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SIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 141. : v-.'if 4 S3 Cooperation In Local Blackout Improving (Continued from pate 1) follows. Highway traffic within city limits will bo restricted to emer gency vehicles such as fire, police nnd ambulance: commercial ve hicles engaged in essential service such as milk trucks, newspaper delivery trucks, mall trucks and the regular transport freight ser vices; and such private cars as those of physicians on emergency call and those required for trans- norllm worker to ami from cm jilu mem. iviuuopouiail ait-a may take further precautions If considered advisable by local po lice authorities. Highway traffic outside city limits will be subject to the re strictions noted above without ex ception. " Pending issuance of permits for operation during precaution ary blackout periods, employers should furnish credentials to driv ers of commercial vehicles and private cars which come under the permitted classifications. Kor city driving, it is directed that as soon as possible after re ceipt of this order, all motor ve hicles permitted to operate must be equipped with dark oilcloth or, rubber masks or hoods attached securely to headlights, with a horizontal slit in the lower por tion about i inch x 3 Inches, cov ered inside with not less than two thicknesses of blue cellophane or one coat of blue lacquer paint. License lights must be blacked out with an opaque covering. -Tall lights must be hooded with 1 an opaque material, leaving an aperture at the bottom not more than 1 Inch In diameter. Side and clearance lights on trucks must be extinguished or completely hooded. Use of fog or spot lights with or without covering is prohibited. For operating on the highways beyond the corporate limits of cities, removal of the lower half of the hood will be permitted for the time being, provided the un hooded section Is covered by ut least two thicknesses of blue cello phane or one coat of blue lacquer paint. In an emergency blackout dur ing an air raid alert all vehicular traffic on all roads and highways must cease, except for emergency fire, police and first aid cars. All motor vehioles must proceed to the curb and all lights must be extinguished. Volunteers Now Ample The defense coordinator an nounced today that no more vol unteers for defense posts are needed at present. Since the first of the week more than 400 per sons have volunteered nnd have been assigned to various units, Plnniger stated. Following yester day's appeal for more womeii to operate the local filler center, more than enough have volun teered to complete the organiza tion. Due to the great rush of volunteers for defense assign ments, it will be several days be fore the clerical stuff can catch up with the accumulated work, and until further notice no more registrations are required. As soon as those awaiting assign ment can be placed and the work caught up to date, additional vol unteers may be accepted, Pinni ger states. Effectiveness of this morning's blackout, It was slated, was aided materially by the availability of radio broadcasting. No radio blackout was called, and, as a re sult, the local station was able to maintain service In the form of Informative bulletins, giving in- Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS by Associated Press Compiled Dec. 11, 30 15 15 Ind'ls RR's Ufs ..54.3 13.7 26.7 6b St'ks 37.1 36.6 39.3 44.2 45.0 36.6 10 Fgn. Thursday . Prev. day . Month ago Year ago . 1MI high . 1!)41 low . ..53.7 ..56.6 ...53.2 ...63.9 ...53.6 13.4 15.3 16.1 19 0 13.4 26.2 29.1 34.8 35.5 26.2 10 BONDS 20 10 RR's Ind'ls Ufs come ... 5R3 103.5 StX.il THURS to Prev. day 43.9 47.1 38.2 51.4 38.0 Month ago Year ago . 1941 high . 1941 low .. ..62.0 105.1 102.0 ...60.7 105.5 100.3 .66.5 105.4 102.2 ..58.3 103.5 ilS.il you're won halt the batUf npitnjt cold dlacomlort If Ton on open thoM HulT J nostrils unit breaths through your nosit without that smothery feelln. If your notrlU re dossed up, Insert Mentholttum. Note how effectively tt asses your breathing end relieves the sneetlos. nlffllng. soreness, swelling aJd redacts? With all these annoyances checked, you can o about your ac tivities in comfort. Jars or tubes. 30Q. structions to residents throughout the county. Rural Compliance Good Sergeant Paul Morgan report' cd that the blackout conditions in rural areas showed a very mark ed improvement and for the first time since the blackouts were started not a single complaint was received. The state police has taken over the task of patrolling highways and rural districts. Morgan said that all traffic ex cept that of commercial and emergency vehicles on highways has been halted, and that very little difficulty is being reported In connection with private cars. The local radio station was permitted last night and this morning to operate on regular schedule, and Information receiv ed today was lo the effect that no Immediate radio blackouts are planned except in cases of actual emergency. The manage ment of Station KRNR announc ed that the station will cooperate fully with the defense council and will subordinate all regular ly scheduled programs to an nouncements or services in be half of the local defense effort. Listeners are asked to keep tuned to KRNR for instructions. The county defense council is anticipating that blackout hours will be observed regularly for at least several days, or until the positions of possible enemy forces believed off the Pacific coast are definitely established. SALEM, Dec. 11 (API De- iense Coordinator Jerrold Owen said today that lights In chicken houses In rural areas have not been turned off during blackouts, fie said thet these lights must be extinguished to permit police of ficers to check on any rural fifth columnists who leave lights on to guide enemy airplanes lo their ob Jeciives. Churchill's Address Reflects Confidence (Continued from page 1) es of the three axis