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If He Expects to Whip the Russians, Hitler May Have to Emulate "Joshua (Who Ordered the Sun to Halt) by Commanding the Scourge of Winter to Desist;
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VOL. XLVI NO. 160 OF ROSEBURG REVF"
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1941.
VOL. XXX NO. 49 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Tragedy Hits
Plane Flying
Into Fog, Rain
Field on Mountain Pass
Near Beaumont, Calif.,
Scene of Disaster
MARCH FIELD, Calif., Oct. 13
(AP)---An army comber, pass-
6g abruptly from desert sunshine
lo fog and rain, crashed on a
mountain pass yesterday. Appar
ently seven men were killed.
Darkness descended so soon
after the accident that the bodies,
strewn among the wreckage over
a distance of 300 yards, could not
he assembled and identified. Five
bodies were discernible, however,
and there was no reason to be
lieve two other men believed on
board had escaped.
The 13-ton, two-motored Douglas-built
ship, only heavy plane
attached to the 9th pursuit wing
at March Field, was returning
from a flight to Albuquerque, N.
M.
The plane, a few minutes after
leaving the bright sunshine over
Palm Springs, crashed with ex
plosive force in a hay field on
San Gorgonio pass, in the San
jftrnardino mountains, three
ffiiles from Beaumont and onlv a
few miles east of its goal. Visi
bility in the drizzle and heavy fog
was extremely low.
Tentatively identified among
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
LEAVING Montreal. Call the
bell captain to have a boy
sent up for the baggage. (Par
don the slip; it's luggage up
here.)
A hearty, slightly burry voice
Q the other end of the wire an
swers: "Right-o, sir; he'll he along at
once."
THIS is Montreal.
In Quebec it would have been
o garcon one would have sent
for, and the answer would have
' been "certalnment, monsieur."
MONTREAL is in the province
of Quebec, but at the far
western end of it. Seventy-five
per cent of its population is
French, and the traffic signs and
the window cards in the stores
and all public notices generally
are printed in both French and
English.
But the atmosphere Is distinct
ly different less of the quaint
and more (much more) of the
Visinesslike.
French is the language of gen
eral circulation. The people speak
It among themselves. But they
speak English to the outsider
much more readily than in Que
bec. fcJONTREAL Is Canada's larg
est city nearly 900.000. It
Is Canada's chief manufacturing,
wholesaling and retailing cen
ter. It Is busy and businesslike.
The stores n.ro big and light
and modern-looking. They carry
huge stocks of merchandise
(practically all British) with a
wide range of selection. There
are great factories all around.
Quebec, with its walled old city
and its citadel and Its narrow,
winding streets, is fascinatingly
medieval, but Montreal, although
Is as old as Quebec, Is distinct
ly modern.
FTER considerable skirmish
Ine. this writer was able to
Jeave Quebec on a Sunday morn-
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IK CM KILLS 7 ABOARD
Legion's Demand for Resignation of
Labor Secy. Perkins Repeated Through
Its National Chief; Communism Hit
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (AP)
American Legion Commander
Lynn U. Stambaugh declared to
day, In a speech prepared for the
American Federation of Labor
convention, that the legion is "ut
terly frank In expressing our lack
of faith in the ability of Madame
Frances Perkins to function ef
ficiently as the secretary of la
or." "Our national executive com
mltee last May, and our national
convention In Milwaukee, stated
unequivocally that we believed
much good would come from the
tender and the acceptance of her
resignation," the national legion
head declared.
"We believe It Is not helpful to
the cause, which Is so extremely
vital at this juncture, to have it
necessary for the government to
achieve it purposes by following
roundabout and devious courses
designed to circumvent the ob
vious inability she has displayed
to bring anything approaching a
solution of the problems of man
agement and labor into the pic
ture." The labor secretary was a
speaker at thc convention last
week.
Bridges Deportation Urged
Stambaugh said the legion be
lieved Harry Bridges, west coast
CIO longshoremen's leader,
should be deported as a "trouble
making radical who opposes our
form of government."
"When what purports to be a
Sitka Naval Air
Base Blast Kills
Six, Injures 15
SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 13. TAP)
The terrific explosion of 43,000
pounds of dynamite at 1:30 p. m.
yesterday killed five soldiers and
a marine and injured at least 15
others at the vital Sitka naval
air station on Japonski island.
Civilians In Sitka, three miles
away on Baranof Island, were
showered with falling glass and
an unestimated number injured
as buildings at both the air base
and in the city cracked from the
concussion.
Navy , officials said damage
caused by the blast was limited
to the loss of the dynamite, brok
en glass and doors blown In by
tne concussion.
