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r SIX R0SEBUR6 NEWS.REV1EW, R0SEBUR6, OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1941. :.-f' U.S. Ammunition Supply Not Ample "WASHINGTON, Oct. 20fAP -Rep. Thomns (R.-N. J.) as. serted today that United States ammunition stocks worn insuffi cient to supply tho army for one week if It were engaged In fighting on a scale comparable to present Kusso-German opera tions. Sabotage, strikes and other Work stoppages caused by labor disputes, he told newsmen have slowed up production to such an extent that ammunition on hand amounts to only about two per cent of a year s defense re qulrements. He added that he had confl dential information that the war department had underestimated the time needed for adequate ex pansion of anti aircraft defenses and hence "not a city in the United States Is protected from enemy air attack." Consequently, he said, "Ameri can cities along the Atlantic sea board must necessarily expect token air raids if our relations with Germany continue to grow worse." U. S. Takes Tip From Gangsters'; Tommy Guns' for Defense Torpedoed Destroyer Reports 21 Casualties (Continued from page J) night was almost as meager as the original communique on the torpedoing. It volunteered no de tails on why the 11 men were considering "missing," or on the nature of the Iniurles of the oth er 10. The only amplification was that one man was critically Injured, one seriously Inlured, and eight had minor injuries. The character of the encounter between the Kearny and the sub marine, however, led Informed quarters here to write off the missing as dead. It was their belief that the men either had been blown out of tho ship when tho torpedo exploded, or else that thev were trapped when water tight bulkheads were closed after the ship had been hit. Since four of the missing were firemen and three watermen, the belief was that one of the Kear ny's engine room had been struck by the torpedo. Hull Sees Hitler's Hand Secretary Hull tod.nv character ized the torpedoing of the Kearny as another In a series of Incidents Illustrating Adolph Hitler's known and confessed effort to seize control of the seas as well as the continents. Hitler has notified all nations to keep their ships out of an area covering a large portion of the North Atlantic on penally of hav ing these ships sunk, Hull said, because he proposes to drive all other nations off the seas by in timidation. If such Intimidation were suc cessful, the secretary continued, he supnosed Hitler then would want other nations to get off the earth. Asked whether the United Stat es had made or was contemplat ing 'n diplomatic protest to Ger many, Hull replied with asperity that one does not often send diplo matic notes to Intel-national high waymen. Report Delay Explained Tho navy offered no explana tion why more than two days had elapsed between the announce mcnt of the torpedoing and the disclosure of casualties. The explanation was that the Kearney flashed 'only the brief est of reports after she was hit 350 miles southwest of Iceland while on patrol duty Friday and then resumed radio silence, so as not to advertise her position to other raiders as she limped her wounded way to port. The navy announcement last night was significant In that It placed the responsibility for the attack on a U-boat. In the clash between the Greer and a submar ine early In September, the navy made no efforts to indicate the nationality of the undeiseas raid er, although Horlln subsequently acknowledged that It was a U boat which missed the destroyer with two torpedoes. Apparently the submarine, like the Greer, escaped unscathed in that shoot Ing episode. Nails Charge Frame-up Nazi authorities thus far have Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS Compiled by Associated Press Oct. 20. 30 ir, 1.1 CO Ind'ls UH's Ut's St'ks 1G.5 31.0 .H.o Ifi.f) 31.1 41.0 17.0 32.5 43.5 1G.7 35.5 4-1.4 m.O 35.5 45.0 15.4 30.3 39.1 r 1" (itt5:i tne wero c"",'d "Tommy Guns," now they are Thompson Mibm'aciiiiic nuns und are used' VoSTSSS, y", T" ttinM parachute' a..ak !,' a secun.J ",ul Ti l Zr, eZahter .nJ ,,?, a. St 5"r?.U't S'""' B"d ",lly l'"l'nc'i w"h 8'"' that will pour out 500 iarije-callocr tlugs a minute to ward off enemy a Uuck on lighter-plane bases near (lie front Hoover Renews Food Aid Appeal NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (AP) Renewing his plea for an Ameri can-sponsored food plan lo end starvation in nazi occupied demo cracies, Herbert Hoover says the lives of millions of hungry Euro- ipean children are In jeopardy, j The former president raid last :nnt that it would nor have tne slightest effect on the military I outcome of the war "if w.e assur ed food to the needy among the whole 40,000,000 democratic child ren in Europe." Hoover said I hat fi.OOO groups in this country hud endorsed his proposal that the U. S. govern ment seek to bring about an ag. rcoment whereby food would be distributed in the occupied terri tories, under the supervision of a neutral government, such as Sweden, Ireland, Switzerland or Argentina. "Surely such an expression of American