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That Man's Here Again. And We Hope Rubber From Rover The dog house will surely 0 yield a mutilated ball, a rubber bone or a headless doll; , and ' they'll all help the big guns bark sharply, at the Japs. You've got just 11 days more to persuade Rover to yield them for the rub ber salvage. VOL. XLVII NO. 63 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW mm mm m o 1 1 Japanese Poised for Million Men Said Massed In Manchuria Blow May Not Fall If Russia Defeats Hitler; Japs Attack Pt. Moresby (By the Associated Press) OHigh Chinese quarters declar ed today that Japan had massed nearly 1,000,000 troops in Man churia and said new advices in dicated that the Japanese planned to strike at Russian Siberia some time in July. Neutral observers, however, ex pressed belief that Japan would not risk taking a new enemy un til Adolf Hitler had started his long-delayed grand offensive against Russia and until she was sure that the German push was succeeding. Russia and Japan have a five year neutrality and "friendship" pact, signed April 13, 1941, which rso far has been observed amid warnings by Moscow and Tokyo to each other against violations. High quarters in Chungking, Chinese war-time capital, said the Japanese general staff pre Qf erred to postpone further thrusts into the southeast in favor of strategy affecting territory near er Japan. The Japanese want to establish a "security zone," it was said, against the hour when American war production would be trans lated into a full-scale offensive against Japan. With this in mind, the Chinese said, Japan has two principal ob jectivesHawaii and Siberfa. But the great American victory in the battle of Midway frustrat ed any Japanese plan for an at-j tack on Hawaii, and Japan there-1 fore was expected to turn against Siberia. Japs Raid Port Moresby. In the battle of Australia, an allied spokesman said the Japan- ese were using two new type planes a lighter Zero fighter and a cannon-equipped medium bomber and he added that the enemy was bombing with even (Continued on page 6) College, High School Students From All Parts of U. S. Listed in Douglas County Fire Protection Personnel A camp, composed almost en- .... . . i . 1 tirely of high school and college students from all sections of the United States, has been organized at Riddle by the Douglas Forest Protective association. Informa tion spread through colleges and universities throughout the na tion of the proposal to organize Pacific coast fire protection 0 camps, has brought scores of men O from mid-western, eastern and At lantic states to serve in these or ganizations, according to Fred Southwick, supervising warden of the local association. Douglas county will have four camps. Ten man camps are being maintained at Drain, Hinkle creek and Melrose, with a 20-man camp at Riddle. The latter is made up of college men, largely from out of state, while other camps con tain more local men. The Melrose camp is composed of Roseburg high school students, who so far are reported to be well advanced in training. Members of the 20-man camp at Riddle are Donald Berryhill, senior, Llvermore high school, Livermore, Penn.; John Altman, Llvermore high school; Edward Spraker, New York state college of forestry, Syracuse, N. Y., home address, Canojoharie, N. Y.; Dil W Ion Snell, Lake Forest high school, Lake Bluff. 111.; William Potwora, graduate Toledo high school, Toledo, Ore.; Carl Mead, Presenting Adms. Sherman and 'Wags' 15" . v k 41f .vi kx F v; f fcf i d1 A S jtf p Two well-known admirals of the U. S. fleet are Rear Adm. Frederick C. Sherman, commander of the U. S. S. Lexington, shak ing hands with his dog, "Admiral Wags," shown In San Diego after arrival from the Coral sea battle, where Admiral Sherman rescued his pet from the sinking aircraft carrier. Lower Age Limit for Mill Workers Proposed SEATTLE, June 19 (AP) Cit ing the steady decrease in the available supply of mill workers and the need for greater produc tivity to meet government orders, spokesmen for sawmill and other industrial plants have proposed lowering the age limit for male employes from 18 to 16. The reques: was made yester day at a conference arranged by the federated industries of Wash ington. j Oregon State college, Corvallis, r T-i r-r. 1. T T . C...I Ore.: R. T. Crouch, Henry Sud duth, both of Gainesville, Fla., students in the University of Florida school of forestry; Frank Hendrix, Chattanooga, Tenn., stu dent in University of Tennessee school of forestry; Lloyd Vander werf, and Roger Lindens, of the department of engineering, jun ior college. