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Defense Production Would bVSpeede'd if the C. 1.0. Were Less Occupied With Labor Union Dues and More Busy With Labor Due the American Union, THE WEATHER By U. S. Weather Bureau Cloudy and warmer tonight, A Showers Thursday. See page 4 lor statistics,' TWO SECTIONS TODAY VOL. XLVI NO. 162 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1 941. VOL. XXX NO. 51 OF THE EVENING NEWS rui Inl JLS fHE DOUGLAS CCXJNTY QMS " mm mm if TO A WE Neutrality Committee Action Puts Plan in House Navy, Ready to Place Men, Guns on Merchant Ships, Secretary Knox States WASHINGTON", Oct. 15 (AP) The administration's bill to arm United States merchant ships moved a step nearer actuality to day with approval by the house foreign affairs committee ot the repeal of the neutrality act pro ,ision which now prevent such 'firmament. Committee leaders expected to bring the legislation to the floor of the house tomor row and predicted its passage there by Friday. There was no record vole by the committee. As the house rules committee today granted parliamentary right of way to legislation to re vise the neutrality act, Secretary Knox said that the navy was ready to put guns and gun crews on merchant ships "as fast as the ships come to us" once con gress authorized such action. "We're satisfied now we can get enough guns to ai m the ships," Knox told a press conference. The navy secretary explained that while there were not enough guns Immediately on hand to arm nil (ships at once, guns would be available aS rapidly as ships could ye brought into port to receive them. He asserted that the arming of merchantmen was a highly ef fective method of protecting Ihem against both aerial and sub marine raiders. He said that had been the ex perience of the British already in tliis war, that armed British cargo ships had shot down a "large number" of nazl planes and that submarines had been placed at a great disadvantage by being forced to keep under the surface rather than risk being fired upon by a prospective vic tim. Opposition Organized Eleven senators who have op posed administration foreign poll v have decided to make an or ganized fight in the senate against legislation to nullify the neutrality act's prohibition against the arming of American merchant ships. Senator Wheeler said the group (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS WESTERNERS are naturally curious as to how the East feels about the vor. Easterners are equally curious about the West. . To both this writer offers this advice: Check up on your own com munity. If you can arrive at a satisfactory understanding of the .'ellng of your own community, you won't be far off on the rest of the country- THAT is merely another way of saying there is little sectional difference of opinion in the United States on the subject of the war and the much more per sonal and important subject of American participation in the war. That statement, of course, must be qualified to a certain ex tent. There are communities in i the United States (a rather large ! number of them in the East) I where the population Is prcdomi I nantly foreign In its origins. The i people of such communities are " unavoidably affected in their at titude toward the war by the po sition of the nations from which Vhey or their Immediate ances tors came. But so far as thlB writer can see, after driving from the Pad- fic to the Atlantic, spending a Continued on page 4). : a Ltw ' UNION ROW HITS WORLD'S BIGGEST STEEL MILL Efficiency of Roseburg Sewage Disposal Plant Demonstrated; New WPA Aid to be Asked for Landscaping, Other Items Effluent from the Roseburg sewage disposal plant contains considerably more oxygen than the water of the South Umpqua river into which it is emptied, and 2.4 times as much oxygen as the health department says Is necessary to properly sustain fish life. These figures on the suc cessful operation of the disposal plant were given by L. R. Stock man, Baker, consulting engineer, who designed and supervised con struction of the Roseburg dispos al system. Tests by the state health and sanitary department show 25 pounds of dissolved oxygen in one million gallons of water neces sary for maintenance of fish life, Mr. Stockman reports. The water ot the South Umpqua river con tains 4S pounds of oxygen per mil lion gallons, while the water flow ing into the stream from the sewage disposal plant, following the clarification and filtration processes, contains (iO pounds of oxygen per million gallons of water. Plant's Efficiency Shown The degree of efficiency on the operation of the plant was deter mined by Mr. Stockman yester day when ho met here with a delegation coming from Corvallis to Inspect the unit. The visiting delegation included Vic