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That was the U. S. navy's score.
In attacks on the Japanese, ac
cording to the report today of
Admiral Hart. Details are com
ing later. They'll be relayed to
NEWS-REVIEW readers prompt,
ly and accurately.
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VOL. XLVl NO. 21P " ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 7, 1941.
VOU XXX NO. 105 OP THE EVENING NEWS
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ROSEBURG BLACKOUT ENFORCEMENT
DECREED BV NEW CITY ORDINANCE
Council Sets
Penalty For
Disobedience
Rules, Patterned After
Portland Law, Listed
For All Civilians
The Roseburg city council,
meeting Tuesday afternoon in an
emergency session, adopted an or-
dinance providing penalties up to
$250 for violation of blackout
regulations and civilian defense
restrictions.
"I can't conceive that we should
ever have to enforce any of the
penalties provided in this ordin
ance," Mayor Young declared fol
lowing the unanimous passage of
the measure. "I believe the people
of Roseburg are the type of patri
otic people that will make every
effort and sacrifice to cooperate
during, this emergency. If there
is a person in our city who isn't
of such a mind, I want to,find out
about it, and we'll be ready to deal
with him to the full extent of the
penalties we are able to provide."
The ordinance, which is pat
terned after the approved type of
law passed by several other Ore
sron municipalities, is instructive
as well as regulatory, laying down
I the rules necessary for individual
and community safety.
The ordinance, in effect, makes
the rules and regulations of the
county defense council, with re
gard to blackouts and defense
measures, of the same weight as
city laws, and provides penalties.
The defense council may issue
formal orders from time to time,
as emergencies require and these
Immediately come within the
scope of the ordinance.
Major Order Issued
One such order has been pro
mulgated by the council, requir
ing that all extci-ior lights, and
all Interior lights which might be
visible from the outside, be ex
tinguished when the property con
cerned is left unoccupied. The
order applies principally to stores
and business establishments and
requires proprietors to extinguish
lights upon leaving the place of
business. The order Is required,
it is stated, because of delay's en
countered in practice blackouts
in getting merchants downtown
to turn off forgotten lights.
In another case a time clock
(Continued on page 6)
Response Good To
Red Cross Appeal
Good progress is being made
throughout the county on the
Red Cross war fund campaign,
according to reports received at
the office of the Douglas county
chapter. The drive has not been
made in Roseburg to date, but in
several other communities there
has been a very ready response
to the appeal.
The county chapter is striving
to reach a goal of (5,000 as its
share In the $50,000,000 national
quota.
The money will be used to pro
vide relief for civilian popula
tions in case of bombings or other
war-caused disasters; carry on
greatly increased work with the
armed forces, as outlined in
M-day regulations of the army
and navy, and to carry on the
usual war-time services of the
Red Cross.
The campaign for the war fund,
it is reported, is in some cases,
particularly in Roseburg, over
lapping the annual roll call, and
persons so far not contacted for
the roll call are asked to at least
double their contributions when
contacted by war fund solicitors.
The canvass of the business dis
trict of Roseburg will be started
in the near future by teams from
each of the service clubs, which
are organizing the drive this
week.
Douglas County Buys $100,000 Worth of
United States Defense Savings Bonds
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. Newa-Keview Photo and KnKravlng.
Pictured above are Douglas county officers who were instrumental In arranging the Investment
of $100,000 of surplus funds of the Douglas county treasury In national defense savings bonds. P'c-,
tured are (seated) from left, Commissioners H. B. Roadman, J. Rosi Hutchinson and Judge D.- N:
Busenbark. Standing, District Attorney J. V. Long, Harry Pargeter, chairman of the county defense
bonds sales; County Clerk Roy Agee and County Treasurer Oliver Johnson.
Purchase of $100,000 worth of
defense bonds with surplus funds
from the Douglas county treas
ury has been authorized by the
county court, it was announced
here today by County Judge D. N.
