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Newspaper Page TextBEND BULLETIN THE WEATHER I'arlJy lioudy tonight mIIIi lower temperature In Interior; 'IneMlay generally fair Itill liuuily near eoasl, ' TEMPERATURE 1 Maximum yesterday, 70 degrees. Minimum last night, S.1 degrees. VOI.UMK Xl.VI. HESD, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOi'.KH 21, 1940 NO. 110 T WILLKIE GIVES DEBATE OFFER TO ROOSEVELT President Will Ignore Invitation CHALLENGE MADE Democratic ('undulate Make Five Major Speeche Washington, dot. 21 'tH While House Socn-lury Stephen T. Hiii l y today IikIIcuIoiI that President Roosevelt will Ignore Wendell I.. Wlllkle'a offer la ahure a ram pulgn HM'iiklii(( platform In Haiti more, October .HI. Pointing uut Unit Wlllkle'a Invl tutlon wax extended through the Hal I ultl: "If I were going t Invito you to my homo, I would aohd you u nt simal Invltniliin ami I don't think I would ak you ( i know yuu weren't coming ." Wlllkle rhullongori Roosevelt In a pros sliitomcnt to debute with , him til llullltnoro when hi' learned f Hint I lii president tentatively hud Kt'hiiluliil ii mimhtIi thrri for IK' lol-r .HI. Fully mild today, however. Ihnl Roosevelt might nn x'iik In Ital tttnolo. Instead, hi said, thn ud ilirn may Im made at tllr ucad my of music In lirKiklyn. N. V . tin tlmr fur tlii' millions, one of tin five Milttlcul addtessca thr president haii w-hiihiliil hotwion now and election day, tentatively huii been m-i for 7 15 to H p. in. tl'. S T .). Kiuliliraii Have 1111 The MT'h originally wua sched uled to tip delivered l Constitution Hull In Washington. Kurly said. hut IW'mcM-ratlr Chalrmun Kdwutd J. Flynn suggested that thr presl ik'til r.ik In Baltimore without know inn that the only available Im 1 1 hud been leased by the re puhllcnn. Other presidential apcnklng up IHilnlmi'iim, Karly auld. huve been 4 tentatively sent for UftolM-r 2.1 In i'hitadi-lpiilu. li 15 to 7 p. in., Oct 28 in Madison Square Garden, Now York, 7 to H p. in.; Nov. 2 In Cleveland 6 to 7 p. m : and Nov. 4 Hyde Turk, Ni-w York, 7 to 9 ( in. A "buttery" of speakers will ad dress thr nation from Hyde I'urk, Karly said, and I In- exutt tlmr of tin- president's address has not iHI'll M't. In reionso to questions, Rally nulil that "not to my knowledge" hus the Ami-rlran wto'I army iMinib sight been relcasi'd to Great llrltuln. New National Defense Class Is Scheduled A now national dWrnw school In muchlnc tool nporatlon and WfldlnK will hi'Kln Wfrtm-iulay, nc rordliiK to KuKi'ni" V. Clurk, In , Htruotor. It hud horn planned to limit thin clou lo WTA mrn, but tht' Port land o(IIv could nut qualify cnotiKh men, Clurk atatcd. A a ii'huIi any man over 1H year old way cntiT the clus. Application Khould he made throuch the Hend mute employment office. 'ITie ciun will run for nix week". Pally houm will Ik- from 12:110 noon until 0:30, five diiyn week. No one should make application unleiM he can moot those houra, Clurk added. The climNea are conducted nt no ex)enBt' to enrolleca. Federal (jov ernpient approprintiona through the Btale viK'nllonal educution de partment provide fuml.H. Channel Guns Blast , Dover All Day Long Dover, England, Oct. 21 mi Cerman hlif ifunn acroxa the Kng- IlKh channel hlaated Dover all day, and royal air force plunca appar ently smashed OKuIn in a dayilht ill taik uKitinxt the Invasion coast vhere files set lust nlht burned until noon or later, "Cood Invasion weather" pre vailed on the channel - an over cuNt sky, tea mist and light south west wind. The Cerman lonR-ranfte Runs ahelled Dover at 20-minutc Inter vals for houra. IjiIo In the day channel resi dents believed thes KAK bomlied the Kronen coast again. Heavy ex plosions were heard from the French side and shortly thereafter the drone of heavly planes, be lieved to be British bombers, was heard as planes came over from Hie direction of France. KNfiMSH CITIKM BOMBED London, Oct. 21 Mi Fast and hardhitting Cerman warplanes 4 struck at Industrial and other ob jectives In London, Lancashire, the Midlands and along the coasts of England today, causing a num Iter of deaths and some damage. British Cross Channel to Get Prisoners " smmn ! M V W tL Dii- . '..