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VOL. XLVII N0.212 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
Democratic Chiefs of Nine States
Meet to Form United Farm Front
Party Split
Intimated In
2 Localities
Dixie Governor Voices
Warning; Ex-War Secy.
Lashes at New Deal
(By the Associate dPress)
National political leaders turn
ed suddenly speculative eyes n
the midwest and deep south to
day as a "diagnostic" democratic
huddle developed in the wake of
critical rumblings from the
Jiarty's chief sectional stronghold.
Under the cloud of third party
threats from two democratic stal
warts a former cabinet member
and a soutiiern governor demo
cratic leaders from nine midwest
crn states met today in a sur
prise session in Omaha in an an
nounced effort to form a united
farm front.
Only the importance attached
to the meeting by national party
heads reportedly not even ron
suited In Its calling seemed like
ly to save it from the stamp of a
rump conference. Nebraska Na
tional Committeeman James C.
Quigley said that Eugene Casey,
special assistant to President
Roosevelt, and Oscar R. Ewing,
national democratic party vice
chairman, will participate and at
tributed their planned attendance
to Washington's interest in the
(0 However, he stressed that Iowa
ana iNeDrasKa pany leaders call
ed the meeting without "inspira
tion in Washington," and that ts
"decisions will be our own."
Republican victories in Novem
ber, he said, indicated something
is "basically wrong" with demo
cratic party policies and that the
session, besides creating a united
farm state front, will seek to
diagnose the situation and pre
scribe a remedy.
Revolt In South Looms
Dixieland, meanwhile, heard
the charges of Alabama Gover
nor Frank M. Dixon that the
democratic party was "dynamit
ing" the south's social ntructure.
Speaking before the Southern
Society of New York last night,
0 Dixon said formation of a south
ern democratic party was being
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
LOOKING at the map, one's off
hand feeling is that the rela
tively small number of Germans
and Italian in northern Tunisia
ought to be run ragged into the
Mediterranean without loss of
time.
Your map, unless it is more
than usually detailed, doesn't tell
the whole story.
Northern Tunisia is rough and
hilly and lends itself readily to
defense. Its natural defenses have
rjlcen greatly improved by the
''French, and these prepared posi
tions are now occupied by the
axis forces.
IF you will recall how long the
outnumbered Russian defend
ers of well-fortified Sevastopol
held out against the Germans,
who last spring were at the peak
of their 1942 strength, with short
and efficient communication lines
behind them, you will get a better
idea of the task faced by the allied
army in Tunisia.
NORTHERN Tunisia is the site
of the ancient empire of Car
thage, and It was these natural
defenses that enabled the Cartha
ginians to stand off their enemies
for centuries.
It was not until the STAMINA
of her people decayed and she
was rent and torn by violent po
litical quarrels that Carthage
finally fell.
It was because she ROTTED
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ARMY
Alleged Traitor Shows Colors
"To hell with Hitler" la the sign "Father" William E. Riker
has posted on the windshield of his red, white and blue automo
bile as he arrived at the San Francisco court house for his trial on
sedition charges. Note, also the American flag in the breast
pocket of Riker's suit.
Victory in Africa
Awaits Air Rule,
Stimson Explains
WASHINGTON Dec 12 (API
Emphasizing that the north
African campaign Is merely be
ginning, Secretary of War Stim
son declared today that "The
main and big work still remains
to be done when steps can be
completed to give us air supre
macy." When that air superiority is
obtained, he said, three objec
tives lie ahead:
1. To expel or destroy axis
forces in Tunisia.
2. To attack Tripoli and de
troy the Germans under Rommel
by getting behind him.
3. To cooperate with the Brit
ish in making the north African
coast and the Mediterranean a
safer line reaching to the Egyp
tian area.
Stimson said light forces of
both the allies and the Axis now
are engaging in what might be
described as feeling out .lie
enemy.
At the same time, he continued,
United States unit:: not only are
gaining valuable experience in
their frontal contacts with the
enemy, but are forestalling any
German attempts to improve the
enemy's positions.
Stimson, said that two events
calm weather on a normally
stormy front and the orders of
Admiral Jean Dal ian for the !ay
inn down of French arms - con
tributed greatly to success ill
north Africa.
