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Top Industrial Wages Being Paid Teen PUT HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS TO WAR WORK HOARD YOUR PENNIES TO v BUY WAR Sis? CT4MM VOL. XLVIt NO. SO OF ROSEBURG REVIEW WITCH RAF Hammers Bremen; Commando Swoop Success; Allied Sub Bags Jap Boats War Plants Of Germany oRaid Targets Boulogne Coastal Area Held by Nazis Goal of Follow-Up Assaults FOLKESTONE, England, June 4. (AP) Heavy ex plosions were heard here to day from the direction of Boulogne, where the com mandos landed last night, as the RAF resumed its sun shine offensive against occu pied France with big morn ing and afternoon raids. The heavy tattoo of explo slons echoed again from across the channel late In the afternoon when another , swarm of RAF planes struck 'at the Boulogne and Calais LONDON, June 4. (AP) Britisn bombers heavily blasted Bremen, Germany's second sea port, and British commandos fruitfully scouted the Boulogne Le Touquet area of Adolf Hitler's French coastal defenses over night, government agencies an nounced today. The Bremen raid, the 94th of 1 the war, was linked with an at tack on the Dieppe docks and the air ministry announced that 10 bombers and two fighters were missing from the night opera tions. A strong RAF force flew through moonlit skies to strike at I aa&remen targets such as ship-j mjllding and submarine yards, docks, railways, steel works, oil refining installations, an aircraft factory in a follow-up to the mass raids upon Cologne and Es sen. Only Hamburg ranks ahead of Bremen as a German mari- (Continued on page 6) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IJEARD a new one today. Not official. Not even straight from the feed box. But on slight ly better authority than street gossip. The real reason for gas ration ing is that the government wants conserve on both tires and Jisollne so that our cities will be ready at a moment's notice for evacuation. Take it or leave it. ' (XF this much, everyone in Call fornia is certain: There is no shortage of automobile gaso line, which is a more or less un avoidable by-product of fuel oil for the ships and high-test gas for the airplanes. Storage tanks are running over, and there is considerable worry as to what to do with the stuff. CTILL, tires ARE being wasted. Wasted, that Is, in the sense that they are being used for pur poses not strictly essential. Arriving late Saturday nijrht. In the midst of a two-day holiday, J:e traffic was as heavy as at any (Continued on page 2) EW I 3 ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNS.4, 1942. . vouxxx no. sw of the eveninq news BJR m mm Sill: WIS Fli DM 2 MM IF IK Heydrich, Hitler's "Hangman" at Prague, Dies of Assassins' Bullets BERLIN (From German Broad casts), June 4. (AP) Reinhard Heydrich, 38, rcichsprotector for Bohemia and Moravia, died in Prague today of wounds suffered in an attempt on his life May 27, it was announced officially today, (The assassination of the man known among scores of millions of Europe s oppressed peoples as "der henker" "the hangman" is expected to bring about the shooting of hundreds of hostages in addition to the 163 already slain in swift reprisals, Czech circles in London asserted. (London sources declared Hey drich recently was appointed ges tapo chief for occupied Europe and it was pointed out ironically that the ."butcher of Moravia" died in virtually the same manner as' hurtdreds'of hostages 'he had ordered shot in France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Poland and oth er countries during his hated ca reer.) (A Czech source in London said automatic rifles used by two men to shoot Heydrich were from the ordnance of the disbanded Czech army and possibly were dropped by parachute. The Czech government appealed by radio to the Czechs to stand firm against the gestapo bloodshed and not disclose those connected with the shooting. (Forty-six more Czechs were reported executed yesterday. Among the 163 thus far shot were 29 women.) I Indictments Hit 6 Powder Firms PHILADELPHIA, June ' 4 (AP) E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and company, five other explo sives manufacturers and 10 of their officials were indicted by a federal grand Jury today on charges of conspiring to fix pric es in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Also named were the Herqules Powder company and the Atlas Powder company, both of Wil mington, Del.; the Austin Pow der company of Cleveland; Illi nois Powder Manufacturing Co., St. Louis; arid the King Powder Co., Cincinnati. The indictment contended that the effect of the alleged conspira cy was to "maintain the prices of commercial explosives and blast ing supplies to all classes of con sumers at high, arbitrary and artificial levels." The indictment also charged that the defendants controlled 75 per cent of the total volume of commercial explosives and blast ing supplies produced In the na tion. Private Property to Be Offered Raid Insurance WASHINGTON, June 4 (AP) Government insurance of pri vate property against damage by enemy action will be ofered by local fire insurance agents begin ning about June 20. Under the plan worked out by the war damage corporation