-.iiUr Ml . Brnt by rbic from London, this l tli Ciovrriitnriit tdKiwUig (lfriuiin sotdlru ui hrrik'h noli, by lintuh Numbered List Of Men Posted Final Deadline Nears For Late Signers A list hearing the names of 217.1 IVM-hutr county men w-huon (X- toller lu n-gixteu-d for aclis-tlve aervlce urul training in the Inter eala of natloiuil defenm.' was post ed this morning by the IVst-hutes county draft hoard, on a bulletin wnrl In front of the local board head(uartera, nniin No. 202. To UI n-giatratlona In date are 2M, and the additional names will be uiIiIihI to the posted list Just as aoon aa KiHlhle. Namea In the imstcd list bear only the serial numlM-r, and give no Indication aa to the group that will hi' first summoned Into fed erul sorvU-e. 'Pie order number. bused on the national lottery, will lie uddiil later. Also posted on the bulletin board In front of room No. 202 to day Is a copy of a telegrum from Clarence A. Dykstru, draft direc tor, which officially Instructs the local board as follows: "Some per sona wore unulile to register on October IB. Until national lottery', persona who voluntarily present themselves for registration should be registered by local hoards and not treated aa delinquent." J. D. Donovnn, local board chair man, and Jack S. Davla reported today that several iersona who were unalile to register on Octo ber lti hove already reported. All such men lire being asked to re port to room No. 202 as soon as possible. The selective service lottery will he on October 29, In Washing ton, D. C. Consequently the final dead line on registrations is rap Idly approaching. Hoard members anticipate that the posted hat will be closely studied by Deschutes county regis trants In the next few days Inas much as the order In which these serial numbers are drawn will de termine the registrants' order numbers, those to determine the order In which men will be called in this local bqard area. io successor to virgn uingtry Redmond man who resigned from the board, hus yet been named. Langtry hus volunteered to serve until a successor Is named, but wishes to lie relieved of his duties prior to the time when the board will be culled on lo act on defer ments. Registration Boards Make Counting Error Counting of registration cards of draft age men last Wednesday was done by members of the boards who served at various reg istration places In the county, ac cording to County Clerk Muble Ci. Llvesay. The county clerk's staff added the totals received from the boards. In their counting, registrars made an error of approximately loo cams, it was discovered Fri day, when the cards were num bered by the draft board. The figures as given by the boards and released through the clerk's office Thursday was 2,523. The Deschutes county total actually was 2,1.1(1, before cards from other counties were added. (,h.A CnM-J .IrphMol first picture rrkaard by thr llrltuh trpurtrdly capturrd on Uitir oau, rrconiiaiAaance forcra. TUMAL0 4-H BOYS TAKE HIGH HONORS Dairy Demonstration First at liig Show- Is Itcdmond. Oct. 21 - Keith Shep ard und Irving Jones of Tumalo, Deschutes county's champion 4 11 dairy demonstration teum. won first honors In competition with aeven other atate teams from the western region at the N'utlonul Dulry Show, according to an air mull letter received here today from County Agent ;. Y. Hugg lund, who accompanied the team to Hurrlsburg, Pennsylvania, where the show was held. Aa there was no competition be tween the four regions represent ed, this was the highest honor the Deschutes county hoys could get. F-ach of the youths received a $2f)0 scholarship to any college, given hy the Kraft Cheese corporation. I hey also received gold medals from the National Dairy show. Another Oregon team, llruce Chenoweth and Cerald Kehrll of 'ortland. placed second in the dairy foods demonstration. Following their win Tuesday, llugglund writes, the Deschutes county boys were called back. along with the three champions of other regions, to present their demonstrations before crowds at the dally show who wanted to see the winning teams In action. Other champions were from Michigan, Kentucky, and Maryland. The Tumalo boys have been on a tour of the Horshey candy plant, Cetlysburg battlefield, and were about to leave for New York city w hen llagglund's letter was writ ten. They will visit Philadelphia and Washington, D. C, before re- turning home. Hagglund, who coached the team, and Mrs, Hagg lund are with the boys, and are making the trip hy auto. They will return the last of the month. