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ifinnnei5ieiBw?a florae ffliPuTeia fan fmrnwrn (6W To)M(d Inland Port Severely Hit In 52nd Raid Iwry Pay Pay VOL. XLVII N0.219 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW U. S.DefripdedinWireBuy by Of Trick 11 st, Indictment Asserts o Charge Hits Anaconda Co., Five Officers Complaints Include One From Russia; Material Banned From War Use WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) Attorney General Biddle announced todav the Indictment of Anaconda Wire and Cable company, in what he called "one of the most reprehensible cases of defrauding the government and endangering the lives of A'mcr'can soldiers and sailors." The justice department said the Marion (Ind.) company was charged with turning out defec tive wire in meeting $6,000,000 in government orders. Some of its wire went to Russia, and an offi cial said, resulting in a soviet complaint, while the U. S. army had ordered that communications wire from the Anaconda com pany be used only for maneuvers not for combat. Besides conspiracy to defraud, Riddle said the indictment of the company and five officers, re turned at Fort Wayne, Ind., charged conspiracy to present "false claims in the production and sale of wire and cable used by the armed forces for combat communication purposes." "I can conceive of nothing more vicious, or treacherous than Oleliboratcly supplying our armed forces with defective war ma terial; and I am Informed that only the alertness of government inspectors and the promptness with which the war frauds unit and the FBI investigated com plaints in this case has prevented enormous quantities of defective wire and cable from being trans- ported to our troops overseas," Biddle declared. Trick Device Used. , The justice department charg ed the defendants "secretly in stalled, behind sliding panels tin der test tables, mechanisms that enabled the passing of inferior or detective materials. In addition to the company, the justice department said de fendants named in the indict- Wnents were Thor S. Johnson, gen- (Continued on page 6.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS STRIKING news: Rommel's retreating army (estimated at from 50,000 to 00, 000 men and an unknown number of tanks) was cut 65 miles west ol El Aeheila by a British fly ing wedge that got in between his rear guard and his main force His trapped rear guard, try ing to fight its way out, is said to have suffered heavy losses, in cluding much armored equipment. OT only that, but the encircled rear guard is believed to in clude a large part of Rommel's famed Afrika Korps, which has been the backbone of his strength. THE news Is Important, indicat ing that Rommel is really running for his life and not do ing too well at it. If he had been able to get to Tunis In good order, adding his 50,000 to 60.000 battle-hardened veterans to the axis forces already in northern Tunisia, our job there would have been made MUCH harder. As it is, there is reason to hope that whatever remnant of his army may get to Tunisia, or even to Tripoli, will be badly disor ganized by the time it gets there. o P4ARLAN, the mystery man, ) breaks into the news again in a big way. Talking to allied correspondents (Continued on page 2) Primrose Path of Byron " Chandler, Broadway's 'Milllion Dollar Kid,' Ends in Suicide on Florida Estate PALM BEACH, FLA., Dec. 21 -(API The life of Byron D. Chandler, made glittering In his days as Broadway's "million dol lar kid," ended here yesterday. A lustice of the peace said it was .--uicide. The body of the 62-year-old man who squandered two million dollars along a primrose path in a spendthrift career that began in the early 1900's was found yesterday floating in Lake Worth. There was a bullet wound in the chest. Justice of the Peace T. H. Rick nrds, who said Chandler had shot himself, deemed an inquest un necessary. Police Chief L. O. Eck Kind said the shooting apparently took place on a dock at Chand lers Palm Beach estate, and the body fell into the water. A news boy discovered it. Chandler was said to have been despondent because of ill health and a conviction at Miami last voir on a charge of sending a lewd letter through the malls, lie was 'Ined $1,000 and given a suspemh d sentence of a year and a day. Chandler was married four times, each wife an actress and each marriage ending in divorce. Nor were these four all who would have been willing to have thrown their lot with the aging ' million dollar kid." At one time Ex-Mayor, Serving Term for Murder, Flees From Prison BOISE, IDAHO, Dec. 21 (AP) Duncan M. Johnston, former Twin Falls Mayor convicted of killing a Utah jawelry salesman, and who fled from the Idaho peniten tiary grounds last night, re turned voluntarily this morn ing, and was placed in soli tary confinement. He gave no immediate explanation of his escapade. