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T In Purchasing Your Living Necessities, Bear in Mind that Adding "al" to the Worcf "Ration" is the Quickest Way to Soften the Government's Order to Ration. Save and Aid SEESAW The Russians continue to win In their own land, MacArthur Is holding on In Luzon, but the Japs are crowding toward SingaKrc, . while the axis has recaptured Bengasi. Anything can now hap pan at any time. Follow through, with the NEWS-REVIEW. Buy VXDefenseSavlttg$ BONDS and STAMPS at STORES BANKS rOST OFFICM VOL. XLVI NO. 252 OF ROSEBURQ R6 a ' ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942. VOL. XXX NO. 142 OF THE EVENING NEWS E33XL C3I T fkrf m 9 fHE DOUGL COUNTY DAiiy . Mrs Naval Money Bills Passed By Congress q Families of Captured Guam, Wake Civilians to Receive Allotments WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (AP) The senate passed today and returned to the house (or action on amendments legislation to authorize construction of 1,799 minor naval vessels at an estimat ed cost of $3,150,000,000. The measure would also author ize expenditure of S750.O00.0O0 for construction and ordnance facili ties. : Chairman Walsh of the senate naval affairs committee said the new ships would be used for con voy and shore patrol work. It also passed and returned to the house for concurrence in amendments legislation to author- Olze expenditure of $450,000,000 for naval public works. One of the amendments would make temporary provisions for relief of naval contractors and their employes for losses incurred as a direct result of enemy ac tion.' A naval committee report said that allotments of pay of civilians captured M Guam and Wake by the Japanese would be made to dependents of the captives. Record Bill Goes To F. R. The senate passed and sent to the White House yesterday a $12,556,072,474 army appropria tions bill providing funds for 23, D00 fighting planes and 10.000 trainers. Voted in exactly the form ft passed the house last week, the measure was the largest single impropriation bill ever to win final approval of congress. An even larger measure, appropriat ing $19,977,965,474 In cash and contract authority for the navy, now is pending in senate commit- Otee after being approved by tho house. Civil Defense Fund Okayed President Roosevelt approved yesterday an act authorizing n $100,000,000 civilian defense fund with which OCD Director Fiorel lo H. La Guardia may provide facilities, services and supplies for protection from bombing at tacks, sabotage or other war haz ards. The act makes it unlawful to wear insignia, arm bands or other badges of air wardens, special po lice or other aides of civilian de fense unless authorized, with a penalty of $100 or 30 days in jail. Federal agencies are authoriz ed to lend any equipment for civilian defense. Congress still must appropriate the funds au- thorized. Hatch Act Ban Easer! The senate passed and sent to the house yesterday omnibus war (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I TN1TED STATES troops arrive in the British isles, and are greeted, by the glad cry: "The Yanks are here!" Churchill, defending his con duct of Britain's war effort, tells parliament: . U. S. troops arriving in Britain are only the vanguard of more to come. ' U. S. fighters will help defend Britain against assault. U. S. bombers will help Britain bomb Germany. rON'T utter the thoughts that are In your mind. Don't think of MacArthur and his men who are fighting without hope of reinforcement to delay the Jap attack on Singapore, the East Indies and Australia. Don't recall that all military authorities have told us the Brit ish isles are already crammed with troops to repel a German in vasion if and when it comes. D EMEMBER that sending " American troops to the Brit . ish isles has been agreed upon in Washington and that Washington knows the whole world wide war picture and YOU DO NOT. Wars have to be run by those (Continued on page 2) Yanks and Irish Again Join Hands Across Atlantic (NEA Cuble-Telephoto.) An American doughboy, right, extends a welcome hand, and cigarette to a welcoming Irishman as a tender-load of A. E. F. troops docked at a northern Ireland port. More Yanks look on laughingly in the background. The picture was passed by censor and cabled to New York. The troops shown are to be followed by thousands of others In the allied plan for an offensive to crush Hltlerlsm. Rewards Posted For Conviction of Forest Firebugs Protection Program Adopted At Association's Meeting; Officertri Elected Rowsjjtotalling $1,000 will be postea .Jointly ,by the Douglus