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mm Ml alii VOL, XLVM NO. 172 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW o Besiegers Of . Stalingrad Lose Heavily Retreat From City Zone To Steppes Is Reported After Futile Assaults MOSCOW, Oct, 27 (API The Germans lost a foothold In the southern industrial section ot Stalingrad and fell back to the barren steppes outside the city today under red army counter attacks while na?.i assaults were reported to have beaten futilely ) upon restored defenses of a north side factory. Russian pressure against the German flanks both south and northwest of Stalingrad appear ed to be growing and the invaders struggled ineffectually to make more than slight gains within the city, the Russians said. Reporting on one phase of the action south of the Volga river stronghold, the soviet information bureau said soviet units had de stroyed 10 machine-gun posts and 26 blockhouses and dugouts at the outskirts. . Izvestia said the Germans had been thrown back behind the low, rolling hills which rim the south ern edge of Stalingrad, placing their front 150 yards from the city boundary, and chimneys of the battle-searred soviet factories in that area continued to smoke. Slaughter Recounted ' One red army division was credited with killing 4,000 Ger mans and Rumanians in six days, routing survivors from their posi tions and occupying new iines. Pravcla said that, because of heavy losses, the Germans were , unable any longer to press at tacks on all sectors. Red air force storm planes and bombers attacked enemy de fenses south and northwest of Stalingrad, while German squad rons concentrated their attention (Continued on page 6.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS EGYPT takes the spotlight again. " The British eighth army, overhauled and reconditioned aft er its disastrous beating in June, moves forward against Rommel on the 40-mile line between the Mediterranean and the Quattaro sals sink. THE reopening of the battle of ?fgypt comes with no shock of surprise. For days, the signs of it have been in the skies. First the axis launched a ter rific air attack on Malta. Its our pose was to keep British air and submarine forces based there so busy they would be unable to deal effectively with axis rein forcements being rushed across I the Mediterranean to Rommel. For two days British bombers pounded tile Italian port of Ge noa and nearby points in Italy, sending heavy bombers 1,500 miles from England to do the job. This operation was obviously do signed to wreck or at least seri ously hamper axis convoys being rushed to Africa. fJOR nearly two years, the fight ing in northern Africa has swlrii d back and forth across the deserts, with first one sid? and thp;i the other in the lead. Al ways the Nile valley has been its objective. In the last battle, back in June, the British led off with an offen sive which started well but ran into trouble. It closed with the British being chased out of Libya and more than halfway across Egvpf, but finally making a stand and stoppine Rommel only "0 miles from Cairo. Both sides were exhausted, and (Continued on page 2) To Speak at Nav" p Austin F, Flegei and Lieut, Commander A. J. Harding, above, will be in Roseburg tonight as the principal speakers at the Navy day program to be given In connection with the public dinner meet ing at the Umpqua hotel at 6:30 o'clock, Mr. Ftegel, a brother of At Flegei, local Texaco distributor, is vice-president and gerserat manager of the Willamette Iron and Steel corporation at Portland. He will speak on the subject, "Brains, Brawn and Blood." Com mander Harding, an active flying officer of the royat rfavv, has been decorated for bravery In action. Route Changes to Affect Roseburg Mail Service The further effect of the rub ber tire situation is reflected In instructions just received by Post master Lester L. Wimberiy of Roseburg to solicit bids for a new star route service between Eugene and Roseburg. This new route is to replace the one now operating between Eugene and Ashland, which connects with another route to Dunsmuir, Calif., making daily direct connections to California cities. Southern Oregon towns from Grants Pass south will be served by another new route replacing the one now operating. Points between Rose burg and Grants Pass will only be served by trains No. 323 and 330 now operating at night, the postmaster points out. The schedule of the new route to operate between Roseburg and Eugene are much different than