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shepard, and J. L. Jones, all of Tumalo, were feeling extremely proud today, af ter being informed this morning of the boys' success. Young Shep ard is 17 years old, and will enroll nt Oregon State college next term. He Is a graduate of Kcdmond union high school, where Irving Jones Is now a senior. Both boys are 17 years old, and have been In I II dub work for a number of years. Golf Club Dinner to Be Held on Saturday The annual tournament dinner of the Bend Coif club will be hold Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock, in the club house, It was announced today by members of the local en tertainment committee, headed by Mrs. Vance Coyner. Reservations for the dinner must he made in advance, through Mrs. Harry Swanson, anil cannot be accepted later than Thursday night. Tickets will not be avail able at the door. An advance distribution of tick ets Is being mode necessary to en able the committee to determine the number who will be present for the dinner. OIL COMPANY PROTESTS Washington, Oct. 21 tll' James M. Moffett, representing Standard Oil Company of California, said today he had filed a protest with Undersecretary of States Sumner Welles about the Italian bombing of American oil properties In neu trnl Arabia. OCTOBER 29 IS SELECTED AS LOTTERY DAY Stimson Will Pick Out First Number TO USE OLD BOWL Drawing Will Determine Order in Which Men ' Will lie Called Washington, Cx-t. 21 'Hi - Selec tive service headquarters have un nounced today thut the national draft lottery will begin at noon, Tuoaday. Oct. 29, with a apii-ch by President Itouw-velt. Headquarters said it had been decided that Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, rather than the president, would draw the first draft number. Draft Director Clarence A. Dyk stra hail announced earlier in the day after a White House confer ence that Koosevelt would draw the first number from the gold fish bowl that was used In the World war draft lotteries. Ijite In the day, selective ser vice headquarters said this ar rangement had been changed after further conferences. It said that while the president would speak at the beginning of the lottery, he di-sired the war secretary to have the honor of drawing the first number. The president will not draw any numbers, it w as said. Other dignitaries are expected to follow Stimson drawing some of the 7.500 or more numbers that will determine the order in which more than 16.000.ai0 men will be classified and considered for In duction Into the army. Eight hun dred thousand of them will be taken into the army by next June. Draw In to Take 12 Hour The drawing will require more than 12 hours, officials said. By the time the lottery Is held, each local board will have, givun numbers to each man who regis tered last Wednesday. These num bers will be posted so that each man may know his number. If the first number drawn in the lottery should be 258, as it was In the first World war lottery, then in each local board area throughout the country the man w hose number was 258 would be the first to receive a questionnaire and to be classified. If he had no dependents and no essential Job, he would be put in class 1. After volunteers hadeen taken, he would be the first to be or dered Into the army to fill the quota assigned to his area. If the first man should be de ferred, then the man whose num ber was drawn second would be next In order to be considered lor induction. On the day of the great draw ing, a week from tomorrow, other high officials are expected to fol low the president in pulling the tirst tew numbers out of the gold fish bowl. Then It will settle down to a long grind, with several hundred numbers being drawn each hour until the job Is finished sometime about midnight or In the early hours of October 30. Draft headquarters prepared to dispatch "trouble shooters" to each section of the country to help the local boards get everything sot lor the lottery. Bend Resident Dies After Short Illness Benjamin Franklin Brown, aged 61 and a resident of Bend since 1919, died Sunday evening at 9:30 o clock at the Brown residence at 23 Saginaw. Death followed a short Illness. Mr. Brown came here from Salem 21 years ago. Aside from his wife, Martha, Mr. Brown Is survived by two sons, Clifford and Kenneth Brown of Bend, and two daughters. Max ine Wood and Deon Drost, also of Bend. A brother, Carl Brown, lives In Thackery, Ohio, and a sis ter, Mrs. Charles Anderson, lives In St. Paris, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the Nlswonger Wlnslow chapel, with the Rev. G. R. V. Bol ster of the Episcopal church In charge. Burial will be in the Pilot Butte cemetery. Several Bend Eagles Attend Medford Meet Several members of the Bend aerie of Eagles attended a district meeting In Medford Sunday, to confer with state officers and hear a message from their president, D. D. Ctllespie, of Roseburg. A