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T That Letter "K" May Prove Portentious of Hitler's Doom. In Kharkov it Stands for Defeat, in Kerch it May Stand for Another, and in Knockout the Finale,' INVASION Germany is due for one, accord ing to all signs. But how soon? The answer lies in her ability to resist Russian hammering and al lied air raids. Watch NEWS REVIEW news for a decisive war tide turn. Remember Bataan Invtst A Dime Out of Every Dollar in u,s.wor Bonds VOL. XLVII NO. 36 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1942 S-7 , pti VOL. XXX NO. 236 OF THE EVENING NEWS ...... i rt wm M v mr mm t n r v r-i v I mr -mm w m J v r m m m m v r w m- n rm wm ra "V w-m wm im.-" wimwE msm run mimi ' : : i . . fei JAPANESE 500 PLANES IN BURMA FOR KNOCKOUT BLOW AT CHINA Map Reveals Conquest Aim Of Nipponese India, Persia All Siberia Ultimate Goals; Ruin Is Fate of Port Moresby (By the Associated Press) China sounded a rare note of alarm today, warning that Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-ShekV ar mies faced a "very grave" danger in the five-year war with Japan nmid signs that a major Japan ese offensive against China was imminent. While allied warplanes slashed at the invaders on the approach es to Australia and in Burma, a Chinese government spokesman said Japanese reinforcements were pouring into Burma and that 500 Japanese pianos were massed there on a scale "out of proportion with their land opera- ' lions." T'.rr, ', i.r ,.-,. -'I - V T'ie spokesman said the Chung king government had come into possession of an officially approv ed Japanese map, published in Tokyo, showing that Japan's "co prosperity sphere for greater East Asia" intended to engulf China, Im'ia, Iran (Pcvrsia) and alt of Russian Siberia. The projected sphere's western boundary, he said, ran up the Per sian gulf, then to the Caspian sea and on to the Ural mountains. A Chinese army spokesman said the map of Japan's projected sphere "to us seems to be the dream of a lunatic, but the Japa nese say it represents their settled national policy with even divine (Continued on page fi) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS "VREGON has just gone through " a primary election at which an extremely light vote was cast. One. might say with justification that the vote was DISTURBING LY light. We are fighting a war In de fbnse of the democratic processes. If we should VOLUNTARILY ABANDON these processes, it might be almost as bad as if we lost them in other ways. O PRAGUE has been a good gov ernor. He failed to cccure renomlnation. To the extent that failure to reward good service lends to discourage the giving of good service by others, that is a pity. But such are the practical workings of the democratic pro cesses. Earl Snell, who secured the Re publican nomination and who is almost certain to be elected, will be a good governor. Oregon is safe on that point. THE contest between Incum bent Congressman Pierce and young Charley Mack of Klamath county was extremely close. It was Pierce's first close contest in his own primary. For1 this there are two reasons. One is the ability and integrity of his young opponent. The other must be dissatisfaction with the political government In Washing ton. 'TURNING to the war, which by monopolizing public interest provides the real reason for Ore- (Continued on page 2) MASS BIG ARMY, Leader of U. S. Air Raid on Japan Revealed as "Jimmy" Doolittle Of Speed Fame; Honor Medal Given WASHINGTON, May 19. (API "Practically every bomb" which American fliers showered on Japan April 8 appeared to have hit its target, the raid's leader Brigadier General James H. Doolittle said today, and he numbered among these such vital objectives as the navy yard south of Tokyo and an aircraft fac tory near Nogoya. The identity of the leader was disclosed today In a White House ceremony at which President Roosevelt personally deco rated the flier, already famous as "Jimmy" Doolittle of peacetime speed records, with the congressional medal of honor. To 79 others in the historic foray went the Distinguished Ser vice Cross. 