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 21 (AP) Duncan M. Johnston, former Twin Falls mayor convicted of killing a Utah jewelry salesman, escaped from the Idaho peniten tiary grounds last night, Warden C. Van Clark reported today. Clark said "Johnston left a dummy in his bed" in a small house outside the prison walls, walked, to the Boise residential area a few blocks away and was "contacted by an automobile." The warden said Johnston was missed 15 minutes after ha fled and expressed belief the hunt would be short. Johnston, middle aged, was a prison trusty. The bullet-pierced body of George L. Olsen, Salt Lake City salesman, was found in a parked automobile beside a Twin Falls, Idaho, hotel on May 24. 1938. Johnston, a jeweler, was arrest ed after some of Olsen's samples were discovered In his basement. Convicted of murder and sen tenced to life imprisonment, Johnson appealed and won a new trial. Once more he was convict ed and sentenced, enterinc the prison June 6, 1911. The state pardon board only recently turned down his plea for clemency and Johnston was slate ed to make another appearance this week. Hangs Himself After Wounding Hunting Pal LaGRANDE, Ore., Dec. 21 'AP Fred Lanning, 45-year-old barber, hanged himself here a few hours after accidentally wounding James O'Neal, about 70. on a duck-hunting trip. O'Neal was in a critical condition. Portland Grocery Store Bandit Takes $1,500 PORTLAND. Dec. 21 (AP) An armed man held up two girl employes of a grocery store here last night and escaped with two days' receipts, estimated at $1,500. ROSEBURG. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942. Byron D. Chandler he was sued by the mother of Miss Alice Booth of his own New Hampshire town and later was defendant In a $100,000 breach of promise suit brought by Joan Sawyer, an actress. He was born at Nashua, N. H., of a banking family and inherit cd a million dollars from his father and another million from his grandfather. At 23, fresh from Harvard, he began his spectacular career on Broadway. J.K.Henninger's Death Subject of Official Inquiry Funeral services for John Ken neth Henningcr, 27, Coquille, a native and former resident of Douglas county, were reported to day to be awaiting the outcome of an autopsy and official inquiry into his death, which occured Saturday at Coquille, Coos coun ty, Oregon. George Maynard, 46, a retired major of the U. S. marine corps, was being held in custody in the Coos county jail pending the inquiry, which is ex pected to determine whether Henninger's death was the result of injuries suffered in an alleged scuffle with Maynard or was due to natural causes. Henninger the police report stated was a member of a group of residents gathered Friday night at the Maynard home at a meet ing of the Coquille Bridge club. During the course of the evening Major Maynard and Henninger were reported to have engaged in a scuffle during which Hennin ger collapsed, according to the statement issued by Sergeant Irving Larson of the state police. His death occurred several hours later. Dr. Joseph Beaman, state police pathologist, has been sum moned to Coquille by Coroner W. O. Campbell to conduct an autop sy, which will precede a coroner's inquiry. Mr. Henninger was born at Oakland, Oregon, April 22, 1915, he opened the Henningcr food store at Coquille six years ago and had since been engaged con tinuously in business in that city. Surviving are his wife and a daughter, Karen Lee; his mother, Mrs. E. L. Henninger, Roseburg; three brothers, A. G., C. S., and L. E. Henninger, all of Roseburg, and five sisters, Mrs. Stanley Short, Wilbur; Mrs. Ralph Hun saker, Eugene; Mrs. B. H. Will-' iams, San Francisca; Mrs. Floyd Watson, Oakland, and Mrs. Fred Verider, Roseburg. Private funeral services will be held and interment will follow in the family burial plot at the Oak land cemetery- Duck Hunter Drowns In Klamath River KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 21 (AP) A duck hunters' boat oxer turned in the turbulent Klamath river near Keno late yesterday, drowning Lyman Eugene Arney.i' 23. Three others in the boat were,i rescued. The fifth occupant swam ashore. Soviet Drive Taking Heavy Toll of Nazs More Than 43,000 Slain Or Captured; Offensive Shows No Slackening MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (AP) The red army's middle Don offensive, its third of the winter, rolled on to the edge of the Ukraine and to ward the vast coal, Iron and hydroelectric regions of the Donets basin today. Showing no signs of slackening, the Rusians moved at a pace which rivaled the eastward sweep of Hitler's forces last July over the same ground. Caught before the red army onrush and in the