Goodnight city engineer at Corvallis, and City Councilmen Don Hout, George Abrahams and C. W. Rey nolds. Corvallis is one of several Wil lamette valley cities studying sewage disposal systems, as all cities adjacent to the proposed army cantonment planned for the Willamette valley will be requir ed to provide facilities for dispos al of sewage before the canton ment is occupied. Prior to the arrival of the Cor vallis delegation, Mr. Stockman made a very thorough check of the Roseburg plant and expressed complete satisfaction with the operation. The filter bed, he re ports, is developed better than any similar unit north of Sonoma, California, where a more elabor ate system is in operation. Ef fecieiicy of the filter bed, he ex plained, depends upon the natural growth of algae in the gravel-fTll- ed filter tank upon which liquids are sprayed. The algae collects and disposes of bacteria and or ganic matter remaining in the liquid which filters through the rock. Further Improvement Planned Mayor A. J. Young, who was on hand to greet the .visiting delega Forest Control By States Advocated OLD POINT COMFORT, Va Oct. 15 (AP) Regulation of forests should be turned over to the states, N. R. Rogers, Oregon state forester, said last night. He told the National association of state foresters that state regu lation would be less costly than transfer of lands to public owner ship and federal regulation. "At best federal regulation and federal ownership would require years before any effective results would be obtained. In the mean time our forest resources would be further depicted," he said. "The best argument of all lies in the fact that state regulation would produce results Immediate ly. This fact is clearly demon strated in Oregon. "The state of Oregon has adopt ed a sound forest program con ducive to permanent logging and milling industries. Today we are faced with the opportunity and challenge to demonstrate that forest harvesting regulation is en forceable by state authority, and I am convinced we will be able to live up to It," Rogers concluded. Repeal Given First tion, reported that the city of Roseburg Is preparing an applica tion to the WPA for further work at the plant in the way of land scaping and further Improvement. lne city already has authorized construction of a dirt-filled dike to protect the plant in stages of extreme high water, and this work will be started within the next few days. The city's ex penditure on this dike will be counted as a part of the sponsor's share on the proposed WPA pro ject, which is being set up to in clude construction of concrete sidewalks, moving and improve ment of the WPA office building, which is to be converted Into an attractive building to be used for residential and warehouse pur poses; planting of lawns, flower beds, shrubs, etc., and general landscaping and beautlficatlon of the grounds. New Highway Bill Drawn For House WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AP) The house roads committee gave its approval yesterday to a strategic highway bill drafted to meet objections raised by Presi dent Roosevelt when he vetoed a similar bill. The legislation reported to the house carried no authorization for specific highway projects but did provide for matching of state funds tor such work, the federal government to stand 75 per cent of the cost and the states 25 per cent. Mr. Roosevelt disapproved a previous bill because, he said, it provided for apportionment of the money among the states on the usual population-area-mileage basis rather than on defense needs. The new bill would authorize $150,000,000 for access highways, all costs to be borne by the feder al government; $10,000,000 for airplane landing strips and $10, 000,000 for plans and surveys. Youth Killed, Two Girls Badly Hurt in Car Crash NELSCOTT, Oct. 15. (AP) Frank Thompson,, 19, of Neotsu, was killed and two girls seriously injured last night by an over turning automobile. The girls, Eva Scarbrough, 17, Weeoma, and Arlene Barker, 17, Oceanlake, the driver, both suf fered skull fractures and inter nal injuries. Robert Umber, Neotsu, the fourth occupant of the car, was thrown clear and suffered only minor injuries. He said Miss Barker lost control and the car overturned as she met another car while attempting to pass a third. Accidental Discharge Of Rifle Kills Hunter WENATCHEE, Wash., Oct. 15. (AP) An accidental discharge of a hunting rifle as it slipped out of a car caused the death of Leon Chester Lamb, 41, during a hunting trip yesterday 19 miles above Winthrop, County Attor ney Jeffers said today. A rifle belonging to one of Lamb's three companions slip ped out when the men stopped to look over hunting ground and fired Into Lamb's back. Oregon Loses Heavily in Traffic Accidents PORTLAND, Oct. IB