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MM MOTS IB IT mm 1 1 6 Negroes Slain, 200 Persons Injured, 326 Arrested; Autos Smashed, Stores are I ;oted DETROIT, June 21. (API trAMrtc maps ArfJotaJ 1. persons were killed and some 200 lounced shortly before 1 1 a. m. gan naa oraerea mobiluation ot the state forces. 7 At that time outbreaks of violence which had spread from an altercation at the Belle Isle bridge late last night were continu ing despite the mobilization of the entire 3,500 members of the police force of the nation's fourth city. Six Negroes had lost their lives. A white physician, attacked while answering a call, and a police sergeant were critically in- Ojured. The police sergeant was shot in a gun fight with a Negro - In The Day's . News By FRANK JENKINS YOU have doubtless read in the papers that under the spur of the coal strike congress has pass ed a new law whose purpose (whatever its practical results may be) is to discourage strikes in essential war industries in time of war. Olt has been approved by both houses of congress, but as this is written has been neither signed nor vetoed by the President. THIS writer's offhand opinion is that the law was put together by politicians whose chief pur pose was to please everybody and DISPLEASE NOBODY. If that opinion shoffld turn out to be somewhere near accurate, the new law won't be of much help t In solving our growingly trouble tome problem of labor relations. ALL thinking persons must agree that the relations he Iwecn employers and employes Qshould be governed by fair and intelligent laws just as the re lations between buyers and sell ers, for example, are governed. Otherwise, how are we to settle intelligently and reasonably fairly the disputes that must in evitably arise in the employer employee relationship? If the laws aren't fair, the dis putes can't be settled fairly and when disputes aren't settled fair ly trouble is bound to ensue. THE trouble with our laws gov erning labor relationships is that they NEVER HAVE BEEN FAIR. We haven't even TRIED )to make them fair. Whichever side has been on top has made the labor laws to SUIT ITSELF and to hell with the other fellow, HTTt-DT ....... 1 1 I when the law was all on the side of the employer. We then had such monstrosities as anti-labor in junctions, caning out tne troops to put labor in its place, etc. The result was an accumulation of hatred and suspicion that brought on the present situation in which labor has ALL the rights and the employer has none. Fair-minded people are coming to the conclusion thai the pre sent situation is Utile better (from the broad, national sland Jpoint I than the former situation when employers had all the rights and labor had none. WHAT we ought to do is reason ably obvious. For the govern ing of labor relationships, we should lay down a broad, fair foundation of things that mustn't be done NO MATTER BY WHOM. In other fields, we have, been Intelligent enough to do this. We insist, for example, that NO BODY shall rob the bank, which contains money that belongs to I ell of us. No matter which side of the tracks the robber comes from, we demand that he be punished. Q (Our thinking in regard to murder Isn't quite so clear, and In our dealings with it we are all too often swayed by mushy senti ment. But cold blooded, calculat ing murder FOR GAIN is rather generally disapproved, no matter (Continued on page 2). Michigan iK rnd state x I... i i. er six Ms. injured in widespK 0 Q that Gov. Harry Kelly o Groups of Negroes and of whites milled about on street cor ners in a wide section bordering and northeast of downtown De troit, hurling stones and bricks at passing automobiles bearing members of both races. Automo biles were overturned. Police re ported every window on Hastings street, "Paradise Valley" of the Detroit Negro section, broken for a distance of 25 blocks. Hospilals were crowded with persons awaiting treatment of injuries. Tliey stood or sat in corridors. Before noon police had arrest ed 326 persons on charges rang ing from felonious assault to dis turbing the peace and carrying concealed weapons. All saloons in Detroit and sub urban Hamtramek were ordered closed. Police directed pawnshop and hardware store operators to remove from windows and shelves all stocks of guns, ammunition and knives and to lock them in safes. Negro