented. "I can tell
you now the court is not disposed
I'M
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Fighting
Nazi Losses
"Enormous;
Russians Say
Leningrad, Odessa Held
Out Against Invaders;
Ukraine Peril Grows
(By the Associated Press)
German armies storming to.
ward Moscow In a great new offensive-
have breached soviet de
fense lines, trapped several red
armies and arc now fighting a
vast battle of annihilation only
125 miles from the Russian capi
tal Itself, Adolph Hitler's high
command reported today.
Thus sorely beset, the Russians
openly urged Britain to attack
Germany from the rear with an
invasion of the continent.
Red Fleet, soviet navy news,
paper, estimated that the Ger
mans had left only 25 or 30 weak
divisions perhaps 375,000 to 450,.
000 troops In France, with little
artillery and few planes.
"The British empire now has
the possibility of taking the initi
ative Into its hands, dealing de
structive blows againBt the com
mon foe of mankind, the HItletf
fascists," said the soviet maga -
zlne, Bolshevik.
In the south, too, the plight oi
the Russians appeared to be grow
ing more desperate by the hour.
Nazi military dispntcr.es said
the entire south wing of the sovi
et army had been broken by a
German drive which has already
engulfed Osslpenko and Mariupol,
on the Sea of Azov, and Is threat
ening the Don river port of Ros
tov, gateway to the rich Caucasian
oil fields.
German battle flags were re.
(Continued on page 6)
Germany to Get
Half of Turkey's
Aluminum Export
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 8.
(AP) A German diplomatic of
fensive aimed at breaking the
British-American hold on Tur
key's chromium supply has re
sulted, in virtual agreement on a
deal whereby Germany will get
at least half Turkey's exports ot
this war vital product after 1942,
diplomatic sources said today.
In return, Germany has prom
ised to begin Immediate delivery
of about $15,000,000 worth ot
military equipment to Turkey,
these sources declared.
Reports that an agreement to
this effect was about to be sign
ed, perhaps today, produced a
flurry of activity yesterday on
the part of both British and Unit
ed States diplomats.
Sir Hughe Knatehbull-Huges.
sen and J. V. A. Mac Murray, the
British and American ambassa
dors, hastened to the Turkish for
eign office, where they were said
to have warned that such a move
by Turkey would cause the worst
possible reaction in London ancj
Washington.
Mac Murray was reported to
have reminded the Turkish gov
ernment that as one of the na
tions whose defense Is necessary
to the defense of United States
interests, Turkey could rely up
on Awrtcan nfrt under the Hi
lend act.
A Turkish agreement to de
liver chromium to Germany ! In
1943, just at the time wtien
American arms production would
be reaching Its peak and chrom
ium would be needed most ur
gently, could only have an un
welcome reception In Washing
ton, Mac Murray was understood
to have said.
Diplomatic sources saw one
bright side to the picture that
Turkish chromium exports to
Britain and America apparently
would not be affected during
1941 and 1942.