The 15 individuals known to
have been Injured were five navy
men, six civil service employes,
two employes of the contractor,
an army private and the wife of
a contractor s employe.
The six dead were members of
a fire-fighting crew which rush
ed to battle a grass fire just as
the flames reached an under
ground magazine where the dyna
mite was stored.
Naval officials listed the army
victims as Capt. Francis C. Allen,
provost marshal and former of
ficial of the Standard Oil com
pany of California at San Fran
cisco, whose home is at Kentfleld,
Calif.; Private Ralph E. Kirk
bridge, Los Gatos, Call.; Private
Frank E. Hayton, San Francisco;
Private Albert A. Spurling, Ever
etsville, W. Va., and Hedley C.
Eastabrooks, whose rank and
home address were not given. The
sixth victim was a marine, Pri
vate Thomas A. Baskom, home
address Is unlisted.
The earth-shaking blast came
just as benediction was being pro
nounced In the famous old Rus
sian church at Sitka at 12:10 p. m.
The concussion showered broken
window glass over the parishon-
ers, Injured dozens on the narrow
Sitka streets and sent 15 to the
air base hospital. The station at
Millervllle, close by the base was
denuded of its windows and
many of the homes recently built
to house personnel of the S5.000,-
J 000 base called vital to Pacific
defenses were badly damaged,
labor movement turns out to be a
communist movement," Stam-
oaugti said, "It is quite likely to
run up against opposition from
the American legion."
The legion chief cited labor's
role in the national defense drive
as an all-important on, declaring:
'The whole question of com
munism in labor has become an
acute problem since the national
defense emergency has focussed
the 'attention of the nation upon
tne production of the tools of war.
There is danger that in our sym
pathetic provision of these tools
to Russia, solely because Russia
is a government opposing the
further spread of Hitlerism, our
guard may be lowered, and com
munism in the United States may
get an opening that hitherto has
been denied.
"A special duty rests with labor
to keep its ranks clear of enemies
of the United States."
Eagles of Various
Cities Rally Here;
Parade Colorful
Arranged as a district conven
tion, the week-end gathering of
Eagles here Saturday and Sun
day resembled a state meeting,
with more than 300 visitors pres
ent from all parts of the state.
Members were present to repre
sent the aeries at Gresham, Port
land, Salem, Eugene, Bend, Co
quille, Marshfield, Grants Pass
and Medford.
Eugene and Medford lodges
chartered buses to transport
their delegations and drill teams.
Marshfield had both their ladies'
and men's drill teams in atten
dance.1 The uniformed groups,
coupled with the two local teams
and the Roseburg Eagles drum
corps, made up a most colorful
parade at 4 p. m. Sunday.
A dance Saturday night was a
most enjoyable feature of the
gathering. Initiatory work was
conducted Sunday for 13 candi
dates from Roseburg, 10 from
Marshfield, 2 from Bend and 15
from Eugene. A venison banquet
was enjoyed from 5 to 7:30 p. w.
Sunday, followed by a social
period from 9 p. m. to midnight.
State officers present Included
Chet Lawson, Eugene, state presi
dent; George Fields, Gresham,
state vice-president; Dr. Floyd
Utter, Salem, chairman of the
old age pension committee; Paul
Robertson, Medford , state con
ductor, and Rex Allanham, Bend,
state treasurer.
Postal Chief Among Nine
Injured in Train Crash
CHILLICOTHE. O.. Oct. 13
(AP) Nine persons, including
Postmaster General Frank Walk
er, were Injured today when the
streamlined "National Limited"
of the Baltimore & Ohio slid into
a freight locomotive at a siding
24 miles east of here In Jackson
county.
Walker, accompanied by his
wife, who was uninjured, was
treated for a slight head abrasion
hy the train's stewardess-nurse.
Others receiving treatment when
the train reached Cincinnati three
hours late were:
Mrs. Mary Carey, 74, of George
town, Del., sprained back, taken
to St. Mary hospital in Cincin
nati. William M. Wiesenberg of
Washington, Injured back.
Mrs. Margaret Gates of Uni
versity City, Del., bruised right
forehead, nose abrasion, and
bruised knee.
William B. Barton of Washing
ton, trial examiner for the labor
board, wrenched back.
W. F.Harris,
Wife Hurt As
Autos Collide
Roseburg Residents, Also
Driver of Other Car Are
Under Hospital Care
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Harris of
Roseburg anS Walter R. Fother
ingham of Merrill, Ore., were in
the hospital here today suffering
from severe injuries resulting
from an automobile collision Sun
day evening on the Pacific high-
way a mile north of Myrtle Creek.
