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VOL. XL VI NO. 181 OF ROSEBURG i
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1941.
VOL. XXX NO. 70 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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The Russian Bear is Scoring, and Hitler May Soon be Echoing That Old Refrain: "Oh, Lord, if You Can't Help Me, For Heaven's Sake Don't Help the Bear.
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Obstructionists
oPrevail Against
U. S., Roosevelt Declares
Nation Must
Fight Slavery
Of Hat lerism
President1 Stresses Need
For Sacrifices to Crush
Conquest Aims of Axis
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP)
O rresiueni nooseveu uecmrca
today that the American people
naa made "an unlimited commit
ment" that there shall be a free
world and called on all free na
tions to plan for a sound social
and economic world order after
the war.
The chief executive also assail
ed a "misguided" few both in
dustrialists and leaders of labor
for placing personal advantage
above the welfare of the United
States and for delaying defensd
output by using their "economic
power" to force acceptance of
their demands rather than using
established mediation machinery.
'Addressing 250 delegates rep
resenting 33 nations at the con.
eluding session of the Interna
tional Labor office conference in
the White House, the president
said:' ' '
O'The American people have
made an unlimited commitment
that there shall be a free world.
Against that commitment, no in
dividual or group shall prevail."
Hltlerlsm Held Slavery
Declaring that labor under the
nazi system had become the
"slave of the military state," and
that Berlin today was the "prin
cipal slave market of the world,"
Mr. Roosevelt added:
"The American worker has no
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
1JITLER, declaring the other
O day that Germany had been
"Mtaekcd" by the United States
sounded the call for Japan to
make good on her part of the
axis pact and attack the U. S.
THE reaction is so far a
little
mixed.
The Jap press, wfcich can talk
without committing the nation,
adopts a bitter tone and says the
"time has come for the final
show-down."
Koh Ishli, the government
"spokesman," is a little more cau
tious. He says: "Formulations of
Japan's attitude on the German
declaration that the reich has
been attacked by the U. S. awaits
official reports. The tripartite
pact will be Interpreted by the
Japanese government with inde
pendent Judgment."
0 That Is to say, Japan will de
cide for herself about this at
tacking business instead of taking
Germany's word for it.
"TODAY'S dispatches tell us that
Far Fast ohsn-vers (meaning
well-informed pePle correspond
ents, diplomats and such living
in China and elsewhere) consider
it unlikely that Japan will feel
herself bound to declare war on
the United States over "Incidents"
at sea.
"pHIS writer, who has never
1 lived in China or Japan, who
has no inside information and is
merely guessing, has a notion
that Japan Is vastly more inter
ested in pulling chestnuts out of
the fire for HERSELF than In
pulling them out for Germany.
""PHE V. S. treasury, we learned
from Washington dispatches
Ihe other day, has in mind anoth-
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Four More Army
Fliers Perish In
Flaming Crash
Tragedy Plant Based Recently
At Pendleton; Lieut. Jepson
Of Salem One of Victims
AUGUSTA, Ga Nov. 6-(AP)
Four army filers In a plune of
the 37th bombardment squadron
were killed when their ship crash
ed and burned at the army air
field here today.
The dead:
First Lieutenant -Jack H.
Butler, 24, of Spokane, Wash.,
pilot.
Second Lieutenant Harold
E. Jepson, 25, of Salem, Ore.,
co-pilot.
Staff Seroeant Harold E.
Brown, 34, of Downsvllle,
Wis., engineer.
Private Earl L. Wllburn,
19, of Walsenburg, Col.
Major William C. Mills, com
manding officer at the field, said
the bomber was in a flight of six
taking off on a routine training
mission. The plane used all of
the runway to get into the air,
while the other five went up in
about half that distance. Maior
Mills saM. '
At a height of about 300 feet,
he continued, the ship fell and
burst into flames.
The squadron came here about
a week ago from its base at
Pendleton, Ore., to participate in
army maneuvers in the Carolinas.
Crash of Navy Bomber
Kills Two Fliers
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 6.
