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Perhaps the Japanese are Extending Their Sojourn in the Aleutian Islands in Expectation of Ultimately Using th e Projected United States - Alaska Highway WHICH WILL SURVIVE? Either the nazls or the Rus sians must soon give way under the terrific counter-hammering for the Caucasus mineral wealth. Pin your hopes on Russian man power and allied supplies, then watch for the result In NEWS REVIEW news. VOL. XLVII NO. 96 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1942. VOC XXX NO- 296 OF THE EVENING NEWS Ml HIED U fHt "DOUGLAS COUNTY QASLS , ' ST mmwm Q 4 "Hamburg, Nazis Sub Building Port, Again Hammered by Rain of Bombs Hits 2nd Time In 3 Nights Attackers Lose 32 Out Of 600 Planes; Worse To Come, Nazis Warned LONDON, July 29 (API Hamburg, German's greatest port and most heavily guarded city, was battered last night for the second time In three nights by RAF with a ruinous rain of ex plosives and incendiaries in a raid perhaps again on a 600-plane scale. The raid upon the already hard hit submarine building center drove home Air Marshal Harris' grim promise: "we are going to scourge the third reich from end to end". The raid, the RAF announced,' -Tost 32 bombers three more than (Qhe number of planes lost in the " Sunday night attack which re- turning pilots . compared in de structive force to the 1,000-plane bombing of Bremen last month. The RAF statement that the Sunday night losses were less than five per cent of the total number of planes indicated that 600 raiders participated then, and again last night if losses were on the same scale. (The attack came only a few hours after the Berlin radio said 99 were known dead in Ham burg after the Sunday night raid (Continued on Page 6) In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS HE news as this is writton is scanty In volume and not par ticularly reassuring in tone. The Germans claim io have reached the eastern edge of the Don bend, iess than 50 miles from Stalingrad and the Volga. They say they have crossed the Don at Rostov and are fighting well to the south, along the railroad that leads from Rostov to the Caspian sea. They are said to be throwing in heavy reinforcements. THE Russians, as usual when ' they are lighting hardest, have little to say, asserting only that the Germans have been halt ed at Tsimlyansk where they had forced at least two crossings of Jie Don. THE British bomb Hamburg, Germany's second city, heav ily, with results not deseriled as these words ore written. The number of bombers used has not been officially announc ed, but 29 failed to return. From this the correspondents speculate 'using the l-ecent average loss ra tio of slightly under five per cent) that the total bomber force sent into the Hamburg raid was somewhere between 500 and 600. The cenor permits these specu lations to pass. THE Egyptian front is still quiet at least so fnr as news Is concerned. One guesses from tnis that Rommel has not yet succeeded in 0 getting reinforcements in any considerable volume. It Is possible to guess that the British are with drawing from Palestine and Syria (and elsewhere) only enough re inforcements to stop Rommel, fearing thaf they may be caught (Continued on page 2) Ford Tries Aide's 4 I- V Henry Ford samples a nutritious weed snnawich devised oy the famed negro scientist George Washington Carver, who will do research work in the Ford laboratories. Corporations Held Doomed by 90 Pet. Excess Profit Tax WASHINGTON, July 29. (AP) Clinton Davidson, Wash ington representative of a private research organization, told con gress today that a 90 per cent ex cess profits tax would "cause cor porations to die like flies in the post-war period." Davidson, appearing before the senate finance committee for Fiduciary Counsel, Inc., of Jersey City, said his organization was convinced that failure to provide for a post-war rebate of part of tax payments by corporations un der the pending revenue bill would cause great hardship. He said his organization served 40 "medium sized" corporations. Davidson urged that all tax col lected in excess of 80 per cent of excess profits be held by the treasury as a post-war recovery and reemployment reserve to be returned to corporations. The treasury, has recommended a 90 per cent excess profits tax with a 10 per cent post-war re bate but the house made the tax a flat 90 per cent without any re bate provision. Davidson told the committee that unless sufficient post war employment were provided to bol ster purchasing power there was likely to be a tremendous sur plus of agricultural products. Job Slump Predicted. Davidson estimated that em ployment in the automobile in clustry. which now works 1,500,- 000 persons on war contracts, would slump to the pre-war level of 562,000 persons alter hostili ties cease. Senator Brown (D., Mich.) challenged that estimate, declaring he- believed the post war demand for automobiles would keep employment at a high level. Loser of $75,000 Home Hit By Second Fire COTTAGE GROVE, July 29. (AP) The second fire this week in holdings of W. A. Woodard destroyed the dry kiln, machin ery and 40,000 feet of lumber yes terday. His $75,000 home was destroy ed Sunday in a fire blamed on defective wiring. Origin of the kiln fire, which burned for two hours before be ing controlled, was undetermined. RAF Weed Sandwich 1 ZJt Japs Driven From Advanced Outposts In New Guinea GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, A u s t r a 1 ia, July 29. (AP) Allied patrols have driven strong and aggres sive Japanese units back from ad vanced outposts they occupied in the vicinity of Kokoda, New Guinea, only 60 miles from the most advanced allied haso nt Pmf Moresby, General MacArthur's headquarters announced today. From their newlv ocrunieH hase at Gona mission on the northeast ern coast of the Papuan penin sula, the 'Japanese patrols have advanced 55 miles InlanH in loco than a week and have clashed with allied patrols near the small government station of Kokoda. Troops of General MacArthur's command pushed back the In vaders yesterday while allied bombers In three different at tacks smashed at the pnemv In. stailations and supply stores at uona mission. Kokoda is a small town with an airdrome, a rubber plantation and a few buildings. It is situated In hilly country and behind it the Owen Stanley range rises to a height of 8,000 feet and more. Port Moresby lies to the south west on the other side of the range. A headquarters spokesman said it still was uncertain whether th probing action of the Japanese was a mere patrol maneuver or the preliminary advance to an at tack on Port Moresby. A single Japanese plane dropped several bombs on Port Moresby last night, but there was no damage, a communique said. A Japanese flvlnir boat at. tempted to make a third attack on lownsvme on me nonneast coast of Australia last night, but allied nieht fiehters InterrenteH It fnre. ed the pilot to drop his bombs In me sea ann probably destroyed the plane, the communique said. Vancouver Bank Bandits Flee With $43,000 Booty VANCOUVER, B. C. July 29. (CP) Two armed bandits who locked the staff of 3 bank of Mon treal branch office In a vault here today after forcing Acting Man ager R. W. Harris to open a sec ond vault on un upper floor, es caped with $43,000 In cash. i Food Will Be Short, Word Of Roosevelt Military Needs Heavier, President Says; Salvage Of Metal, Rubber Urged WASHINGTON, July 29. (AP) Progressive shortages in essential supplies appeared likely today to bring more forcibly to every home what President Roosevelt termed the need of a greater realization of the serious ness of war. , Asking full civilian participa tion in a scrap salvage drive and warning of forthcoming short ages in many foods, the president said yesterday that the situation had yet to be realized by many people In the counrty. He declared that while there would be no general food short age, many specific items avail able now would be lacking later. A current shortage of meats In some areas, he added, was symp tomatic of conditions which will produce deficiencies of certain foods In the future. The president attributed ths lack of meat to the fact that the armed services have grown to about 4,000,000 men, with a greater consumption of meat than in normal times; purchase of more and better cuts by people with more money to spend, and (Continued on page 6) PEP Liquidation Plan Offered Federal Court ' PORTLAND, July 29 (AP) A plan to liquidate the Portland Electric Power company, capital ized at $34,413,735, was filed in federal court here yesterday by company trustees. Others would exchange hold must be approved by the court and the SEC, the majority of stock and bond holder:) would be given interests in tha Portland General Electric company and the Portland Traction company. Others would exshange hold ings for stock in a Portland Elect ric Power Realization corpora tion, which would liquidate assets not transferred to the PGE and the Traction company. HOWARD KAIN, druggist at Fullerton's, as he conversed with a friend at the curb back of the store. This friend, Corval Sau bers, manager of the clothing de partment at J. C. Penney's In Portland, was on a bicycle trek to San Francisco. He had left Portland of a Sat urday morning, and reached Rose burg the following Monday morn ing, after having visited a friend for some hours en route. That's covering 200 miles in quite a hurry, on a bike, and with a heavy pack to boot. Could you do It? I couldn't, I'm sure. After reaching San Francisco, Mr. Saubers will ship hig bike back to Portland and return there via train. His train trip will un doubtedly be a lot easier on his muscles; b"t not nearly as Inter esting. The bike travel "movement" 1 SAW By Paul Jenkins pry- mmmm 'f f PW'ff "F"f1 tpyyw.w mj mqt ).,iW!t L I . A.iyiX'l1 Urn -H r - 'ir f -'V"VW"- mT J b:w - Ft ' ' ' Civil Court Trial Sought By Saboteurs Presidential Order for Military Hearing Faces Test in Supreme Court 'WASHINGTON, July 29. (AP) Counsel for seven of the eight alleged nazl saboteurs be fog tried by a military commis sion told the supreme court today that President Roosevelt's procla mation denying them access to the civil courts was "totally in valid and unconstitutional." -This challenge of the war time powers of the chief executive and commander-in-chief was