Busenbark. A resolution adopted
by the court, authorizes the pur
chase of $50,000 worth of bonds
in December and a like amount
In January. H. O. Pargeter, bond
sale chairman for Douglas coun
ty, has been instructed to make
necessary arrangements for the
transaction.
The county, Judge Busenbark
reports, has accumulated approxi
mately $225,000 treasury surplus,
largely due to the sale of timber
lands secured by the county
through delinquent tax sales.
Some of the money also repre
sents delinquent tax payments.
Because of the surplus it was
decided recently to levy no coun
ty tax for the first six months of
1942, other than a general road
tax, and approximately $125,000
of the surplus will be used to
carry county government until
the new budget is formed for the
1942-43 fiscal year.
Double Purpose Served
Investment of the remaining
$100,000 in defense bonds has
been authorized not only as a pa
triotic act, but as an actual finan
cial benefit for the county, Judge
Busenbark said, as the county's
balance is drawing no interest at
present. The court also was actu
ated by the possibility of a post
war depression, and the money
invested in defense bonds will act
as a reserve in the event of ma
jor tax delinquencies at some fu
ture date. Judge Busenbark said.
Legality of the transaction was
approved by District Attorney J.
V. Long. The program for trans
fer of funds was worked out by
County Treasurer Oliver Johnson
and County Clerk Roy Agee.
Bolivia Nips Sabotage
Plot Aimed at Metals
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 17
(AP) A German plot to halt the
exnort of Bolivian metals to the
United States by sabotaging rail-
ways running to the Chilean ports
'or Arica and Antofagasta has
;been thwarted, according to in
j formation received here today,
t It also was learned that the
Bolivian government had Impos
ed a rigid censorship but whether
(this was connected with the re
ported nazi plot was not clear,
i Bolivia produces considerable
tin and lead all of which is going
to the United States under a pur
'chase agreement.
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Quake in Formosa
Rips Jap Bases
TOKYO, Dec. 17. (Official
radio received by A. P.) One
hundred and ninety persons were
killed and 164 injured this morn
ing by an earthquake in south
ern Formosa, the overseas af
fairs ministry announced today.
A total of 612 houses were raz
ed and there was some damage
to railways and other communi
cations, the ministry added.
(The Japanese island, off the
southeast China coast and little
more than 200 miles north of the
northern Luzon coast, has several
air bases from which attacks
have been launched on the Philip
pine islands. It is likely that
these fields are in the southern
part hit by the quake.
(The fact that the Japanese
acknowledged damage to rail
ways and other communications
indicated the possibility that mili
tary effort based on Formosa
might be impaired.
(Formosa, along with the Chi
nese island of Hainan, off the
south China coast, long has served
warring Japan as a troop con
centration and training point.
Formosa is believed to have serv
ed the Japaesd as a great prov
ing ground for new weapons and
warfare techniques, much as Po
land was used by the Germans
after the occupation.)
3 Killed, 9 Injured in
Two Train Accidents
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Dec.
17. (AP) The west bound Katy
flyer, passenger train of the
M. K. T., crashed headon into the
standing eastbound flyer four
miles north of here early today,
killing three trainmen and injur
ing five other railroad employes.
No passengers were hurt seri
ously. The dead:
P. H. Handley, Sedalia, Mo.,
engineer.
F. M. Truett, Sedalia, Mo., en
gineer. Richard Snell, New Franklin,
Mo., fireman.
D ALII ART, Texas, Dec. 17.
(AP) Four persons were injured
today when six cars of a west
bound Rock Iisland passenger de
railed at Naravlsa, 56 miles south
west of Dal hart.
Civilian Defense
Plans Discussed
A large number of ex-service
men were present last night for
the meeting called by Umpqua
post of the American Legion at
the Knights ot Pythias hall to
hear speakers explain plans for
civilian defense. The speakers, In
cluding Harry Plnniger, county
defense coordinator; E. R. Wal
ton, executive officer; V. J. Mi
colli, district commander of the
American Legion and Ellen Post,
executive secretary of the Ameri
can Red Cross, discussed various
phases of the program.