Forest. PtOMctive association and the Douglas county court for the arrest and conviction or for In formation leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons maliciously selling for est fires, it was announced today. H. O. Pargeter, secretary o the forest protective association, re ported that an agreement had been reached with the court set ting up the joint reward as a part of an elaborate protection pro gram for the 1942 season. The plans for a much more ex tensive protection system were adopted at the annual meeting of the association in Portland Tues day. Members of the county court were in attendance. . Officers chosen for the year were R. M. Fox, president; C. Davis Weyerhaeuser, vice-president; H. O. Pargeter, secretary- manager; Fred Southwlck, dis trict warden. The following were elected to constitute a board of directors: R. M. Fox, representing the Roach Timber company; C. Davis Weyerhaeuser, representing the Weyerhaeuser Timber company; F. S. Scritsmier, representing the Scritsmier Timber company; A. G. Clark, timberman; William Ruhman, representing the Pills bury Lumber company; W. H. Horning, O. and C. grant lands administrator; E. R. Walsh of the firm of Brown and Brown, forest engineers. Represented at the meeting were the state forester's office, O. and C. administration, U. S. forest service, Oregon Forest Fire association, Western Lane Fire Patrol association, Eastern Lane Fire Patrol association, Coos County Fire Patrol association and the Douglas county court. Holman's Bill Seeks Mineral Output Bureau WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (AP) Son.itor Holman of Oregon wants congress to authorize es tablishment of a division of min eral production in the interior de partment under a director to be paid $10,000 a year. Hnlmnn introduced an authori zation bill yesterday. The admin istrator would aid in the mininc of strategic minerals and encour age production of minerals need ed for war. Rationing of Gasoline For Canada Ordered OTTAWA. Jan. 29. (CP) Auotmobile drivers in Canada will be allowed between 300 and 380 gallons of gasoline a year for non-essential driving when gaso line rationing becomes effective April 1, Munitions Minister Howe announced today. 1 County-Wide Gather of Waste Paper To Raise Defense Money Scheduled; Schools, P.-T. A. Will Participate A county-wide collection of waste and scrap paper, to be con ducted through schools and Parent-Teacher associations, was an nounced today by the Douglas county defense council. ' - Organization of the drive has been conducted by William Har rington, assistant defense coor dinator, who announced today that all advance preparations have been made and that collec tions will start Monday, Feb. 2. Arrangements have been made, he states, whereby every Douglas county school will participate and will act as local headquarters for the paper drive. Trucks have been secured to collect the paper from the Roseburg schools, and county trucks will be used in col lections from schools in the rural districts. ' All Douglas county residents are requested to collect all waste and scrap paper. Particularly de sired are magazines, newsprint, books without covers, cardboard, etc. Proper Preparation Urged Mr. Harrington points out that it is very important that all bundles of papers, magazines, books, etc., should be securely bundled and tide. Loose or waste paper should be packed tightly into card board cartons and se curely bound. It is requested that persons contributing paper keep in mind the fact that the com modity is exceedingly bulky in comparison with weight, and that every precaution should be taken to confine the bulk as much as possible by packing tightly and bundling securely. In Roseburg the collections are dated as follows: Fullerton school, Monday, 8:30 to 9 a. m.; Benson school, Tuesday, 8:30 to 9 a. m.; Rose school, Wednesday, 8:30 to '9 a. ,m.; Junior high school, Thursday, 8:10 to 8:35 a. m.; senior high school, Friday, 8:10 to 8:35 a. m. This schedule will be observed weekly until fur ther notice. The truck secured for use in collecting the paper will be park ed in front of the respective build ings at the times and dates list ed, Mr. Harrington advises. Pu pils are requested to gather waste paper from their own homes or elsewhere and to deliver the bundles on the specified dates. The paper Is to be dumped direct ly Into the truck. Schools have been requested to designate cer tain boys to assist with the load ing. Families having no children In school are requested to make arrangements for deliveries by some neighboring student. Par