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A Happy Thanksgiving to All. May Your Feelings of Satisfaction Continue Even After You've Wrapped Yo urselves Around the Hash Encore Tomorrow; THE WEATHER ! By U. S. Weather Bureau 1 Roseburg, Oregon Fair with little change In tem perature tonight and Friday. General changeable winds oft shore. BRITISH STRIKE Tl Will it be a clean-up of axis power In northern Africa? It's a "must" for Britain to offset any, plan to use Vichy's colonial army; to aid Hitler. Keep your eye on NEWS-REVIEW news.. VOL. XLVI NO. 193 OF ROSEBURG 5' EW ROSiBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1 94 1. VOL. XXX NO. 82 OF THE EVENING NEW8 i m JO fW " r- mm up TO BRITISH HURL 750,000 MEN INTO NORTH AFRICA SMASH; REDS FACE NEW NAZI LUNGE Recovery Of Former-Held Area Purpose Axis Forces Reel From First Blow, But Decisive Battle Still Lies Ahead (By the Associated Press) Britain's desert armies, 7!0,000 strong, were reported driving deep into Libya today after ad vancing more than 50 miles on a 140-mile front in a vast and se cretly launched offensive aimed at knocking the axis out of North Africa. British dispatches said the at tack, which started at dawn on Tuesday, set Gorman and Italian troops back on their heels in shocked surprise. An authoritative London source envisioning a lightning campaign, said the climactic battle might romc "within a few hours." Equipped with American-made tanks, planes, guns, bombs and bullets, the British striking force I was described as the greatest ev er assembled in North Africa far different from the "token army" with which General Wavell swept across most of Libya in 35 days last winter, only to be driv en out again last spring. The new offensive is command ed on land by Lieut.-Gen. Alan Cunningham, the man who crush- (Contlnued on Pago G) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS 'THE Germans announce the capture of Kerch, where the Crimean peninsula thrusts out to the east between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The Russians (as these words are written) have not conceded it, but it is probable that Kerch has fallen. The red army lias been fighting there with its back to the water, always a dangerous enterprise. Its job has been to hold the Kerch side of the narrow strait that joins the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov while defenses were being organized on the OTHER side. "TTIIIS strait is from four to ten miles in width, and the na ture of the country on the east side is such that the Germans will probably have to attempt to cross it at its widest point which is at the Kerch railhead. The English channel between Dover and Calais is roughly 20 miles wide about twice the width of the straight at Kerch. The progress the Germans make In crossing the Kerch strait and battering down the Russian de fenses on the other side will be interesting and rather significant. They took Crete, to be sure, crossing some 73 miles of water from the Greek mainland to do it, but Crete's defenses were weak especially air defense. It is certain that the Russh s must have organized strong de fenses on the east side of the Kerch strait. It is in the cross ing the strait, rather than the de fense of Kerch, that the r?al battle will come. BJIILITARY men will watch this " enterprise with acut? interest, because ft seonu probable the Germans will nncovrr some of the methods they nr.vn been re hearsing for the attempted cross- Continued on page 2). His Removal May Sever U. S. Link With Vichy A threat from Washington to sever relations with the Vichy gdyernment of France, has followed the announced re moval of General Maxlme Weygand, above, as pro-consul and Vichy army commander in north Africa. Weygand, com mander of France's wartime forces, has incurred nazi dis pleasure by refusing to collab orate with the nazis beyond the terms of the armistice. Weygand Ouster Has Sequel in U. 5. Warning to Vichy WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. (API The state department an nounced today the United States was reviewing its entire rela- tionship with France because of' the removal of General Maximo Weygand as Vichy's pro-consul , in Frencli North Africa. The department announcement emphasized that Weygand's re moval was an ominous develop ment In growing Franco-German , collaboration which might be so-; riotisly detrimental to American interests. For the moment, it was official ly said, all economic assistance to French North Africa has been suspended, and the United States will await action by the Frencn and Germans before determining on this country's future course. The announcement added: "It remains to be seen to what further extent Hitler will attempt to take over by force or threat of force the sovereignty and con trol of the French empire." The notice carried a frank warning, informed sources said, which Intimated that severance of diplpmatic relations was a pos sibility. As the supreme authority In Morocco, Algiers and Tunisia, Weygand has been one of the few Vichy officials to cooperate with the United States in seeking to