rates will range from 5 cents a year per $100 on crops and 10 cents per S100 on dwellings up to 75 cents per $100 on yachts. Private fire insurance com panies are participating In-the plan and will be the offlcial agents of the government in sell ing the policies. Age Youths Must Cause a Lot of Envious ' 2 Vl ' - n , Succeeds Heydrich as "Butcher of Moravia" Gen. Kurt Daluege, veteran storm troop leader safd to pos sess the necessary nazf qualifi cations lor the job, succeeds as sassinated Reinhard Heydrich as "protector' of Bohemia and Moravia. Army Depot Blast Kills 10 Persons STOCKTON, Calif., June 4. (AP) Ten persons were killed in an explosion and fire at an army station near here shortly before midnight. Those dead were nine soldiers and a civilian fireman. Ten others were in a hospital. Of these, the condition of five was critical, and four were in serious condition. Lieut.-Colonel Floyd H. Tull, commanding officer, in appoint ing a board of inquiry, said cause of the blast had not been deter mined. The civilian fireman killed was Tom Sousa of Stockton. Among those injured critically was the civilian fire chief at the station, H. H. Bouchard. Report Japs in U. S. Army Uniform, Public Urged SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 (AP) The general public was asked by the army today to re port any Japanese in an Ameri can army uniform and to assume that such a soldier In the west ern defense area might be a fifth columnist. ' "All Japanese who are mem bers of the army of the United States have been removed from the western defense command and the fourth army, except three on the post at Fort Ord, who are on a special assignment," the ar my said In a communique. "Any Japanese In an American army uniform should be reported immediately to law enforcement agencies, x x x The general pub lic s hould watch for any possible appearance of Japanese wearing army uniforms and to assume that any such individual might be a fifth columnist." 7" H I " f 12,000 Jap Troops Die On 1 Ship, Belief Total of Sunken Nippon Suicide Subs in Sydney Raid Increased to Four ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, June 4 (AP) An al lied submarine, cruising Japan's shipping lanes, has sunk 22,000 tons of Japanese shipping three vessels including a 6,000-ton arm ed troop transport, allied head quarters said today. All those aboard the transport, possibly as many as 12,000 trecps, probably were lost, the communi que' said. " In addition to the transport, It stated, two "heavily-loaded armed supply ships" of 6.000 and 10,000 tons were sunk and a third of 7,000 tons was badly damaged.' ' The communique did not sreei fy the time covered by fee opera tions but said the sinkings occur red in a raid on enemy shipping lanes. ' ! Jap Sub Alco Scores .' ' Earlier, General MacArtimr's headquarters announced that Jap anese submarines had sunk one ship off the east coast of Austra lia, and Prime Minister Curtin said that three or four Japanese submarines which entered Syd ney harbor last Sunday were sunk before they could attack. Curtin told parliament that the fourth submarine, alone able to fire its torpedoes, also was sunk. (CBS heard an Australian (Continued on page 6) I SAW By Poid MEMBERS of. Headquarters company of the local units of the Oregon State Guard as they sign ed up applicants for enlistment In Company A of the 17th Battalion here. Seated at the table In the pic ture above are Dick Preston and Charles Stanton as they make out enlistment papers for a volun teer; standing are George Trapa iis, at the left, and Victor Mlcelll, the latter battalion commander. At the next meeting, which will be held Friday night, the mem bership of Company A will elect Its company officers, and formu late Its drill program. At present the guard members are requested to furnish their own arms. Who has a large calibre rifle he will loan me? Or i Oldsters to Echo the i . . ,. U.S. Defense Bill to Pass 200 Billion Latest Item Voted for Navy Increase; Civilian ' Injury Pay is Debated WASHINGTON, June 4. (AP) A new, gigantic ship-building program and another fortheom Inaf supply bill for an army of 4,500,000 men probably will push this nation's war and defense ap propriations for the past three years beyond the $200,000,000,000, mark within a month. The total allotments already had announced to $161,000,000,000; when the house yesterday voted $2,797,499,740 for the navy, coast guard and marine corps. Even as that bill was hurried over to the senate for early ac tion. Rep. Vinson (D., A.) chair man of the house naval commit tee, submitted a new $8,300,000,- 000 measure designed practically to double the size of the fleet by building more than 500 fighting ships. " Meanwhile, congress awaited arrival of the 1943 army supply bill in anticipation it would reach the . appropriations committee wfthlrMen days.