Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1941)
nsreoiins: kicvAe ocica oaccoiids AotcnH Tiitcn'AV ncrcuoco o .ion' K0SEBUR5 NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, PREgQF?, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941. six - FBI Nabc 30 In Roundup of Stolen Auto Parts Ring WASHINGTON, Dee. 2-(AP) The Justice department an nounced today that FBI agents had slezed 30 men In Detroit, Chi cago and New York in connection with a stolen auto parts ring al leged to have taken millions of dollars worth of materials from the Kord Motor company. the federal bureau of inVesili.W. lion, said that (he total value of parts stolen from Ford plants had not neen determined, but that In formation now available Indicated that the ring In operations thus far In 1941 had netted "at least $1,000,000" and that the figure might "run as high as 53,000,000 or $1,000,000. The seizures were made today on a complaint obtained secretly In Detroit where the operations of the ring centered, a statement by the justice department said. "Two fences alone, who are not the largest operators In the ring," the statement said, "admitted to Kill agents purchasing stolen parts this year valued at more than SSOO.OOO which were trans mitted out of the state of Michi gan." Stork Wins Race To Hospital Here When the seven-pound daugh ter born this morning lo Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Schmidt of Camas Valley Is required to designate the place of her birth, It will have to be "a Ford automobile on Highway 99 somewhere near Hoseburg." Departing from their home, 35 miles from Itoseburg this morn ing, It was realized by the couple when they reached Coos Junc tion, eight miles south of town, that the race with the stork to the Kosoburg hospital was going to be nlpand tuck. A temporary halt was made at Coos Junction In an effort to secure accommo dations, but when no tourist cab in was found available the race . to Roseburg was resumed. The stork, however, was the winner by about three miles and hospital attendants aided the mother, the newborn child and a badly frightened father from the automobile. Mother and daugh ter were reported In very satis factory condition. Crops Expansion Warning is Issued SPOKANE, Dec. 2-(AP)-Un-warranted speculation and expan sion carried on under the guise of building defense production will not bo financed by the farm credit administration, ISO officials of production credit associations of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana were told yesterday. There Is no need for Increased production of wheat, cattle or sheep, hut dairy supplies, poultry, canning vegetables and hogs and ling products will he much in de mand, K. R Henry, president or the production credit corporation told (lie group. The prudent farmer will pro vide? for an almost certain short age of labor and develop his next year's program with (hat thought in mind, A. B. Hoberlson, vice president of the I'. C. C. told the farmers In urging I hem to put machinery and equipment In ol der for use next year. "The defense program Implies neither unwarranted expansion nor speculation," he said, "and the production credit assoclallons will finance neither." Negroes Said Hit By Union Barrier POHTI.AND, Dee. 2-AP Dr. DeNorval I'mhank asserted yesterday that negroes were dis criminated against by the Port land hoilcrmakcrs' and machin ists' unions. The chairman of (he emergency advisory council for negroes said the unions excluded negroes from membership and that "these unions, wllh Ihe sanction of (he Oregon stale vocational depart ment, entered into an agreement with tile vocational department of the Portland public schools whereby negroes were excluded from machine shop, machine tool, aviation sheet metal and ship welding." Ralph Dugdale, Portland, school superintendent, issued n ruling nulllflylng the agreement, I'n- thank said, when the matter was brought to his attention by Harry M. Kenln, school board chairman. Investment Assn., Four Subsidiaries Indicted DETROIT, Dec. 2-(AP)-The Fidelity Investment association, four of Its Wheeling, W. Va., sub sidiaries and 13 Individuals were named today In n federal grand Jury indictment charging viola- "Could we. borrow the key lo to you this morning, sir' tion of the securities and ex change act and mall fraud. The $000,000,000 investment as social inn, which has been operat Ing as the Fidelity Assurance as social Ion since December, 