f AP) Oregon suffered a $50,000,000 loss in traffic accidents last year, Stanley R. Church, the secretary of state's traffic safety director, said yesterday. Road Upkeep By Haulers Of Logs Planned County Court of Douglas Will Adopt Policy for Meeting Repair Costs The Douglas county court has under consideration a plan to re quire road maintenance on the part of log haulers, County Judge D. N. Busenbark reported today. Due to the rapidly growing log hauling Industry, there is grave danger of serious damage to county roads in the near future, and the county will not be able to bear the cost of repairing dam age done by the heavy loads, Judge Busenbark asserts. The plan now being studied by the county court will be similar to that In use In several other counties where log hauling is in progress, and will be designed for the protection not only of the county but the operator as well. Information is being secured from counties where the plan al ready; is In operation, and, the Douglas county court, Judge Bu senbark states, will endeavor, af ter a thorough study of opera tion elsewhere, to work out a so lution that will safeguard the county's road system, and at the (Continued on page 6) Firing Squad Takes 78th Victim of Nazis in France PARIS, German-o c c u p i e d France, Oct. 15 (AP) The Ger mans announced today the execu tion of the 78th firing squad vic tim in occupied France. They thus kept up a record of one execution daily thus far this week. The announcement said Leon Lioust of Le Havre was shot for complicity with the enemy and communist agitation against the German army's occupation. Latin America-U. S. Relations Sugared With New Commercial Treaty Opening Door Wider to Products of Argentina WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AP) Argentina and the United Stat es entered a new phase of com mercial collaboration today by virtue of a broad trade pact cli maxing the "on again off again" negotiations of 72 years. The treaty, signed yesterday, gave Argentina freer entry Into this country of such staple pro ducts as canned corned beef, hides and wool. It assured the United States of continued "most favored nation" treatment in the ship ment of automobiles, refrigerat ing machinery, and gadgets with out number to the rich Agrarian republic to the south. However, these advantages were considered by close observ ers of Latin American affairs to be minor In comparison to the psychological impact of the agree ment. The very fact that Argentina and the United States had at last reached a mutually satisfactory trade accord was seen as signifi cant, since for generations the two republics have stood at the opposite diplomatic poles when not actually at loggerheads. Ar gentina is a prideful, well organiz ed republic, traditionally jealous of her influence In South Ameri ca, and often critical of United States big business methods in the rest of Latin America. The United States frequently has sought Argentine collaboration, but until the present "good neigh bor" era has sought to Impose her own terms. Tariff Barrier Lowered . Under the treaty, Argentina Passenger Auto Output Further Pruned by OPM WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AP) Leon Henderson, OPM civilian supply director, today ordered a reduction of "at least" 51 per cent In passenger automobile production in January, 1942, com pared with the January, 1941 out put. The slash, together with others previously ordered to conserve defense materials, means an over-all reduction of at least 36.3 per cent in passenger car pro duction for the first six months ot the model year which began August 1. Henderson emphasized that the January quota, which per mlts a maximum output of 204, 848 cars compared with 418,350 produced in January. 1941, could not be guaranteed to the Indus try since sufficient materials might not be available. Difficulties in obtaining steel, especially strip steel, Indicated that production actually would fall below the maximum set, he said.. Reed College Teacher Named State Senator PORTLAND, Oct. 35 (AP) The Multnomah county democrat Ic committee yesterday named Dr. G. Bernard Noble, Reed Col lege political science department head, to succeed Nan wooo i-ion eyman, resigned, as state senator. The appointment would be made by the Multnomah county court, which by precedent follows the parly recommendation. Pair Adjudged Guilty Of U. S. Flag Desecration NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (AP) A special sessions court of three justices yesterday convicted Guy W. Picking and his wife, Ida, both Baltimore, Md., attorneys, ot dese crating the American flag by hav ing a likeness of it, without stars painted on the sides on an auto mobile they used to advertise the American Travel Information. Trade