Mr. Harris, a local abstractor, Is
president of the city, council of
Roseburg.
Cars driven by Harris and
Fotherlngham, state police re
ported, met head-on at a sharp
curve. Joe Fotherlngham, a
nephew of the injured Merrill
resident, escaped with minor cuts
and bruises.
Woman's Condition Critical.
Mrs. Harris suffering from a
fractured right hip, concussion
and severe cuts on the head, face
and neck, was reported to be In a
critical condition. She was report
ed to be only partly conscious.
Mr. Harris suffered a fractur
ed right knee cap, scalp wounds
and minor bruises and cuts.
Mr. Fotheringham was report
ed to be suffering from face and
head cuts and a possible fracture
of the left knee.
Both Cars Badly Smashed.
Both cars were badly damaged
In the collision.
Dr. V. L. Adams of Myrtle
Creek was summoned to the
scene of the accident and adminis
tered first aid before bringing the
injured persons by ambulance to
the hospital here. He continued
treatment of their Injuries today,
with the assistance of local phy
sicians. '
The accident was reported by
state police to have occurred as
Mr. and Mrs. Harris were en
route back to Roseburg following
a Sunday visit with friends in
Canyonville and Myrtle Creek.
Fotheringham was driving south
on the highway.
Youth, Heavily in Debt,
Admits "Hoax" Robbery
SPOKANE, Oct. 13 (API-
Deputy prosecuting atty. Hugh
Evans said today he had learned
that Robert Jacoy, 19, had an
accomplice In the $3,000 "hoax
robbery" which young Jacoy re
ported to police Saturday.
The youth and his father, P.
M. Jacoy, are scheduled to ap
pear before city and county of
ficials tomorrow to clear up the
situation.
Saturday night acting detective
captain George Sexsmlth said
that young Jacoy had confessed
the robbery report was a fake
and had returned the money.
The youth, desperately in debl,
had conceived the idea of taking
the money and then reporting he
was robbed by a daylight holdup
bandit as he was returning from
a bank to his father's tobacco
and magazine store, Sexsmlth
said.
Drunk Charges Hit Two
After "Death" Report
Investigating a report that a
motorist was driving an automo
bile with a "dead man" In the
rear seat, state police Sunday
found the passenger dead alright,
but he was "dead drunk," Ser
geant Paul Morgan of the state
police reported today. Acting on
a call from an informant, who
said he had stopped to aid a man
apparently having trouble with a
car and that he saw a "body" on
the rear seat, the police. Morgan
said, arrested Frank M. Hlxon, 47.
on a charge of drunken driving
and John F. Davis, 40, on a
charge of drunkenness. Both men
are residents of Roseburg.
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Ruling On Aims ,
Of Reds Listed on
High Court Slate
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13 (AP)
The Supreme court agreed to
day to review litigation which
would open the way for a
stfaightout ruling on whether the
communist party advocates vio
lent overthrow of the United
States government.
The tribunal granted an appeal
by William Schneiderman, state
secretary of the communist party
roe California and a native of
Rijssla.
He sought a review of a deci
sion .by the federal district court
at i San Francisco cancelling his
American citizenship on the
ground that membership In the
communist party had been con
cealed. Whether communist member
ship prevented allegiance to the
United States government was
the principal issue.
This was one of more than 350
cases acted upon today at the first
session of the new term devoted
to transacting business. These
were among the controveries that
accumulated during the four-
month summer recess.
Among other actions, the court
granted a justice department pe
tition for a review of a decision
hoMIng . that - the federal anti
racketeering act does not apply
to members of a labor union al
leged to have required owners of
trucks entering New York city
from outside the state to hire a
union member to drive and un
load the truck.
This was the first case Involv
ing construction of the anti-
racketeering act to reach the tri
bunal.
Ex-Convict Admits
filing Golf Star
FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 13.
(AP) Kentucky's most puzzl
ing slaying, that of Golf Star Ma
rion Miley and her mother, ap
peared solved today with the con
fession of Tom C. Penney that he
participated In the holdup-shooting
in the Mlley's Lexington, Ky.,
apartment September 28.
The 32-year-old ex-convict from
Lexington said in a signed state
ment that he and Robert H. An
derson, Louisville night club op
erator, shot the women in a
scuffle when they resisted the
robbery attempt.
Penney's statement was given
Assistant District Attorney Hend
ricks Brown yesterday in the
presence of Sheriff Ernest
Thompson and Chief of Police A.
B. Price of Lexington.
It led to immediate arrest of
Anderson in Louisville on a mur
der charge. He denied compli
city. A Lexington newspaper car
rier, Homer Cramer, gave police
a description and license number
of a sedan he saw the night of
the slaying.
