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    World's Outstanding "Grads" of 1942 May Prove to be Stalin-grad and Lenln-grad. Whether They Win, Lose or Draw, Their Rooters Can Shout "Hurrah,'1
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ROSEBURS, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER I, 1942,
VOt. XXXI NO. 40 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
BORTLAND. This writer has
just put In a day at the throe
gioat Kaisor shipyards in this
area two of them on the Oregon
side and one over in Washington,
at Vancouver.
It has been a fascinatingly in
teresting day. But that is a minor
and unimportant part of it. It
has been a REVEALING day. A
day of seeing REAL AMERI
CANS in action, worklne hard
(ft and intelligently, doing tilings
nml r.PTTIMn KflMFlVMFRR.'
IN these mighty, smooth-running
shipyards the clang and the
clatter of men AND WOMEN at
work drown out the yipping of
the politicians and the yowling of
the special privilege boys and one
is enabled to get a glimpse of the
kind of Americans who COUNT
those who are working and ac
eomplishing things.
BUT enough of philosophizing.
" Let's get down to business.
Here in these great Kaiser
yards, they're building ships and
building them fast. You've just
read of the vessel that was
launched TEN DAYS after Ihe
laying of the keel and turned
i over all ready to go to work only
I I days after the keel was laid.
That's a new all-time world
record that will probably stand
for quite a while, but they're
building ships here faster than
siiips were ever built before since
the world began and they're
steadily reducing the AVERAGE
construction time.
BEFORE this man Kaiser came
along ships were tailor-made
affairs whose building took a lot
of time. Kaiser put them into
mass production.
How?
Thai's a long and tedious story.
It is sufficient here to say that
I Kaiser and his smart right-hand
men learned how to build ships
by first making thousands of
pieces so accurately designed that
they go together like the pieces
of a jig-saw puzzle in a MINI
MUM of time.
Then they build the pieces into
sections. After that they put the
sections together into ships, us
ing all the short cuts made pos
sible by modern mass-production
technique. That's all there is to it.
It WORKS,
THEY launched a ship today.
" Ship launehings were once im-
(Continued on page 21
Plane Crashes In
!o Test; 2 Men Die
BURBANK, Calif., Ocl. 1
(API-A fast pursuit plane, rock
fling out of control at the takeoff,
smashed through a row of light
training ships at the Lockheed
aircraft factory field yesterday,
killing two pilots, injuring two
others and damaeine a hangar.
The dead are William M. Me
Connell, 4C. Burbank, Lockheed
test pilot, and Edward C. VVike,
22, civilian instructor at an aero
n.uitics school at liemet, Calif.
Wike, from Sharon. Conn., died
as the pursuit ship struck him
while he stood near the Pacific
Alrmolive Co. hangar adjoining!
the Lockheed field.
The injured were John Waicle, j
also a civilian flicht instructor at j
Hemet. and Harold Keefe, Hollv-;
wood, representative of an air-
Orraft engine comnanv. Their In
juries were not believed critical,
A Lockheed sookesman said the j
pursuit ship, undergoing its first
test, went out of eontrol when i
one of its twin-engines failed at i
the takeoff. It was barely off the)
rround and had it been 20 feet i
hiphcr would probably have? mis- j
sed disaster,
Roosevelt's
Tour of War
Plants Bared
Northwest Included in
Places Visited During
2 Weeks Inspection
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (AP)
The white house lifted a two-
week censorship on the move
ments of President Roosevelt to
day and disclosed his return to
Washington from an inspection
tour of war factories throughout
the country.
A formal statement said:
"The white house announces
the return of the president to
Washington after a most success
ful two weeks' Inspection tour of
the country.
"The president left Washington
Thursday evening, September 17,
and returned today, completing
a trip of 8,754 miles, during
which he Inspected army and
navy bases, shipyards, tank, air
plane and shell producing plants,
army, navy and marine training
centers, supply depot and embar
kation ports.
"The president traveled from
Washington through Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, on
west through North Dakota, Mon
tana and Idaho to Washington,
down the length of the Pacific
coast and returned through the
southwest, Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas to Louisiana, and thence to
Washington stopping at army
cantonments in Mississippi and
bouth Carolina.
