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It Looks Like Japan's Answer to Roosevelt's Question About the Presence of Trpops at the Thailand Border Will be the Japanese Equivalent of "So What?"
THE WEATHER "
By U. 8. Weather Bureau '
v . Roieburg, Oregon '
0 Showers and colder tonight,
Thursday partly cloudy.
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VOL. XLVI NO. 204 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1 94 1 .
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Dutch Indies;
Thailand Set
For Defense
British Fleet Increase
q At Singapore Heightens
Clamor of Tokyo Press
(By the Associated Press)
The Dutch East Indies mobiliz
ed guards in her outer defenses
as Japan was reported massing
powerful land, sea and air forces
' in southern Indo-China.
Observers were quick to point
out that Japan, operating from
Indo-China bases, could strike
against either Thailand or the
rich Indies with their resources
of rubber, tin, oil and other war
needs.
Dispatches from Batavia, the
Indies capital, said Holland's Far
East colony had placed its army
and navy on a war footing and
that troops had taken their sta
tions in the outer defense sectors
O presumably in Borneo, Celebes
ind New Guinea, north of the
Malayan archipelago and nearer
Japan.
Terming the arrival of British
warships at Singapore "the last
strong warning to Japan," the In-
(Continued on page 4)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
"THIS (Monday) morning's high
1 lights:
1. The Jap cabinet decides to
continue negotiations with the U.
S. despite "great differences in
. viewpoints" of the two govern
ments. 2. The Germans admit evacua
tion of Rostov in the face of su
perior Russian forces.
3. British observers predict fin
al destruction of axis remnants in
Tobruk sector within three days.
4. Petain and Darlan leave
Vichy for somewhere In occupied
France to meet a "high German
personage," presumably Hitler.
IF you've ever been in a hot busl
ncss deal (or at the brittle
edge of a fist fight), with both
sides bluffing to the last possible
limit and yet each hoping secret
ly that a showdown can be avoid
ed, you will understand the sig
nificance of the Jap decision not
to SHOOT NOW.
ft PRESIDENT Roosevelt returns
hastily from his vacation at
Warm Springs. Negotiations are
resumed. After several hours,
Nomura and Kurusu leave the
conference room with "grave
faces."
A faintly hopeful sign (very
faint):
Asked by reporters what Pre
mier Tojo meant by saying the
Orient must be "purged of U. S.
and British Influences," Kurusu
answers that he thinks Tojo was
"badly misquoted."
MEANWHILE the governor
general of the Dutch East
Indies orders mobilization of
the military and air forces
of the colony. Volunteers in
Malaya (British) are called
up for service, and a state
of emergency is proclaimed. Japs
get out of Hong Kong and all
British army leaves are cancelled.
U. S. military and naval forces
(Continued on page 2)
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City Licenses
Vending Devices,
Punch Boards
A considerable increase In reve
nue is anticipated by the city of
Roseburg as a result of the ordi
nance adopted at the regular
council meeting Monday nig!,
when licenses were ordered on
music boxes, vending machines,
punch boards, etc., publicly oper
ated. The ordinance places a license
of $3 per quarter on music or
"juke" boxes, now being operated
In nearly all restaurants, taverns
and other public spots. Shooting
galleries will be required to pay
a license of $6 per quarter. Vend
ing machines are broken up into
different groups. Machines vend
ing cigarettes will be required to
pay licenses of $1 per quarter.
Machines not used exclusively for
merchandise will pay $3 per
quarter, while soft drink and oth
er vending machines of like char
acter will be licensed at $1 per
quarter. Punch boards must pay
a license of 10 cents for each 100
punches, vyith a minimum of $1.
The new ordinance is in addi
tion to the measure effective for
several years, placing a license on
all plnball games.
The license will be in the form
of a sticker, which must be kept
on all boards, machines and de
vices, and which is to be purchas
ed from the city recorder either
by the distributor or the operator.
The license regulations will be
come effective Jan. 1.
Boys Admit Theft
Of Bakery Truck
Two 15-year old Roseburg boys
were in custody of the juvenile
court here today, charged with
the theft of the Model bakery pan
el delivery truck, stolen here
Nov. 24, and recovered last Sun
day at Hilt, California.
