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The Public is Travelling Many Different Roads of Confusion in Wartime, but When General' Rationing is Launched, Everybody Will be in the Same Boat. Swat Swastika and Japs 0. slap a Jap with a rubber fly swatter. You can use newspapers .(even this one) on the flies. Reg ister your fly-swatter entry in the rubber salvage campaign. ROMMEL Will the allies prevent him from adding Egypt to the list of axis conquests? The next few days may answer the question. Watch for it in the NEWS-RE-. VIEW news. VOL. XLVII NO. 71 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1942. VOL. XXX NO. 271 OF THE EVENING NEWS lUl ITU Mil u fHt DOUGLAS COUNTY DAOS Mm IV -4 M- : - In Hie Day's ' j f ..News By FRANK JENKINS THE main force of the British army, after withdrawing from Libya, is making a new stand at Matruh, about halfway between Tobruk and Alexandria. It is the end of the railroad that runs Westward from the mouth of the Nile. (If interested, you'd better consult your map. Only the map can tell the story.) ' IF and as the British are forced to withdraw from Matruh, they will probably make a final stand .on the 30 or 40 mile wide strip of fjiard ground lying between the Mediterranean and the Quattera depression, an area of soft sand lying below sea level and difficult for tanks and other motorized equipment to negotiate. The dispatches say the British fully anticipate that to assist Rommel's army the Germans will attempt an airborne invasion rom Crete, hoping thus to sur round and destroy the British forces. The dispatches add that in large measure British hopes of holding Alexandria and the Nile basin depend on getting substan tial AIR reinforcements. ' .'.... CEVASTOPOL still holds out. It is a wreck. Its civil popula jtlon has retired into catacombs cut into the rock some 80 feet be low the surface. This roof of rock has so far enabled them to '.. withstand the German bombs. From these catacombs the de fenders are supplied. It seems unlikely that Sevasto pol can hold out Indefinitely. VN the Kharkov front, the Ger mans are pushing the Russians slowly back. The Russians say that by falling back slowly they have kept their line in a straight, UNBROKEN front. That is highly important, if cW rue- VV The typical blitz method Is to send in tanks and aircraft, work jing as a team, to break through "'and fan out in the enemy's rear. If the Russians are holding their line UNBROKEN they are stop- (Continued on page 2) At Least 4 Jap Carriers, 2 Cruisers, 3 Destroyers Sunk, 10 Other Vessels Damaged at Midway, Final Report Says - PEARL HARBOR, T. H., June 29. (AP) The defeat of the Japanese Invasion fleet off Mid way island was even worse than first reported. The navy, waiting until it had rounded up all the reports and checked them, flatly wrote off as O Japanese losses: the aircraft car rier Akagl, 26,900 tons; the air craft carrier Kaga, 26,900 tons; the aircraft carrier Soryu, 10,050 tons; the aircraft carrier Kiryu, 10,050 tons: two heavy cruisers, probably the 8,500-ton Mogami and the 8,500-ton Mikuma; three destroyers and a cargo or trans port vessel. Unofficial estimates placed the probable Japanese death list at 18,000 or more. That added up to at least 10 ships sent to the bottom in the big sea-air battle earlier this month off Midway. The definite report of four carriers sunk contrasted with tentative reports on June 10 of "two and possibly three." The same reports listed only one other Jap ship as definitely sunk, a de stroyer. The loss of 10 likewise was In . sharp contrast with Japanese ad missions that only one ship, a car rier went down. The navy, summarizing the losses in a communique Issued Rationing U. S. Loom Prediction of Price Chief , Congress Group Menace To Present Price Ceilings Seen Future Resting on Tax Bill, Wage Stabilizing, Farm Income's Course WASHINGTON, June 29 (AP) The house appropriations committee and Price Administra tor Leon Henderson predicted to day that heavy demands on two groups of basic cost of living items would mean "a general ra tioning program for the entire country" before the end of the year. "It would be folly to name any specific items which are likely to be rationed," the committee said in a report on a $1,810,487,615 de fense appropriation bill. "To do so would cause immediate runs on existing stocks and bring about rationing earlier than or dinarily would be necessary." Henderson told the committee during hearings on the bill that there would be a need for ration ing of 15 major groups of items and the committee said that several-were in "two- of the.