keep complete control of those eolonk'S in French hands. Under an arrangement with General Weygand, the United States reestablished trade with jthe African colonies, shipping foodstuffs and articles required 1UI LlViliitii nit: hi iciuiii materials for national defense production here. The United States, it was stat ed, would withhold decisive ac tion concerning the renewed signs of closer Franco-German collabo rationpending a complete re lrt, expected today, from Ameri can Ambassador Leahy. Leahy conferred at, length with Marshal Petaln, the chief of the French state, yesterday.. Battles Rage In Regions Of Moscow, Tula Russians Admit Kerch Evacuated, but Declare Nazis Paid Heavy Price By the Associated Press The Russians were today re ported resisting a new German offensive against Moscow, with especially heavy fighting under way at Volokolamsk, 65 miles west and slightly north of Mos cow, at Kalinin, !)5 miles north west of the capital, and at Tula, 100 miles south. The Germans also were press ing against Rostov, on the Don river at the doorway to the Cau casus. In the Crimea campaign, a so viet war bulletin acknowledged that red troops had abandoned Kerch "for strategic reasons" but declared that more than 20,000 Germans had been annihilated In storming the city. "Our troops evacuated Kerch In an orderly manner, to take up more advantageous positions, the Russian communique said. It described as "the usual lie" German reports that large num bers of prisoners and war ma- (Continued on page 6) By Paul 'VS?W"' MRS. J, A. HARDING of the Umpqua hotel and Carmen Counts, waitress there, surveying a couple of 221b. turkeys the chef Just had withdrawn from the big oven and dressed up with drumstick "mittens" and garnish ed with water cress. That was a lot of trouble to take for a couple of birds destin ed to be carved In the kitchen, for individual orders. But I seem to be a great hand at putting people to a lot of trouble! After looking these golden brown turkeys over, I lost any feeling of sympathy I may have had for those people constrained by circumstances to eat Thanks giving dinner away from home, at a hotel or restaurant. They'll fare most exceptionally well, and think of all the work their wives will be spared. When the tradition of Thanks giving dated back to the Pilgrim Fathers as It used to do, inslcad 1 SAW: i v 7 ti " ' Logging Firm To Operate At Winchester Lane-Linn Co. Begins Job Preparatory to Building 50,000-Ft. Capacity Milt The Lane-Linn Logging- com pany, which recently secured a 15-acre site on the Kendall Bros, holdings at Winchester, Is mak ing rapid progress on the con struction of a log loading landing, office building, roadways and spur track, preparatory to fur ther development work. The com pany, which has been operating for the past four years at Spring field and Sweet Home, plans to start construction of a remanu facturing plant and dry kiln In the near future, and In the early soring will install a sawmill of 50,000 board feet dally capacity, according to present plans. John Giard of Eugene, superin tendent of the company's three operations, reports that the con cern will act principally as a mar keting agency and buy rough-cut lumber from Independent mills and also logs for shipment. The site now being developed Is located on the west side of the railroad track, about a half mile west of the Pacific highway and adjacent to the Winchester-Garden valley road. S. P. Building Spur, The Southern Pacific company is engaged In the construction of a double-end spur track along which ground has been graded for the construction of the log landing. As soon as the landing has been built, the company plans the construction of a resaw and planing mill, a dry kiln and load ing docks. An office building is nearinu completion. Grading also lis in progress for a roadway, (Continued on Page fi) Jenkins Npws-ni.ivlew RnKravinff. of to President Roosevelt as now it does, I had a great reverence for the day. I felt devoutly thankful for the good health I enjoyed, the friends I had and for the democratic free dom of the country In which I lived. But since Mr. Roosevelt has seen fit to use its observance as a shot In the arm for the Bet ter Business he obtrusively pats on the head with one hand, while savagely knifing it In the back with the other, its charm for me lies simply in the eating of the turkey. I only hope we always can have turkey, instead of, er. Argentine beef, for instance. Reading a newspaper headline I the other evening to the effect in Russia fled an attacked village, in their underwear, the little wo man was heard to remark that If the silly things had fighting to do, why weren't they all drejsed, ready to ran?. i0 .; . 