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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGOfl, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1942. six Motor-Propelled Boats 16 Feet or ' Over Hit by Tax "Local spoils fishermen owning bouts 16 or more foot in length will not be required to pay a use tax on such boats provided they propel the craft exclusively with oars, according to a ruling re ceived here today from J. W. Ma lbney, collector of internal reve nue. If, however, an outboard motor is attached the boat imme diately becomes subject to the use lax. The tax does not apply to boats used in commercial fishing or trade. Any boat propelled by ma chinery or by sail, or by both means, measuring 16 feet or more In length and used for pleasure purposes, is subject to the tax, which became effective Feb. 1. The tax is imposed only if the boat is put in use and does not apply to boats in storage. The collector reports that he has obtained a ruling from the commissioner of Internal revenue In answer to numerous Inquiries regarding boats equipped with de tachable outboard motors and that such' usage makes the boat subject to the tax. Boats under 16 feet, used either with or without motors, are not subject to tax The stamp tax Is Identical with that used on automobiles and costs $2.09 for the five months period from Feb. 1 to June 30, when a $5 annual tax stamp Is re quired. This rate applies on boats up to 28 feet. Boats from 28 to 50 feet require a $10 annual stamp, or $4.17 for the five months period. Forms for making application lor the tax stamps may be ob tained from the collector of In ternal revenue, 210 Custom House, Portland. Rationing of Sugar Put Up to School Teachers (Continued from page 1) his family's copies of "war ration dook No. l" will sign an applica tion declaring the amount of su gar in his home. On the appllca- tlon form will be a reminder that making false statements to any leaerai agency is a criminal of fense carrying penalties up to $10,000 line or ten years' lmprls onment. Those whose family supply ex- coeds two pounds per person will have an appropriate number of stamps detached from the front of their books. Since each stamp will be numbered for use In 28 consecutive weeks, those lacking the first few stamps will have to use up the sugar in the cupboards oeiore getting more. Each stamp will entitle the book-holder to buy a specified amount of sugar, probably 12 bunces, a week. Consumers will tender stamps to the grocer along with their money, and the grocer win paste the stamps on a card which he must turn in to the wholesaler in order to replenish Ills own supply bins. A primary question, which may not oe answered tor several months, was how additional sug ar would be doled out to house . wives who wish to do home can ning and preserving. Because the fruit canning sea son Is not Imminent, OPA Is leav ing the question for later decisi on, merely promising that such sugar will be made available In plenty of time. Dealers Warned , Price Administrator Henderson said today the government was prepared to set maximum retail prices on sugar "unless prices are voluntarily kept In bounds." , Consumers who find retail su gar prices more than one cent higher for a five-pound bag than prices were during the first week of December, 1941, should pro- itcst to storekeepers, Henderson added, commenting: . "Any Increase much greater than that is profiteering pure and simple. "In this situation, scarcity Is absolutely no justification for price increases. Every wholesale sugar buyer is entitled to receive , during the month of February 80 per cent of the amount of sug ar he received In February, 1941." Since the United States entered the war, OPA has permitted an increase In the refiners' selling price of '20' cents ' a hundred pounds. Nazis Trapped at Key Point by Russians (Continued from page 1) that Prime Minister Winston , Churchill was laying plans for a big scale landing operation on the Norwegian coast and hoped to have the support of the U. S. fleet. The dispatch, circulated by German news agency, said the at ' tack would far surpass the "rola . tively Insignificant undertakings ' attempted by British warships against Norwegian island during the past few months" referring to raids by British commands. "Churchill Is convinced of the necessity of the operations in question, even at the risk of los ing further large quantities of BEFORE .7TKB . JgATtU OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Moior Hoople t'T EcJ VOu GET IN ,THE RINS W , W oak A m ROUNDHOUSEjOONlT TRV TO X'lX if 5006AM'S TRAINER, THINK; 3UST HIT IP VOU SXC L T HWE TOILED J HAVE TO THINK y LIMIT WER W THX Bl5 W FOR. DAVS TUNING SRMM CELLS TO THE IDEA A. WAD OF-A UP HIS MENTAL, J A THAT UURRICAME: PLUNKETT J GUM. W PROCESSES TO X IS JUST A TRAMP WITH UNDER A f EINSTEIN PITCH.' . Y TWO ARMS, TWO LESS JM RINGSIDE DON'T MUDDLE V-Ci AN1 A CHIN, ' jJsO-AlR J( THE MAN'S MIND r' L LlKE ou P VgTlF I WITH YOUR ALLEY sfeL gas .nas -m British shipping," the dispatch said. , , . Nazis Claim Sea Toll. A British destroyer has been sunk off the English