Quite Significant is the Sudden "Cooling Off1 Period in Japan Just as the British and Russians Begin Making Th ings Hotter for the Hitler - Mussolini Armies?
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Roseburg, Oregon
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IN THE BALANCE t
That's the Far East peace pros
pect today, as Japan wavers be
tween two courses, one of which
is the route to war. Will she
choose that route or heed the re
cent setbacks to the axis armies
and try lo compromise? The an
swer will appear promptly in the
NEWS-REVIEW.
Light rain tonight and Tuos.
day. Fog night and morning.
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VOL. XLVI NO. 202 OP ROSEBURG REVIEW
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REDS HARflltflEH NAZIS, IN ROUT FROM ROSTOV;
AXIS ARIHV HURLED BACK AFTER PIERCING TRAP
German Dead;
Tanks, Guns
Litter Field .-.
Berlin Admits Reversal,
Counters With Claim of
Gain in Moscow Drive
MOSCOW, Dec. l.(AP) Se
verely battered German troops,
nuriea duck tnrougn village alter
villace in a retreat from Rostov
that has become the biggest nazi
reversal of the Russian cam
paign, have been unable to stem
the red army's counter drive and
are in danger of being cut off by
a new thrust from the north, the
Moscow radio declared today.
Quoting dispatches to Pravda
from the southern front, the
broadcast said the new soviet
thrust developed yesterday in tht
shell-pocketed Donets basin
northwest of Rostov, where the
advance might open a corridor to
the sea of Azov wh'ch wu'iri cut
off the hotly-engaged German
rear guard.
German Rout Pictured
The report to Pravda declared
Russian cavalrymen, first to
carry the red banner back Into"
miles beyond the city and broke
up repeated German attempts to
form a new line.
Other red army units, the
Pravda correspondent reported
ousted the Germans from many
towns and villages, in a 14-mlle
advance over fields strewn with
nazi dead and littered with the
abandoned wreckage of German
(Continued on Page 6)
In f he Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
AIRO hints guardedly today
(Friday) that in the battle of
Libya the tide is beginning to
furn in Britain's favor.
The Tobruk garrison has join
ed the British encircling column
coming up from the east and
south. The British say formidable
axis "pockets" still remain in the
encircled area, however, and must
be cleared out before the navy
can land troops and supplies at
Tobruk.
That would be important, for it
would shorten and speed up Brit
ish supply lines.
THE British Broadcasting Cor-
poration reports today:
"The British Mediterranean
fleet, sweeping the waters be
tween Libya and Crete, has so
effectively blocked the axis that
since the beginning of the great
tank battle in Libya NOT ONE
TON of supplies has reached the
iardpressed German and Italian
armies by sea."
EEPING fighting forces SUP-
PLIED has always been es
sential to their success. In these
days of mechanized warfare, it is
more necessary than ever before.
IN Russia, the nazis appear to
be battering steadily nearer to
Moscow, and the reds admit the
situation there is grave.
Before giving Moscow up for
lost, remember that months ago
Leningrad was as gravely menac
ed as Moscow is now but is still
holding out.
IN the dispatches, you read re-
peatcdly that the fighting in
northern Africa may affect the
whole future of the world,
k If you want to know why, get
out your globe.
You will note that while Hitler
has overrun practically all of
Europe, Including much of Euro-
v( Continued on page 21
British Bomb Nazi
Ports, Sink Raider;
20 Planes Lost
LONDON, Dec. 1 (AP) The
docks and shipyards of Hamburg
were blasted by 150 tons of bombs
dropped in -bright moonlight by
the RAF last night, and Emden,
Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven,
Kiel and Lubeck all In north
western Germany, also were at
tacked, the British said today.
But it was admitted the night's
raids, the first big ones since
early November, cost the British
twenty planes.
The air ministry said that the
main attack was directed at Ham
burg, paid Its 84th visit by the
RAF, and that large fires were
set burning. Powerful results
also were accomplished at the
other points of attack, the com
munique said.