similar district meeting will be held In Eugene on November 9 and 10. Members of the Bend delegation who attended the Medford con ference were Marion Walters, vice president; E. K. Westlake, Elmo Raper, Mel I-nrson and Oscar Hurt wick. People in the News IB, t!,.llrj frrwl Hoy Asa Ifaynes, 58. national prohibition commissioner during the Harding and Coolldge admin istrations, died at Hillsboro, )., where he was born. He had bi-en a newsjjin-r publisher and was a personal friend of former Presi dent Warren C. Harding. The wife of the Itev. Keith t". Kanaka of Boston, who with an other Boston clergyman was nam ed In an indietment for refusal to register for selit-tlve service, has lost her Job in a physician's of fice, on grounds that patients had objected to her husband's action. David Kidd, British stylist, pre dicted at Hollywood that the war is going to return women's clothes to the short skirts, full tunics and frills of the World war era. "Wom en in war work will need a uni form type of dress," he said. "Otherwise to offset the grim out look their men folk an- facing, they will want to look as feminine as possible." James Butler, Jr., 46, Turfman and chain store magnate, was killed in a fall from a horse near Kalonah, N. Y. He was president of the Empire City race track at Yonkers and one of the owners of the Maryland state fair track at Laurel, Md. Holman Charges Graft in Defense "Maneuvering" of Bids Protested Portland. Oct. 21 "I1 Senator Rufus C. Holman of Oregon last night protested what he called "po litical maneuvering in the awara ing of a national defense contract for construction of 901 canton ment buildings at Fort Lewis, Wash., and suggested a senatorial inquiry. Holman said L. II. liollman. Portland contractor, was "maneu vered" out of the award on which he was the original low bidder. He said the Hoffman case presented a specific incident of administra tion use of national defense ap propriations to aid President Roosevelt's political ambitions. The Oregon Junior senator said original bids opened September 26 for the Camp Lewis Job showed Hoffman and the Far West Con struction company of Seattle low bidders with a bid of S4.075.032. But the army officials decided to throw out all figures and include a larger amount for a bigger con tract. The new contract included 144 additional buildings and water and sewer systems. A Seattle and Omaha firm were low bidders with S6.3S0.000 when the project was submitted for the second time while Hoffman's es timate was $7,174,000, Holman said. Sen. Holman said the changes in specifications on rebidding were "trumped up." and Hoffman was given only two days in which to bid on the new contract. Involving items totaling over $6,000,000. "You will note," Sen. Holman said, "the federal government lost more than a quarter of a million dollars by this unjustified rejec tion of the original bid." "He said he would consult with Sen. Charles McNary. republican minority leader and vice presi dential candidate on the matter. ADMIRAL IN MANILA Manila. Oct. 21 Uli Admiral Thomas C. Hart, commander-in-chief of the United States Asiatic fleet, arrived today from Shang hai in his flagship the cruiser Augusta. Officer Held Spy vaV . - Captain Rulo Romero, West Point and University of California grad uate, formally charged with a plot In Manila, P. 1., to sell copies ol a confidential military document to au agent of an unnamed power be lieved to bt Japan. t 1 . 'Ilr111 rifii Japanese Information Bureau Bows Out Lai khlikmuk oi uieuioeia ul UN japaueM roteigu iiuuruuiiiuii buimu In Tokio with untie acuauitrd fut by the fact that a majority ul tn men vlU Una pUues in the nr Camwt Inlurmallua Bureau, aiunterpurt of Germany Ministry of Prupaaanua and Enlightenment. The bureau la beaded Dy yaKicniro Uuma, center. Ashwood Armed as Quarrel Over Postoffice Continues Ashwood. Oct. 21 (Special! This pioneer mining town of Jef ferson county, a village that has taken on new life as a result of mercury mining developments in the hills just to the east, remained KIWANIS SPEAKER HITSPUD ISSUE Low Representation of Bend Noted A. J. Glassow, Kiwanis club luncheon speaker at the Pine Tav ern here this noon, discussed the proposed peoples utility district, which appears on Central Oregon ballots November 5, pointing out that it is a new business venture in which all property owners would become investors but as to which no evidence is at hand as to possibilities of success or failure. Displaying a large blue print of the district, Glassow called atten tion to the 