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VOL. XLVII NO. 116 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,1 942.
VOL. XXXI 6 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
THE most exciting event in the
1 wolld is the big British-!!. S.
Canadian raid on Dieppe, on the
French coast 50 miles from Eng
land. '
A It is exciting because it MIGHT
"ovelop into something bigger
than a commando raid. ,
IT has Interesting angles.
' Instead of the usual military
secrecy (as in the Solomons, for
example) It is launched with a
fanfare of publicity that reminds
us of nothing so much as the com
ing of a circus.
For hours, the wires were liter
ally cluttered with details such
as the participation of the new
and up-to-now highly secret Amer
ican Ranger.
All this beating of the drum is
In sharp contrast to the heavy
silence and rigid censorship that
normally accompany big military
moves.
PRECEDING the raid, the
O Fiench were warned by the
liritlsh radio that it wasn't tn ho
a second front. (Tho'French ped-
ple mistook the St. Nazaire raid
for an attack in force and joined
in and hundreds of them were
shot by the Germans in reprisal.)
Informed sources in London
cautioned repeatedly that in spite
of the magnitude of the operation
all forces were to bo withdrawn
when the objectives have been ac
complishedthat it is NOT a sec
ond front.
It is stated that the objectives
appear to be to test the enemy's
defense organization, to try out
the applied landing plans and to
test the RAF's ability to cover a
big landing force.
JT is quite likely that all this is
'J truethat it is just a big raid
staged as a try-out.
But it might easily develop into
something bigger. A soft spot
might be found. A beach head of
considerable importance might be
established. It might develop that
the umbrella of planes spread
over the expedition was capable
of holding off the German air
force.
In such an event, what started
as a mere raid (with everything
set and ready behind it) COULD
grow into an OFFENSIVE.
If favorable conditions FAIL to
develop, it can end as just anoth
er commando raid with no stigma
of having started something that
couldn't be finished and with a
lot of valuable experience gained
pin practice.
ftNB, German propaganda serv
ice, announces that the raid
ended in a debacle and that not a
single armed Briton, American or
Canadian is left on the European
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Traffic Violations
Seizure of Twelve
The city police department is!
holding 12 bicycles which have
been , impounded after their
youthful owners had been cited
for violations of regulations,
Chief of Police Erwin Short re
ported today. City officers during
the last few days have been is-
suing tickets to -bicycle owners,
following a period during which less rules are obeyed there is dan
warnings were issued. Principal I ger of serious accident. We are
Ijpffenses, Short said, Include op -
rating bicycles at night without
lights, riding on sidewalks and
riding double on one vehicle. Of
fenders are given tickets and are
required to appear in the city
court. Punishment is provided Ing riders seen breaking the law
by impounding the bicycles lor! and In giving notification to the
periods commensurate with the police in cases of continued vio
seriousness of the offense. lation will be appreciated."
AMIENS IV ID EXPOSES NAZIS' AIR WEAKNESS
Allied Fliers
MeetVith
No Opposition
Explosives Rained on
Railroad Yards by U.S.
Flying Fortresses
LONDON, Aug. 21. (AP)
Six of Germany's new
Focke-Wulfe 190 fighters
were destroyed or damaged
over the North sea today by
a flight of eleven U. S. army
flying fortresses, U. S. army
headquarters In Britain an
nounced. The 20-minute battle, In
which one fortress was dam
aged heavily, started when 20
to 25 of the speedy German
fighters swarmed to attack
the American planes, a com
munique said.
The damaged fortress re
turned to its base. An enemy
shell killed the co-pilot and
Injured the pilot. Two of the
plane's engines were de
stroyed. LONDON, Aug. 21. (API
Allied mastery of the air, they
asserted, is complete beyond chal
lenge, not only over Britain and
the channel but even deep into
enemy territory itself.
These commentators, " whose
identity .could not be disclosed,
said this was proved by the extra
ordinary show of allied air power
yesterday, with virtually no oppo
sition and apparently without the
loss of a single plane, over German-held
soil.
