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Russia's Hope isThat the Blitzkrieg may be Routed fey a Blizzard-lcrieg. The Red Slogan Could be 'Stall 'em for Stalin.' The U. S.: 'Hate 'em but Aid 'em.1 y Jem. rfA -vrw JLJ HOLDING ON THE WEATHER By U. 6. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight and Wed esday. See page 4 for statistics. a Moscow today appears to be a long way off from Hitler's grasp as the Russians continue effective resistance in one of the greatest battles of all time. Failure of Hit ler to conquer the city will mako big news. Watch for it in the) NEW-REVIEW. VOL. XLVI NO. 167 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 1 , 1 94 1 . VOL. XXX NO. 56 OF THE EVENING NEW8 IMI iivt ii in rw i ii ii ii ii iiii ii rjnrrij-i7 tvn;'i v 111 iiinii ji urn v nun 11 iiiiii . In The . 5 r Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE new situation created by the Japanese cabinet change remains today (Saturday) in the talking stage. JAPAN'S new premier, General Tojo, says in a radio speech: "Speedy action and iron will are the only ways to overcome our present difficulties." He adds: "Japan must strengthen its ties "kith the treaty nations." (Mean ing the axis powers.) WHEN Tojo speaks of the axis powers, he means Germany. Germany is the axis (whatever axis means.) Italy is an unwill ing partner, dragged along by force and coercion against the will of the Italian people. The others are stooges or slaves. ANYWAY, the impression Tojo wants to convey is that Jap an Is ready to tight on Germany's side at the drop of a hat. The important point at the mo ment is that he TALKS first. If Japan really meant to go all out for Germany, regardless of con sequences, site would shoot first jnd talk afterward. CHINESE newspapers in Hong- kong (probably well inform ed) indicate, however that the situation is explosive. They say: "The new Japanese cabinet smells of powder." IN Washington, peppery Senator Pepper, whose tongue is set on a hair trigger, says: "The only way to deal with the Japs is to draw a line and warn them that if they cross it there will be shooting." A GED Senator Norris of Neb raska, who isn't a fire-eater, jays: J "We can't appease Japan any more than we can appease Hitler. If Japan wants to attack us, she'll attack. All she is waiting for is to try and feel certain she is on the winning side." That is probably true. If Jap an has made a decision and the decision Is to create a diversion in the Pacific thrit will result in 'Continued on Daee 4) Georgia Students Assail Governor ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 21. (AP) State wide support for an extra ordinary session of the state legis lature was sought today by an executive committee of Univer sity of Georgia to aid in "strip ping the governor of the power to appoint members of the board of regents." At a mass meeting here last night marked by cheers, boos and cat-calls, an estimated 1,500 stu dents unanimously adopted a five point program to enlist support for the special session, and nam ed a committee of four student leaders to direct it. The action came as an out growth of student demands on Governor Eugene Talmadge to re store the "political independence" of the state board of regents by re instating ousted members. The University of Georgia last week was dropped from the Southern University conference for alleged political interference by Tal madge in the dismissal of Dean Walter D. Cocking of the univer sity's school of education. It faces investigation by the Southern As sociation of Colleges and second ary schools in Atlanta. Nov. 3. Talmadge, after revamping the board of regents, obtained Cock ing's dismissal on charges he favored racial co-education. SlK MONTHS' TAX BILL FOR DOUGLAS PROPOSED Budgeteers Offer Total Of $138,420 Restoration of Salary Cuts of 1933 Advised; Road Needs Paramount Douglas county taxpayers will be called upon to pay only $138, 420 In county taxes for the first six months of 1942, if recommen dations of the budget committee are adopted. The budget committee recom mended restoration of the 10 per cent salary cut imposed upon county employes in 1933, but made few other changes in the propos ed outlays for the various county offices and departments. The county road and bridge fund was recommended in the sum ol $194,870, but of this amount only S138.420 will be raised by taxation, as it is esti mated that $56,450 will be receiv ed from other sources. The general county fund, pro posed in the sum of $148,247.50; the county school fund amounting to $G5,7G0, and the school library fund ol $057.60, for which taxes usually are levied, will