1 f'ti'i i.'' trs v fsi Junior Women to JLV t ; SVjp ;&i Mud rm V CL J';':' r- Photo tiy Kllm Klin-,. Nons-Hnvlnw KiiKrnvlnir. Members of the Roseburg Junior Women's club, pictured above, will canvass the residential district of Roseburg, starting Monday, In connection with the annual Red Cross Roll Call. Club members who will aid In the drive are: Seated, from left, Mrs. Clifford Smith, president; Miss Doro thy Crummett, Mrs. Benjamin DuFresne, Mrs. J. E. Henbest, Mrs. Carl Wassom, Miss Myrle Erlck son, Miss Patricia Turner. Standing, Mrs. Ralph Rodley, Mrs. Harold Hasklns, Mrs. Perry Thlele, Mrs. Bernard Walsh, Mrs. Fletcher Gardiner, Mrs. Donald White, Mrs. Norman Hess, Miss Dorothy White, Miss Beatrice Cooney. Redwood Empire Assn. Counters Secession Move YREKA, Calif., Nov. 20 (AP) A spreading border secession movement now drawing support from four California and Oregon counties today was met Willi a counter proposal designed to sat isfy in part the rebellious area's objection lo Its present status. The Redwood Empire associa tion offered its technical services, unofficially, in advising the counties as to the procedure in obtaining surveys and analyses of mineral deposits. Each claims grcal deposits of chrome, man ganese and copper. Alleged failure of Ihc Califor nia and Oregon state govern ments to take proper Interest In the development of mineral re sources in the thinly populated border district Is one of the chief grounds of complaint which has led to growing talk of forming a 19th slate. The frontier counties also con tend that because their vote Is small, their voice in state affairs has been ignored, particularly when the time comes for distri bution of highway building funds. Secession talk bean In Del Norte county at the extreme northwest corner of California, and in Curry county, in Oregon's southwest. It then drew the semi-official support of Siskiyou county, and the provisional capi tal, so lo speak, was established in Yreka. Yesterday Modoc, the third northern California border coun ty, joined In the movement. Two ol her Oregon counties, Josephine and Jackson, have been urged to Join the campaign. Two Coos Fishermen Missing in Boat Wreck CHARLESTON. Ore., Nov. 20 (API The bodies of two fish ermen, Charles Jacobs. 5S, and E. "Slim" Christensen, 5fi, both of Coos Bav, were sought today on the heach near here. Their 32-foot fishing boat was towed Inlo port yesterday by the coast guard, its bottom gone, its stern crushed and the deck house swept away. The men had gone on a shark fishing trip Tuesday and it was believed the host strucl: the jr-tty. Blast, Fire Hit Oil Field At Huntington Beach HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Nov. 20. (AP) An explosion and spectacular fire destroyed two derricks and endangered the entire rich Huntington Beach oil field todav. Firemen confined the flames to four other derricks, all of which were damaged. The derricks on Ocean boule vard, the coast highway, burned and crashed. Aid in Red Cross Roll Yu!e Seal Sale In Douglas County Will Open Tuesday j ...... The annual sale of Christmas seals, sponsored by the National Tuberculosis association, will open in Douglas county next Tuesday, It was announced here today. The sale locally will be sponsored by the Douglas County Health association. Mrs. W. E. Sullivan will act as county seal sale chairman. Mrs. William Blu mcr will servo as chairman for the city of Roseburg, with the as sistance of Mrs. G. C. Finlay. An effort will be made to raise per capita contributions this year from the 6.3 cents per capita of last season to 8 cents per capita. Tn the event this goal is reached, the local association would re tain 75 per cent of the funds rais ed for work in Douglas county. The seal sale, It is stated, Is the only means by which funds are raised to carry on anti-tuberculosis work In the county. Attention was focused on the need for this campaign In Oregon recently by the fact that 97 young men reg istered for selective service have been rejected because they were found to he suffering from tu berculosis. Murder of Employer Charged to Woman Aide HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 20- (AP)-Police held a pretty 30- vear-old secretai-y todav on charge of slaying her (iO-year-old employer, but said they were baffled In piecing together the story of the crime for which there Is yet no apparent motive. Hold was Miss Helen O'heere, who had worked for more than a decade for J. C. Franklin, Hous ton attorney and investment banker, whose charred body was found in his automobile on the bank of the San Jacinto river a week ago. Police arrested Miss O'Keefe and two men and sought a third man. Miss O'Keefe was Frank lin's secretary and treasurer of his Investment firm, was ques tioned more than 24 hours before the murder charge was filed. Diverted Exhaust Fumes End Life of Motorist HEPPNER, Nov. 20. (AP) An exhaust pipe bent against a roadside bank In a minor acci dent cost the life of Edgar Dyk stra, Condon salesman, one mile from Lexington yesterday. His car skidded Into the ditch, bending the pipe. Sheriff's offi cers said Dykstra apparently left the motor running to keep the heater on while waiting for help and the exhaust fumes entered the car. His widow and three children survive. Call .3 Storm-Driven Boats Sought In Lower Umpqua Local sports fishermen are searching the lower Umpqua riv er for their boats lost during; last week-ends storm. Seventeen boats were reported lost at The Forks when the North Umpqua river rose