ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY.JUNE- 4 3,-1 942.
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IF we are correctly informed,
there is a very serious shortage
of help for the farms of tills
county. This condition prevails
not only yith reference to har
vesting berry and garden crops,
but tp general farm work as well.
It happens that farm work is
just about the right employment
for boys who are in nign scnoui
or eollego. They do not have to
sign up for steady or permanent
employment but will normally
finish the needed tasks In time to
return to schopl In the fall. :
At the risk of. becoming very
unpopular with soroe of the strap
ping young fellows who. are seen
about town those line aiternopns,
we suggest they investigate the
possibility ol getting work on
some farm. After all is said and
dona food and. plenty of it will
win the war--and those boys can
help our- Douglas county farms
produce food. It is war work.
Cooperation WiH Wirt
IF the recent war conversations
held; between t"G thrco great
warring United Nations, Britain,
Russia and the, U. S. resulted In
Russian cooperation - actively
(gainst Japan in return for the
establishment of an other front
, in France by Britain and the U. S.
then it was a good deal. Our
bombers quite obviously need bas-
, es at Vladlvostock from which
to take off on bombing expedi
tions over Japan. Certainly the
Russians need the second front
to. help divide Nazi strength.
Complete understanding and full
cooperation by all of the peoples
engaged in the job of exterminat
ing greedy and war-making gov
ernments will mean victory. It
appears now such cooperation
does pxlst.
Help Win the VYor-r-gnd, Earn
THE president of the United
States has given the "go" sig
nal In the scrap rubber campaign.
It Is simple, easy and profitable.
Beginning Monday all that wc
need to do to cooperate In the
drive to gather scrap rubber is
to take all the rubber wo can find
to the nearest gasoline filling sta
tion and leave It. For your
trouble you will be paid lor the
rubber at the rate of a cent a
pound.
It seems as If this represents a
really wonderful opportunity for
thp small boys and girls who
want to do something to help win
this war, to really go to work.
Then In addition to the patriotic
angle there Is a little spending
money to be Rained hy the effort.
O. K., boys and girls everybody
are you ready to get our scrap
rubber on Its way to help win
the war?
Editorials on News
(Continued from page 1.)
and, being out of fuel, dropped
into the sea.
LI ERE an Interesting point ap
pears.
The Jap planes DIDN'T bomb
the runways on Midway. Appar
ently they expected to capture
tho island and use the runways
themselves.
THAT was a fatal mistake, for
the American land-based
planes (presumably also low on
fuel and ammunition) returned
to Midway shortly after the at
tacking Jap planes had left.
It was a critical moment for
them. . r.
If the Aliduay runways had.
been destroyed, they would have
had not place to land and would
have been nearly as bad off I
the Jap planes that returned to
tbelr taking off place, and
FOUND NO CARRIERS.
As it was, they landed on the
undamaged runways, re-fueled,
took on ammunition and went
back ipto, the fight
OUCH is the pattern of the sue
cossful defense ot Midway-
With slight variation, It will be
the pattern of ALL future de
fense of land points against Inva
sion from overseas.
The OLD pattern of defending
naval ships lining up to repel at
tacking naval ships is on the way
?u(.
Probably DEFINITELY OUT
already.
MIDWAY and Dutch Harbor
" were CONNECTED enter
prises. What happened (or may
be still happening) at Dutch Har
bor Isn t yet clear. But you may
be sure the Japs were gunning
for Dutch Harbor as well as Mid
way.
Get our your map, or better,
your globe.
You will note that Dutch Har
bor, lit may appear only as Unl-
mak island on your map) is
stepping stone on the path to Jap
an and SIBERIA. The ne$t step
ping stona Is Petropsviovsk, at
the tip of the Kamchatka penin
sula.
To understand the importance
of these stepping stones, you need
only to recall the way in which
modern planes are being FLOWN
to their destination, arriving in
a matter hours.
YOU will, be pertain at once
that Japan had two purposes
In mind:
1. To KNOCK OUT Dutch Har
bor as an American stepping-
stone threat to Japan.