19-10, was accused of operating three subsidiary corporations to conceal investments in reaL estate and real estate securities which were alleged to have been written on he books ut a value exceeding he market price. The indictment named (he In vestment association, and not the assurance association which succeeded i(. The 12-count indictment charg ed the company made mis-leading statements In selling contracts. ODDITIES (By the Associated Press) Refund ANDERSON, Ind. A passen ger held up taxicab driver Mar shal Rogers, robbed him of S10 and then game him a dollar back. He said Ihe dollar was lunch money. Half and Half DEPORT, Tex. Clyde Barham planted a half acre of corn. It came up with weeds and he hired a half dozen men a half day at a half dollar to chop weeds. Now he's harvested his crop a half bushel of corn. False Teeth? Huh-uh! MISSOULA, Mont. The metal lowers of Ray Hemingway's store teeth probably saved his life. They deflected a bullet acci dentally fired by a .22 calibre rifle. Hemingway escaped seri ous injury. The Hand That Feeds SALT LAKE CITY-Commissioners paid a firm or experts $2,f)00 to study the city govern ment and make recommendations tor its improvement. The experts suggested the commissioners' jobs be abolished in favor of a new form or ad minlst radon. Suthertin SUTHERLIN, Dec. 2. -The hoi lunch program at the school has been operating for five weeks Total served to November 2.ri in-elusive- 2,07(1. 'Phis makes an average of 121 dally out of a to lal enrollment or 105. During the first 20 davs $127.57 was paid in. The second month is starting now and $71. KK has been paid in lo dale. There was a small sur plus of about $5.00 the first month. Guests in the E. W. Adamson home the first of (he week were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Adamson of Lebanon. Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Vei n Ilolgate, Mrs. Frank Ilolgate and Maurice Vogelpohl attended the scout training school for leaders Wed nesday night at Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Orville French, Mrs. M. W. French of Suthertin, Mrs. Mable Barrett and Miss My ma Barrett of Eugene were I lianksgiving day dinner guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Chapman at loncalla. Mrs. Elizabeth Lyons and Miss Juaiiila Lyons ot Kansas C'ily. Missouri, returned Wednesday with Mrs. Charles Brewer from Los Angeles where the latter had been visiting relatives and friends for n few weeks. Mrs. Ly ons is the mother of Mrs. Brew er and Miss Lyons a niece. They plan to stay here for an Indefi nite visit. Mrs. Rose Spurgln and daugh ter, Miss Eunice Thatcher, of South Dakota, arrived Monday for n three weeks' visit with the former's mother. Mrs. James Duncan, and sister, Mrs. Maurice Vogelpohl, and families. Mrs. Leslie Martin is visiting at FUNNY BUSINESS J the city the imiyor presenlctt We've fot shore leave!" the home of her father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mis. Frank Martin. A. J. Baker of Albany was a Sunday and Monday overnight guest at the E. W. Adamson home. Earl Wolfe returned here Thursday from Redmond where he has been employed In (he po !ato harvest. He expects to leave Saturday for Marshfield where he has employment. Canyonville CANYONVILLE, Dec. 2. Phil Hart and son, Billy, are mov ing In Ihe house formerly occu pied by (he O. G. Mosor family. Mr. Hart's father is expected from the east to make his home wllh his son. A benefit dance, sponsored by the Rod & Gun club, will be held Wednesday evening, December 10, for Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wil- lard. Mr. Willard is recovering from a broken leg and last week his wife suffered a stroke. Mr. Willard has been a faithful mem ber of the Rod & Gun club for a number of years. Tickets will be sold for the dance for 75 cents. Mrs. Albert Bamberg is (he chairman of the Christmas seal drive again this year. Mrs. Ralph lloskins Is Ihe secretary. Oscar H. Draper of Union visit ed his cousin, W. C. Pelham, and family, several days last week. I. V. Redifer was a Roseburg visitor Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Woodruff of Portland are living in the house formerly occupied by the Raymond Smick family. Four more persons have bo come members of the Red Cross. This brings the amount to S05.S0 for Canyonville. Mrs. O. L. Jones and son have rented the house owned hv Mrs. Will Slock. Mrs. Frank Sullivan was In Roseburg on business Wednes day. Leland Ashcraft was home from Fori Lewis for the Thanks giving holiday. Here on Business Dennis Hanks, of Canvonville. was a business visitor in this city Mon-1 day. LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., rice. i.