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11 1 fa 8 : --si : Six ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1942. Oregon War Bond Sales High Despite Tax Obligations Citizens of Oregon, in spile of the fact that heavy income tax payments were "just around the corner," purchased a total of 84,383,483 worth of scries "E" war savings bonds during February, it was announced by Kay Conway, state administrator. Figures for February, which do not include purchases of "F" or "G bonds, ure the latest available. Sales for February, which is al so a short business month, bring the total for the stale since the promotional campaign was launched last July, to $22,2G0,ti44. January broke all records with a total of $6,713,682, but this figure was swelled by many purchasers who bought their limit of $5,000 face value for the year, it Is pointed out. December, the "war" month, totalled $3,712,921.00. Of the total, Douglas county sales accounted for 1.55 percent, or $346,111. Sales In February were $98,936. Promotion of bond sales in Douglas county is under Ihe direction of Harry O. Par geter, county chairman. Credit To Campaign War bond sales in Oregon in February, a short business month, reached a high total largely be cause of the work done by volun teer workers under the direction of county committees on the pledge campaign and on pay roll savings purchase plans, Mr. Con way stated. Necessity of raisin;; funds for the nation's war pro gram was brought to the atten-! lion of practically all citizens In OUR BOARDING HOUSE ith MAJOR HOOPLE Mr DOrAT CtKB IF YOU DID, r IINNfcMl h t.Ot-1-tt-SCINDER OPERATED BV WATER POWER FROM THE FAUCET -ALL MV EDITOR WANTS TO KMOl 15 HCM VOL) eUESED TMACT PL AME. VOL) SWOT DOVMN WA. CARRNlMO 5PIEE IM'STEAD OT s- . MAIL EGAD. NOD REPORTERS ARE W I'VE OME-TRACK CHAPS-BUT IF Ki BEEM VOL) MUST KKJOW.TUE MOTOR CALL! MG WA"S MISSINS FIRE , ANiO YOU AM BETVAJEEeJ PUTTS X DETECTED HOUR, VOL) WlPS OF CONMER6ATIOM IN GERMAKJ.'- 1 WAMB . UMlQUE EARS, VOL) KMOVM.' FOR ISiSTANCEjCAtviNOO HfcK THfVT ROBIN VJALKlNJS lt THE- VAvR-D? V) Ac-.11 Walrus uvCOME OUT MERE AMD PUT IM TlAEGE , 6CREEMS US Laval Takes Reins of Vichy to Help Nazis (Continued from page 1) the Germans, the announcement said. A public German notice said hand grenades were thrown Into a German office In the center of the city. It did not specify the damage caused Dut set an 8 p. m. curfew throughout the Arras re- ! gion. Public establishments were or dered to close at 7 p. m. The German commander reserved the I right to take "further measures as soon as punishment is decided. Reports reaching Vichy today saiu a iicrman non-commissioned officer at Bordeaux had been stab bed to death by the husband of a French woman, apparently in family argument heightened by Jealousy. -tVlD YOU now continuing pursuit of the Finns. Kalinin front fighters were de clared to have destroyed 35 Ger man blockhouses, 10 earthworks, two tanks and various weapons In ) lhiT'.rt by"110Se T,','UCi""! ! ""-V" op'-ratlons which cost ihe the pledge campaign, while nun dreds of firms have Installed the pay roll deduction plan for pur chase of bonds by employees. The excellent Oregon showing was achieved in spit of the tend ency on the part of many clti- .mis iu curwm investments in or-1 pyt ul-i iu men income mx payments, it was pointed out, and it proves people of the state arc making ev ery effort to make the war bond program a success. A statewide campaign to eet nil firms to Install the payroll sav ings plan of bond purchase for employes Is now under way, and should help swell totals In fu ture months, Mr. Conway slated. RAF Knifes Far Into Nazi Industrial Area IContinund liom paue 1 were coming into service In In creasing numbers. French" Areas Also Bombed ' Spitfires and Hurricanes were hurled back across the English channel today for new fighter Sweeps of the battered, occupied French province of Pas tie Calais. Eight bombers which reached the target were the survivors of a force of which lost a third of its strength In an encounter with German airmen near Paris near the start of the outward journey. A submarine base at St. Na zaire and docks at Le Havre, German-held strong points In coastal France, also were bombed In the night operation In which a total of nine bombers were