present schedules. The northbound carrier will leave Roseburg at 8 a. m. and arrive by noon at Eugene, where a northbound train will be connect ed. The same carrier wilt leave Eugene after the arrival of train No. 19 about 12:35 p. m. or not later than 2:30 p. m and arrive in Roseburg in four hours. There will be no service on this route on Sundays or holidays. These changes will be Impor tant, as they affect the dispatch of mail from Roseburg and the delivery of mail locally. Very little mail will leave here on the morning dispatch at 8 a, m., since very little will have been mail ed by that time. The airmail connection at Medford will be broken and all airmail sent to Portland for plane connection. This will delay delivery of airmail from 12 to 24 hours at some points. All California mail will be routed north via Eugene. The mail from the north, receiv ed via the new star route, will ar rive from 4:30 to 6:30 p. m., de pending on the arrival of the train in Eugene, which is late frequently. Due to this late ar rival, the second city delivery in n.useuuiK wm prooaoiy nave iq be eliminated and a single de livery made earlier than at pres ent. Any persons wishing to bid on this new star route may con tact the postmaster at Roseburg. njT l KiGfeicsflt ti m s i i 1 9 a i . m mm mm THrDOTJGLCOUHTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, ay Program Here Jap Sub Base on Kiska Hammered WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. (APi Two new bombing raids on Japanese installations, includ ing a submarine base, on Kfska island in the Aleutians were re ported by the navy today. The reference to the submarine base was the first mention o such an enemy installation in the island chain reaching west ward from Alaska. However, the navy on several previous oc casions had mentioned enemy submarines operating in the Aleu tians area. Both of the bombing assaults were made by army planes. No report of the damage inflicted upon the Japanese was given. The navy said that during the raids enemy anti aircraft shore batteries were active but that no aerial resistance was offered. In the first raid army "Libera tor" bombers guarded by Lock heed "Lightning" fighters dump ed 18 tons of bombs on the Ja panese camp area on Kiska and the submarine base. Local Committee Wifl Aid Greek War Relief Organization of a local com mittee to work in connection with the Greek War Relief asso ciation was announced here to day by George Trapaiis, who has been acting as iocai chairman The committee will he headed by Attorney B. L. Eddy as chair man. Other members include Harris Ellsworth, publicity tit reetor; A. C. Marsters, president; W, F, Harris, vice-president ; George Trapaiis, treasurer; Ver non Orr, assistant treasurer; J. E. McClintock, secretary; Olive Dilfer, assistant secretary. The committee is planning an aggressive campaign to aid in raising funds for Greek relief. Chairman Eddy reports. Com munications and contributions may be mailed to George Trnpa lic, treasurer, room 10, Masonic building, Roseburg. Injured Danish King Is Reported Weaker LONDON, Oct. 27. (AP) The Copenhagen radio said to day King Christian X, injured in a horseback riding accident last week, was "feeling Increased fa tigue and becoming weaker." (SSJTfl TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1942, Main Line Of Rommel In Egypt Pierced Way for Tank Attack on Axis Widened; U. S, Air Unit Hits Hard Blows CAIRO, Oct, 27. (API-Slashing forward in hand-to-hand fighting under cover of dark ness and beating off desperate axis counterattacks by day, the army of the Nile has penetrated Marshall Rommel's main posi tions and widened a road for tank attack through enemy mine fields, batttefront dispatches re ported today. As the battle for north Africa raged through its fourth day there was no word of a clash be tween main armored forces, but the cautious British advance through mines, barbed wire and fields of heavy fire was clearing a battleground for the expected test. United States army fighters and bombers were taking an In creasing part, along with the RAF and South African air force, in holding mastery of the air and supporting the British advance In a ruinous battering of enemy po gitions. Advance ground forces operat ing wttmn sight of the bombing of axis troops and strong points sent back their message of praise; "Good show; keep it. up." In all aerial operations yester day, over the desert, the Medi terranean and Malta, atHed air men scored 18 to 10 over