The veterans were advised of
the departments being used in
civilian defense and were told of
the work being done in providing
training in first aid by the Red
Cross. Plans also were discussed
for formation of a unit of veter
ans to function as an armed,
military unit to serve In cases of
disaster or other emergency.
Defense Bond Sale Heads
Slated Here Tonight
Ray Conway, state administra
tor of the organization for sale
of defense bonds, will bo in at
tendance from Portland tonight
at the meeting of the county de
fense bonds committee, H. O.
Pargeter, local chairman an
nounced today. Glenn Jackson,
Medford, regional administrator,
also will be present. The two of
ficers will explain the various
plans of campaign and functions
of committees and committee
members. All members of the
county committee are urged by
Mr. Pargeter to be present for
the meeting which will be held
at the blue room of the Umpqua
hotel, instead of In the Douglas
Abstract company office, as pre
viously scheduled.
Motor Funds Yield
Douglas County $27,667
Douglas county has been allot
ted the sum of $27,667 from the
state motor vehicle funds, it was
announced today by Secretary of
State Earl Snell. The funds are
distributed twice each year, on a
basis of the number of cars reg
istered from the county. Douglas
county's share In the state total
of $1,200,000 Is based upon regis
tration of 9,242 vehicles.
Nazis Gloomy
At Reverses
On 2 Fronts
Defeat by Reds, Nearing
Debacle in Africa Are
Reflected in Reports
Rv the Associated Press
' ' Russia proclaimed a series of
smashing new victories in the
war with Germany today, ana lor
the first time Adolf Hitler's
high command wryly acknowl
edged that the German invasion
armies were "shortening their
lines" along the soviet front and
Were hard-pressed on the defen
sive in North Africa.
;In perhaps the gloomiest nazi
communique of the entire war
giving the German people at
least an inkling that the tide of
conquest has been thrown into
reverse the high command re
ported:
I "In the course of transition
from aggressive operations to
stationary warfare for the win
ter months, necessary improve
ments involving the shortening
of lines now are' being system
atically undertaken on various
sectors of the eastern front."
jBut soviet dispatches pictured
the Germans in headlong flight.
by no means effecting a strategic
withdrawal, with a Moscow com
munique declaring:
"The fleeing enemy is being
pursued an annihilated by our
troops."
Nazis Winter Plm Upset
Red army soldiers who recap
tured strategic Kalinin, 95 miles
nprthwest of Moscow, said they
Svjnd, that German, troops, had
built four-tiered plank beds In
houses throughout the Kalinin
zone "evidently intending to
spend the winter there."
Moreover, the official Berlin
radio spokesman shifted In a
broadcast from comment on the
exploits of "our victorious Ger
man army" to a discourse on the
"unbelievable difficulties" under
which nazi troops were fighting
In Russia.
Soviet front line dispatches said
the Germans were retreating,
(Continued on page 6)
Raid on Hawaii Sends .
11,303 Recruits to Navy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (AP)
Enllsment of 11,303 men In the
navy in the eight days immediate
ly following the Japanese attack
on Hawaii was announced by the
navy today as "indicating the re
sponse of the nation's man power
to the threat against the nation."
I SAW
Rv Pnul
CURTIS CALKINS briskly en
gaged in the installation of a
sawdust burner at the new home
of Fred (Jr.) Chapman In Lau
relwood. Curtis is Roscburg
agent for the manufacturer of
the unit, and has installed over
300 commercial and residential
burners here.
I could write a book on what I
don't know about sawdust burn
ers. In fact, I have written a lot
about it. I've got one; but am
seldom on speaking terms with It.
