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One Volunteer for Air Raid Warning Service May Prevent a Volume of Tears for Lack of One. Complacency a nd Indifference are Aids to America's Enemies.
PATH TO REVENGE
Double-crossing and treachery
lire not comprehended by liberty-
Joving Americans, but they ire
lememhered and . they will be
avenged. One way Is to Invest in
;u. S. A. war savings bonds.
DOUBLE CHECK
Will that be the action on tha
anitlnflation bill, or will it affect
only wages and allow parity plus
on farm prices? NEWS-REVIEW
news will relay the answer as
soon as congress acts.
VOL. XLVM NO. 141 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURS, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1, 1 942.
VOL. XXXI NO. 31 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Check Sought
On Boost In
Living Costs
Amendment Demands
.Parity Plus for Prices
'Of Farm Products
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.
(AP) The unprecedented anti
inflation bill came up in the sen
ate today, along with a commit
tee report that food prices had
been udvancing at the rate of 40
per cent a year since last spring.
Lending further urgency to the
measure authorizing presidential
control of the cost of living were
these other findings by the senate
banking committee:
Prices received by farmers had
risen 85 per cent from Any list,
1939, to August, 1942, while the
prices paid by the farmers had
increased 22 per cent in the same
period.
Since 1939 hourly wage rates
in all manufacturing industries
had advanced about 30 per cent
and that the aggregate of wages
und salaries paid out had risen
From January 1, 1941, to May,
1942, unit labor costs had in
creased at the average rate of 1.1
per cent per month.
"Unit labor costs will unques
tionably Increase still further,
even apart from increases in wage
rates, as a consequence of the
loss of skilled workers, introduc
tion of less skilled labor and In
evitable transportation and other
delays."
Control of wages and salaries
"must proceed simultaneously
with control of food cost."
Parity Plus Demanded
Senator Thomas (D.-Okla.) said
a senate agricultural sub-committee
would submit the following
amendment to the bill to the full
(Continued on page 6.)
fln the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IT is hard to escape the conclu
' sion, as this is written, that we
are witnessing the beginning of
the end at Stalingrad.
THE Russians acknowledge that
the Germans, throwing in
"several tens of divisions," have
broken into the city's northwest
outskirts. Izvestia (Russian news
paper) says: "Von Bock has sent
perhaps 300,000 to 450,000 troops,
led by tanks and supported by
swarms of dive bombers, crashing
through Stalingrad's northwest
gales."
Moscow dispatches relate that
Qiordes" of German reserves are
moving up to replace the fallen,
some arriving in transport planes
landing immediately outside the
city.
THE picture of the last days at
' Sevastopol is apparently being
reproduced at Stalingrad. And in
the same way the Germans,
exerting maximum force at the
chosen point, overwhelming the
defenders.
AFTER 'he fall of Stalingrad
what?
No outsider can answer that
question with any assurance. We
on the outside can only guess.
The fall of Stalingrad may be
the token the Japs have been
waiting for. They may Imme
diately start something they have
promised Hitler to start as soon
fis he takes the metropolis of the
lower Volga.
They may NOT. This writer
has the feeling the Japs are
fighting their own war and will
co-operate with Hitler only when
such
co-operation serves their
(Continued on page 2)
was iiiaiWHil
War Victory Demands Reduced Living
Standard, Nelson Says at Legion Rally;
Veterans Back Program of President
Food Alone to be Ample as
"Pinch" Comes, Warning of
Production Board Chief
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 21 (AP)
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of
the war production board, warn
ing that the country must accept
a "very much lower standard of
living" in order to win the war,
asserted' today that "we have
hardly begun to feel the pinch, so
far."
"We are going to feel it very
acutely before we are a year
older," he said in an address to
the national American Legion
convention.
"It Is my considered opinion
that we are going to have to cut
farther and more deeply into our
civilian economy than even the
British themselves have done yet
with the single exception of
food.
"We are going to have enough
to eat throughout this war, and
we probably will not have to put
any very drastic limitations on
our range of choice in that re
gard, but Ip almost every other
respect we are going to have to
be ready to do without and do
without and do without until
tills war has been won."
