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VOL. XLVII NO. 34 OF ROSEBURG REVIE
Douglas G OP For
Snell, Ellsworth,
WNary,
Demos' Vote
Given Dover
And Wallace
Dixon, Ellison Rivols
For Assessor; Hartfiel
Nominated for Justice
Douglas county -voters, partici
pating in the primary election
Friday, were quite emphatic in
their selections of nominees lor
v the various contested offices. In
only a few contests was there a
tiose race, while in others the
Oianimity of opinion was shown
by as much as five to one ratios.
' United States Senator Charles
L. McNary was outstandingly fa
vored by republican voters over
his republican opponent Arthur
M. Geary, while Walter W. Whit
beck was favored over MacBeth
A. Milne for the democratic no
mination. Harris Ellsworth of Roscburg
was given a highly flattering
vote by the republicans of Doug
las county, polling approximately
twice as many votes as his three
opposing candidates combined.
The democratic race was one of
the few close contests with Floyd
- K. Dover-flf -Grants Pass and-Edward
C. Kelly of Medford staging
a photo finish, Dover holding -t
narrow margin.
Earl Snell was approximately
9 two-to-one choice by Douglas
uunty republicans over Govern-
or Charles A. Sprague for the
gubernatorial nomination, while
the democrats favored Lew Wal
lace over Howard Latourette and
Grover C. rretwell.
Parkinson For Senator
Tom Parkinson was the selec
tion for the republican nomina
tion for state senator from Doug
las county with a majority vote
over Russell Hubbard and Walter
V. Monger. There was no demo
cratic candidate.
There was no contest for the
nomination for representative
from Douglas county to the ;-,tate
legislature, Carl C. Hill and Rob
ert Gile, the republican incum
bents, and George M. Radich, the
lone democratic candidate, reeeiv
M'S fine expressions from the
Wotcrs of their respective parties.
For county assessor the republi-
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IJITLER'S long-heralded often
sive against Russia appears
to be definitely under way.
' Here is its spectacular develop
ment: The Russians immediately at
tacked along practically the whole
vast 1200-mile line from the
Black Sea to Leningrad. .
HTHAT is to say, the Russians
are following this strategy:
When hit hard by the enemy
ft is at Kerch) HIT HIM hard
"Somewhere else, thus making it
impossible for him to concentrate
overwhelming forces at the point
he has chosen for his attack.
HPHE Russians, under the vctcr-
an Tlmoschenko, smashed
hardest at Kharkov, some 300
miles north of the fighting on the
Kerch peninsula.
Moscow says the Kharkov
fighting was no rnere diversion
to relieve pressure at Kerch al
though it may have that effect.
Masses of reserves, tanks and ar
tillery, the dispatches report,
have long been assembled behind
the lines there and are now go
ing into action.
OTPHE military experts have
' suspected that the Kerch
irive was planned by the Ger
mans as the start of a turning op-
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Parkinson
Candidates Who.
Won in Vote In
Douglas County
REPUBLICANS NOMINATED
U. S. Senator Charles L. Mo
Nary. Representative In Congress
Harris Ellsworth.
Governor Earl Snell.
Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell, Jr.
Commissioner of Labor W. E.
Klmsey.
State Senator Thomas Parkin
son. State Representatives Carl C.
Hill, Robert C. Gile.
County Commissioner W. H.
Gallap.
County Assessor Ned Dixon.
Justice of the Peace for Deer
Creek District Thomas C. Hart
fiel. Constable for Deer Creek Dis
trictA. J. Lllburn.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATED
U. S. Senator Walter W. Whit
beck. Representative in Congress
Floyd K. Dover.
Governor Lew Wallace.
Secretary of State Francis
Lambert.
Commissioner of Labor Clar
ence F. Hyde.
State Representative George
M. Radich.
" County commissioner -J. Ross
Hutchinson.
County Assessor A. J. Ellison.
Justice of the Peace of Deer
Creek District J. B. Needham.
NO-PARTISAN ELECTION
Justice of State Supreme Court
James T. Brand.
War Job Frauds
Slated for Probes
By Grand Juries
WASHINGTON, May 16 (AP)
Evidence on alleged fraud in
war production contracts soon
will be placed before federal
grand juries all over the country,
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today.
