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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1942.
Yankees In India
Blast at Duty On
Yule Packages
' NEW DELHI, India, Sept. 26
(AP) Exactly throe months be
fore Christmas, to be sure their
Christmas worrying Is neither
too little nor too late, the Yanks
tn this part of the world aimed a
broadside at Washington today
With the charge: "Treasury de
partment murders Santa Claus."
Those words were splashed In
big type across five columns in
the second issue of the CM round
up, soldier newspaper of Ameri
can troops in the China-Burma-Jndla
area.
The main story reported that a
recent radio message from the
war department says the troops
may send Christmus packages
home if they wish but there will
be no exception from customs
duties.
. An editorial page cartoon shows
a U. S. customs man hovering like
on evil genie over a ship plough
ing through the ocean with
Christmas glfls while a soldier
glowers on this side of the water.
A poem pleads: "No duly on
our booty."
And an article headed "please,
Mr. Morgenthau" says:
"It will look sort of silly to our
girl friends if they get the jade
bracelets we sent with treasury
due bills for $15 each attached."
(In Washington a treasury
spokesman who would not per
mit use of his name said that
legislation would be introduced
In congress soon exempting pack
ages up to $50 In value sent home
by soldiers and sailors. Meantime,
he said, the law required collec
tion of the duties.)
The CBI roundup announced
that American uniforms now are
being manufactured In India to
Bavo vital shipping space.
An All-American hospital for
American forces now Is operating
in New Delhi, the newspaper re
ported.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
ArV?fCAN FLAG,
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FLAG CODE, IS
NOT Ktf, WMITi AND BLUE,'
SILENT
VULTURE,
A BUZZARD-LIKE
ROCK FORMATION
NEAR RENO, NEVADA
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HANDICAP MAKIS SUCCESS MORE fSPsSSSTjl ifV I -"-
DIFFICULT, BUT IN AM ATHLETIC WVzs3i " jQL IrU'i
EVENT IT'S AN ADVANTAGE," f7 ,J5A.
' Sfyt FRED A. HAXES, 1 l liTS.-Vffii$M
NEXT: Anrcl of merrv.
Ground in New Guinea
Yielded by Japanese
(Continued from page 1.)
Defeat of Hitler at
Stalingrad Impends
", (Continued from page 1.)
ply stores on the cast bank of
the river.
German People Deceived.
Once again the German radio
boasted hopefully that "there can
be no doubt left with the enemy
regarding the result of this but
tle," and Berlin movie audiences
were shown films from the Volga
front depleting German troops
penetrating Into Stalingrad's
once beautiful but now rubble
littered boulevards. It was Just
two weeks ago that nazi troops
first entered the city's suburbs
and that the Germans declared
the battle had reached Its "final
phase."
Soviet headquarters said Hit
ler was pouring masses of re
serves Into the critical northwest
zone and launching repented
counter attacks In an attempt to
stem the Russian offensive which
has gouged deep Into the nazl
left Hank.
The Russian midnight commu
nique reported that soviet street
fighters Inside the city, "over
coming stubborn resistance, cap
tured the valuable position and
wiped out about 200 Hitlerites."
Front dispatches said the rod
navy's Volga river gunboats, per
forming "like river tanks," con
tinued to blast German u.yry,
armored concentrations and
troops, while range-finders post
ed atop two hills recaptured in
the northwest directed soviet ar
tillery batteries In shelling the
invasion hordes moving up from
the Dim bend.
the New Georgia group ot the
Solomons, and Rekata hay, on
the northern coast of Santa Isa
bel Island. Flying fortresses car
ried out these assaults.
CHINESE BESIEGE JAP
COMMUNICATIONS BASE
CHUNGKING, Sept. 2(!. (AP)
Engineering a smashing two-
column sweep which bypassed
strongly-fortified Japanese posi
tions for gains of GO and 40 miles,
Chinese troops in Cliekiang pro
vince have driven to the gates of
Chuki and laid siege to Chengh-
sien is a highway Junction 60
low Hangchow, frontline dis
patches said today.
Chuki Is a rail town 40 miles
south of Hangchow and Chengh-
sion Is a highway Junciton 00
mile's southeast of that most Im
portant enemy-occupied port.
The Japanese continued their
shaky holds on Kinhwa, provin
cial capital and "bomb-Tokyo"
air base and nearbv Lanchl, but
the Chinese said I he garrisons
were busy shipping loot from the
two cities possibly In prepara
tion to abandoning them.
Gas Rationing to Be
Extended to All U. S.
(Continued from page 1.)
RECORD CONVOY DELIVERS
SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA
LONDON, Sept. 2(. ( AP)
Foreign Secretary Eden declared
tonight that the recent convoy to
Russia delivered "the largest to
tal of munitions yet transported
In a single vovage from Hrilaln
and the United States."
. The safe delivery of these
goods, "which Included large
numbers of aircraft, tanks, guns,
much ammunition and valuable
stores of all kinds, was n great
feat of arms," tile foreign secre
tary said.
"The convoy met the threat of
air, surface and submarine at
tack," he continued. "The fact
that It did so with such outstand
ing success was due to careful
planning by the admiralty."