the axis in planes shot down. United States fighters Inter cepted four Macehi 202's over the desert and knocked down all four, equalling in a single fight their total hag for the day before. United States medium bomb ers dealt battering blows at Rom mel's land supply lines and his massed tanks, and heavy bomb ers blew up a merchantman and hit a tanker and barges in con voy atiaeks. Axis Convoy Siasted, Ranging out over Marshal Rommel's supply lines on the Mediterranean, allied bombers attacked a convoy off Tobruk and saw one tanker burst into flames and a large merchant vessel blow up after hits by bombs and aertai torpedoes. Allied fighters shot down two German escort planes after an at tack on the convoy. The convoy attack was carried (Continued on page 8.) I SAW By Poul ONE OF THE GALS in town sold a cornet the other day tor thought she hadt, "I understand". a more or less presentable genf Se men tso to speak told her as he called at her home, "that you have a cornel for sale," She admitted if, although it did occur to her to wonder how he knew of it. "I'm So-and-so, down at Such-and-such a place", he toid her. "If you don't mind, I'd take It with me and try it out, and If it is satisfactory I'll bring you a check (or it." The gal said she didn't know how she came to do as he sug gested; but did It, nevertheless. Later she was sorry and became i bit suspicious of the transaction. 'I'm going downtown and try md find that fellow", she fold her husband. "Why", he replied, "that would be like looking for a needle in a haystack." "That's all right", she said, "but I'm go ing to do it". And she did and, by crackle, she met the guy just as she parked her car, "I want that cornet", she told htm, taking him by the arm, "It's not me, lady, that you're looking for it's my brother", he inform-! ed her, "Show me your brother", j she said, grasping him more j strongly than ever by the arm. ( So, he started looking for his f brother and It seemed that his v vv wr v vv VOL, XXXI NO, Hard Hitter on Job "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" fs the credo of Vies Admiral Wth Ham F, Haisey, above, who fast week succeeded Vice Admiral R, t, Ghormiey as commander of the IS. S. naval forces in the south Psoitis, now engaged Irs the battle for control ef the Sslemen Is Nods. Haisey won a distinguished service merfai for his "brtiiiant anct audacious attack" last January on the jap installations en the Marshall and ffbert Islands, inflicting heavy damage to the foe't ships aod planes. Good Conduct to Free Turpiit, Oregon "Lifer" SALEM, Ore., Oct 27. f API Ralph Turpirt, Josephine county, who eseaised from (lie stale pris on in 1920 and who was free un til his return h prism East March, wii! be released from pris on immediately, Governor Kprague said today after giving Ttirpin a commutation of sen tence. Turplrt was received nl the prison Kept. 13, llii?, to serve a life term for first degree mur der. He es!ed Oct. Jfi, PXi'.t, la ter marrying and settling down to a normal life. The governor said that Turpin, during his 22 years of freedom, had lived an honorable tile which merited his release from prison at this time. , Jenkins brother frrtiuenietf the strangest places -or at least I hey seemed strange to this gaf. She hadn't iKfn in any of them before. But she swung rinM onto this fellow's arm ami followed him through ,-md all the Ume Ieeame more ami more entivineed that he was a trattd and didn't have any brother and thai he atone was responsible for thejthstractton of that cornet. And, tio you know, to make the story short, that Is exactly what had happened. How he learned about the cornet none of tts know, hut when he ett ft he had bouiiht a ticket out of town and was ahfsttf to 'leave when (ids gn nailed him. It takes ne"ve, doesn't It, for st Kill to Krab a stranger by th" arm, whom she suspects to he a crook, and follow him Info nil the sjfs in town where ordinarily she would never have gone? Well, I guess that's the kind ( nerve the KEs of our senentfttxi have. She dirt ft, and - she not her cornet bark. But she wouldn't have, if she hadn't have had so much determination. So, Greta, more pow to you and I won't worry in the future as to what may happen to you or any of your " possessions. I'll know you will he ante t amply to fake care of arty situation which may arise, 62 OF THE EVENING NEWS in Solomons Ex-Convict Held Here in Burglary Of Jewelry Store James Edward Shmtsp, ,12, re portedly an ex-convict, was In custody here today