'One salvo made a direct hit on a new cruiser or Dattiesnip un der construction" in the navy yard, Doolittle related in a state ment, ana "left it in names. " The aircraft plant' was strewn with incendiary bombs "along a quarter of a mile" of its length he added. Japanese planes gave the raid ers little trouble, their leader re ported, and not much difficulty was encountered in getting to the objectives in the sensational raid, which threw Japan Into confusion and gave a great lift to the morale of the United Nations, aside from inflicting important damage. . Doolittle said part of his party observed a ball game in progress at one- point and players and spectators did not start to run for cover until just as tne iieia passed from view. Secret Pleases Roosevelt The identity of the leader of the air raid had remained a close ly guarded secret. Just before pinning the congressional medal of honor on Doolittles breast, Mr. Roosevelt remarked with a grin to reporters that not even a columnist had guessed it. Besides General George c Marshall, chief of staff of the army, Lieutenant General H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air ser vice, and Mr. Roosevelt, no one knew about the decoration until a few moments previous. General Marshall read the cita tion for the medal, which said: "Brigadier General James H. Doolittle, United States army, for conspicuous leadership above and beyond the call of duty, involving personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish at sea. General Doo little personally led a squadron of army bombers, manned by volun teer crews in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland." Both the president ana tne war Canadian Liner Sunk by Japanese OTTAWA, May 19. (AP) The loss of the 16,909-ton liner Empress of Asia was announced today by her owners, Canadian Pacific Steamships. She haa been in war service. The official announcement said the "Empress of Asia was sunk last spring by air attack in the Far East whilst engaged in trans porting troops to Singapore." The liner served as transport in two wars and was long known on the Canada-Orient run. (As a transport she was cap able of carrying more than 1,000 men but there was no indication what the loss of life might have been. (The liner, built in 1913, had an earlier brush with Japanese bombers before the war with Ja pan began. On Sept. 14, 1940, the Japanese admiralty announced she had been hit by a test bomb dropped by Japanese naval pilots in bombing practice at the mouth of Tokyo bay. She was not dam aged but four Chinese members of the crew were injured. (Japanese officials and sur geons hurried aboard to apologize and attend the wounded.) department left unanswered that important question to which the Japanese would like a solution: Where was the raiding squadron based? . .' There was not the slightest hint where the planes took off or where they landed. The only in formation of any sort has come from Russia when an American bomber was forced down, in Si beria, and interned with its crew. Doolittle, a 45-year-old veteran of the last- World wait, achieved fame as a speed flier in the 20s. He has received numerous decora tions, including the distinguished flying cross for a one-stop flight from Florida to California in 1922 in 22 hours and 30 minutes. Mrs. Doolittle, "so thrilled I can't talk," told reporters that when she arrived from Los An geles this morning and walked in to the president's office, she had not the slightest idea her hus band would be there or that he was even in this country. Registration Dated For Gas Ration Cards SEATTLE, May 19. (API State rationing Administrator Florys Nagelvoort said today the dates for Washington and Ore gon automobile owners to regis ter for gas rationing cards would be May 28, 29 and 30. The dates of May 27 through May 29 had been planned, but it will be im possible to get sufficient forms here in time. I SAW By Paul A GROUP of canteen workers as they posed with evident lassi tude back of a table at the parish hall at the Episcopal church one evening last week. They were tired, because they had Just fin ished serving a fine dinner, and then had listened to a lecture on how to cook another. These workers are allied in some way with the Red Cross, al though In Just what manner I haven't been able to discover, which shows what a bum reporter I am. I do know, however, that they have been meeting together for months, sometimes bi-weekly, .listening to instructions concern ing the cooking of foods with the proper amounts of calories to please a, refugee from a war blasted community, or whatever. Between you and me. I don't think most of the ladies give a rap about the calories. They know they are good cooks, and figure anyone In need of susten ance would be mighty glad (and I : ' -I -V KfijB City Sewer Survey Ordered to Learn Probable Costs; Govt, to Pay Operating Expenses Mayor A. J. Young today au thorized a survey to determine cost of installation of a sewer line to a proposed system from the U. S. veterans administration facility here to the city's sewage disposal plant. The plan, which has been under consideration for the last