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After Disposing of the Churchill Case, the Next Question Before the British May Deal Thus With Gen. Auchinle ck: "Ow.Kin He Leclc" Rommel's Juggernaut?
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It's the vital stake In the battle
of Egypt, now approaching a de
cisive stage, and In the siege of
Sevastopol, where the situation
looks bad for the Russians. Dis
patches to the NEWS-REVIEW
on the progress of the combats
will keep you advised.
Ibllllies for the rubber salvage
Vou may find lying around. Those
dried out gum rubbers, split rub
ber bands, pencil erasers and
paste spreaders lurking in the
back corners of your desk are
also wanted.
VOL. XLVII NO. 73 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY I, 1942.
VOL. XXX NO- 273 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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ARMY MASSES 0.. MflNCHU BORDER
Tokyo Waits
Only For Nazi
Vin Over Reds
Vital Chinese Railroad
K Seized; Commandos of
V, Australia Stage Raid
' (By the Associated Press)
Japan was reported massing
troops and planes on the Manchu
; kuo border opposite Russian Si-
bcria today and London military
quarters declared there was "very
little doubt" that the Japanese
i Wcre making preparations for an
f Eventual attack on Russia.
Tying in with this report, the
Dome! (Japanese) news agency
, announced that Japanese uoops
' had launched a general offensive
.' on the far northwest China front
; ' in Suiyuan province presumab
ly aimed at the destruction of
Chinese armies which might em
barrass a Japanese thrust into
outer Mongolia.
Outer Mongolia, adjoining both
Siberia and the Japanese "puppet
slate" of Manchukuo, is under
t , Russia's protection.
mL A London spokesman said there
TV? had been a general movement of
:-; Japanese "forces"' irorthward and
that the Japanese were evidently
preparing to attack Russia "at
,i their chosen moment."
Chinese reports had repeatedly
asserted that Japan was concen
trating upward of 500,000 troops
in Manchukuo for a thrust into
Siberia.
Neutral observers, however, be
I lieved Japan would delay attack-
ing Russia until Adolf Hitler's
summer offensive had gained a
decisive victory over the red ar
mies. There were indications
that this offensive now was fast
developing.
Soviet Russia has established a
deep defense zone on the Man
churian border and is strengthen
ing its Siberian defenses facing
Japan, the Melbourne radio re
ported today in a broadcast heard
in San Francisco. The Melbourne
radio said the information eman
ated from Chungking.
Chinese Railway Seized
Other far Pacific developments:
China war front a Tokyo
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
"yilE Germans and Italians have
taken Matruh the place
where the British were expected
to make their first stand In
Egypt.
yilE battle of Egypt was start-
ed by Rommel at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, when the sun
would be worst in British eyes.
(Duck hunters will understand
what this means. A bird cord
ing in out of the sun is hard to
get because it is hard to see.
It raged all night in the bright
desert moonlight and apparent
ly all next day. It is described as
a swilling battle of swift move
ment, largely between tanks and
MOBILE artillery (presumably
anti tank guns.)
The dispatches add that pitch
ed battles beiween tanks were
comparatively rare.
v"' closures that the German
tanks OUT-GUN the British and
American tanks, which are there
fore compelled to avoid shoot-it-out
action.)
ALONG that line, the Russians
report an interesting change
In German tank tactics at Sevas
topolwhere, they say, tanks
formerly LED the assaults, but
now stay BEHIND the Infantry,
like mobile artillery, and fire on
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Half Million Persons Lose U. S. Jobs
Or Aid as Congress Eliminates CCC,
Cuts Allotments for WPA and NYA
WASHINGTON, June 30.
(AP) Nearly 500,000 people lost
their jobs or their government aid
today by the scrapping or curtail
ment of three depression-born
federal agencies that have cost
more than $17,000,000,000.
Congress abolished the civilian
conservation corps yesterday by
denying It funds for the fiscal
year beginning today. The start
of a new government business
calendar also saw the works prog
ress administration cut to skele
ton form and heavy reductions in
the national youth administration
program.
In the background of the tran
sition there was a change of eras
from men hunting jobs to jobs
hunting men.