missing. SOUTHHAMPTON SUFFERS FROM NAZI AIR RAID HERLIN (from German broad casts), April 18 (API Nazi bombers caused heavy damage at the British port of Southampton last night, the Germans announc ed totlay. "Six transport sailing ships and a patrol craft were sunk off the English soulh coast by German light bombers during the day and several harbor installations were bombed by night," the high com mand said. The British raiders were de clared to have lost 17 planes In violent combat with German fighters an da communique relat ed that "among those shot down were a number of fotirengined bombers." British aircraft losses yesterday and last night were said to total 27. FINNS LOSE VITAL BASE IN BLOWS FROM RUSSIANS MOSCOW, April 18 - (AP) Soviet forces on the northern front have captured a center of resistance whose fall constitutes a maor defeat for the Finns, Tass said totlay in a dispatch broadcast by the Moscow radio. In two days of fli'liUns the invaders more than 800 men and officers killed. A Tass report from the south ern front declared red air force squadrons had fought German fli er i to a standstill in extensive en gagements over the Sea of Azov frustrating a nazi effort to gain aerial superiority there. (A Norwegian telegraph agen cy dispatch said Russian bombers recently attacked the German barracks at Vardo, Norway, where 2,000 soldiers were quarter ed, and killed at least 200.) Nazis Using Reserves The army newspaper Red Star reported today that Russian units, hammering against the Germans on the central front, have forced nazi commanders to throw artil lery reserves Into battle to take the places of infantry troops. Military dispatches from the Dnlcpcropetroysk sector predicted me nour is near" when the Rus sians will retake the huge indus trial center. Guerillas were said to have blown up German staff headquarters, killing 100 officers. Meanwhile, a report from Smo lensk province today said that In nine months Russian guerrillas had killed 11,000 of the enemy, Including five generals. Twenty districts of the province were said to have been cleared of Germans in the last three months. Carpentry Class Has Places For More Trainees The carpentry training classes under the defense vocational pro gram, being held at the forest ser vice warehouse, are making good progress, it was announced today (D.-Va.) dated April 15 and re leased today by the Virginian, the price administrator declared that "the changes in regtdations have been under study for several days now and will go out in a few days." S. Umpqua Falls CCC Receives 101 Recruits South Umpqua Falls CCC camp U. S. Passes War Output Turning Point Nelson (Continued from page 1) strlctlve measures, an authorita tive source said today. In line with this decision, mem. bets said the senate labor com. mltlee was likely to approve Mon day a dim oy senator Bali provid ing relatively mild restrictions on wages and union activity. The bill would establish In. bor disputes commission which could approve increases In wag es equivalent only to advances In the cost of living where the In crease did not carry the wage above the prevailing scale for that type of work elsewhere. The same conditions would npplv to Increases In "salaries above STi 000 yearly. Besides setting up mediation and arbitration machinerv fim the measure would ban the Insti- union ot closed shops except where an employer bad been found by the labor relations hoard io nave engaged In unfair labor practices within Ihe preiveding two years, or where a change was made by voluntary agreement. by Bruce A. Mollis, vocational co-1 has received 101 new recruits! uiuuiaior. ine members are . who come principally from building portable houses for the , southeastern states, V. V. Harp forest service at present. Several ham, supervisor of the Umpqua men from the day class alrcadv 1 national forest rnnni-tnH tn,t have secured jobs, although the I The new contingent brings the to instruetion was started only three I tal st reneth of the rnmnnnv tn weeks ago. Their departure makes , approximately 200 men, but about u pussiuie tor atiaitionai trainees 1 40 soon will be lost through expl to enroll. The day class is operating from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. dally. The ev ening class Is in session from 6 p. m. to 