Nelson explained that the
country hadn't yet felt the pinch
of war "because our shelves were
full."
"We have been living on our
(Continued on page 6.)
Two Barns, Garage
Of Geo. Kohlhagen
Destroyed by Fire
A smoker's carelessness was
blamed today by the officers of
the Douglas Forest Protective as
sociation for a fire which swept
over eight acres immediately
north of Winchester Sunday, de
stroying two barns and a garage
belonging to George Kohlhagen,
local cattle raiser and meat deal
er. Starting from the highway,
apparently due to the careless
ness of a motorist in tossing out
a burning match or cigarette in
to the dry grass of the roadside,
the flames, fanned by a strong
wind, raced through tall grass
and set fire to the three build
ings. The structures, all of wood
en construction, blazed fiercely
and showering sparks scattered
the fire over a considerable area.
Fire fighters from the local
forest protective station were
hurriedly dispatched to the scene,
with the association's pumper en
gine, and succeeded In controlling
the spread of the flames, but the
fire had advanced to such a
stage that nothing could be' done
to save the buildings.
Two fire crews also were called
out Sunday to extinguish a blaze
in the Riffle creek district, 20
miles northwest of Glendale. The
fire was believed to have been
a holdover from a recent light
ning storm. It was kept confined
to two acres.
Closure Order Hits
All Oregon Forests
PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (AP)
With the hunting season only five
days off, Oregon forests were
closed to all entry today.
State and federal forest offic
ials ordered the closure last week
end because of unfavorable con
ditions. Governor Sprague promised
only that entry would be permit
ted when conditions improve.
Oregon hunters were reminded
that they can aid the war effort
by saving their cartridges.
The state guard asked that the
shells be turned over to them for
reloading. Those that cannot be
used again will be contributed to
the scrap metal drive.
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Roster to be Open to Vets of
Present Conflict; Opposition
To Strikes is Reaffirmed
KANSAS CITY, .Sept. 21.
(AP) The American Legion
wants to take in today's fighting
men: ,
The Legion's national conven
tion voted yesterday to open its
membership to the present vet
erans and to ask congress to
amend its charter so It can be
done.
The action came by a resolution
one of several approved by the
convention's 1,500 delegates. One
of them reaffirmed the Legion's
stand against, strikes and dis
crimination in employment at
war production plants.
Civilian control of Japanese in
ternment camps was criticized
and the legionnaires went on
record opposing any special privi
leges for the Japanese under any
pretext.
They pledged complete support
to the president in prosecution of
the war; condemned persons re
fusing to bear arms fqr the na
tion and petitioned congress for
legislation barring government
employment of conscientious ob
jectors. The question of a 1943 conven
tion was left for the executive
committee to decide.
Approval by congress of the
proposal to amend the Legion's
charter to take in the new veter
ans is regarded as merely a tech
nicality. The Legion also autho
rized its woman's auxiliary to
take similar action for feminine
relatives of veterans of the war.
Caucuses in advance of the en
nual election today gave Roane
Waring of Memphis, utility execu
tive anu attorney, such a com
manding advantage for national
commander that the voting today
is regaraea as a mere formality.
The other three candidates are
Warren H. Atherton, Stockton,
Calif., Frank Greenya, Milwaukee
(Continued on page 6.)
M. 0. Ream Now
Heads Adv. Dept.
Of News-Review
M. O. "Tiny" Ream, owner of
Overland orchards, today joined
the Roseburg News-Review staff,
bringing to the organization the
experience of many years in
newspaper and commercial print
ing work. Mr. Ream, who became
a resident of the county in Feb
ruary 1941, has taken over the
management of the News-Review
advertising department, replacing
Bill Ralston, who left last week
for Fort Lewis, where he was en
listed In the U. S. army and will
be assigned to public relations
work, probably at the army pub
lic relations office in Portland.
Ream, who began his duties
with the News-Review today,
came to Douglas county for the
purpose of retiring from news
paper work, after devoting many
years to printing and publishing.