ents or other persons having cars are asked to aid the youngsters in transporting heavy bundles to the school houses, at least during the early part of the drive. The collection will be continu ed on the dates previously speci fied until all surplus paper has been collected and then may be halted temporarily when collec tions become too light, but will be resumed at frequent intervals as long as the need continues, Mr. Harrington states. Camas Valley Leads Off The procedure in other towns and In the rural districts is to be much the same as In Rose burg. Parent-Teacher associa tions in all districts are being con tacted to head the lask of collec tion in their respective schools, The Camas Valley communlly already lias taken the lead in this campaign. The collection In that district was made by Boy Scouts, and Scoutmaster Guy R. Moore this week brought 1390 pounds of paper to Roseburg and delivered It to the defense council. Arrangements have been made whereby the paper will be sold through a local dealer and tho proceeds will be used by the de fense council in the purchase of equipment needed in the civilian defense program. Scrap Iron Collection Launched by Lions Club The Roseburg Lions club today started organization for a county-wide collection of scrap iron and the committee In charge re ported that final details will be announced in the near future. The Lions club is undertaking the task of collecting scrap iron at the request of the county defense council and all proceeds from the sale of the metal will be used to ward tho purchase of defense ma terials and equipment. All residents of cities and towns and all farmers, operators of industrial plants, etc., are re quested to start gathering all scrap metal immediately. In the near future the club will an nounce arrangements for scrap piles in every community of the county. After the metal has been collected in the scrap piles, ar rangements will be made for transportation to Rorcburg and shipment to foundries. Second Hand Dealer Pays Fine for Law Violation A. E. Dorman, local second hand dealer, paid a fine of $5 in city court Wednesday after plead ing guilty to a violation of the city's ordinance regarding pur chase of second hand merchan dise. Under the ordinance, deal ers are prohibited from buying from minors and also ate requir ed to file reports with city offi cers at stated intervals listing all goods bought by them. Dorman was alleged by City Recorder A. J. Geddes to have violated both of these provisions. Salem Boys, 13 and 10, Admit Orgy of Burglaries SALEM, Jan. 29. (AP) City police said today that a 13-year-old boy has confessed burglariz ing 15 Salem business nouses during the past three weeks, but that his most profitable burglary netted him only $8. The police also obtained a con fession from a 10-year-old boy who broke into eight residences. Pan-American Meet Ends In Full Accord Severance of Relations With Axis. Joint Wartime Program Agreed On RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 29. (AP) Western hemisphere soli darity was affirmed unanimous ly and Peru and Ecuador agreed to settle their 111-year-old boun dary dispute in a triumphant windup of the Pan-American con ference here today. .The conclusion came in post- conference mediation of the Per uvian - Ecuadorean differences several hours after foreign min isters of the 21 American repub lics had formally adjourned their two-week sessions. Iajor fruits of the conference were contained in 41 resolutions recommending severance of rela tions with the, axis, setting up joint military, economic and fi nancial boards and otherwise cov ering virtually the entire field of Pan-American relations. Ecuador was signed up as the 21st to indorse them. Her delegation had insisted on settlement of the boundary dis pute as a prerequisite. Both Ecuador and Peru yielded some claims In the area of rough ly 125,000 square miles of moun tainous jungle land with stretches for 300 miles north of the upper Amazon, agreeing more or less upon the status quo of 1936. Peru is to move her trtops from . regions.