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MM U i il'iii" Federal Plan to Train High School Students for War Duty Means That Present Quarterbackers, Half backers, and Fullbackers Will Become Rickenbackers. uur j on is 10 pave Dollars That's what appears to be In store for Hitler at Stalingrad. ? Meanwhile the spirit of revolt Is ' ' mounting In axis-conquered na- ' Hons. Watch ) NEWS-REVIEW news for further good news for,, the allies. ..'.., Buy War Bond$ ft Evtry Pay Day fHEDOUGLRS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XLVII NO. 157 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1 942. VOL. XXXI NO. 47 OF THE EVENING NEW iOTEB . w ret $immum , In The - o ! Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THERE'S a sudden vogue In the ' San Francisco business dis trict for Chinese eating places. Not the tourist kind up on Grant avenue, where chow mein and chop suey are staples, but the reg ular eating spots in what one might call the more private part of Chinatown, whore the regular residents live and eat and carry on their personal affairs. Maybe It's the growing labor shortage, which is visibly affect ing the service in the better known and more conventional luncheon hangouts. Maybe it's the war, which has made us al lies and admirers of the tough and realistic and determined Chi nese, who have been fighting our common enemy, the Jap, for years and are still going strong. Anyway, Chinese food is quite the thing down-town nowadays. AT these places one doesn't go in for chop sucy and chow meln which, one is told, are American inventions adopted by Hie Chinese for sale to Ameri cans. Favorite dishes are stuffed chicken wings, fresh pea omelet, he Chinese version of pork spare ribs; rice, of course, in various forms, but especially fried, and pork In numerous forms other than spare ribs. Stuffed chicken wings have the bones taken out and replaced with pork. Pork seems to have been a favorite Chinese dish since the incident described by Charles Lamb in his Essay on Roast Pig. Tea is served in little thin cups without handles, which are excel lent for burning the fingers. Su gar therefore can be hail some times and sometimes not. IF one chooses, one can have ' chopsticks, which are used ex clusively by the home neighbor 'hood customers, but if one is wise one docs not. An American trying to use chopsticks is one of the (Continued on page 2) Douglas County Scrap Metal Salvage Exceeding Expectations; Collections Slowed by Lack of Transportation Labor and transportation are the principal problems now con fronting the scrap metal salvage campaign in Douglas county, ac cording to Fred A. Goff, county chairman. Already, he reports, the collection has far exceeded all expectations and it has bare llv started. Reported quantity to date amounts to 120 tons, while n large amount of scrap has been piled nt depots but has not been reported to the county headquar ters, Goff stated. lie urged today that all com munity chairmen make an effort to report to him every day, sug gesting the use of postal cards to give figures on tonnage and any unusual features which might be used as publicity to pro vide ideas to other communities. As an example of an ingenious means of aiding the collection of salvage in his own community, Jacob Wilson at Yoncalla has erected a mail box on a vacant lot in the Yoncalla business dis trict where people may leave list ings of scrap collections and di rections for reaching the dona tions. Through this means he has managed to locate at least ) 50,000 pounds of available scrap metal. Union, Company Cooperate. At Glendale, where Ray Robin-. son Is chairman, the A. F. L. union and the Ingham Lumber company are giving cooperation. The mill employes are providing DOUBLING Guarantee Of Ample Funds Needed Now President Opposes Plan Offered in Senate to Retain Present Levies WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (AP The senate voted today to place on top of the regular Income tax a 5 per cent "vic tory" levy against all earn ings of individuals In excess of $624 yearly. Formal addition of the vic tory levy to the new revenue bill boosted the potential yield of that measure by a disputed amount ranging from a S3. 107,000,000 gross total esti mated by the treasury and the $3,600,000,000 set by the finance committee. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (AP) President Roosevelt notified congress today that the doubling of social security taxes next Jan uary 1 would be "not only in ac cord with the necessities of the social security system itself, but at the same time would contri bute to the non-inflationary fin ancing of rapidly mounting war expenditures." In a letter to Chairman George (D., Ga.) o the. senate finance committee,' the president express ed opposition to a committee approved amendment to the new revenue bill which would freeze payroll taxes at their present levels of 1 ler cent on employers and a like amount on employes for 19-13. This amendment, adopted by the committee on motion of Sen- (Continued on page 6.) Roosevelt Broadcast Set for Next Monday WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) President Roosevelt said today his previously announced radio speech would be made next Mon day at 7 p. m., Pacific war time, and would last about half an hour. He reiterated that ho had not decided what subjects he would talk about. On Tuesday he said he probably would cover many suhjects.which he had been think ing about himself and which had been suggested to him. the labor