Heads Plead In Vain Two Negro leaders, the Rev. Horace Vhite of Plymouth con gregational church and Otis Saunders ot the Double-V com mittee, a Negro organization, re ported to Mayor Edward J. Jef fers tliey were met by jeers when they toured the area of violence in a police car with sound ampli fier, appealing for a cessation of fighting. White and Saunders said one cause of the emotional distur bance that resulted in the riots was a widespread, erronedus re port among members of their rat that a Negro woman and child were slain Sunday on Belle Isle, recreational and swimming (Continued on page 6) J. L. Saunders Heads Oregon Letter Carriers J. L. Saunders, Roseburg pos tal employee, was elected presi dent of .the Oregon state depart ment of the National Association of Letter Carriers at the annual state convention held Sunday in Salem. He was advanced to the presidency from the office of vice president, which he has held for Mrs. Ethel Bailey of Roseburg was re elected president or tne auxiliary to the state department of the N. A. L. C, thus heading both organizations in Roseburg. The convention was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bailey, and Mrs. Paul MeGowan, delegates from Roseburg to the association and auxiliary conventions. Yipee! Rescue after 66 Days On Pacific Island Jumping and yelling with joy after being mirooned on a touth Pacific ialand for 66 days, these five members of a B-17 bomber crew wae frantically as their long-awaited rescue plane flies over and snaps their picture. Note the life rift on the beach and native huts in the back ground. The men are, left to right, Sgt. Dona d O. Martin, Decatur, III.; Sgt. William H. Nichols, Keiser, Ark.; Sgt. Jim H. Hunt, EffinghJm, III.; Sgt. Robert J. Turnbull, San Antonio, Tex.; and Lt. Ernest G. Ruiz, Santa Barbara, Ca if. Also on the Island but not on the beach when the picture was made was Sgt. Theodore H. Edwirds, Youngstown, Ohio. Official U. S. army air corps photo. VOL. XLVIII NO. 62 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW - HUF R AST flRMflMFMT HFMTFR fit I in vbnv JAP AIR 30 Nipponese Planes Lost Or Damaged Only Two Allied Craft Missing; Foe's Rabaul Base Heavily Mauled ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, June 21. ( AP) Forty-eight Japanese planes stab bed at Darwin, Australia, Sunday but at least nine of them were cut down in a furious 10-minute battle with Spitfires. Two of the Allied planes, flown by British and Australian pilots, were missing but ground damage and casualties were minor. Six enemy bombers and three fighters were listed as definitely shot down. They were seen crash ing on the ground and into the sea. Thirteen others were so badly damaged they possibly never got home. Of these, two bombers and one fighter were in flames and falling when last seen. Eight other bombers and two fighters were observed trailing smoke and losing altitude as they scurried away from the avenging Spit fires. It was sweet revenge for the Spitfire pilots, who remember ed an earlier raid against Darwin by a' large force of enemy planes in which, a communique said, "our air losses were heavy." Rabaul Heavily Bombed On the "offense, American-flown Liberators dropped 31 tons of ex plosives and incendiaries on three airdromes in the Rabaul, New Britain, area. Many fires, indicat ing heavy destruction of parked aircraft, were started on each field. One on Vunakanau air drome was visible 50 miles away. I he raid raised to 176 the num ber of tons of bombs dropped on Rabaul airdromes in six raids since June 10. Havoc attack bombers, escorted by Lightnings, bombed and straf ed the Lae airdrome, destroying grounded fighter and starting fires on the runway. A bomber l""?""