His connection with newspap
ers dates from his early boyhood,
when, as a 5th grade student, he
secured a job as a printer's devil
In a California newspaper shop.
He moved to Arizona as a young
man, where he was employed on
several newspapers and later en
gaged In commerical printing.
For a number of years he was
owner-publisher of the Mohave
County Miner, a newspaper pub
lished at Kingman, Arizona, and
after the sale of that business
moved to Douglas county and pur
chased the Overland orchards.
He Is a past president of the
Kingman, Ariz., chamber of
commerce; and past president of
the Rotary club there. He is a
member of the Masonic lodge and
of the local Rotary club.
TO BAN
SENATE
Jehovahites
Embattled In
Two States
Sprague's Appeal Ends
Klamath Falls Clash;
Guns Bark in Arkansas
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Sept.
21. (AP) A patriotism riot
against members of a religious
sect left a multitude of black eyes
and tender noses in Klamath
Falls today.
Townspeople, ired by three
days of pamphleteering by 400
convention delegates of Jehovah's
Witnesses, the sect that refuses
on religious grounds to salute the
flag, surrounded the Witnesses'
convention building yester lay.
They set up a war bond booth
and called to Witnesses to make
purchases. Sound equipment blar
ed patriotic music. None of the
sect members responded.
Small at first,-the crowd grew
to 1000. A rock was thrown at
the building. Windows shattered
as a few stink bombs and rotten
eggs followed.
Part of the crowd rushed an en
trance. Si-ct members met them
with sticks. After 15 minutes of
battle, the crowd retreated. Mi
nor injuries were numerous on
both sides, but nothing serious
(Continued on page 6.)
Finland Asks Guarantee
For Lasting Security
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21
'AP) The Finnish minister to
the United States, Procope, has
taken notice of suggestions that
Finland and Russia sign peace
terms and his reaction is: .
"Finland wants to cease fight
ing as soon as the threat to her
existence has been averted and
guarantees obtained for her last
ing security."
The minister Issuea the state
ment while the Russians still held
off the Germans in the Caucasus,
and the circumstances led to
speculation in diplomatic quarters
whether Finland might be, at
least, putting out a feeler on pos
sible peace terms.
After noting the peace sugges
tions in diplomatic circles and the
press, Procope's statement con
tinued: "However, no peace proposal
has been made to Finland, still
less any promise of restitution of
territories belonging to her and
least of all any guaranty for last
ing security."
Here's How Red
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Russian soldier.' "buslne.t" is hunting down naii. and here', how they go about It. "Somewhere
on the Ruuian front" Red Infantrymen move In to attack an enemy outpost on the outskirts of a
village captured during battle for an "inhabited locality."
fresh Navy
Funds Asked
By Roosevelt
Items Include Hundred
Million for Arming of
Merchant Vessels
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.
(AP) President. Roosevelt asked
congress today to approximate
$2,731,154,307 more for the navy,
including $100,000,000 for arming
merchant ships.
The largest item was $960,000,
000 for the bureau of aeronautics,
of :which 820,000 would be for
the procurement of helium.
The new funds would supple
ment regular appropriations al
ready made.
Other items In the request,
which the budget bureau said was
necessary "to provide for addi
tional requirements for the prose
cution of the war," Included:
Training, education and wel
fare, $21,640,000; pay, subsistence
and transportation of naval per
sonnel, $734,216,136; bureau of
yards and docks, $35,069,775, in
cluding sufficient funds to pur
chase 2,000 passenger vehicles;
marine corps pay, $204,448,642;
miscellaneous exxnses of the ma
rine crops, $250,000,000; coast
guard pay, allowances and miscel
laneous expenses, $339,166,000.
Taxation Limit Set,
The senate finance committee
amended the new revenue bill to
day to place a limitation on the
amount of federal income and vic
tory atxes which could bo collect
ed from any individual, at 90 pep
cum oi ins ncxi axaoie income.
Committee attaches said this
would affect only persons with
taxable incomes of approximately
$1,000,000 annually, since (he com
bined rate of both taxes would not
exceed 90 per cent for those In
lower brackets.
