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Coerced Nations Have Signed up With the Nazis Against Communism, Nothing is Left for Their Sons to do But go Out and Die for Dear Old Hitler, : m! ot ; J?fc;'n4f ''" ijEgJ&lh Weather Bureau VICTORY 1 Which side will win the bloody, brittle being waged in the Libyan desert? The answer will influ. enee the course of the war in Europp. Watch for It , In th( NEWS-REVIEW, . rg, Oregon Partly cloudy tonight and Wed. nesday. See page 2 for statistics. f HrDOUGLASTCOUNTY QAHY VOL. XL VI NO. 197 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1 94 1. VOL. XXX NO. 86 OF THE EVENING NEWS sm wei suns el 3. In The DayV News By FRANK JENKINS 1HERE are three interesting straws in the news winds of today: (Saturday.) 1. The British are seriously threatening to smash the Ger mans in Africa. (It is obvious that the Italians there are a negligible quantity.) 2. Pctain is going to Paris to meet a "high German personage" presumably Hitler. 3. Hitler is driving HARDER THAN EVER at Moscow. 'T'O these we can add a fourth straw, which makes Its ap pearance for the first time today: The White House announces Germany is planning a European conference of some sort to ho hold In December or January "on some occasion considered propi tious by Germany" and promising some "high-sounding formula of economic rehabilitation and res toration of independence for 11M EUROPEAN nations." LET'S do some guessing here: Hitler CAN'T SPARE enough of his own troops to stop the British in Africaas be did a year ago. ' (Thitt" would- lie- TMPORTANT. If true, for It would be the first lime ho has lacked the resources to strike any place and any time It seemed necessary.) So he's cooking up a deal with the beaten French to do his fight ing in Africa while he throws pverything he has Into an attempt lo smash Russia NOW. THIS conclusion is more or less inevitable : Hitler hasn't got the world bv the tail, as he has had so far since the war began. TODAY'S reports of the propos- ed European conference are extremely hazy, but one is inclin ed to guess that if such a confer ence is being planned it Is a sien of fear on Hitler's part rather than a sign of confidence in his own strength. Europe's conquered nation's haven't been submissively licking his conqueror's hand and cring Ingly offering their help in the furtherance of his schemes. There have been widespread reports of sabotage, assassination and guer rilla warfare. So far Hitler has tried repres sion with the stern hand shoot ings against walls, wholesale mas sacres by troops, etc. Now (if these "conference" reports are to (CYintim)Pd on page 2 Continuance of Winter Proqrctm of Umpqua Forest Assured by Increase in South Umpqua Falls CCC Personnel The personnel at the South Umpqua Falls CCC camp was brought to 150 Sunday by the ar rival of 102 men from Louisiana, V. V. Harpham, supervisor of the Umpqua national forest reported today. The men are experienced i in CCC work, having previously been employed in camps in south ern states. As the South Umpqua Falls camp is the only company re- maining in this area, the forest-! service is greatly pleased by the increase in strength, which will permit continuance of the winter work program, Mr. Harpham re ports. The men will be used in recon structing about four miles of the forest service RoseburgGlide tele phone linewhich will be moved to a new location bordering the newly graded Dixonvllle section of the North Urripqua road. A ture road, trail and camp mark side camp will be established elth-1 ers, together with rustic furniture er at Roseburg or Wolf creek. 1 for forest uses. Co By gress Offered Free Hand oosevelt in Legislation To Crack Twofold Plan Favored At Conference Cooling off Period, Then Forced Arbitration if Necessary May Be Policy (By the Associated Press) Congressional advocates of le gal machinery to curb strikes in defense industries were encourag ed today by word that President Roosevelt looked favorably upon a statutory cooling off period fol lowed, if necessary, by compul sory arbitration. Eleven house members, includ ing speaker Rayburn, majority leader McCormack and minority leader Martin discussed with Mr. Roosevelt and two members of his cabinet last night the possible legal steps which might be taken to prevent work stoppages in plants producing vital defense goods. Even while they talked, the production of many millions of dollars worth of defense mnljrlnl was being (delayed by a general Strike., of ,500 AKL machinists in and around St. Louis, a"d the December 7 railroad strike dead line still stood, "Cooling" Period Favored McCormack told reporters after the white house conference broke up that there was general agree ment among those present that provision should ho made for "a waiting period called for hy law" before a defense strike could go into effect, and that "the presi dent should have-the power, In (Continued on Page (!) Schoolboy Patrolman Killed by Auto's Blow . BELLINGIIAM, Nov. 25 (AP) Robert Macatee, M, a schoolboy patrolman, was