12 midnight. Arrangements, however, are be ing made for shorter sessions for Ihe night class, due to the hard ship ot the long hours on men who are regularly employed dur ing daylight hours. The building formerly occupied by the Rice and Myers sheet metal shop has been leased for the arc welding courses and It Is hoped, Mr. Mollis states, that the equipment will be secured and in stalled in the near future. It is planned to start the classes about May 1. New Programs Offered Douglas Radio Fans Radio listeners in Roseburg and Douglas county will find several programs on the air this ors'TnV" officers ftnd men and a very im portant neiense line, the soviet news agency declared. It report ed that soviet troops had consoli dated their positions and were THE POWER OF GOD Christian Motion Picture Filmod in Sound WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 8 P. M. ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH Free Will Offering in program listings. KRNR will Introduce two new series, begin ning Monday, and welcome back an old favorite. "Hank Kerne In Town" Is a new comedy musical i nunrter hour to lc heard Mond viecincsdav and Friday at 9:45 p. in. loimwing hulton Lewis. Jr.'s evening broadcast. A new 5-mln-lite news erlod will be heard ev ery morning from 10:30 to 10:3.r; the Haven of Rest, popular devo- tionat program, will be heard In a new series beginning Mondav morning at S a. m. and will bo presented Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Jimmy Scrihner's Johnson family will leave its af ternoon 1:30 spot starting Mon day, and will bo heard Instead nt 4:15 each afternoon except Saturday. Admiral Predicts Bombing of U. S. PORTLAND. Auril 18.-(API- The United States can exx-ct to be bombed. Rear Admiral Clark II. Woodward said last night, "lie cause that's the Hitler technique." "He always has aimed to ter rorize civilian populations. I It knows lhat sufficient bombing will create a clamor for the use of our entire army and navy in nome protection. That would suit him perfectly." Woodward told an Oregon plant protection confer enco. He warned that certain con gressmen, "those who voted against army and navy appropria tions for so many years and al ways leaned to isolationism and pacifism, have ears cocked for Just such a clamor." Admiral Woodward said Ihe United Nations have a sbipluilld log advantage over the axis pow era, especially Japan. "If the Germans or the .hm irae a snip it is very difficult for them to repiace it, whereas we have the resources so we can re place a lost ship much easier." aio siuii I'micti states na val craft were superior to Ja pan's and U. S. personnel was the liest In the world. ration of terms of enlistment. The company is located temporarily at Medford, engaged in Improve ment work on the Medford air port, but will soon be returned to the Soulh Umpqua Falls camp, It is expected. A. C. Freeman Passes Away at Happy Valley A. C. Freeman, 73, died this morning at his homo in Happy Valley. Born in Illinois in 1869, he had made his home at Happy valley for the last two years. Surviving are the widow; a son, Dale A. Freeman, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Florence Kitchener, both of San Francisco. . Services will be held at the Roseburg Undertaking company parlors at 2 p. m. Monday, con ducted by the Rev. M. H. Roach, after which the body will be tak en to Portland Tuesday for con cluding services in Rose City cemetery. LAVAL MAY STRIKE AT FREE FRENCH CONTROL WASHINGTON, April 18. (AP) Informed sources express ed fears today that Vichy Pre mier Laval might launch a mili tary campaign to wrest Syria or French Equatorial Africa vital link In the American bomber ferry lino to the middle east from the Free French. The collaborationist premier was thought to be considering some such gamble with French armies and warships to get the jump on opponents within France, who already were report ed planning to unseat him. Re liable informants said Laval was now prepared to go the limit In forcing the French people to col laborate with the nazis. Vital "If" for Allies. If Vichy warships and troops attack Free French Syria and Equatorial Africa, It was pointed out, the allies would have to di vert strength from other fronts to defend these strategic areas. Thus Laval would help the Ger mans almost as much as If he gave them the French fleet, per haps avoiding some of the chance of revolt which might accompany such action. An authoritative source said that Hitler exerted tremendous pressure to nut Laval into the ore- I miership, even threatening Mar shal Petain with complete occupa tion of France. This pressure was not brought to bear because of any confidence in Laval's abil ity to maintain himself in power, the source said, but rather as a test of strength between Berlin and Washington. No. 1' Mother, '42 j We can rely on the army when It meets the enemy. Rep. Snyder (D.