2. To SEIZE IT, Is possible, as
a Jap stepping-stone threat to.
America..
PROM London we learn that
Britain and Russia have sign
ed a 20-year mutual assistance
treaty. For Russia, it was signed
by Foreign Minister Molotov him
self, who came to London.
The Londpn negotiations took
only three days, Indicating that
Britain and Russia had reached
already such complete agreement
of views as to make actual sign
ing of the treaty a mere matter
of form.
That Is Important, for mutual
suspicion had kept Britain and
Russia- apart for years and prob
ably had a lot to dp. with making
tho war Inevitable.
ROM London Molotov flew to
Washington, where In a few
days more he and President
Roosevelt reached "unity of
views" on:
1. A second front in Europe.
2. Increasing and speeding up
of supplies of planes, tanks and
other kinds of war materials
from the U. S. to Russia.
3. ''Fundamental problems of
co operation of the United States
and Russia in safe guarding peace
and security to freedom-loving
peoples AFTER THE WAR."
AS to all these deals, let us hope
they follow faithfully tho
sound principle learned long ago
by business men that If an
agreement Isn't mutually benefi
cial, providing something of value
for EVERYBODY CONCERNED,
It won't work and so won't last.
That principle now dominates
all honest business dealings.
If there Is to be any hope for
a better world In the future, It
must dominate INTERNATION
AL dealings.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 13
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5:00 American Eagle Club In
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:00-Dlnner Concert.
:25-Slory of tho "Star
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SUNDAY. JUNE 14
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Win the War."
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MONDAY. JUNE 15, 1942
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7:35 State and Local News,
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10.02 Sign Oft.
Leave for Portland Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Groves and son, Her
bert, of this city, loft Friday for
Portland, where Mr. Groves will
receive medical attention and
they will visit their daughter,
Mrs. John Woat her (old, ami fam
ily, ind, their sou, Hod Gloves,
and family. . . .
THIETY YEARS TOO
Recruiting Set By
Navy of Class of
"Oregon Avengers"
Ccrsroony at Portland Will
Ftalur Cavalcad of Heroes;
Physical Standards Relaxed
Recruiting of a class of "Ore
gon Avengers" in the U. S. navy
to be enlisted in a mass ceremony
as a part of the cavalcade of war
heroes at Portland, June 26, was
announced today by the naval re
cruiting service. The announce
ment is made simultaneously with
a report that a . marked change
has been made in physical re
quirements. The reduction in phy
sical standards will permit ad
mission of many men who have
previously volunteered, but were
rejected for minor defects.
All men recruited prior to June
26, It was stated today, will be
held for enlistment as a group
when Portland is visited by ' 15
war heroes who will head a caval
cade of army, navy and marine1
corps personnel, with full equip
ment, to participate in a parade,
sham battle and other features
demonstrating the strength of the
nation's armed forces and ef
ficiency of the training program.
Men volunteering prior to June
26 will be permitted. If they de-
sue, to remain in Portland from
the time of their physical examin
ations until the date for enlist
ment with lodging and subsist- j
ence being furnished by the navy,
or they may be granted leave in
Portland until the date of June,
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26, or may return to.their homes
with orders to report at Eugene
June 25 and will be transported
from Eugene to Portland for the
ceremony.
Requirements Eased
Announcement was made today
that the service can now accept
men with satisfactory dentures,
visual standards have been mark
edly lowered and height and
weight requirements have been
adjusted so that men hitherto in
eligible because of shortness or
underweight can now make appli
cation. It is urged that men who
have failed a previous examina
tion make a new attempt to qual
ify as they may be accepted un
der the new program.
The state recruiting office re
ports that the goal for enlist
ments has been set at 882, the
exact number needed to reach a
total of 9,000 for the fiscal year
which ends June 30.
It is pointed out that Oregon
recently lost Its position as the
nation's number one source of
volunteer manpower for the sea
going unit of the national war ef
fort. The recruiting agency is en
deavoring to regain the spot lost
last month, after having led the
nation for seven consecutive
months, as well as to keep Ore
gon in first place for the. fiscal
year, which position it held for
the year ending last June 30.