be paid out of existing surplus funds in the county treasury, if the com mittee's recommendations are ac cepted. ) . ; . Covers Only Six Months. The various county office bud gets were set up at about one half of the usual amount, In view of the fact that the budget will be for only a six months period, because of the change in the law setting up a fiscal instead of a calendar year. The county asses sor was allotted a larger budget, due to the fact that it will be necessary for him to prepare two assessment rolls during the year. The road fund, which will be the only department for which taxes will be levied, was consider ably increased over preliminary estimates. Last year's budget for roads and bridges called for ox- (Conttnued on page 6) John Hedden Of Scottsburg Dies John Hedden, 85, pioneer resi dent and merchant of Scottsburg, died at Keizer Bros, hospital, North Bend, last night following a long illness, i He was born at Scottsburg, May 1, 1856, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Hedden, and had lived continuously at Scottsburg, where he operated a general merchan dise store. Surviving are two daughters and two sons, Miss Emma Hed den, Mrs. June Marshall, and Cy rus and Charles Hedden, all resi dents of Scottsburg. Funeral services will be held at the family home in Scottsburg at 1:30 p. m. Thursday, with burial at 2:30 p. m. in the Scottsburg cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of Stearns mortuary, Oak land. $60,000 Portland Fire Blamed on Smokers PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (API Carelessness of smokers was blamed today for a fire which de frayed a dance hall and damaged, three other buildings in east Portland. Fire investigator Nor man Howard estimated the loss at $60,000. A theater, fur company and a cafe were damaged. BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (AP) President Roosevelt announced today the torpedoing Sunday night of the American merchant vessel Lehigh just north of the Equator and near the southern end of the bulge of Africa. Increased Production Set for Farmers Of Douglas County in Defense Program; Explanatory Community Meets Dated Douglas county's production goals for the 1942 farm defense program, calling chiefly for In creases in milk, eggs, chickens, turkeys and hogs, were establish ed and approved by the county USDA agricultural defense board at an ull day meeting last week. As announced by B. F. Nichols, chairman of the defense board, the county goals represent per centage of Increase needed over 1941 production of the farm com modities included in Secretary of Agriculture Wlckard's "food for defense" list. These goals, repre senting Douglas county's mini mum contribution to the nation's all-out agricultural mobilization for defense, were announced as follows: Milk, 10 per cent in crease; milk cows, 3 per cent in crease; eggs, 12 per cent increase; hogs, 20 per cent increase in sows farrowing; chickens, 10 per cent increase; and turkeys, a 20 per cent increase in birds killed for market. One of the greatest in creases requested was in th num ber of farm and family gardens. A 40 per cent increase in family gardens for 1942 is needed and of fers one of the best means of aid ing the defense program, stated Mr. Nichols. Every family pro 6-Vehicle Pile-Up Injures 19 Persons FORT LEWIS, Wash., Oct. 21. (AP) At least 19 persons were injured, several possibly critically, last night when five automobiles from four states and a gasoline tank truck piled up in a series of wrecks in a fog bank at the main entrance to the Fort Lewis military reservation, the state patrol said. Names of only four of the in jured were obtained in the con fusion. At the hospital they gave their names as Marian Rolf, Olympia, injured seriously; Gor don Huff, 24, Fort Lewis, In jured slightly; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greenwood and son of Minnesota, treated for minor in juries. One victim was reported to be a soldier and believed to be in a critical condition In the Fort Lewis army hospital, although military authorities refused to give any Information last night. Others reported injured were Warren Witthuhn, 17, and Ever ett Wltthuhn, 20, both of Minne sota. They were taken to the fort hospital. Reprisal Firing Squad Takes 4 More Frenchmen VICHY, Unoccupied France, Oct. 21. (AP) The Germans announced the execution of four more Frenchmen today follow ing the assassination yesterday of German Gendarmerie General Holtz at Nantes. The executions raised to 84 the firing squad deaths by Ger mans. - Four French gendarmerie of ficers, Including a colonel and three captains, were arrested