Dalian's action, he said, could
not have been anticipated and,
together with the fortunate calm
weather put the campaign "about
a month ahead of schedule."
Stimson contrasted the north
African campaign with the Jap
anese drive through the r.outh
Pacific, saying Japan had adja
cent air, land and sea forces ;o
support move against indo-China,
the Philippines, Singapore, Bor
neo. Java, New Guinea and the
Solomons.
In the African campaign those
conditions, he said, were pre
cisely reversed.
A "very powerful enemy." he
said, controlled Europe and is
lands in the Mediterranean and
control of the Mediterranean was
divided and in dispute.
"So at north Africa, a surprise
was absolutely necessary and that
was the only way it could be a
success," the secretary said.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 2, I942.J
TRANSPORT
McNary for Plan
To Curb Expenses
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (AP)
Firmer congressional control
over the operations of govern
ment agencies which do not ob
tain their funds by direct appro
priations was advocated today by
Senate Republican Leader Mc
Nary of Oregon.
McNary told reporters that
when the new congress Is asked
to expand the borrowing and lend
ing authority of the reconstruc
tion finance corporation by. $5,
000,000,000 he will support an
amendment requiring agencies
which draw their funds from the
RFC to estimate expenditures in
advance.
Agencies obtaining their funds
In this manner, are required to
report to congress later on the
actual expenditures.
A senate banking and currency
committee controversy over a re
publican proposal requiring ad
vance approval by the RFC board
ot directors for proposed expendi
tures by the board of economic
warfare, headed by Vice presi
dent Wallace, has delayed action
on the RFC authorization meas
ure. Leaders said this bill, already
passed by the house without the
controversial amendment, would
be one of the major measures
thrown overboard if congress
votes final adjournment next
Tuesday as they have planned.
Woe for Japs Taken by
Natives of Guadalcanal
PORTLAND, Dec. 12 (AP)
The Guadalcanal natives, once
notorious cannibals, are on the
Americans' side, Major Leo R.
Smith, Portland, home from
fighting in the Solomons, told the.
Portland City club yesterday, add
ing by way of illustration, "they
used to bring in Jap prisoners,
hut this became too much trouble
for them, so you can guess what
happens to those prisoners now."
Cottontails Easing
Kansas Meat Shortage
PRATT. Kas., Dec. 12 (AP)
To the rescue of meatless meat
counters Jumns the Kansas rab
bit. Cottontails are being killed
and sold in unprecedented num
bers. Director Guy Josserand of
the State game commission acknowledges.
COOLIDGE SUNK
Former Liner
Hits Mine In
South Pacific
Ship Bore 4,000 Troops,
But Quick Rescue Work
Holds Loss to Four Men .
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12
(AP) The former liner
President Coolidge, operating
as an army transport fully
loaded with approximately
4,000 troops, hit a mine and
sank In the south Pacific, the
navy announced today, with
a loss of only four men.
"Prompt and efficient res
cue efforts" were credited
with holding casualties to so .
small a number, the -. navy
said.
The navy announcement did not
disclose in what urea of the south
Pacific the 21,936-ton vessel was
operating at the time and said
merely that it was on a war mis
sion. The names of those lost were
not given, but survivors included
Henryt Nelson,. San Francisco, the
master of the President Coolidge.
This was the tenth transport
announced by the navy as having
been sunk by enemy action.
Coolidge Biggest Of All
The sinking of live transports
in operations off north Africa
early last month was reported on
December 3. Prior to that the
loss of four troop carriers in the
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Sitdown Strike
At Boeing Plant
Of Brief Duration
SEATTLE, Dee. 12 (API
Production activity resumed its
normal high speed pace in the
Boeing Aircraft company plants
last night and today after brief
work stoppages in two 'shops,
Johnson branded as "in effect, a
sitdown strike."
The stoppages yesterday after
noon lasted about two hoius in
one shop and 45 minutes i.l an
other. Officials of the Aeronau
tical Mechanics' union (AFLi ap
pealed repeatedly to the union
members to continue at their
jobs of making the big four-mo-'
tored Boeing bombers without In
terruption. The stoppages came ai a pro
test after reports that the war
labor board did not intend to al
low wage increases for the west
coast aircraft Industry. There is
no wage dispute between the
union and company, both of
which have expressed themselves
for higher wages.
