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rn ll IMI m VOL. XLVII N0.245 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW Striking C&al I i x 'Courtesy' to Roosevelt s Edict Shown Demands for Higher Wages, Opposition to Dues Hoist Remain WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan. 21 (API A threowpk old wild cat strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields the nation's costliest in man hours lost since Pearl harbor apparently ended today a few hours before a back-to-work deadline set by President Roosevelt. Enthusiastic miners by the O thousands trooped back to their jobs in all major strike-closed collieries in what one strike lead er described as "a courtesy to the president" rather than an accept ance of defeat. Of the 24,000 who once partici pated in the revolt against Unit ed Mine Workers' leadership, barely 3,000 were known still to he idle as the crowds of over ailed workers rode down colliery rhafts to their pits, many for the iirsl time since Dec. .SO. Two of the four small UMW locals still out announced meet ings for later today and many members believed hnek-to-woik votes would result. Only one of the four was com mitted to "wait out" Mr. Roose velt's zero hour sometime this afternoon when, he has said, the "necessary steps" would be taken if necessary to "end this strike which is doing serious damage to Ol he war effort." Strikers and others took the President's warning to mean that troops would be sent to take over any collieries still strike bound at the end of the 48-hour grace he allowed when his order was tele graphed Tuesday. "There is nothing to gain by slaying out," said Hugh Cavan augh, president of the South Wilkes-Barre colliery local of Glen Alden Coal company, the world's largest anthracite pro ducer. Demands Still Pend "We do not want to embarrass the president," he added. "But we will continue to fight against the 50-eents a month union dues increase and also for an increase in wages." The dues Issue started the wave of walkouts December 30. Opcmands for a S2 a clay cost of ;ving bonus followed. It was evident before starting whistles sounded at 7 a. m. today that the back of the strike had been broken. Strikers returned to the South Wilkes-Barre, Woodward, Huher and Lance collieries of the Glen Alden company and the Prospect Henry colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal company. David Cummings, president of the United Mine Workers' Lance (Continued on page 6.) r Author-Soldier Crash Casualty PHILADELPHIA, .Ian. 21 lAPi-A member of the family Oof Maj. Eric Knight, popular au thor who recently re-entered army service, said today the war department had notified the family that Knight was on an army plane which crashed in South America en route to Africa. Mrs. Edward B r y 1 a w s k i, Knight's mother-in-law, said the famiiy "believed" he had been killed. Best known for his novels "This Above All" and "The Flying Yorkshireman," Knight was born in Yorkshire, Eng., and after the death of his father in the Boor war was taken to Russia, where his mother became governess to Princess Xenia's children. Coming to the United States as a youth, he became a newspaper copy boy, later attending Cam bridge. Mass., Latin school and several art schools. After serving in the Canadian army in the A world war he became a new s- paper cartoonist and writer In Philadelphia. in recent years Knight has lived on a Bucks county. Pa., farm. BRI1 SH, PRESSURE ON ROMMEL RACE FOR PORT OF TRIPOLI Evacuation of City by Nazis Held Likely Axis Force in Tunisia Tries to Create Path For Rommel's Army LONDON, .Tan 21-IAP) The British eighth army, with a Fighting French desert column on its left Hank, pushed Mar shal Rommel's hard-pressed rear guard down the coaslward slope from Nefusa ridge to pmhahlv within 35 miles of Tripoli today in a continuing advance past the hill village of Tarhuna and the coastal road tow n of Horns. The occupation of the towns, one 40 miles southeast and the other 50 mill's east of Tripoli, yesterday was announced in to day's Cairo communique which said Gen. Montgomery's forces pushed on ('in close contact with the enemy retreating to the west." Between Horns and Tripoli enemy troops were reported dug in along the coastal road. They were under attack by allied planes. To the south and west streams of axis motor transport were kept under almost constant st rafing. A United Stales communique said Liberators raided Tripoli in two separate attacks without ihe loss of a plane. Under steadily mounting aerial assault, the axis withdrawal showed signs of disorganization, but informed sources said there Was no authoritative indication that bomb-battered Tripoli was being evacuated. Victory In Time Foreseen The occupation of the port by the British was regarded, how ever, as simply a matter of time, perhaps a few days. The eighth army's main objective now is the st if for task of preventing the bulk of Marshal Rommel's re maining