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ih mm m$i m mm mm VOL. XLVII NO. 114 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW HEART ATTACK FATAL ' ROSEBURG BOY WHILE Walter Evans" Life Ends In South Umpqua Tragedy, Third of Kind U In 6 Weeks Here, Trails Illness of Measles Walter Evans, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Evans, died Tues day afternoon from what physi cians said apparently was a heart attack suffered while swimming In the South Umpqua river at the foot of Mosher street. Evans re portedly had just recovered from an attack of measles and an at tempt to swim the river, in com pany with Dyle Baker, apparent ly overtaxed the heart weakened by illness. Although the body was recovered almost immediate ly and resuscitation efforts were continued for two hours, the youth could not be revived. Baker reported that he and Evans had started to swim across the river and were approaching the west shore, when Evans sud- )lonly collapsed and sank. Baker immediately dove, found the body and towed his unconscious friend to a rock island in the middle of the stream. Ho was too tired to proceed farther, but immediately attracted the atten tion of his father, who was on the bank of the river, and a call was sent to the fire department, which responded with the rescue boat donated by the Eagles lodge. Firemen waded out to the island and began resuscitation ef forts immediately. The body was placed on a door and carried ashore without a break in the ap plication of artificial respiration and later was loaded on an am bulance and taken to the hospi tal, while workers continued their efforts without interruption dur ing the entire removal process. Heart Attack Apparent. Dr. George E. Houek, who ex amined the youth, stated that (Continued on page G.) By FRANK JENKINS CO Churchill really was In Mos- cow as everyone has believed since the rumors first began to circulate. U. S. pilots flew him and his party to Moscow in three big American bombers, arriving Wed nesday and leaving Sunday morn ing. The British party included diplomats and high-up military men, among them the British chief of staff and General Wavell. They talked with high-up Rus sian diplomats and military men. THE United States was repre sented by W. Averell Harri man, personal representative of President Roosevelt, and a minor L'. S. general. This, presumably, is intended to suggest that the Mos cow conference was primarily a British-Russian affair. The dispatches add that Gener al Chiang Kai Slick and President Roosevelt were given daily Infor mation as to the progress of the talks. pOLLOWING. presumably, Chui chill's safe return, this formal statement is given out si multaneously in Moscow and Lon don: "BOTH governments are deter . mined to carry on this just war of ' liberation with all their power and energy until complete de struction of Hitlerism and any similar tyrannv has been achiev ed." The formal communique adds (Continued on page 2) In the Day's Hews 2 Axis Draft Eligibles Cautioned Against War Jobs Stampede; Policy Toward Men With Dependents Described Men subject to conscription and now employed should not be stampeded into war industries, Percy Croft, chairman of the Douglas county selective service board, stated today. Much undue alarm has been created, he stat ed, by information that men in non-essential activities should at tempt to secure employment in vital industries, and many regis trants as a result are greatly con fused. "It is not intended," Croft said, "that registrants now employed in smaller communities should im mediately leave their positions to engage in war industries. Indus tries and services must be main tained and too rapid transfer of labor will result in damage to the well-being of individual communi ties and defeat the whole indus trial program. Industries which contribute Indirectly to the war production program and to the well-being .of the community are still Important and must be con tinued. It is recognized that some types of employment contribute nothing to the welfare of the com munity or nation, and it is this type of registrant to whom ref erence is made when it is stated that the movement of employes is considered. There should be an orderly and carefully planned movement of labor. It is up to the individual registrants to cooperate Footbridge Plan Hits Legal Snag The issue centering around re construction of the Umpqua Park footbridge struck a new snag to day when the question was raised whether the county court had au thority to construct a bridge which failed to connect directly with dedicated roads or streets. The Umpqua Park bridge, it was stated, connects with a county road on the park side, but at the north end Is separated from Mill street by the Southern Pacific right of way, across which no public thoroughfare has been es tablished. An examination of the law to determine whether the