- (II. S. Dept. Agr.t - HOGS:Steady with lasl Friday: good-choice 175 215 lb. butchers 10.10 to mostly 1050. few at 10.05; 220200 lb. fl.75-W.00; light lights 0.7510.00; packing sows 7.00-50; smooth: lights 7.75 or belter; 109112 lb. feeder pigs P.5075. CATTLE: Calves, market fairly, active, fully steady; hulk good, fed sleers 11.00 12.00; load 1017 j lb. 12.35; grass and short fedsj 9.50-10.75; common down to 7.50; load lots good fed heifers 10.00-1 50; grass and short feds S.O00.75; good cows mostly 7.738.00; mix-! ed young cows and heifers H.25; I common-medium fi.00-7.25; canner' :tnd cutter -1. 25-5.75; medium-good bulls 7 50 9.00; good-choice vent-j ers to 13.00; common down to H.0O. j SI IEEP: Fat lambs steady to 15 higher, quality considered; three decks strictly good-choice 9S lb. wooled lambs 10.75; good-choice (nick ins !. 75-10 25; medium lo 9 00; good-choice shorn lambs 910; slaughter ewes 5.25 down: two loads medium-good feeder lambs S.50. PRODUCE PORTLAND, tire., Dec. 2. (API TOGS- Prices to produc ers: A, large. 32c; H, large, 29c; A. medium. 30c: B. medium, 2Sc: A, small, 2-lc; H, small. 22c do.; resale lo retailors, -1c higher for cases: cartons. 5c higher. HOPS -1941 crop, 40c; 1942 contracts. 33c lb. Other produce unchanged. I I pi iPJ 1JI H Board Frowns on Cheap Use of Myrtle Wood (Continued from page 1) ers the use of other woods which might be substituted for myrtle in making friction and keel blocks. A forest survey by the North west Forest Experiment station, the stale forester reports, shows approximately four and one-half billion feet of hardwoods in the slate of Oregon. Laboratory tests have shown, lie states, that white and black oak, tanbark oak, dog- Vfo'fl 1M&-ny To ' ifia'Ri- TSaSleiil' keel blocks. In the case of the oaks, he states, they would be less cosily than (he myrtle and their use "should be encouraged by both public and private agencies to develop markets for these woods." The resolutions prepared by the local organizations and submitted to the slate board, were present ed at the meeting held November 27 by Fred A. Goff of Roseburg, a member of the? board, and re sulted In (he adoption of the of ficial million. Mr. Goff reports that the state forestry board not only has plac ed itself on record but has, through the slate forester, al ready contacted commercial us ers of hardwoods with reference lo the mailer and particularly ad vocating the use of available Ore gon woods other than myrtle. Railway Strike Threat Ended by an Agreement (Continued from page 1) fact-finding capacity, earlier had recommended wage boosts total ling $270,000,000 a year. That nlan was rejected both by the .'iSO.OOO members of the five oper ating brotherhoods, and by the 900,000 members of the 14 non operating unions, although the railroad managements agreed to the Increases. After the men who run the trains set December 7 as their strike deadline, Mr. Roose velt called for further negotia tions and a review of new found facls in the case. The operating personnel, whose present pay ranges upward from $5.06 a day, had demanded a 30 per cent increase. The board, in its first report, recommended a 71 per cent hike for them and a 131 per cent, or 9 cents an hour additional, for the nononerating employes. The latter classifica tion presently receives from 35 to 85 cents an hour, and asked in creases of 30 to 31 cents. Ukraine Rout of Nazis Continues, Soviet Says (Continued from page 1) 50 and 65 miles northwest of Moscow. Rome reports said heavy fight ing had broken out in the Italian sector in the Donets river basin, near Voroshilovgrad, 100 miles north of Rostov, with "consider able" losses inflicted on the Rus sians. Britain Ready For Hitler Meanwhile, Prime Minister Churchill told parliament that "at any time Hitler may iecog nie his defeat by the Russian armies and. lo recover from his disaster, visit us with all his furv. "We are ready for him." Chur chill said grimly. "We shall re ceive him when he comes, by day or night ..." Declaring that Britain's "crisis of equioment is largely over" Churchill '.old commons that "a crisis of manpower and woman power" would dominate the year 19-12 for Britain and proposed that military conscription age