"Upon his return to the white
house, the president announced
he would hold a press conference
lalo today for the purpose of giv
ing the Washington correspon
dents the story of his trip. Ho
was accompanied on the inspec
tion tour by representatives of
Ihe press."
PUBLICATION DESTROYED
FOR NOTING F. R.'s VISIT
SEATTLE, Oct. 1 (API Gov
einment authorities here disclos
ed today that nearly 30,000 copies
of the Aero Mechanic, weekly pub
lication of the aeronautical indus
trial district No, 751, were seized
and destroyed September 24 be
cause they headlined President
Roosevelt's secret visit to the Boe-
(Contimted on page 6.)
Bonham, Beazley
Rival Hurlersln
Today's Battle
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-
(API-
Two young righthanders.
Ernie
Bonham and Johnny Beazley, op
posed each other on the mound
today as the New York Yankees
and St. Louis Cardinals tangled in
Ihe second game of the 1942
world series before a crowd of
approximately 30,000.
Bonham, the season's leading
hurler in Ihe American league
with 21 victories and five defeats,
was being banked on by the
Yanks to get them out of town to
night with a sweep of the two
games here and perhaps make it
possible for them to clinch an
other world championship with
out returning to St. I.ouis.
Beazley. a sensational rookie,
also won 21 games during the sea
son, losing six. He had a heavy
burden for a freshman because
the Cardinals' chances of eventu
ally winning the series rested
ovenvhelmjingly on the outcome
of tips contest.
Neither manager made any
changes in the batting order.
The Yankees were held run
less in their half of the first in
ning, but the Cardinals, in their
half, pushed over two tallies,
svhen Catcher Walker Cooper hit
a double with two men on base
after two men had been retired.
Union Puts Oregon Over
Top in War Bond Quota
PORTLAND, Oct. 1. (API
The AFL boilermakers union
turned In a $100,000 check tor
war bonds yesterday to put Ore
on over its September quota of
SH,73O,0OO, Associate Administra
tor Carl reported today.
rioseburg's Scrap Metal Donations in
Drive Opening Exceed 60,000 Pounds,
With Collection Far From Complete
More than 60,000 pounds of
scrap metal were heaped up at
the salvage depot on the vacant
lot opposite the Roseburg public
library , Wednesday as air raid
wardens collected the donations
in the city's first curbstone drive,
so overwhelming was the response
that the collectors were unable to
reach all parts of the city yester
day, although additional trucks
were secured and work was con
tinued until a late hour last night.
The task of collecting the scrap
metal set out by residents will
be continued until all has been
picked ud, Robert Heliiwell, chief
of the air raid wardens, announc
ed today. If by the first of the
week collection in any locality
has not been made, the cham
ber of commerce should be noti
fied, so that any donations which
have been unintentionally over
looked may be gathered up.
It was anticipated that the pile
would be brought to more than
100,000 pounds today as volun
teer workers continued the task
of collection.
These figures, Hejliwell slated,
do not include more than 20,000
pounds of iron and steel which
will require several days for re
moval.
Huge Articles Included,
Steam boilers, mill machinery.
huge castings, metai furnaces
and other very large items have
been donated by the Douglas
Prune Growers, Roseburg Lum
ber company, Douglas National
bank, California Oregon Power
company and Chapman's drug
store, Heliiwell reported. These
pieces are so large that they
must be broken up before they
can be removed, and special
Delay Asked In
Chemical Suits
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP)
Attorney General Francis Bid-
die announced today that he had
asked the United States district
court at South Bend, Ind., to post
pone until after the war the trial
of anti trust charges against 21
leading chemical companies and
65 of their officials. Judge
1 nomas W. Slock took the re
quest under advisement with a
promise of a decision Monday.
A statement to the press by Bid
die explained that the postpone
ment was requested by the army
and the navy which filed letters
with Biddie saying that "the trial
oi these cases at this time would
seriously impair the war effort."
The companies and their of
ficials have been charged with
illegal fixing of prices, restric
tions on production, and control
of distribution of various import
ant chemicals such as formic
acid, sulphuric acid, oxalic acid,
chromic acid, muratie acid, and
bichromates of soda and potash.