The current so-called training
scale for beginners is (i2S rents
an hour, with 78 cents for help
ers after six months anil up to
S1.23 for premium rale mechan
ics. The union's proposed scjle,
to approach the level of anip
yard wages in the Seattl.; vicini
ty, is 85 cents for beginners, 95
cents after six months ana run
ning up to $1.50 for premium
mechanics.
Union officials reported re
ceipt of word from Washington,
D. C, last night that union repre
sentatives had been given an ap
pointment today with the war
labor board chairman to set a
date for presentation of the
union's arguments.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12-tAP)
Renewed demands for wage In
creases for beginners will be con
sidered at a meeting here tomor
row of representatives of 11 AFL
machinists unions in Pacific
coast aircraft plants from Seattle
to San Diego. .
Both AFL and CIO aircraft
unions have asked that the pre
sent 60 cents an hour minimum
wage for beginners be Increased
to 95 cents.
VOU XXXI NO.
Frank B. Waite,
Prominent in
Douglas, Passes
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Frank B. Waite
Frank B. Waite, well-known
Douglas county resident the
greater part of Ids life, tiled yes
Icjjflay .nt Mercy hospital, Rosa
burg," aged ' 81 years and ' 11
months. Born near Bloomlngdale,
Mich., he was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon M. Waite,
who settled at Round prairie, 10
miles south of Roseburg, in 1878.
In early manhood Mr. Waite en
gaged in livestock raising and for
a brief period operated a meat
market in Roseburg. Afterwards
he engagetl In various business
enterprises In western Oregon.
At one time he owned approxi
mately 17,000 acres of land,
most of which was In the district
of Sutherlin, and he was the
founder of the present town
there, nimod after his late father-in-law,
Fendel Sutherlin, a
pioneer agriculturist and capita
list of Douglas county. Mr. Waite
also owned at one time the pro
perty on which the Elks tern lie
of Roseburg now stands. He was
a past exalted ruler of the Rose
burg lodge of Elks.
Mr. Waite at one time was
prominent politically in Doui.las
county, filling the position of
democratic county chairman and
later being the party's candidate
for state senator. His wife, Anna
Sutherlin Waite, died in 1332.
Suryiving him are a son, Fendel
S. Waite of Portland, a daughter,
Mrs. Mildred S.ewart of Wish
ougal, Wash.; a brother, Theron
C. Walt? of Battleground, Wash.,
and a sister, Mrs. P. E. Cooper
of Winston.
Funeral services will be held
Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock
at the Roseburg Undertaking
company chapel by the Roseburg
lodge of Elks. Interment will fol
low In Masonic cemetery.
Captain Ivan Weikel
Prisoner in Philippines
Captain Ivan Weikel, son of
Mrs. D. O. Tower of Coos Junc
tion, is alive and Is being held as
a prisoner in the Philippine Is
lands, according to word received
Friday. The news was telephoned
to Mrs. Tower by her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Esther Chamberlain
Weikel of Corvallis, with Cap
tain and Mrs. Welkcl's four-year
old son, Neal, joining In the con
versation. Mrs. Weikel received
the news directly from the war
department.
Captain Weikel is a graduate
of Roseburg high school and Ore
gon State college. He was called
Into active service from reserve
status prior to the outbreak of
the war and was in command of a
field artillery company in the
Philippines when the islands were
attacked. The last news from him
came while he Was fighting on
Bataan and since the surrender
to the Japanese the family had
been unable to learn whether he
had survived.
192 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Vital Elbow
Of Don Again
Battle Prize
Red Defenders Repulse
Fresh Axis Efforts to
Recapture Siege Base
MOSCOW, Dec. 12 (AP) The
third battle for the elbow of the
Don river west of Stalingrad ap
peared to bo under way today
with axis forces launching repeat
ed attacks on the east bank of the
river but Russian advices from
tlie front said that the red army
was repulsing all assaults.
The Russians declared their
own advance continued on sectors
of both the Stalingrad and central
fronts, including a point west of
Rzsev, where they forced a water
crossing and captured enemy
front-line trenches.