Preliminary investigations of
complaints have been under
way by the justice department's
war frauds unit for several
months and these will be intensi
fied under an expanded organiza
tion. The unit also will prosecute
cases arising under office of price
administration ration and price
ceiling orders.
Thus far it has obtained sever
al indictments in connection with
tire ration violations, and has de
veloped cases which officials esli
mated involved several million
dollars in alleged "chiseling" on
contracts.
Biddle said that the cases soon
to be ready for presentation to
grand juries involved:
1. Faulty materials, supplies
and workmanship in products de
livered to the Rovernment.
2. Alleged conspiracies to in
crease the cost of plants and fac
tories built to produce war ma
terials. 3. Practices which have In
creased the cost of food and sup
plies for the army and navy.
The attorney general announc
ed that Tom C. .Clark, former
chief bf anti-trust activities on
the west coast and later civilian
head of the evacuation urogram
In that area, would direct the
fraud investigation with a staff of
75 attorneys.
Merchants Get Further
Time on Price Lists
WASHINGTON, May 16 (AP)
The office of price administra
tion yesterday extended from
I June 1 to July 1 the time within
which retail store keepers must
file price lists on cost-of-living
commodities with local war price
and rationing boards.
The devision of the universal
price order does not change, how
ever, the requirement that the
specific cost-of-living articles
must be posted plainly In each
store beginning May 18f
ROSEBUD'S 1EGON. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1942.
RUSSIANS ENTER KHARKOV SUBURBS;
GERMANS REPORT CAPTURE OF KERCH
Martinique
Pact Spurned
By Vichy Govt.
Delivery of Vessels to
U. S. to Be Opposed, Note
From Laval Declares
VICHY, ' Unoccupied France,
May 16 (AP) Pierre Laval,
chief of government, announced
today that Vichy had Informed
Washington officially that It
could not accept the United
States' conditions regarding the
status of Martinique.
Laval told the press that a note
sent to Washington had declared
the American conditions to be a
"grave blow to French sovereign
ty" over France's West Indies
possessions. .
'France will not relinquish any
of her rights over Martinique, no
matter what happens, the pro-
axis chief of government void
correspondents.
The concluding words of the
note said the United States gov
ernment, "which knows France :s
in a state of misfortune and that
she is doing everything to assure
her restoration in keeping with
her noble national traditions,
wou)d Jake a heavy responsibility,
before history 'by breaking,
through unjustified violence, the
ties of friendship which have al
ways united our two peoples."
U. S. Ignores Laval
(The Washington sovernment
maintains that Laval's govern
ment is not concerned In the ne
gotiations it is conducting at Fort
de France with Admiral Georges
Robert, the French higli commis
sioner, seeking effective neutral
ization of Martinique. Washing
ton maintains the admiral is the
"ultimate authority" and that La
val's reactions do not concern !t.
(Thursday an authoritative
Washington source said agree
ment had been reached already
with Admiral Robert for immo
bilization of the French, aircraft
carrier and two cruisers at Mar
tinique. Disposition of some 150,
000 tons of mcrchantships vhere
is said to be another subject of ne-
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Thanks to All
In Election Aid
To News-Review
An unusually light election Fri
day resulted In rapid returns
from the various Douglas county
precincts as the News-Review
and Radio Station KRNR devoted
facilities to the collection and
broadcasting of unofficial re
turns. The News-Review is very
grateful for the excellent coop
eration given by numerous indi
viduals in connection with the as
sembling of returns and desires
to express appreciation to County
Clerk Roy Agee, Sheriff Cliff
Thorton, and deputies; the mem
bers of the various election
boards in the county's 50 voting
precincts, telephone operators fn
the exchanges throughout the
county, and to all other individu
als who so efficiently cooperated.
Thanks also is expressed to At
torney and Mrs. Dexter Rice for
a lavish midnight luncheon
brought to the News-Review of
fice to refresh the large crew of
operators and tabulators.
Ford's Factory Begins
Making Army Bombers
WASHINGTON, May 16.
(AH) War department officials
said today Henry Ford's new
Willow Run plane factory had
started actual production of
bombers for the army.
Major General Alexander D.