army from joining the forces of Col. Gen. Von Arnim in Tunisia. Rommel's rear guards have re treated into a semicircular fringe of hills east and southeast of Tripoli. Informed London sources said they saw no route bv which General Montgomery could swing swiftly to the left to in tercept the forward columns streaming westward out of Tripo li toward ttte Tunisian frontier, 100 miles away. Looking beyond the windup on the Lybian offensive, British sources declared the Tunisian campaign should be concluded by April if the allies hope to take full advantage of the North African springboard this summer for a real European second front. Axis Gains in Tunisia On the Tunisian land front, where it was suggested that new axis offensive thrusts might be (Continued on page 6.) Purchase of Gasoline On Credit Prohibited WASHINGTON, Jan.?! -(AP The petroleum administration today prohibited all credit buy ing of gasoline and other petro leum products for private motor cars, effective February 1. The order provides that retail gasoline marketers or supplied may not "grant, accept or pari:--inate in the granting or accept ing, directly or indirectly of credit in connection with the sale of any petroleum product." ' but makes exceptions for sale to icoerai. state or local povern- i ments, for commercial use of motor boats, and motor vehicles I displaying "T" ration stickers. THrDOUGLASXOUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 1 , 1943. Miners FRENCH UNITE Five Axis Subs Bagged in Month In South Atlantic ItlO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21 Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander of United Stales na val forces in the south Atlantic, announced today that five axis submarines have been sunk in the last month in the south At lantic. Ingram said a German surface raider had been intercepted in these waters and scuttled by her crew in the same period. "There have been comparative ly few sinkings of allied ships in the south Atlantic," Ingram said. "And we've gotten a high per centage of enemy craft-higher, I believe, than in other zones. "We can account for five sub marines within the last month. Our success is due largely to the fine air forces of the United States and Brazil, which are do ing a magnificent job operating from bases extending from Ba hia northward." The newspaper O Glob publish ed a dispatch from Recife which quoted the Brazilian air minister, Salgado, as saying: "1 am almost sure that within two months the African contin ent will be free of axis armies. "The North American air forces will throw them out of the Mediterranean, and we are giving this victory full hearted cooperation." The dispatch said that Salga do, referring to the day and night movement of planes ihrough the big air base at Na tal en route to the war theaters, praised United States preparad ness and organizing ability. "Humanity does not yet know how much we will owe them (the United Stales) for this victory," Salgado was quoted as saying. Uniform Divorce Law Bill Is Reintroduced WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) Senator Capper (R.-Kas.), to day reintroduced in the senate his 20-year-old proposal that con gress be empowered to enact a uniform marriage and divorce law, with the assertion that a supreme court decision last month made is "highly necess ary" to eliminate conflicting state laws. In the decision, the court held that divorces obtained in Nevada are valid in other states, even though their own divorce laws differ in requirements. Transport Plane Crash Kills All 35 on Board WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) The crash of a transport plane under contract to the army, with all its 20 passengers and nine crew members killed January 15 near the coast of Dutch Guiana in South America, was announc ed today by Major General Ha rold L. George. The plane left this country about a week ago, George said, and all those aboard were on their way overseas, some prob ably going to North Africa. Peanut Inhaled in Lung In 1941 Fatal to Child PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21 APi Ann Bottger. three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bottger, Philomah, died in a Portland hospital last night from a lung ailment caused by a peanut she inhaled in 1911. Return IN IN Nazi Efforts To Check Red Advance Fail ' Caucasus Trap Tightens, Capture of Kharkov and Rostov Not Far Off LONDON, Jan. 21 (AP) Reuters quoted a Moscow radio broadcast today as say ing that German casualties on the soviet Russian front in the past six weeks totaled 750,000 men, Including 250, 000 dead. MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (AP) Rus sian shock troops were reported pouring westward across the Manych river today 15 miles from from the rail junction of Salsk in the drive to isolate the axis army of the Caucasus and clamp an arc of steel about Rostov. Feverish German efforts to fix a stable line along the left bank of the