- Congressmen Irt close touch with the war depart ment have estimated that It would bundle up army needs amounting to close to $45,800,000,- OOOVa new peak for an appropria tion bill, ,. Disability Pay at Issued An administration proposal for payment of death and disability benefits to civilian victims of the war comes before the senate labor committee today accompanied by I a demand from some quarters that the suggested range of bene fits be narrowed. ' The bill, Introduced by Senator Pepper (IX, Fia.) proposed bene-; fits, ranging from 130 to $85 a month for casualties among civil ians caused by any attack on the United States, or as a result of preparations for such an attack. Similar benefits would accrue to civilian defense workers injured (Continued on page 6 Jnkins News-Review Frtoto end E:.Kr!ivSng. swap me? f. I hated to spend the money, but as a public gesture and one affording personal gain and satis faction as well, I did: My sawdust bin was empty, and had been for some time, and I realized that just as long as it remained that way, winter would hang on, dis mal and chill. So I bought a couple of units of fuel and, sure enough, by the next day not a cloud wa-i In the sky and the sun shone, warm and pleasant. f don't," of course, expect any one to chip In on the expense of this sawdust, but thought at She same time I'd like you to know of this sacrifice snd public benefac tion on my part. On the rare oc-: casions when I do get public spir- j neo, i iikc lor them to be known; Old Meai "Backward, Turn Backward, O Registrants For Draft Hand Out Queer Answers HARRISBURG, Pa., June 4. f AP) If you think your memory isnt all It should bo, consider the cases of; . The draft registrant who had difficulty remembering his wife's maiden name, explaining, "I've only been married two months,' or: Another who forgot the firm he worked for although he had been employed three months. "What difference does It make as long as I get my $15 every Sat. urday? he asked. Pennsylvania selective service headquarters turned up these puzzlers In routine statements from local boards. One man sought deferment be cause of his mother-in-law's false teeth, explaining that if every thing went well he could pay off a $75 bill for the plates in two vears. Six dependents were listed in another questionnaire, the regis trant Insisting he was dependent upon his father, mother, sister, brother and a couple ol friends. A husband asked to stay in ci vilian life because he Is depend ent upon his wife and she is de pendent upon him;, he can't bear to leave her and vise versa. The selective service system also 1 considered a woman's plea for Heforment of a boy friend with whom she had been "going steady" for the last 22 years. Asked why she hadn't married him, the woman saw; "He hasn't asked me yet." War Price-Ration Board Offers Jobs In Douglas County Organization of local war price and ration boards as permanent agencies of the federal govern ment now is under way through out the state of Oregon and ef forts will be made to form the or ganization and put It In operation during the month of June, It was announced here today by Vernon C. Latimer, special representative of the U. S. civil service commis sion. The permanent organization will include a policy board, which will direct the conduct of the board, Mr. Latimer stated. Active work will be in charge of execu tive secretaries and clerical assis tants. The executive secretaries and clerks will be employed un der civil service and paid by the ui nee of price Administration. Persons desiring employment jn ine secreianai ano clerical po sitions are invited, Mr, Latimer states, to file applications. These should be in letter form, setting loran au particulars of training, experience and other qaullfica- tlons. No special forms of appli cation are required at oresenLAo- plicattons should be mailed to or left at the office of the Roseburg chamber of commerce to be for warded to the district office. It Is anticipated that four or more persons will be employed In Douglas county, Mr. Latimer states. The permanent agency will succeed the present volun tary rationing board, he reports. Senate Follows House In War Declaration WASHINGTON, June 4. (AP) ongress lormaiiy voted war against Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania today, with the senate unanimously approving resolu tions passed by the house without dissent yesterday. Without debate, the senate quickly voted to include the three axis puppets with three other na tions, Germany, Japan and Italv. against which the United States declared war last December. Congress had been Informed hv President Roosevelt that Ru mania, Hungary and Bulgaria were fighting against the United nations and were pp-roarine to extend their activities. Warehouse Fires Started by Nippon Planes In First Raid Quickly Subdued, Navy Sap Attacks Not Only Ones to le Expected en American Territory, War Secretary Stimson Warns; Alert Status of Vital Pacific Cssst Bases Intensified WASHINGTON, June 4, (AP Th jisvy, dewMnq iha situation at Dutch Harbor, Aiaska, as quiet at present, reported today that tha second wave of enemy elans which flew over the L I I... .II 1 1- J 1 L. J L.U.. I only in recortrta-uartce. A communique declared total damage at the bats was Rot mtensive and fires were quickly extinguished after the Isitisl reid yesterday morning.