The life of the CCC ended at
midnight, and demobilization of
some 60,000 enrollees and 15,000
civilian employes of the corps be
gan this morning. The WPA, Its
appropriation whittled by two
thirds from lastyear, was trim
ming its rolls down from 700,000
to 400,000. The NYA, with funds
also cut by two-thirds, commenc-
Seven Measures
Slated for Oregon
Yote in November
SALEM, July 1 (AP) Seven
measures will be on Oregon's
general election ballot in Novem
eber, the state elections division
said today.
Tomorrow is the deadline for
filing completed initiative mea
sures, but the division said it did
not expect any more to be filed.
The measures to be voted upon
in November include only one
initiative measure, which was fil
ed yesterday; four proposed con
stitutional amendments referred
to the people by the legislature;
and two laws passed by the legis
lature which were referred to the
people by referendum petitions.
The complete list of measures;
Initiative providing that all
state income tax revenues In
excess of $7,750,000 a year shall
be used for school purposes.
A proposed constitutional
amendment increasing legisla
tors' pay from $3 a day for 40
days to $8 a day for 50 days.
A proposed constitutional
amendment repealing the article
of the constitution providing for
the rural credits loan fund.
A proposed constitutional
amendment providing that gaso
line taxes shall be used exclusive
ly for roads.
A proposed constitutional
amendment to permit the legisla
ture to restore voting rights to
persons convicted of felonies.
A referendum to restrict net
fishing in coastal streams and
bays.
A referendum to tax cigarets at
two cents per package, the pro
ceeds to be used for old age as
sistance and vocational education.
Douglas War Bond Quota
For July Under June Sum
Douglas county's war bond
quota for the month of July will
be $5,500 less than was set for the
month of June, according to goals
set In Washington, D. C, and
announced today. All Oregon
quotas are slightly reduced and
range from $8,000 for Curry co
unty to $-1,888,200 for Multnomah
county. A quota of $8,865,000 has
been set for the entire state.
Douglas county was asked for
$86,000 for the month of June
and there is every indication
that the goal will be reached,
according to H. O. Pargeter, war
bond sale chairman. There are a
few outstanding reports, he stat
es, and it is believed that they
will put Douglas county among
the very few counties of the state
to reach the mark set by Washington.
ed dropping 60,000 persons from
its out-of-school training program,
to reduce the number In this ac
tivity from 130,000 to 70,000.
The rising economic boom of
defense and war production al
ready has witnessed the eclipse of
the public works administration,
which during the depression loan
ed and granted more than $6,
000,000,000 to create jobs.
Huge Sums Expended
In its eight and a half years,
the CCC spent nearly $3,000,000,
000 putting 3,000,000 youths and
war veterans through conserva
tion, school and health programs.
In 1935 the corps had an enroll
ment of 520,000 in some 4,000
camps, and spent $480,000,000. Re
sponding to improved employ
ment conditions, the corps
dwindled in the fiscal year end
ed yesterday to 60,000 enrollees
in about 400 camps. The money
available last year was $140,000,
000. The president asked $78,
000,000 for the corps for the next
fiscal period, but congress turn
ed thumbs down.
The WPA and its predecessors,
the federal emergency relief administration-
(FERA)( and the
civil works administration
(CWA) have expended since
1933 more than $14,000,000,000,
employing at various times a to
tal of 8,000,000 persons. The
WPA spent $2,250,000,000 in the
1938-39 fiscal year, with an av
erage of 3,000,000 on its rolls.
Last July 1 it was employing
1,168,000 persons, but this num
ber had dropped last month to
700,000. The 1941-42 appropria
tion was $875,008,000. In the next
fiscal year the agency must get
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Ex-Polish Envoy Dies in
Drop From N. Y. Building
NEW YORK, July 1 (API
General Boselaw Wienlawa-DIu-goszewski,
Polish ambassador to
Italy during the hectic days pre
ceding the German Invasion of
Poland in 1939, fell or jumped to
his death from the roof of a
Riverside drive building today.
The 65-year-old former envoy
climbed to the roof of a six-story
building clad in pajamas and
bedroom slippers, detectives said.
His body was found in a vacant
lot next door to the building.
Detective William Mansfield re
ported that the genciil had re
cently received an appointment
as ambassador to Cuba for the
Polishgovernmcnt-in-exile.