At the time charges were filed
against the companies on June 26,
the justice department took the
position that the importance of
these chemicals to the war effort
made it necessary to proceed with
the prosecution in order to help
war industries get needed chemi
cals at their prices.
Kin of Four Nazi Fliers
Enlist in U. S. Marines
AURORA. III., Oct. 1. fAPi
Mr. and Mrs. John Riedt, who
came here from Germany 15
years ago, gave their son, Fred
erick F., 17, permission to enlist
in the marines.
Mrs. Riedl said four of her
brothers are In the German air
force, while her husband has one
brother in the nazi army.
Brakeman Fred Dent
Loses Finger in Mishap
Fred Dent, Southern Pacific
company brakeman, suffered the
loss of the index finger on his
left hand yesterday as the result
of an accident at the Linn-Lane
Logging company docks at Win
chester. Dent was engaged in
switching cars at the logging sta
tion, when his hand was caught
in shifting logs. The finger was
so badly mangled that amputa
tion at the second joint was required.
(equipment will be required to
handle them Workmen will start
the task of cutting and dismantl
ing the large pieces early next
week and will move them as
quickly as possible to the scrap
pile.
The Roseburg chamber of
commerce office and the local
radio station were besieged all
day Wednesday with persons call
ing to report large scrap dona
tions in areas where collections
were not regularly scheduled. Ar
rangements will be made to call
for such scrap as soon as trucks
and workmen are available.
It was pointed out that persons
having smaii amounts of scrap
metal which they failed to place
out at Ihe curb line for collection
may personally deliver their do
nation to the scrap depot. In the
event the donation amounts to
several hundred pounds, however,
arrangements for collection will
be made it the chamber ot com
merce office is notified.
Sorting, Inventory Needed.
It is anticipated that the scrap
metal pile will not be removed
for considerable time. After all
collections are in it will next be
necessary to sort the entire pile,
dividing the various metals into
separate piles and making an In
ventory. From scrap piles of
similar character all over the na
tion, the mills of the country will
draw supplies needed to maintain
capacity operation during the
winter months, it is estimated
that 17,000,000 pounds will be re
quired before January 1, 1943. By
collecting the metal into pilegH
now ample time will be afford-
(Continued on page 6.)
Democrats Will
Meet in Roseburg
Political leaders of the demo
cratic party are expected to gath
er nere Saturday from all parts
of the state to attend a meeting
at which the congressional com
mittee for the new Fourth dis
trict will be organized. H. C. Dar
by, local chairman, has arranged
for a meeting to be held at 4
p. m. in the circuit court room of
the courthouse, Hie meeting will
be conducted by Fred Fisk of
Portland, chairman of the state
central committee.
Edward C. Kelly of Medford,
the democratic nominee for con
gressman, will be the principal
speaker. Fioyd K. Dover, Grants
Pass, and Marvin T. Warlick of
Eugene, who were beaten for the
nomination at the primary elec
tion, also are listed as speakers.
Walter W. Whitbcck, democrat-;
ic nominee for V. S. senator; Lew ;
Wallace, candidate for governor;
Francis Lambert, seeking the of
fice of secretary of state, and
Clarence F. Hyde, candidate for
labor commissioner, will be
among the candidates expected to
be speakers at a banquet meeting
to be held at 7 p. m. at the Ump
qua hotel. Nels Peterson, presi
dent of the Young Democratic
clubs of Oregon, will give the
keynote address and W. L. Joss
lin will be toastmaster.
Portland Murderer
Faces Life Penalty
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 1.
'API A circuit court jury last
night found Joseph C. Cochran,
57, convalescent home attendant,
guilty of second-degree murder
for the butchcrknife slaying of
Mrs. Marie Grosz, his employer,
during an argument June 3.
Sentence will be pronounced
Oct. 17, said Judge Redding. The
verdict makes life imprisonment
mandatory under Oregon law.