charged wifh hui'Klary last night of the Mor gan Lawsen Jewelry store hero. Shouse was taken by the state lEIet and city officers last night from a northbound stage when a siiek containing jewelry valued at more than $1,000 was found In his possession, Sergeant Paul Morgan of the state police report ed. Shouse has been sought since Oct. 22, when the Ifttb Cfgar store here was entered by a burg Ear who descended through a sky light by means of a rope. Ser geant Morgan, who reports that he has assisted before in arrest ing Shouse on burglary charges, stated that he recognized the styie of the burglary as being similar to eases wifh which Shouse had been connected pre vtously, and when he learned of the man's presence En Efosehttrg from ttef, ? to ttef, 22, he im Hiediatefy broadcast a description and asked that Shouse be held For ffttestfoning. The man was not located, however, until iasf nigbf, when, Morgan staEd, lie apparent ly arrived on a stage imm San Kranetsetj. Located as he was In tlie act of leaving the city, officers found fhe jewelry in his possession ami, uison investigation, Morgan said, learned that an enf ranee had been forced into fhe MeKenn and Car sfens Furniture store and a hoEe cut from this store through a Eight partition and Into fhe Law stm Jewelry store. In passing through the furniture store, Mor gan said, the burglar took 18 cents from the open cash register. The officers found 16 coppers In Shouse's pockets, Morgan report ed. Persons who witnessed !Ete ar rest were astonished when fhe ar resting officers sttddenEy stripped off the prisoner's trousers before loading him into the poEiee ear. It was reported today, however, that art officer had noticed pEasfer dust on the trousers and so seized fhe garment as evidence. Japanese, Goaded by Series Of Reverses, Launch Frenzied Drive to Crash Allied front 4 Fleets fit Combat Over Watery Grave of Aircraft Comer Wasp, Destroyer Porter; Japanese Also Suffer Naval Losses, Fait to Sals Air Mastery WASHINGTON, Oci, 2?, f API The-' bafe ef ttw Solo msm hat srepfsd in ft fhttffrfsresft snd potWy decisive clash of ship, planet and arftliery over ihe watery grave ef the United States aircraft carrier Wasp victim ef three terpesfees In a fa mlfttitet, AM mctlcaftsBS fesiay were that the Japanese, goaded by esRtifsftal bembmg east a reaSEiatisft that their marsh ef eersquesi! had stalled, were threwtug everything they have mtc fcersiisd drive te eraefe the allied front in the teathwett Paeefte, Less ef the !4J00.ten, f2JJ?,Q0O Wasp t Sept, 15 wa disclosed by the ssavy last sight shortly before ft was announced that a fall scale attack was rearing eretmdt he Americas defend ers ef Guadalcanal by land, sea and air. Price Boost For Bufterfat Sought By Dairymen Here Alternative 5 Clarion ef BeHvcrtcsf Rostburg C. of C. intsrvsnss far Csnsumrs The Rosehttrg chamber of com merce Intervened today as a rep reserttaflve of eortsaaneFS to art effort to secure adjustment of tRflk prices, following stsbmEssEon of an ultimatum by milk pro ducers of the Roseburg ares de claring that, effective Pfov, 15, they will cease deliveries fo dis tributors unless fftey are granted an. Increase In payments for but ferfat from 65 to 85 cents per pound. Distributors, who are controlled by a price celling, Indicated a willingness fo comply wff h fbc dc- mantis of the producers and are filing on application wlffe fits of fice of price administration for authority to Increase prices to con sumers; but until suen authority Is granted; the demands ot the producers cannot be met, the tlEs- mooters contend. The ehamher et commerce tm filing an application for permfs-' sEon to Intervene on behalf of consumers and will request, Harry Plnnlger, secretary, re ports, that the Roseburg price be equalized with that prevailing generally in Oregon, REsfng Cosij Cfteef MEifc producers at a meeting last nfjbt adopted a formal reso Euffon efecEaring thai aEE tfeEfver Eeg to distributors wouid be halt ed Nov, 15, except for milk re ouEred for invalids and infants, unless price demands are met, It was pointed out that fhe cost fo the dairyman on alt types of feed have at least doubted; that wages have uoubEed and that even under increased pay it is almost impossEoEe lo secure needed help, With substantial Increases En all other production costs it is im possible, It was stated, f o continue deliveries at fhe present prices of 85 cents per pound. Producers in other principal centers, it was stated, are receiving from 15 fo T8 