Surles, public relations director,
limited the announcement to the
bare fact that the plant, started
some 13 jnonths ago, was In ac
tual production.
Nominated by Voters at Primary
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Harris Ellsworth
Thomas Hartfiel
A. J. Edison .
Choice of the first congress
man at the November election
to represent the newly-created
Fourth Oregon district of seven
counties lies between Harris
Ellsworth, republican,-of Rose
burg, editor of the News-Review,
and Edward C. Kelly,
' I . i l - 1 j :
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democrat and Medford .attor- led Dixon
ney, who were nominated by
their respective parties at Friday's primaries. Tom Parkinson,
Roseburg grocer and civic leader, was the republican nominee to
succeed Ellsworth as state senator from Douglas county. The nom
ination may be regarded as equivalent to ultimate election Inas
much at no candidate was named by the democrats. Thomas Hart
fiel, nominated by the republicans for Justice of the peace of Deer
Creek (Roseburg) precinct. Is chairman of the 8nell-for-Governor
club, while the runner-up, Ira B. Riddle, Incumbent Is an interim
appointee of Gov. Sprague. Rival candidates for assessor at the re
sult of party victoriet In the primary are A. J. (Bud) Ellison, demo
crat, and Ned Dixon, republican.
Roosevelt Commutes
Browder's Sentence
WASHINGTON, May 16.
(AP) President Roosevelt today
commuted the sentence of Earl
Browdcr, communist party lead
er who has served approximately
14 months of a four-year sentence
for passport fraud.
Browder paid fines of $2,000 at
the time of his sentence.
"The sentence Imposed upon
him," said a white house state
ment, "was longer than the usual
sentence imposed for offenses In
volving the fraudulent obtaining
and use of passports."
The statement added that the
president believed that the "prin
ciple of obedience to law has been
sufficiently vindicated by the pun
ishment already suffered."
VOL. XXX NO.
Edward C. Kelly
Tom Parkinson
Boxer Dies of Skull
Fracture From Bout
SAN FRANCISCO. Mny 16.
'AP) Johnny Marqucz, 26, Red
wood Cily boxer, died today from
a skull fracture received in a box
ing match last night, emergency
hospital authorities reported.
Official Primary Vote
Count Starts Monday
The official count of the votes
cast in the primary election Fri
day will be started Monday, Coun
ty Clerk Roy Agee announced to
day. Mr. Agee reported the ap
pointment of Bert Wells and Mrs.
Lester Wlmberly to act as Judges
of the official counting board.
Clerical help will be furnished by
the clerk's office.
234 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Reds Take Big
Toll of Nazis
In Ukraine
Battle for Burma Still
Fought; New Guinea Jap
Base Heavily Blasted
(By the Associated Press)
Adolf Hitler's field headquar
ters asserted today that German
troops had occupied the Crimean
town of Kerch, gateway to Cau
casus oil riches, but a greater
prize appeared to be falling with
in the grasp of the red armies
the big Ukraine city of Kharkov.
Unconfirmed reports said Mar
shal Timoshenko's troops already
had battled their way into the
northeast suburbs of Kharkov and
were fighting the Germans in the
streets.
Simultaneously, ' a Stockholm
dispatch said the Russians, flank
ing Kharkov to the south, had
breached the German defenses at
Lozovaya in a drive to cut nazi
communications with the entire
front south of that point.
. Lozovaya Is a rail junction
town, about midway Between
Kharkov and Stalino.
A successful lunge through
there would imperil the big hydro-electric
power city of Dnle-poropetrovsk-
and threaten the
whole; German campaign In the
Crimea and along the Sea of
Azov.
Soviet dispatches said the Ger
mans were paying a terrific toll
in killed and wounded.
Nazis Claim Kerch
Hitler's command issued a spe
cial communique asserting that
nazl troops penetrated Keren yes
terday "after overcoming stub
born resistance," and added:
"The town and harbor are in
German hands."
In any event the fall of Kerch
would not necessarily mean that
Hitler could reach out and ceize
the great Caucasus oil fields,
acsoss the narrow Kerch 3tralt
from Kerch city.
The Germans held Kerch for
two months last year without
risking a thrust across the Kerch
strait under the guns of the so
viet Black sea fleet.