Casualties From Naii
Raids Told by Britain
LONDON, Oct. 1 (API Air
raids during the first three years
of the war killed 47,305 British
civilians and injured 55.658 suf- i fore yesterday, pretty sick with a
ficienily to require hospital treat-j nervous disorder; the boss loaned
ment. Home Security Minister four city collector to a prune dry
Herbert Morrison told the house er-man, and my eyes have been
of commons today. ion the blink for the past couple
In the greater London area, he I of months. So, altogether, the clr
said, 20,110 were killed and 28,- culation department feels, and is,
071 injured. (quite a wreck.
aps Hurled
Farther Back
In New Guinea
Allies Capture Another
Batch of Supplies; U. S.
Loses Two Transports
GENERAL MaeARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Oct. 1 (AP) Australian troops
were reported driving steadily up
the southern slopes of New Guin
ea's Owen Stanley mountains to
day in pursuit of retreating Jap
anese forces alter recapturing
Nauro yesterday In a swift 10-
mile advance from loribaiwa
ridge.
An allied communique an
nouncing the advance said the
Japanese were abandoning addl
tional supplies and equipment as
they fell back antt an allied spok-
estnan declared there was no
doubt their withdrawal was hur
ried.
Strong formations of allied at'
tack bombers, escorted by fight
era, were reported harrying the
enemy supply lines in the vicinity
of Menari, about four miles north
of Nauro, where it was believed
the Japanese might attempt to
make a stand along a ridge offer
ing defensive possibilities.
Nauro is about 42 miles airline
northeast of Port Moresby, but
is about GO miles from that vital
allied base by trail,
Allied heavy bombers continued
to pound Buna, main Japanese
coastal base 78 miles northeast of
Nauro, and the intermediate
dSbot of Kokoda,
Heavy demolition bombs also
were dropped on both ends of
Wairopl bridge, spanning the
deep gorge of the Kumasi river
on the enemy s vital supply line.
The bridge, a repeated target of
aerial attack, wag left sagging
and badly damaged, the com
munique said..
TWO U. S.' TRANSPORTS
SUNK IN SOLOMONS AREA
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP)
The total of U. S. war vessels
lost in the Solomon islands opera
tions stood at seven today with
announcement by the navy de
partment of destruction of two
naval transports with small loss
of life.
The navy said the 8,378-ton
George F. Elliott, formerly the
liner City of Log Angeles, was
destroyed Aug. 8, the second day
of the American invasion of the
Solomons, when a Japanese tor-
ijedo plane crashed into the trans
port and set it afire.
The 1.060-ton Gregory, a con
verted destroyer, was sunk more
recently by Japanese gunfire
while operating off Guadalcanal
Island, the navy announced.
Union Pacific Oarage,
Buses Prey off Fire
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 1 (API
A terrific explosion, followed by
fire, early today critically hurt
one employee and destroyed six
buses and the Union Pacific gar
age. Damage was estimated at
$50,000.
I SAW
By Paul
ANOTHER PICTURE without
benefit of any film or printing
paper emulsion. I'm really getting
proficient at this. The first thing
anyone knows, the Eastman
Kodak company or some of its
confreres will sue me for somp
kind of infringement.
The picture I saw today was of
the News-Review's circulation de
partment, a unit of the newspaper
which ordinarily conducts the
subscription department. I don't
know just what I will do about
this rather important phase of
the newspaper business this year.
I'll tell you why:
To begin with, one of the gals
has a set of busted rite, suffered
in an accident not so long ago.
Another was sent home day be
House Farm
Bloc Yields
On Price Bill
Accord With Senate's
Action Points to Quick
Barrier to inflation
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. (AP)
Chairman' Fulmer CD,, S, C.)
of the house agriculture commit
tee said today farm leaders In
the house would accept the sen
ate version of farm price control,
thereby apparently clearing the
way for completion tomorrow of
congressional action on antl-Infla-tlon
legislation.
"We will da this In the Inter
est of speedy action,- Fulmer
said. "We want to stop Inflation,
and at the same time help the
farmer produce the necessary
food for wartirrles." He added:
"In making this statement, we
assume that the bill wtll be prop
erly administered. The senate
bill is practically In line with the
house, but not nearly as strong."