west coast by a German submarine, the Ber lin command reported today, list ing eight allied merchantmen to talling 48,000 tone a? having been sunk by na1 sea and air forces on both coasts of the Atlantic. Off the east coast of North America," the war bulletin said, German U-boats sank six enemy merchant ships with a total dis placement of 38,000 tons." Off the English west coast, it said, German bombers sank two merchantmen aggregating 10,000 tons and scored bomb hits on live others. Autnoruative sources said the toll of ships sunk by U-boats off the American roast now . had reached 55 with a totaL tonnage or 390,000. . i i. Further restricting the use of food, It was announced in Rome toaay tnat no meat, eggs or cheese may be served with Sat urday noon, Sunday noon or Sun day njBht meals in Italian restau rants. . . , . , ;' Nazis to Increaso Army, i - A Reuters, British news agen cy, dispatch from "somewhere In Europe" quoted 'diplomatic sources today as saying that Relchsmarshal Goerlng's recent visit to Italy was to get a fresh contingent of j '300,000. Italian worker for service in German industry.- . A nazi campaign to recruit for eign labor was said to be in full swing in industrial districts of northeast France and around Paris. ,. i. The report said that by "comb ing out" factories and calling uo Germans living abroad, 'Germany expects to have an additional 000,000 soldiers to throw aeainst soviet Russia. An army of about 30 divisions (roughly 450,000 men) was said to be In training in Saxony and Silesia for use In the spring. large part or these troons al ready have gone to the eastern front, It also was said. In, some cases, veteran German troops were reported to have oeen withdrawn for rest behind the line In preparation for the spring. Vlehy Seen Aiding Axis. - An Increasing conviction In many circles that the Vichy gov ernment's ships its denials not withstanding have been convoy ing supplies to North Africa for use by Field Marshal Rommel's German forces brought a renew ed demand In London today that any such g.ip in the Mediterran ean blockade be plugged. A government spokesman ntl- mated recently that the British navy might take action soon to seal the gap. An official source said voster. day that any such step the navy took Vould be- in cooperation with the United States. Japanese Hurl Shells Into City of Singapore (Continued from page 1) against Fort Drum, on El Fraile Islet, and also pounded Fort Mills', on rocky Corrrgldor Island, and nearby Fort Hughes. American gunners answered with blasting volleys "with unde termined results." In the skies over Gin. Douglas MacArthur's defenders on Bataan peninsula, two U. S. fighter planes battled four Japanese bombers and shot down one of them, the war department said. (jcncral MacArthur brushed aside the appeal yesterday of the aged one-time , Filipino rebel Emlllo Agulnaldo that the American-Philippine forces surrender Immediately. He described Aguln aldo as "a sort of Philippine Quisling." A communique said eight American pursuit planes "at tacked by a greatly superior force of Japanese fighters and bombers" at Bali, in the Dutch Indies, shot down at least three planes. One U. S. plane was lost, another was listed as missing. , Dutch Nail Japanese Lie On other fronts of the far Pa cific conflict: ' ' Dutch Indies Countering an assertion by Imperial Tokyo headquarters that Japanese naval planes, had "virtually annihilat ed" the Dutch fleet In an attack Feb. 4. In the Java sea, N. E. I. headquarters announced crisply: "The Netherlands Indies fleet Is. absolutely intact, at sea and ready for action." 1 ihe Dutch high command ac knowledged that Japanese inva sion forces had won control of most of Amboina island, site of the Indies second biggest naval base, but reported , heavy , new blows at Japanese sea power., '' A Dutoh bulletin said N. E. I. forces . had- sunk a Japanese cruiser and a- transport and hit another cruiser and a submarine in operations off Amboina, which lies between Celebes island and New Guinea in the Moluccan sea. Japan Tokyo headquarters, amplifying its claim yesterday that two Dutch cruisers had been sunk In the Java sea, asserted ttiat a United States light cruiser of the Marblchead class and a Dutch cruiser of the Java class were damaged "beyond repair" in the same attack. The 3,350-ton Dutch cruiser Tromp was also listed as heavily damaged. Tho navy department in Wash ington said it had "no Informa tion" on any such attack on a U. S. cruiser. . More Jap Raiders Downed Burma Japanese warplanes again heavily attacked Rangoon, the Burmese capital, but sharp- shooting American and British fliers shot down two of 24 raid ing planes and damaged two oth ers without loss to themselves. Counting 10 planes known de stroyed yesterday, the total con firmed Japanese loss in Burma was listed at 122, compared with five defense planes lost and one damaged. China Tokyo reports broad east by the German radio said Japanese troops launched a big offensive Thursday, encircling 40,000 Chinese troops in Chan tung province. No details .were forthcoming from Singapore Itself regarding