limits be lowered to If", and raised to 50. The expended conscription wouid I:m:i;: more than 3.100,000 men and women under call for armed service, although Chur chill explained that only women volunteers would he assigned to "lethal or combatant services." Paralysis Drive Plans To Be Launched Today WASHINGTON'. Dee. 2 (AP) - Plans for the annual nation wide celebration of President Roosevelt's birthday and the drive for funds for the national foundation for infantile paralysis will be outlined todav bv more than 100 slate and local chair-1 men. Basil O'Connor of New York City, president of the national foundation, has designated the Avoid Regret Protect your future with dependable automobile iasuranco. Consult FRED A. GOFF District Manager 122 S. Stephens Phone 218 Roseburg, Oregon 7 TT ; Convicted Red Is Willlcie's Client (? i 1 K fcv - w i -CShtv-' ... . ILil William Schnelderman, above, secretary of the. communist party of California, whose citi zenship was revoked by two federal courts, will be repre sented by Wendell L. Winkle when his appeal is considered by the United States supreme court in its January term. War Wizard Christmas present for Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, above, dubbed "wizard" by his fellow soldiers, will be his promotion to chief of the British general Stan. Ho succeeds Gen. Sir John Dill Dec. 25. celebration on January 30th as the "Diamond jubilee." The presi dent will be 60 years ago. Three N. Y. Racketeers Sentenced to Death NEW YORK. Dec. 2 (API- Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, one lime king pin industrial racketeer, and two co-defendents, Emanuet (Wendy) Weiss and Louis Ca- ione, today were sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of January 4, 1942, for the slaying of Joseph Rosen, a Brooklyn store- Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS Compiled by Associated Pr Dec. 2. 30 15 15 . ess 60 St'ks 39.4 38.7 Ind'ls RR's Ut's 56.7 15.9 28.8 Tuesday... Prev. day .55.8 15.4 16.5 16.1 19.0 15.3 28.4 30.4 34.5 35.5 28.4 Month ago 58.3 Year ago ... 63.0 1941 high .. .63.9 1911 low ... 54.8 an s I 44.0 45.0 38.7 BONOS 20 10 10 10 RR's Ind'ls Ut's Fgn. Tuesday 62.5 104.9 101.5 45.7 1 Prev. day ... 62.2 104.9 101.7 45.6 I Month ago 63.0 105.0 102.1 48.6 j Year ago ... 59.6 105.8 100.0 37.8 ; 1941 high ... 66.5 105.4 102.2 51.4 1941 low ... 60.2 104.2 99.0 38.0 You ean eiwlly chnnge the .rasping misery ot head cold into relaxing comfort If you use Menthoiatum, Simply Insert Mmtrtolntum In your nostrils and manage vour forehpad and temples with It. This will quickly relieve the snimiujt. stutnnesa, 9 nee. Ins, running. Men t hoi n turn will also soothe the irritated uotrlta, allay the soreness, swelling, Itching, rednem, and redvice the feeling ot fullness In ? our head also the necessity for oon inuous Mowing. Jars or tiibw, 20c. !lw""!ikt I Roosevelt Steps Into Parley With Jap Envoys . (Continued from page 1) Manila said a declaration ot a state of emergency in the Philip pines was imminent. The official Bungkok radio sought to calm fears that the lit tle country might become a bat tleground for British and Japan ese armies, declaring that the gov ernment had investigated foreign reports of an impending attack and found "no country has any i designs on Thailand." I Nevertheless, tension vciscfcic- trio throughout the orient. Jn Singapore, thousands of British, Malayan, Chinese and Eurasian volunteers went into camp on a full-time soldiering ba- sis as the British crown colony prepared for any eventuality. Long lines of army trucks pass ed through Rangoon all yester day and last night, carrying new ly-arrived Indian troops to out posts along the colony's eastern frontier, facing Thailand. On Thailand's other side, great numbers of Japanese troops were reported massed in French Indo china. - Both sides appeared to be wait ing for the other to strike first. Shanghai Cut Off From Sea. The British admiralty today was reported at Shanghai to have ordered all British China coast shipping to proceed immediately to the British port of Hongkong. The order, it was said, affects all vessels of four British com panies which for decades have carried on the bulk of the ship ping trade between such Chinese ports at Tientsin, Tsingtao, Shanghai, Chefoo and Amoy. Coupled with the indication that no further American steam ers are calling here, this develop ment virtually isolated Shanghai from sea communication. The