Pact Scored by Livestock Assn. Head SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 15. (AP) The new recipro cal Irade agreement between the United States and Argen tina was criticized tonight by Secretary F. E. Mollln of the American National Livestock association, who called it a "cut and dried tariff reduction with no consideration of the American cattle industry." He remarked on the pact's provision for a 50 per cent cut In the duties on canned meals and hides from the Argentine, and said that in signing the instrument the American state department had violated the spirit of the act permitting such agreements. grants concessions to the United States on 127 products which In 1940 accounted for about 30 per cnt nf the total United States exports to Argentina, about $32, 000,000 out of $106,000,000. These concessions take the form of reductions in tariffs or agreements not to raise tariffs. Included are fresh apples, pears, grapes, raisins, prunes, tobacco, motor vehicles and parts, auto matic refrigerators, certain Items of electrical machinery and ap paratus, agricultural and Indus trial machinery, office appliances and forest products. Argentina, In return, gets re- (Continued on page 6). O.K. C. L 0- Drive May Silence Plant at Gary Strike Threat Hits 27 American Can Co. Units; Hillsdale Dispute Ends (By the Associated Press)' CIO steel workers today began an organizing drive which threat ened to shut down the world's largest steel mill, at Gary, Ind., while other units of the same un ion threatened to call strikes at all 27 plants of the American Can company unless a labor disputo at two Chicago plants is settled speedily. The steel workers organizing committee ordered pickets out at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel corpor ations' works at Gary, where 22, 000 persons are employed. The pickets were instructed to keep from the mill every worker who could not produce a paid-up CIO union dues card. The pickets stopped all men at the gates this morning and asked for cards but no one was prevent ed from entering. The union agreed in a telephone conversa tion with Federal Judge Thomas V., Slick in South Bend not to use force on the picket line at least until he had heard a petition by non-union men to prevent picketing. A union spokesman said the aim was to make the Gary works "100 per cent CIO" in a step to ward the union shop. The plant has been busy with defense or ders. The threat of a strike through out the American Can system fol lowed a breakdown In negotia tions for new CIO contracts at two Chicago plants. The union has asked for elimination of a differential between wages paid in west coast plants and Chicago, also for a modified vacation plaji and a union shop. Minimum wages in the Chicago plants were (Continued on page 6) Plane Crashes Kill 5 U. S. Fliers in Philippines MANILA, Oct. 15. (API- Four U. S. army airmen were killed when their medical bomb er crashed and burned at Clark field In Pampaga province dur ing anti-aircraft practice last night. Second Lieutenant Rexford R. Kinsley, from Evanston, III., the pilot, apparently was blinded by searchlights and lost control of his plane, army officials said. Others killed were Privates Robert C. Fankhouser, Clarence A. Draplch and Francis Bron nlllete, aviation mechanics. Their home addresses were not given, Second Lieut. James H. Wea ver of the army air corps was killed last Monday when his plane collided with another pur suit ship and crashed. The other plane landed safely. Weaver's home was at Freeport, 111, New Move Begun to End Fishing Controversy ASTORIA, Oct. 15 (AP) An other attempt to settle the contro versy between (Commercial fish ermen and sportsmen over coastal river fishing rights was asked vesterday bv the Oregon Coast hlehway association. , The association appealed to Governor Sprasue to annolnt a committee to study possible solu tions. Clyde Mason. Seaside, was elect ed nresldent nf the fall conven tion's concluding . session. Clar ence Cop, Marshfleld, treasurer, and John Aschlm, Tillamook, were reelected. The 1942 sprlner convention will bo held at Gold Beach. Admits Murder Of Marion Miley In $130 Theft -&,. ' " 'iff 1 $ o f A jh .; ' ' (NEA Telephoto.) At Fort Worth, Texas, Tom C. Penney, above, former Ken tucky oonvlot, signs a confes sion In whloh he said ha and a night olub operator of . Louis ville killed Marion Mlley, na tionally known golf star, and her mother In their apartments at Lexington, Ky., the night of September 28, when they re sisted robbery. The booty was $130, prooeeds of a oountry club dance. Penney was traoed by an automobile which hit al leged pal, denying complicity in the murder-robbery, report ed to police was stolen from him. 2 Wife Murderers Plead Guilty; One