Detectives arrested Penney
Thursday night, found the sedan
he was driving was one reported
stolen from Anderson In Louis-
ville and reported the arrest to
Kentucky officials.
Fire Destroys Home On
Sheep Ranch Near Anlauf
MYRTLE CREEK, Oct. 13-The
farmhouse on the Rice Brothers
and Adams sheep ranch near An
lauf, northern Douglas county,
was totally destroyed by fire last
Wednesday night, according to
word received by the owners who
are residents of Myrtle Creek.
The fire occurred while the man
ager, Otis Dunnavln, was spend
ing the night at his home here.
The loss, it was reported, is
partially covered by Insurance. .
Mr. Dunnavln lost all of his
personal belongings. Including
clothing, radio, guns and typewrit
er. The loss also included the
winter supply of wood for the
ranch. Origin of the blaze was
not discovered. ,i , .
Arm Trade
Ships, Urge
Of Secy. Hull
U. S. Can't Dodge Plans of
Nazis, Congress Warned;
Press Ban Causes Tilt
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (AP)
Secretary Hull, urging prompt
revision of the neutrality act fo
permit the arming of merchant
men, solemnly told congress to
day the United States "can not
turn and walk away from the
steadily mounting danger of the
nazi military campaign of "world
conquest."
Testifying as the first witness
before the house foreign affairs
committee on proposed repeal of
the prohibition against arming
American merchant ships, the
secretary of state declared the
German government "Is today
and has been throughout the
course of this war sinking de
fenseless vessels of this and oth
er countries "either without warn
ing or without making provision
for the safety of their crews."
He declared the nazl military
machine was engaged in a cam-
palgn of conquest, "unprecedented
in the annals of history."
In addition to removing the
limitation on the arming of mer
chant ships, Hull told the commit
tee he personally favored "repeal
or modification" of Section Two
of the act, which prohibits Ameri
can merchantmen from entering
combat zones.
Hull said Hitler was "seeking
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Traffic Mishaps,
Gunshots Kill 7
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 13.
(AP) Gunshot wounds and traf
fic accidents killed seven persons
In Oregon during the week-end.
Carl Frank Fetsch, 40, Salem,
hunting deer In the Cascade
range near Mehama, was felled
yesterday by a bullet that police
said was fired by a hunter In
Fetsch's party.
A pistol, accidentally fired by a
playmate, killed Eunice Gulenn,
14, at her Prlnevllle home yester
day. James Durham, 14, Dee,
bumped Into a door while carry
ing a gun Saturday. The gun
discharged, fatally wounding him,
Dwaln Hcggl, 2, riding a tri
cycle on a Yamhill street was fa
tally Injured by an automobile
yesterday.
Near Gervals a north-bound
Oregon Electric freight train was
In collision with an automobile,
killing Pearl Patterson, 41, Port
land. Another train-automobile crash
Saturday fatally injured Halley A.
Black, 54, Vale rancher, and his
father-in-law, William H. Kelley,
75, six miles west of Vale.
The Union Pacific train, east
bound from Burns, tossed the ve
hide 150 feet, Injuring Black's
four children. Hospital atten
dants said Viola Margaret, 7, and
Stella Lucille, 5, suffered skull
fractures and were In a serious
condition. The others, Helen, 14,
and Arthur, 5, suffered minor In
juries. School Safety Patrols in
Roseburg to Be Urged
A delegation from the Rose
burg Lions club will meet with
the board of school directors to
night to urge the formation of
safety patrols, It was reported
today. The Lions club is urging
the formation of patrols by older
boys of the city schools to control
traffic while pupils are on the
way to and from the school build
ings. . The club has offered to pro
vide needed equipment. The dele
gation Includes Kenny Dunham,
Phil Harth, Mc C. McDcrmott and
Harry Plnnlger.
Harding's Aide,
Who Quit Under
Fire, Passes On
Kit
Harry M. Daugherty
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 13 (AP)
Harry M. Daugherty, the one
time township clerk of Washing
ton Court Hfcuse who became a
'president maker," .died yester
day at the age of 81.
Bedfast for several months, the
former attorney general of the
United States succumbed In his
sleep to congestive heart failure.
Ho was an intimate associate
of Warren G. Harding, and pre
dicted the Marlon, O., publisher's
nomination for president In
1920. After participating In a
conference In which1, republicans
decided upon Harding, Daugh
erty took charge of the cam
paign and saw his candidate
elected.
Daugherty's career In public
office was marked by turbulence.