made in a brief In support of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In effect, the defendants' army officer counsel were asking the court to take the prisoners out of, the hands of the commission appointed by Mr. Roosevelt and let them be tried in the civil courts. The request was made at an extraordinary session of the na tion's highest tribunal convened on call of Chief Justice Stone. The defense attack brought a reply from prosecution counsel headed by Attorney General Bid die that: "Military trial for the peti tioners endangers no traditional civil liberty. These German sol diers have already been given rights which no American would receive in Germany, and now ask for 'constitutional' privileges wnlch we do not allow our own soldiers." Democracy Tested Claim. The two United States army colonels defending the prisoners, Cassius M. Dowell and Kenneth C. Royal, told the court: "May we respectfully suggest that the Instant case presents a real test of our democratic form of government and its judicial system. It Is trite but still true to say that the soundness of any system of government proves itself in the hard cases where there is an element of public clamor. Such circumstances test the real ability of a government and its judicial system to protect (Continued on page C) iNfWH-ltpvlfW I'lmto and KriKrnvInK has been languishing In Rosehurg in recent months, after the first scare over the scarcity of auto tires, and the further scare as to possible requisition of automo biles, has worn off a trifle. I'm not so sure that we still shouldn't be scared, over both; al though, to be sure, I don't know what to believe. One hears and reads everything, so I reckon we can't be blamed If we take our choice. If we knew what really was necessary for us to do, In order really to aid the war effort, I've a sneaking notion you and I would do it, and gladly; but faced with the present confounded con fusing statements Issued first by this government big shot, then by that one, I reckon we'll end up by going aheod just about as usual, at least, until after election. After election, you and I may discover the facts of life. Martin, Aroff Linked in Charges I I If I lilt immmmtrX.'mlJ-' l.i2 l As a oourtmartial was opened by the 12th naval district Investi gating "unsatisfactory conditions" In the office of director of naval officer procurement In 8an Francisco, the navy charged that Lieut. Comdr. Maurice N. Aroff received an automobile from Tony Martin "as and for a fee, compensation and reward for facilitating the enlistment" of the movie singer in the U, S. naval reserve, Martin, right, Is shown as he was aWorn In as a chief specialist by Aroff, a former plumbing contractor and Olympics weight lifter. Mrs. Bianca Hill, Douglas Pioneer Of 1851. Passes . Early Day School Teacher of Two States Born in Covered Wagon Near Mount Hood Mrs. Bianca Reed Hill, 91, wid ow of the late William G. Hill, died Tuesday evening at the home of her son, Representative Carl C. Hill, at Days" Creek, following a long period of 111 health. She was born October 2, 1850, In a covered wagon on the Barlow trail near Mt. Hood, as her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. Calvin C. Reed, were en route from Iowa into Ore gon. Dr. Reed was the only phy sician In the emigrant train, com posed of 60 wagons, and as the season was late and the party was striving to reach the Willamette valley in time to settle for the winter, the mother and child were swung in a hammock Inside the wagon and continued the trip. The wagon In which Mrs. Hill was born is still preserved at Eu gene, where for many years she rode as the Queen Regent of the Oregon Trail celebration. To Umpqua Valley In 1851 The family spent the first win ter near Oregon City and moved Into the Umpqua valley In 1851, where Dr. Reed took up a home stead near Winchester and set up the first grist mill in southern Oregon. He served as a physician for the district from Scottsburg to Jacksonville, and was one of those who hel)ed to establish the Umpqua academy at Wilbur. Mi's. Hill, prior to her mar riage, began teaching school at the age of 16 years In the Suther lln valley, later going to Lewis ton, Idaho, and being the first teacher in the school at Grange ville, Ida. She was married at Wilbur, May 1, I860, to William G. Hill, for many years a deputy sheriff of Douglas county, who died in 1918. She was the mother of nine children of whom three survive. They are Mrs. O. C. Brown, Rose burg; Harry D. E I 111, MuHnr, Ore., and Carl C. Hill. Mrs. Hill was a life-long mem ber of the Methodist church aiid very active In religious worl: as long as her health permitted. Funeral services will be con ducted by the Rev. Melville T. Wire, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Needham, at the Rweluirg Un dertaking company chapel at 2 p. m. Friday. Concluding services will be held In Ih3 family ceme tery at Wilbur.' U. S. Attache Believed Captured at Tobruk CAIRO, July 28 (Delayed) (AP) Lieut. Col. Max Cooler or Duluth, Minn., assistant United States military attache in Cairo, was in Tobi uk'at the time of its fall, and was believed to have been captured, it was disclosed