849 square miles in the district. Then he noted that, while Bend would furnish three out of every five customers for electrical energy and one-third of the dis trict s tax revenue, it would be lucky to have one out of the five directors who will control the op eration. "It looks to me like 'tax ation without representation' ", he commented. Should the district be formed. the speaker stressed, its directors could levy a total of 10 mills on all taxable property before getting Into actual operation. To acquire facilities for operation would re quire issuance of bonds lor ex penditures estimated by the hydro electric commission at sngntiy more than $1,700,000. But", he pointed out, "we don t know how much it would be. Nor do we know what the returns would be. We do know that the bonds would be either general ob ligation, in which case they would be a lien on all property in the dis trict; or they would be revenue bonds, in which case the bond holders would have the right to step in to fix the rates if the operation was not servicing its debts." The Interest required over a period Qf 30 years, he showed, would be another million dollars that the district and the people of the district would be putting into the venture. State control of rates, now enforced, would be elimin ated. "I think we had better find out what it is that we may be getting into, he concluded. Al Eriksen, one of the club members listening to the discus sion, remarked that Glassow had now and then referred to the peo ples utility district as the PDU. "That explains It all," he said. "It's pretty darned unnecessary." Kiwanlans welcomed a new member, Everett Hughes, with Phil Hitchock explaining the obli gations and ideals of the Inter national service organization. Germany Places New Limits on War News Berlin. Oct. 21 HP German au thorities announced today a com plete prohibition, effective at once, on the dispatch from Germany of any military news whatsoever between the hours of 11 p. m. and 6 a. m., Berlin time. The prohibition applies not only to foreign but to German news or ganizations and radio. It covers news either favorable or unfavorable to Germany, In formants made It plain, and ap plies to all news with any military connection, Including reports of Gorman air activity over Britain. very much of an armed camp to day, but officers believe that the situation is "somewhat improved although still full of dynamite." Already, threats against several individuals have been made, a newly erected store into which the Ashwood postoffice was to be moved has been destroyed by fire. one arrest has been made and a suicide attempt was reported. Much of the present difficulty in Ashwood that has divided a por tion of the population of this little Jefferson county town into two armed camps appears to be cen tered around the proposed change in the postmastership. That change called for the removal of the postoffice from its present location west of Trout creek to the new store of Floyd Wood west of the creek, with Wood to serve as postmaster. Officials have nothing to say about the present situation, other than indicating that investigations have not yet been concluded. How ever, it is known that Captain Vayne M. Gurdane and Sergeant L. L. Hirtzel of the state police force have visited Ashwood. The investigation is being directed by Sheriff Henry A. Dussault of Jef ferson county. Representatives of the office of the state fire marshal have also been here. On one night visit to Ashwood, officers unwittingly stepped into the midst of the "armed camp." An officer who approached one home after dark was confronted by two armed men, whb came (Continued of Page 5, Column 7) MANY PLANES AT FIRST AIR MEET State Club Organization Completed . The Oregon Federation of Fly ing clubs came into existence here over the week-end as private fliers from many sections of the state braved an October storm to fly their ships here for an organiza tion meeting and aerial program. Forty-five were present for a ban quet held Saturday night in the Pine Tavern. Tom Stevenson, Bend flier and member of the state police force, was elected president of the new organization and George Hinckley of Burns was named vice presi dent. George Hudson of Prine- ville was named secretary-treasurer. Primary function of the Oregon fliers will be to secure support for improved flying fields and to seek aid that will further increase civil ian interest in aviation. Gathering storm clouds Sunday made it necessary for the aviators to start their program early to enable the