to day In Nantes in connection with the assassination of General Holtz. Ma, Looking for Thieves, Peppers Kin With Shotgun TULSA. Okla., Oct. 21. (AP) Mr. and Mrs. Roos McElroy of Buena, Wash., paid a surprise visit to Mrs. McElroy's mother and got a surprise reception. Unable to obtain an answer to their knocking last night, the couple attempted to raise a win dow. Mrs. McElroy's mother, Mrs. S. S. Miller, who was In the yard trying to trap chicken thieves, opened fire from about 100 feet with a shotgun. The McElroy's backs were pep pered with shot. Their condition was not serious. ducing Its own needs In the fam ily garden for fresh vegetables and canning will release large quantities of commercially canned goods lor export and use in de fense production areas. In determining goals, the de fense board considered all of the factors influencing production In the county, and believes that the county goals can be met through the use of sound farming prac tices and in accordance with long range land use planning. Sign-Up Meeting Set. During the morning session Thursday the board met with rep resentatives of the state USDA defense board. In the afternoon about 40 persons, representatives of county farm groups, proces sors, cooperatives and other groups, met with the board, called in for consultation on some of the problems related to achieving the production needed. Starting next Monday, AAA community committeemen and supervisors will call on every farmer in the county to help him work out plans for stepping up production of those commodities (Continued on page 4) Minister Dies of Burns Received In Auto Crash COLFAX, Wash., Oct. 21. (AP) The Rev. A. B. Kern, Gl, of Colfax, died In the hospital here yesterday of burns suffered last Thursday when an automo bile in which he was riding col lided with a motor bus and caught fire when it turned over. Fred Engle, 77, of Clarkslon, driver of the car with whom the minister was going hunting, was burned to death in the car. Mr. Kern was pulled from the flaming auto by R. A. Glaisyer of Redmond, Ore., selective service draftee who was on his way to the Fort Lewis induction center at tha time of the crash. Glaisyer was badly burned on the arms and hands. I SAW By Paul THE BEACH at John Dor nath's Natureland resort at Ban don, as It appeared during the last week-end. This is an excel lent beach, and the Pacific, morning, noon or night, and at any season, is a most excellent ocean. It was a most uneasy oeenn, too, during these few days I ob served it. Not a breath of air stirring, raggedly foggy with the sun shining through the drifting gaps in the mist; nevertheless a tremendous swell was running which, at high tide, lapped the foot of the low bluffs bulwark ing the shore. Great clouds of spray burst over the huge rocks encumbering the outer reaches of the beach, and the surf, stretching seaward terrace upon terrace to giant breakers beyond, was a frothy white, churning turbulence extending up and Rail Unions Spurn Bid For Arbitration Wage Boost Demand for 1.260,000 Men Holds; Mine Row Unsettled i ! By the Associated Press fourteen non-operating rail road brotherhoods, with 900,000 members, today joined five op erating brotherhoods with 360, 000 members in rejecting an of fer by President Roosevelt's emergency board to arbitrate the wage dispute between railroads and their organized employes. The five operating brother hoods rejected the offer yester day after carrier managements had agreed to it. Both union groups rejected arbitration last summer' when the dispute was before the national railroad me diation board. In other fields, steel produc tion was hampered In the Birm ingham area by strikes which started In Alabama coal mines and spread to steel plants and conferences started at Buffalo, N. Y., to avert a threatened walkout at two airplane plants of Bell Aircraft corporation. The defense mediation board ordered a hearing . In Washing' ton October 28 on the contro versy which affected the Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron com- (Continued on page 6) CIO Picket Drowned as Boats Collide in Fog SEATTLE, Oct. 21. (AP) William H. Murray, business agent for a United Construction Workers union local, was drown ed today when two boats of the CIO picket line collided in Lake Union in a heavy fog. The boats were picketing the Pioneer Sand & Gravel company plant protesting the company's re fusal to sell materials to a hous ing job on which CIO labor Is employed. The plant employs AFL labor. The AFL has been picketing the housing project. Jenkins -" ' j fi i.'WH-ni?view niKiHv,n. down the beach as far as the eye could reach. I