-Pa.), chairman of a house appropriations sub committee on war expenditures "This will prove TNT in boosting morale, not only ut home but especially in China ad Russia. The great masses In liussia, will , have foundation to believe that . they won't have to fear an attack to their rear while thoy are bat tling the Germans. I predietd in January that Tokyo would he ' bombed before May 1, and I now predict that It will be bombed from many quarters by July 1." DANCE TONIGHT Moose Hall Townsend Club Na. 2 Rose Orchestra Gents 25o Ladles 10o To Mrs. William N. Vize, Greensboro, N. C, goes the honor ot being named "The American Mother ot 1942" by the Golden Rule Foundation. The mother ot 13 children, Mrs. Vize has helped her husband build a profitable coal business. ed the story across their front pages. "And now Tokyo noon raid bv allied planes!" said a two-line ban ner in Lord Beaverbrook's Even ing Standard. Olalla Thefts Cleared By Youth's Statement Deputy Sheriff Bud Carter re ported today that recent bur glaries at Olalla had been cleared by the statement of a 13-year-old boy who had admitted the thefts. Ihe latest burglary was commit ted at the Goldie Walker resi dence, from which a rifle, watch and tools were taken. The young ster, the sheriff said, has been placed in charge of Ihe juvenile court. In keeping with usual pol icy, he was not identified. Truck Little Damaged By Explosion and Fire The fire department was called this morning to extinguish a fire which started in a farm truck parked near the Douglas hotel. Gasoline from the filling pipe to the tank under the front seat ap parently had spilled on the up holstering, and when the driver struck a match to light a ciga rette, there were sufficient fumes in the cab to cause a minor ex plosion and fire. The blaze was extinguished before the airival of the fire department, and little damage was caused. U. S. Planes Bomb Tokyo, Three Other Jap Cities Continued from Dage 1 LOCAL NEWS Fire Near Reedsport Takes Life of Woman HKEDSPORT, Ore., April IS I API -- Funeral services for Mrs William Bell, fatally burned Thursday, will be held Mondav .it Mohawk, ljino couiitv. Mrs. Hell's dress caught fire from a wood stove at the Albert son logging camp. Restrictions on New Autos May Be Eased Sent to Camp Roberts Harvey Kppstein. Jr.. son of County Sur veyor and Mrs. 11. L. Kppstein has been called into active duty with the (i. S. army and is now at Camp Roberts. Calif. He held a commission as second lieutenant in the infantry reserve. Making Good Reocvery Har old Sanders, proprietor of Sandy's place, is reported to be making good recovery at Mercy hospital, where he is being treated for a leg fracture suffered recently in a fall, lie will not be able to re.!PVpr nun 1 1) ms worn, However, for considerable time. Operations Successful-Glenn I (Slltnl Palm has returned to his home in Roseburg after spending four months in Portland where : i he has been receiving treatment (or a leg injury. He was hurt; tour and a half years ago when j he fell from a pole, while emnlnv. ed In Klamath county by the Call- unannounced plainly discernible. This would mean that the planes were flown by United States army or navy filers, and were not merely American-made planes flown by Chinese or other allied pilots. Ihe destructive hall of fire and explosive bombs and fear of Ihe raiders' deadly cargoes set air raid alarms ringing across more than 800 miles of the Island em pire. Striking widely over the island empire, the raiders pounded Kobe, a seaport of 1,200,000 which lies 376 miles below Tokyo, and the manufacturing center of Nagoya 11,400.0001. while air raid warn ings shrieked in several other re gions of Honshu, the