cents per pound and are de manding Enereases, Mills cannot be produced profitably under pre sent conditions for less than 85 cents per pound, the producers contended, DEsirlrmters receiving fhe uEfl CContinued on page 8,i Willkie Renews Second Freiit Urge, Warns U.S. Failure to Fully Meet Aid Vows Drawback to Good-Will NEW YORK, Oct. 27. fAP) Wendeii l; Wiiifsfe again has urged a second European front, and says that "Ef we eonlEnue fo faEE to deliver fo our allies what they are enfitied to expect of us or what we have promised them our reservoir of good-will wtt! turn info one of resentment. "We owe them more than boasts and broken promises,' WifikEc fold a rMttitm-witie radio audience East nEght In an uncen sored report of his recent jour ney fo fhe middEe eif- Russia and China, The liHfi renubEEcan prestden- fEaE candidate declared that fhe war's record thus far was not such as fo Ensp' tr "any suErfEme faith in the ftuibttity of our military and naval experts." He termed "misdirected censorship" fhe idea that non-mfEEfary experts or persons not connected wEfh the government should not make suggestions about conducting fhe war "military. Industrial, eco nomic or political.' "Let's have no more of this nonsense," he declared, "Military experts as well as our leaders, must be constantly exposed to democracy's greatest driving power- EEte whEp-iash of puhEie Beth annmiricemertts foSiswa an extraordinary white housa conference between President Roosevelt and the navat fefglt command, . ' Capt. Forrest P, Sherman, commanders of the Wasp, dfsclss ed at Peart harbor last night that the carrier was mafsing a turn when hit and it the torpedoes had been fired a few minutes iat er they would have missed. As ft was, the first three hit neap fhe bow and the fourth went wild, Dsstroyir Porter Sunk, The battle now in progress at. ready has resulted in severs damage to another of the tfnitecl State's four known remaining carriers, fhe sinking of fhe de stroyer Porter, and lesser dam age to other ships. But the fighting, which as suraed major proportions Sunday after a series of tank, artillery and aerial attacks on Guadaf canal, has not att been one-sided. The Japanese have suffered damage to two . carriers, two heavy cruisers and one light eruEser sEnes Sunday, Twenty, two of their planes have beat knocked out of the skies, tnctuef. tog IT fighters and five bombers. The Americans seemed to have the edge in the air but the mat ter of naval supremacy appear' ed yet fo he decided. A force of enemy cruisers and ; destroyers was able- is stand off -and shell American positions on Guadalcanal from fhe ifortfi Sunday while enemy lattd: troops were charging against our setttft cm flank. Five heavy tank and artillery assaults were made on the west flank Friday and Saturday but fhe enemy apparently found fhe going too tough there. To add to Sunday's day-tong f Continued on page 6j Loggers Employed Near Sutherliis 9 On Strike Approximately 35 mes em played In tee Stinging tamp of the Smith Weed Prsducts company east a? Sutherlln walked of? the jsfc this msrrtfng wbert demand for wage Increases were denied, 8. J. Seversen, International Woodworkers representative, whs met with the loggers fsllswfna their action, n psrted that arrangements had been made for a meeting Wednesday morning with company official, and that the loggers have agreed to return to work tomorrow, providing wage negotiations are opened, opEpEon, developed from honest, free discussion," Good-Witt Threatened, "We ami our allies must estab lish a second fighting front in Europe," Wittfcte satd, . "I also hope that shortly we can put tnc considerable force in India to ag gressive use in an all-out attasK on Burma, as General Wav .. has urged. Thus we wilt relieve the pressure of our enemfes on China and Russia, our super!) fighting allies." - Wiiikie asserted that America was "also punching holes in our reservoir of good-wilt every day by falling to define clearly o,' war alms," and continued; "Besides giving our allies hi Asia and eastern Europe some thing to fight with, we have got fo give them assurance of what we are fighting for. The 200.0CSC,, OafJ peopie of Russia and the 45e,00tJ,BSft people of China peo pie iihe you and me are bewil dered and anxious. "They know what they ara fighting for, They are not so sure of us. Many of them have read the Atlantic charter, Right ly or wrongly, they are not satis fied. They ask; "What about a PaeEflc charter?' What about a world charter? 6 1 SlT' 1 IS