?' Dutch New Guinea, and strafed enemy lug gers at Fak Fak, while a recon naissance plane destroyed or damaged a float plane fighter at tempting interception over the Arafura sea. In New Guinea the Japanese made the fourth raid of the war against Bena Bena, about 90 (Continued on page 6) si JA 4WI ! i v niiifinif ibiv i vmv i bit vi bniik vviiv i niivbi FLEET SMASHED 500,000 Coal No Contract No Work, Say Union Chiefs War Labor Board Plan Rejected; Solution Is Up to U. S Government WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) The big coal mining cog of the nation's war machine stall ed again today and the 500,000 miners who run it looked to (he government for their cue. Rejecting what they termed an "infamous yellow dog contract" proposed by the .War Labor board, John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers invoked their "no contract no work" pol icy for the third time within two months after negotiations with the operators collapsed. By mid-morning there were no reports of any UMW members working in disregard of that pol icy in either bituminous or an thracite pits, and in Illinois at least ,2,500 ot that state's 15,009 AFL i progressive mine, workers were Idle In a sympathy stoppage that affected 11 of the state's 130 mines with UMW contracts. The stoppage was felt imme diately in at least two steel cen ters. The Republic Steel Corp. said at Birmingham, Ala., it was forc ed to halve its coke oven produc tion and added that its four blast furnaces there and one at Gads den were operating at only 80 (Continued on page G) Jack Johnson, Negro Ex-Pug, Gets Religion LOS ANGELES, June 21 (AP) Former heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson is "going to do my fighting for God from now on." That's what the Negro ex-pugilist told 3000 persons at Angel us temple yesterday after being called from the congregation by Aimee Semple McPherson, pas tor of the temple. , Johnson said he planned to af filiate with the Angelus temple soon. THE"DOUGLS5:CO0MTY daily ROSEUURG, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1943. Communist Wins in High Court Ruling . Citizenship Revocation Of Wendell Willkie's Client Is Reversed , WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) The supreme court reversed to day the action of the federal cir cuit court at San Francisco In or dering cancellation of United States citizenship on the ground that the alien obtaining it was a member of the communist party. 1 Justice Murphy delivered the majority opinion, which asserted that clear and unequivocal evi dence was necessary to cancel American citizenship and that this had not . been produced against the communist Involved when he became an American citizen. Chief Justice Stone dissented and Justice Jackson did not par ticipate. The decision constituted a vic tory for Wendell L;-Willkie, the 1940 republican presidential nom inee, in the first case he has ar gued before the supreme court. He represented William Schnei derman, state secretary of the communist party for California and a native of Russia a country Willkie recently visited. Willkie said he acted without compensa tion and naid his own expenses. Schneidermani came to mis country in 1908 at the age of three, became an American citi zen in 1927, and his citizenship was ordered cancelled in 1940 by the federal district court at San Francisco on the ground that he had concealed his communist con nection. Opposing Arguments Solicitor General Charles Fahy, (Continued on page 6) Thousands Die In Turkish Quake; Capital in Panic LONDON. June 21. (AP) The Berlin radio said today that a violent earthquake had rocked the northwest part ot Anatona urovince of Turkey and that un confirmed reports plactl the dead in the city of Adapazar alone at 15.000, half its population. The account, from the none- too-reliable Transoeean News agency, said the quake occurred shortly at 7:30 p. m. Sunday night during a heavy thunderstorm, and that a muffled subterranean rumbling from below the earth's surface added to the terror. The quake's epicenter was plac ed at Adapazar and the uncon firmed reports, Transoeean said, I were that 40 per cent of the i houses were destroyed and an other 30 per cent were damaged severely. Anatolia is the great western neninsula of Turkey between the Black and Mediterranean seas, leading to the Dardanelles. Earth tremors also were report ed felt In other parts of Anatolia. Sparse and disrupted communlca. lions delayed accurate accounts of damage and suffering. The earthquake shocks were felt at Istanbul, formerly Con stantinople, and the principal city of Turkey, and the German agen cy said the people there were "seized with panic," rushing from their homes and restaurants. The broadcast said that all tele graph and telephone communica tions were disrupted and that rail way traffic between Istanbul and the capital, Ankara, was inter rupted. Physicians, nurses and medical supplies were dispatched to Ada pazar, It was said. The city of 30,. 