connected with the col lection, while company trucks are being used fro transporat tlon. The company also is fur nishing loading space on its lum ber docks and the scrap is being loaded and shipped from these dorks directly to smelters. The proceeds at Glendale are going to the Red Cross. Jim Whipple at Drain also re ports loading facilities have been arranged there and shipments are being made. Each community, Mr. Goff re ports, is being urged, wherever possible, to make its own ar rangements for sorting and shipping the scrap metal, thus saving extra transportation by eliminating the necessity of bringing the scrap to Roseburg. Each community can determine, he states, the charity or other ac tivity to benefit from the sale. In some localities, proceeds are being used to maintain the air craft warning service observing stations. , Heavy Donations Wait. The pressing problem at pres ent, Goff states, is procurement of volunteer labor, transportation and equipment for large dona tions. Haybalers, binders, mow ers, motors, automobiles, steam boilers and turbines are among some of the heavy pieces of ma chinery owners have offered to donate to the scrap metal drive, (Continued on page 6.) F SOCIAL SECURITY TAX URGED BY ROOSEVELT Junking Prospect Again Faced By Warship Oregon WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) The navy reported today that its decision not to scrap the old battleship Oregon, a historical relic, probably would have to be reconsidered. The Intention to reconsider was announced b y Undersecretary James V. Forrestal in a letter to Governor Sprague of Oregon, in which he said: "I regret to have to advise you that because of the great neces sity for scrap metal and the pres sure exerted upon us to make every possible contribution to ward the building up an adequate stockpile, this decision (against scrapping the Oregon) will prob ably have to be reconsidered. "I am writing this note in order that such a decision may not come uon you unexpectedly and, in do ing so, I can assure you that the navy's regret will be fully as great as that of the citizens of Oregon at the grim necessity that forces such an action. "I think we both may be able to take some comfort out of the fact that the action Itself may serve to emphasize to the general public the urgent need for adding to our scrap reserve." Crash Kills Son of Noted Comedian LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 9. (AP) It was in July a year ago that Comedian Joe E. Brown planted a proud kiss on his eldest son, Don, then 24, as he received his wings as a sec ond lieutenant in the army air corps reserve at Stockton, Calif. Today Brown had abruptly left the show in which he was starring at Detroit and was fly ing back to claim the body of his son, who as an army ferry ing command captain died In the crash yesterday near Palm Springs of a bomber he was pi loting to Utah. "Far as I am concerned 'the show-off is ended," said Come dian Brown, breaking a tradition that the show must go on. "Don was my oldest son . "But I have another who will take his place within a few weeks. He is Joe, Jr., 20, now employed in the Douglas Aircraft factory. Joe has arranged to join the marines." Lt. Paul Herbert, in command at the Palm Springs field, said Capt. Brown had taken off with a group of bombers and crashed after ten minutes in the air. Brown, he said, was able to crawl from i the wreckage but died a few minutes later. Capt. Brown was a football player at the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles in 1938 and 1939, was student body president and an R. O. T. C. cadet colonel in 1939. Increases Allowed In Salem Wood Prices PORTLAND Oct. 9 (API Wood prices In Salem were high er today under authority of the state office of price administra tion which said ceilings had been raised because of increased hand ling costs. The OPA warned, however, that the new prices could be charged only by those fuel deal ers who have made satisfactory settlements of previous overcharg es. Price increases on slabwood will be about 15 per cent, cord wood over 20 per cent and hard wood about 40 per cent under the higher ceiling, OPA said. Vocational Education Budget Gets Approval SALEM, Oct. 9 (AP) The state board of education yesterday tentatively approved a budget of $625,000 to finance the state's vocational education program dur ing the two years beginning next July 1. Of, the total budget, $51G, 000 would be federal funds and $109,000 state funds. Farm Labor Freeze Asked By Senators Livestock, Dairy Hands Needed Pending Control Plan, Draft Head Told WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) Fifteen farm state senators petitioned Selective Service Direc tor Hershey today to freeze dairy and livestock workers on the farms for the next three months to prevent "irreparable injury" to food production while a general manpower control program is worked out. "We are convinced that specific action to halt the continuing drain of manpower from our livestock and dairy farm cannot be delayed longer without seri ously impairing the whole war effort," they declared in a letter circulated by Senators Ball (R Minn) and Brown (D-Mlch). "The number of farm auctions Is growing rapidly and hundreds of fine dairy herds are being sold or slaughtered because Ihe owners cannot hold the help essential to continued operation. Unless the trend is halted immediately, a crippling reduction in food pro duction will occur." Limit Must Be Fixed The census bureau reported Inst night that agricultural