cruel grip of the wind-driven snows of the Don Cossack steppes was a mounting toll of dead and captured Ger mansmore than 43,000. Adding new villages to the 300 already recaptured, the Russians occupied many of the airdromes on the steppes from which the Germans have been flying huge transports to supply 22 trapped divisions in the Don-Volga cor rlnor at Stalingrad. The Germans were being forced progressively to move these bases back toward the Rostov area, 250 miles from Stalingrad. As the aerial supply route lengthened, the German transports faced in creasing danger from soviet fighters which were officially re ported to have shot down 94 of the big carriers In the past week. Slaughter Unchecked The Germans were reported counter attacking fiercely in an attempt to slow this new on slaught, but the mid-day com munique said the enemy, under (Continued on page 6.) Idle Tires Turned In to Govt. Total 10 Million WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AP) Motorists have turned in about 10,000,000 tires under the gov ernment's idle tiro purchase plan the office of price administration announced today. I SAW A By Faul THE U. S. VETERANS FACIL ITY in Roseburg. In fact, I saw it rather Intimately. I have been a patient there for the past several weeks. I might mention here that all patients at this well known neuro-psychl-atric hospital aren't insane. Some veterans are admitted there who suffer from ordinary or garden run diseases, aliments and other bodily stresses not connected wMh a mental breakdown. I might mention this, as I said; but guess I won't. I felt sane enough when I entered the Institution, but by the time I left there, I wasn't so blamed sure! I war admitted to the fifth ward, the infirmary, where the statu.' of the patients ranged all the wny from ope suffering mere ly wlih a severe sinus infection, to the paralytic, the senile and the demented. I was later sent to the first, or receiving ward, from where I was discharged. I never have been as thorough ly frightened in my life as I was throughout my stay at the hos pital. There Is something terrify ing to me in the sight of a human being whose brain has become diseased, or has deteriorated from any cause. What governs his actions, do you suppose? What a mad jumble of impressions and Inclinations he must be subject to. No wonder his behavior is like ly to be accentric, at the best, de- gradingly vicious at the worst and, I must admit, ludicrous at times. . Some of these poor fellows I Rommel Not Yet Halted By Pounding Tripoli May Be Yielded By Axis to Strengthen Defense of Tunisia ' (By the Associated Press) The British eighth army report ed today thut Its pursuit of the axis army of Libya had carried to the Sultan area, 140 miles west of El Aghcila, within 15 miles of Slrte, and only 255 miles from Tri poli. There were Indications mean while that all Tripolitanla might be given up by the axis In an ef fort to concentrate every avail able man and gun in the fight for Tunisia. Reuters dispatches from north Africa said the allies had captured Italians from Tri poli who were trying to Join Marshal Nehring's forces in Tunisia. Other Italians from the Tripoli garrison were reported moving to Tunisia by sea. Allied planes battered at Mar shnl Rommel's retreating col umns scattered along the coastal road between Slrte, 15 miles west of Sultan, and Beurat El Hsun, 60 miles farther to the northwest. On the Tunisian front French troops, supported by American fighter -'planes, were said to have captured Pinchon, GO miles west of the port of Sousse, and bz miles south of the Medjez-El-Hab battle field. The French said that in this week end operation they Inflicted considerable losses on the Ger mans and took a number of pri soners. Indicating an increase in al lied pressure from the west, the Italian communique said axis forces were being kept "very active in Tunisia repulsing enemy units." New Axis Plan Seen Reports reaching London, meanwhile, suggested that the axis was concentrating its avail able shipping, plus some 150 French merchant vessels, In French Mediterranean ports for a possible large scale attempt to (Continued on page 6.) Jenkins will undoubtedly see in my dreams to the end of my days. T , for Instance, who for the past 20 years, I was told, has suf fered from St. Vitus dance, or some kindred disease, and who resembles in his every action nothing in the world so much as a hinge-jointed, gaunt puppet op crated by strings tied to the fingers of a giant mannpuiator, You've seen 'em In sideshows. Often at night I would see his shadow reflected on a hall wall as he took his erratic, mincing way lo the bathroom. And C , who would sit boll upright in a chair, an hour at a time perhaps, with his hands folded sedately in his lap, and apparently