year, would provide for the construction of a sewage pumping plant at the facility, arid a pipe line across the federal re servation to the line of the city's disposal plant property. The city, in turn, would build the pipe line from the boundary of its proper ty to the disposal plant, an esti mated distance of about one-third of a mile. Measurements have been main tained for the last year on the flow of sewage from the facility and the data has been referred lo L. R. Stockman, the city's con sulting engineer, who Is working out a schedule which will Indi cate the cost to the city In handl ing the sewage disposal for the facility. On the basis of the en gineer's report expected in the near future, it is anticipated an agreement will be reached where by the federal government will install Its own system to pump the sewage to the city's plant, with the exception of the cost of the pipe line across the city's site. The city will be reimbursed for its installation cost and will re ceive a monthly or annual pay-, ment for furnishing treatment and disposal of cewage. Mayor Young reported to the city council last night, at the re gular mid-monthly meeting, that he had been in conference with veterans administration officers and that the plan was proceeding (Continued on page 6) Drunks Die in Jail Fire Started by Themselves ' YREKA, Calif., May 19. (AP) A fire which swept the Tulo lake city Jail Sunday night, kill ing two inmates, was set by the men themselves, Police Chief Frank Rhodes of Tulelake said today. The two, Andrew Shelburne, 35, of Dorris, and O. V. Johnson, 40, Sacramento, arrested for drun kenness, set fire to the mattress in their cell, he said. Both died of suffocation. Jankint Mews-Itevlew IMioio ana EnKravlnpv fortunate) to eat the brand they are capable of turning out and al ways have turned out, calories or no calories. Although perhaps they don't dwell too lovingly on the subject of calories, the ladies were quick to Join the canteen when they found it was a kind of cooking school. Already top-flight cooks, the women of Douglas neverthe less are suckers for cooking schools. There's something about a cooking school that gets 'em. It's their curiosity, I reckon they are anxious to find out If the teacher rcallydoes know how to cook better than they do. Appearing In the picture above, from left to right, are: Front row: Mrs. Dan Crockett, Mrs. C. W. Wharton, Mrs. T. B. Vlrden, Mrs. J. C. Hume, Mrs. L. W. Josse; back row, Mrs. Julia Bach er, Mrs. F. W. Bergh, Mrs. Velle Broadway, Mrs. Harry Single, Mrs. R. L. Whipple, Mrs. Roy Bel lows, Mrs. J. A. Harding and Mrs. Paul Jenkins. Nazis Battle at Kerch Gateway to Caucasus Oil SjllfkwMMfflr "II" lliMHHW Driving desperately to advance along the narrow Kerch peninsula, the Germans apparently seek to span the Kerch straits and then try to roll on toward the oil of the Caucasus. Berlin today an nounced that the battle for Kerch had been won, while the Russians asserted the defense of the strate gic city was continuing with heavy reserves. Kerch was previously taken by the Germans, last De cember, but they were unable to push on to the coveted oil area and were ultimately driven out by the Russians. .61 '' ' Sutherlin Plant Of Smith Wood Co. Nears Completion SUTHERLIN, Ore., May 19 The Smith Wood Products com pany plant at Sutherlin is rapid ly being completed and operation is anticipated in the. near future. Installation of the new Swedish ga,ng mill, belonging , to Russell Hubbard of 'Reddsport, now is in progress. The gang saw already has- been placed on its cement foundation . and pedestal. The edger and resaw arc In place and. much of the electrical installation is complete. Other machinery and equipment is arriving daily. Work on the building is near ing the final stage. It is expect ed that the roof will be finished by the end of the week. The plant is designed to pro vide progressive operation from the pond to the loading docks. Af ter the lumber Is sawed, it will progress by continuous conveyors from the green chain direct to the planer, then, after sorting and grading, will continue direct ly to the loading docks. The logging road east of town has been under construction for the past two weeks. Two bridges have been built, ground cleared for a camp site and two buildings constructed for use by the woods crew. Six Sentenced for ' Theft of Ammunition TACOMA, May 19. (AP) Jail sentences have been decreed by Federal Judge John C. Bowen for five Olympia residents and a Fort Lewis soldier In connection with the theft of ammunition from the fort recently. Stiffest sentence was handed Corp. Ferdinand DeKok, 23, who