The boys were arrested late last
week by California officers and
were held as, runaways, but were
released at the request of parents
to hitch-hike their way back to
Roseburg. They were given state
police relay to Mcdford and hitch
ed rides from that city to Rose
burg.
Local officers, comparing the
time of their arrest with the re
covery of the truck questioned
the lads yesterday and they ad
mitted taking the vehicle from
the bakery lot, Sheriff Cliff
Thornton reported.
Identity of the two boys was
not revealed by the juvenile court,
In keeping with its custom per
taining to first offenders.
Proposed $5 U. S. Tax on
Automobiles Hits Snag
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (AP)
The house appropriations com
mittee threw a monkey wrench
today Into the elaborate machine
ery proposed by the treasury ie-
partment for collection of the
new $5 annual automobile use
tax.
If the house permits the monk
ey wrench to stay there, it will
make the automobile tax Inoper
ative. The committee withheld the $4,
302,554 the treasury said the bu
rpflii of Internal revenue reouired
!to collect an estimated S160.000.-
000 in taxes with the comment it
was -"not satisfied with the man
ner and cost of collection pro
posed ..."
"Under the method of collection
proposed the estimated cost per
S100 of collection of the automo
bile use tax is $6.40 as contrasted
with an actual cost In a previous
fiscal year of 89 cents per $100 of
collection for all types of reve
nue," the committee pointed out.
Minor Floods
Trail Storm
Into Oregon
Trees Block Highways,
Power Service Halted;
Eugene Streets Awash
PORTLAND, Dec. 3. (AP)
Rain-swollen rivers threatened
minor floods today In several sec
tions of Oregon.
The Santiam river was expect
ed to go 31 feet over flood stage
of 13 feet at Jefferson, where it
flows into the Willamette.
The Necanicum river, was lap
ping the top of banks in Seaside,
and it was feared an expected
high tide today might back it up
lartner.
The tide threatened more dam
age in the Tillamook area, where
the Tillamook river flooded dik
ed lowlands.
Streets were Inundated In some
sections of Eugene, deluged by
3.16 inches of rain in 24 hours,
but only a slow and moderate
rise in the Willamette river was
expected.
Strong winds caused minor
damage in the Salem district,
plunging a large section of Salem
into darkness when a 60,000-volt
power line fell In north Salem.
Rainfall In the 16 hours ending
at 8 p. m. at Salem totaled 2.07
inches. The Willamette university
campus was under water, and
several trees were blown down.
Damage Being Repaired
Throughout the state, high
ways were being cleared and pow
er lines repaired. Busses from
(Continued on page 6)
Alma Sloan Given
2nd One-Year Term
Alma Sloan, 52, was sentenced
in circuit court today to a term of
one year in the state penitentiary
upon her plea of guilty to a
charge of obtaining money by
laise pretenses, through issuance
of worthless checks. Mrs. Sloan
was released from the penitenti
ary Nov. 22, after serving 10
months of a one-year sentence
from Jackson county, but was sur
rendered to Douglas county au
thorities on a hold warrant.
District Attorney J. V. Long re
ported that the woman's record,
as furnished by the bureau of
criminal identification, showed 25
arrests in all parts of the United
States, principally for bad checks
and narcotic law violations.
Pleading guilty to the indict'
ment returned against her in
Douglas county, Mrs. Sloan told
the court that she had been cured
of drug addiction while in the
penitentiary and requested a
parole, claiming that her previous
offenses, which dated from 1922,
resulted from use of narcotics.
Judge Carl E. Wlmberly, in
passing sentence today, said he
had carefully investigated the
case and could not grant the plea
for parole.
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Billions More
Asked in U.S.
Defense Plan
Further Help to Russia,
Britain Included In Bill
Bearing Committee O. K.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (AP)
An additional $8,243,839,031 ap
propriation almost entirely for
defense but Including lend-lease
funds for a vast Increase in pro
duction of tanks and guns for
British and Russian forces was
approved today by the house ap
propriations committee.
The huge new outlay would
bring the total of cash and con
tract authorizations provided for
defense since July 1, 1940 to the
staggering sum of $67,990,254,096
In recommending the new ex
penditure, the committee turned
down a request by the war depart
ment for broader leeway in trans
ferring to other countries, on a
lend-lease basis, equipment pur
chased for the army with funds
appropriated since last March 11,
the date of enactment of the lend
lease act.