get a lot more enjoyment through visiting the beach In the autumn and winter, than I do In the summer time. The days, when they are nice as they so frequently are at these seasons, are balmier, the characteristic ?ea odors ?pie!er. the air more in vigorating. "Everyone," John said to me, "should come to the beach In winter, instead of summer, when it is so windy and so chilly. But," ho concluded philosophi cally, "I guess they must have more time for trips in the sum mer." Well, I repeat, give me the Oregon coast In winter. When It rains, I stay In one of John's snug, comfortable cabins and read; not raining, a hike on the beach and a rousing appetite for supper. That's the life! Neutrality's Repeal Urged By Secy. Hull Nazi Conquest Tide Now Turned in Our Direction, Senate Committee Told WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP) Secretary of State Hull said to day he believed that a neutrality act provision which bans Ameri can merchant vessels from sped- tied combat zones should be "re pealed or moiilfied." He tossed this recommendation into a request that congress re peal now the section of the act which prohibits arming of the ships. Hulls statement, given to the senate foreign relations commit tee behind closed doors, was sup plied also by the state depart ment. Hull specifically urged the re peal of section six of the act, which prohibits the arming of merchant vessels, and of section two (which prohibits their entry Into specified combat zones) de clared: 'Inasmuch as section two is not. under consideration I will offer no comment except to say that In my Judgment section two should be repealed or modified." "When American ships are be ing wantonly and unlawfully at- (Continued on page C) Sadie Orr Dunbar Addresses Seal Sale Meet Here Sadie Orr Dunbar, executive secretary of the Oregon Tubercu losis association, held a seal sale conference here Monday and was guest speaker at the health ass elation luncheon at the Hot"I Umpqua at noon. Helen Casov and Mrs. Jack Suksdorf presented comedy numbers on the luncheon program. Seal sale representatives In cluded: Mrs. Fritz Snyder and Mrs. Snyder, Sr., Days Creek; Mrs. John Gorman and Mrs. Holmes, Elkton, and Mrs. John Edwards, Oakland. Representa tives of women s organizations of Roseburg Included: Mrs. William P.ell (who was first Health as sociation chairman for Douglas county), Mrs. Foster Butncr, Mrs. .1. C. McCaliister and Mrs. Eliza beth Garrett, from the Roseburg Woman s club and B P. W. C; Mrs. Ralph Herman, Junior Wo man's club; Mrs. R. D. Coen, Rose P.-T. A.; Mrs. Chester Morgan, Fullerton P.-T. A.; Mrs. Ivan Pickens, Red Cross home nursing instructor; Mrs. Ray S. Fctrc quln, D. A. R.; Mrs. E. A. Port, Red Cross secretary; Mrs. Hugh Wn'pnle, assoe!;:lio:i president. Mrs. Hazel Lytic, Mrs. Mary Bar rel! and Mrs. Doorthy Hunt, from the health association office; Mrs. Fail Wiley, Mrs. Ramn Wiley , Mrs. James Bartley, Miss Helen Casey, Mrs. Jack Sukilnri1 mid Mrs. C. S. Ferrier, guests. Mrs. William Blumer wai announced as the city chairman for th- 1911 Christmas Seal sale and Mrs. W. E. Sullivan was announced coun ty chlrman. A corsage was presented to Mrs. Dunbar bv Mrs. Foster But ncr. Mrs. Dunbar gave a talk on the work of the tuberculosis drive since the beginni-i of the Doug las County Health asw.-.-ntinn, up to the pront time. SMo t?f ;,toi1 that much more work ws'i needed to be done this year, as a large number of Oregon bovs hid been turned down by the selective ser vice board on account of their health. The Douglas Health association whs allowed fi" por cent of the funds taken In last veir to carry nn the work of the flphr against T B. In this county and if t:-.i workers can raise the per caoila this year only 2 nercent. then the county will be allowed 75 per cent of the total amount of seal sales told to be used in the county, New President Of Panama, Lines Up Against Axis Rlcardo Adolfo de la Guar dla, above, who was elected president of Panama In the bloodless revolt that ousted Arnulfo Arias, pro-axis sym pathizer, who today went Into voluntary exile. In Nicaragua. The new government yester day reversed one of Arias' last deolslons as president by au thorizing ships flyliig the flag of Panama to arm against "German" raiders. Many of the ships are United States owned and ply to Britain and her empire. Use of Copper Banned in Non-Defense Building WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (AP) Effective Nov. 1. the use of copper, will be forbidden in all non-defense building construction. Donald M. Nelson, director of priorities, issued the necessary or der yesterday, and one defense