At the same time he said house
farm leaders would Insist that
the final draft of the legislation
include a provision, now in the
house bill, for continuation of a
floor under farm prices for three
years after ihe war.
Speaker Rayburn said today
house action on the senate ver
sion of anti-Inflation legislation
would be delayed until tomorrow,
to give members time to consider
Us provisions, and then the legis
lation probably would be sent to
a joint house-senate committee to
compose differences.
The senate bill embraces less
rigid stipulations that the house
bill on the inclusion of farm tabor
costs in the establishment of ng
ricuKuml price ceilings.
Wanting of Nazis
Goes to Neutrals
BERLIN (From German broad
casts), Oct. 1 (APj In a warn
ing addressed to the neutral
states of Europe, Pra(ragaiHfci
wiinisier uoemefs declared today
that "whoever wants to have a
share in. the advantage of the
new Euroiie must shoulder also
a part of the sacrifices and bur
dens,
(He did not refer to any at the
European neutrals by name. They
are sweeten. Switzerland, Eire,
Spain and Portugal, with Turkey
on the fringe.)
In an article published In Das
Reich, Goehbis said the day would
come wnen "It would be an act
of grace" to be admitted to the
new European system.
He asserted that the axis
powers were paying "a heavy toll
of blood tor the consolidation and
final liberation of the Eurooean
continent."
Therefore,' he said, "It would
be unjust if we. paving the way
through the thicket of prejudices
with our tanks, were to affow
others to follow us on a ready-
made roncl who, during
our hard struggle, had shown
nothing but signs of disaiHirovai.
disgust and doubt."
Jenkins
: This or these-conditions af
fecting the NewsKeview won't
have much effect ujion this news
paper's subserilicrs who take the
paper by roai), as these friends
of ours ordinarily send In their
subscriptions, or bring them to
the office. Anyway, someone will
be able to take care of them. But
our eily subscribers who have he
come accustomed to having our
collector rail at Ibeir twiws to
pick up the annual payment may
be disconcerted.
To these I have only this to
say, more or less in amends, I
hoper If they will, or care to do
so, they may call the News
Riview, and a telegraph messen
ger will be sent out to collect the
remittance, and render the neces
sary receipt.
In the last war the French had
a saying which seemed pretty
much to cover everything e'est
la guerre, "it is the war." 1 reckon
we can't blame our troubles on
the war but, believe me, if we
could, we would:
Sign of Victory
Adorns Head of
Sutherlin Baby
... V""- -.
a i fry
S3: X i.--.rV J I...'
Ronald Arkon Oulmby, pic
turned abov, t s Victory baby.
Bom June Z4, 1941, the on of
Mr. and Mrc l-toyd Quimtay,
resident v1 Sutherlin, the child
had a very distinct red birth
mark en hi forehead. The
mark was In tea form of a V,
the Victory etnMem, with the
point between te eye. At 15
months the mark, although len
prominent than at birth, is ttIM
visible.
Passenger Train
Schedules Frozen
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (AP)
Director Joseph B. Eastman of
the office of defense transporta
tion today ordered the "freezing"
of all railway passenger sched
ules and ruled out the operation
or special trains to football
games, races and other sporting
events.
The order, effective October 4,
restricts railroads, to the passen
ger train schedules existing on
September 26, forbids the run
ning of any special passenger
trams or the attention of new
trains to existing scluHiulrs.
It also bans the running of ex
tra sections to regular trains un
less such sections have been run
at least 20 per cent of the timc
during the last 80 days to handle
the normal flow of passenger
traffic.
Also, under the order, no rail
road may operate a passenger
train which includes a car "char
tered to, or the use of which by
prior arrangement is restricted
to an individual or group of per
sons travelling together."
This would rule out special
cars, or cars chartered to base
bail teams or travelling orches
tras. This prohibition, however
does not apply to cars used by
railroad officials or employes on
railroad business.
Appeal From Revocation
Of License Here Filed
An appeal fron a recent ruling
of the state ilnuor control com
mission in revoking the license
issued io the Chocolate shop inj
Rosehure was filed In circuit?
court today by Mrs, Muriel Mab
ley. Mrs. Matrier contends in the
complaint that although the li
cense was hfM jointly in the
name of herself and her husband.