Eden disclosed that "seventy
five British warships of varying
sizes were employed" In guarding
the convoy.
The foreign secretary gave trib
ute to the effective coooration
of the merchant marine of three
nations, Great Britain, the Unit
ed States and Russia.
Axis Supply Ships Sunk.
British submarines have sunk
at least five and probably seven
axis supply ships recently In the
Mediterranean and nave seriously
damaged another, the admiralty
announced today.''
The rommuniuue said the un
dersea attacks had dealt "further
heavy'' losses on enemy sea com
munication," already hard-pressed
to keep axis armies in North
Africa reinforced and supplied In
the face of allied attacks on ships
and harbors.
of the vital war material, anil
his directive appeared to settle
the question whether the OPA or
the office of defense transporta
tion would control the program.
Jeffers said:
1 The office of price adminis
tration Is hereby directed ami
authorized to Institute nation
wide gasoline rationing on the
same basis as the gasoline ration
ing program now existing in the
eastern states.
2 -It will be understood that
after the Installation of a nation
wide gasoline rationing, the office
of defense transportation will re
view the program from the stand
point of its effects upon the trans
portation service of the nation.
3 -The existing arrangements
between the ODT and the OPA
relative to rations for commercial
vehicles in accordance with gen
eral order ODT No. 21 will bo con
tinued and extended throughout
the nation.
Load Limits Retained
The order referred to Impose
mileage and minimum load re
strictions on 5,000,000 commercial
vehicles, under "certificates of
war necessity."
The price administration's con
pon plan in the east provides a
basic ration of 2.S.S0 miles a year
at 15 miles to the gallon. Supple
mental rations permitting up to
4,0 milt's a month for occupation
al purposes are issued also.
As the nationwide gas ration
ing plan was made known, Ol
also indicated that the household
fuel oil ration will he about two
thirds of the normal consumption,
in a .instate ration area instead
of the previously estimated three-fourths.
to the coast Tuesday, where they
expect to spend the remainder of
their holiday.
Mrs. Mildred Willis of Modesto,
California, has been visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Anlauf, for two weeks. Roy, the
oldest son of the Anlaufs, has
been visiting at home, he has been
engaged with the Standard Oil
company, at Medford fr.r quite a
length or time, ut left Tuesday
night for Camp Lewis with a con
tingent of Medford men all en
tering the army. Norman, a
younger son, is stationed at Shep
pard Field, Texas, where he and
another Myrtle Creek boy, Mar
vin Baldwin, have been In the
hospital with yellow Jaundice.
Norman lias completed the avia
tion mechanics course of training
and is due to be moved the first
of the month.
George B. Jonnlngs of Kansas
City, Mo., an annual guest at the
hunting season, at the Ireland
home;Thomas Ireland and the
two Ireland youngsters. Tommy
and Charlie, all left Wednesday
morning for Corvallls where they
will be joined by Ed ' Ireland's
father, and go to southeastern
Oregon, in the Lakeview area,
for a hunt for deer.
Mrs. J. A. Jackson and son,
Lee, are making some fine im
provements on their homo build
ings. New roofs and mended roofs
all topped by a coat of fine red
stain gives that corner of town a
gala appearance.
Mrs. 1 1 eye .Stevenson, wellarc
worker of Grants Pass, was a
dinner guest at the Gnzley home
Sunday. Mrs. Stevenson has re
cently been very ill but is much
heller al present.
Showdown On
Farm Price Bill
Due Next Week
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2(i.
(AP) Farm bloc leaders Insisted
today on, forcing a showdown
next week on a proposal to Jack
up the levels controlling agricul
tural prices despite administra
tion claims a compromise would
lie adopted.
Senator Thomas (D.-Okla.) said
that despite any "half-way." peace
moves the administration might
make, he would demand a senate
vote on an amendment to the
anti-inflation bill raising the ba
sis of parity prices by about 12
per cent to include the cost of
farm labor.
"I can't withdraw that amend
ment at this late hour," the Okla
homan told reporters. "I couldn't
look anybody in the face if I did.
1 don't know what will happen,
but I am going down the line for
the farmer."
Thomas held a temporary par
liamentary advantage requiring a
vote first on the amendment he
and Senator Hatch (D.-N. M.)
offered before a compromise pro
posal submitted by Democratic
Leader Barkley (D.-Ky.) could be
brought up for a roll call. Bark
ley indicated a vole might come
Monday when the senate recon
venes after a week end recess II
began yesterday.
Conceding that the Thomas
proposal might carry, Barkley
said he was confident it would be
supplanted immediately by his
amendment. The latter would
leave the parity standard undis
turbed but would direct President
Roosevelt to lift individual price
ceilings where they did not re
flect returns to the producers
which took Into account increased
labor and other costs on the
farm.
(Parity is a standard computed
to give farmers a return equal in
purchasing power to a past fa
vorable iH-riod. Under terms of
the pending bill, price ceiling
could not be applied on farm com
modities.below parity.)
"1 think we have the votes to
adopt this compromise," Barkley
said.
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MYRTLE CREEK, Sept. 21.
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were pleased to have as their
guests over the weekend, their
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kirkwood, of Portland, who were
beginning a two weeks' vacation
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