aviators to return to their home ports before the storm broke. Even with the early start, fliers from Eugene bumped up against peak-enveloping clouds yesterday afternoon in their at tempt to cross the Cascade range and returned here to spend the nieht. Here are some of the fliers who registered for the meeting from outside towns: Daryl Eggleston and George Hinkley. Burns; Harvey Mtuer, Baker; Silas King, Portland; Vern St. John, Portland; William Good hue, Prinevllle; Don Wray, Beav- erton; Dave Lewis, Portland; Glen Watkins. Portland; Gerhard Mat zer, Beaverton; Herman Barnuck, Portland. The civilian aviators took part In four contests, bomb dropping, spot landing, balloon bursting and paper cutting. Flights were made from the Bend municipal airport SUPREMACY IN ! AIR PREDICTED BY CHURCHILL Command to Be Taken, Says Minister FRANCE IS WARNED English Confidence Is Up, Claims Head of Nation London. Oct. 21 Uli- Prime Min ister Winston Churchill predicted tonight that Great Britain will seize command of the air from Germany next year. The prime minister's prediction was addressed to the people of France. It came as First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander In dicated plainly that Britain is plan ning and building toward taking the offensive against Germany in spheres of battle where he prom ised victory would be won. Churchill, scoffing at Cerman Invasion threats, was vehement In his denunciation of Adolf Hitler who he warned France was plotting the permanent disintegra tion of the French nation and French culture. "We are on his (Hitler's) track." said Churchill, "and so are our friends across the Atlantic ocean. If he cannot destroy us, we surely; will destroy him and all his gang. To Command Air "We are waiting for the long promised invasion. So are the fishes. But of course this, for us, is only the beginning. Now In 1940 we have command of the seas. In 1941 we shall have command ot the air." He appealed for the friendship of the French people in the battle against Germany. "Remember," he said, "we shall never stop, never weary, never give in and that our whole people and empire have bound them selves to the task of cleansing' Europe from the nazi pestilence and saving the world from new dark ages." English' confidence Is high as ever, Churchill declared, and the British people are "bearing up well" under the German bomtardi ment 'Don't Imagine," he said, "that' we English seek to take your ships and colonies. We seek to beat the life and soul out of Hitler and Hitlerism. That alone, that for all time and that to the end. 'We do not covet anything of any nation except their respect." I-ranee Not Forgotten Britain has not forgotten the ties that link her with France,, Churchill said. Frenchmen," he said. "Rearm your spirits before it is too late. Hitler with his tanks and other mechanical weapons and also through fifth column intrigue with traitors managed to subju gate for the time being most of the finest races of Europe and nis lit tle Italian accomplice is trotting; along hopefully and hungrily but rather wearily and very timidly at his side. They both wish to carve up France and her empire. To one a leg. To another a wing or again part of the breast. Never will I believe that the soul of France is dead or her place among the greatest nations of the world has been lost for ever. All these schemes and crimes of Hitler are bringing upon him and upon all who belong to his system retribution which many of us will live to see. It will not be so long and the story is not fin ished. Churchill spoke first in Eng lish and then In French. His re marks were broadcast on beams directed toward France and to French colonies and possessions throughout the world. German Claim Speed Boats Dnven Away Berlin, Oct. 21 HP Nazi sources said today that British speed boats attempted to attack a Cerman out post vessel off the Belgian port of Ostend but were driven off after one of the raiders was sunk by coastal fire. The British attempt to attack the German boat was made this morning. Heavy fire from coastal guns forced the raiders to turn back, It was stated. (British destroyers recently had bombed the Cerman held ports of Cherbourg and Dunkirk and the French coast, reporting that they had Inflicted considerable damage to the nazi Invasion base). NORTH ITALY BOMBED Rome, Oct. 21 IP British air planes bombed northern Italy, where Premier Benito Mussolini Is making an Inspection tour, and Italian North and East Africa dur ing the night, a high command communique disclosed today.