was ordered to servo a year and a day in the federal penitentiary at McNeil island for theft of the ammunition. The civilians, charged with re ceiving the goods and having it In their possession, were given the following sentenced: Vaughn Isom, 37, nine months In Jail; William Bohlender, 24, E. R. Whitney, Eugene Brown, 45, and Richard W. Schultz, 24, six months each in Jail. Schultz was given until June 22 before he will start serving his sentence because his wife Is ex pecting a child within the next few weeks. Hawaiian Volcano Ends Two Weeks' Eruption HILO, T. H May 19. (AP) Mauna Loa volcano has ended a two weeks eruption during which it cast a bright glow over blacked out Hawaii island and was sub jected to an aerial bombing to halt the lava flow toward Hilo, the lifting of army censorship permitted it to be disclosed today. The volcano began Its greatest activity since 1881 on April 26. The slow moving lava wall, 60 feet high and one-half mile wide, finally came to a halt on May 13. Court Straightens angles in Two Citizenship Cases Naturalization Papers Given Class of Ten; Applications of Two Others are Continued A woman alien who had exor cised all privileges of citizenship for1 many" years -'without Know ledge that she had forfeited nucb rights, and a man whose applica tion was denied because he un knowingly has always been a citi zen were contrasting members of the group of ten persons, who ap peared in the circuit court today for final naturalization, papers. Mrs. Sara Phillips of Riddle, who is more than 60 years of age, had, until recently voted in the full belief that she was an Ameri can ciitizen. Born in Canada, she married a citizen of the Unit ed States In 1893. Following the death of her first husband, she was again married and It was not until after her divorce from her second husband, a few years ago, that she learned he was nn unnaturalized British subject and that she had forfeited her citizen ship. The matter was corroded today when she received her final papers. Eugene Victor Brooks of Reeds port was born in Canada. His fa- (Continued on page 6) Fishing With Two Lines Costs T. G. Solomon $25 Pleading guilty to a charge of violating the state angling laws by fishing with two lines slmul taneuosly, while trolling for sal mon, Thomas G. Solomon of Roseburg, paid a fine of $25 In the local Justice court .today. Judge Ira B. Riddle also ordered confiscation of his fishing equip ment. Solomon told the court, Judge Riddle said, that due to the heavy run of moss In the stream, he was using two lines, keeping one In operation while he clean ed the other. Mrs. Earl Benedict Hurt by Bicycle Blow Mrs. Earl Benedict of Roseburg Is reported recovering satisfac torily at Mercy hospital from in juries suffered Saturday when she was knocked down by a bi cycle rider. Mrs. Benedict report edly was leaving her automobile at the time a passing rider struck her and knocked her to the pave ment, causing a fractured leg and wrist. Drunken Driver Draws Jail Term, Fine of $100 Thomas F. McCabe,57, Eugene, was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days In Jail when he pleaded guilty Monday in the court of Justice of the Peace Clarence Leonard at Drain to a charge of drunken driving. McCabe was arrested by a state policeman while driving between Drain and Elkton Price Rules To Be Told to Retailers At Meeting Here , All Roseburg merchants arc be ing urged by Harry Pinnlger, sec retary of the Roseburg chamber of commerce, to attend a meeting to be held at the circuit court Xoom In the courthouse at Rose burg at' 7:30 ' pTm. "Friday;'1 at' which timo there will be a thor ough explanation of the regula tions pertaining ' to retail price fixing. ' ' Miss Margaret White, county welfare commission administra tor, who heads the consumers' committee of the county defense council and the information ae nartment of the OPA, recently re turned from Portland, where she attended a school of instruction at the district headquarters of the office of price administration. Miss White will advise merch ants of the methods required to comply with the regulations and will conduct a forum In which merchants will be able to deter mine the best means of meeting the requirements as they pertain to the respective lines of retail trade. Mr. Pinnlger stated today that It Is very lmportunt that all re tail merchants attend the meeting and urged that all owners and managers of retail establish ments arrange to be present. World's Roughest, Toughest Fliers Being Trained by American Navy to Turn Loose on Axis-Smashing Task WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP) In