(AP) Lieut. Jack C. Ferguson,
28, Palestine, Tex., and Carl W.
Rude, 23, Milwaukee, Wis., were
killed today when their navy
scout bomber crashed near the
Mexican border during dive
bombing practice.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 6
(AP) Army air corps officers
today added one more accident
to a long list of northern Califor
nia airplane crashes which in
less than two weeks have killed
10 army airmen and caused the
injury of almost that many more.
The latest accident occurred
yesterday afternoon west of
Woodland, 25 miles from Sacra
mento, when a pursuit trainer
from Hamilton field struck a high
tension power line and flipped
over into Cache creek.
Second Lieut. Garth B. Jared,
25, of San Mateo, Calif., the pilot
sustained a fractured ankle and
severe cuts about tbe face. His
companion, second Lieut. Wallace
M.' Danvers, 23, Oklahoma City,
Okla., received two fractured
arms and possible internal in
juries. Mercy Slayer Found Not
Guilty Because Insane
CHEHALIS, Nov. 6 f AP) A
superior court jury here last
night found James Russell, 20,
not guilty by reason of insanity
in the slaying of his 1-1-year old
brother, but also decided Russell
was still insane.
James, a Chehalis post office
employee, shot his brother Dan
ny, an epileptic, last July 4 and
told authorities he did so because
he felt his brother was incurable.
President Emeritus of
W. S. C, Dr. Bryan, Dies
PULLMAN, Wash., Nov. 6
(AP) Dr. Enoch A. Bryan, presi
dent emeritus of Washington
state college, died here today.
Dr. Bryan was president of the
college from the early 90's until
1916 when he was succeeded by
Dr. E. O. Holland.
He continued as a member of
the faculty for years. He wrote
a history ot the college.
Will Not
Pledges of
Ship Arming
Backers Sure
Of Majority
Senate Vote on Repeal of
Neutrality Nears; Even
Foes Concede Defeat
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP)
Calm and confident, the sena
tors who favor sharp revision of
the neutrality act were content
to listen to another day's debate
today, assuring each other mean
while that they had the votes
necessary for passage by tomor
row night.
Even one of the anti-revisionists,
Senator Van Nuys (D-Ind.),
conceded that the chamber would
approve the pending measure
which would authorize the arm
ing of American merchantmen
and also permit them to sail to
belligerent ports. Van Nuys said
he expected only about 40 of the
senates 96 votes to be cast
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I SAW
By Paul
mm
J. M. ROSS, 237 Flint street, as
he stood beside the tall tobacco
plant which was growing in his
garden. "It's hurley tobacco," he
Informed me. "It is light colored;
but nevertheless It has character,
plenty of it."
I can well believe it. Once up
on a time (and only once) I tried
smoking long green. It was quite
an experience. I told Mr. Ross I
thought it was.
"Why," he exclaimed, "long
green Isn't bad. I've smoked It a
lot. I'd be smoking It now If I
could get It easily that's why
I'm curing this. You see, I was
born and raised In Kentucky, and
we had lots of It there."
For twenty years Mr. Ross
worked for the Santa Fe rail
road, and for fourteen years prior
to that he served In the army.
"I was in the Philippines dur
ing the Spanish American war,"
Railway Wage
Plan Pleases
Neither Side
Strike Threat to Nation
Continues; One Group of
Welders Returns to Job
(By the Associated Press)
The nation's shippers . and
travelers today continued to face
the threat of a possible country
wide railroad strike as managers
and union employes alike receiv
ed with coolness the recommen
dation yesterday of President
Roosevelt's special fact-finding
board for temporary wage In
creases. Spokesmen for the car
riers expressed disappointment
with the board's findings. Lead
ers of the five operating brother
hoods, which represent 350,000
men, said they could not recom
mend acceptance of the terms by
their members. There was no
immediate comment from the 14
non-operating unions with 900,000
members.
Union leaders arranged a con
ference today to plan their next
move, which possibly might be
to set a strike date. Mail ballots
months ago authorized a walkout
if necessary to enforce the wage
increase demands.
