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SIX ROSEBURG NEWS.REVIEW, ROSEBURG,. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1 942 Riddle RIDDLE, Jan. 21 Quito a few niilille residents hiivo boon afflict ed Willi flu or colds the past few ' weeks. An epidemic of whoop ing cough Is prevalent among the school children. Mrs. Horace Lundbcrg and daughter, Meredith, left last week for Salt Lake City, Utah, to visit with her parents, who are cole brutlng their golden wedding an niversary there this month. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kellar return-I-.-: ., their -hom Hpw recently alter visiting with Mr. Keiiiu-'s sislei, Mrs. Jaclt Schlenkcr, at . Portland. Miss Myrtle Griggs has gone to Weed, Calif., to visit her father, Murk Griggs. Mrs. Effie Ledgerwood Is con fined to her home this week with an attack of heart trouble. Mrs. Laura Yokum and daught er Imogone, who have been resid ing near the Riddle Junction of the Pacific highway have moved to the farm on the Canyonvllle road, recently vacated by the I Masters family. Mr nnd Mrs. fi. L. Grant. Mrs O. V. Logsdon and Helena Kiddle - visited at the Oren Ledgerwood home in Myrtle ctcck, i nursuuy. Mrs. Cliff Krlcger formerly ivimtht Vnknm who resides in California Is the guest of her mo ther, Mrs. ijiura xoKum. Thn nhsnrviiiinn nost at Riddle under the management of Mayor Lloyd Bridges, has been in opera, tinn nlmriKt ulnpe the war began, The post has headquarters ut the city hall and about fifty volun . teer workers have shifts of four hours each. The ladies of Kiddle are eager to help with Red Cross work hut so far have not been able to obtain material with which to work. The Riddle High school basket-h.-.n nnd vnllevhall teams won a double header with the Myrtle Creek teams in a last anu nuei estlng game played on the local floor Tuesday evening. Boys score: Riddle 22, Myrtle Creek lfl; Girls score: Riddle 25, Myrtle Creek 18. Gordon Fraz.ee, of the Riddle High school staff, has been ill with the flu this week. Mrs. Er nest Riddle substituted for him at school. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pruner visited relatives at Yoncallu Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Al Clatt who were recently married, were charlvaried by their friends and neighbors last Saturday evening. Mr. Clatt went to Iowa to claim his bride and the couple returned here to make their home on his ranch near town. Mr. and Mrs. Abner Logsdon and son, Allen, of Medford visited at the O. V. Logsdon home Frl- flfiv, nnrl llfflav. Roscoe Hall, an employee of the S. P. co. and stationed ai ua ridge, has been transferred to California. Mrs. Ball and baby son will be with her parents near Grants Pass until Mr. Ball Is settled at the new location. Dress Call I f , J t-stj i f I I- War Output Czar Halts Auto Manufacture Feb. 1 (Continued from page 1) Styles on Oahn Island show Hawalinns see one end: victory. Redwood Benny Elkton EI.KTON, Jan. 21. Mrs. II. B. Cox, of Lakeside, is visiting Mrs. H. H. Listerud. Mrs. C. C. Vlani who has been ill in Cottage Grove, is reported mirh imnrnved. Ronald Henderer, who has been In the Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene, has returned home. A. R. McDonald, postmaster, re ports he has the auto lax stickers fur snle at the office. Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Haines and daughter, Frances, of Eugene, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Solomon and d-uighler, Joy, of Roseburg, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. .1. O. Haines. Myron Haines, who Is with the coast guard at Florence, came home for a visit Saturday even In h. Sutherlin SUTHERL1N, Jan. 21. Miss Luella Pleuard returned Thurs day from Cottage Grove and Eu gene where she had visited rela tives and friends the last two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Thomp son and son, Mickey, of Collage Grove spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Holgate and sons, Lloyd and Gordon. A baby boy weighing il pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hud Holm at the John Bratton home last Saturday, January 17. Dr. 1. A. Dunlap was In attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Wilt Thomas have purchased the Cecil Bow man place east of town and have moved then to make their home. Lou Pleuard suffered a broken ankle while at work last week and was unable to leave the l.'tth for enlistment in the army as he had expected. Airs. J. W. Culver, Sr., returned Sunday from Portland and Se attle where she had visited rela tives and friends for several days. Mrs. Bill Romberger look her place In the market during her absence. Phyllis Mae Churchill and Ger ald Williams and Douglas Para zoo and Charlotte Bratton were married at the Methodist church in Roscburg Saturday evening. January IS. The latter three are Sutherlin young people. Both couples will make Sutherlin their home. L, Dewaard, who has been V V.'