the supposed flaming-oil trap In Johore strait an adaptation of the ancient tactic of hurling boil ing oil on attackers of castles. Dispatches from Batavla yes terday said the Dutch had plan ned a similar wall-of-flame de fense to combat sea-borne Japa nese invaders of Balik Papan, Borneo oil port, but that a driving rainstorm intervened. Searchers for One Plane Report Second Missing SACRAMENTO, Feb. 7. (AP) McClellan field authorities, searching the Siskiyou mountains for a twin-motored bomber with four officers aboard which went down five days ago, reported an other army plane missing in tht general vicinity of Eureka today. Army officers said two pilots, their names given only as Dono- hue and Dlsierro, escaped injury when they made forced landings near Ked Bluff and between Weaverville and Eureka yester day, but that a third flier, Identi fled as Pilot Riley, was still un reported. Three observation planes took off from McClellan field today to renew tne search for the bomber which has been missing in the rugged,, snow-covered Sisklyous since last Tuesday. Local Masons to Attend Ceremony at Marshfield' . A delegation from the Rose- nurg Scottish Rite will - go to Marshfield tonight to attend a ceremonial at the Masonic hall there. The Marshfield team will confer the 9th and 10th degrees on a class of candidates, which will Include four applicants from Roseburg. The local candidates are John R. Montgomery, John William Robertson, Rudolph Ritz- man ana u. &. Keese. ODDITIES (By the Associated Press) Complaint CHARLOTTE, N. C The ap plicant had everything to become an aviation cadet perfect physi cal condition, no dependents, a college degree, a pilot's license. The would-be cadet wrote all this to the district army recruit ing headquarters here. The last sentence read: "I presented al Ithc above quali fications to the local recrultlns officers, but they wouldn't have me because I'm a female." Civilian Defense Police Drill Is Cancelled The drill scheduled bv the mounted patrol of civilian rie. fense police reserves at Umpqua park Sunday was cancelled today upon order of Sheriff Cliff Thornton. The unit, however, will hold a drill Sunday, Feb. 15, if wather permits, the sheriff announced. M. H. Skinner, Ex-Bank Head of Oregon, Dies PORTLAND, Feb. 7 (API Mark H. Skinner, 70, state bank ing superintendent from 1935 to 1939, died yesterday at a local hospital after an Illness of two months. He was a native of Ml eb'gan and came to Portland In Two daughters and two' sons survive. Excess Cigaret Tax Refunding To Dealers Planned SALEM, Feb. 7. (AP) The state tax commission said today it is trying to arrange for re funding excess cigaret taxes paid by dealers under the cigaret tax law, which the state supreme court suspended last Tuesday to permit a referendum. Many dealers, such as those who had clgarets on hand Tues day on which taxes had been paid, have paid taxes on more clgarets than they have sold, the commission said. The commission said that most cigaret dealers feel that since It is impossible to return taxes to (he consumers who paid them, that the money should be paid to tne state. "Some dealers have not paid in all the money which they collect ed as taxes," the commission said, "and under the suspended law there Is no legal authority for re quiring payments. However, .a number of wholesalers and re tailers are voluntarily remitting the remainder of their net col lections." The commission said that by returning excess payments to dealers, and by dealers paying their collections to the state, re tailers and wholesalers "are not materially injured or unjustly enriched." Air Force of Million Ordered for U. S. Army, (Continued from page 1) Edward Noah Funeral to Be Held Here Monday Funeral sei-viccs will be held at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Rose burg Undertaking company chap el for Edward Noah, who died at his home Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The ser vice will be conducted by the Rev. John Barney. Interment will be In the Soldiers home cemetery. To Leave Roseburg A. W. Wampole, employed for the past 12 years with the Parslow Furni ture company, has resigned his position and will leave next week to accept employment with the Long-Bell Lumber company. He will go to Longview, but may be transferred to work in California. PORTLAND, Ott., Feb. 7. (AP) Open High Low Close May 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04 DANCE At Olalla , Saturday, Feb. 7 Gents 35a Ladles Free Casey Jones' Orchestra secretary of war. Like those already ordered to active service, these units will serve for the duration of the war and for six months after Its ter mination, subject to earlier re lief or discharge. Units not already in active fighting service were not detailed in the order. The reservists called were most ly selective service trainees or na tional guardsmen who were re leased last fall after having serv- a more tnan a year. . How many were called was not disclosed, but by officially an nounced plans 200.000 were to have been returned to civil life last fall. . . -: War Council Named ' 1 An eight-man combined chiefs- of-staff board was established -in this United Nations war capital today to direct all British-Ameri can joint action by land, sea and air and on factory assembly lines. American members arc: Ad miral Harold R. Stark, the chief of naval operations; Gen. George C. Marshall, the army chief of staff; Admiral E. J. King, com mander in chief of the Un ted States fleet, and 'Lieut. Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air corps. The British members are: Field Marshal Sir John Dill, former chief of the Imperial general staff; Admiral Sir Charles Little; Lieut-Gen. Sir Colville Wemvss; and Air Marshal A. T. Harris". ... In its announcement of the move late yesterday the war de partment said the new board amounts to a combined com mand post for the conduct of all olnt operations of the two gov ernments in the war." Besides directing military od- erations it will have jurisdiction over production and distribution i or war supplies. It will work in collaboration with representatives of the other United Nations. Although similar in many res pects to the Inter-allied high com mand or the last war, the new agency apparently has more actu- power to act. Creation of a manDower con trol administration, which could apportion Americans as needed mong factory, farm and firing ne, was under studv in the capital today. borne well-placed sources said l executive order might come from the White House within the month, settin.' up a policy bodv to determine which citizens should keep on producing food j and weapons and which should be I enrolled for military service. mobile had been burled under the river of mud. Dog Dies Saving Family Another San Francisco woman, Mrs. Robert Frazee, was awaken ed Just before the slide crushed her house by her dog, Pat, which barked frantically. Mrs. Frazee managed to save herself and her three small children. The dog was crushed under the debris. The southern part of the city of Napa was flooded. Hundreds of families were evacuated by state guardsmen from their homes. Flood waters and slides block ed highways along the northern coastal area and throughout the Sacramento valley. State guardsmen from Napa, Petaluma, and Martinez, who have been billeted in the Napa county fair grounds, were strand ed by 21 feet of water. . Rainfall during the preceding 24 hours deluged Napa county communities. Up to 7 a. m., Fri day, 3.26 inches of rain had fallen In Napa itself while Calistoga re corded 4.75 inches and Lokoya, 3.79 Inches. Quincy, in Plumas county had 4.25 inches.- MOLALLA, Feb. 7. (AP) This section of Oregon had a fine large amount of weather this week. More than 24 hours have pass ed so it may now be told that hailstones pelted the countryside Between rainstorms that flooded lowlands and basements. Several windows in the grade school building were smashed by hail stones. Hallie Willits Funeral Set at Cottage Grove Funeral services will be held at Cottage Grove Monday afternoon for Hallie Willits, 38, bookkeeper at the J. C. Penney store here, who died Friday morning at Portland. The services will be held at 2:30 p. m. at the Mills chapel. The Rev. Melville T. Wire of Roseburg will officiate. Harney Deputy Sheriff Kills Himself With Gun BURNS, Feb. 7. (AP) W. W. Gould, about 54, Harney county deputy sheriff since 1929, was found dead yesterday In a storage room adjoining the sheriff's of fice in the courthouse here. Sheriff C. W. Frazicr said that since Gould's death was appar ently due to a self-inflicted bullet, no Inquest would be held. Gould is survived by his wid ow and three children. ... POWELL'S FOR FISHING TACKLE 245 N. Jackson St., Roseburg - .72, rest E. E. Smith, Spanish War Veteran, Passes . Edward Elwood Smith, Spanish war veteran and dent of Portland, Oregon, died at the veterans hospital , here last night. He was born at Portland, Indiana, September 19, 1869, and enlisted in the Spanish war Apiii 26, 1898, serving as private, Com pany K, 1st Illinois Volunteer in fantry. He was discharged No vember 11, 1898. He had made his home in Portland, Oregon, for a number of years. . . Surviving is a son, Robert E. Smith, of Portland. The body has been. removed to the Douglas Funeral home and arrangements are being made to forward the remains to Portland for services and interment. - Basketball Saturday Night February 7 Roseburg Junior High School vs. Ashland Junior High School Time 7:30 p. m. JUNIOR HIGH GYMNASIUM ADMISSION Students 13o Tax , 2c Total 15c' Adults 22e Tax 3c Total 25c Grade School .. 10o Tax 1c Total Ho VITAL STATISTICS MARRIAGE LICENSES HOUSEHOLDER - CHURCH Warren Harding - Householder. Myrtle Creek, and Elizabeth Eu nice Church. Camas Valley. BARGAINS! Model D. John Deere Tractors. More power for less money. Low fuel costs and long life. Special prices and "You Own the Profits" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op Exchange ROSEBURG,' ORE. Four Persons Perish In California Floods 'Continued from page 1) Taylor's scream. He hurled him self at tile door, broke It open and helped the mother and baby to safety. 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