Because approximately 43,000,
000 persons will be required to
file federal tax returns under the
new bill, the committee acted at
the treasury's suggestion to elimi
nate a provision requiring tax
payers to have their returns no
tarized. Colin F. Slam, head of the con-
(Continued on page G.)
Forest Fire Battled in
South Umpqua District
The largest forest fire of the
season was reported burning to
day in a remote section of the
South Umpqua district of the
Umpqua National forest. The
fire was reported to be of from
eight to ten acres In area and
was spreading at latest reports.
Due to the remote location, fire
fighters did not reach the scene
until early this morning, but suf
ficient men were sent to the area,
It was expected, to secure control
during the day. The blaze was be
lieved to be delayed from a recent
electric storm.
Soldiers Mop Up Invaders
Street Battles Rage While
Big Guns, Planes Pound City;
Munich Devastated by RAF
Fire Ravages
Birthplace
Of Nazi Party
Raid Costs British Ten
Planes: Germany's Ace
Battleship on Prowl
LONDON, Sept 21. (AP)
Broad sections of Munich, birth
place of the nazl party and site
of Important German war Indus
tries, lay devastated today under
the weight of a smashing RAF at
tack which returning pilots said
touched off fires so vast they
could be seen 100 miles away.
Details of the assault were un
folded last night after the air
ministry had analyzed reports of
bomber crews who winged their
way homeward after dawn yester
day from the daring 1,300-mile
round trip foray the 11th night
raid on Germany this month.
The attack on Munich was ac
companied by another raid on the
oft-bombed Saar Industrial region
in western Germany.
While the exact number of
planes participating In the Mu
nich raid was not disclosed, offi
cial- reports Indicated that - the
destruction caused rivaled that
sown In other German cities
which have been the targets o
some of the RAF's mightiest as
saults. The British reported the loss of
10 planes during the night. As
suming that these losses amount
ed to five per cent, observers
reckoned that upwards of 200 air
craft took part.
Accounts of the devastation
wrought in the attack Indicated
that Britain's new 8,000-pound
building-wrecking bombs might
have been part of the explosive
cargo loosed while the bombers
circled over Munich for 30 mint
utes.
A few German planes were
(Continued on page 6.)
Fire Destroys Sawmill
Near Central Point
MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 21 (AP)
The Southern Oregon Sugar
Pine company sawmill near Cen
tral Point was destroyed by fire
Saturday at a loss estimated by
Chaunccy Florey, owner, at $25,
000. Sparks in a sawdust pile were
blamed.
A dry kiln, boilers and lumber
In the yard were saved. Florey
said Insurance covered half the
loss.
Destroyer Third
Canadian Vessel
In Week's Toll
OTTAWA, Sept. 21 (AP)
The Canadian destroyer. Ottawa
has been torpedoed and sunk with
her commander, four other of
ficers and 107 men missing and
believed killed, Navy Minister
MacDonald announced today.
Her loss was the third an
nounced within a week. The sink
ing of the patrol ship Racoon
with the loss of all 38 hands was
disclosed by the navy ministry on
Sept. 14 and the corvette Charlot
tetown four days later.
The 1,375-ton Ottawa was built
In 1931 and carried n normal
complement of 145.
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Sept. 21 (AP) Operating with
out Interference from enemy
planes allied fighters yesterday
attacked the vital Japanese base
at Lae on the northeast .coast of
New Guinea for the third suc
cessive day, burning five barges
and a tugboat and damaging
shore Installations.
A communique announcing the
raid said allied fighters and bomb
ers also had blasted Japanese
supply lines extending Inland
from Buna, 175 miles below Lae,
to Kokoda, on the route of the
Japanese drive toward Port
Moresby.
On the New Guinea ground
front allied headquarters report
ed "no change in the general
situation," Indicating the Japan
ese still were stalled at Iorlbalwa,
a hamlet on the southern slopes
of the Owen Stanley mountains
32 miles airline from Port Mores
by, which they reached early last
week.