In broad daylight, 500 fighters
swept across the French coast
where never before had more
than 300 planes made such a raid
at one time and a force of the
United Slates' big fourengined
flying fortresses rained explosives
on the Amiens railway yards
without even sighting a nazi
fighter over the target.
Russia Held Aided
The smoke of battle has lifted
from ruined Dieppe. The natural
surge of enthusiasm over the
masterful assault on the most
strongly guarded point of nazi
coast coast has given way to so
ber reasoning.
But even in the cold light of
fact and figure, Britons regarded
(Continued on page C.)
Immediate Pay Bill
For Dependents Signed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-
(AP). President Roosevelt today
signed a bill permitting living al
lowances due the dependents of
service men to be paid as soon
as necessary bookkeeping can be
completed.
The bill amends the original al
lotment act which barred any
payments until after Novem
ber 1.
Dependents of privates, first
class, corporals and line sergeants
in the army and their counter
parts in the other armed ser
vices are beneficiaries under the
allotment law. A married sol
dier may allot $22 a month to his
wife, with the government add
ing $28.
Lead to Police
Bicycles Here
"It is not the intent of the po
lice department' to impose hard
ships nipon bicycle riders," Short
said, "but it Is necessary for their
own protection that riders obey
the cardinal rules of safety. With
I he opening of schools the num
bor of bievcie riders on crowded
streets will be increased, and un-
1 trying to Impress upon the young
riders that the traffic rules are
created to promote safety and
for that reason, particularly, they
should be obeyed. The coopera-
j tlon of the general public In warn
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3
rful Retribution
For Barbaric Crimes Against Civil
Populations, Warning of Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) President Roosevelt warn
ed enemy nations In a formal
statement today of "fearful retri
bution" to come for what he call
ed their "barbaric crimes" against
civilian populations in axis-occupied
countries.
The chief executive issued his
warning after Secretary of State
Hull had given him a communica
tion from the Netherlands ambas
sador and the Yugoslav and the
Luxembourg ministers calling at
tention to nazi slaying of hos
tages.
Describing these as acts of des
perate men, and promising that
they would result in fearful retri
bution, the president said the gov
ernment of the United States had
been receiving information of
axis atrocities from numerous
sources and would welcome more.
When the United Nations
achieve victory, he asserted, it is
their purpose to make appropri
ate use of the amassed evidence.
The time will come, Mr. Roose
velt said, when the guilty persons
will have to stand up in courts of
law in countries they now are op
pressing and answer for their
acts.
Wants Law To Prevail
Asked whether he could commit
the people of ravaged countries to
acting through courts of law once
they got a chance'-at their op
pressors, the chief executive ad
mitted probably he could not do
so, but said he was expressing a
hope that judicial processes
would prevail.
Mr. Roosevelt said he had heard
of pleas from the oppressed na-
Latest Douglas
List of Draftees
For Army Given
The Douglas county selective
service board today announced
the names of men drawn for in
duction into the U. S. army at the
last August call. Unless addi
tional instructions are received,
no men are now to be inducted
prior to September 1, the board
reported. Those called during
August already have been sent to
the army induction center at
Portland. Those included in the
last summons are:
Reedsport: Darrell Phillips,
Thomas Yantls, Seth Slyter, Guy
Hattan, Herschel Nelson, Walter
Conrad.
Roseburg: Leo Boyle, Roland
Pope, Bernard Sjogren, Elmer
Crow, Charles Welkor, George
Willett, Joel Thomas, Carlton
Wilder, Edward Hall, Verlin
Cairns.
Drain: Wallace Dysert, Dave
Barrlck.
Lester Jennings, Astoria; Jo
seph Denley, Sutherlln; Bud Hlx
on, Broekway; James Brown, Fort
Klamath; Frank Black, Tule
lake; Roy Dodd, Jr., Yoncalla;
Francis Kceney, Scottsburg;
George Taylor, Cottage Grove;
Norman Closson, Lebanon; Ever
ette Boyd, Oakland; Hurley Dean,
Days Creek; Frank Fate, Milo;
Ray Sherman, Myrtle Creek.