A recruiting officer will be In
Roseburg Tuesday, June 16, for
one day only. He will be at the of
fice of the chamber of commerce
and all men interested in volun
teering for duty with the navy
are urged to contact him at that
time.
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Sorv of Roseburg Resident Narrates
ThreeVDay Ordeal at Sea Following
Torpedoing of Ship by German Sub
A most graphic description of
the sinking of a U. S. merchant
ship by a German submarine is
contained in a letter received by
James Miller, local contractor,
from his son, Bui Miller, of
Roseburg, who has been in serv
ice with the U. S. merchant ma
rine for the last three months.
The boat on which he was serv
ing was en route from Brazil to
New York at the time of tho tor
pedoing. Miller's description Is as
follows:
We were' not far from port
when we got the first torpedo
without any warning. It was at
2:30 in the afternoon and I was
in my cabin talking to another
fellow about what we were going
to do when we got ashore. He
said, 'It's best not to make too
many plans,' and I said, 'No, it
would just be our luck to get this
far and then get bumped.' The
words were just out of my mouth
when there was an awful roar
and shake that threw us across
the room. I yelled, 'There she
goes!' and started looking for my
lllQ Jacket. All the lights went out
immediately and it was just my
luck to have my ports closed so I
couldn't see anything. I finally
decided to take time out and
opened one port so I could see. I
got my jacket on and went to
my boat station.
Boat With Motor Blasted
"The ship was settled low and
listing to port. The torpedo had
struck amidships and had blown
up one of our four life boats it
would be the one with the motor
in ft, too. The other midship boat,
the captain's, was the only one to
get away clear. The boat opposite
mine was lowered but had to be
cut loose to save It and two men
jumped over and swam to it. It
was a good thing they did as it
was that boat that later saved
all of us.
"All the life rafts were tipped
and In the water, an occurrence
which was to be a good thing for
me. Anyway, the real excitement
all centered around my boat. We
had lowered it almost to the wa
ter and there were five men in it
when one of the firemen lost his
head and let go the forward falls
that is the block and tackle to
lower the front end of the boat.
We were still moving about 15
knots so It whipped the front of
the boat around and it was drop
ping stern first almost straight up
and down in the water. Three of
the men were thrown out and I
don't think I'll ever forget the ex
pression on the faces of those
men as they drifted away, appar
ently with no chance for anyone
to help them. They were lucky
enough, however, to beplcked up
by the captain's boat later. Mean
while the other two men were
hanging on somehow and I low
ered the other fall, then lot It pay
out so the boat was turning some
20 feet astern of the ship but at
least level and as soon as we lost
speed It was easy to haul it up
close again.
Fires Back at Submarine
"It was about that time we saw
the sub. (All this takes a long
time to tell, but, of course, It all
happened In a few seconds.) It
was a stormy day and the water
full of white caps so the lookout
didn't have a chance to spot the
periscope; but I guess the Ger
man thought we didn't have any
fight left so he surfaced about a
mile away. We all made a run for
the gun and we thought we got
him with our first shot. We fired
about six rounds before ho went
under and I think the only time
I got excited was when I thought
we had sunk him,
"By this time the ship had
stopped. We hauled our boat
alongside and all got in. The cap
tain left the ship and his boat
swung clear. We were just ready
to get go when someone spotted
one of the naval gunners still
aboard. He was just a kid. I don't
know what happened but he was
just wandering slowly around the
docks and we finally attracted his
attention long enough to get him
over to us but he just stared down
at us. I don t know how we would
have got him down if the Jerry's
hadn't solved the problem for us.
"He was a long way from be
ing finished and dirty enough to
resent us firing back at him. He
came up close and fired a torpedo
at the stern end of our ship. It
would have been an easier target
and much more logical to have
fired at the side, but he evidently
wanted to show us we are not
supposed to shoot at anything be
longing to Adolph, so he let us
have It on the stern where 17
men In the lifeboat would also
get blown up.
wnen tne tin nsn strucK we
were only about ten feet away
and in addition to everything else
the ammunition was right above
our heads.