employ ment had declined to 10,200,000 persons, a drop of 1,000,000 be tween August and September, and Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the war production board declar ed the time was rapidly approach- (Continued on page 6.) Willkie Doing Well On Trip, Roosevelt States WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) President Roosevelt told report ers today that he assumed Wen dell L. Willkie was carrying out extremely well just the things he had asked him to do before Will kie left on his tour of the middle east, Russia and China.' Asked whether he could say to what extent Willkie was renre- senting him personnally, the pres ident said he could not because that would be merely political. He went on to say that every thing was all right on the Willkie trip as far as he, the president, was concerned. But he added that the trip had been used politically and asked why that should be made the preponderant angle in writing about the trip. When a reporter requested that he elucidate on that point, the president said the country was not Interested in dealing with elucida tions on things not absolutely true. Jap War Prisoners (CiLt lelrpholo) One of the few pictures showing Japanese prisoners of war is this one of a pair of blindfolded? heavily-guarded Nipponese arriving at Dutch Harbor after they were captured during a naval engage ment In waters of the Aleutian Islands In which five Japs were taken. Olflcial U. S. navy photo. Roseburg Denied Priority to Buy Street Sweeper The city of Roseburg apparent ly will bo forced either to im provise additional equipment for fire-fighting and street cleaning purposes or do without for the duration, according to A. J. Ged des, city recorder. The city's ap plication for a priority for pur chase of a street sweeper was re jected in a letter received yester day from Washington, D. C, fol lowing closely upon rejection of a similar application for purchase of a fire truck. The street sweeper is urgently needed to replace the existing flusher, which has deteriorated beyond the point of repair, accord ing to George Frew, street super intendent. The city was advised that the entire factory output of sweepers is now being purchased by tile government for use on airports. Jap Raiders Miss Willkie in Attack On Chinese Train .' WITH THE CHINESE ARMY IN NORTHERN CHINA, Oct. 9 (AP) Wendell Willkie, touring Hie. Yellow rjver front, got a taste of real danger when four Japan ese shells exploded yesterday near the railway on which he and his party were traveling by hand car. Earlier Willkie missed by only a few hours a heavy Japanese air raid on Loyang, during which enemy planes machined gunned a blue railway coach similar to the special car In which he made part of his trip to the front. Thirty-five planes participated in the attack on Loyang, the most violent raid on a north China town in months. Six persons were killed by Ihe raiders, who might conceivably have been under the impression that Willkie's special train was then in the station. As it happened, Willkie was 130 miles away in the front-line trenches. It was on the last slage of his trip to the front that the four enemy shells came screaming across the Yellow river in the general direction lie was travel ing. They landed some distance ahead of the handcars, but the party left the railway, walked for a half-hour along a sunken road for the sake of safety and then motored the rest of the way to its destination. Willkie took the shelling calmly. "It looks as though the Japs were really after us." he remark ed. I'm complimented they pay so much attention." Arrive at Dutch Harbor Allies Down 8 Jap Planes, Hit 5 Ships Heavy Cruiser Included In Damage Inflicted in Shortland Island Area WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (AP) Persistently belting Japanese Invaders throughout the vast Pa cific war zone, the allied offen sive left surprised enemy forces In the Solomon Islands today with eight less aircraft and five damaged ships Including a heavy cruiser. The latest of the recently Ini tiated attacks which already have forced Ihe Japanese back virtually to their starting point In New Guinea and apparently driven them out of two of the three western Aleutian islands they once occupied, struck At the heart of Ihe Nipponese Inva sion base in the north Solomons. Catching the Japanese un awares In bad weather, an Ameri can aircraft carrier force shat tered Ihe enemy's ships and planes in the Shortland island area, on Monday, the navy dis closed last night. Simultaneously, long range bombers under General Douglas MacAi't bur's . Australian com mand forestalled an aerial conn- lerallack by splashing the ene my's ahbases in nearby islands with bombs. Without loss of a man or a plane, the navy's aircraft damag ed a heavy cruiser and a trans poll Willi heavy bombs and two cargo ships and a seaplane ten der wilh lighter bombs. Two (Continued on page 6.) 