county court has a right to proceed with the reconstruction of the struc ture, now in a bad state of repair, is being made today by attorneys. Members of the street commit tee of the Roseburg city council, met with the county court yester day to submit the city's proposal to sharp In the reconstruction cost, as authorized at the regular council meeting Monday. Portland Shooting of 4 Results in One Death PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 19 (APl-RolIo W. Ellis, 47, Port land, customer in an ice cream parlor during a shooting affray Saturday night, died last night of wounds which Detective Collie Stoops said were inflicted by En nis E. Gabr iel. 49, store proprietor. Stoops said Gabriel also shot his wife and Patrolman Ralph Gray and was wounded by Gray before turning his gun on himself. He is in a hospital under guard. Gabriel, Mrs. Gabriel and Gray were reported in improved con dition. Stoops said that Gabriel, in a jealous rage, opened fire on his wife and Ellis. Gray rushed into the establishment and was hit by a bullet. He returned Gabriel's fire, wounding him. Gabriel then shot himself in the head. Gabriel's bedside guard was doubled after he attempted to wrest the gun of a lone patrolman. ROSEE g- OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 9. I9J2. Subs Sunk in South Atlantic in carrying out this program with out crippling the local communi ties. Dependency Policy Stated "So far as married men and men with dependents are con cerned, there is a carefully plan ned procedure for the classifica tion and selection of these men for service," Croft said. "The men with dependents are first divided into two main divisions: namely, Class 3-A, which constitutes regis trants with dependents and who are not engaged In any activity which is necessary to war produc tion or which is supporting the war effort, and class 3-B, which includes registrants with depend ents and those who are engaged in a civilian activity which is nec essary to war production or which is supporting the war effort. "Class 3-A and Class 3-B are (Continued on page G.) Lightning Sets Small Fires in Umpqua Forest Electric storms over the Ump qua National forest during the week have caused approximately a dozen fires, V. V. Harpham, forest supervisor, reported today. The fires have been widely scat tered throughout all districts. All were quickly detected, however, and have been brought under con trol without any severe damage being caused. Sprague Will Ban Elk Hunting in Douglas, Coos SALEM, Aug. 19 (AP) Gov ernor Sprague said today he prob ably would issue an order before tomorrow night suspending the open season on bull elk in Doug las and Coos counties because of the forest fire hazard. The open season on bull elk Is scheduled to open in both counties next Sunday. Navy Coastal Patrol Blimp Crashes; Two Crsw Members Missing EM sXrT-r OBI -03 br k" - f wM-McA Sprawling on a Oaiy City, Cant., resioentiai street, the deflated bag and upturned gondola of a U. 8. navy patrol blimp ara objects of curiosity of a crowd of onlookers, who gathered after the ligliler-thanair craft floated over the city and settled down on two auto mobiles. An Intensive search was conducted for two crew members missing from the blimp's control room when it crashed. The miss ing pilots are Lieut. E. D. Cody and Ensign Charles E. Adams. Their parachutes were found In the blimp, but their life preservers were gone, creating the theory that they had leaped Into the sea when the craft, for some reason, got beyond their control. Nazis Pour Reserves Into Soviet Areas Drive for Stalingrad, Caucasus Intensified; Red Fliers Hit Prussia . MOSCOW, Aug. 19. (AP) The Germans poured strong re serves today Into the Don bend and Caucasus battles from south of Voronezh to the high plains of Pyatigorsk and the bolstered on slaught presaged a full-scale dris'e against Stalingrad and along the Baku rail line to the shores of the Caspian. The Russians were fighting back fiercely. A communique de clared that the nazis' gains since May 15 had cost 1,250,000 casual ties twice those of Russia and that ; Adolf Hitler was draining western Eurupe for the new fighting men required In the east. (In London a British source whom it was not permitted to identify by name said the Ger mans had made some progress toward Stalingrad, reaching but not crossing the Don river at the bend. He declared, however, that (Continued on page C.) Dyer Act Charge Faced by Man Arrested Here Charged with violating the Dyer act, which makes it a fed eral offense to transport a stolen automobile across state boun daries, Waldon May, 31, recently arrested at Roseburg and sur rendered to federal authorities, has been held for the federal grand jury at Portland and has been continued in custody in lieu of $2,000 bail. Lavina George, 21, arrested with May, was held as a material witness and was retained in custody in lieu