Manych, a placid, lake-fed stream which flows into the Don 30 miles east of Rostov, are fall ing, field dispatches said. Red Star announced that soviet detachments were capturing point after point while the Germans were blowing up bridges and try ing to lay more mines in a rapid retreat. They already have been driven from a number of positions on the Salsk side of the Manych, it said. There and elsewhere on the long front the Russians were de clared moving ever westward in the 10th week of their winter of fensive, with Rostov, the steel city of Kharkov, the industrially important Donets basin center of Voroshilovgrad and the Maikop oil fields of the Caucasus among their objectives. (The German communique said there was "continuous hard fight ing south of Lake Ladoga," where the Russians are battling to widen their supply corridor to (Continued on page 6.) Workers Needed To Build Road to Nickel Mountain A call for road construction workers to 1)0 used in building approximately eight miles of new road from the city of Riddle to Nickel mountain, where de velopment of nickel deposits is being studied as a part of the war production effort, was issued today by the Roseburg office of the U. S. Employment service. The task will require the serv ices of 12 dump trucks with drivers, power grader operators, tractor operators, pulled grader operators and common laborers for from two to three months, F. W. Chase, manager of the em ployment service here, advises. Work is expected to start during the coming week and any per sons interested in securing work on this project is urged to con tact the employment office in the courthouse immediately. The road is to be constructed under the supervision of the U. S. bureau of public roads. The nickel deposits near Riddle have been explored for several months by the Freeport Sulphur company, which is endeavoring to determine the amount and quality of the ore, as nickel is urgently needed for war produc tion. The road, it Is stated, will permit more extensive operation and provide a means of trans porting ore and machinery in the event large-scale operation is authorized. VOL. XXXI NO. to Their Jobs Jap Mop-Up In New Guinea Nears Finish Remnants Try to Reach Jungles; Nip Destroyer Hit, 8 Planes Downed (By the Associated Press) Trapped survivors of a 15,000 man Japanese army making des perate attempts to break out of dwindling pockets in the Papuan coastal jungles of New Guinea today, but Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced that American and Australian fight ers "further reduced the enemy's remaining positions " Hpavy fighting was reported as the Japanese, half starved and in imminent danger of annihila tion, sought to escape into the Jungle. "Thef Whole thing is crum bling," an allied spokesman said. In the Solomon Islands, ihe navy reported that U. S. Flying Fortresses scored a bomb hit on a Japanese destroyer off Bou gainville island and shot down eight enemy planes during an attack on two Japanese cargo ships and two destroyers in the Shortland island group. The navy's communique s,aid American planes twice bombed Japanese positions on Munda is land, 200 miles north of Guadal canal, where the enemy has been constructing a new air field. Marines Are' Replaced Simultaneously, Undersecreta ry of War Robert Patterson dis closed In Washington that U. S. army ground troops have replac ed the marines In the Solomon islands campaign, under com mand of . Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch. Gen. Patch has moved his headquarters from New Caledo nia to Guadalcanal island, it was announced. The famed "leathernecks" led the united nations' first counter attack in the southwest Pacific when they landed at Guadalcanal last Aug. 7 and drove Ihe Jap- (Continued on page C.) Salem Nurse Victim Of Strange Stabber SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21 Mrs. Dale Moon, 21, nurse at the Sa lem General hospital, was stab bed by a si range man last night as she waited for a bus at the hospital entrance. She was a patient in the hospital today, but her condition was good. Police had two suspects in jaj). She said a man stepped out of the darkness, knife in hand, and told her he would stab her unless she submitted to him. She slap ped him, and he then stabbed her in the abdomen. She then ran in to the hospital. Risine Prices. Rationing Envisioned by New Price Czar WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) Given a free hand to make or break himself. Prentiss M. Brown set sail on stormy OPA seas today with a bid for consumer support of a program envisioning gradually rising prices, increased local controls over rationing and fewer cold homes next winter. The nation's new price admin istrator, a Great Lakes boatman of no mean nautical ability, tack ed smartly to catch the wind of public and congressional approv al In a press conference declara tion yesterday that he was t. ik ing over OI'A with the primary objective of protecting