fatally injured yesterday, when struck by an automobile near Lake Padden, south of Bellingham on the Lake Samish highway. Macatee, a student at Whatcom junior high school here, was re turning home with other students in a school bus and got out of the bus at an intersection to flag down traffic when he was struck by an incoming automobile driv en by Franc J. Lowery, business agent for the Bellingham Meat cutters union. Lowery was not held. Also seriously injured last night was Ed Gooch, city engineer, who was hit by an automobile while he was crossing a street. At the same time crews will be used in betterment work on about 21 miles of the South Umpqua road between Tiller and South Umpqua falls. This road, built to forest standards, needs Im provement, Mr. Harpham states. because of the large amount of loi? hauling now in progress. The work program also includes construction of a new bridge over Deadman creek, near the CCC camp, a cooperative project with Doug'." rn.inty; the '"""nslri'ction nf r now OAO rpcirtpnon fnr Ihn assistant ranger at the Tiller ranger station, and the enlarging of the water reservoir at the sta tion to provide sufficient water storage for the facility. The men also will carry on the usual road, trail and telephone line maintenace work and will continue operation of the sign shop, in which they will manufac- Down on Cupid Leaps Barrier of 45 Years iIvy 'V As thrilled as any young bride, Mrs. Raymond Vann (Miss Lou Wilklns), 70-year-old missionary worker and writer of re ligious pamphlets, smiles tremulously following her marriage to 25-year-old Raymond Vann, Baptist evangelist and graduate of the University of Oklahoma, following their marriage at Fort Worth, Tex. The ceremony culminated a ten-month friendship "of prayer and scripture reading." Motorists Given Warning on Spaces Fixed for Parking A warning to motorists that failure to observe the parking spaces marked on streets in which parking time is limited constitutes a violation of city regulations was issued today by Wm. Moar, chief of police. Offic er Moar reports that many motor Istst are failing to observe the lines placed to designate parking spaces, and are leaving their ve hicles in such a position that they occupy portions of two such spaces. Each parking site, Mr. Moar states, is measured so that there will be room for parking the av erage vehicle and If cars are properly placed in such spaces the available parking room on the street will be conserved and at the same time drivers will have no difficulty in getting their cars in and out of the spaces provided for them. The police department now is working to secure compliance with the city's parkihg restric tions and arrests are being made regularly for violations. Warn ing also has been given that vio lators will no longer be permit ted to escape with a mere warn ing but that fines will be col lected. Engineer, Fireman Die In Collision of Trains OMAHA, Nov. 25. ( AP) Two trainmen were killed and three injured in a freight train colli inn at Eds-on, Wyo., last night, the Union Pacific railroad an nounced today. Officials said a westbound freight hit another westbound train in the middle as it was pulling out of a switch onto the main line. Twenty-one cars and their contents were destroved by fire. Killed were Walter W. Martin of Laramie, engineer on the main line train, and Lewis H. Haber land, Laramie, fireman on the same train. Strikes Brockway Man Jailed For Drunken Driving Harlan D. Parker, 21, Brock way, was fined $100 and sentenc ed to 30 days in jail todav, when he pleaded guilty before City Rc- coruer A. J. ueddes to a charge of drunken driving. His license to drive a motor vehicle was re voked for a period of one year. A fine of $15 was imposed in city court also on Harvey D. Vallier of Roseburg, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He lacked money to pay the fine and was committed to jail. President First Yule " W''2""","S ffc. """"" ' Ftrsi purchaser of tms year's National Tuberculosis associa tion's Christmas seals, President Roosevelt gets hit supply from Stevan Dehanes, artist wh.Orted the design. Income from the national campaign goes towar) the nationwide fight against tuber culosis. The annual drive M RoMburg and Douglas county gen erally began today. Dutch Guiana Move Heads Off Hitler- Dispatch of U. S. Troops Prompted by Pressure Of Germany on Vichy WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. (AP) -The dispatch of a protec tive force of United States troops to Dutch Guiana won much com mendation In the senate today, and general disposition was to link the move with the critical status of Franco-American rela tions. Several senators, speaking of the Dutch colony's rich bauxite mines, said that President Roose velt obviously intended to fore stall any threat to this vital sup ply source which furnishes more than (i0 per cent of the bauxite ore required hy this country's rapidly expanding aluminum In dustry. Although none claimed to have confidential information, some well-Informed legislators