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WHICH?
New major offensive In Rus
bIu, attempted Invasion of Eng
land or a drive for oil In th.
Caucasus? That's the question as
Hitler masses 1,900,000 reserves.
Perhaps the answer Is that he Is
strengthening for an expected ln-
vaslon of Europe. Watch NEWS
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VOL. XLVII NO. 14 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, I942.
VOL XXX NO. 214 OF THE EVENING NEWS
I ' '
Nazi Reserves Mobilized as
New Raids Increase Fear of
Invasion of Europe by Allies
Rhine Region,
French Ports
Again Blasted
Hitler Said Bolstering
Norway-to-France Line,
Expecting Major Blow
(By the Associated Press)
Adolf Hitler, who Is believed to
be trying to fulfill his longher
ftlded offensive, has called up a
Total of 1,900,000 fresh reserves,
an official Russian spokesman
said today as Stockholm dis
patches reported increasing Ger
man nervousness over the pros
pect of an allied invasion of Eu
rope. The German spokesman, S. A.
Lozovsky, said the nazi reserves
called to bolster Hitler's winter
battered armies included 900,000
youths of 17 and 18 years in two
new military classes.
Lozovsky said the remainder of
the 1,900,000 reserves included
500,000 drawn from vital German
industries and 500,000 from nazi
. dominated countries. .
The soviet official declared the
German rear was disintegrating,
ivith the Germans back of the
0 lines "exhausted," while the Rus
fian home front remained strong.
Nazis May Strike First
Although some reports stressed
nazi fears of an allied invasion to
create a "second front" in Eu
rope, qualified observers declared
it was equally possible that in
tensive German activity along
the channel "invasion coast" sig
nalled preparations for a nazi in
vasion of the British Isles.
In this connection, latest ad
vices reaching London said Ger
man Field Marshal Von Rund-
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Pa
EADED for San Francisco.
Raining like the mischief.
Car begins to heat going over
the summit Thermostat evident
ly stuck. Steam pours out. Pull
up at the side of the road.
A truck passes. The driver
slows down, stops and comes
back to ask if something is wrong
then hooks on and provides a
tow to the nearest garage.
Truck drivers, as a class, are
a friendly and accommodating
lot. If you doubt it, get into
trouble along the road. Nine
times out of ten, it will be a
truck driver who helps you out.
""TRAFFIC is distinctly thinner
than usual. The tire short
age is beginning to show on the
roads. Driving at 40, one is pass
ed only by cars with government
licenses. They whoosh by in the
manner of the good old days.
THE valley at this season is a
dream of beauty. The red
buds are out in the canyon. Un
der the oak tree, the grass is n
luscious green. The roadsides
are bright with yellow popples.
Are the poppies that grow on
the railroad right of way, espe
cially those up close to the tracks,
really brighter and more luxuri
ant than elsewhere, or Is it only
imagination on this writer's part''
Anyway, they always seem
brighter.
UNCH at Redding. There has
been an alert this morning.
It is said to have been caused by
O-i plane that got off the beam.
Coming back onto the beam, un
reported. It is turned in as an
(Continued on page 2
Protests Hit Gasoline Rationing For
Eastern States; Ickes Denies Report of
Planned 2i-to-5 Gallon Weekly Limit
WASHINGTON, April 23. (API Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes declared today there was "no justification" for anticipating
that eastern motorists would be limited to as little as 2 Vi to 5
gallons of gasoline a week.
Such figures had been mentioned as likely under the card ra
tioning system announced yesterday by Prime Administrator Leon
Henderson, to be effective May 1 5 but Ickes said "if we are able
to carry out our plans there will be no such cut." He added:
"We refuse to believe that people will be put on such short
rations. Our objective is to supply as much gasoline as possible."
WASHINGTON, April 23
(AP) Heads of five top-ranking
war agencies told motorists flatly
today that the government no
longer would risk lives of Ameri
can seamen "so someone will
have gasoline to go to a bridge
party or a ball game."
Following swiftly on yester
day's announcement that gasoline
rationing would begin May 15 in
17 eastern states and the District
of Columbia, the Joint statement
declared "motorlng-as-usual Is
out" In that area, possibly for the
duration of the war.