000 lies 75 miles east of Istanbul. -; IN EFFORT TO RAID DARWIN Miners Strike Allied Forces In Readiness For Invasion Fleets Assembled at Vantage Points; Raids Smash Italian Morale (By he Associated Press) German broadcasts declared to day that an allied invasion fleet was assembling .in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast, that landing craft were be ing moved into position in north Africa and that a large British and American naval force was concentrated at Gibraltar. The unconfirmed axis reports of the massing of Invasion forces in the Mediterranean theater co incided with an allied headquar ters communique announcing heavy new aerial thrusts by Brit ish and American armadas across the narrow seas at air fields and ports of Sicily and eyewitness re ports via Stockholm that Italian morale, already was broken by bombings, and way reverses. Short in food, sleep and hope, the Italians were declared ready and eager for peace, and jam ming the seven hills of Rome In a search for safety. Reliable al lied quarters In north Africa, however, denied rumors that Crown Prince Umberto, Marshal Pietro Badogllo, King Vittorio Emanuele or any other Italian emissary had arrived there to ne gotiate an unconditional surren der. No Respite for Italy. ' Messina, the Sicilian end of the ferry route from the mainland, was hit Saturday night by block busters dropped from British Wcl- (Contlnued on page G) 71 Billion Army Bill Passes House WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) Without a dissenting vote, the house passed and sent to the senate today a $71,510,438,873 War department appropriation bill to meet the army's request for funds to "bring the war home to Japan, Germany and Italy." The record vote was 345 to 0. Biggest supply bill in history, the measure, department officials told the house appropriations committee, will permit the re cruiting and equipment of 7,500, U00 men by the end of this year and furnish approximately MX), 000 airplanes for incessant bomb ing of the axis. "We have passed from defen sive lo offensive action," Lieut. Grn. Joseph' T. Nerney, deputy chief of Htarf, told the committee. "Having driven the axis from Africa, we Intend to deliver the knockout blow on the enemy's home grounds. We will bring the war home to Japan, Germany and Italy.'' Fire-Hit Mill Soon to Resume Operations The Schetky-Fisher Lumber company mill at Sulherlin will probably be back in operation within 60 days, O. E. Burton, liookkeeper, who resides In Rose burg, announced today. The Su lherlin mill recently was badly damaged by a fire, which de stroyed the power plant and head rig. The steam boilers are being salvaged and repaired, It was re. ported, while the company has succeeded in locating and pur chasing a turbine to replace the 450-h. p. machine destroyed In the fire. The turbine is coming from Unalaska. A new carriage and head rig also has been pur chased and will be Installed im mediately Umn arrival. flKF nnMSTflMPF- Lions Clubs' Rally Sets Record Mark Attendance Passes 200 Total; Banquet, Dance Scheduled for Tonight The slate convention of Lions elubs, which opened In Roseburg today, is expected to set a new attendance record, officers an nounced, following a report of registration of more than 200 Lions and their ladies at the morning session. Roseburg Is the first city of Oregon to have the distinction -of twice entertaining (he Lions clubs, the previous con vention here having been held ten years ago. Today's business session was given over principally to intro ductions of visitors, announce ments of committee appointments, and a brief address by George Rossman, justice of the Oregon state supreme court. Bowling and golf tournaments were scheduled fori the afternoon hours. D. A. Skeen, Salt Lake City, international vice-president will be the principal speaker at the Governor's banquet tonight. The banquet will be followed by a ball. Principal business of the con vention will be held Tuesday morning. A large number of convention visitors arrived In Roseburg Sun day and were entertained at an (Continued on page 6) High Court Backs Curfew on Japs WASHINGTON June 21 (AP) The supreme court held constitutional today military reg ulations imposing a west coast curfew on all persons of Japanese ancestry and excluding them from specified