of $1,000 ball. The couple allegedly drove to Oregon in an automobile reported stolen at Topeka, Kansas. VOL. XXXI Final Ouster Of Japs Still Major Task Ultimate Success of Solomons Expedition Indicated by Reports GENERAL MACARTIIUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Aus t r a 1 1 a , Aug. 19. ( AP) The final expul sion of Japan from the Solomon Islands apparently rested today on the completion of two difficult Jobs the mop-up ashore, where the United States marines have landed, and the consolidation of naval mastery in that south Pa cific zone. '. This still was a triple-header ocration of major magnitude, In volving land, sea and air forces, but every Indication in the ab sence of official fact and figure pointed to accumulating suc cesses. For one thing, the Japanese ra dio has begun changing its story on the battle and the only refer ence to it in the latest Tokyo broadcasts was a commentator's warning that the United States onslaught might lead to further attacks on Japanese-held terri- (Continued on page 6.) Jap Cruiser In Aleutians Sunk WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (API A United States subma rine has sunk a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutians, the navy announced today, bringing to 23 tha total of enemy ships announced as sunk or damaged In that area. The navy said that conditions made it Impossible to determine an exact Identification of the ship destroyed. 4 OF THE EVENING NEWS BATHING Planes Blast Raiders Off Brazil. Bahia Two Torpedoes Explode On West Indies Beach; Brazil Nears Open War RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19. (AP) The newspaper O Globo reported today that planes had sunk a second axis submarine off Bahla. RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19. (AP) All Brazilian soldiers on leave were recalled urgently to duty toilay and the navy forbade furloughs for regular reserves as this nation at the "gates of war" hastened steps to meet the threat of axis submarines that recently sank five Brazilian ships. One of the submarines lurking off these coasts was destroyed by a United States piano; -a -Brazilian official announced, t It was learned authoritatively that two submarines had been lo cated ut widely separated posi tions in the western Atlantic and that one was of enormous size. Meanwhile a merchant marine spokesman said all Brazilian coastal waters were clear of ship ping and that 13 ships which were in the submarine zone had reached ports safely. Raider Destruction Told. The first official word of the sinking came from Commander Pclxolo, federal liaison officer in (Continued on page 0.) Local Beer Parlor Draws 30-Day Permit Suspension The retail beer sales license of W. H. Priest, Cy's Place, Rose burg, was suspended for 30 days in an order issued by the Oregon liquor control commission at a meeting held In Portland Tues day. Sales to minors and sales to visibly Intoxicated persons was charged. Invasion at Dieppe, Aided by -i Navy, Linked With Blasting Of Nazis' Nearby Plane Base British, Canadians, Fighting French Linked With American Troops in Terrific Attack, Regarded ,', As Possible Spearhead of Planned Second Front (By the Associated Press) " Landing with tanks and heavy weapons, American Ranger troops, Brlitsh commandos and allied forces smashed at the naii occupled French "invasion" coast at Dieppe for more than eleven,, hours today while giant U. S. army flying fortresses pounded a German fighter plane base at nearby Abbeville. Two squadrons of the huge 4-motored fortress Thunderbolts, supported by British and Canadian fighter planes, attacked the. Abbeville airdrome. All the fortresses returned safely. Heavy fighting still raged in the Dieppe area late this after; noon amid indications that a major operation was unfolding possibly even a second front, although British quarters discounted the idea of a full-scale invasion. . . " At 6:30 p. m. the Germans acknowledged that the allies were still under heavy nazi counter-attack. This was more than 1 1' hours after the attack began. Britain Reports Losses in Convoy Bearing Malta Aid LONDON, Aug. 19 (API Malta has received vital supplies, brought by a convoy which made a hectic voyage under heavv al ack to the Mediterranean strong'' noiu at a cost ot lour uritisn war ships, the admiralty announced today. .'