Transfers from other boards
Included Bernard LcVitt, Port
land; Arnold Opstead, Manteca,
Calif.; Milton Aerondon, Marsh
field. LeVItt was employed at
Drain, Opstead at Roseburg and
Aerondon at Yoncalla.
Canfield Given 2 Years
For Theft of Grain
A sentence of two years In the
Oregon slate penitentiary was
Imposed in circuit court today
upon Walter C. Canfield. 29, of
Wilbur, who pleaded guilty to a
district attorneys Information
charging theft of grain from a
field. Canfield, who was alleged
to have taken 18 sacks of newly
threshed grain from two fields in
the Wilbur district, Sheriff Cliff
Thornton started, told officers
that he had served a term of five
years in t.he Oklahmoa state peni
tentiary for car theft.
Awaiting Axis
tlons to give them one week at
their subjugators, but that he did
not approve.
He said he thought persons of
sober judgment would approve
methods of judicial procedure be
cause we do not wish to kill in
nocent people. An example of this
procedure was provided, he said,
in the recent saboteur trial here.
Wlllkie Given Mission
President Roosevelt said today
that Wendell L. Wlllkie, who op
posed him for the presidency on
the republican ticket in 1940, was
going to the near east and Russia
to tell those countries the truth
about the American war effort
and the unity behind it. y
The president said that in addi
tion to Russia, Willkle's itinerary
would include Egypt, Arabia,
Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Iraq and
Iran.
The best thing to call him,
Mr. Roosevelt said, is a special
representative of the president,
since he will carry letters not on
ly to various Americans but also
to officials of other countries, in
cluding Premier Stalin of Russia.
In each country, the president
said, in replying to a question as
to Willkle's specific mission, his
principal task will be to tell them
the truth, reporting as the leader
of the minority party in this country.-.
As this leader, he said, .Will
kle's' words would carry very
great weight.
Mr. Roosevelt said that the re
publican chieftain had been asked
to carry to these nations a com
parison of what would hapen to
them if the axis won, and if the
United Nations won.
Coastal Salmon
Fishing Tightened
By McNarys Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) A study of certain crus
taceans as a food resource and
drastic regulation of Pacific coast
off-shore salmon fishing are ex
pected by Sen. McNary of Oregon
from two measures on which he
said today there had been no ob
jections. , .
McNary said he expected ap
proval as soon as he could call the
bills up for senate vote.
The fishing bill would require
licensing by the fish and wildlife
service of all offshore salmon
fishing south of latitude 50 north
which would include the three
Pacific coast states and would
authorize the service to determine
needed regulations and to co-or
dinate offshore regulations with
those in force In the three states.
Each boat used in offshore sal
mon fishing would be required to
have a license, at a fee of not
more than $5, and the kind of
gear and nets to be used would
be specified.
Those who engaged in offshore
fishing In 1939, 1940 and 1941
would be entitled to file applica
tion for permits. If in later per
iods the service determined that
more permits should be issued,
they would be distributed by lot
among applicants.
Logging Safety Code
Ruled Constitutional
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (AP)
Oregon's logging safety code
In efefct since 1911, is con
stitutional, Federal Judge Yank
wich ruled yesterday in denying
a motion of counsel for the Or-
trander Railway and Timber
company In a damage action.
The company, defendant in a
suit brought by Alma Mallatt
over the death of Clarence E.
Mallatt, a loadeV, asked that a
negligence charge be stricken on
the ground that the safety regu
lations were unconstitutional.
The court said they had been
upheld previously by the slate su
preme court and added that the
challenge to them came rather
late since they had been In effect
more than 30 years.
Nazis Pay Big
Price In Area
Of Stalingrad
Counterattacks of Reds
. Litter Pathway to Goal
' With Corpses of Foes '
!
MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (AP)
German forces which crossed ihe
Don river loop southeast of Klet
skaya fought Jolently for a path
way to Stalingrad today, but field
dispatches said atrong Russian
bayonet charges pinned down the
vanguard and the complement
ary thrust from the southwest
was hurled back by counter at
tacks. Izvestia declared that almost
all the Germans who sought to
establish bridgeheads along the
Don bend were exterminated, but
two fresh nazi divisions moved
up.
This report from the govern
ment publication came' as the
army newspaper Red Star said
approaches to the river were cov
ered with the bodies of Germans,
Italians, Hungarians, even while
the crossing effort persisted.
. German airmen supported the
assault operations.
Italian Units Erased
bovlet air scouts discovered a
iare concentration of, Italians
in two settlements and Red army
ground troops were reported to
have wiped out virtually all of
them in surprise attacks with
mortars.
The axis dead totaled thous
ands, said the communist news
paper Pravda. It reported 17
(Continued on page G.)
Third Axis Sub-Boat
Destroyed Off Brazil
(By the Associated Press)
Enemy submarines in South
American waters have picked off
two more merchant victims but
reports from Rio dc Janeiro today
said a U. S. plane had sunk an
other undersea raider the third
destroyed in recent days in that
area.
That the pack of axis submor
sibles is meeting stiff resistance
off the Brazilian coast was indi
cated by dispatches from Forta
leza crediting an American plane
with destroying a sub. United
States fliers also were reported
to have sunk one other subma
rine of the three. .
The latest officially disclosed
ship sinkings those of a Brazil
ian coastal steamer and a British
cargo carrier put at 438 the As
sociated Press tabulation ot an
nounced allied and neutral war
time merchant losses In the west
ern Atlantic area.
American Soldiers
Air view of the harbor at Dieppe, on the French channel coast, where United States, Canadla, British and Free French Commandos
carried out a raid that broke through heavy nazi defenses to smash coastal batteries and munitions dumps and wreak other havoo In the
foe's military installations. It was the first time Yankee fighting troons had gone Into action on French soil since 1918.
Candidate Of
Farley Vins
Nomination
Bennett's Victory Over
President-Backed Mead
May Cause Demo Split
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (AP)
Senators split today on the sig
nificance ot the nomination or
Attorney General John J. Ben
nett, Jr., for governor of New
York over Senator James M.
Mead, who had the support of
President Roosevelt.
The democratic state convent
Ion yesterday nominated Bennett
on the first ballot over Mead, 023
to 393. They were the only men
voted on.
Most legislators begged to be
excused from commenting on ihe
victory scored yesterday by James
A. Farley, democratic state chair
man, who had backed Bennett.
But among those willing to talk
on or oft the record were nomo
whp believed the stale convent
Ion result Increased Farley's pol
itical stature In the 1944 pres
idential picture and others who
thought it would boomerang
(Continued on page 0.)
Downward Tire ,
Rationing Ordered
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) Willi September tire quo
tas facing a reduction from the
August level, the office of price
administration culled upon local
rationing boards today for the
"strictest possible interpretation"
of recent regulations restricting
truck eligibility to essential ve
hicles. Trucks still on the eligible list
Include those' necessai-y to the
war effort or public heulth and
safety.
In a letter to local hoards, the
OPA said the war production
board, which allocates rubber for
military, civilian and other uses,
had notified It that allotments of
tires must follow a downward
trend for the remainder of 1942.
The OPA in July ordered thut
Hres be denied to an estimated
200,000 vehicles carrying alco
holic beverages, soft drinks, can
dies, furs and other luxury goods.
Tire quotas have boon increas
ed monthly for the last five
months to provide additional re
quirements during the hot weath
er. With a reversal of this trend,
the OPA asked local boards to
consider each application in the
light ot the month s quotas, in
stead of carrying unfilled applica
tions from one month Into the
next.