Under the national railway act,
however, a strike could not be
come effective until 30 days af
ter the factfinding board pre
sented its report to the nation's
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Jenkins
IMMMI J Mill ..I J
V.' fir- S
A -a
he recalled. "The rest of the time
I spent in some twenty different
forts and camps here In the Unit
ed States. During the war I was
In the cavalry; but transferred
after that to the hospital corps."
Did you notice that "for sale"
ad the News-Review published
the other day "R. I. R. pullets
Just beginning to lay $1.25
each?"
If I had a flock of hens begin
ning to do that I wouldn't sell
'em. 4
I don't know Just how long my
morale will hold up, If I'm going
to have to listen only to the score
the OTHER team makes, with
nothing whatever said as to what
our own Is doing. -
Why not peddle us a few lies,
If it is necessary to He, just to
keep us feeling good?
Japan Ready
For Swoop On
Burma Road
Organ Cites Plan to Cut
Aid to China If "Last
Chance for U. S." Fails
TOKYO, Nov. 6 (AP) The
Japan Times and Advertiser, or
gan of the foreign office, hinted
Btrongly tonight that Japan's
next military move might be an
overland expedition to cut off the
Burma road and force the United
States to stem Its flow of sup
plies to China.
Cutting the Burma route, It as
serted, might "force America to
abandon what is tantamount to
direct military operations against
Japan at the expense of the
American people."
The Times and Advertiser said
"there Is always the possibility,
even Ihe probability of a direct
march on the Burma road" and
even hinted by what route the-
attack might be made via
French Indo-China now under
Japanese domination.
In an editorial stressing the
strength of Japan's "central posi
tion In the Oriental trouble zone,
the papers said "this country Is
able to move In a number of di
rections, which requires its po
tential enemies to be prepared at
many places, distributing and de
centralizing their strength."
"Prepared For Force"
This hint was dropped as the
Japanese press appraised the trip
of Saburo Kurusu to the United
States as Japan's final diplomat
ic effort to improve Pacific rela
tions by removing a deadlock In
conferences at Washington.
'There is every hope that force
will not be necessary," the Times
and Advertiser said, adding: "But
Japan is prepared for any even
tualities.f If Japan undertook a Burma
campaign, the newspaper said,
Americas choice between let
ting Chungking down or keeping
Chungking up would be solved
automatically for it could not as-
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Local Property
Deal May Presage
Safeway Market
Food Finn's Division Buys
Churchill-Smick Land at
Corner of Cass and Main
Three real estate transactions
recently have been completed
here involving property belong
ing to Mrs. F. H. Churchill and
the W. A. Smlck estate, of which
Mrs. Churchill and her brother,
J. P. Smick, of Canyonville, are
the heirs.
The Smlck property, located at
the corner of Cass and Main
streets, has been sold, It Is re
ported, to the real estate divi
sion of the Safeway company
and, while no official announce
ment so far has been made by
the purchasers, it is rumored
that Dlans are under way ror tne
construction of a large and piod
em food market on the newly
acquired location.
Sale of the property was nego
tiated bv the G. W. Young and
Son realty company, which also
conducted arrangements lor tne
sale of the residential property
at 120 S. Kane street to L. D.
Rominc, who is occupying the
home. This was one of a group
of three residences on Kane
street owned by Mrs. Churchill,
another In the group having been
sold several months ago to Dr.
nd Mrs. C. A. Edwards. Mrs.
Churchill, who left this week for
a visit at Stockton, Calif., Is hav
ing the remaining house, at 118
S. Kane street, completely re
modeled for her own occupancy
following her return here about
the first of the year,
The large residence which Mrs.
Churchill has occupied for many
I years at 225 E. Cass street, has
been sold to Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
McDermott and will be occupied
by them following remodelling
now In progress. Mr. McDermott
is local distributor for the Asso
ciated Oil company.