Soviet dispatches gave no indi
cation of Kerch's fall, reporting
merely that stubborn battles rag-
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Grand Jury Indicts
Three, Files Three
Not True Bills
The county grand jury, recently
summoned to investigate criminal
matters pending before the circuit
court, filed Its report today re
turning four indictments against
three defendants and reporting
three not-true bills.
Indicted were Alvln Hubbard,
accused of non-support of a minor
child; Joseph Samuel Garner,
charged with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor, and
George Elwood Strader, accused
on two counts, one of burglary
not In a dwelling and the other
the larceny of personal property.
Ball for Garner was continued In
the sum of $1,000 and Strader's
ball was permitted to remain at
$500, both having furnished bail
in the Justice court. Hubbard was
at liberty on his own recog
nizance.
Not true bills were returned In
favor of Ralph Oakes, accused of
assault with a dangerous weap
on; George H. Davis, charged
with a threat to commit a felony,
and Dexter Baughman, accused
of Involuntary manslaughter In
connection with the death several
months ago of his son-in-law In a
hunting accident.
The grand Jury was excused,
subject to call, being continued to
the Novemlw-r term because of
experience.
Governor Trails Opponent
By 20,000; Wallace Given
Nomination by Democrats
Senator McNary, Congressman Angell Win but Pierce
Appears Lost; Ellsworth Far in Lead in New Fourth
Congressional District; Kelly, Dover in Close Race
PORTLAND, May 16. (AP) Earl Snell held the republican
nomination for governor today with 1 3 1 7 of the state's 1 770 pre
cincts giving him 66,570 votes to 47,238 for Charles A. Sprague,
the incumbent. Sprague conceded the nomination shortly before
midnight last night.
Lew Wallace appeared his probable democratic opponent,
holding a 3986-vote lead over Howard Latourette with 30,146 to
26,160 in 1317 precincts.
Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary overwhelmed Ar
thur M. Geary more than 4 to I but an upset in the congressional
delegation appeared imminent with Charles H. Mack, Klamath
county assessor, leading the veteran Walter M. Pierce 5,795 to
5,309 in 272 of the second district's 433 precincts for the demo
cratic nomination.
Businesswomen
Of Oregon Holding
Convention Here
Varied Program Arranged for
Clubs' Delegates; National
Leader Listed for Address
The Roseburg Business and
Professional Women's club will
be host to the 22nd annual state
convention of the Oregon Federa
tion of Business and Professional
Women's clubs here today and
Sunday.
Due to travel restrictions, ar
rangements had been made for
only a minimum attendance, lim
ited largely, It was expected to
the actual elected delegates, with
very few visitors.
The business sessions opened
this morning at the Elks lodge
hall. The election of officers this
afternoon was expected to be one
of the principal business activities
of the convention. ,
A victory banquet tonight will
be featured by an address by Mrs.
David Simms, of Hastings, Ne
braska.- Mrs. Simms, national
chairman of the conVnilUe.on.raFloyd KDoven-Qrntr Pass;- r
ternatlonal relations, is the prin
cipal speaker.
The convention program has
been arranged as follows:
Saturday ' ,
8:00 to 10:30 a. m. Registration.
Umpqua hotel.
8:30 to 10:00 a. m. Executive
council meeting, Elks parlors.
10:du Convention called to or
der.
Saluate to flag.
Greetings by Stella Spencer,
president Roscburg club.
Greetings from our national
federation, Mrs. David Simms.
Response, Dr. Victory Morris,
Eugene. ;
Business of the convention.
Minutes of 1941 convention
reports of officers.
Chairmen and club presidents
discussion.
Appointment of special commit
tees, resolutions, tellers, etc
12:00 noon Delegates lunch
eon. Episcopal parish house, 85c.
Presiding, Miss Hilda bwenson,
first vice-president.
Hostesses, Miss Verna Caroth-
ers, Miss Ina Farnsworth.
Official welcome, Miss Verna
Carothcrs.
Musical numbers:
Violin solo, Mrs. Morris H.
Roach, acqpmpanled by Mrs. Ho
mer Grow.
Solo, Miss Mary Alice Wolford,
accompanied by Helen Saar.