He found It necessary to defend
himself against assorted charges
involving cases such as the Tea
pot Dome oil scandals, Irregulari
ties In the veterans' bureau, alien
property conspiracies and the Eu
gene V. Debs and Charles W.
Morse pardonlngs.
He resigned at President Cool
Idge's request on March 28, 1924,
during a senate committee In
quiry Into charges of misconduct
as attorney-general.
Daugherty was stricken in Oc
tober, 1940, by two heart attacks
and pneumonia as he was writ
ing a book to explain "political
attacks" on him.
Russia Getting
U. S. Aid, F.R. Says
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (AP)
President Roosevelt announced
today that munitions for Russia
were "leaving United States
ports constantly and that every
thing possible was being done to
send material to the soviet union
to help "the brave defense which
continues to be made."
Large amounts of supplies
have been sent In the past few
days, the president said In a for
mal statement. lie added that all
the munitions, including tanks,
planes and trucks, promised at
meetings of Russian, British and
American military missions In
Moscow for October delivery
would be sent to Russia before
the month ends.
The brief statement was Issued
by the White House without ex
planation, but there was Imme
diate conjecture that it was de
signed to bolster morale in Rus
sia, where the German military
machine is pushing toward Mos
cow. Judge Holds Court, Denies
Columbus Found America
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 13.
(AP) Supreme Court Justice Ed
ward North Smith insisted upon
holding court despite the Colum
bus day legal holiday today be
cause "Columbus did not discover
America In 1492 or any other
time." , '
"It was actually discovered sev
eral centuries before Columbus
was born," he Informed attorneys
In refusing to postpone scheduled
hearings. Elsewhere In the court
house offices were empty.
Blitzkrieg
raceaiowety
Soviet Says
Hope of Stopping Noxit i
Short of Moscow Rises
As Snows Blanket Front
By the Associated Press
In the face of Germany!
claims that her Russian sweep
had carried within 100 miles ot
Moscow on the west and ' south,
Russian dispatches from that
blood-bathed front declared to.
day that one German thrust had
been slowed down and that the
Red army had launched counter
attacks at several points.
Authoritative sources in Lon.
don asserted that the German of.
fenslve now In its 12th day
had lost momentum as compared
with the speed of the first two, of
three days and added that - it
was quite possible that the Ger
man drive might be stopped 70
to 80 miles short of the Russian
capital.
The limit of human endurance
and the wear and tear on the
thousands of tanks and armored
cars may Intervene to stabilize
Tne Kussian-uerman ironi wnn
Moscow untouched as the first
snows ' of winter blanket the
plains, perhaps smothering Adolf
Hitler's hope of a pre-wlnter vlo
tory. ,
The Russian dispatches said
that the German drive had been
slowed particularly in the direc
tion of Vyazma, which the Ger
mans have. reported, passed and.
already in the process of being
mopped up. Vyazma is 125 miles
west of the Russian capital. '
One of the Russian counter-atv
tacks, made possible by fresh re
inforcements, was said to have
recaptured a town near Bryansk,
210 miles southwest of Moscow,
in the region of the Germans'
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Rubber Plant Hit
By 13 Million Fire 1
FALL RIVERS, Mass., Oct. 13.
(AP) A great factory for de
fense was crippled severely to
day after a furious and explosive
fire which ravaged huge stores
of government rubber and equip
ment for the armed forces at an
estimated loss of $13,000,000.
Firemen from 30-odd Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island cities
fought more than eight hours to
curb the blaze, which fed on
highly combustible latex and
crude rubber In racing , through
most of the waterfront plant ot
the Firestone Rubber & Latex
Corp. here.
Roger Firestone, head of the
firm, said he believed manufac
ture of gas masks, barrage bal
loons and cartridge belts could
be resumed early next week in
mills which escaped the flames.
The flames, generating heat so
intense that firemen were un.
able to stay within effective
reach, destroyed five large struc
tures and damaged three others
before being controlled after
dawn Sunday.
Eleven firemen were hospital
ized for minor injuries and
smoke inhalutlon.
FIRE OE8TROYS NORTH
CALIFORNIA LUMBER MILL'
WILLOW RANCH, Calif., Oct
13. (AP) Fire discovered only
seven minutes after a watchman
had checked the plant Saturday
night destroyed the Crane Creek
Lumber Co. mill In this north
eastern Modoc county community
at a loss its owner, Mrs. Meta,
Boutin, said was $150,000.
An adjoining power plant, box;
factory and lumber yard were;
saved.
The plant had been closed two
days prior to the fire for ma
chine overhaul and part replace
ments. Move Over
It must be pleasant for the
mole,
Deep in his dark, secluded hole,
Without a radio to prate
Of war defeat and tax debate.
M. H. P,