.;.! The anti-aircraft cruiser Cairo and the destroyer Foresight were sunk, In addition to the aircraft carrier Eagle and the cruiser Manchester,, loss of I which had been announced previously. . Swarms of axis aircraft and many submarines attacked the convoy in a battle which started east of Gibraltar on Aug. 11 and continued through. August-. ,. While British losses were con siderable, the punishment inflict ed on the enemy was high, the admiralty said. It was announced that GO enemy aircraft are known to have been destroyed and that it is extremely probable many others were lost. There also were some losses of merchantmen In the convoy, but on this point the admiralty said. a large proportion of the convoy reached Malta. The commulque said the admir ality would not divulge the number of ships In the convoy or the number of ships which ar rived ut Malta because "the extent of reinforcement which hus been received by the fortress of Malta Is obviously Information of con siderable importance to the enemy." Gallop Retires From Race for Commissioner W. II. Gallop, who at the pri mary nominating election won the republican nomination for the office of county commissioner, to day declined the nomination, in a statement filed with County Clerk Roy Agee, and announced that he has entered defense work. Gallop, who lias been em ployed with a county bridge crew, recently went Into ship yard work. Ho expressed appre ciation in his statement for the support given him by the repub lican voters. The county clerk stated that he is giving the republican county central committee official notice ol Gallop's wilhdrawol and the committee will be entitled to present a candidate by nomina tion on the part of that body. Gaming Closes All Beer Parlors in Prineville PORTLAND, Aug. 19 (API No legal beer flowed in Prine ville today. The state liquor control com mission yesterday suspended for five days the licenses of all the city's dispensers, who were con victed of permitting the operation of slot machines for gambling. The suspensions and convictions followed raids by state and local police enforcing an order of Lieut. Gen. John L. I)e Witt,- western defense commander, to halt oper ation of slot machines. Infant Strangles to Death in Its Crib PORTLAND, Aug. 19 (API Lee Winters, one-year-old daught er of Mrs. Evelyn Winters of Port land, strangled to death In her crib yesterday, the coroner report ed. As the allies attacked hour after hour without sign of a let-up, the possibility If not the probability appeared that what began as the greatest Commando raid of the war may have found a "soft spot" which might become a gen uine invasion spearhead. Commandos of the four united nations Americans, Canadians,. Britons and Fighting Frenchmen dove their tanks and guns Into nazi lines, blew up defenses and. captured at least one beachhead by assault. t As the battle developed with, the Germans conceding that al lied forces were attacking on both sides of Dieppe, there was still no official indication whether it was an attempt to open a -second front. The BBC had fold the French people many hours earl ier that it was not an invasion, presumably to forestall a popular revolt. , n ; ...,: French Publlo Cautioned The BBC warned the French not to rise In support of the-allies until they were given the word, in order to prevent a repetition of the tragic- St. Nazaire battle in which French patriots fought the nazis for days after British com mando raiders had withdrawn. Bloody reprisals were exacted by the Germans In that Instance.. Taking part in today's spect acular assault, it was announced, were American Rangers named for Rogers' Rangers of Indian fighter fame In American colon ial history chosen "from among an avalanche of volunteers for Commando training in the Brit ish Isles." . j '. Nazi Battery Smashed First announced fruits of the raid were destruction of a six-gun German battery and an ammun ition dump by troops who landed on the right flank, accomplished their mission and were reembark- (Continued on page 6.) Compromise On N.Y. Feud Said Proposed by F. R. NEW YORK, Aug. 19. (API President Roosevelt was reported unofficially today to be ready In the interests of party harmony to support a compromise candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination as the New York democratic state convention open-' ed in Brooklyn. Edward J. Flynn, national dem ocratic chairman and Bronx coun ty leader, was said in reports fil tering through the convention, to have a message from the chief executive to that effect, although he declined to comment. After a session lasting only slightly more than an hour, the convention adjourned abruptly, passing until tomorrow the nomi nation for governor and other members of the state ticket. As the meeting began, it ap peared that unless a sudden com promise was reached the struggle for the nomination between U. S. Senator James M. Mead, endorsed by the president, and State Attor ney General John J. Bennett, Jr., backed by State Chairman James A. Farley, would go from the hands of opposing leaders to the convention floor for the first tlmo in 24 years when the balloting; begins tomorrow. ; . The battle in the opinion ol most seasoned politicians shaped up into one for control ot the state organization between the president and Farley, former democratic national chairman whose political acumen helped elect the chief executive to the na tlon's highest office twice, , . , .