Semiofficial estimates of the
probable ration allowances rang
ed from 24 to 5 gallons a week to
25 gallons a month. ' '
Announcement of the , plan
brought sharp protests from sev
eral quarters. William A. Thibo
deau, general manager of the
Automobile Legal association,
telegraphed Price Adminstrator
Leon Henderson from Boston
that the proposed limitation was
"wholly out of proportion with
the hardships which are Imposed
on other sections of the country."
Unfairness Intimated
He asked why Canada "appar
ently is able to receive more
shipments of gasoline for motor-
Logging Trucks'
Urgent Need For
Tires Is Stressed
Plight Put Before OPA by
Senators Upon Telegram
From Harris Ellsworth
Harris Ellsworth, chairman of
the industries committee of the
Roseburg chamber of commerce,
was advised today that the plight
of logging truck operators In Ore
gon had been placed directly be
fore Price Administrator Leon
Henderson. Responding to a tele
gram dispatched by Ellsworth last
night to Senators McNary and
Holman, - outlining the critical
need for logging truck tires, Sena
tor McNary reported he had per
sonally discussed the subject with
Henderson and the committee.
The message to the Oregon
senators pointed out that 90 per
cent of all sawmill production In
the state now Is on war orders
and that a large part of this pro
duction will be halted within
three months unless tires for
trucks are provided.
Citing the situation in Douglas
county, where all log hauling is
done by trucks, Ellsworth said
that the requirement Is 250 tires
monthly but that the quota has
been only from 55 to 60. The local
rationing board, he said, has only
four tires left in the April quota
with 25 applications on file. More
than 300 trucks are operated by
170 different contractors In Doug
las county. The number will be
greatly curtailed soon unless tire
quotas are increased, he Bald.
Conditions In Lane, Linn and
Coos counties are even more se
rious than in Douglas, Ellsworth
reported.
Ellsworth, who is seeking elec
tion to congress from the newly
created fourth congressional dis
trict, left today for Linn county,
where he expected to make a fur
ther inquiry Into the situation
with regard to logging
tires.
truck
ists from the United States than
we in the coastal states," and
said:
"While we do not expect that
a 'business as usual' policy can
be followed in times such as these
we do expect any necessary re
strictions to be imposed by a fair
and impartial manner."
At Trenton, N. J., John Dress
ier, president of the New Jersey
Gasoline Retailers association, de
clared his organization would
(Continued on page 6)
: ' F
Roosevelt Gets Million
From Mother's Estate
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April
23 (API The late Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt, mother of the
president, left a net estate esti
mated at $1,089,872, a New York
state transfer tax appraisal show
ed today. A state tax of $48,431
was imposed.
Under a will probated earlier,
President Roosevelt receives nine-
tenths of the entire estate and his
mother's Hyde Park, N. Y., pro
perty. .
Father Freed in Killing
Of Daughters' Annoyer
OREGON CITY, April 23
(AP) A circuit court jury of 3ix
men and six women yesterday ac
quitted Don Alonzo Cushing, 51,
of manslaughter.
He was charged with the slay
ing of William P. Ford, 47, Dickie
Prairie logger.
Cushlng's attorney told the
jury that Ford's unwanted at
tention to Cushlng's 'attractive
daughters, Molalla school stu
dents, had provoked the shooting.
I SAW
By Paul
Roseburg High school girls
having a whale of a good time
making up for a comedy to be
presented Friday at the Senior
High school auditorium.
Lauraline Day, the hard-working
girl at the extreme left In
the photo appearing above. Is ap
plying make up to Joanne Hume,
who is purty like nobody's busi
ness; Georgene Johnson Is doing
things to the eyebrows of Edgar
Appelthwaite. She's making him
right purty, too. Fact Is, all of
'cm are purty.
Destructive
FireSweeps
County Home
Institution's Total Loss
Imminent; All Patients,
Furniture Are Removed
During the noon hour today fire
was sweeping the county home,
situated one mile east of Rose
burg, with indications that the
entire structure was doomed.