--VVJWII automobile dealers' association convention at Chicago by the or ganization's general counsel, Charles W. Bishop of Washing ton. Bishop said that the suggested legislative program, ir adopted by congress, would "answer most of the major problems facing the dealers. Declining 1h.it the Vinson act, under which the freezing order was Issued, lacks "teeth since the only penalty provided for vio lation is the shutting off of the supply of priority materials, Bishop said that amendment was needed for "the protection of the great majority of the dealers who are complying with the order." Some dealers, he said, are sell ing new cars openly "right now." In addition to the criminal pen alties the proposed legislative program would: Give the government authority to bring injunction proceedings against any violators. Delegate to the president the right to freeze the Inventory of any article regarded as strategic. Permit the president to fix the prices of frozen articles at fair retail levels. Bishop explained that this provision would make it possible to fix the exact prices of cars and prevent buyers from go ing on a "grand tour," among dealers In quest of the best bar gains. This would be in lieu of the present established ceiling on prices. Fund for Idled Men Asked. President Roosevelt asked con-J gross yesterday for a $300,000, 000 appropriation for unemploy ment compensation benefits for workers temporarily thrown out its full power to war production, trial plants to wartime uses. He sent a letter to Speaker Rayburn recommending the ap propriation and a plan for provid ing weekly benefits to qualified workers. The president said that the program should be controlled by Ready to Greet AEF in Ireland? "ag' 1 ""1 Allied Warships Shell Japanese In Malaya (Continued from page 1) London visit of Sir Basil Brooke, above, North Ireland's prime minister, may have purpose of arranging for American forces to occupy bases U. S. has built In British part of Emerald Isle. Impression that Brazil was not In sympathy with the conquered countries and emphasized that he was criticizing only the super flclality of such a resolution. Bra zil, he declared, wanted more definite action from the confer ence. Aranha said in a radio inter view broadcast to the United States yesterday that 20,000,000 rubber trees in the Amazon Jungles could be tapped to pro duce rubber in a hurry for the war program. "If you would nay half of the $1.20 you are paying for syn thetic rubber to get our wild rubber you wouia start a gold rush to the Amazon and would get rubber in a hurry," he said. At present the United States is paying only 30 cents a pound for Amazon rubber, he said. "When I was In Washington I tried to tell your state depart ment that we had everything in would be controlled by the social !;T'u,n"mlT- fT, . ,.8u' 3A Yoll 'Tlinberl' when you drop an overcoat of that uutUrial wrapped around Edna Morgan. The goods is made of redwood bark and wool and can be used In overcoats, hats, blankcls and suiting, believe it or not. . . making an extended visit in Cali fornia, returned here Monday. Mrs. Stella French and Mrs. Leslie Chapman visited with Mi's. French's sister, Mrs. Mabel Bar ren, In Eugene Sunday , night and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chap man of Yoncalla, visited over Monday night at the French home here. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lamor caux returned home Saturday from Roscburg where the former had been receiving medical care at Mercy hoslptal. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson were business visitors in Rose burg Monday. Mr. and 'Mrs. Claude Selleek and Mrs. Mary Selleek visited Sunday afternoon with Lewis Out al the veterans' facility In Roscburg. S. A. and Hilda Schieman have resumed work on the construc tion of their sawmill Just south of town. Azalea AZALEA, Jan. 21. Mr. nnd Mrs. T. B. Patterson and family from Wolf Creek visited here Sunday wilh their son-in-law nnd daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hen Jant-zer. Bob Head attended to business at Canyonville Sunday. Mr. nnd Mrs. Den Phelps nnd daughiers, Joy, Phyllis, Virginia and Dorothy, attended to busi ness and shopped In Medford Sat urday. Amery Eastman was a business caller In Roscburg Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Hen Jantzer, Mrs. John Jantzer and Mrs. Stan ley Jantzer and son, Johnny, were in Roscburg on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George Jantzer from Prospect vislied here Sat urday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Jantzer and Mr. and! Mrs. William Jantzer. Amery Eastman was in Grants Pass one day last week where he received medical rare for a brok en rib. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lewis visit ed briefly here Monday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooke. They were en route to their home in Bakersfield, Calif., after visit ing up north since before Christ mas. Mr. and Mrs. William Jantzer, and son, Jackie, attended to busl-j ness in Roscburg and Camas ' Valley Saturday. I security board and would supple- j ment state unemployment com pensation programs. During the conversion period In plants, he said, there was bound to bo distress. Present un. employment compensation laws of foe "some protection" but they are not enough, Mr, Roosevelt commented. The president also suggested that the program continue not longer than this calendar year and that details of the benefits to he paid bo determined by him through an executive order. Under the plan an estimated 4,000,000 men will receive up to $24 a week for 2G weeks during which they will be trained for employment at war production. In states where dislocated work ers receive state unemployment compensation the federal govern ment will contribute the differ ence up to $24. In states where idle workers receive no state compensation, the government will pay the whole sum . Trade-Money Pact for Anti-Axis Is Proposed (Continued from page 1 India and all British dominions would enter Into the agreement. A pool or allied gold holdings would be created. The Latin American countries would agree to peg their national currencies Into the free international ex change currency. 3. Creation of an emergency labor program for the hemis phere whereby skilled labor would be allowed free movement between countries and whereby any hemispheric labor shortages would be met. Establishment of an emergency civilian workers corps Is planned so new war in dustries can be set up through out the continent. ARGENTINA STILL ALOOF FROM SOLIDARITY PLAN RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21 I API -The defense committee of the Pan American conference unanimously adopted a resolution today expressing sympathy for axis-occupied countries and assur ing recognition to their govern ments in exile. Delegates said the big test of Pan American solidarity -action on tlie resolution to break off re lations with the axis which Ar gentina lias said she would op pose would not conn to com mittee vote until tomorrow. Hopes that Argentina might fall Into line on the proposal to break relations with the axis were dealt a blow last night by Argentina's acting president, Cas. tillo. who said his government could not modify its attitude to ward the proposal. Brazil Offers Rubber Oswnldo Aranha, Brazil's foreign minister cleared up the added. "Bolivia has plenty of tin but you were bringing it half way around the world from the Ma layas. Ecuador has cocoa but you were getting it from Africa. Brazil has coffee nnd rubber but you were getting all your rubber and some coffee from Java and Singapore." Lookingglass - LOOKINGGLASS, Jan. 21. Vernon Green left Sunday, for Portland where he will enlist, in the navy air corps. Ira Howard left Friday for Eu gene to enter the vocational training school there preparatory to defense work. He was accom panied by Howard Kiser, who re turned home Sunday. Mrs. Mervin Worth of Canby was a guest over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Marsh. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green en tertained at dinner Saturday eve ning honoring Mrs. Mervin Worth and Miss Helen Wooden. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meredith and family spent Sunday at Rice creek at the home of the for mer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Meredith, and family. Mrs. H. M. Alexander is con valescing at the Douglas hotel in Roscburg following a sudden se vere illness on New Year's day. Martha June Buell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buell, suffered a fractured arm while playing at the family residence Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bixlcr of Rose burg were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Story. The basketball and volleyball teams went to Camas Valley on Friday evening for conference games. Both teams were defeat ed. Mrs. Frank Spriggs returned to her home Saturday following a week at Sheridan visiting with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. LaVcil Barker, and family. my newspaper Red Star estimat ed that about 6,000 American and 32,000 Filipino native troops were opposing 100,000 Japanese in Luzon. At home, Americans warmed to a thrilling new exploit by the U. S. navy in which Lieut. John D. Bulkeley, 30, of Long Island city, New York, rocketed an 84-mile-an-hour torpedoboat Into Binan ga bay, in the Philippines, and sank a 5.000-ton , Japanese ship under heavy fire. Lieut. Bulkeley's daring feat, quickly commended by the navy department, jnarked the debut of the navy's new "P.T." boat in the Pacific war theater and gave the Japanese now worries for the im mediate future. Malay Invasion Not Hatted Japanese frontline dispatches said battle flags of the Rising Sun were advancing southward along the Malayan west coast "in spite of gunfire from enemy ships In the strait of Malacca, which lies between the Malay peninsula and the Dutch East Indies island of Sumatra. British military quarters con ceded that Japanese troops ap parently arriving in small boats which hugged the shore continu ed to land along the Malay coast during the past 