-baslc cost of living groups which means" a general rationing pro gram. Price Ceilings Periled Henderson, expressing belief there was a "very real danger" that "our present price ceilings (Continued on Page 6) Northwest Fuel Oil Limits to Be Modified WASHINGTON, June 29 (AP) Representative Angell (R Ore.) said today that the office of the petroleum coordinator had notified him fuel oil restrictions in the Pacific northwest would be modified in a few days and all heating plant owners would be urged to fill their tanks to capacity. Angell sought a modification of restrictions after the Portland Apartment House association no tified him its members could not get fuel oil. He said it was plan ned to store as much fuel oil in the northwest as possible while it could be moved to that section. The OPA declined to comment. yesterday, said that a fourth de stroyer very probably was sunk and that considerable damage was wrought on two or three bat tleships, three or four other heavy cruisers, a light cruiser and four transport or cargo vessels. An other transport or cargo ship was listed as probably sunk. That meant: 10 ships known sunk, two believed sunk and be tween 10 and 12 damaged. The carrier losses included the destruction of 275 Japanese planes and their crews. An Associated Press staff man who witnessed some of the Mid way battle from a cruiser report ed later that the Japanese fleet included five carriers. So only one of them got away. The staggering totals add up to a terrific cost paid by the Japa nese for their self-styled "diver sion" to permit the landing of troops in the Aleutians. The American viewpoint has been that the crushing defeat adminis tered by army, navy and marine fliers and by submarines frus trated an invasion of the Ha waiian islands with Midway as the stepping stone. On the other side of the ledger, the United States has admitted the loss of one destroyer and damage to an aircraft carrier. wgram Proposal for Monthly Pay for Air Raid Lookouts Rejected at Budget Hearing; Items for Promotion, Shows Cancelled A recommendation for elimina tion of $1,900 Included for pur poses of advertising and promo tion, together with recommenda tion for an increase of $10,000 in the emergency fund to provide a total of 25,000, comprised the principal suggested changes In the tentative Douglas county bud get as presented at the public hearing held here Saturday. A lengthy discussion was hold regarding a proposal to provWe money with which to maintain paid observers on air raid look out posts, but opinion was equal ly divided over the recommenda tiorf and the chairman, County Judge D. N. Busenbnrk, cast the deciding vote to break the tie af ter explaining that the statutory limitation would not permit in clusion of the amount needed. Needed Personnel Lacking. The court was informed that much difficulty is being encoun tered In finding personnel to keep the observation posts man ned at all hours. Chief observers and others who spoke, concern ing the problem j gave much praise to volunteers-) who, they stated, are doing far more" than their share of the work, but re- Axis Subs' Toll In West Atlantic Up to 323 Ships (By the Associated Press) Three small merchant ships, a Norwegian, a Yugoslavian and an American, have been sunk in the Atlantic, the navy announced to day, bringing the unofficial As sociated Press toll of western At lantic sinkings since Pearl har bor to 323. The Norwegian vessel wentl down first May 14 off the north ern coasts of South America, sur vivors at a gulf coast port said, with a loss of two of the crew of 33. The survivors were picked up 25 miles away by the Yugo slav ship which was sunk the fol lowing day. Two out of 41 crew members were lost. Survivors of both ships have reached "the United States. Crew members said the same submarine sank both ships and reprovisioned itself with supplies from the sinking ships by raking in goods floating In the water. The United States ship was tor pedoed off the Atlantic coast June 24 with 33 men rescued, three missing. . Their ship settled slowly, crew members said, and they were able to leave in a leis urely fashion. They were rescu ed 20 minutes later and landed the following day at an east coast port. The other sinkings announced yesterday took the lives of 39 of 79 seamen aboard the vessels, both of which were attacked sev eral weeks ago hundreds of miles from land, one far out in the At-! Untie and the other In the Carib bean. Would Imprison Captains. From the skipper of an Ameri can vessel torpedoed recently In the Caribbean came a report that nazi submarines were attempting to