- occupied (Continued on page 6) British Flier Suspected Of Collusion With Japs LONDON, Jan. 29. (API Squadron Leader F. J. Rutland of tho Royal Air force, who return ed from the United States last October, is being detained for "al leged hostile associations" with the Japanese while in Washing ton, an official spokesman an nounced today. Detention of the veteran pilot involves "importunt military questions," ho said. Rutland was a flier In the last war and while piloting what was described as '.'very hazardous con traption" first spotted the Ger man fleet off Jutland. He was awarded the Distin guished Service Cross for that ex ploit. His detention first was disclos ed a week ago today. The official spokesman said "very Important security consid erations are involved In this case an dit is very desirable the mat ter should be discussed further." I SAW By Paul A CLASSIFIED AD IN THE NEWS REVIEW, READING THUS: "FOR SALE, GUN AND POINTER DOG. LEAVING FOR ARMY." His gun, and his dog. Two of man's dearest possessions sol aces In hours of trouble, glad some companions in days of joy. Next to kith and kin, a gun and a dog cling closest to a man's heart. Yet, there comes a time . . . when even all of these must bo forsaken. "I guess that time Is here, Pooch." How often when the going Is lough through mud and slime, or snow or sand, do you suppose this young soldier will think of that dog of his, lying as he will perceive him beside the fire, with his eyes raised hopefully to his master's face, eager for a casual word, a friendly ruffling touch? Don't you suppose the Garand or Springfield, with its menacing feel of chill death to human foe, will at times be transformed at memory's whim Into the sleek, balanced lines of that sporting gun of his? That is ... It and tho dog WERE his. Where do you sup pose they are now? "I wonder If the purp thinks of me now and then." - The trail this soldier is taking Fortress Guns Facing Supreme Test Bengasi Again Captured By Axis, Report Strategic Libyan City Changes Hands 4th Time In Thirteen Months ROME (From Italian Broadcasts), Jan. 29. (AP) The Italian high command announced in a special bulle tin that German and Italian troops this morning entered Bengasi, chief port and capi tal of Cerenalca. (The tame announcement was made In Berlin.) (Today's British communi que admitted axis forces were closing on the city, which now . has changed hands four times In 13 months, from the east and south.) Earlier the high com mand's regular communi que reported fighting be tween British and axis pa trols In desert sandstorms in the western Cerenaloa area. More and more, it was becom ing apparent that the British command had drawn heavily on its Libyan forces presumably sending; Australian and other Im perial troops from North Africa to bolster defenses In tho far Pa cific struggle and that the axis counter-offensive would be diffi cult to slop. HITLER FORCED TO SEEK AID OF OUSTED GENERALS (By the Associated Press) Sweeping new gains by Rus sia's armies were reported today (Continued on page G) Black Sand Processing -. Plant in Curry Slated MARSHFIELD, Jan. 29.- -(AP) Krome corpo-atlon, a new Ore gon firm headed by C. F. Corel ius, El Paso, Tex., will begin con struction within two weeks of a $500,000 plant for processing chromic oxide from black sand ore in northern Curry county. W. G. Hellier, Santa Cruz, Calif., who will bo general mana ger, announced that the federal government has contracted for the entire output. The present plan is to truck the concentrate to a shipping point in Coos coun ty, probably Coquille. Jenkins is long, longer than those he has followed In the hills at home. It is tortuous and rough and galling, beyond anything he has known or dreamed, and it leads to the portals (and perhaps through them) of a far, strange country whose name Is Eternity. Whining, shrieking things pass over his head, unseen, faster in flight than any bird, deadly things, such as were not known In the fields back home, ghnstly things of death harrowing to a soldier's soul; when he's all alone, you might say, without his dog. "Do you suppose tho old fel low could point this game?" Well, my soldier friend, should you find at the end of this trail that which all of us must find sometime, somewhere, somehow I hope that four-footed pal will come In fancy, creeping to your side, nuzzling you with cool nose comfortingly and so reassuring ly, as though he would say: Everything is all right, Master. Here I am. We're together again. What else matters now? What else, indeed? "You can trust a dog's love. When he loves you once, he loves you forever." In that celestial Country Be yond of eternal happiness, where there is said to be perfect joy and utter bliss, surely surely a sol dier may hope to find his dog. With One Win Awards For Heroism in War At top Ensign George Cox, who rocketed a torpedo boat through the fire of Japanese batteries in Sublo bay, Philip pines, and sank a 5,000-ton Jap anese ship. The herolo feat duplicated that a few days be fore by Lieut. John O. Bulkely. Lower photo Lieut. Mar shall J. Anderson, who was