Siege Lines Before
Pierced, Invaders Reported
In Rout From Donets Basin
Soviet Fights
Alone Plaint
From Stalin
Lack of Second European
Front Cited; Nazi Losses
Set at 4,500,000 Men
LONDON, Nov. 6 (AP) Rus
sia, fighting "a war of liberation
alone against Germany" and her
allies, is handicapped by lack of
a second European front, but "the
assistance given by Great Britain
and the United States is of great
Importance and growing contin
ually," premier Joseph Stalin de
clared today in an address over
the Moscow radio.
(In Bern, Switzerland, listen
ers heard Stalin say lack of a
second front In Europe was one
cause of "the temporary retreat"
of the soviet armies and, in an
npparcnt appeal to Britain, "ap
pearance of a second front would
greutly facilitate our tusk."
German losses since the .Inva
sion of Russia last June 22 have
reached 4,500,000 men, dead,
wounded and captured, Stalin
said, and "If the Germans want
a war of destruction, they will
certainly get It."
Speaking on the eve of the 24lh
anniversary of the Bolshevik revo
lution, Stalin said slaughter and
plunder were the Hitler policy,
and therefore the policy of the
Red army is to destroy the Ger
mans to the very last man."
Mentioning in passing that the
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Lions Will Sponsor
Yule Light Contest
The Roseburg Lions club will
sponsor again this year the an
nual outdoor Christmas lighting
contest, It was announced today,
following a decision reached ut
the regular club meeting held
last night.
The cup awarded by the club
each year as a trophy Is now held
by Chester Morgan, resident of
Laurelwood. The cup is award
ed by a committee of judges not
connected with the club. The
name of the winner Is engraved
each year on the trophy.
This year, It was decided, the
award will be based on lighting
effect and originality of idea. It
Is not necessary to have a huge
display of lights to win a prize.
The club urges that many resi
dents compete and Is particularly
anxious to secure entries from
persons who previously have not
taken part In the outdoor Illumi
nation activity of the holiday
season.
340,000 Serbs Massacred,
Church Officials Claim
ISTANBUL (Delayed) Nov. 4
(AP) Officials of the Serbian
orthodox church have Issued a
written statement asserting that
about 340,000 Serbian men, wo
men and children have been mas
sacred In Crotla and Bosnia since
the German occupation of Yugo
slavia. (These figures have not
been confirmed by other sources.)
The church officials, now refu
gees from their homeland, said
the axis-backed Crotian govern
ment of Dr. Ante Pavellc had tor
tured and murdered many Ser
bian bishops and priests and de
stroyed Serbian churches in Cro
tla. Since the German occupa
tion, 800 Serbian priests have
disappeared from Crotla, they
said.
Other Serbian sources said a
virtual civil war between the
government and Insurgents exist
ed In former Yugoslavia with 150
persons killed recently In fight
ing at a village only a few miles
from Belgrade.
Litvmoff To Be
Soviet Envoy To
United States 1
Maxim Lltvlnoff
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP)
Maxim M. Lltvlnoff an old-time
advocate of soviet collaboration
with the western democracies,
will become Russian ambassador
to the United States at an early
date.
Authoritative sources said to
day that Lltvlnoff, former peo
ples' commissar for foreign af
fairs, had been chosen to succeed
Constance Oumansky, who is
now In Russia.
Lltvlnoff, when foreign minis
ter, personally negotiated with
President Roosevelt at Washing-
United States recognition of Rus
sia in 1933, after a lapse In dip
lomatic relations of 16 years.
Since 1939, however, he has been
In the background of soviet poli
tics duo to his opposition to col
laboration with Germany.
Collective security was his
crusade, and he seldom missed
an opportunity to denounce what
he termed the apathy of the oth
er great powers toward Japa
nese aggression In the far east,
Mussolini's aggression In East
Africa and the aggressive policy
of Hitler Germany.
Lltvinoff's return to the spot
light as ambassador to the Unit
ed States would Indicate, In the
light of his previous removal by
Stalin to make room for the now
decadent Hitler-Stalin rapproach
ment, the great Importance
which Stalin now attaches to
close collaboration with the Unit
ed States.