capture masters of stricken ships and take them to Germany as prisoners. Captain William H. Fagen said on reaching New Orleans af ter his ship was sunk that all ship captains were marked men as during the last war when, he said, capture and Imprisonment of veteran masters was a regular practice of U-boats operating in the Atlantic. The sub that sank his ship stay ed around the scene for several hours trying to get information from survivors about the skipper, Capatin Fagen said, and "they even flashed a light In our faces in the hope they would recognize me. for All ported that a great many people are falling to accept any respon sibility whatsoever. During the summer Rnnsnn. when farm Inhor is expected to be scarce, it wllfi be particularly difficult to main tain personnel sufficient to man the posts, it was stated. The suggestion was made that the sum of $50 be provided monthly for each post with the respective communities to raise additional funds with which to hire paid observers. County Judge Busenbark, however, pointed out that this would necessitate pro vision for more than $40,000 in the budget, which was a greater addition than the law would per mit. May Bring Martial Law. Harry Plnnlger, county defense co-ordlnator, stated that every ef fort had been made to appeal to the patriotism of the residents of the respective communities, but that some people were failing to (Continued on page 6) Earthquake Jars Chilean . City; 30 Injured in Panic SANTIAGO, Chile, June 29. (AP) A strong earthquake was felt at 1:35 a. im. today in San tiago. Communications were in terrupted and electric service was cut. Cornices were toppled from buildings In the downtown sector, but no serious damage was re ported. Temblors were felt also In the northern and southern parts of the country. Thirty persons were Injured here, some seriously, by falling masonry and in a panicky rush to the streets. I SAW By Paul A CABIN at Natureland, Just south of Bandon, the photograph appearing above being re-prlnted by request. It was taken upon the occasion of a visit I made there last summer. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Natureland, with its cabins of such distinctly unique architectural design, each so cozily furnished, and all set In the midst of lodge pole pine groves and extensive gardens. The oasis it forms is one miraculously spar ed by the great fire which swept the Bandon country several years ago, destroying the town. The last time I was there our party stopped at the cabin shown above, which, with its spacious living room, kitchen, dining room and four bedrooms will accommo date quite a crew. Nothing In this house is of conventional de sign except, perhaps, the bath room. I won't attempt a general description I don't believe I could. But I can say that I could j Aides of Nazi Saboteurs In U.S. Nabbed Original Group of Eight, Landed From Subs, Falls Into Clutches of FBI NEW YORK, June 29. (AP) Seizure of "several contacts and associates" of the band of eight nazi spy-saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast was an nounced last night by the FBI, which promised more arrests within a few days, New developments In the startling case of the eight Ger man agents submarine-borne to Long Island and Florida beaches with explosives intended to wrecK vital American industries includ ed the discovery of an additional cache of $20,000, Increasing the total of "pay-off money" carried by the saboteurs to $170,000. Neither the number nor the names of the persons arrested as aides of the invading saboteurs were disclosed by Earl J. Con- nolley, assistant to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, in announcing the new roundup 24 hours after Hoover had revealed the capture of the agents bent on a two-year campaign of destruction against the American war effort. ' Some arrests of the suspected accomplices were made in Chi cago, and some here. Those here (were believed to have been made lrom among a group of German .people living on Long Island not far from the deserted beacn at Amagansett,.. where ithf -first (Continued on page 6) Circus Dated Here to Show Only at Night ' The Russell Bros, circus, sched uled to appear In Roseburg Tues day, will present a night per formance only, it was emphasized today by circus officials. Much confusion has resulted through out the county from the fact that billboard advertising schedules an afternoon performance only. The time on the posted billboards Is incorrect, It Is stated, and the show will be held only at night, starting at 8 o'clock.. Jenkins NoWH-Ilevh-w ruolo ana KngrnvniK enjoy staying