Blown Into Air
"What happened after that is
hard to descrilie-trcven If I do re
member it only too well. Lifeboat
and all 17 of us. together with the
gunner who didn't want to leave
the ship, were blown about 20
feet In the air and then sucked
down another 20 feet in the wa
ter. At the time I thought it was
100 feet. I got a nasty crack on
the head somewhere in the Jour- i
ney and when I came down I hit
the gumvhale of the lifeboat I
Among the hundreds of things I
thought of in the next few sec
onds was that my ribs were
broken. I was sucked down and
down, twisted head over heels and
every which way by the suction
and my life jacket was half torn
off, so that when I did come up I
came up stern first and if some
one hadn't rolled me over I don't
think I could have made it.
"What happened in the next
few minutes was supposed to be
funny to the rest and it Is still a
joke not to call me by name but
just to stick a thumb into the
air and yell, 'Huh?', for they say
that that was all they could get
out of me. I was deaf as a post
from concussion and that was the
only thing I could do to let them
know I was O. K. but couldn't
hear. Anyway, it must have been
quite an explosion as the captain's
boat, 300 feet away, was filled
with falling water. The miracle is
that not one of us was killed.
"In the water next to me was
the same fireman who had let
the boat fall in. He had a jacket
on and was in no danger of sink
ing when he made a grab for me.
I never felt so much like drown
ing anyone in my life. But I got
away and found an oar for him
to hang on ta It didn't do him
any good but it calmed him down.
We finally all reached the boat,
but it was full of water and half
the bottom blown out, but the air
tanks kept it afloat while we
hung onto the outside.
"It was about this time that the
ship went down bow first. It was
quite a sight to see the battered
stern raise way up into the air
and then dive under with a great
roar and hiss. Ten thousand tons
of one of the finest cargo ships
afloat. Adolph made a good haul
that time!
Three-Hour Ordeal Follows
"It was clinging to that sunken
boat for three hours that I never
will forget. It was cold and stormy.
Every wave washed over our
heads. My knees were bruised an.
cut to ribbons from, rubbing the
sides of the boat. Every now and
then someone would give out and
we would have to hoist him into
the boat to rest. It was just as
freezing cold and wet in the boat
but they didn t have to hang on.
"It was in that condition that
the German found us as he came
alongside for a chat. At first we
thought he was going to shell us,
but I guess he thought we were
done for anyway. He came up
and asked us the name of the
ship, tonnage, cargo, destination,
etc., and then left us.
Nazi Callousness Noted
"They are quite a bunch, those
nazis they turn out over there. If
they had shown any signs of re
gret or humanity I could have un
derstood why. Or, if they had
even been happy at sinking such
a good ship, even that would have
been understandable, but they
showed just plain bored indiffer
ence. We might have been so
many seagulls in the water for all
they cared.
We did have the satisfaction of
seeing how close we came to fin
ishing him though. He had to
have the crew out to fix up tho
after stay, tho cable from the
conning tower to the stern, as
we had shot It away.
We couldn t see either of the
other two boats. One Was full
anyway and wo didn't know if
they had ever caught the other
one. We were a pretty desperate
gang when we finally saw one o
the life rafts. We swam and drag
ged our boat to it. Too many men
tried to get on it and it turned
over. Although it still floated it
was impossible to he down to rest.
We did have one lucky break
then. As we had to stand up, we
spotted two more life rafts just a
short distance away. We finally
made it to them and all got j
aooaru, wnere wc lay down and
covered up with a tarpaulin. It
didn't seem like any time or
place for sleeping but about half
of them did, while some of the
rest got awfully sick.
Tortured By Cold
"It wasn't long afterwards
when one of the lifeboats return
ed and took us off. The first night
we had a fine wind and made
good time. The next two days and
nights we rowed. Right now I'll
argue with anyone that one of
those oars weighs 500 pounds. The
worst trouble, of course, was the
cold. We were all soaking wet
and it was always raining or
misty so we never got a chance
to dry out at all. All we had to
eat was sea biscuits and malted
milk tablets. They were good
emergency rations though. They
fill you up, anyway. Best of all
they keep you from getting thirs
ty. If we had only had a few ciga
rettes it would have helped. I
thought of that just as we aban-,
doned ship and took a chance and
went below and got a carton. I
passed them out but most of them ,
just happened to go to men In !
other boats. What few we had
couldn't be smoked anyway.