today. Lieut Col. Gooler, a native of Devils Lake, N. Dak., was sent to Cairo a year ago from the U. S. army Infantry school at Fort Bon nlng, Ga. Motor Truck Delivery Routes to Be Reduced PORTLAND, July29. (API Motor truck delivery routes start ed since June 1 will be cancelled after August 1, unless receiving sM'cial permission from the of fice of defense transportation, Field Manager Herman O. Sites said today. The provision Is In a reduction order which requires virtually all motor carriers to reduce their mileage by 25 per cent from the mileage of corresponding months of 1941. Holman Tarries Here En Route on Inspection Tour; Mott Coming to Eye Coast Points in Defense Plans Defense and mllltray Installa tions in the states of the Pacific northwest are being thoroughly Inspected by United Slates Sena tor Rufus Holman, who was a visitor In Roseburg for a brief period Tuesday. Senator Holman met at a luncheon with a group of his friends during his two-hour stay In Roseburg, and also held Inter views with several persons on pending or proposed congres sional legislation. As a member of the senate committee on military affairs, Mr. Holman was delegated to make a thorough and personal Inspection of the defense prepara tions and the military camps and Installations and expects to re port his findings to the commit tee upon his return to the na tional capital. Memberi of congress, the sena tor stated, are being kept busily occupied during the existing crisis. "Although I have been In and about the state of Oregon for the past three weeks, I have not even visited my own manufacturing business, nor have I seen my mananer nor any of my em ployes," Senator Holman stated I regarding his current duties. "I have not yet taken a vacation, ev en though It would be my desire but It Is my purpose and desire to employ all of my time at the place and In the duty where, at the time, I can best occupy my self most effectively In the pub lic Interest." Following his short stay Ini Foes Advance Fails to Snap Defense Lines U. S. Fliers Join in Raid On Nazi Supply Harbor On Island of Crete MOSCOW, July 29. (AP) The Russian defense of the Cau casus showed signs of stiffening today as the steadily reinforced German drive across the lower Don shaped Into spearheads to ward Kushchevka, Salsk and the Tlkhoretsk Stalingrad railroad linking the oil fields to central Russia. A communique said the red army was "displaying stubborn resistance" after being forced back In the Bataisk area, 15 miles south of Rostov along the main railway to the oil port of Baku. Kushchevka Is a station on this line 45 miles south of Rostov. The Germans also were meet ing stiff resistance against a sec ondary thrust developing down a spur lino angling southeast from Bataisk to the junction with the, Tikhoretsk-Stallngrad railway at Salsk, 100 miles southeast o Rostov. Last Rail Link Nazi Goal Farther up the Don, midway between Rostov and Stalingrad; the Germans battled fiercely un der shellflre and bombing In an attempt to enlarge at least three bridgeheads on the south bank of the river in the Tsimlyansk area, where the Don flows within 35 miles of the last rail line between Russia and.tho, Caucasus.;rv ,r, (The German high command said the Russians were being pushed back despite stubborn re sistance, and reported that its troops had crossed the Sal and Manych rivers, tributaries which enter the Don from the south. The Sal is 20 miles south of the Don In the Tsimlyansk regoln, and the Manych Is 40 miles south of the Don midway between the ' Sal and Rostov.) Izvestla, the government news paper, said Russian airmen, some . of them flying United States made Airacobra fighters, had shot down 122 German planes In aerial combat over the north Caucasus and Don bend battlefields. Foe Has Triple Aim There were apparently three objectives seizure of Caucasus oil, neutralization of red navy bases on the Black sea coast and dispatch of forces eastward to- (Cohtlnued on page 6) Roseburg, Senator Holman left for Grants Pass and Mcdford. MOTT ASSURES BETTER OREGON COAST DEFENSE WASHINGTON, July 29. (AP) Rep. Mott (R., Ore.) left here otday with a subcommittee on naval affairs to Inspect south west and Pacific coast naval in stallations. Mott declared Oregon had the best protected shoreline In the country, but that he would spend a week or more at Tongue Point and Tillamook naval stations to determine what additional muni tions and airplanes are needed. He said a house resolution pass ed last week, would, provide $5, 000,000 for expansion at Tilla mook and $500,000 for Tongue Point. "We need additional airplanes at Tongue Point and the com mittee is going to try to get them," he said. "We will have spent about $12,000,000 each on Tongue Point and Tillamook when the last appropriation is finally approved. "The committee has urged cer. tain additional equipment at Tongje Point, and we do not feet the navy ha sprovided it fast enough. We Intrude to look Into the situation with a view of mak. Ing Tongue Point and Tillamook; Impregnable from sea attack." Rep. Magnuson (D., Wash.), who will Inspect Alaskan sta tions first, will accompany him) to the Oregon bases, Mott said,