of ficial termed it the "toughest" de fense restriction yet imposed to conserve the supply of a strategic metal for arms production. The order exempted only cop per used for electric wiring, for equipment exposed to corrosive action of special kind, hydro-electric plants, and contracts of gov ernment defense agencies which specify copper. In addition to the Nov. 1 ban, the order prohibited the use of copper next year In the manufac ture of more than 100 common articles ranging from dress ac cessories and kitchen utensils to barrel hoops and caskets. The order applies to any metal alloy containing 50 per cent or more of copper. FLASHES of OREGON EVENTS Duck Hunter Drowns ASTORIA, Oct. 21. (AP)A duck hunter drowned In the Co lumbia river near Russian islands east of here yesterday after a rowboat capsized. Roy Carlson, one of the pair In the boat, dragged Kali William Humberg, 23, Svenson, Ore., from the water, but resuscitation ef forts failed. Butter Grader Slips SALEM, Oct. 20. (AP) The state department of agriculture said today that It had revoked the license of Edward D. Conley, Portland, to grade butter in Ore gon. The department said Conley had !.U-led as era!o A butter which did not meet grade A re quirements. Peppermint Oil Harvest PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (AP) Enough chewing gum flavoring left here last night to meet the demands of young America for some time to come. It was a carload of peppermint oil, valued at $110,000, consigned to a chewing gum firm In South Bend, Ind. The oil came from ?0O acres In Reds Forced; However; To Yield Stalino Terrific Battle Continues For Capital; New Blows In Channel Warfare Dealt LONDON, Oct. 21. (AP)', The Russian armlet are pressing the Germans hard In most sectors of the front before Moscow In fighting In which "many suburban villages have changed hands as many as three timet a ; day," the Moscow radio stat ed tonight. ' Then, on a note of confi dence, the radio announcer asserted: "Encountering heavy re sistance, the Germans have considerably slowed down their drive." By the Associated Press German and Italian troops) smashing Into Russia's vital Do nets river industrial basin were reported today to have captured Stalino, 100 miles northwest of Rostov-on-Don, while on the cen tral front, the Russians appear, ed to be stemming the nazl drive on Moscow amid a series of huge-scale tank and Infantry; battles. Stalino, a city of 445,000 popu lation, lies on one of the two main rail lines between Moscow and the great Caucasion oil fields. r Terrific Btttle Waging ( . Sbvlct dlsmtches ' aeknojyl edged that Marshal Budyenny's Ukraine armies, desperately pressed by the intensified nazl assault, had withdrawn to new lines near Taganrog, only 30 miles west of Rostov. The Ger mans claimed Tanganrog's fall yesterday. Official Russian accounts of the 20-day-old battle for Moscow, said the capital's defenders, strengthened hourly by a civilian army, were holding fast under a terrific hammering. At several points, the Russians declared, soviet counter-attacks have turned back the nazl offen sive over battlefields) covered with snow. To the north, the German high command reported the capture of Dago island, powerful soviet naval base, after 10 days of fighting In which 3,000 Russians were taken prisoner. "Therewith, all Baltic islands are in German hands and the en tire Baltic area cleaned of the enemy," the high command said. Nazi military commentators Indicated that Rostov soon would probably become the pivot for s gigantic new encirclement move ment to take the Donets basin. On the bloody central front before Moscow, the German high command said Gen. Petrov, iden- (Continued on page 6) the Willamette valley and on tha Washington side of the lower Co lumbia river valley. Its value was up to $3.25 a pound, double the price in 1940. Pinball Rolls Off-Side SALEM, Oct. 21. (AP)-The proposed ordinance to legalize pinball games for amusement only and to license them for $5 a month was tabled last night by the Salem city council until No vember 3. Earthquake Suspected ' NEWPORT, Oct. 21. (AP) A theory that the Oregon coast's battering by the sea Saturday was the result of an off shore earthquake was advanced today. W. W. Jones, former Bonneville dam geologist, said a light earth shock of a second's duration was felt at Seal Rocks, 11 miles south of here, Sunday night. . He said that earlier, unfelt shocks, centering in a fault on the continental shelf about 100 miles offshore, where other dis turbances have been reported in recent years, might have caused the huge waves that washed out two bridges and damaged dockeil boats.