3 Die in Family Tragedy; Little Boy Lone Survivor NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C, Oct. 9 (AP) The queer quirk of fortune by which a 25-year-old boy escaped the tragic death of his parents and seven-month-old sister puzzled police today as they investigated circumstances sur rounding the triple deaths. The curiosity of a neighbor over an unmllked cow led to the dis covery last night o the broken bodies of Mrs. Elizabeth Iluta and her baby daughter in one room of their small farm house near here and the body of the husband and father, Steve Iluta, hanging from a rafter in the kit chen. Hungry and thirsty, but other wise uninjured, the boy was found in the kitchen, apparently the sole survivor of the family. The Iluta home was at Newton, seven miles south of here. K. of P. National Head Will Visit Roseburg Lodge John L. Smith A visit to Alpha lodge, Knights of Pythias, Roseburg, by Su- promo Chancellor John Loo Smith of Throckmorton, Texas, has been announced for Wednes day, October 14, local lodge offi cers are advised by Walter G. Gleeson, district deputy supreme chancellor, who is In charge of arranging the itinerary for the national officer. Mr. Smith, who is reported to be one of the finest speakers In the sunrcme lodge. Is also a no- lltlcal leader In ihe stnte- of Texas, having been nominated by a majority of 100,000 votes at the primary election for the of fice of lieutenant governor. The nomination customarily is tantu mount to election. He is to be entertained In Eu gene at noon en route to Rose burg and after spending the night here will go to Grants Pass for a dinner meeting Thursday evening. He also will stop In Portland and Corvallls during his three-day visit to Ore gon. The Roseburg lodge, which seldom has an opportunity to en tertain such a high ranking of ficer, is sending out Invitations to other lodges of the slate and delegations are expected from nearly nil sections and particu larly from southern Oregon lodges. The meeting also is to be open ed to all former lodge members and to guests Invited by local or visiting lodgemen. A program of varied entertainment will precede the address by the su premo chancellor. Cannery Workers Vote Against Joining Union SALEM, Oct. 9 (AP) Em ployes of the Paulus bros. cannery hero voted yesterday 94 to 44 against Joining any union, the election being sponsored by the national labor relations board. The AFL cannery workers un ion had consented to the elec tion. Union members went on a brief strike several weeks ago to obtain union recognition. r Subscription Bargain Ends Saturday News-Review Offers 20 Pet. Saving News-Review Bargain Rates end tomorrow! The bargain offer on News-Review subscriptions must be closed Saturday evening. This means that unless you take ad vantage of this opportunity without further delay you will not be entitled fo the 20 per cent saving now in effect. This may be the last time, at least for the duration of the war, that the News-Review will be able to make this excep tional bargain offer. With other costs mounting rapidly, you can still procure a full year's subscription to the News-Review at the same bargain price that prevailed last year during the sale period. Certainly, in these stirring times no one will want to be without the home-town daily. No city collector is canvassing the homes during our bar gain offer this year, as he has been loaned to the agricultural industry and is working to help save the county's large prune crop. City subscribers, therefore, are asked to pay their sub scriptions at the News-Roview office. The business office will remain open until 8 p. m. Satur day for your accommodation. Don't neglect this opportunity! We want you on our sub scription list and we want you to have this bargain. Infantry Out Artillery To ; Attempt Job Part of Invasion Shifts Southward; U. S. Fliers Aid in Raid on France (By the Associated Press) . Soviet headquarters reported today that Russian troops had broken into German trenches northwest of Stalingrad and beat off four night attacks Inside the Volga metropolis, while the nazia captured two streets of an indus trial suburb at a sacrifice of 2,000 dead. For the first time since tha siege began, Adolf Hitler's field headquarters omitted any men tion of the gigantic battle fop Stalingrad. Soviet reports said German in vasion columns sweeping south of Stalingrad had advanced into thej U. S. S. R. autonomous area oc Kalmyck, which lies along tha lowed Volga to the Caspian sea. (The Germans long ago claim ed they had captured Elista, a ma jor city of the Kalmyck area. about 180 miles west of the big Caspian sea port of Astrakhan.) 11 was not immediately clear whether this meant that the nazis. disheartened by the slaughter and lack of success at Stalingrad, were now turning south. Nazis Change Tactics Latest reports said the fighting at Stalingrad wus still intense. Dispatches said the violence of! the 46-day-old German assault was rising, despite a nazi broadcast ; last night indicating that axis shock troops would be withdrawn and that the city would be pound ed Into surrender by heavy siega guns and dive bombers. "The fight for Stalingrad has changed," the broadcast said, quoting German military quar ters. Several versions of the Berlin broadcast were heard by allied (Continued on page G.) Bombing of Kiska Reported; Cutter Lost in Atlantic WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. (AP) The navy announced today that army bombers, continuing their steady pounding of Japanese in the Aleutian Islands, had dropped 15 tons of bombs on ths enemy base at Kiska last Tuesday, starting fires In the camp area, damaging a cargo ship in harbor and strafing the radio station. This information was given in a navy communique which also . disclosed the-loss, in the Atlantic, . of the U. S. coast guard cutter Muskeget, the former S. S. Cor nish, on the Eastern Steamship lines. The 1,827-ton steam vessel has been overdue "for some time and must Ik? presumed to lie lost," tha navy said. Loss of the entire per sonnelthe Muskeget hail a nor mal complement of about 100 of ficers and men -also was pre