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Albert Sherwood, Woodbury, Conn., University of Connecticut school of forestry; Irving Hart, Weathersfield, Conn., recent graduate University of Connecti cut, registered for Yale school of forestry; Charles Tyler Hotch- kiss, Hamden, Conn., U. of Conn., school of forestry; Frank Preston and William James Mustain, both of Maywood, 111., and students at Corneil college, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Burnell Hamm, Hampton, Iowa, student at Livermore high school, Livermore, Iowa. The camp Is in charge of Alva Laws, instructor In the Roseburg high school, with Joe Pope of Roseburg as cook. H. H. (Hod) Turner, local ath letic coach, who has been em ployed as supply and materiel of ficer for the four camps, states that the mixture of men from northern and southern states in the Riddle camp has resulted in the Civil war being fought over several times, but in a very friendly fashion. Mr. Churchill, in His Victory Center's Program Arranged An interesting program is in prospect for the weekly Victory Center entertainment to be held at 8 p. m. Saturday, H. O. Parge ter, county bond sale chairman, reported today. Helen Casey will direct one group of entertainers, while other local numbers will be presented. The program will op en with a band concert. Marshall Pengra will act as master of cere monies. The Six Liberty Belles will be in charge of stamp sales and Harrie Booth will direct sale of bonds. Mr. Pargeter, as chairman of the committee, today expressed appreciation to the following per sons and firms for work and ma terials connected with construc tion of the Victory Center: Doug las County court, Ott's music store, Dunham Transfer Co., Coen Lumber Co., Roy Hufham, Lund's Radio Service, Ben Fitz simmons, Montgomery Ward Co., Foster & Klelser, Churchill Hardware Co. Postponement of Fairs, Conventions Requested WASHINGTON, June 19. (AP) The government asked to day that all state and county fairs, non-essential conventions, meetings and group tours be post poned until the war is over. Joseph B. Eastman, defense transportation director, made the appeal and said that If civilians restricted their use of trains and busses the government might not have to take direct control over travel. In asking postponement of fairs, Eastman said farmers should not be encouraged to use tires for such non-essential pur poses. Attendance at meetings con nected with the war effort, he said, should be skeletonized "along the lines of the example set by the American Legion in its forthcoming convention." Latest Visit to the ROSEBURS, OREGON, Invasion of British Boat, 6 Nazi Planes Lost in Fight Clash Occurs Off French Coast; Atlantic Toll of U-Boats Hoisted to 278 ' LONDON, June 19. (AP) A wild"sea and air melee 100 miles off the French Atlantic coast on Wednesday which resulted in the destruction of four Spanish fish ing trawlers, the 1,120-ton British destroyer Wild Swan and half of an attacking force of 12 Ger man dive-bombers was disclosed today by the British admiralty. Chronologically, this was what happened, according to the ad' miralty communique: 1. A dozen nazl planes soared In on the 23-year-old destroyer on Wednesday evening and "also turned their attention to a Span ish trawler fleet which was fish ing in the vicinity," as the ad miralty expressedJt. ' .. , . " 2. Three of the little Spanish vessels were sunk and a fourth was damaged. 3. The Wild Swan shot down four of the 12 planes, and two others which probably were wing ed by the destroyer's guns, col lided and crashed into the sea. 4. The Wild Swan, herself dam aged, collided accidentally with the damaged Spanish trawler, sending the fishing boat under. 5. The Wild Swan subsequently sank. Eleven members of the trawler crew and the bulk of the Wild Swan's complement were saved. ATLANTIC SHIP TOLL OF AXIS SUBS RAISED TO 278 (By the Associated Press) The announced toll of subma rlne-sunk allied and neutral ships in the western Atlantic since Pearl harbor stood at 278 (Continued on page 6) JAMES O. SMITH, gunsmith at Ackley's gun shop on West Oak street, as he obligingly took time out from overwhelming work to stand before a rack of guns which have been, or are to be, repaired. "We have over 200 pieces In the shop at the present time," Jim told me, "awaiting repair, or cer tain re-adjustments or reboring. Daily we receive orders from firms and individuals all over the United States for reboring Jobs, new guns and all kinds of gun equipment." Jim and his father, B. A. Smith, of Camas Valley, were employed by Parker Ackley upon the lat ter"s Inception Into army work. At the present time Parker is tak ing instruction in machine gun repair work at Fort Ord, Califor nia. Upon completion of this .izzzz:l SAW ::::::::::::: J By Paul Jril(iM v yi y . mm m in Urn II l .in i niti-fllf ililrtT White House, Heeded His Major Obligation Bringing Along His Own Sugar. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1942. nrn ln LMUMUuM I H.W.Rose Killed In Truck Accident Near Coos Junction Harold Warren Rose, 29, - of Roseburg, trailer-man on a piling truck, was killed last night near Coos Junction, about eight miles south of . Roseburg, when he was toss-r- ed from the load of piling by . a sldcswlplng collision and v fell In the path of a truck proceeding In the opposite di I rectlon. j Rose was steering the trailer on a piling truck operated by Delmar Crowley for Robert Le Bleu, local piling contractor, Ser geant Paul Morgan of the state police stated. While passing through the covered highway bridge a mile west of Coos Junc tion, the loaded machine was met by an empty logging truck driv en by Lester McDaniels of Suth crlln for the Harmson-Wakefleld firm of Camas Valley. A glanc ing impact occurred and Rose fell In the bath of thd truck, driven by McDaniels and was instantly -Killed..- ..-v.-,-'n He was reported to have suf fered fractures of the skull, neck and legs. The body was. removed to the Douglas Funeral home. Herbert Rose, father of the deceased, a resident of Coleridge, Neb., has been notified pf the accident. U. S. Planes Fly Over Turkey, Berlin Reports LONDON, June 19. (AP) Reuters said today It had record ed a Berlin broadcast by DNB reporting that 13 or 14 United States aircraft making for the Black sea flew over Turkish ter ritory last night. (Listeners In New York have not heard such a German broad cast. United States bombers are known to have visited the Black sea region a week ago today, however, and four of them made forced landings in Turkey.) Nown-Hr-vifW Photo and KnKravinff course he will act as an Instruc tor in the ordnance corps. At the Ackley shop the most im portant work is that of making new barrels for rifles. The place is a Jumble, of lathes and steel the latter Increasingly difficult to obtain. It's quite a Job to bore a section of steel for a gun barrel, then ream it and later rifle it, then turn the steel Into the fin ished product. It certainly calls for skilled artisanshlp, if any thing does. Quite a bit of the local work, Mr. Smith Informed me, is fur nished by members of the recent ly formed companies of the state guard, who are having their arms repaired, or rebored to accommo date the .30 rallbre ammunition which, it seems, is more readily obtainable than other sizes. SEEM u m HIE! SMI Siberia Defenders Of Sevastopol Still Holding Nazi Claims Refuted by Soviet; British Facing Nazi Siege at Tobruk (By the Associated Press) The situation remained hazard ous today on both the Libyan des ert and Crimean fronts, but over night developments indicated that the Russian defenders of Se vastopol were still holding stoutly against the German siege armies and there was no confirmation of the nazl high command's claim that axis troops had smashed their way into Sevastopol's forti fications. , "The heroic defenders of Se vastopol courageously and staunchly beat off numerous Ger man attacks," red army head quarters said. i On jthe' north African front, Brltlshy headquarters-- announced that Lieut.-Gcn.R!tchlc's armies were holding strong positions on the Libyan-Egyptian frontier and In the Tobruk sector, 80 miles to the west. It was clear, however that a new siege of Tobruk had begun, with the thunder of heavy gun fire rolling along the perimeter of Tobruk's outer fortifications as the axis moved up great 9-inch guns the largest mobile wea pons ever used In the desert war fare. . The Tobruk garrison was pre pared for a long stand. It has been newly supplied, its barbed wire reinforced, minefields newly laid and pillboxes strengthened. Nazi, Red Claims Clash Adolph Hitler's field headquar ters asserted that German shock troops, scoring "decisive success," had pierced the last northern de fense lines In the siege of Sevas topol. The nazl command said axis troops attacking from the north had reached Sewernaja bight, op posite the town of Sevastopol. "The entire northern part of the fortress with the exception of one coastal fort In the southwestern- sector has thus fallen into German hands after 12 days of heavy fighting," a German com munique said. Under siege for eight months, the great Black sea naval base is the last Russian stronghold in the Crimea barring the way of a na.i (Continued on page 6) Scrap Aluminum Less Than Half of Forecast . WASHINGTON, June 19. (AP) In the midst of the gov ernment's campaign to salvage scrap rubber, war production board officials discovered today that the famous "potsandpans" aluminum collection drive last year turned up less than half of the metal they had expected. A statistical report, it was un derstood, showed that a total of about 11,200,000 pounds of alum inum and other scrap were col lectedcompared with the 20,000, 000 pounds which had been pre dicted. Of this scrap, oniy 6,400, 000 pounds was in the form of aluminum, contrasted with a 15,-000,000-pound forecast. 