asleep; only to open his mouth suddenly thut not his eyes) and shout You-YOU! at the top of his voice. To the uninitia ted, the effect was extremely startling. Then there is G , who spends his time sitting in a chair, lace to the wall, preferably in corner, eternally making queer, staccato sounds with his hps, and, occasionally leaning forward. with his eyes upturned, carries on in earnest conversation with some Imaginary companion. From time to time he stops talking, and grimaces in a terrifying manner. But, enough of this. I have no desire to draw too depressing a picture of my experiences and ob servations. There' were many brighter and more agreeable mo ments, and a vast amount of In teresting detail waiting to be ab sorbed. I will tell you more, later, VOL. XXXI NO. Sedition Charged IV V? Accused of disseminating false reports and attempting to In terfere with the war effort, 16 leaders of "Mankind United" were rounded up in California by the FBI last week. Pictured above are two of the prisoners, George C. Ashwell, left, and Arthur L. Bell. The cult Is alleged to have ridiculed U. S. government of ficials, condemned the purchase of war bonds and stamps and de fense measures and advised evasion of military service by false representations. Conviction, under the sedition laws, oarries a maximum penalty of 20 years' Imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. New Guinea Trap Drawn Tighter by Advance of Allies Jap General Horii Reported Slain in Action; Allies Now Using Tanks Against Enemy 1 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA Dec. 21 (AP) Al lied tanks and Infantry smashed today at dwindling Japanese forces trapped In a hoseshoe pocket In the Buna mission area of New Guinea, and allied head-. quarters said the enemy com mander, Lieut. Gem. Horll had been reported killed In action. The bloody trap was drawn, tighter with the capture of the Cape Endaiadere region Friday by Australian shock troops, anil General Mac-Arthur's command announced a general attack, spearheaded by tanks and artil lery, was now under way against the Japanese remnants of this right flank. A communique de clared the "enemy's position Is deteriorating." It was the first time thut the allies had used tanks in a gener al attack on this front. Field dis patches identified the tanks as light American made "General Stuarts" manned by Australians. The enemy is believed to have landed troops Saturday night at Andang, 300 miles northwest of Buna, and consolidated bombers blasted that area with 500-pound bombs. The Mikado's men at Buna mis sion represent one of the last two remaining pockets of enemy re sistance on the Papuan peninsu la, after successive allied cap ture of Gona, Buna and Cape Endaiadere. The other pocket is at nearby Cape Sanananda. No details were given of Gen eral Horii's reported death. He appeared on the New Guinea sec tor In November and was known as a specialist in landing opera tions. The Japanese still hold, the big strongholds of Imp and Salamaua about ISO miles farther up the New Guinea coast. CHUNGKING, Dec. 21 (AP) United States airmen operating from Chinese bases yesterday at tacked the Japanese airdrome and other installations at Lashio on the old Burma road, starting fires visible 60 miles away, Brig. Gen. Chennault's headquarters (Continued on page 6.) Vt shopping ti J DAYS Ltr-I 1 s0fc'tWlM6 KiR. UNCLE VLC-rv. ruyD and aunt Buy Christmas Xeals 199 OF THE EVENING NEWS to Cult Leaders Legislature Will Be Given Boosted Budget for Oregon SALEM, Ore., Dee. 21 (AP)- The state legislature next month will be handed a budget for the next blennlum $928022 higher than In 1941. ; K Budget Director George Aiken announced It would total $21,989, 576, although $1,823,214 had been trimmed from original depart ment requests. He said It would provide an esti mated surplus next June 30 of $11,(139,674 in the excise and in come funds. Governor Sprague said the surplus would be avail able to reduce properly taxes in the future. Aiken said the surplus at pres ent is $688,819, despite the fact $732,918 in deficits have been liquidated and $500,000 provided for wartime emergencies. The budget listed welfare ox penscs as the largest of state ex penditures, topping stale highway ex)enses for the first time years. The welfare expenditures total $27,155,996, of which $16,880,771 in for old age assistance. The stale's share of the program financed from liquor profits. Lighted Yule Candle in Window Is Prohibited PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21 (AP) The Oregon defense coun cil has warned western Orego residents it would be a violation of dimout regulations to place lighted candle in the window for Christmas. Bury Factional Strife, Unite in War Effort, Senate Chief