"Oh," Curtis tells me, "you'll
come to get along with it all
right. The only thing I can think
of is that It may be sucking a
little air around its collar. 1 11 be
over and look Into that one of
Fleet's Prowl of Japanese
Waters Puts Alarm in Foe
Sea War Off
Malaya Still
In Hot Stage
Japs Land in Borneo, but
Get No Booty; Hongkong
Resistance Continues
(By the Associated Press)
British headquarters in Singa
pore acknowledged today that
Japanese troops had landed In
Sarawak on the northwest coast
of Borneo, British-protected do
main of the famous "white ra
jah," Sir Charles Brooke, within
300 miles bombing range of
Singapore Itself and 600 miles
from Manila.
A Batavia communique said a
Dutch bomber scored a direct hit
on a Japanese destroyer covering
hostile landing operations at Mirl,
Sarawak, close to the frontier be
tween Sarawak and British North
Borneo. The southern part of
Borneo is uutcn. .
Oil was an obvious objective at
Mirl but the Batavia radio said
"everything was destroyed before
the Japanese could land.
Even oil plants at the port o
Mirl have disappeared."
The air ministry news servlco
at London declared today that the
Japanese are using German fight
er plaries In the air battle of
Malaya.
Japs Seek Quick Kayo. "
With the Japanese throwing
their land, sea and air forces
into a spreading offensive around
the South China sea, military ex
perts said Tokyo war strategy
evidently aimed at a quick knock-
(Continued on page 8.)
Fire Threat at Bandon
Mill Under Inquiry
BANDON, Ore., Dec. 17(AP)
Police investigated today a fire,
apparently originating in the
center of a pile of green lumber,
which threatened to destroy the
Moore Mill & Lumber company
despite high wind and rain yester
day. Firemen, who said the pile
burned as though inflamable ma
terial was involved, saved 1,000,
000 board feet of lumber, the mill
and the wharf.
.tonkins
News-Kovlew Photo arid Kiisravlnir.
these days."
Well, I inhale my air in the
same neighborhood, but each
time anyone has looked down my
collar it hasn't been good for me.
Roseburg's arterial highway
leading to Dixonvllle looks as if
the Japs had shelled it, and then
tried to dig out the holes. Pretty
soon nothing but an army tank
could hope to navigate It, and Its
feet better not slip.
"Fine winter we're having,"
said Ivan Swift yesterday, as he
handed me a cluster of ripening
strawberries. "I picked 'cm at my
place at Tenmlle maybe we'll
have some for Christmas yet!"
Jap Attacks On
Johnson, Maui
Islands 'Weak'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.
(AP) The navy department an
nounced today that there were
no injuries to personnel during
the Japanese attack on Johnston
Island, which was reported late
yesterday.
The navy described the action
by Japanese naval forces as
"weak."
Earlier, the war department
said the shelling of Kahului, on
the island ot Maul, by an enemy
submarine yesterday caused only
slight damage to a loading plat
form of a pineapple company and
that there were no casualties.
Johnston, 717 miles southwest
of Hawaii, was attacked by Japa
nese naval units at dusk of an
unspecified day, possibly Mon
day, at about the same time that
a Japanese submarine attacked
the Hawaiian shipping center of
Kahului, only about 95 miles
from Pearl harbor.
About 10 shells were fired in
the Maul attack, the army said.
The armv announced also It
wasWivestlgating reports that a
disabled Jupanese airplane and a
pilot were found on Niihau, a
small Island in the western por
tion ot the Hawaiian group.
The, Island is approximately
100 miles northwest o Oahu, on
which Honolulu Is situated, Nii
hau, prJvately;Owneck is listed on
ly us a sheep ranch.
House Urged To
Follow Senate In
Draft Age Change
Reduction In Minimum Age
From 21 to 19 Voted On
Appeal From Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (AP)
House Democratic Leader Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts re
buked the house military com.
mittec today and asked the rep
resentatives to approve lecisla
tion to require military training
for men from 19 to 44, Inclusive,
rather than 21 to 44, inclusive.