awarded the distinguished ser vice cross by General MacAr thur for gallantry In action. The award was made two days after Anderson's death. He was killed by enemy fliers as he dangled helplessly In his para chute after his own plane was damaged In action. Hearing on S. P. Train Slash Is Cancelled SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29,-r-(AP) Cancellation ot a Joint hearing to consider the Southern Pacific railroad s request to aban don passenger train service be tween southern Oregon towns and Dunsmulr, Calif.; was an nounced last night by the state railroad commission. The California and Oregon com missions had scheduled tho hear ing for Yreka on February 9, but cancelled it to comply with the army's request that there be no public hearings on rail service curtailment which might reveal military Information. Meet Will Plan Women Mobilization in Defense Arrangements have been com pleted for a meeting here Friday at 2 p. m. of the county board of workers in connection with the movement for mobilization of women in the war effort, it was announced today by Frank Chase, manager of the employment ser vice office. The meeting will be held In the circuit court room at the courthouse. The state chair man, or her representative, will be present to conduct the meet ing. An attendance of 150 or more is anticipated. 1 f v,l . - - Ti Vr J - Way Big Johore Strait Only Barrier To Invaders MacArthur Deals New . Smash; U. S. Fliers Blast Jap Planes Over Burma (By the Associated Press) The fateful battle for Singa pore raged only 30 miles away In the jungles of southern Malaya today, and as "zero hour" ap proached, the world awa::cd an answer to the mystery of the is land stronghold's $400,000,000 de fenses. A British communique acknow ledged that Japanese vanguards -had advanced within 30 miles ot Johore strait, which separates Singapore island from the main land, but declared that bayonet wielding Australians had success fully counter-attacked and Inflict ed about 200 casualties. On the Malaya east coast, oth er Japanese columns bad appar ently driven to a point 40 miles northeast of Johore strait, With heavy fighting reported at Ulu Sodill. A mllo-wlde strip was being cleared along the strait In pre paration for the battle of SlngR pore itself. . - , fCan Fortress Take It? pore, these questions-were para mount: 1. Will Singapore, with Us 18 Inch guns turned toward the sea, become another "Maglnot line"- a defenseless shell when attacked from the rear? - 2. Or have the British erected a secret network of death-trap do-, fenses at the lower tip of the Mu lay peninsula, guarding the mile wide water barrier to Singapore Island from the north? Pre-war dispatches from Singa pore told of giant guns so power ful their detonations would burst ear drums at 100 yards and knock pictures from walls within a radius of several miles. But as the hour of crisis near ed, it remained to. be seen wheth er the great fortress originally built as an "impregnable" de fense bastion against attack by sea may have become out-moded under modern conditions of aerial warfare. MacArthur Deals New Blow In the Philippines, a war de partment bulletin said American artillery gunners smashed new1 headlong infantry assaults on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's de fense lines In the Bataan penin sula, inflicting bloody losses. In the Burma war theater. (Continued on page 6) Ouster of Langer As Senator Urged WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (AP) The senate elections committee reported today that Senator Lang er (R-N.D.) was not entitled to a senate scat because of "a con tinuous, contemptuous, and shameful disregard for high con cepts of public duty." "The respondent (Longer)," tho committee said, "has not avoided, and cannot avoid, the consequenc es ot tho acts of gross Improprie ty, lawlessness, shotgun law en forcement, jail breaking, viola tion of oath as an attorney, rabble-rousing, civil dlsofedlcnce, breach of the peace, obstruction of the administration of justice, and tampering with court . offi cials." Asserting that the Integrity of' the senate was at stake, tho com mittee asked the chamber to de ny membership to the former governor of North Dakota, and recommended that action be tak en by a simple majority vote. Filing of the committee report climaxed more than a year of in vestigations and public hearings on 21 allegations made against Langer by a group of North Da kota petitioners. The committee told tho senate that "the charge of moral turpi tude against respondent has been proven beyond all reasonablo doubt."