Dutch Java-China-Japan line has already cancelled sail ings. Germans Pierce British Trap in Libyan Desert (Continued from page 1) indication that the Germans were attempting to drive westward out of the encirclement) . Axis Takes Prisoners , .. Premier Mussolini's high com mand reported the capture 'of 1, 500 British prisoners in the Rezegh zone, while the German high command claimed that more than 9,000 British, including three generals, had been taken captive so far in the 15-day-old campaign. The nazi high, com mand also reported the destruc- VV YOU WILL BENEFIT The following list shows how little it costs for big returns: WANT AD RATES Number of Rate per consecutive insertions v-ord One Time 2c Two Times 3c Three Times . . 4c Six Times 6c Twelve Times 12c Every day for one month, per line .... $1.00 Minimum Charge 25c WRITE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD IN THIS SPACE AND Mail or bring to the Roseburg News-Review Please insert the above copy times in the News-Review classified section. First insertion 19 Signed Address PHONE 100 tion of 814 British tanks and 127 planes. A nazi military spokesman said developments Indicated a "defi nite turn of events in a few days," indicating that a decisive phase in the conflict was Im minent. (The German success, In addi tion to relieving their own en trapped forces, appeared to have once more Isolated the British garrison at Tobruk, with which overland communications had been established only last week after it had held out for more than seven. (?f!lrst.-.be.-. sieging axis fuive. - Blows at Sea Exchanged Powerful seaborne British re inforcements were reported pour ing into Tobruk, whose narrow corridor eastward to Rezegh may have been cut by the German success. In the waters outside Tobruk harbor, the Italian high com mand reported the sinking of a 5,000-ton British cruiser of the Aurora class under three aerial torpedo hits. In another sea clash, the Aus-, trallan government reported, the 6,830-ton Australian cruiser Syd ney sank the heavily-armed 9,400 ton German raider Stciermark but was herself sunk in action, somewhere off the Australian coast. Prime Minister Curtin said the Sydney's entire complement of 42 officers and 603 men was miss ing. The London admiralty Identi fied the Steicrmark as a dis guised raider sailing under vari ous flags which had sunk 10 Brit ish, allied or neutral ships in the vicinity of the Cape Verde islands off west Africa, elsewhere in the south Atlantic and in the Indian ocean. The Sydney was seven years old and had steamed 80,000 miles in war service which took her from Australia to the Mediterran ean and during which she had been attacked 60 times by axis bombers. While in the Mediter ranean she and her accompany ing destroyers sank the Italian light cruiser Bartolmeo Colleoni July 19, 1940. Vichy Still Under Pressure Vichy authorities forecast im portant new developments in French-German relations follow ing a conference of Marshal Pe- Uiin and Reichsmarshal Goering yesterday in the-occupied zone of France. The conference was declared by Secretary of State Benoist- Mechin of Vichy to represent the "marked will of the French gov ernment to engage ttst-lf ever more constantly on a' path. o". -IN I READ AND USE THE CLASSIFIEDS durable and fruitful European cooperation." LONDON, Dec. 2. (AP) The admiralty today announced that, British warships led by the cruls-i er Aurora had sunk the 1,628-ton Italian destroyer Alvlse da Mosto, the 6,500-ton tanker Mantovanil and the 1,976-ton supply ship Ad. rlatco when It attacked a Libya bound Mediterranean convoy. (The Italian high command I had announced earlier the sink-1 Ing of a British cruiser Identified I by an Italian official as "of the Aurora class" just off Tobruk." The admiralty said the British -va'.'ali'4JS suffered no damages or Jt, casualties. Ii saia me ituiiun de stroyer blew up and added that 1 some survivors were picked up. Body of War Veteran Sent to Los Angeles The body of John E. Yowell, 40, World war veteran, who died at the veterans facility here Sun day, was forwarded last night by the Douglas Funeral home to Los Angeles. Services and inter ment will be held at the veterana-l cemetery at Los Angeles. SKATING Every Wednesday, Saturday Sunday 7:30 to 10:00 P. M. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for Private Skating Parties Reservations Available RAINBOW RINK WINCHESTER C. H. ARUNDEL PIANO SER f ICE Phone 189-L