Nazi Saboteurs Frustrate! by Vigilance of FBI
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Pictured at left are Edward J. Kerllng and John Daseh, two of the eight men seized last week by the FBI as leaders of a nail sabot
age goup landed on the cttrrn U. S. coast b enemy submarines. At tloht are shown electric blasting caps, pen-and-pcncH delay mcch
tnitms and other sabotage materials which fell Into the hands of the FBI In its roundup, which also netted several alleged aides of the
eight men In the U. 8. The prisoners carried about $175,000 In American money, evidently designed for use In bribery efforts to gain
access to war material plants, locations of which were found on maps In their possession.
Unspent War
Fund Enough
For 22 Years
Cash Balance 160 Billion,
Estimate; Deadlock On
Farm Measure Unbroken
WASHINGTON, July 1. (AP)
Cash balance for the war, $160,
000,000,000. Senator Byrd (D.-Va.) gave
that estimate today of the
amount of money already appro
priated but unspent for military
purposes. s
He declared the army, navy
and other agencies had congres
sional authority to draw on the
treasury for sufficient cash to
carry on the war effort at high
speed for about 21 years.
A $42,820,000,000 army supply
bill awaited President Roosevelt's
signature after Its approval by
congress yesterday In a session
that saw the old fiscal year end
with no final agreement reached
on a disputed $680,395,000 farm
outlay or a house-approved $1,
808,669,000 supplemental defense
measure.
Byrd told reporters treasury re
ports indicated the new army
bill would swell unexpended bal
ances to a point where more than
$5,000,000,000 monthly could be
pouted Into the military effort for
21 years if congress did not make
a single additional appropriation.
Committee clerks estimated to
tal appropriations In the past six
months at $133,852,000,000, , but
said they had no way of ascer
taining the small percentage, of
that amount which would pay for
routine government activities out
side the war effort.
Byrd said he was confident that
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Taccma Men Slain in
Quarrel Over Woman
TACOMA, July 1 (AP) A
quarrel over the affections of a
woman was given by police today
as the reason for the fatal stab
bing last night of Lester M. Vad
en, 38, as he walked along a
street in a residential area.
Police Detective Peter Modahl
said Luigl Yaconetti, 49, Is being
held in connection with the stab
bing, which occured as Vadcn
walked along with a woman
Identified by Modahl as Ethel
Craig. Narrowly escaping the
wild slashing by Vadcn's assail
ant, the woman ran into a near
by house.
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Two Planes
Crash, Killing
19 Army Men
Fire Sweeps One Craft,
In West Va.; Blast Tears
Another, in California
WELCH, W. Va., July 1.
(AP) A big airplane, ap-
' parently a converted airliner,
crashed and burned In the
West Virginia mountains near
. here today with a loss of at
least ten lives.
State troopers said that ten
bodies, burned beyond recog
nition, had been removed
; from the charred hull.
They said the plane
had
; borne Insignia of
American
airlines.
; The plane crashed in a garden
about a half mile from the min
ing village of Premier, three
miles from Welch.
. On a belt buckle owned by one
victim the officers deciphered the
name Erwln Stratman, a duffle
bag bore the name of Floyd Hyet
and the flyleaf of a book had the
name of Guy S. Hill.
, Most of the victims were Iden
tified as army personnel by
their charred uniforms, the offi
cers said.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 1.
(AP) An army bomber crashed
early today near March field,
killing all aboard. Army sources
said the craft's normal crew is
seven to nine men, and that
probably the latter number were
on the bomber.
,c"Wtinessos Said there was a ter
rific explosion after the bomber
struck. The plane, the army said,
was a B-24 Consolidated type.
Spokesmen would not release the
names of those aboard or their
number, until next of kin had
been notified
Beware of Mines Off
Oregon Coast, Warning
ASTORIA, Ore., July 1 (AP)
Coast residents were cautioned
today by Commander George
Grant of the navy section base
here that both foreign and dom
estic mines might be adrift off
the Oregon coast.
Persons sighting mines should
stay at least 200 yards from
them and report to the section
base, he said.
Two Oregon Ranchers
Killed by Bull Attacks
VALE, July 1 (AP) Fred
Russell, one of the first ranch
ers to settle on the Vale irriga
tion project 10 years ago, was
fatally gored by a bull on the
Chadwlck ranch near Ontario.