- While the source of the attacking aircraft has not been defi nitely determined, the communique said, thay are believed to have bean carrier-based, . ' ueten$es of (Nortft Amensa from the Aleutians to ranama went on the alert agaimt further enemy thratj. - Secretary of War Stimsss predicted today the attacks were "not the only and last raids ie be expected tin American terri tory." Stimson declined, however, to predict where further attacks might be expected, telling a questioner he did not "care to go into that phase sf the Japanese mindt," and fended off a ques tion as to why the fee struck first at the Aleutian outpost. Gas Ration Order Awaits Roosevelt WASHINGTON, June 4.(AP) Decision as to whether gasoline rationing should be .extended throughout the country as a tiro conservation measure rested to day with- President Roosevelt. He was expected to discuss the Issue, which has aroused a heated controversy in congress, and else where, at a cabinet meeting on Friday, If nationwide rationing is decid ed upon, it probably would toliow the pattern ol the program laid; down by the office of price ad ministration for the eastern ea-i beard yesterday to replace the temporary system that expires on Julyl. Under this plan, all motorists who register on a date yet to be: announced will receive a basic! coupon ration equivalent to ap-i proximately three gallons a week,! the present limit for "non-essen-! tta!" driving, j Extension of rationing to other! parts of the country would tn-i crease the basic weekly maximum! to nearly four gallons, which, at 15 miles a gallon, would allow ev eryone approximately 2,880 miles : of driving a year. Although Rep. Beiier (D, N. ,) said he learned in a conwer-! satlon with Petroleum Coordina-! tor Ickes that nation-wide ration-1 ing would be instituted on July 15,! Donald M. Nelson, war production! chief, declared no final decision! had been made. j American Legion Will Convene in Kansas City INDIANAPOLIS, June 4 AP) The American legion na tlonal convention, stripped of Its peacetime glamor and fun, wl!) jnet In Kansas CHy, Mo., Sipt. 19-21, Instead of New Orleans, original choice for the sessions. New Orleans gave up the meet ing because of its coastal position and a threatened shortage of transportation service. Kansas City was chosen by the legion's national executive committee yes terday over seven other midwest ern cities. The committee urged staie de partments and posts to help re duce the tranaportati&n strain by discouraging all but official dele gates of (he legion, its auxiliary. and the Forty and Eight from at tending. Combining of delega tions of the various branches was advocated. Legion officials expect attend-: anee this year will not exceed: 4,1X10 persons compared with Ifh 000 plus bands, drum corps andj visitors In other years. Time in Thy Flight, WHERE NEXT? That's the question following the Jap raid on Dutch Harbor. America's west coast Is ready, and the near future may see some highly Important war news in that region. Heady the NEWS REVIEW lor theews when It breaks. Brief official reports of these flnrf nEr suspire rm X"rt-t h &. n-.ot-4. can soil failed to indicate immedi ately whether they were mere hit-and-run blows or the opening phase of an organized grand as sault on the northwestern step ping stone to Canada anil' he Uniied Stales. But Anthony J. Dimond, Alas kan delegate to congress, gave this warning; "I am afraid we may haw a struggle on our hands to keep that area." Warthsusn Set Afire The first attack was by four Japanese bombers and about 15 fighters at 6 a. m. Alaska time yesterday, and lasted about 15 minutes. "A few warehouses were set on fire but no serious damage was suffered," the navy announced. There were but few casualties." The second raid was made at about noon, Alaska time, six hours after the initial attack, the navy said. Dimond expressed fear that there were too few defending planes to beat back a sustained series of attacks In case the Jap anese opened a big-seale offen sive, such m the Philippines Inva sion. Civilian defense leaders at (Continued on page 6) Baffle of Libya Still Undecided Bv the Associated Press On the North African front, British headquarters reported to day that General - Auehlnleek's desert fighters had driven Ger man armored forces out of an ax Is strong point at Tamar, 2i miles southwest of Tobruk, and beaten off an attack by axis mechanized troops on the left flank of the 50 roile British defense line. At least 14 axis tanks were re ported destroyed in the fierce ac tion at Tamar. While front-line dispatches in dicated that the British were firmly holding the initiative In the swirling 10-day-old desert siruggie. Premier Mussolini's high command asserted that the battle had taken a favorable turn for the axis. The Italian communique did not elaborate on its claim, how ever, merely listing 22 British ar mored cars captured or destroyed and heavy aerial attacks on Brit ish motor columns. - British headquarters made no reference to the developing situa tion north of Blr El Haeheta, the "well of wisdom" oasis 50 miles southwest of Tobruk, where Field Marshal Rommel's troops were attempting to widen a ntoe-mlla breach In the British line. The Germans were reported making furious tank assaults on both walls of the narrow corri dor, through which Rommel was feeding supplies to his hard-cress- ed forces farther east.