the not too distant future, the United States navy will start turning loose against the axis powers the toughest, Toughest, most physically accomplished set of fighting pilots that ever knick ed a plane about the sky. They will be the first products of Lieutenant-Commander Tom Hamilton's new naval aviation physical training program, the first commandos of the air. TtHr entry Into the world conflict will herald a revolutionary change In pilot training and serve notice on the axis powers that this nation has decided to fight on the basis of no holds barred. This new superalrflghter, when he has completed his 12 months of training, will know among many other things about all there Is to know about "hand-to-hand" fighting. That Is only a refined way of describing back alley fighting. He will have been taught by experts. He will bo able, in case his plane is disabled and he lands in the water, to keep afloat for four or five hours or to swim four or five miles In full equipment. That is the minimum prescribed by Commander Hamilton. "Every filer who is able to save himself by his own efforts and return to the fight represents a saving of about $12,000 the cost of his training," said Commander Hamilton, realistically. "And it Reserves Fail To Stem Tide Of Red Fury Fresh U. S. Troops Land In Erin, After Baffling Efforts of Axis Subs . 'By the Associated Press) Marshal Timoshenko's red ar mies were reported hammering the Germans into retreat In the eight-day-old battle of Kharkov today, advancing between 30 and 40 miles on a 60-mile front, crush ing tank-led counterattacks and wiping out nazl parachute troops. Front-line dispatches said Rus sian cavalrymen, charging wild ly across a pontoon bridge under an umbrella of warplanes, had captured "a large inhabited local!- ; ty" In a further advance on the big Ukraine steel city. Soviet tanks : followed the horsemen, while red warplanes shot down 17 German aircraft, which vainly attempted to break up the assault. The uniaentinea locality may have been Belgorod, about 25 miles north of Kharkov, or Zmiev 12 miles south of Kharkov. The capture of either point would cre ate a serious iianKing tnreai to the Germans. ' ' t '' The dashing Cossacks were re ported scouring the battle sector, sabering nazl 'chute troops 1 as they drifted down behlna me lines.' More than 100 Germans were killed In a single descent. Besides their sabers, the Cossacks are armed with machine-guns, rifles, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns. ''''. ' - -" 1 - Dispatches saW' German- tanks were attacking in waves, with three columns' of 100, ,80 and 50 , panzers striking in a sector only two and one-half miles wide. , - I Soviet anti-tank gunners stop-, (Continued on page 6) Son of Tiller Resident Missing in Naval Action Mrs. Maude Rainvllle of Tiller has received official word from the navy department that her son, Charles . Franklin DeWltt, gunner's mate third class, Is miss ing in action. He had been serv-; Ing in the Atlantic zone. DeWltt, who was born at Falls City, Ore., in 1917, moved to Douglas county in 1932 and spent several years at Tiller. He served four years In the U. S. marines, prior to enlistment In the navy two years ago. A brother, Robert Victor De Wltt, is In service with the U. S. army and at last reports was in the Hawaiian islands. puts us that much closer to event ual victory." Longer Training Given How Important and necessary the navy considers this radical new method of training its air men may best be Judged, perhaps, by the fact that It will add five months to the period previously required to turn out a fighting pi lot a year Instead of seven months. It is a bold sacrifice to make In wartime, when pilots must be produced by the tens of thousands. But, painful to say, it is necessary because our young men have grown soft In the past 20 years. "We had to face it," said Ham ilton soberly, "too few applicants for naval flying much less than half have been able to pass the physical exam. And too many who did pass originally have been unable to stand the gaff. I hate to say It, but the Germans, at least, were far ahead of us In their pre flight physical training. We are going to catch up fast." The first of the navy's new pre-fllght physical foundries will open May 28 at Chapel Hill, N. C, and at Iowa City, la., site oC the state universities. On June 11 the second two will start at Ath ens, Ga., where the University ot Georgia is located, and at Moraga, Calif., home of St. Mary's college. Each will handle about 1800 ca dets. Eventually, the system is de signed to turn out 30,000 flying commandos each year. , , if';-