Urges Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AP) Senate Democratic Leader Barkli-y of Kentucky called on the new congress today to bury factional differences in a har monious support of the war effort which would leave the country united when the time comes to write the peace. Republican mlnortlcs will climb to the highest point In years with the convening of the new session on Jan. 6, but Bark ley expressed confidence that would make no difference toward prosecuting the war. While he conceded It was diffi cult to say that any political or ganization or group would not be politically minded or have its eye on the presidential year of 1944, he hoped and believed that it would be possible for democrats, republicans and others to work more closely than ever In these critical times. "The closer we come to victory and the visualization of the kind of peace we all hope for," he told reporters, "the more essential it is to have a united country." No one could forecast when Six American Bombers, 40 Nazi Planes Fall in Combats Over France LONDON, Dec. 21 (AP) The) RAF pounded Germany's great In land port of Duisberg at the Junc tion of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers last night in a swift follow-up to a daylight raid by American Flying Fortresses which dared swarms ot German fighters to penetrate deep Into occupied France yester day. , A strong force of our bombers attacked industrial objectives at Duisberg In clear weather and bright moonlight," the air min- lstry said. "The attack was heavy and concentrated and many largo fires were left burning. Considerable damage was done, especially In the residential districts and to public buildings," . said the high command communi que broadcast by the Berlin radio. 'The population sustained losses. ' Railway engines and other ob jectives were reported to have been the targets of fighter com mand aircraft on intruder opera tions over France and the low countries. The size of the force which at tacked Duisberg was not Immedi ately disclosed, but an announce ment that 11 planes were lost In the assault was taken by obser vers as an Indication that a consid- able number participated. v , The attack on Duishcrg was tner 52nd on that Important communi cations and Industrial center since the start of the war and the fifth night attack on Germany, this month. Six U. S. Bombers Lost Six of the big American bomb ers were lost, but 40 German fighters were shot down In the sweep by U. S. forces deep into France yesterday, a ram mat pro duced sharp battles. Last nlsht. taking another trick out of its bag, the RAF used new Whirlwinds as intruders. One of the twin-engined, single-seater fighters, which also can be used as bombers, toppled over a rail way engine and freight car In a - hedge-hopping attack over Bel- glum. The air ministry news service said other Intruders covered a wide area, penetrated deep Into France, and shot up at least eight trains. All returned safely. The German radio reported that nazl planes had made a (Continued on page 6.) Airliner With 13 Aboard Missing VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 21 (CP) Search planes took off at daylight today to comb the ground for a distance 80 miles east of Vancouver for a Canadian Pacific airlines plane carrying 13 persons which is overdue on a flight from Prince George, B. C. Walter Gilbert, Vancouver dis trict superintendent for C. P. A., said weather yesterday was "nor mal" and declared the plane must now be on the ground "for better or worse." No passenger list was Immediately available. Royal Canadian air force planes are taking part In the search, which will cover the flat stretches of the Fraser valley and the forested hills around it. Of the 13 persons aboard tha plane, three were crew members and the rest passengers. peace would come, he added, but none could escape projecting his mind into the future In contem plation of thut event. "It is very important that the country be prepared In every way , it can to write a just peace and to organize world opinion for the attempt which must be made to provide both peace and post-war conditions that will make anoth er such conflict as this impossi ble," he said. He declared that members ot congress could help In this, as well as in prosecution of the war, by "being Americans before ihey are democrats or republicans. "I don't believe that any mem ber of any group can afford to take any other view," he said, "and I don't see in the coming congress any effort to retard the completion of everything that is necessary to win the was as com pletely and as promptly as poss ible." This did not mean, Barkley went on, that congress should not scrutinize closely requests for all appropriations and keep a tab on expenditures, especially those Xot! non-war purposes. . ,