thought that Mr. Roosevelt may have act ed from concern lest Germany occupy Dakar, France's strategic base on the western hump of Af rica, nnd then try later to move Into French Guiana, which bor ders the Dutch colony on the northeast coast of South America. To Forestall Hitler. Senator Hill (D., Ala.), the ma jority whip, expressed tho opin ion tint the president sent armed (Continued on Page G) Mrs. Voyt Wins Verdict For Loss of Valuables SALEM, Nov. 25-(AP) Mrs. Natalie Allien Voyt of Roseburg won a $!,1S1.50 judgment today agalns Hekins Moving and Stor age company for loss of several hundred pieces of priceless ster ling silver, when the state su preme court upheld circuit .ludge Arlie G. Walker in a 'l to-2 de cision. Among the items lost were a snuff box presented to an ances tor by George Washington, and a pearl brooch presented to her grandmother by Princess Eugenie of France when the grandmother was presented to court. Mrs. Voyt stored the silver in a vault at the Hekins coir.p.'i'iy and the silver was slolen. The company contended Its liability was limited to S250 by a ware house receipt, while Mis. Voyt sued for S7.91G. The opinion by Justice Iirand upheld the $1,181 50 verdic1: b rant ed in Multnoman circuit couit, while Justices Rand and Ross man dissented. Seal Buyer Confesses Train Wrecking That Erased 24 Lives v .-' , "i Arrested during a spree last week at Susanville,iCallf.. Clar ence Alexander, 24, above, rail road section hand, confessed that he wrecked the $2,000,000 Southern Pacifio streamliner near Harney, Nev., Aug. 12, 1939, killing 24 persons and in juring 108. Alexander told Sheriff O. S. Johnson that he wrecked the train, by removing a section of rail, to rob the passengers, but lost his nerve and fled upon hearing the screams of tho victims In the wreckage. Authorities, at first skeptical, of Alexander's con fession, are now inclined to be lieve his story because it Is said to check "to the smallest detail" with the physical evi dence gathered. War Machine Of Britain Scored by Admiral Keyes LONDON, Nov. 2H fAP) Admiral of the fleet Sir Roger Keyes, World war hero who re cently was relieved of command of Die "commando" shock nnd in vasion troops which he had train ed, bitterly criticized today "the negative power which controls the war machine In Whitehall. Making his attack in the house of commons, Sir Roger, who had been called from retirement to train the strategic shock troops, declared that if his men had been allowed to act a year ago they might have electrified the world and altered the whole course of the war." The commands, he said, "were ready and eager to act a year ago and the prime minister was as keen as I was to act vigorously and face hazards lo achieve re sults." During his 15 months or ex perience as director of the com mandos, Sir Roger said, he was "frustrated in every worthwhile offensive action he "tried to undertake." "Unfortunalcly," he said, "Ihe prime minister was handicapped not only hy the same kind of ma chinery that Whitehall enforced in the last war, but now with an apparently even greater force, u constitutional power. "Until the staff system is thoroughly overhauled," he said, "we shall alwavs be too late in everything we undertake." CHURCHILL DISAPPOINTS PREMIER OF BURMA LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (AP) U. Saw, premier of Hurma, said today his recent visits with Win ston Churchill in London had been a great disappointment be cause his little country was de nied dominion status. "Mr. Churchill's reply was that we could hardly take care of our selves in a mllltray way against German and Japanese aggres sion," U. Saw told interviewers. "1 pointed out that If a military Inadequacy was a justification for denial of self-government then, certainly, Canada and Australia yes, England, hereself were unfit for self-rule. Obviously, without United States and Rus sian aid they could hardly stand up to the nazis." British, Claiming Mastery of Air, Pour in More Men; Axis Rushing Additional Planes Russians Score Heavily in Counter Blows to Regain Rostov Area While Continuing Stubborn Defense of Moscow; British Landing Party at France Repulsed CAIRO, Nov. 25. (API The great tank battle which' Kaf been raging for three days on an undefined desert battlefield near Rezegh began to die down today as the forces of both tides; were reduced by heavy casualties. Infantry fighting in this region 10 miles southeast of TobruS was intensified, however, as the British poured reinforcements in to the battle against the Germans, who are being gradually cut off from their supplies by the swift British drive westward alona the Mediterranean coast. The New Zealand forces participating in this drive havel smashed farther on along the coast toward Tobrulc from Gambut, capture of which was reported yesterday. It is 35 miles from Gambut to Tobruk. Nazis Sign Up 12 Countries In Pact Against Russians BERLIN, Nov. 25. (AP) The nntl-comlntern pact sponsored by Germany was renewed for five years nnd broadened to Include 13 signatories