Low-level attacks on shipping
off the Dutch coast resulted in
hits on a tanker and several medi
um-sized supply ships, one of
wnicn was left sinking, the minis
try said, and mines were dropped
in German-used waters.
German Raider Sunk
The admiralty announced today
that the British cruiser Devon
shire had sunk an armed German
merchant raider in the south At
lantic November 22.
The announcement said "it was
not practicable to pick up sur
vivors" because the presence of
a German submarine in the vi
cinity of the sinking had been de
tected. The Devonshire was said
to have suffered no damage.
F.D.R. Suspected
Nazi Plan Prior to
Seizure of Poland
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
The White House disclosed to
day that five months before Ger
many invaded Poland President
Roosevelt expressed the belief
that Adolf Hitler's third reich
was committed to a program of
"world dominance" without limit.
Mr. Roosevelt simultaneously
said that France and Britain had
decided then that the nazi pro
gram must be halted, and conse
quently Germany was "squarely"
on notice that, if one more nation
was invaded, the responsibility of
war would be Berlin's.
The chief executive made the
"statements to a press confer
ence at Warm Springs, Ga., on
March 31, 1939, but advised re
porters at the time it could not
be attributed to him.
Selected stenographic excerpts
from this and other press inter
views he had in 1939 and 1940
were made public by the White
House today in advance of their
appearance tomorrow in book
form, along with other public pa
pers covering Mr. Roosevelt's en
tire second term. Press confer
ence material for the years 1937
and 1938 was made public yester
day and permission granted to
quote from it directly.
Five volumes embracing the
president's two New York guber
natorial terms and his first four
years in the White House were
published several years ago.
Proceeds from their sale go to
ward financing the Roosevelt li
brary at Hyde Park, N. Y.
Plane Crashes Near
Hillsboro; Pilot Unhurt
HILLSBORO, Ore., Dec. 1.
(AP) A single-seater pursuit
plane crashed three miles south
east of here this morning but the
pilot, Lieut Arvid E. Malmstrom,
parachuted to safety.
Major Milton W. Kingeald of
the Portland air base said Malm
strom, whose home Is at Divi
dend, Utah, bailed out after the
plane went into a spin while en
gaged in routine formation ma
neuvers. The cause of the spin
was not immediately determined.
British Keep
Upper Hand In
Libya Battle
Final Destruction of
Axis Units Predicted as
Their Strength Wanes
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 1 (AP)
British forces which have driven
westward beyond the hump of
Libya are continuing their opera
tions, British headquarters said
today, but It acknowledged that
German infantry and tanks once
broke Into the defenses of Re
zegh. In that main sector of the 14-day-old
desert struggle, the com
munique said, one axis tank
thrust from the west was repuls
ed south of Rezegh and British
armored units, turning on Italy s
arlete "Spearhead" division
"destroyed about half the remain
ing tanks of this formation which
then fled northward pursued by
British mobile columns."
(The British since have count
er-attacked and "our position is
re-established once more, an au
thorized source declared in Lon-
(Continued on page 6
I SAW
By Paul Jenkins
THELMA CARTER, TCRNR Of
fice girl, as she added a sprig of
holly to the Yuletide baskets of
grcdnery adorning the lamp
posts in the business section of
Roseburg.
There is a parking limit sign
to her immediate right, but I
thought It better not to include it
In the picture shown above
(which Thelma says Is rotten of
her). She didn't need its warning,
as a few minutes standing on the
stepladder she had climbed was
all she cared for; and the infor
mation would only have disap
pointed any stray young man in
the neighborhood at the time, as
the two hour limit (imposed
wouldn't have seemed nearly
long enough, if he could have
succeeded in getting up there.
A box on the front page ad
monishes us that there are only
nineteen shopping days left un
til Christmas. That's not long
enough.
It will take me longer than
that to do a painstaking and
U. S. Senator of
Colorado Passes,
Senator Alva Adams
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
A heart ailment caused the
death today of Senator Alva Ad
ams (D.-Colo.), 66.