Criticizing the committee for
rejecting a request by President
Roosevelt and the war depart
ment that men below 21 be in
ducted into service, McCormack
said:
"We cannot have too many
leaders In this crisis. I can not
accept their (the committee mem
bers') judgment Instead of that
of the president of the United
States and his military advisers.
"They should not challenge the
judgment of the president and of
General Marshall."
McCormack was referring to
General George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff.
He said the committeemen
might be "great military leaders
and great tacticians" but he could
not accept the committee's deci
sion on age limit.
McCormack said Rep. Andrews
R N. Y.) would sponsor an
amendment to restore the war de
partment's age brackets.
Rep Thomason (D-Tex.), reply
ing to McCormack, said that no
member of the military commit
tee "set himself up as superior to
the war department" and asked
the members for a "dispassionate
patriotic" study of the legislation.
Ail-Out War Wanted
Andrews told the house "I pro
pose an all out war, with seven
million In the army, two million
in the air corps, and one million
In the navy." He said his amend
ment would make the house mea
sure conform to that approved
unanimously by the senate mili
tary committee.
The senate, repsondlng to Mr.
Roosevelt's appeal, yesterday vot
ed unanimously to make all able
bodied men from 19 through 44
liable for military service.
Under the legislation, men from
18 to 64, inclusive, would have to
register, but only the 19-44 age
group actually could be drafted
for military service.
Defenders Of
Luzon Smash
26 Jap Planes
Invasion Halt Loads to ;
Idea Foe Reorganizing
For Fresh Attempt
(By the Associated Press)
Japan took alarm today at the)
reported presence of 20 U. S.
submarines operating In Japan. 1
cse waters even as Admiral
Thomas C. Hart, commander of
the Asiatic fleet, announced that;
American submarines had gone
into action for the first time in
the 11-day-old conflict and scored,
success in two out of three at.
tacks. -j
U. S. army Jieadqttarters In
Manila reported also that at least;
26 Japanese planes had been de
stroyed yesterday at Vigan, 200
miles northwest of Manila, where)
the Japanese still maintained ono
of their three toeholds on Luzon .
Island.
Admiral Hart's cryptical state,
ment did not Identify the victims '
of the American counterblows
whether Japanese warships ot .
merchant craft or the locale ot
the sinkings.
It seemed plausible, however)
that the United States was tight
ening a blockade around the
Mikado's - densely-populated Is
land empire. ' '
Admiral Hart declared that '
United States submarine had
"made two successful attacks"
and a third which failed ta
achieve its objective.
Hart said the defensive plan
drawn up for the Asiatic fleet bc
fore the war -called for counter,
blows in the event of Japanese
aggression;
He said the fleet was not "en
tlrely ready" for Japan's surprise
attack but nevertheless had been
following Its pre-arranged deten
sive plan with minor adjustments)
Why Marines Withdrew.
1 Of the surrender of 200 United
(Continued on page 6)
Auto Tires, Tubes to
Go On Rationing Basis
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.
(AP) OPM officials said today;
that the prohibition on manufac
ture of automobile tires and tubes,
except to fill top defense orders,
would be extended until the first ,
week In January.
The original order, effective
December 11, was to have expir
ed December 22 and was de
scribed as preliminary to direct
rationing of tires to civilian con
sumers. ,
Designed to halt a consumer's
buying wave which developed af
ter the Japanese attack on Ameri
can Island possessions In the Pa
cific, the prohibition bars tire
stores, both wholesale and retail,
filling stations, automobile deal- )
ers or other persons from selling
any type of new automobile,
truck, bus, motorcycle or farm
Implement tire or tube except on j
high defense preference ratings.
Italy-Gripped Albania
Declares War on U. S.
BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 17
(AP) Stefanl, the Italian official
news agency, reported today from
Tirana that Albania had declar
ed war on the United States.
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