24 hours, striking ahead of the main Japanese in vasion army to harass the British west flank. Strong Japanese pressure also was reported against a British communications highway running southeast from the Muar river sector, 90 miles north of Singa pore, where British, Australian and Imperial Indian troops were struggling to halt the main Jap anese onslaught. It was in this sector that Tokyo asserted 20,000 British were trapped. A Tokyo broadcast said Japan ese forces yesterday captured Segamat, 95 miles north of Singa pore, after a sevendav ntt; against positions defended by the Australian 8th division and forti fied to a depth of 35 miles. Japanese Raids Extended Other fast-breaking develop ments included: 1. Dutch East Indies the I Dutch high command quoted "re liable reports that Japanese troops had occupied the entire Minahassa peninsula, northeast arm of Celebes island, but "paid dearly for this conquest. East of Celebes, 40 Japanese bombers and 20 fighting planes attacked Kavieng, on the Dutch island of New Guinea, and three more raiders bombed the nearby city of Madang. Fifty other Jap anese bombers and fighter were spotted flying toward Sajamaua, south of Madang. Shortly after noon Salamaua airdrome wasat tacked. . ; ' " ' -y.t ': 2. Australia nearly 1,800 miles east of Celebes, Japanese war planes attacked the key ports of eastern (British) New Guinea and the nearby Bismarck archipelago. Forty Japanese bombers and 20 fighting planes raided Kavieng, at the north cape tip of British New Ireland, and attacked the New Guinea cities of Madang, Salamaua, Bulolo and Lae. Aus tralia's Prime Minister John Cur- tin said the mass attacks showed the peril to Australia was "near er, clearer and deadlier than ev er." 3. Burma imperial Tokyo headquarters asserted that Jap- anese forces now striking into British Burma, China's backdoor for war supplies, "annihilated" defense troops in an attack near Commeander, 16-miles northeast of Japanese-occupied Tavoy, in southern Burma. British headquarters at Run goon, the Burmese capital, de clared that Thai-Japanese forces which struck from the Thailand border yesterday toward the im portant port of Moulmein in southern Burma had been cheek ed near tjie frontier town of Mya-waddl. Russians Take Mozhaisk In Eioody Combat (Continued from page 1) f SECONDS TO t PORTLAND'S CITY CENTER hi Cloat lo Business. Theater. Shopping fcj district . . . Garden surrounding. Spooova "View" rooms with bath, or M $200 AND UP jjf . . . dig, dig, dig all day... but tonight, Rice & Meyers Sheet-Metal Works ShMt KUtal Work Tailored to tht Job 404 W. Lane St. Phone 320 I UM Ot. For Generations A Great Kentucky tt'histey National Diitillrrs Product! Corp., N. Y. 9! Proof giant offensive along the entire 1,200-mile front. City Scene of Slaughter Tass, the official soviet news agency, said the Germans suffer .. .i , .. . i i . u-u i-uui muim lueses in un uueinpi to Obev Hitler's order to hold Mozhaisk at all costs. It added that red army troops, storming into the city after smashing earth and timber forts 50 to 100 yards apart, found a scene of chaotic destruction and carnage. "The whole defense belt was dug with huge craters and litter ed with German bodies . . . soviet foot soldiers moved relentlessly toward the center of the town, driving out or killing automatic riflemen in their hideouts . . . the dead piled up in cellars, attics and stairways and spilled through doorways. ..." Even before the capture of Moz haisk, wounded and frost-bitten German troops were reported to have been moving to the rear at a rate of five to six trainloads daily. Hitler's high command empha sized the bitter fighting in the Donets river basin, reporting that the Russians lost 1,100 killed in one battle, and asserted that a total of 10,605 soviet prisoners had now been 'captured at Feo dosiya, In the Crimea. Storm Slows African War The worst sand and rain storms in Libya In 10 years are hamper ing the movements of pritish land and air forces attempting to strike at General Rommel's axis forces along the gulf of Sine, British headquarters at Cairo said today. As a result, much of the region has been rendered impassable, a communique said, and the axis forces have taken the opportunity to mine heavily the restricted areas over which the British imiKbt .press the advance. The announcement said, how ever, that collection of equip ment in the Halfaya (Helifire) pass sector along the Libyan Egyptian frontier wrested from the axis last week was continuing and that the final count of pris oners captured there was 5,026. Captured equipment,, the Brit ish said, included 16 German and 44 , Italian field pieces "in first class condition" nnd large quanti ties of other arms, munitions and supplies of all kinds. . Lymon L. Spencer Representing New York Life Insurance Co. Protecttoft. fttimet, Sav ings, Educational Plans. Roseburg Telephone 277 or 601-R FERTILIZER! Order now for spring use. WE NEED YOUR ORDERS NOW IF YOU NEED THE GOODS THEN. 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