the Am erican consumer. Isolating himself for a 10'le.y look-see at the inner operalions of OPA, Brown went to woi ' on several pressing problems. These included the imminent necessity of going to congress for a S'JO, 000,000 deficiency appropriation, the need for additional transpor tation subsidy money and the possibility of a shaketip in his agency's top personnel. Brown, 53-vear-old former sen ator from Michigan, took over formally from Leon Henderson 225 OF THE EVENING NEWS Jobless Pay Bills Given Legislators Proposals Copied From Other States; Pay Hike For State Cops Sought SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21 (AP) The house taxation and revenue committee to day recommended passage of a memorial asking con gress to adopt the Ruml plan, or pay-as-you-go sys tem, of paying federal in come taxes. The committee recom mended against passage of a resolution providing for Joint senate and house hearings on tax matters. By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Ore., Jan, 21 (API Employers and labor submitted their workmen's compensation programs to the legislature today, and both groups were not very far apart in their requests. Tin? labor bill, introduced by the senate industries committee, would give compensation to em ployes in hazardous industries who are stricken with occupation al diseases, which have Increased at a tremendous rate because of the coming war industries to Ore gon. Employes have offered no opposition to the plan. The measure Is similar to laws of 25 other states. The two groups, however, each had their own bills to compel all employers to be covered by In dustrial accident Insurance. Tlio employer bill would allow employers to insure with private companies, to self-Insure, or to take out insurance with the state Industrial accident commission, nit would force them to be cover ed by one of the three systems. This measure would create a board, under the accident commis sion, to fix rates and to police the private companies and the self-insurers. A bad risk fund would be set up, the cost to he borne by the slate, the self-insurers and the private insurance companies. The labor bill, however, would compel all employers to be cover ed under the state system, labor leaders believing the state sys tem will break down unless there Is universal coverage by the state Industrial accident system. They said the state gets all the bad (Continued on page 3) Berlin Reports 110 Dead From RAF Raid LONDON. Jan. 21 (AP) A DNB dispatch broadcast by the German radio said today the death list of the RAF raid upon Berlin Saturday night had risen to 110. Stronger Local Control of Willi (lie reputed understanding that he would be given a free hand by his immediate boss, James F. Byrnes, the economic stabilization director, to work out Ihe country's supply and de mand problems with the con suming public, congress and the farmers. Money Chances Good His first contact with con gress in his new role probably will come when he petitions for more money to operate the OPA until the end of this fiscal year. His 10 years of membership In the house and senate, which end ed In defeat for re-election last November, was being counted upon by the administration to smooth the way for this request - a request which learlers feared might have been rejected if hard riding Henderson had remained in office. Next In the order of business for the new administrator may be indirect sponsorship of a recon struction finance corporation plea for an additional $5,000,000,000 j In borrowing and lending author ity, a share of which would be used to pay subsidies on the transportation of coal and gaso Power Failures Frequent, Schools Forced to Suspend; Tragedy Strikes Near Eugene PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. (AP) Snow covered almost) all sections of Oregon today but in spots freakish weatheri changes cleared it off in a hurry. There was considerable snow on the ground here, transport tation was hampered and some defense workers living in out lying sections were unable to get to the job. The weather bureau said it had not been authorized to issue! any warnings or forecasts. Highway Travel Very Difficult in Southern Oregon The Pacific highway north of Roseburg was open to travel to day, but considerable difficulty was being encountered in the southern part of the state, ac cording to a report by K. D. Lytic, ulvislon highway engineer, In charge of the district office here. The highway was reported under water at Tolo overhead crossing north of Med ford and at Phoenix. Several trucks were reported to have skidded across the Siskiyou section effectively blocking traf fic temporarily but it was expect ed to have the route open later today. Snow depth on the Slski yous was reported at from three to four feet and drifted badly by high winds. South of the state line the road was reported open to Weed, but closed south of that place. The Roseburg-Coos Bay high way was open throughout