17 Hurt When 2 Units of Train Collide in Yards LOS ANGELES, June 19. (AP) Seventeen persons were Injured, none believed seriously, when the first and second sec tions of the Union Pacific's crack Challenger collided in the rail road yards at Yermo, Calif., about 150 miles northeast of here at 2 a. m. today. VOL. XXX NO- Talks With Roosevelt Arise From Critical Situation in Battles of Sevastopol, Libya j Urgent Need of Allied Counter Blows to Protect Middle East From Expected Axis Thrusts Stressed; Great Oil Fields, Vital Supply Lines at Stake ; (By the Associated Press) Fateful decisions hung in the balance today as Prime Minis-' ter Churchill, arriving in the United States for the second time lrv seven months, conferred with President Roosevelt on win-the-war-strategy and presumably on the urgency of creating a second front in Europe. " With the need of allied counter blows sharpened by critical' developments in the battles of north Africa and soviet Crimea,; world capitals displayed electric excitement over Churchill's new flight across the Atlantic. In London, British newspapers hailed it as definite evidence! of momentous events in the making. Second front talks start, said the London Daily Express. High significance was attached to the fact that Churchill; was accompanied by Gen. Sir Alan Francis Brooke, chief of the; imperial general staff, who last month told American troops inf northern Ireland their opportunity to fight "will come soon." f Other London quarters said they believed one of Churchill'Sj main purposes was to seek more United States help in holding the middle east against expected German thrusts from Libya toward Egypt and from soviet Ukraine into the Caucasus. ' These quarters said the gravity of the Libyan desert battle situation was likely to postpone until 1943 any really big allied land ottensive in western Europe Patriotic Angler Sacrifices Boots In Rubber Drive A patriotic Roseburg fisherman today surrendered an almost new pair of hip length ishing boots for the rubber salvage campaign. "I want to be sure these go Into the scrap rubber heap and that they aren't stolen by some other fisherman," he told the ser vice station attendant. He made sure of fulfillment of his desire by punching the boots full of holes with his pocket knife. ' Collections in Roseburg to date total 60,500 pounds, Ernest Pearson, chairman, reported to day. Donations Thursday, coupled with reports from two stations which had not turned in Wednes day collections, totalled 32,677 pounds, Pearson said. Of this amount the Shell Oil company re ported collection of 19,164 pounds for the two days. Model Draws Life for Murder; Pals Must Die NEW YORK, June 19. (AP) Madeline Webb, 28-ycar-old Stillwater, Okla., model, was sen tenced today to life Imprisonment for her part In the murder of Mrs. Susan Flora Reich, wealthy Polish refugee. She displayed no emotion as the Judge Imposed the sentence for the i Hotel Sutton murder last March 4. Her poise was In striking contrast to her emotion al outbursts during her recent trial. She walked from the court room almost haughtily. Her lover, Ell Shonhrun, and John D. Cullen, convicted with her, were sentenced to die In the electric chair during the week of July 17. Miss Webb had been convicted of first degree murder with a recommendation of mercy, but no such recommendation was made for Cullon and Shonbrun, making Imposition of the death penally mandutory. Old-Age Pensioners Register for Farm Jobs ELLENSBURG, June 19 (AP) Responding to an appeal for harvest labor, approximatelv 100 old-age pensioners in Kittitas county have registered for farm work, county welfare administra tor C. E. Stanton has announced. The number Is about one sixth the total receiving grants, he said. SECOND FRONT What will be the outcome of the Churchill-Roosevelt confer. '. ; ence at Washington? The 'an-1 swer may mean U. S. particluji-1 tion In a land Invasion of Europe. The NEWS-REVIEW will keep' you posted. 263 OF THE EVENING NEWS In Washington, . Presidential Secretary - Stephen ; Early.-nn-nounccd Churchill's arrival with the comment that speculation on a second front was "perfectly Justified." Tokyo fluttered with nervous Indecision, declaring in one breath that Churchill's visit was "a mere political gesture for pub licity purposes" and in the next that the Anglo-American war leads were "certain to confer on the issue of formation of a sec ond front in Europe." i For a third guess, Tokyo decid ed the meeting was "a confession of imminent crisis In the allied camp." Molotov Reveals Plan In Moscow, with Premier Jo seph Stalin making one of his rare appeal ances, Foreign Com missar Molotov told the supreme soviet that Washington and Lon don were giving "serious atten tion" to the question of a second front, and he predicted: , "Our common enemy will soon experience to his cost the results of the ever growing military col laboration of Russia, Britain and the United States." There was not the slightest ten dency in Washington to minimize the significance of the Roosevelt Churchill deliberations, coming as they did so soon after Molotov had made secret visits to London and Washington. As soon as Molotov was safely (Continued on page 6) A locksmith' who lived in Key West, Said "I have a plan to suggest: Buy Bonds all you can; They'll help lick Japan Moreover, they'll feather your neatl" ITlp too mantf maat Its Eft4 quou. Inn log at jma H- Iwoiw Sa Vav Boacfti nfl. 1L