After long practice as an at
torney, Adams entered the senate
in May, 1923, by appointment
from the governor to succeed
Senator Samuel D. Nicholson,
who also died in office. Adams
remained in the senate until De
cember 1, 1924.
He was elected to a full term
in 1932 and was reelected In
1938..
...Surviving are his widow, two
daughters and two sons.
Nuws-Reviow RtiKravinK.
thorough Job of finding a suitable
present for Uncle Ed and Aunt
Martha, who, last year, gave my
wife and me the bronze Buddha
with a cigar clipper on top of Its
head, match compartment in Its
tummy, ash tray at its feet and,
I seem to recall, a can opener on
lis back. We were to put it on the
mantel, they said.
Three weeks are entirely too
short a time for me to find a fit
ting gift for friend John, who
gave me the cigarette lighter
which wouldn't work.
For that matter, It will take
me most of- the remaining time
suitably to reward Cousin Jane
for the red and green striped tie
she sent me last year, with the
little flag stamped cunningly just
below where the knot would
come. I'm going to hunt for a
bear trap to send her, and "set"
it when I wrap It up.
No, you bethcha, nineteen days
are none too long for us to do
all these jobs, If we expect to do
them right. Don't let anyone tell
you differently.
Outlook For
Averting Rail
Strike Dark
Situation Less Hopeful.
Morse Admits After 23
Hour, Futile Conference
-WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (AP)
President Roosevelt's special
fact finding board continued sessions-
today In efforts to mediate
the threatened strike "of 350,000
railway operating employes after
a marathon session of nearly 23
hours brought no results.
The board members made no
comment as they went back to
gether after about a three-hour
recess. As they broke up their
day and night meeting earlier
chairman Wayne L. Morse said
he was "not so hopeful as I was."
During the night Morse had in
dicated he believed progress was
being made toward averting the
strike but when the board reces
sed this morning he declared:
"The situation hasn't looked so
good for the last three hours as
it did earlier In the evening."
.. '.'There appears no chance of
getting any report toMhe presi
dent until late this afternoon or
tonight," Morse added, "ff I think
there is still hope of reaching a
settlement in another night I am
authorized to keep the parties in
session."
Morse said a general pattern
for a possible settlement had
grown out of the conferences but
that the fact finding board Itself
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Hitler-Retain Talk
Presages Action
In French Africa
MADRID, Dec. 1 (AP) Span
ish diplomatic circles reported
that Adolph Hitler and Marshal
Petain met today at Orleans, In
occupied France.
The reports added that Otto
Abetz and P'ernand De Brlnon,
the German and French ambas
sadors to Paris; Von Rlbbcntrop
and Admiral Jean Darlan, I the
German and French foreign min
isters, also attended. .
Neither the length of the meet
ing nor the subjects discussed
were mentioned in these reports.
BERLIN, Dec. 1 (AP) A
French editor's suggestion of mili
tary action to recapture France's
African colonics held by Gen.
Charles De Gaulle's Free French
forces received sympathetic at
tention in Berlin today as Mar
shall Petain of France came over
into German-occupied territory,
reportedly "to meet a high Ger
man personality."
Berlin spokesmen would not
discuss the French chief of state's
mission, however, nor give the
slightest hint of the Identity of
the high German personality
mentioned In the Vichy announce
ment. Some observers expressed the
belief that the editor's call for
action possibly foreshadows ac
tion by France s colonial army.
Plane Bearing American
General Is Fired On
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 1. f AP)
The airplane which bote Major
General George H. Brett, chief
of the United States army air
corps, was fired on by axis de
stroyers as It crossed the Medi
terranean Saturday, the general
himself disclosed here tonight.
General Brett flew here from
England to speed United States
plane deliveries to British forces
in the middle east.
He said his plane was not hit
but that the pilot dipped to with
in a few feet of the water.
Death Summons
Jurist of Oregon
r i
Mr n
Jamea P. Stapleton
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1.
(AP) Circuit Judge James P.