Given Life Term REDDING, Calif., Oct. 15 (AP) William C. Baxter, 30, who granted he must have beat his wife to death with an axle rod while In a jealous temper, is under life sentence lor the slay ing. Superior judge Ross passed Judgment yesterday after Baxter pleaded guilty to first degree murder. Mrs. Laura Baxter, 26, mother of five, was found dead on a bed room floor in her Redding home September 20, her skull crushed in five places. Nearby was an 18-Inch section of automobile axle wrapped In burlap. At his hearing Baxter, chair man on a reclamation bureau survey crew, testified his wife had told him she loved someone else "better than me." PENDLETON. Oct. 15(AP) James Carson, former Freewat- er marshal, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of second de gree murder In connection with the death of his former wife, Lueile, ut Freewater July1 18, In circuit court here yesterday. Mrs. Carson's body was found Sept. 9 burled bencnth the floor ot a garage. Carson admitted that he burled the woman but said her death was accidental. Circuit Judge Sweek set Thurs day as time for sentence. Sent ence of life Imprisonment is man datory. Two PUD Units Vote to Join 3-County District (REEDSPORT, Ore., Oct. 15 (AP) Clatskanle and Newport public utility districts voted this week to merge with the trl-county district which embraces coastal Dortions of Lane, Douglas and Coos counties. Bonneville administrator Paul T R-u-r nHvlenrl thn mercrer as an expedient In obtaining the coast distribution lacnuies oi me West Coast Power company. Menace To i Moscow Not 1 Eased, Report Hitler Using Every Tank, Gun In Supreme Effort To Erase Soviet Defense - (By the Associated Press) A fiercely-driven new menace) to Moscow was acknowledged to day by the Red Army, which de clared the Germans were swarm Ing forward over their own heap ed dead In a mighty attempt to turn the capital's Volga river de tense flank near Kalinin, 95 mile northwest of Moscow. Admitting that the nazl masses of men and steel still surged forward. Red Star, organ of the soviet army, said ' nevertheless that German parachutists seeking a foothold behind the Russian lines had been wiped out and that Moscow's grim defenders had pinched off wedges thrust deep into their lines. Some of the parachutists wer said to have been trapped behind the Kalinin line where armored units had smashed to the ap proaches of the city. Directly west of Moscow, other German forces were reported in London to have rolled half way from vyazma toward the capital. and to the south the German press said the munitions-making town of Tulsa, 100 miles from Moscow, had fallen to the tight ening nazl semi-circle. The Germans declared that tha mop-up after the gigantic en circlement battles of Bryansk and vyazma was so nearly completed that vast additional forces per haps hundreds of thousands of troops were being released and rushed on cast to bolster the big, push on the capital Itself. i Hitler Using Everything Moscow's streets were crowded, as all of Its population not need ed for fighting or war work streamed east toward safety. The city was bombed In a brief morn ing air raid. :. Red Star declared the red ar my's position the most critical ot the war, and a high-ranking neu tral observer In London comment ed: .: "Hitler for the first time lit two years of war has thrown every available gun and tank Into one attack. If he fails to take Moscow or destroy the . Russian armies In the present drive and he well may fail Germany la finished until spring and might well have lost the war." Britain, under pressure to ere- (Continued on page 4) Mrs. W. F. Harris Still In Critical Condition The condition of Mrs. W. F, Harris, who Is at Mercy hospital suffering from injuries received Sunday in an automobile accident, continued critical today, her phy sicians reported. Although iM has apparently shown some Im provement, and appears to bf somewhat stronger, her condi tion remains grave, the physi cians said. Her husband, presi dent of the city council, who also was Injured In the accident, Is im proving satisfactorily, the physl clans reported. Historical Applegate Furniture Is Moved PORTLAND, Oct. 15. (AP) A houseful of historical fur niture was moved out of Sue Applegate's home on South west Serman street today and sent to Astoria, where Miss Applegate will reside. Among It was a hand-carved mahogany side table and curly maple settee which Miss Apple gate's grandparents, Jesse and Cynthia Anne Applegate, brought from Missouri to Yon ealla, Ore., in 1843, by wagon. There was a heavy wooden cased compass which Jesse Applegate used In 1860 to sur vey the route of the Natron cut-off for the Southern Pa cific railroad. Jesse Applegate was one of the three earliest settlers of Douglas county. i A l