Partial Transfer Favored
Instead, the committee recom
mended a $1,556,496,246 increase
in the $12,985,000,000 already ap
propriated for the lend-lease pro
gram and proposed that the army
be authorized to transfer as much
as $500,000,000 worth of addition
al equipment if the military situa
tion warranted it.
Both funds would provide
tanks, anti-aircraft material, anti
tank weapons and artillery, com-
(Continued on page 2.)
I SAW
Bv Paul
ED PAYTON, standing at the
left in the photo above, and
Thornton Smith of Dallas on the
occasion of a recent return shoot
ing engagement Ed and I enjoy
ed In the Klamath marshes near
Tuielake. Both, as you see, are
burdened with a limit bag of
speckled geese, plus (as you may
not see) one lone mallard drake.
Thornton's father, Willard
Smith, chief engineer for the
Reclamation service, Tuielake dis
trict, had directed (and accom
panied) us to an excellent shoot
ing spot not far from his own
home. I snapped his picture, and
was going to run it too; but his
fnce bore such an excruciating
look of agony he was support
ing a string of eighteen geese
and a dozen ducks while waiting
for me to make a somewhat
lengthy exposure that I was
afraid it would sour the acid In
the etching bath.
"You know," he told us the next
morning, "aside from all the easy
shots having flown to you fellows
yesterday and passed me up, the
thing which made me maddest
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Hitler Sends Army
Combat in Desert of Libya Slackens
Both Sides
u. . - . . .
Gird for Next
Major Clash
British Still Confident
Of Smashing Foe: Tobruk
Garrison Holding Gains
!
JCAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 3. (AP)
The British declared today that
tlie battle for Libya has slacken
ed, with empire forces withdrawn
and reorganizing for a new test
against the strongly-held axis tri
angle formed by Rezegh, Blr El
Hamed and Zaaran astride the
broken corridor to Tobruk.
On both sides, the British gen
eral headquarters said, troops
and tanks are being regrouped
for the next phase of the fight in
which positions have shifted like
the desert sands.
Patrol and aerial activity con
tinuedfeeling out weak spots
for the next hard blows but
there were no reports of heavy
fighting on any of the desert bat
tlefronts where troops and tanks
have clashed day and night for
two weeks.
.Despite the German job which
brought Marshal Rommel's two
steel divisions together southeast
ot Tobruk, British military
sources expressed unshaken con-
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(Continued on page 2)
Jenkins
laniietnn rnuiu aim lit,.
was a remark my son made at
breakfast this morning.
'"Dad," he said to me, "I be
lieve Ed Payton is even a better
shot than you are!" Now, what
I want to know Is, what do they
call it when a father shoots his
own son? And, bearing In mind
his aggravation, would the law
consider it a crime?"
Of interest to the many des
cendants of Douglas county pio
neers who passed that way, is the
circumstance of Willard's home
being located immediately adja
cent to the natural stone "bridge"
over Lost river. It was more of
a dam than a bridge; now it is
n d?.m in fact, one having been
erected which uses the natural
rock crossing as a foundation.
Engineer for the Reclamation
service for over 30 years, Mr.
Smith knows every canal and
ditch In the Tuielake district. He
should; he dug them. Incidental
ly, I think he knows where all
the geese are using too. At least
he did the day Ed and I Invited
ourselves to be his guests.
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Kill Mussolini. Places 60 on Trial
In Italy; Nazi Officer Shot in Paris I
ROME, Dec. 3 (AP) A vast
revolutionary plot which Included
a before-the-war assassination at
tempt against Premier Mussolini
Is charged to CO persons on trial
before a fascist court at Trieste
today. .
The CO, Including students, were
declared officially to be members
of an anti-Italian terrorist band
of 71. The other 11 defendants
were reported missing, presumab
ly fugatives abroad.
A revolt in the northeast corn
er of the country, annexed from
Austria after the World war, was
the aim of the conspirators, the
state contended. Prosecutors said
communists dreamed of a soviet
republic that would embrace the
Slavic regions of Italy, Austrian
Carinthla and Yugoslavia.
The state said It had "definite
and material proof" of espionage,
three powder factory explosions,
blowing up of railroad tracks, an
attempt to dynamite a bridge,
slaying of a couple and an at
tempt to kill Mussolini while he
was visiting Caporetto in 1938.