The Don elbow, which the Ger
mans occupied last August, was
reconquered by soviet troops in a
sweeping push that got under
way In force November 19.
The main German object now
appeared to be to strike back In
this sector to relieve garrisons the
Russians are pounding.
In a campaign marked by swift
turns and surprising maneuver,
the red army pushed south from
Seraflmovlch and then turned
east toward Stalingrad.
The Germans replied by attack
ing westward from Stalingrad al
though they continued to hold
the siege before the city against
vicious assaults by red army
troops within the factory area and
on the southern fringes.
Despite the repeated counter
attacks of the Germans on the
Don befd, the Russians said that
hey held them still ocmnneq to
he east bank.
Nazi Gains Short Lived
The nazl command has revert
ed to pincers attempts in their
new attack.
Pravda, the communist party
newspaper, reported that a bat
talion of German infantry, with
28 tanks In the van, attacked and
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Husband Swap
Follows Divorces
RENO, Nov., Dec. 12 (API
Mrs. Luther M. Harrick was Mrs.
William E. Gilkey yesterday.
Mrs. William E. Gilkey was Mrs.
Luther M. Barrlck yesterday.
Today Mrs. Barrick's husband
is Mrs. Gllkey's husband of yes
terday. Mrs. Gllkey's husband is
Mrs. Barrick's husband of yester
day. It was all a frelndiy little ar
rangement. The two women lived
together in the same apartment
here while establishing residence.
They hired the same attorney.
And yesterday they obtained their
divorces in the same department
ol district court on Identical alle
gationsextreme mental cruelty.
Each said she had three minor
children. Property rights and cus
tody of the children were settled
out of court.
Before th divorces and mar
riages, Elizabeth, 44, and Luther
M. Barrick, 53, lived In Belling
ham, Wash., and Martha, 44, and
William E. Gilkey, 45, lived In
Anacortes, Wash.
The women told their attorney
tliey had been friends for years.
Arm Bands Awarded for
Raid Warning Service
More than a score of arm
bands in recognition of 100 or
more hours of work at aircraft
warning service observation posts
were awarded last night at a
social meeting of the Garden
Valley dis.rlct volunteers. The
meeting was held at the Rivers
dale grange hall, with more ;han
100 persons in attendance. A
short program was followed by
dancing.
During the program, talks
were made by Fred Ewens, chief
observer, and Lieutenant M. T.
Huysman, member of the staff it
the Roseburg headquarters. Staff
Sergeant Pete Rudolph of ihe
Roseburg office also was in at
tendance. Lieenant Huysman
presented pictures dealing with
the operation of the aircraft
warning service.
A sale of refreshments was
conducted, with proceeds going
to the fund for maintenance of
the observation post.
Heavy Damage Dealt Italian
Cities by Allied Bombers; f
One U; Si Crew Said Captured
Some of British Fliers Hammer Swiss Territory
By Mistake; 13 Planes in Axis Convoy Shot Down; '
Land Battle in Tunisia Seesaws in Sea of Mud
(By the Associated Press)
RAF warplanes (ought their way through cloud banks' four
miles thick end risked the deadly peril of - ice-coated wings to
blast northern Italy before dawn today, attacking the royal ar
senal city of Turin for the third time this week.
Simultaneously, the British announced that allied planes of
the middle east command again bombed the Italian port of
Naples in daylight yesterday, setting fires along the entire water
front and scoring hits on merchant vessels.
Naples is a main axis base for supplying the German-Italian
armies in north Africa.
The Italian high command acknowledged heavy damage at
Naples and listed casualties at 57 killed and 138 injured.
A fascist communique said 10 American fliers the crew of
one bomber shot down had been taken prisoner, Indicating that
the big Liberator bombers of the U. S. army air forces had hit
Naples for the second time in eight days.
The Italians said only slight damage was Inflicted in the
night raid on lunn.
Educator, Son of
U. S. President
Garfield, Passes
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Dr. Harrv A. darfield
' WILl'iAMSTOWnV Mass.', Dec.
12. (AP) Dr. Hurry A. Gar
field, 79, former president of
Williams college and the son of
the 20th president of the United
States, James A. Garfield, died
today.