main island of the Japanese archipelago. Claim Plane Carrier Sunk A German radio broadcast saitl that "accordiivg to an unconfirm ed report in Tokyo an American aircraft carrier was sunk off the east coast of Japan today." Tills was the only axis report to hint at the possible origin of the raiders. Axis reports frequent ly give exaggerated or erroneous accounts of Japanese claims, how- in a search for Information. Conceivably, the raiders could have struck from the China main land, from Vladivostok in Russian Siberia across the narrow sea of Japan, or even from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. There has been no indication, however, that Rus sia had become Involved with her old enemy. Raid Elates British The Berlin radio said fire of origin destroyed WASHINGTON. April 18.-(AP-Price Administrator Leon Henderson was disclosed today to has baffled treat- : . : ., . , ; " i 'c i niy underwent have said action was being taken two more orx...,ions and .i to ease the regulations" on the cial treatment which, he renori. unill.l WregOll t'OWer COmiUinv mnra than AtYl hi.lllnn. lH The serious injuries he received flicted severe casualties in Oguni, itsuiicii m a none , in northern Japan, but it was not at that time Infection whi'-' nicnt. He purchase of new cars "so that dealers will sell something like their quotas In the near future." In a letter to Rep. Woodrum apparently has resulted in mm. plete cure and he has been In structed to report back to work in the near future. known whether the fire had any connection with the raids. News of the attack, the first di rect punch at Japan since her treacherous attack on Pearl har bor 19 weeks ago tomorrow, caused great jubilation In Eng land. London newspapers splash- First U. S. Flier to Bomb Tokyo to Get $1,415 (Continued trom page 1) Roseburg Undertaking Co. Established 1901 M. E. RITTER, Manager Founded and Maintained on Efficient Service and Courtesy AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 600 Licensed Lady Oak and Kane Sts. Embalmer be bombed shortly." Rep. Vinson (D.-Ga.), chairman of the naval committee, elated by the report of the aerial attacks, declared that "It appears to me that the allied nations are begin ning to take the offensive. Other congressional comment included: House Majority Leader McCor mack (D.-Mass.) "It was only a matter of time when our forces would take the offensive. From I now on Japan can expect to be on j the receiving end. Our men of the navy and air force have done a j wonderful Job to date under try ing difficulties confronting them. YES! WE HOPE.' You can buy a D2 Caterpillar , if you really need it for pr6-;;w i .. se duction. We have 4 on hand. You Own the Profits" DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, ORE. J e, i I War Order Limits Telephone Installations To conserve further the materials essential to the war effort, the War Production Boaro" has ordered the telephone industry to limit instal lations of both subscribers' and central office equipment as well as cables and wire lines. ' Subject to future orders by the War Production Board, telephones now in service will not be affected unless customers move or desire rearrangements or changes in their existing equipment. Some of the important restrictions are: 1. EXTENSION TELEPHONES may no. be installed i residences unless required for public health, welfare or security. 2. TELEPHONES may not be changed from wall and desk types to handsets. 3. PARTY LINES will be installed where sharing of lines will conserve scarce and critical materials. 4. SWITCHBOARDS in business establishments may not be converted from manual to dial. In compliance with the order of the War Production Board, we are do ing our utmost to conserve vital war materials and to meet the require ments of the order with the least inconvenience to our customers. . We are most appreciative of our customers' expressed understand ing and cooperation which are most helpful in our sincere endeavor to be of the greatest possible service to our Country and to each of our subscribers. Our 40,000 telephone men and women will continue to exert every ir . : .i i. .1, c.iun m Sno jou me nest possible sen-ice consistent with our Nation's Victory Program. 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