Stapleton, 67, died yesterday at
his summer home .near Vancou
ver, Wash. The Jurist had been In
ill health for more than a year.
Before coming to Portland In
1916, Judge Stapleton was city
attorney at Vancouver, district
attorney of Skamania county,
Wash., and later district attorney
of Clark county, Wash.
He was born near Cornelius,
Washington county, Oregon.
An older brother of Judge Sta
pleton, the late George W. Sta
pleton, also served as a circuit
judge here from 1917 until his
death in May, 1925.
Surviving the jurist Is his
widow.
Status of Conscientious '
Objector Is Defined.
SALEM, Dec. 1 (AP) Lieu
tenant Colonel Wooton, state se
lective service director, said today
that classification as a conscien
tious objector to military train
ing must be based on a regist
rant's religious training and be
lief, while political concepts
which oppose military service
will not be considered as a basis
for such deferment.
Conscientious objectors, after
their service In federal work
camps, will be assigned to a re
serve force and are liable for ad
ditional work camp duty, Just as
draftees are assigned to the mili
tary reserve utter completion of
military training, he said.
Men assigned to work camps
are not eligible for reemployment
benefits given to draftees.
Couple Found Dead in
Bed From Gas Fumes
SEATTLE, Dec. 1 (AP) A
Long Beach, California couple
were found dead In their bed to
day In their gas-filled apartment,
apparently accidentally asphlxiat
ed while they slept Saturday
night.
The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas Parks, were discovered when
other tenants In the apartment
house smellcd escaping gas fum
es and broke down the door of the
apartment.
One jet of a gas stove oven
was partially open and coroner's
deputies said it had apparently
been accidentally turned on.
Parks, a Boeing Aircraft com
pany worker, was 34, his wife
about 35, the coroner's office re
ported. Youth "Vagged" Here
Found With Store Loot
Arthur Clarke, 18, a transient,
was sentenced in justice court
here today to 30 days in jail
after pleading guilty to a charge
of vagrancy. Sergeant Paul Mor
gan of the state police reported
that Clarke was found In posses
sion of articles allegedly stolen
recently from the Newberry Va
riety store In Portland, nnd that
Portland authorities are being
notified.
Drafted, By Heck!
The silk worm's existence
Is far from a snap;
He spins his cocoon
And curls up for a nap,
And just when he's set
To attain his majority,
Bingo! He's faced with
A blooming priority.
M. H. P.
Wisdom Needed to Save Far
East Situation, Envoy Says
After New Parley Yith Hull
WASHINGTON, Dee. I. (API Negotiation! on the deli
cate Far Eastern situation were resumed today by Secretary of
State Hull and the Japanese ambassadors, after which the see
retary and President Roosevelt conferred by themselves. The
Japanese envoys brought no reply to the document in which the '
United Mates last week delineated its position.
Ambassador Nomura looked grave when he and the special
envoy, Kurusu, emerged from Hull's office.
'I believe there must be wise statesmanship to save the sit
uation." Nomura told reporters.
Kurusu, when asked whether he and Nomura planned to see'
Hull again, said:
"Yes, we are instructed to that effect by our government."
While the Japanese and Hull were conferring, President
Roosevelt returned to the capital from Warm Springs, Ga., hav
ing cut short a belated Thanksgiving holiday to be on hand for
developments in the Far Eastern crisis.
Kurusu said in response to questions that he and Nomura had
merely qone over again various angles of their previous talk
with Hull.
Accused Woman
Blames Narcotics,
Says She's Cured
Sentence en Mrs. Alma Sloan
Deferred by Judge Wlmberly
To Permit Investigation
Claiming that for the first time
in her odulfl life she was free from
the drug habit, Mrs. Alma Sloan,
52, recently returned hero from
the Oregon state, penitentiary,
pleaded In circuit court today for
an opportunity to Show she could
"make good." Arraigned on an
indictment returned by the grand
jury early this year, charging ob
taining money by false pretenses,
through issuance- of a worthless
check, the woman pleaded guilty
but claimed she was under the In
fluence of narcotics at the time
of the alleged offense.