He was one of two Oregon men
to die in similar mishaps this
week, Raymond B. Lowe, 56, of
Myrtle Point being the other.
Decisive Battle at Last of
Intervening Forts Impends
Entire Soviet
Front Aflame
With Battles
Germans Launch Fresh
Drives, Gain Headway
In Sevastopol Siege
BERLIN (from German
broadcasts), July 1. (AP) -The
great Russian fortress
and naval base of Sevastopol
In the Crimea has fallen to
tho German and Rumanian
armies, Adolf Hitler's high
command announced tonight.
KUIBYSHEV, July 1.
(AP) Major General Zhur
valev, Russian military ex
pert, declared today that
Adolf Hitler's present offen
sives show that the Germans
no longer are capable of
tackling strategio operations
on a large scale.
The general asserted that
the axis forces were worn
worn out and that Propagan
da Minister Goebbels was try
ing to save face by playing
up local offensives as vast
operations of strategic Impor
tance. (By the Associated Press)
The whole soviet front was re
ported aflame with gfgantlc bat
tles today.
Hitler's field headquarters re
ported fresh gains in the bloody
siege of Sevastopol, in the Cri
mea, and Indicated that the Ger
man armies had launched a new
offensive at various points on the
central tMoseow) front.
Other nazi attacks were devel
oping around Kharkov, Kursk
and Kolkhov.
Dispatches to Red Star, tho so
viet army newspaper, said a Ger
man attempt to launch an offen
sive near G.hatsk, 100 miles west
of Moscow, had been frustrated
by powerful Russian counter
attacks. .
In the Crimea, German mlli-
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Nazi Death Sentence
Meted to 115 Persons
LONDON, July l.(AP)
Courts martial In Prague and
Bruenn sentenced 115 persons to
death yesterday, the Vichy radio,
quoting reports from Budapest,
said today.
The sentences were given on
charges of having been In contact
with enemy agents, for approving
tnc aitacx on the late gestapo
leader Rclnhard Heydrlch, for
failing to report to the police or
for illegal possession of arms, the
French radio gatd.
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Ships Sunk In
West Atlantic by
Subs Reach 328
By The Associated Press
The sinking of a medium sized
Panamanian cargo ship by an
Axis submarine off the Atlantic
coast sent the toll of western Al
lahtic ship losses to 32S today
In the unofficial Associated Press
tabulation.
This loss and the announce
ment late yesterday of the tor
pedoing of a small Canadian
merchant ship In the Caribbean
were the most recent announced
by the navy.
One member of the Panaman
ian's crew of 32 was lost while
the Canadian vessel sank so
rapidly after two torpedo hits
that only six men survived out
of 30. In the three sinkings an
nounced yesterday, the loss of
life totalled 67.
Douglas Firms in
Payroll Bond Buy
Plan Total 81
Employes In 81 Douglas county
firms have enrolled in the puy
roll deduction plan for purchase
of war bonds, H. O. Pargeter,
county cnairman, reported today.
Walter Olmschelif, in charge of
-me enrollment -work in Roseburg',
reports that he expects to com
plete contacts with all firms by
Thursday evening. In the event
any firms have n6t been con
tacted, they are requested to call
Mr. uimscheld at once.
During the next 10 days, Mr.
Pargeter reports, a concerted
drive will be made in the area
outside Roseburg, with the view
of completing the payroll allot
ment campaign by July 12.
Due to the fact that Saturday.
July 4, is a holiday there will be
no program at the victory center,
this week, the chairman states.
However, a good program is be-
ing arnanged lor Saturday July
Firms so far listed on tho pay-
mil in minium nonor roll are as
follows:
Bagley Crate and Box Co., J.