Tirpitir Biggest
Nazi Warship, Said
Damaged by Bomb
LONDON, Nov. G (AP) Ger
many's largest warship, the Tir
pllz, one of three battleships re
maining to the reich after her
sister ship, the Uismark, was
sunk by the British last May, was
damaged in a Russian air raid on
Danzig last Monday night, ac
cording to a British press report
from Stockholm.
The BBC broadcast the report,
which came in a dispatch of the
London Daily Telegraph's Stock
holm correspondent, but authori
tative circles refrained from com
ment.
The whereabouts of the Tlrplt7.
was regarded as more important
than the claim that she had been
hit. Such a modern battleship Is
supposed to carry such heavy
deck armor that bomb could not
do much harm. Danzig is now
one of eastern German's Baltic
ports.
Noel Coward Fined $6,400
For Breaking British Law
LONDON, Nov. 6 (AP) Noel
Coward, the British playwright,
was convicted today on two
charges of violating securities
regulations and was fined a total
of 1,000 ($fi,400).
Moscow
Hitlers Plan
ToGrab Chief
Cities Upset
Even Nazi Crimean Drivi
Said Slowed; Sevastopol
nrubo iwi bvny mtj
(By the Associated Press?
Adolf Hitler's boast that Gelt
man victory would attend the
drive on Moscow in the last
great, decisive battle thte year"
has been exploded by tenacious
soviet resistance, informed Lon
don quarters said today, declar
ing that the fuehrer has now
abandoned hope of capturing
either Moscow or Leningrad tola
winter.
On the fighting front, masses
of Russian reserves were report
ed to have broken through naa '
sleze lines before th U. & S. R,
(Ukraine) front, soviet tuspatcneg
said the Germans were retreat
ing from a corpse-strewn zona
of the Donets river basin.
Informed quarters in Londoa
aalrl thA Cnrman ntr- fnrca waft
withdrawing most of its planes
frhm the Moscow. Lenln&r&d and
far north fronts, leaving land
forces to carry on a "defenslve,
winter campaign.
Tass, the official Russian news
agency, said the Germans bad
fallen back with heavy losses at
several points around Moscow.
"On the left flank on the West
em (Moscow) front, the red
arnjy is continuing to push the
enemy back for the fourth da
and continues to annihilate its
rearguard without mercy," Tass
said.
In the Mozhaisk sector, SI
miles west of Moscow, Tass ret
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Drifting Red Mine
Sinks Jap Vessel;
143 Persons Lost
TOKYO, Nov. 6 (AP) Tha
Japanese steamer Kehl Maru
sank last night in the sea or Jap
an a loss attributed In a prompt
official protest to a drifting Rus
sian mine and late today 143
passengers and crewmen still
were unaccounted for.
Domel, Japanese news agency
said this evening that rescuers
had picked up 247 persons from
the blasted ship, Including 1(1
seriously injured. They had with
them 17 bodies. , Vessels which
had rushed to the aid of the Kehl
Maru were still searching for tho
remainder of the 312 passengers
and 65 crewmen.
The mine was said to have)
drifted from Russian territorial
waters to a point of the Korean
coast where It was hit by tho
Kehl Maru.
TURKISH VESSEL SUNK BY
RUSSIAN SUBMARINE
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 6
(AP) Shipping circles said to
day that a Turkish cargo ship ot
125 tons, carrying products to
Bulgaria, for transshipment to
Germany, was sunk Monday by
a Russian submarine operating
In the Black sea off the Turkish
coast.
The crew was given warning
and permitted to abandon shin ir
a lifeboat, these sources slid.
A number of similar ships load,
ing at Istanbul for the same Jour
ney called off loading operations
today and refused to sail. Anoth
er ship has been sunk on tha
same route since Monday,
The Ankara radio reported last
night that the Turkish torpedo
boat Kenah Dere had been sunk
by an unidentified submarine in
the Bosporus straits after tho
crew had been put ashore, ,