compassion," he said, "deserves more adequate atten tion from our government than lo be dismissed by a curt letter from our state department." Hoover asserted the situation was so bad in Warsaw that "the municipal newspaper was appeal ing to the people not to throw corpses in the streets." Something New Under the Sun fl-u , . . jiiiroB Junius M-piesem iwo recent and revolutionary advances in American aviation. Above: the first stainless steel military plane ever built, an Army trainer, soars over Bristol. Pa. Use of stain less steel eliminates riveting, resulting in speedier construction. Below: flying over New York, is a molded plastic plywood plane. Besides being cheap, plywood is stronger proportionately to its wi'igm man aluminum Hold everything! CO! IWI IT NIA lltVICt, INC T M HO UI f AT Q,. O'l I "Wish I couKI Ket time oil' lo do a little shooting this fall," Monday 58.(i Prev. day ..58.6 Month ago ..62.5 Year ago ....62.9 1941 high .63.9 1941 low 54.8 BONDS 10 10 20 10 RR's Ind'ls Ut's Kgn Monday 62.6 105.1 101.8 , Prev. day ..62.4 105.2 101.6 Month ago ..61.2 105.1 101.8 Year ago ... 60.2 104.7 99.4 1941 high ..66.5 105.4 102.2 J941 low ....60.2 104.2 99.0 said that they have received no word from any German ship about the Kearny. Going a step farther, I In- German radio bus charged that the Kearny incident was purposely "I tumped up" hv administration officials to hi flame the nation against the reich. The assumption here was that the navy believed it possessed positive proof of the submarine's nationality, but there was no hint how it was obtained. One con lecture was that some of the I'1 !' Kearny's crew cauelit a ellmnse W.7 jof the undeiseas boat before or 51.0 during the enL'.li'i'nii'nt lint Mi',. opportunity for such observation Is usually remote under the cir cumstances Indicated. 37.6 51.4 38.0 Washington U. Co-Ed Dies in Seven-Story Drop SEATTLE, Oct. 20. - -1 API Jane Norden. University of Wash ington student from Spokane, was found deail early today on the ground below her seventh floor window In the university district. A room mate told police she arose at 5.30 a. m., to turn off the alarm clock and went back to sleep, and that when she arose again an hour later she discov ered Miss Noi'den missing. .Mls Noi'den has two brothel's in Seattle: Richard, a senior at the university, and Kenneth, an aiipl.tnc factory employee-. Magnesium Plant Hit by 3rd Blast SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct, 20 (API - Two men suffered first de gree burns today as magnesium ignited in a flash of heat and light at the 510,000,000 Perman ente magnesium plant at Los Al tos. The men were Herbert Dun ham. 21, and Steve Oddo, 30, both of San Jose. Physicians said their condition was not grave. It was the third mishap at the defense production plant in the past few weeks, and the second in throe days. Dunham and Oddo said they were operating grinders in a big bin at the plant when magnesium ignited in a blinding lieat flash. One man was killed and eight others injured in an explosion Saturday. Three men lost their lives several weeks ago when magnesium flared up in a sudden fury of flame. 1 he company said Saturday's explosion originated in a gas main. Youthful Hunter Killed Accidentally by Pal SPOKANE, Oct. 20. (API Raymond Simmett, If), died of a bullet wound here today despite a transfusion of blood donated by Hill Imus, the hoy who accident ally shot him on a hunting trip Sunday. Deputy Sheriff O. E. McCutch- eon said the two youths, who had played together since they were babies, were hunting in some I brush when Imus stumbled and shot Simmett in tho back. Sim melt's death was the ninth in i eastern Washington since hunt- j ing season opened this year. Both boys lived on farms In the Newman lake district 18 I miles east of Spokane. Neutrality Act Hearing Rule Stirs "Gag" Charge (Continued from page 1) of the neutrality act Such a demand would impart a bipartisan character to the com plete repeal movement, for Pom ocratic Senators Glass (Va),:Poi- ind was not allrlbuted toiPer (Fla.) and others already production I lie blast, evidently caused when a spark from welding equip ment touched off gas in an unus ed main, caused no property dam aeo. 1 lie plant was not in pro duction at the time. One of the most seriously In- lured was Samuel E. Cupples, mayor of the city of Santa Clara, and an employee of the plant. He suffered serious burns about the face and body. Father of Initiative Laws in Oregon Passes PORTLAND, Oct. 20 (AP) Robert Glenn Smith. 7(i, who In stituted the firsl bills for initia tive and referendum measures In Oregon died here Saturday. He proposed he laws at the IS'lfi session o the legislature when he was a representative from Jackson county. The mea sures were not enacted until l!l()2. Smith, who was born in Jack sonville, Ore, had practiced law Portland for the last L2 years. The widow, a daughter and a sister, survive. have announced that they would work to wipe the legislation off the books in the forthcoming lest. Leaders of the republican re peal group in the senate were re ported reliably to be Senator Austin (R.