today In a festive ceremony at which Foreign Min ister Von Rlbbentrop declared that the western democracies had become "assistants to world com munism." Concluding the ceremonies In the chancellory where the pact was hailed as a demonstration of continental solidarity against Moscow, London and washing ton, Rlbbontrop declared the sig natories "will never rest" until the destruction of world com munism. Following the "gigantic events In the east" communism without doubt has received a blow from which It will never recover, he said, hut he added that there still was much work to he done before communistic activity Is "com pletely banished from the earth." "Ignoring the real danger to themselves, the western democ racies, out of pure egoism and op portunism, have made common cause with communists, and thereby have become assistants to world communism," he de clared. Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Croatia, Rumania and Slovakia were officially signed up by their representatives in a ceremony at the reichschaneellnry, and Von Rlbbentrop read a telegram from the foreign minister of the Japanese-sponsored Nanking regime of China that his government had also joined. J. N. Bishop of Oregon Highway Dept. Dies SALEM, Nov. 25-fAP) Jas per N. Bishop, 52, chief mainten ance engineer for the Oregon highway department, died at a hospital here last night of a heart ailment. tie had been with the highway department fnr a quarter of a century. A widow survives. Annual Meetinq of Pomona Grange Of Douglas Set Here for Saturday; Program Lists Important Subjects Douglas county Pomona grange will hold lis regular meeting at Ihe T. O. O. F. hall In Roseburg Saturday, starting at 10 a. m. Fred A. Goff, county deputy, re ports that the business sessions will be particularly Important, as. In addition to the regular work of the pranre, there will be con sideration of plans for a seed cleaning plant, reports from the meeting of grange masters held at P.lversdale, Nov. 5, and the committee on the eranee visita tion schedule; consideration of a nlan to change Pomona meetings from davtlme to evening ses sions: discussion of the proposal to conserve myrtlewood bv pro tecting It from commercial uses, and discussion of plans for a defl nlte atrrlcidtiiral program for the year of 1942. There will be a basket dinner at noon, with members furnish ing their own lunches and provdl ing dishes. A lecturer's program Although the Germans were re. ported to be rushing additional planes to Llbva, presumably from Europe, the RAF was declared ta he maintaining superiority In th u r. An RAF communique said tha British planes attacking axis tanks, trucks, encampments, stores and supply dumps, were especially successful on the road east of El Adem, a few mllea southwest of Tobruk, where at least 12 tanks In a motorized col. umn were hit. As pictured by the British, Gen. man General Rommel's tanlt forces were badly crippled and there was no Indication of fresh German troops being sent into action. AXIS LEADERS DECLARE REVERSES DEALT BRITISH , - By the Associated Press" As masses of British and nxl tanks swirled In chaotic battle over the sands of north Africa ft day, Berlin nnd Rome issued synchronized reports of British reverses. German military quarters as. sorted Britain's desert steam, roller was "jammed" and that axis leadership had taken the Ini tiative. In Rome, the high command reported that Italian and Ger. man columns had wiped out two British armored brigades In two days and declared the axis was liquidating a large part of Im perial forces caught In pockets. The Italians also denied Brit ish claims to the capture of Bar dla, 10 miles west of the Egyp tian frontier, and the high com mand asserted that "nothing has been changed In the Investment (Continued on page 6) Delivery Truck Owned By Model Bakery Stolen Theft of a panel delivery truck belonging to tho Model bakery was reported to local police this morning. The truck was stolen from the parking area adjoining the bakery building, and is believ ed by the officers to have been stolen by youths for a joy ride. As the truck is too easily identi fied to be driven far, officers an ticipate that it will be found aban doned in or near the city. will start at 2 p. m. Mr. Goff also reports that olans have been completed for lolnt Installation of officers of the granges of the county. Thesa installations will be conducted by Mrs. Goff and her team. Officers of Evergreen, Camas Valley, Res cue and South Deer Creek granges will be installed at a meeting at Evergreen grange hall at 8 p. m. Monday, December 1. Officers of Azalea. Myrtle Creek snd Riddle granges will be install cd at a meeting at Azalea, De cember 6. Rlversdale, Melrose, Glide, Nonpariel, Sutherlln, Kel logg, Sunnydale. and Fred Weath erly granges will unite Decem ber 11 for installation of officers at a ceremony at Rlversdale grange hall. Another Important granga meeting scheduled for next month will be the annual conference with state officers here on the) lGth, Mr. Goft reports. ;