II Duce Often Target
Mussolini's escape from death
at Caporetto was declared by fas
cists to have been miraculous, but
exact details of the Incident have
not been disclosed. There have
been eight other announced at
tomuts ,to kill the premier since
he became head of the Italian
eovernment in 1922.
All prisoners were accused of
acting directly or Indirectly for
foreign powers.
On their heads were laid the
deaths of 42 persons in a Placenza
powder factory explosion Aug. 8,
1940, In which 756 others were
Injured, and 95 deaths with more
than 300 injured at Bologna 17
days later. ,
These were preceded Feb. 25,
1940, by a blast at Clana that
caused serious destruction of ar
tillery, mortars, machine-guns
Entries Pour In
For Turkey Show
Slated at Oakland
Live Division Listings Thus
Far 438; Refrigeration New
Ready for Dressed Display
Final preparations for the op
ening of the 13th annual North
western Turkey show at Oakland,
Ore., Dec. 9, were in progress to
day as entries were pouring in
for the exhibit of live birds. The
time for making reservations for
the show will expire the last of
this week. Manager E. G. Young
reported this morning that 438
entries have been received to
date In the live show. The ex
hibit from the greatest distance
so far registered is a display of
six standard bronze birds from
the flock of Herbert Brohman,
Sanborn, North Dakota, Mr.
Young reports. Exhibitors from
all parts of Oregon and from
western Washington also have fil
ed entries. The list of exhibi
tors so far completed Includes a
large number of Douglas county
breeders who will make entries
for the first time, Mr. Young
states.
The show, opening Tuesday,
will continue through Saturday,
Dec. 13.
The birds from North Dakota,
one for each of the six classes,
are expected to receive stiff com'
petition from Roy Medley of Oak
land, who Is a long-time breeder
of the standard bronze turkey,
which Is distinguished from the
broad-breasted bird now the prin
cipal breed in favor among ex
hibitors. Among turkey growers from
Douglas county who already have
announced they will place entries
are Ray White, Canyonville;
George Hall, Mrs. Fay Leather
wood, Oakland; Verne Pontus,
Elkton; Jean Petrequin, Melrose;
Donald Brumbach, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Brumbach, Mr. and Mrs. Er-
(Continued on page 2)
Head to Halt Rout;
and millions of rounds ot rifle
cartridges, but no deaths.
ANOTHER GERMAN OFFICER
GUN VICTIM IN PARIS
PARIS, occupied France, Dee.
3 (AP) The German command
in Paris announced today that a
uerman medical corps officer had
been shot last night In the Boule
vard Magenta, and immediately
imposed a 6:30 curfew on the en
tire Tenth arrondissement.
The announcement said the
curfew would continue Indefinite
ly and specified that German au
thorities "reserved the right to
take graver measures" later.
Streets throughout the district
were ordered cleared and all pub
lic places ciosea at the curfew
hour. Subway stations there al
so were closed, just as they have
been In Montmartre since simi
lar restrictions were imposed
there a few days ago.
It was the fourth district of
Paris hit by restrictions for ter
rorist activity within a week.
The Germans have warned of
"serious consequences" If attacks
were repeated In any of the dis
tricts. Sutherlin Resident Gets :
Share of Judge's Estate
NEW YORK, DeA 3. (AP)
Appraisers said yesterday the cs-
tate of former State Supreme
court Justice Burt J. Humphrey,
who died December 11, 1940, was
worth 124,901.
The widow will receive $60,000,
and the rest will be distributed
evenly among a brother and two
sisters- Elwin Humphrey of
Sutherlin, Ore., Mrs. Alice Reld
of Minneapolis and Mrs. Cornelia
Chattel of Pipestone, Minn.
Upon the widow's death the
residue of her $60,000 share will
go to Humphrey.
Freighter Ashore Near
Port Orford; Crew Saved
PORT ORFORD, Ore., Dec. 3
(AP) The 604-ton coastal
freighter !Willapa, bound from
Marshfleld, Ore., to San Francis
co with lumber sprang a leak last
night and went ashore south of
here. The Port Orford coastguard
rescued all 24 members of her
crew, two of them slightly injur
ed.
The Wlllapa was owned by the
Hart-Wood Lumber company of
San Francisco. Her master is
Oscar Peterson of Marshfleld.