A native of Hiram, Ohio, ho
was graduated from Williams in
1885 and became Its president In
1908, a position he held for 26
years.
Dr. Garfield served as fuel ad
ministrator during the first world
war.
He began his career as a teach
er in St. Paul's school, Concord,
N. H., and later practiced law
with the firm of Garfield, Gar
field & Howe, In Cleveland.
From 1H88 to 1903 he was pro
fessor of contracts at Western
Reserve university of law school
and later was professor of poli
tics at Irlnceton.
Assn. Would Ease
Tax Taking Law
PORTLAND, Dec. 12 (API
Amendments to limit the law
that gives schools a share of in
come tax receipts will be sought
at the next legislative session.
The Oregon State Teachers,
association said yesterday it
would sponsor the changes, de
signed to clarify tho law and to
assure property owners that their
taxes wold not be increased be
cause of t tie act, which was ap
proved by voters at the Novem
ber election.
The law provides that income
tax funds In excess of $7,750,000
lie diverted to schools.
The association's board of trus
tees and legislative committee
said the nine proposed amend
ments would stipulate: That the
state could use more than the
$7,750,000 in Income taxes if
funds be needed for regular func
tions; that a school district would
bo prohibited from receiving
funds exceeding Its special school
levy, and that districts would be
required to return surpluses to
the state.
Donald Gammort, the Dailoj;
Beryl Holt, Salem ,and Miltun
Coe, Lebanon, were named to the
legislative committee.
Klamath County Clerk
Facing Funds Charge
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 12 (API
Chief Justice Percy R. Kelly to
day assigned Circuit Judge Le
welling, Albany, to conduct tho
trial of Mae K. Short, Klamath
county clerk who Is under Indict
ment on charges of receiving un
authorized payments for overtime
work on election duties and on
compiling records for the county
dog control board.
The RAF's tempestuous blows
at nazi-conquered Europe . wore
further highlighted by a Parts
radio report that 190 persons
were killed and 219 injured in a
British raid last Sunday on
Eindhoven, Holland.
In addition to the attacks on
Naples and Turin, long-range
allied fighters winging out over
the Mediterranean Intercepted a
convoy of north-bound axis trans
port planes, shooting down at
least eight transports, one bom
ber and four twin-engined light"
crs. i , .
Dense clouds obsured the re
sults of the RAF's overnight .
smash at Turin, home of tho Fiat
works and other war industries.
Swist Soil Bombed
At least part of a large force
that set out on the hazardous
1,200-mile round trip flight across
the Alps reached their goal, the
British reported, while others ap
parently missed their bearings
and dropped bombs on Swiss and
French soil.
Three bombers were listed as
missing.
. A Vichy broadcast said planes
believed to be British had bomb
ed the town ol.Annocy, noar.tbu.
Italian frontier, 95 miles from
Turin, killing three persons.
At tho same time, the Swiss
government announced that for
eign planes dropped incendiaries
on Sins and Canton Argovie in
northeast Switzerland, damaging
several buildings, and started a
forest fire at Canton Vaiais in
western Switzerland near the
French border.
Already battered Into nearly
"Ghost City" ruins, Turin had
been heavily bombed by home
based British raiders on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights.
Armlet Battle In Mud
Other key developments:
Tunisia Fighting in mud de
scribed as worse than "the mud
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Two Allied Destroyers
Sunk, Berlin Reports
BERLIN (from German Broad
casts), Dec. 12 (AP) The Ger
man high command said today
that a United States destroyer
was sunk by a U-boat off Oran
and that a British destroyer was
sunk In a naval engagement in
the English channel last night.
(These claims were not con
firmed from any other oouree.) .
LONDON, Dec. 12 (AP)
British light naval forces sank a
medium-sized supply vessel and
an escort ship in an attack on
an axis convoy off Dieppe last
night, and admiralty communi
que announced today.
Klamath Falls Airman
Killed in Plane Crash
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.,
Dec. 12 (AP) An airplane
crash, cause of which remained
unknown, yesterday killed Staff
Sgt. Walter Edward Salshery, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sals
hery of Klamath Falls, Ore. The
crash occurred five miles south
east of the army air base near
Colorado Springs.
Salshery received his wings at
the advanced flying school at
Williams Field. Ariz.
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