Paul Campbell Lumber Co.,
Carr's Variety Store., Chapman's
Drug Store, Coca Cola Bottling
Co., Coon Lumber Co., Commer
cial Abstract .Co., Cy's Place, Denn
Gnrretson Co., SI Diilard Motor
Co., Douglas Abstract Co., Doug
las County Creamery, Douglas
Credit Assn., W. R. Bernal Doug
las County Poultry, Douglas Ice
& Storage Co., Douglas National
Bank, Dunham Transfer Co.,
Fishers Department Store, Bob
Frank's Grocery, Fullerton Can
dy Co., Nathan Fullerton, Goct-
u;i s variety store, Grimm's Gro
cery, Hansen Motor Co., Harih
sen and Wakefield, Harths Tog
gory, Horns .Super Creamery,
Roy Hutchings Model Bakery,
Joelson Lumber Co., Josse Furni
ture Co., Judd's Furniture Co.,
H. W. Kissling Lumber Mill, Geo.
Kohlhagcn, K. R. N. R. Radio
Station, Robert LeBIeu, Lock
wood Motors Inc., Lowell's, Mar
slers Drug Store, MeKean and
Carstens, L. W. Metzger, Mont
gomery Ward & Co., Morgan's
Grocery, Myrtle-wood Novelly
Shop, News Review Co., Package
Grocery, Pacific Tel. and Tel. Co.,
Parkinson's Food Store, J. C. Pen
ny Co., Pioneer Drue Store. Ore.
gon Turkey Growers, Jarvls Rob
ertson Associated Station, Rose-
ourg unamher of Commerce,
Roseburg Chleftan, Roseburg
Dairy, Roseburg Motor Co., Rose
burg Pharmacy. Roseburs Kami
and Gravel Co., Roseburg Sani
tary Market, H. L. Boucock, Rose
Investment Co.. Rov's Mens
Store, John Runyan, Mr. A. F.
Saar, Inc., Safeway Stores, Sand
wich Shop. Cec'l Black. Shell Oil
Co., -Standard Oil Co., Sullivan's
Cafe, Umpqua Cleaners, Umpqua
ualry Lunch, Umno.ua Dalrv Pro
ducts Co., Umpqua Savings and
Loan Association, Union Garage
(Caskey Bros.), United States Na
tional Bank, Valley Produce, Vel
ma's Beauty Shop, Maurice Web
er, Weber's Bakery, West Doug
las tlcctrle Co., Western Auto
Supply Co.,F. W. Woolworth Co.,
G. W. Young and Son. Roseburg
Book Store.
Weil Defeat
Foe, Assertion
Of Auchinleclc
U. S. Carrier Reaches Isle
Of Malta With Planes to
Aid British Defense
(By the Associated Press')
German field headquarters as
serted today that axis troops
were attacking El Alameln, only
65 miles west of Britain's great
Mediterranean naval base at Al
exandria, and as the eight-day-old
battle of Egypt thus neared
Its climax, official London quar
ters hinted that the Suez canal
might be destroyed. I
The nazi command described
El Alameln as the last British
fortification guarding Alexan
dria. The British acknowledged that
axis spearhead had raced beyond
El Daba, 35 miles west of El Ala
meln, and Indicated that the hour
of a decisive battle was approach
ing. In an order of the day, Gen.
Sir Claude Auchlnlock, the Brit
ish commander in chief In tho
Middle East, declared:
"The battle Is not over yet and
will not be over until we have
defeated the enemy, and defeat
him we will," v
',' tondon quarters iiillmafed that
the Suez canal would not. be left
on workable condition if the Brit
ish should be forced to retreat
to the Red sea and beyond.
The canal would not be blocked
unless the loss of the whole
Middle East became Inevitable,
however, a British source said,
because It Is extremely important
to British naval operations In
that area.
U. 8. Planes Aid Malta ""
Closely linked with the defense
of Egypt, Britain's embattled
Mediterranean Island citadel ot
Malta was declared by the Ameri
can navy today to have received
strong reinforcements of planes
through American help.
Malta, the most-bombed spot In
the world, Is strategically impor
tant as a base for attacks on axis
supply lines to north Africa and
Egypt.
A navy communique said the
14,700-ton U. S. aircraft carrier
Wasp made a scries of trips
through the dangerous waters of
the Mediterranean to deliver the
planes, which were quickly man
ned by British RAF pilots and In
flicted "considerable losses" on
the enemy.
"The expertly timed arrival of
reinforcement planes on the
Wasp was most fortunate for the
heroic defenders of the British
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A red-headed cop named
O'Brien,
Said "All of us folks should
be u-yin
To save up our pay
An' put it away
In Defense Bonds they're
surely worth buyin'!"
Amt RltUrB advaBMl
'11.0 up for Ui Par-Roll
Sating Plan. Buy Bonoa
and Stamp avary pay day I
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