All of the institution's 36 pa
tients were safely removed un
injured by means of fire escapes
or through hallways.
Practically all of the furni
ture was also removed.
The flames, starting, it is re
ported from sparks on the roof,
are .being battled by the Rose
burg fire department, with hose
laid for a distance of a quarter
of a mile.
The home, criticized by suc
cessive county grand juries for
many years past because of its
asserted exposure to fire dan
ger and general unfitness for
care of indigents, was to have
been displaced by a new, mod
ern structure at Winston, for
which plans were launched sev
eral weeks ago.
Joining Guard No Basis
For Army Deferment
SALEM, April 23. -AP) Enl!st:
ment in the Oregon State guard
is not grounds for deferment
from the army, State Civilian De
fense Coordinator Jerrold Owen
said today.
Owen said he has been advised
by the regional civilian defense
office that the army is assuming
responsibility for disposing of
enemy bombs. Civilian defense
bomb squads, however, will con
tinue to be trained In bomb re
cognition, reporting presence of
unexploded bombs to the army
and blocking off adjacent areas.
Cities intending to conduct test
airraid warnings first must ob
tain permission either from the
state cvillan defense council or
from the regional civilian defense
office in San Francisco, Owen
said.
Retail Prices for New
Tires, Tubes up 16 Pet.
WASHINGTON, April 23
(AP) A 16 per cent increase In
maximum retail prices of new
auto tires and tubes for those
permitted to buy them was ap
proved today by the office of
price administration, effective
Saturday.
Jenkins
News-Keview Plioto and KnKravtnff.
What would you (and you and
you) give to revert to your high
school days, and live 'cm over
again? I'd just about give all
I've got, including my right leg.
"Poor, Dear Edgar" is the name
of the play to be given Friday, at
the high school. The title is in
teresting, and Mary Margaret
Ellsworth, who Intrigued my at
tention first of all to it, assures
me that the kids In the title roles
are pretty hot.
Let's go and find out!
Navy's Flying Hero
I
fi 30 w75J W7 n
The nation's ranking hero of
first of the present conflict to be decorated by the president. At the request of President Roosevelt,
Shown congratulating O'Hare, the filer's bride of seven months does the actual decorating as Rep.
4. J. Cochran, Navy Secretary Frank Knox and Admiral Ernest J. King, reading from left, look on In
background. O'Hare was also raised to the rank of lieutenant commander In the White House cere
mony. On February 20, O'Hare, unassisted, saved an airplane carrier by downing five Japanese
planes and damaging a sixth In a five-minute battle. (NEA Telephoto.)
Parolee to Fr. Flanagan
Hangs Himself in Jail
OMAHA, April 23 (API-
Lawrence J. Kennedy, 33, who In
1940 was paroled from McNeill
isiand'" federal -penitentiary to
Msgr. E. J. Flanagan at Boys
Town,, hanged himself with his
belt in a city jail here last night,
Detective Capt. Harry Green
said.
Son of M. J. Kennedy, swim
ming coach at Amherst, Mass.,
college, Kennedy had been arrest
ed for questioning In the theft of
an automobile in Chicago.
The hanging tooK place a few
hours after Kennedy tearfully
unfolded his troubles to his wife
of eight months. She told police
she didn't know of Kennedy's
past when she was married to
him.
Federal bureau of investigation
records disclosed Kennedy served
prison terms in Oregon, and New
York. prior to being sentenced to
McNeill Island.
J. T. Hart Fined S25
For Reckless Driviiig
A fine of 25 was Imposed In
justice court today upon James
Theodore Hart, 37, of Wilbur, who
was convicted on a charge of
reckless driving. Hart originally
was charged with drunken driv
ing, but a blood test failed to re
veal a sufficient quantity of alco
hol to support a drunken driving
charge, Justice of the Peace Ira
13. Riddle, reported. The charge
was withdrawn by District Attor
ney J. V. Long, who filed a new
complaint ' of reckless driving.
Hart pleaded not guilty, but was
convicted nt a trial held before
Judge Riddle, who, in adltlon to
imposition of the fine, recom
menod revocation of Hart's driv
er's license for a period of six
months. Hart was reported ar
ranging payment of the fine.