Clarence Mabtry, I hat ihe latter
had had no Interest in the busi
ness for the last three years. The
license revocation was ordered,
the complaint states, because of
the conviction of Mr. Mabley on
a charge of drunkenness and
that there was no charge against
her. The court Is asked to re
view the actions of the control
board and jiermft the apneitont
to continue operation of the
business as sole licensee.
U. S. Soldier Killed in
Fracas in Irish City
BELFAST. Northern Ireland,
Oct. t APJ United States
army headquarters announced to
riav thai on American soldier was
killed in a disturbance in the
streets of Antrim last night in
volving IJ. S. military police and
I". S. soldiers.
Several shots were fired before
the disorder ended but the soldier
who was killed was a victim oi
knife wounds. Another was seri
ously wounded.
Iien!ifiealii of the dead
soldier by name in cabled dis
patches was forbidden by the
censor.
Nazis Advance
IntoCityAf
Terrible Cost :
Russians Break Through
At Some Spats In Try
To Smash Nan Hank
By the Associated' Press) -
Defenders of siege-torn Stalin
grad are facing the ""josst de
cisive stage" of assault, St was an
nounced officially today, as fresh.
German tajiks lunged deeper into
the Volga metropolis at a terrfbls
cost in men and machines.
North and south of the city, so
wtet troops were credited; with,
gains in attacks to relieve tha
main nazi pressure.
A Reuters (British, news
agency) dispatch from Stockholm
said Marshal Ttaeshtfeo''s red
armies had broken through Ger
man defenses at some points
Blong ihe Don river, northwest oi
the Volga steel center, Such a
break-through might Jeopardiza
the flank and rear of the main
Gorman siege armies.
But the situation (nsttfe Stalin
grad was admittedly acute.
Red Star, the Russian army
newspaper, said It was the hour
of supreme peril and declared
there was no place to retreat.
' Premier Stalin personalty tele
phoned; an order to the soviet
garrison commander to stand
firm and put down panic, dis
patches said.
Civilian Aid Troops
Thousands of civilians were re
: ported aiding the red army troops
In street battles, and latest ac
counts said the defenders went
counterattacking bitterly In re
sponse to Stalin's message.
Red Star did not explain Ma
statement of "no place to re
treat," but it was believed that
Russian ships on the Voiga had
been so hard hit by nail bontbera
that they would be unable to
move any big force across the
river.
Hitler's high command declar
ed German shock troops had driv
en several more vedges Into the
northern section of Stalingrad
scene of the grave; new threat
owl asserted that nazi gunners
ftaa rtestroyed MJ out of 109 tanks,
mostly of British and American
make, which led a soviet counter
attack farther north.
A Moscow radio broadcast saidi
at least 15,000 German troops
had been killed in storming tha
city during the last week, and!
added:
"The situation remains serious
. . . but the city's defenders are
determined to fight to the last
drop of biood for every house and
for every yard of the streets.
Volga river sailors and dock
workers continued; at their jobs,
Continued en page 6.)
Dakar Governor
Orders Women
Children to Leave
VICHY, Oct. 1 f AP) An of
ficial source said today that Pierre
Hoisson, governor of Dakar, had
decided to evacuate European
wunm ami children from the
French west African port.
Hie announcement sali that
Betisson issued an order Sept. 29
for a census to be taken among;
women ami children of civilian
and military families wrhleh have
two or more children living in the
lakar region.
A similar announcement over
the Vichy radio was heard tn Lon
don Tuesday but another broad
cast shortly after cancelled it
without explanation.
t Asis and Vichy French propa
ganda recently have pumped!
rumors about Dakar, apparently
to piant the idea that an allied
offensive against the tactically;
Important African port is Im
pending. The evacuation plan may;
be part ot the bulla up. )
VICHY, Oct. 1 CAP) Th gov.
eminent obtained another ad
vance of 15,OW,i3C:v33 frac
fSMft,00O,0Of today from the
Bank of France tor the current
payment of German occupation
costs, bringing the total amount
so far advanced for such pay
ments ta 196,0i,Q(M,0t franc
P,,000,Ot).