She was brought to Roseburg
last week after serving 10 months
in the Oregon penitentiary on a
sentence of one year from Jack
son county on bad check charges.
A hold warrant had been placed
against her by Douglas county
and she was surrendered to local
authorities by the state prison of
ficials. Long Crime Record Bared.
She told the court today that
she was a graduate nurse and
had been employed In nursing for
21 years. Her record of crime,
presented before the court by
District Attorney J. V. Long,
showing more than a score of
arrests in all parts of the United
States, was admitted by the wo
man, who said that all resulted
from drug addiction.
"For the first time in my whole
life, I am standing before the
court as my true self," she declar
ed today. "I have been cured of
the drug habit and am pleading
for a chance to show that I can
make good. I do not ask to go
entirely free but am asking for
probation or a parole."
Mrs. Sloan told the court that
she has a 28-year-old son residing
In Ohio.
Judge Carl E. Wlmberly post
poned passing sentence until Wed
nesday, stating that he desired
time to determine whether orlnot
her claim of being cured of drug
addiction could bo accepted by
the court.
Bakery Truck Stolen
In Roseburg Recovered
The panel delivery truck stolen
from the Model Bakery In Rose
burg early last week was recover
ed yesterday at Hilt, Calif., police
authorities reported today. It
had been expected that the ve
hicle would be found close to
Roseburg, but It was learned late
In the week that the car had been
seen travelling on the highway In
the southern part of the state.
The truck was' returned to Rose
burg lasts night. It had not been
damaged.
Three Killed, 17 Hurt, in
Gasoline Plant Blast
OKMULGEE, Okla., Dec. 1
(AP) Three men lost their lives
and 17 others were injured, three
critically, today as an explosion
set ablaze the gasoline depart
ment of the Phillips Petroleum
Co. refinery.
Thinks Tojo Misquoted i
When asked about Premier To.
Jo's reported statement that East
Asia must be "purged" of British
and American Interference, Kur
usu said he thought Tojo had
been "badly misquoted" In news
dispatches.
"We are asking Tokyo for a
full text of the speech," he added.
Kurusu did not detail the par
ticulars In which he thought To-
Jo had been misquoted.
To questions ' bearing on re.'
ported Japanese preparations to
Invade Thailand, Kurusu replied
non-committally that he knew
nothing about that.
Questioners sought to deter,
mine whether today's visit was
for the purpose of obtaIn.ing.lur.
ther clarification of certain
points in the American position
as outlined In Hull's document.
"Better ask! Mr. Hull," Kurusu
replied, i' ;
When 8 Reporter asked wheth
er It would be safe to, say that
negotiations were; Wing1; resumed
today, Kurusu qulckly'retorted:
"They never have been broken
off." v 1:
He added after a moment's
thought:
"Continuation of the negotia
tions would be a hetter word,"
Defense Measures Taken
As tension mounted' In the
Orient today, the United States
was reported reliably to be co
operating with the British, and
possibly Free French, In creating
military bases on a 5,000-mile
string of island stepping stones
between Hawaii and Australia
back door to the explosive south
Pacific.
A hint of military activity on
Britain's Christmas island, an Iso
lated pinpoint of land 1,000 miles
south of Hawaii, came last week
with a navy warning to unau
thorized shipping to keep Its dis
tance. A day's sail away, on the tiny
atoll of Palmyra, which is Amer
ican owned, the navy has virtu
ally completed extensive base fa-
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Special Session Favored
By 24 Legislators
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 (AP)
Twenty-four state legislators fav
or a special session to consider
changes In the property tax law(
Governor Sprague was Informed
Saturday. - .
Gerard MacNamara, who re
cently appealed from a state tax
board ruling discarding Multno
mah county's variable ratio as
sessment system, wrote the Gov
ernor that 41 legislators had been
polled.
'Only nine of the members are
definitely opposed while eight of
the members are more or less
noncommittal," he said.
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