SERIAL STORY
BRIDE FROM THE SKY
BY HELEN WELSH IMER
CHAPTER I
Judy Allen met Sandy Ammer
man quite by accident at LaGuar
dla airport that night.
It was damp and the beacon
lights shone through a mist that
dimmed the radiance of the in
coming planes.
One minute Judy's bright eyes
were focused on the timetable
In her hands. A famous couturier,
an exile, was due on the Clipper,
and she had come to Interview
the refugee. The next minute a
tall young aviator, gray-eyed and
laughing, swung Judy around.
"Going somewhere tonight,
Judy?" he asked, strong brown
fingers closing over hers. "If you
aren't, how about tagging along
with me?"
Because Sandy Ammerman's
touch always made Judy's heart
swing like a pendulvim whose
beat was growing wild, Judy cov
ered her contusion with gaiety.
"No, darling, I stay places. But
you're in uniform. That means
up. Where?"
The laughter didn't leave the
gray eyes, but his fingers closed
possessively on her arm as he
swung her around. "Then you'll
see me off, won't you? It won't
take two minutes. Not even halt
of one. The engine's warmed up,
NazisAbandon
TailKS. GlMS 111
Sea of Flame
Blitzkrieg Also Suffers
Repulse in Blizzard On
Moscow Front, Report
MOSCOW, Oec. 3 (AP) ;
The Moscow radio announced
today ..that .."bloody - battles ' -were
fought yesterday even-
Ing in the suburbs of Tagan
rog." ' .
Forty additional villages on ..."
the southern front have been
reeaptured and German ef
fort! to halt the Russian ad- '
vance from Rostov have been ,
futile, the broadcast said. ,
"We continue the pursuit
launching fierce attaoks right "
on the back of the fleeing ,
enemy," the broadcast said.
"Tanks, trucks and carts lit
ter the road to Mariupol."
The radio said the Germans
were putting up signposts labeled
"to Mariupol" and were fleeing
so fast they were unable to take
their equipment or tanks with
them. These they set on fire In
their flight.
The broadcast called German
losses "enormous" and said "our
gunners are literally smoking
Germans out of one village."
NAZIS .ALSO REPULSED ON
MOSCOW FRONT, REOS SAY
(By th.e Associated Press) ;
Russia's : armlps were reported
to have hurled -the Germans back
12 to 24 miles on tie. blizzard-
swept Moscow front today while
in the Ukraine the Russians de
clared that "the panic-stricken
enemy" was still in headlong
flight from Rostov-on-Don.
A Reuters (British news agen
cy) dispatch from Kuibyshev said
(Continued on Page 6)
Youth Accused of Auto
Theft From Roseburg
Ronald L. Veach, 19, reportedly
from Hubbard, Ohio, was being
returned today to Roseburg from
Medford, where he was arrested
Tuesday, on a charge of automo
bile theft. Veach is alleged to
have stolen an automobile from
J. J. Fox of Roseburg. The car
was recovered and the driver ar
rested Tuesday at Rogue River,
Sheriff Cliff Thornton reported.
Deputy Sheriff Bud Carter left
for Medford this morning to bring
Veach to Roseburg.
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the propeller's spinning ..."
"But, Sandy, where are you go
ing?" she asked, as he guided her
into the wet night. "Yesterday
you thought you were taking a
technical job with an aeronautic
company staying on the ground
mostly, I mean. And Oh, Sandy,
won't you ever stay put?".
Judy knew the gray eyes dark
ened, knew that a little pulse beat
sharply at Sandy's temple, but
the man's voice was low, slow,
mocking as usual when he spoke.
"Sorry, honey, but that's the
way I am. It's San Francisco to
night, and I'm testing a new oil
for Skyway's Incorporated."
"Sure it's safe?" Even as she
asked, Judy reminded her heart
that it was completely absurd for
it to grow excited because a per
fectly capable aviator, who had
done outside inverted loops and
turned a somersault in a con
demned ship to show that It was
safe, was starting out again. Ha
would reach Mars or the Munici
pal airport at San Francisco ot
any place he chose.
Now the man's voice grew seri
ous, a little tender. "No, Judy,
not safe as you know safety. You
like a desk, your name on the
door of your office, your by line
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