Again on French Soil in Commando Raid
F. D. R. Cracks
Down on Discord
In U. S. Agencies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (AP)
Declaring heads of some gov
ernment agencies were talking
too much, President Roosevevlt
today directed all government
administrators to refrain from
public debate of controversial
questions of policy and to stop
criticizing each other In such con
troversies. Mr. Roosevelt said that airing
l of divergent opinions In the pub
lic press were being seized upon
and exploited by enemies of the
united nations. In Identical letters
to the heads of each department
and agency, the president said:
Disagreements either us to
fnpt'nr nnlir't jshnnlrl tint hp nnh.
llely aired, but are to be sub-
mltted to me by the appropriate
heads of the conflicting agencies.
The policy of the government
should be announced by me, as
the responsible head thereof.
Disagreements as to facts can
be resolved, if necessary, by In
vestigations and surveys directed
by me. ' '
"Where honest differences ot
opinion exist, no one would pro
pose to suppress them, the pres
ident wrote. "Nor would anyone
attempt to Interfere' wilh the
free use by every public official
of the normal processes of infor
mation to the public and press.
"But it is no solution to a con
troverted questlun to argue It out
in public. If the agencies would
refrain from resorting to public
debate of this kind, they would
have a good deal more time to
attend to their business, and the
nation would have a good deal
more assurance that that business-was
being-kine-rlnht .'""l
Railroads Banned From
Gas Delivery, 20 States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) Petroleum Coordinator
Harold Ickes today prohibited
railroad delivery of automobile
gasoline In 20 states In the middle
west and southwest In a move to
release an estimated 5,000 to 6,
000 tank cars for supplying the
east.
The'slatcs brought under the
ban were Texas, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mis
souri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da
kola and South Dakota.
Deputy Coordinator Ralph K.
Davles said It "remains to be
seen" whether rationing of pe
troleum would be made necessary
In those stales as a result of the
order. .
Volunteers to Aid in
Salvage of Scrap Iron
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (API
Five thousand volunteer workers
will aid In Oregon's collection of
scrap Iron, which will get under
way September 7, Claude I. Ser-
sanous, state salvage committee
chairman, said today.
NipponsTry
Comeback In
Solomons
v U. S. Marines Continue "
Mopping Up Remnants
Of Jap Garrison Units
(By the Associated Press)
Giant U. S. army flying fort
resses were reported launching a
big attack on Japanese warships
off the Solomon islands today as
the enemy apparently moved to
strike back at American marines
now occupying- at least three
Islands in the southeast ot the
900-mlle-long archipelago.
A British broadcast Indicated
the attack was developing and
said details were being awaited.
Previous reports from New
Zealand had said the enemy was
massing naval forces for a coun
ter blow against the marines in
the Tulagl area. .
A navy communique announc
ed last night htat the marine
now were engaged in mopping
up remnants of Japanese garri
son troops on islands "recently
captured" at the eastern end ot
the archipelago.
Jap Warship Set Afire.
The navy said a Japanese de
stroyer or cruiser had been set
afire by allied aircraft and de
clared that bombardments by
enemy planes, destroyers and
submarines , had Inflicted only
minor damage on allied shorepo
sit Ions. .. :y i- -
Enemy destroyers could tilde
easily in tne maze or isiunus, hp
caping' detection by day, and
make hit-and-run attacks on the
marines' shore position under
cover of darkness. ' ; ,
The navy's announcement that
several islands had been "re
cently captured" indicated that
the marines, cutting through the
mountainous jungles, had virtu
ally completed occupation of the
strategic bases. The, leather
necks were known to have gained
beachheads on at least three and
perhaps six of the eastern Solo
mons. .
Tokyo Claims Repulse. ;:. -
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
asserted today that a small force
of American troops effected a
landing at dawn August 17 on
Makln island In the Gilbert
islands, 2,400 miles southwest of
Hawaii, but were "repulsed com
pletely" by the Japanese garri
son. . .
The Japanese report, uncon
firmed elsewhere, said the land
ing party consisted of about 200
troops. j
Seized by the Japanese at the
outset of the war, the former
British-owned Gilbert islands lie
on the equator, just below power
ful enemy bases In the Marshall
Islands and 1,100 miles northeast
of the Solomon islands.
Such a raid presumably would
be little more than a Commando
(Continued on page 6.)