Salem Service Stations
Exhaust Gasoline Supply
SALEM, Ore., April 23 (AP)
Several Salem service stations
were without gasoline today and
distributors predicted many more
would have their tanks emptied
in a few days because of federal
regulations restricting stations to
two-thirds of the gasoline they
sold during the winter months.
Oregon Tire Quotas Up,
But Still Below Needs
PORTLAND, April 23 (API
Tire quotas for Oregon truck op
erators have been increased
slightly, Carl B. Cadwell, ration
ing administration executive
secretary, said today.
He did not reveal the amount
of the increase but said It was in
sufficient to solve the shortage
problem.
Receives Medal,
the second World war, Lieut. Edward O'Hare, right, becomes the
Defense Remnants Continue Resistance
To Japanese on Panay, Timor Islands;
Allies in Burma Forced to Yield Ground
( By the Associated Press I
In the Philippines, a Tokyo broadcast reported today that
between 500 and 600 American-Filipino troops were still holding
out In the jungles of Mount Baloy, the highest peak on Panay is
land, while other last-ditch allied defenders continued to fight on
Timor island in Jhe Dutch East Indies.
The Tokyo broadcast asserted that aside from the holdout
fighters on Mt. Baloy, Japanese troops had broken all resistance
on Panay Island, in the central Philippines.
The radio also asserted that Ja
panese troops on Bataan penin
sula, where Lieut. Gen. Johnathan
Wainwright's exhausted armies
surrendered on April 9, had cap
tured 53,400 prisoners Including
9,533 Americans between April 3
and 20.
The broadcast said the defend
ers had left 5,000 dead on the
Butaan battlefield during that
period.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters in Australia said Aus
tralian and Dutch forces were
still battling the Japanese on the
half-Dutch, half Portuguese Island
of Timor, 400 miles northwest of
Australia. No other details were
given.
MacArthur's headquarters also
reported that allied warplanes
struck anew at Rabaul, New Brit
ain, bombing docks and shore
structures for the second succes
sive day.
Burma Situation Bad.
On the Burma war front, a new
crisis developed on the Chinese-
Civic Clubs Plan Show
For Canteen's Benefit
A home talent entertainment
as a benefit for the maintenance
and operation of the Service
Men's club and canteen In the
Kohlhagen building, was endors
ed at the regular meeting of the
Roseburg Lions club last night.
The entertainment will be stag
ed jointly by the civic clubs of
the city, according to present
plans, and will utilize the services
of entertainers from each club, in
addition to other groups and Indi
viduals. The dale for the show
has not yet been fixed.
Ex-O. S. C. Student Burns
To Death in Plane Crash
I3LANCHARD, Okia., April 23.
( AP) Second Lieutenant Sher
man W. Long, who would have
been 22 years old tomorrow, was
burned to death today when the
army attack bomber he was pilot
ing crashed into a field here.
Lieut. Long's home address was
Patterson, Calif. His mother, Mrs.
William S. Long, lives there. He
was a former student at Oregon
Slate college and unmarried.
Promotion
held east flank of the allied de
fense line ns Lleut.-Gen. Stlllwell's
Chinese troops slowly fell back
under the assault of numerically
superior Japanese Invasion forces
The Chinese acknowledged the
full of Pyinmnna. 150 miles south
of Mandalay, and indicated that
their forces at Loikawa, 65 miles
to the east, were in .desperate
straits. A communique said the
Loikawa garrison, under assault
since dawn Monday, was counter
attacking In an attempt to thwart
a Japanese encircling movement,
and reported heavy casualties on
both sides In fierce hand-to-hand
fighting.
On the other end of the Burma
front, In the west, the Chinese re
ported they were holding stoutly
after recapturing the town of
Yenangyaung, In the heart of the
burnt-out Yenankyaung oil fields.
A British communique yesterday
said a battle was raging "in and
around Yenangyaung" after the
withdrawal of British troops
across the Plnchaung river.