powers." He said bluntly that because of American naval losses Britain must expect that United States naval aid In the Atlantic and the volume of American supplies for Britain to be reduced, hut added: 'I cannot doubt now thnt the 130,000,000 people of the United States have bound themselves to this war and once they get settled down to It that the flow of mu nitions and aid of every kind will vastly exceed anything that could have been expected up to the present." Ot the sinking of Britain's battleship Prince of Wales and battlecrulscr Repulse by Japanese air attack off Malaya, the prime minister said he understood they were without support ol their own land-based fighter planes "because of an attack which had been made on the airdromes." He told the house of commons the ships were sunk by Japanese? aerial torpedoes. Says Hitler Blundered Churchill described the British campaign in Libya as the only place the British could open a field of fighting that would aid Russia. 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A., S22 Pacific Bldg., Portland, Ore. the "outstanding blunders of his tory" In attacking Russia, pictur ed the Germans as in retreat on the Russian front after suffering enormous losses and said Britain was now bent on annihilation of retreating German forces In Lib ya with good prospects of success. Hugh Dalton, minister of eco nomic warfare, said today that the Japanese war would be "far from a walkover" and estimated Japan had sufficient oil to fight a major war for 14 months. New Leader In Libya Churchill announced that Gen eral bir Alan tjoruon (Junning- ham, commander of the British succeeded by Major General Nell Methuen Ritchie. Ritchie, a Scot, was appointed deputy chief of the general staff earlier this year. The British said today British patrols operating along the coast of Libya between Tobruk and the frontier destroyed 38 tanks In workshops In addition to 27 re ported captured yesterday. AUolpn Hitler told the German people today that up to Dec. 1 the German forces had taken 3,806,- 865 Russian prisoners and cap- tureu or destroyed 21,391 Russian tanks, 32, 541 guns and 17,325 air craft, a report received here said. Alaska Hears First Alarm of Air Raid (Continued from page 1) and fire chiefs from the Puget sound blackout area. He warned that "confusion, disorder and panic can do more damage than bombs." The fiery "Little Flower" ad mitted he was "embarrassed and humiliated" on seeing wirepho tos of New York City crowds standing In groups during yes terday's air raid alarms there. "Wont somebody catch hell about this when I get home? Here I go around the country telling people they must stay in side during air raid alarms. And right in my own city this hap. pens this," he emphasized, flourishing the news picture. "Why don't people realize that our whole coast, the Atlantic, the gulf and the Pacific, for 300 miles inland, is a target area?" Blackout To Be Enforced Other developments: Both Portland and Aberdeen city councils passed ordinances dealing with blackout violations. Portland's maximums are S500 and six months; Aberdeen's, $500 and three months. Lyle K. Watts, regional fores ter at Portland, said the U. S. forest service had taken steps lo aid In northwest defense, with rangers and lookouts acting as airplane spoilers. Seattle experienced Us first serious blackout automobile acci dent. Four persons were Injured, three seriously, when a machine struck a bulkhead on Alaskan way, along the waterfront, early today, hitting with such force as to move the bulkhead back two Inches. PORTLAND, Dec. ll-(AP)-The regional forest office announces that Edward P. Cliff, supervisor of tile Siskiyou national forest, had been transferred to the Fre mont with headquarters at Lake view. He will succeed W. O. Harrl man, who will retire. Large new FLOOR SANDER for rent at I'AtlKS. (adv.) The Friendly Southern Pacific Bronze Tom Grand Champ Of Dressed Turkey Dept. (Continued from page 1) or Hoyt, publisher of the Ore gonian, Portland, as principal speaker. Prizes will be distribut ed following the banquet pro gram. Task of Judges Eased The judging of the more than 1100 turkeys exhibited in the live and dressed divisions of the show has been slow due to the unifor mity of quality, particularly in 10 ii. i-. uninn, onoma, Califor nia, head Judge. Because of the difficulties encountered by the Judges, the show management has announced an extra class, divid ing the turkeys Into three groups light, medium and heavy In stead of only the light and heavy divisions formerly used. Following completion toAay of the Judging of dressed birds, the principals were announced as fol lows: grand champion, R. D. Mit chell, Oak Harbour, Wash.; re serve champion, M. M. Lyons, Portland: champion young torn. Walter Dopps, Sunnyside, Wash.; champion adult torn, R. D. 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Domes; Black, Mrs. Fay Leather wood, Blackout Slackers Face Penalty at Albany ALBANY, Dec. 11 ( API Fial ure to comply with blackout re quirements of the Linn county de fense council will cost the violator within the city limits of Albany up to S100 or a 30-day jail sent- i. nee if municipal authorities choose to Invoke a new law. The counel Wednesday nght passed an ordinance requiring everyone within its jurisdiction to observe rules of the defense council as decreed b ytlie second interceptor command and war de partment. Conrad, Famous Radio Engineer, Passes On PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11. (AP) Dr. Frank Conrad, 67, assistant I chief engineer of Wcstinghouse Electric and Manufacturing com pany, and often called the "father of commercial radio," died last night in Miami, Fla., the company announced today. Conrad also was credited with developing the watt-hour meter, the one-wire automobile Ignition and lighting system and with de velopments in power transmis sion for radios. 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