approximately eight feet In 24 hours during the tor rential rains Friday and Satur day. The swirling water struck with full force on the club float built last spring on the west side of the river, where nearly a score of boats were moored. Nearly all of the boats tied ' to the float worn either carried uway or bad ly damaged. At various other anchorages along the river bouts well! torn loose or were over turned, except In the few rare cases where owners were able to get to their craft before the high water had submerged them. A steady string of derelict boats was reported early this week at Umpqua, where some were said to have been recover ed. Others have been reported stranded at various points below Umpqua, while still more are be lieved to have gone as far as tide water. Some owners have been floating the river in borrowed boats during the past few days in an effort to recover their boats, but few have been suc cessful. 4 Hurt in Two Traffic Accidents Near Salem SAI.EM. Nov. 20 -(AP) - head-on collision on the Pacific hiehwav nine miles south of Sal em last niglil sent Mrs. l'.an Welmer, Klamath Falls, to a Salem hospital with cuts and bruises. The drivers involved in the crash were Earl Weimer, Kla math Falls, and Uhbe Poppen, Ra ville, S. D. They were not hurt. Three other persons wore In jured last night In a head-on col lision near Woodhurn when a pickup truck struck a delivery truck. Lester Gayler, Canby, driver of the pickup, suffered a deeply cut knee, while his passengers, Daniel Schultz of Canby and Kenneth Wachtman of Huhhard, were brought to a hospital here. Schtiltz received a broken jaw and broken collar lione, and Wachtman scalp wounds and cuts and bruises. Trucker Killed When Struck by U. P. Train PENDLETON, Nov. 20 (AP) Ulrich Kaufman, 59, was Instantly killed here yesterday when his pick-up truck was struck by a Union Pacific freight train and dragged two and a half blocks. Lewis Spurns ' Peace Plans Of Roosevelt 1 Army Expected to Seiio Collieries: 3 Men Shot In Clash in Pennsylvania WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AP) Hopes for settlement Ot the captive coal strike without government action reached th vanishing point today, as John L. Lewis refused to budge from his no-compromlse position despite a fresh effort by President Roose velt to end the walkout. In flatly rejecting the new peace formula, the chief of CIO" United Mnie workers saia in he spoke solely for himself and! that no formal reply was pos sible until the union's policy committee meets Saturday. How ever, no one in labor or govern ment circles doubted that the com mittee would uphold his verdict. When the committee officially confirms Lewis' refusal, informed) sources believe, it will make fed eral Intervention virtually inevit ablealthough there was still some difference of opinion what form this intervention would take. What Will Government Do? Some authoritative sources seemed convinced that the Presi dent would have the army taks over the mines with the 50,000 (Continued on page 6) Wrecks Occur on 4 Railways; 2 Persons Killed, 9 Injured 1 SELMA, Colif., Nov. 20 (AP)' A train wreck today Injured three persons and caused minor cuts or bruises to 20 others. The Southern Pacific's West Coast, bound from Los Angeles to; Portland, struck a freight train at the Selma station. Those hospitalized were: Mrs. Paul Hollls, of Sacramen- ' to, shock and bruises. Ellsworth Golt, Seattle, sprain ed back. Mrs. Nellie Peters of Los An- . geles, bruises. Both trains were slowing to a stop as they collided. The two locomotives and several freight cars were derailed. A Southern Pacific official said the freight had not pulled far enough Into a siding and fouled the main track. Two Killed, Six Hurt In Train-Truck Collision DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 20 (APV Two persons were killed and six injured, four seriously, in tho collision of a streamline passen ger train and a .tecl-laden truck; at a grade crossing on the out skirts of Dallas today. The truck driver, identified by police as Arthur Spearman, wai killed instantly. The engineer ot the Fort Worth and Denver train, D. E. Sewell, died later In a hos pital. The engine and several cars ot the train, en route to Didlas, over turned and went inlo a ditch. The injured Included four pa sengers und two crew members. Fruit Train Cracks Up, But Crew Said Unhurt BRONCHO, N. M.. Nov. 20 (AP) A fast easthound Santa Frt Green Fruit express, carrying H mixed load, was derailed a short distance east of here at 4:15 a. m. today and 30 cars left the rails or overturned. There was no immediate expla nation for the fl.ccli.Ient. None of the train's crew, believ ed to be five men, was injured, it was officially reported. Damage to the train's load ot grapes and celery from Californlq was believed to be extensive. REDMOND. Nov. 20 (AP) . Eleven Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad freight cars left tlie tracks here yesterday ami from one of the overturned cars eight transients crawled unhurt. Officials said they believed a, broken rail caused the wreck ot the 64-car train. .- TO