-Vt.), tho assistant mi nority leader, Senator Bridges ut., in. h.i and Senator Gurnev (R., S. D.) Informants said they had dis cussed the neutrality issue with Wlllkie and had agreed with him mar tne party should take ag gressive leadership in revision of tne present statute. Willkie, 1910 G. O. P. presi dential nominee, has urged re peatedly that the republican party stand for "international ism" rather than "isolationism." Moscow Braces for Fury of Blitzkrieg (Continued from page 1) Portland U. Gridders Defeated by St. Mary's SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. i (AI'- St. Man's co'lege. convert ing four intercepted passes into ; touchdowns, scored a crushing 31 i to 0 football victory over Portland university yesterday. Scores of Saturday Games. U. C. I.. A. 7, Washington 11. California 7. Oregon 19. Southern California 7, Wash- Ington State fi. Pacific Lutheran 47, riteet Sound 0. Pacific University 7, Linfield 6. declared today that German losses on i no eastern front now are approaching 4.000.000 killed and wounded, but "still these ac cursed locusts come on," accord ing to a Moscow radio broadcast. The price the Germans are paying for their gains was indi- Floor Sanding and Refinishing Old Floors Made Like New CHAS. KEEVER Phone KJ Phone 1M Myrtle Creek Money to Loan On City, Business Property er Farm Inquire at office of H. A. CANADAY 132 N. Jackson St., Roseburg, Oregon MYRTLE CREEK, Oct. 20. William Vaughn expects to go to 1 Mercy hospital soon for treat-1 ment. Mr. Vaughn hurt his back ' fiiif time ago and lias heon l.iid ' off from work but has not inv proved much. j Mr. and Mrs. Clovd Durbln and Mrs. Durbin's mother, Mrs. May rirewer, were callers In Myrtle Creek for a short time Thursday. Mrs. Brewer came up from their home in Long Peach. California, In August and after visiting friends and relatives hero for a short time, went to Coos county to visit her son. Guy. Mr. and Mrs. Diirhin came up last Satur day and they are returning home this week. Mrs. Purbin was Blanche Brewer before her mar inate, and lived here as a. child. Rice & Meyers Sheet-Metal Woikt Shel Metal Work Tailored to the Job 404 W. Lane St. Phone 320 H. C. STEARNS Funeral Director Phone 472 OAKLAND, ORE. Lkented Ledy Auletant Any Dltttnce, Any Time Our eervlee li for ALL, end meete EVERY NEED cated by the soviet Information bureau, which said that in the Bryansk and Kalinin sectors Sat urday alone Russian forces de stroyed about 445 German trucks loaded with men, fuel and muni tions, 25 tanks and 70 cannon. Britons Demand Action Clamor In Britain for the open ing of a British land front against Germany to relieve the Russians was raised again. Factory stewards representing arms workers in 300 ko work shops in the land adopted a statement In which thev said they Insisted "on the Immediate opening of a second front." The British government has rejected similar proposals in the past. Possibility that the reverses al ready suffered by tho Russians have affected their food supplies so seriously that they may have to turn to the United States for grain and other staples was sug gested by agriculture depart ment officials in Washington. Afghans Oust Axis GrouD While the war In Russia raged on wnn increasing violence, a lull descended on the western air front. Only a few German bomb ers were reported over Britain during the night, and the British said bad weather had prevented their planes from attacking Ger many. On the diplomatic front the British and Russians scored a success with the announcement that Afghanistan, responding lo what were described in London as friendly representations, had decided to expel all German and Italian nationals from the coun try. The decision closed the last gan in the 2,000-mile political and military front the British are building across southwestern Asia. Rift Hint Irks Nails. Authorized Germans expressed strong resentment of an address yesterday by U. S. Assistant Sec retary of State Breekonrid Long in which the American sug gested that Germany, in calling on Italy for fighting men, might make of Italy "another Russia." The Germans called it a low trick to intimate that Italy and Germany ever could be separated and fascist circles in Rome term ed the speech "a propaganda move" made ridiculous by the "bond of alliance and ideals be tween the two nations." Dr. Wallher Funk, German eeonomlq minister and reichsbank president, accepting an honorary degree from the University of Rome, declared that Germany al ready had started using Russia's resources and predicted barter trarte betwv-n :;yi-Oominted Eu rope and American countries af ter the war. He said that the war had near ly trebled German-Italian trade and that the British blockade had been "finally brok.cn." For newspaper deliveries after 5:30 Please Call 617-R Next time, try the train A TIP FOR ROSEBURG TRAVELERS TRAVEL WHILE YOU SLEEP THERE'S NO DOUBT about ic The easiest way to travel is while you sleep! Co to bed in a soft, comfortable berth. Sleep like a baby while the engineer docs all the work. Wake up at your destination. 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