there at least a month. The gardens are marvels of In tricately designed walks and bor ders; flowers and vines and shrubs and trees. A word of ad vice Is In order here If you visit there and are In a hurry to get to the beach, don't allow your wife to see that garden first or you'll never get to the beach. John Dornath, proprietor, and his surprising family are admir able hosts. They'll do Just about anything for you they're asked to do no matter much what It Is; and cheerfully. They seem to be able to turn their hands to any thing, which, I suppose, accounts for the interesting resort they maintain. The beach, a pleasant one of sandy expanse between towering rocks, is only a few hundred yards from the resort, and an au tomobile may be driven to its very edge. I want to go back! Rubber Drive Stretched 10 Days Longer National Scrap Total Is Disappointing; Roseburg Receives New Appeal WASHINGTON, June 29 (AP) President Roosevelt extended the rubber collec tion drive today for an addl tional ten days because col lections through Saturday had brought in a disappoint ing total of 219,000 tons. Originally scheduled to have ended at midnight to morrow, the campaign now will continue through July 10. The continuation was or dered upon the recommenda tion of Secretary Ickes, In his capacity as petroleum coor dinator, and William R. Boyd, Jr., chairman of the petroleum Industry war council. An appeal to every resident of Roseburg and vicinity to put more effort Into the rubber sal vage campaign, was voiced here Gas Stations to Close In Afternoon for Drive PORTLAND, Ore., June 29. (AP) Motorists heeding gasoline In Oregon tomorrow must get It before noon or aft er 6 p. m., because attendants will be making neighborhood canvasses for scrap-rubber -in the afternoon. H. H. Ramsay, state chair man of the petroleum commit tee in charge of the rubber drive, said gasoline sales would be suspended for the afternoon and that stations would either be closed or prepared to give emergency service only. today by Ernest Pearson, local chairman. Collections to uute, no reported, amount to 274,239 pounds. Week end contributions (Continued on page fi) City Budget Will Be Aired Tonight The Roseburg city council will meet in a special session tonight for the purpose of a public hear ing concerning the city budget as proposed for the forthcoming fiscal year. It Is anticlpatcdd that an item of $720 for support of the municipal band will be re turned to the budget after having been eliminated from the tenta tive list of proposed expenditures. The council agreed at the last regular meeting, after hearing n delegation representing the band, that the allowance should be con tinued.! Any person having objections to the budget as tentatively pro posed, or having recommenda tions to offer for changes, will be given an opportunity to be heard at tonight s meeting, after which the council is expected to adopt the budget with such alterations as may be decided upon. Oregon's Jap Citizens Held Eligible to Vote SALEM, June 29 (AP) Ore gon Japanese who are American citizens will be able to vote by ab sentee ballot it, the November general election, even though they now are In concentration camps, the state elections division said today. It would be impossible to de prive them of the right to vote, the division said, because voting rights of all citizens arc guaran teed by the constitution. Reedsport Fire Razes Hinsdale Gravel Plant The Hinsdale Gravel plant at Reedsport was totally destroyed last night by fire of unknown orgln, according to word telephon ed here today. The fire completely destroyed the machine shop and boiler room, together with stores of grease and oil. The plant had been supplying gravel for air port construction work In the coast area. British, Inferior in Number Of Tanks, Adopt Fluid Defense In Effort to Halt Juggernaut American Air Force Counted on to Help Turn Tide of Battle to Save Egypt; Nazis Open New Front in Russia In Pincers Move to Close in on Suez, Asia Minor. (By the Associated Press) The axis announced today that its forces In Egypt captured Matruh this morning, thus reducing the first of the defense strong holds on the road to the rich valley of the Nile, the naval base of Alexandria and the Suez canal; and the British did not deny the; claim. But indications were that the allied forces making up the eighth British army had withdrawn to take another stand in des perate search for positions from which the axis juggernaut could be halted after its impairment in Isolated engagements and rein forcement of the defense. ' The tactics seemed to call for