Axis Must Be Defeated,
New Archbishop Says
CANTERBURY, England, April
23 (AP) In a solemn ceremony
which had its origin centuries
ago, Dr. William Temple was In
stalled today as Archbishop of
Canterbury and "primate of all
England" while 45 bishops, in
cluding one from the United
States, stood by in sand bagged,
bomb-pocked Canterbury cathed
ral. "If the Christian movement
and all hopes connected with it,
are to prevail, the axis must be
defeated," the new archbishop de
clared, as sunlight streamed
through the beautiful stained
glass windows which bear the
mark of Hitler's bombs.
"It Is our duty as Christian
citizens to do our best toward
winning the war that we may
keep oH?n the possibility of a
Christian civilization," he said.
Dr. Temple was named Arch
bishop of Canterbury, primate of
ail England, last Feb. 22 to suc
ceed Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang,
who resigned Jan. 21 at the age
of 78 with a request that he be
replaced by a younger man.
Key Island s
Free French
Under Arrest
i
Shipping Given to Japs;
Invasion Threat Perils
Supply Line of Allies
. (By the Associated Press)
A virtual reign of terror on the
key French Island of Madagascar,
with the arrest of hundreds of De-
Gaullists, was reported today
amid quickening speculation that
France's new pro-German pre
mier Pierre Laval may be plan
ning to turn the Island over to
Japan.
The world's fourth largest
island, Madagascar lies off the "
east coast of Africa athwart vital
allied lines of communication
with India.
"Madagascar Is not being de
fended against Japanese infiltra
tion, and It cannot be defended
against Japanese Invasion," said
dispatches reaching London.
France's new role In the war,
particularly her collaboration
with the axis, was sharply empha
sized today by a series of devel
opments: 1. The Union of South Africa,
a part of the British empire which
would probably be given the task
of dealing with Madagascar,
broke off relations with Vichy.
It is about 800 miles from Dur
dan, South Africa, to Madagas-,
car.
2. In London, a British spokes
man said "It Is now reported that
50,000 tons of French .shipping
have been taken over by Japan."
3. High-ranking United States
diplomats, it was disclosed, have
been newly transferred to Braz
zaville, in Free French West Af
rica, and to Nigeria and Liberia
in an evident move to strengthen
the U. S. diplomatic front in Af
rica. Observers said these stations
are usually assigned to newcom
ers. 4. In Vichy, Premier Laval him
self received the Japanese ambassador-designate,
Mitanl.
5. The Vichy government went
to the length of issuing an offi
cial denial of Moscow radio re
Dorts that German sailors were
I arriving at the French Mediter
ranean naval Dase 01 iuuiuu aim
that French warships were being
turned over to Germany.
The statement also denied re
ports "of a fight between French
and German sailors."
Break With U. 8. Looms.
Advices reaching London said
the mass arrests of Gen. Charles
DcGaullc's Free French followers
on Madagascar, Including mem
bers of the island administration,
were carried out on orders from
Laval. ,
Agents of the Vichy regime
were said to bo rounding up all
sympathizers of the Free French
(Continued on page 8.)
Plane Crashes Kill
Two, Injure Third
SPOKANE, Wash., April 23
(AP) A pursuit-type plane from
Fells field here crashed about
10:30 this morning Inside the
East Spokane city limits, officials
at Gelger field announced. The
pilot, his name not immediately
available, apparently was killed,
officers said.
BATON ROUGE, La. April 23
(AP) An army flier was kill
ed and another parachuted to
safety In a plane collision eight
miles west of Harding field yes
terday, and a third pilot was In
jured in a second mid-air colli
sion. Second Lieutenant Ferinand B.
Paris, Jr., Houston, Texas, died as
his plane struck the ground and
exploded In the first accident.
Second Lt. Wesley S. Mink of
Boise, Idaho, landed safely by
parachute.
The right foot of Lt. Harry V.
Huffman of Ford, Wash., was
amputated after he bailed out of
his plane near Denham Springs.
His plane collided with one flown
by Lt. Martin Cluck of Erlck,
Okia. Huffman's foot apparently
caught In the propellor. Lt. Cluck
suffered only minor Injuries In a
parachute leap.