LONDON, Sept. 21 (AP) The
Madagascar radio said today
lhat British forces now are with
in 37 miles of Tananarive, the is
land capital.
Election Nov. 3
To Fill 2 Seats
On City Council
Two vacancies for council pos
itions will be left on the city bal
lot at the November 3 election to
be filled by write-ins. City Re
corder A. J. Geddes reported to
day. Time for filing nominating
petitions expired Saturday The
present city officers are candi
dates for reelection, W. F. Harris,
now serving as mayor by virtue of
the resignation of A. J. Young, be
ing a candidate for the mayor's
office, while A. J. Geddes, record
er, and T. J. Brown, treasurer, are
unopposed for reelection.
Due to the fact that Harris,
elected as councilman from Ward
No. 4, Is running for mayor, and
Fred Hingis, councilman from
Ward No. 2, has moved from the
city, the two vacancies must
either be filled by write-ins, or,
in the event no candidate Is so
elected, the vacancies will be fill
ed by appointment by the council.
Percy Croft and C. W. Wharton,
now serving as councilmen from
Ward No. 1; Ira B. Riddle, coun
cilman from Ward No. 2; C. P.
Snoddy and G. M. Krell, from
Ward No. 3, ttnd (). J. Feldkamp,
Ward No. 4, are candidates for re
election, with no opposition.
Youth Dies In Traffic
Crash Near Oakridge
EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 21 (AP)
One member of a Seattle fam
ily was killed and two others were
Injured yesterday in a two-automobile
collision on the Willamette
highway near Oakridge.
Edgar Lee Stanton, 19, died al
most Instantly after the car in
which he was riding brushed
against one driven by Edward
Adams, Eugene, and swerved off
the road.
Ills parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam M. Stanton, Seattle, were
treated for injuries.
Red Morale
Unbroken In
Bloody Siege
Germans Report Gains
In Drive to Capture
Oil Fields of Caucasus
(By the Associated Press)
In a siege surpassing SavastO.
pol, the red army today fought on
desperately at Stalingrad amid
the shell and bomb-torn wreckago
of that stronghold on the Volga, '
stemming the nazl onrush for tha
fourth consecutive day and in
some places hurling the Germans
back by the fury of Its counter
attacks. '
Despite the disadvantageous
position of the defenders, with
their backs to the Volga, the out
come could not be foreseen. The
stubborn street-by-street and
house-by-house battle for the city
of Satlln was of the same sort
that saved Moscow and Leningrad
last fall and early winter. Iso
lated Sevastopol fell in 27 days.
Stalingrad is in its 28th day of
battering by tanks and guns and
the ruinous rain of bombs.
Russian Morale; Unbroken.
German long range artillery
took over the work of destruc
tion today, shaking the shell-pocked
city from end to end In a thun
dering barrage which all but
drowned the clatter of rifle and
machlnegun fire of the troops
locked in close quarter fighting
in the streets of the suburbs.
In Moscow, Wendell L. Wlllkla
declared he had found the Rus
sians had. "no Idea of quitting."
Bearer of a written message
from President Roosevelt to Pre
mier Stalin, Winkle said the Rus
sians appreciated the aid they
had received from the United
States and Britain, but "they
didn't think our aid has been)
enough." , .. . .
He said the Russians think that
a second front "is the kind of aid
they are entitled to" and added:
"the second front has become al
most like a symbol to them."
Nazis Gain In Caucasus.
Daily farther behind schedule
in its hopes to announce a victory
at Stalingrad, the German high
command said bitter resistance
by the Russians continued, with
the defense forces bolstered by;
new reserves from the east.
(Continued on page 6.)
Said a veteran pitcher.
"BuirPenn,
"We're heailin' for victory,
men,
So push up your limits '
For Bonds to bark
Niniitz
I'M pledging one dollar in '
ten!"
Iff Undo 9am win bomI tnmrf
po?s par dollar to win thU
5u world MriMl Do your
y2L part. Buy War Bonds or
i ff' Stamps oaeh lima your '
Jrli paid.
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