areas. Chief Justice Stone delivered Ihe opinion on a challenge of the regulations by two American-born persons of Japanese ancestry, who contended they were citizens of this country against whom the restrictions could not constitu tionally be applied. Those challenging the regula tions were Gordon Iviyoshl Hira bayashi of Seattle and Mlnoru Yasul of Portland, Ore. Hlrabay ashi, a senior at the University of Washington at the time of his arrest, was senleneed lo three months' imprisonment for violat ing the curfew regulation and for falling lo report to an evacuation center Yasul, a graduate of the University of Oregon, was sen tenced to one year's imprison ment and fined $5,000 for violat ing the curfew regulation. Approximately 70,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry were said to have been evacuated from their homes under the or ders. Meat Price Reduction Goes Into Effect Today WASHINGTON. June 21 (AP) An average, 3-ccnt a pound reduction in the retail price of most meats went Into ef fect today-the second of three price rollbacks undertaken by the OPA through payments of sub sidles. The cutback affects all meat except cured and processed pork, but those cuts will come under the subsidy plan July 5. The new meat prices followed a ten per cent reduction In but ter prices earlier this month. A similar reduction is scheduled for coffee prices, but an efleclivr date has not yet been set. VOL. XXXII N0.43 OF THE EVENING NEW8 Huge Zeppelin Plant Believed Bombs' Toll Assault Follows Total Erasure of Le Creusot; Convoy Whips U-Boats LONDON, June 21. (AP) Lancaster bombers pene trated deep Into southern Germany last night to attack the. Luftschiffbau radio fac tory at Friedrlchshafen and damaged all main buildings, the air ministry announced tonight. - . ' Three bombers' were lost. The factory makes radio loca tion equipment and "is one of the largest of Its kind In Germany," the communique said. "Heavy damage was done." LONDON, June 21. (API Berlin reported British attacks on southwest and north Germany last night and Swiss dispatches said a relch city near Lake Con stance had been bombed so heavi ly that the reverberating destruc tion snook houses in Switzerland. Great waves of RAF bombers swept out In daylight today to re sume their battering of the Eu ropean continent. A 90-minuto silence o.f.tho Kalundborg radio in Denmark suggested another raid on northern Germany. The drum of motors was heard continuous ly for more than a half hour. The reports of night attacks were not immediately confirmed by British officials, but the at tacks were foreshadowed by widespread air alarms last night (Continued on page 6) Rev. Feenstra To Succeed Wire at Roseburg Church The Rev. and Mrs. Melville T. Wire returned to Roseburg last night following attendance at the annual session of the Oregon Methodist conference in Portland. The Rev. Mr. Wire is to trade pulpits with the Rev. R. A. Feen- stra, who has been serving for several years as pastor of the Clinton Kelly Methodist church In Portland. The assignments announced Sunday by Bishop Bruce R. Baxter involved the smallest number of changes for more than 20 years, the decision to reduce the changes being bas ed on war restrictions on travel and moving as well as the short age of available ministers, due to the large number engaged in military services, both In combat units and as chaplains. The Rev. Mr. Feenstra will come to Roseburg either June 29 or 30 and has requested the Rev. Mr. Wire to conduct the services In the local church next Sunday morning. There will be no ev ening service. The new pastor will be here to take over his regu lar pulpit duties Sunday, July 4. Mrs. Feenstra also is an ordain ed minister In the Methodist church and both the pastor and his wife have an outstanding rep utation for work among the young people. Other assignments, Involving Douglas county pastorates, were announced as follows: Gene El liott, Dillard circuit; Fred O. Hunt. Drain-Yoncalla; James Wilkins, Canyonvillc-My rtle Creek; J. B. Needham, Sutherlln Wilbur; Ivi White, Days Creek; S. S. Hotchkiss, Elkton-Gardiner. Wtlfare and fartwtll Mr. Roosevelt can register both with his signature en the bill outlawing wartime strikes. Wei Fare for the nation and its war program; farewell to union le aor's support for a fourth term. evity pactflanf By L. F. IWmMl