avoidance of a full-scale clash with Field Marshal Rommel's columns so long as the defenders stood under the handicap of inferiority in tanks. Soldier From Garden Valley Missing, Report NnwH-Hnvlow ICiiKruvins Private First Class Floyd A. Epperly, above, son of Mrs. Marguerite Epperly of Garden, Valley, has been reported miss ing In action In the South Pa clfio area. Formerly a member of the Roseburg national guard company, he was transferred to a position as maohine gunner on a bomber plane and had been In Australia since February of this year. He failed to return from a flight June 13, according to the official notice received by his mother. Gas Drought Leads To Traffic Chaos (By the Associated Press) Jammed trains, empty high ways and throngs of motorists gathered around the few filling stations open made the eastern United States acutely conscious of the gasoline drought this last week-end. In Rhode Island, police were eallcKl to control lines of cars at gasoline pumps with available supplies. Fifty motorists visiting soldiers at Newport were strand ed there. Defense workers In Boston ex pressed fear they wouldn't be able to get to work today, and ull through Massachusetts nnd New Englund automobiles rolling along roads were becoming fewer and fewer. While Mayor F. H. LaGuardla of New York City attacked the 2i cent8-a-gallon price increase ef fective along the eastern seaboard Monday as "discriminatory and unfair," vacationists and visitors crowded New York in numbers comparable to those on holidays. Railroad officials In Grant Cen tral terminal said 30 extra trains had been added to handle the travelers. Trains for Long Island beaches were heavily patronized, the Pennsylvania railroad re ported. Drivers rushed to filling ita tions in Buffalo to buy supplies before the price boost, and sev eral stations In the unratloned Buffalo area had empty tanks be fore nightfall yesterday. N o j 0 o un one .point or ine axis claims there was official British agree mentthat RommeVs forces, suc cessively by-passing Matruh's western and southern defense po sitions in two days of battle had reached around to the southeast ern or Nile valley side of Matruh, prized railhead, 160 miles from Alexandria. This is the airline distance. The routes by desert road and railways are about 175 miles. The Alexandria area was raided this morning by axis planes but they caused little damage and no casualties, according to the offi cial Egyptian report. , Berlin and Rome said that at Matruh Rommel captured more " than 6,000 prisoners and that hei was continuing .the ..eastward drive."'"""" - ' ' --;-' ' r The 6,000 figure suggested that the bulk of Matruh's defenders had been withdrawn. The axis claimed a much larger prisoner haul 33,000 at Tobruk, just eight days ago when that last British foothold In Libya was, captured. U. 8. Airmen In Action The allies, including the United States, were counting highly on air power to help turn the tide of; battle. Many planes, including United States air force units, have been thrown Into the struggle. The Germans, on the other hand, appeared also to have drawn heavily on their air re sources In Europe, to challenge the allies In the desert skies. At the same time the long-heralded main offensive of the Ger man armies in Russia was re ported under way In the Kursk area, south of Moscow and north of Kharkov, where the enemy ap peared to be attempting a wide swinging move to cut communi cations between the Russian's central and southern fronts, to prepare the way for a drive Into the Caucasus. Pincers Move Tried The full weight of Germany's all-out assault In Russia was bear ing down on the red armies In (Continued on page 6) Jap-Held Wake Island Blasted By U.S. Bombers WASHINGTON, June 29 (AP) The navy announced today that United States bombers had attacked Japanese-occupied Wake Island In the Paolflo last Saturday, damaging the enemy's air field and various shore Instal lations. The navy's communique said: "Central Paciflo area: "Although one bomber suffer ed minor damage during the attack, all of our planes re turned safely." Tiny Wake Island, which ov erwhelming enemy forces wrest ed from an American marine gar rison Dec. 23, Is Japan's nearest base to the Hawaiian area. It Is 2.000 nautical miles west of Pearl harbor and little more than 1,000 miles southwest of Midway, the American . outpost nearest to Jap anese territory. The raid reported today was the second made by American air craft on Ihe atoll. Planes from a task force led by Vice Admiral William j F. Halsey wiped out shore installations and some min or surface units Feb. 21.