Speuker, Senator Harris Ells
worth, "Our Community In Wur."
2:00 p. m. Panel discussion.
Elks parlors.
"Our War Program," led by
Mrs. David Simms.
Our skills are needed on four
fronts:
The battle of Ideas
The community offensive
The battle of production
The battle for peace.
Short talks on "We Put the
Program to Work."
National club consultation serv
ice. .
Club procedure.
Election of officers.
Display of scrapbooks.
7:00 Victory banquet. Umiqua ho
tel, $1.25.
Presiding, Miss Evangeline E.
Philbin, state president.
Hostess, Mrs. Stella Spencer,
president Roseburg club.
Star Spangled Banner, followed
by salute.
Speaker, Mrs. Davia simms,
national international relations
chairman.
Subject: "We Look at a War
Torn World."
Baritone solo, Richard Young,
accompanied by Mrs. Homer
Grow.
Awarding trophies and door
prizes.
10:00 stunts.
Sunday
9:00 a. m. Emblem breakfast,
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Pierce, former Oregon gover
nor, who is 81, has served the
second district in congress for
five terms.
In the 17 counties of the dis
trict, however, Mack was ahead in
only three Baker, Deschutes and
Klamath. Returns from the 14
counties in which Pierce was lead
ing were far from complete, giv
ing Pierce a good chance to come'
out on top.
Lowell Stockman, Pendleton,
held a commanding lead, 9,847 to
5,017 for the second district re
publican nomination over Marvin :
Klemme, Burns, In 276 precincts.
Walter W. Whltbeck. Portland ,
insurance man, was assured ol
democratic nomination to nnmao i
McNary for the senate. In 1317 of !
1770 precincts he led Dr. Mac
Beth A. Milne, Portland, 35,361 to
i ,oo.
Ellsworth Far In Lead
In the new fourth congressional
district, Harris Ellsworth, Rose
burg publisher, went far ahead of
the republican field in 273 of 394
precincts with 8,020 votes. His
nearest comnetltor was Ed. G.
Boehnke, Eugene, with 5,226.
toward C. Kelly, Medford, was
in front in the fourth district's
democratic race on totals from
279 prec(ncts. His 3,509 votes gave,
him a substantial but not conclu
sive margin over the 3,154 lor
In the first district. Earl Nntt '
McMinnvllle, led Lyman Ross,
Aloha, 6,592 to 5,595 in 340 of 500
precincts for the democratic nom
ination. James Mott. Salem. In.
cumbent, was unopposed on the
repuDiican ticket.
Homer Angell, republican con.
gressman from the third district,
won renominatlon handily over
John M. Schofield, Portland, with1
30,500 votes to 10,254 in 400 of 433 '
(Continued, on page 6)
Pierce Takes
Lead In Race
For Congress
PORTLAND, Ore., May 16.
(AP) Congressman Wal
ter M. Pierce established an
Inconclusive lead of 183 vote
over Charres Mack, Klamath
Falls, In the Incomplete re
turns from the second Oregon
district democratic primary
election.
Unofficial reports from 323
of the 433 preoincts showed:
Pierce 6541 and Mack 6358.
Of tho 108 unreported pre
cincts, there were only 22 In
counties where Mack led
Klamath and Baker.
It was the first time Pierce
had been ahead In the Incom
plete returns from yester
day's primary election.
Three Brothers Confess
Thefts, Women Assaults
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 16.
(AP) Deputy Sheriff Harold
Qunrnberg said today three
brothers had confessed to a series
of crimes, Including an attack on
two 17-year-old Portland girls
May 4.
The three, Rassle, 21, Glen, 17,
and Truman Wilson, 1G, were held
In the county Jail. Quarnberir
said they had waived extradition
rights.
The deputy said among the ad
mitted crimes were the robbing of
tour other Portland women and
the looting of 15 stores and tav
erns.
A satchel holding $300 In nick-
els was found at the farm where
the trio was arrested. Quarnberg
said a watcn taken from one of
the assaulted girls also was re
covered.
Rassle, married and the father
of three children, Is a shipyard
worker. The three said they e
changed shots with ponce In
downtown Portland early Thurs
day, Quarnberg added.
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