Rescued After Three Days
"We were only In the boat
three days, so we were mighty
lucky. We never saw a ship or a 1
patrol plane all that time until
the third day. Then we saw a ship
in the distance. It was a foggy
day and we were afraid they ;
wouldn't tee us. We tried to shoot j
News of Men
i1
From
Douglas
County
In War Service
Word has been receive here
from San Francisco that First
Lieutenant Frank G. Erno, for
merly with Co. D, 162nd infantry,
the Roseburg unit of the Oregon
national guard, has been promot
ed to captain. Captain Erno and
his family now are quartered at
the Presidio, San Francisco. Their
son, Paul G. Erno, a graduate of
Roseburg high school, is now
serving with the U. S. navy sig
nal corps. His home station is
the armed guard station, Trea
sure island naval base.
Family Kin to be
Deferment Basis
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AP)
A senate-house conference com
mittee agreed yesterday that
"family relationships" should be
a basis for deferment from milit
ary service as they compromised
differences in legislation provid
ing allowances for wives, child
ren and other dependents of low
est paid men in the fighting
forces.
Senator Thomas (D Utah),
who forecast speedy senate and
house approval of the compro
mise, said that the new fniniiu
relationship provision represent
ed a modification of the original
selective service act "but does not
upset it".
The new measure would be
retroactive to June 1 but officials
said payments probably could not
begin Until ahont Nnvpmlup ha.
cause of the vast amount of book-
work and organization necessary
to make the payments and allot.
ments.
There was no substantial dif
ference between the senate and
house Versions nf navmnntB fnp
wives.children and other denend-
ents.
The senate previously complet
ed congressional action on a ser
vice pay bill to fix minimum pay
at $50 a month and increase pay
in all branches up to the rank of
the second lieutenant, or its eq
uivalent, with increased allow
ances for higher officers.
School Apportionment
?or New Year Upped
SALEM. .Turin 13 I Am Tl,n'
itate land board announced yes
terday that the school apportion
ment for the year beginning July
i
x win iotai jksju.uoo, compared
with $310,00 during tho current D
The inrrnac. Ic kiiica k.. k
board's program of blocking east
ern OrPP-On chl0.nwnnH n--.
lands, and a reduction of $9200
in operating costs of the board.
The apportionment to each.
county will be announced in a
few weeks. The apportionment
is made from the common school
fund. Which InnlnHoc mr.,....,
ceived from interest and other re
ceipts on sale and lease of school
anus 10 private owners.
Police Chief Samuel V.
works in a china factory. Ho bal
ances 96 teaCUn.C nil hlc hnarl pot.
tying them up and down stairs as
part of his daily labors, without
ever naving a break.
a rocket but had Inst tho nitni
When we triori tn tin iimm
boat hook they always shot about
iu icci in tne air then swished
into the sea again. We were cer
tainly a happy bunch when they
finally picked us up. After some
dry clothes (we all put on several
Dairs of nants and shirts a nnn
dinner, and, best of all, a couple
of stiff shots of rum we were al
ready to try it again.
"All survivors have been land- -cd
now. Some up In Newport,
some in New York. We lost four
men in the first explosion the
electrician, fourth engineer and
two firemen. One of them was a
good friend of mine. None of us
knew his name. He came aboard
In San Francisco singing 'Rose
O'Day.' That was the only name
wc ever called him. None of us
sing or whistle 'Rose O'Day' any
more, i
"the survivors from Newport
arrived here last night and we
had quite a reunion. People must
have thought us crazy to see us
all shaking hands with the cook's
dog. That is the only thing he
knows. Maybe he felt like shak
ing hands or paws, too."
DR. R. L. CLINTON '
OPTOMETRIST
Successor to
DR. II. C. CHURCH
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