Its length, but motorists were warn ed to watch for slides. Snow depths in the Eugene area were reported to be from six to ten Inches, with depths up to 10 feet on the Cascade summit. The Willamette highway was reported to be open to within four miles of the connection with The Dalles-California highway, but was blocked there by a stalled truck. Traffic, however, was ex pected to bo re established today. The McKenzio route was reported closed east ot Belknap springs. Kidnapper Taken Near Roseburg Gets 10 Years A sentence of 10 years In the state penitentiary was Imposed in the circuit court nt Oregon City by Judge E. C. Latourette upon Virgil Kaufman, 18, who pleaded guilty to charges ot kidnapping and assault and battery. Kaufman and a girl companion, Rosalie Mayo, 17, were arrested near Roseburg, Dec. 13, after al legedly commandeering a Port land taxicab and kidnapping the driver, Mnry Joan George, 21, In an effort to get to California where, they told, officers, they planned to he married. Miss Mayo was held as a material witness but was released from custody on bail. Historic Palmer House At Scottsburg Burns REEDSPORT, Jan. 21 The historic Palmer House at Scotts burg, built in the 1870's to re place the Scottsburg hotel which washed away in an early day flood, was destroyed by fire Tues day morning, according to word reaching here Wednesday. Cause of the blaze was not determined. line In Ihe eastern states. Brown said flatly he favored transporta tion subsidies. This may bring up the larger question of subsidies to support price ceilings and Brown is re ported determined to let congress make the final decision without interference. The personnel problem is rela tively minor and few changes are expected, except that Brown probably will make a place in his organization for two defeated colleagues, former Senator Clyde Herring (D.Iowa) and former Rep. Frank E. Hook (D.Mich.). Opposed Parity Boost Farm organization leaders are known to have protested private ly to some senators that they would have preferred to have (Henderson remain in the price control post rather than to see Brown take over. Their opposition was repre sented as stemming from the suc cessful fight made by Brown in the senate to prevent adoption of an amendment to the prlce-wage-salary stabilization bill which would have boosted agri cultural parity price standards by taking into account farm labor costs. Heavy snow last night blanket ed Eugene with its greatest depth in six years and there was one death In an automobile accident attributed to road conditions. Tha victim was George Cameron, a lumber worker. George W. Drake and George M. Drako were in lured in the accident which oc curred on the Jasper road. Klamath Falls battled a deep carpet of snow which melted rap Idly this morning following a night of rain and warm wind. The Dalles also reported consid erable snow but said major road.- were opened although slippery. The highway department sent. tnow plows out on several roads around Salem where the fall al so was heavy. Highway traffic in that and other sections of the Willamette valley was sharply curtailed. Corvallis reported a deep lay er of snow but the storm there ended before daylight.- Grants Pass Homes Burn Grants Pass reported a variety of weather. The temperature sag ged to 14 degrees Monday when two homes were burned to the ground and the fire department answered a near-record number of calls. Tuesday came two Inches of snow, Wednesday morn ing produced a downpour of rain which cleared It off and brought the Rogue river up to 16.33 ft., Just three short of the January flood peak. A warm wind last night once reached an estimated 30-mile velocity. Industry was operating at slow bell In most sections. Shipyards and other factories here had not suspended but almost all of them ran with only partial crews. Some yards reported all outside operalions temporarily closed. Klamath Falls' mill operations were curtailed a heavllyj The same was true of mills nrouncr B;ugeno and elsewhere In the Willamette valley. Power Failures Frequent Power failures were common place. Wet snow on trees and power lines out of Eugene's connections with Bonneville and Its two hydro plants on the Mc Kenzie river. Half of Grants Pass was without electricity for a time early this morning. The wind blew down several billboards and trees around Grants Pass. School attendance was low. Most Portland schools were open except the high schools which were suspended becnuse of the semester end but attendanc was off. Corbett and Gresham schools were closed. Schools operated at The Dalles, Salem and most oilier cities. Two grade schools' were closed at Eugene because of power failure. No schools opened at Klamath Falls. Cor vallis high and one grade school expected to suspend during the day. People were requested at al most every point In the state to (Continued on page 6.) Half-Month War Bond Sales Exceed $68,000 War bond sales for Roseburg by various issuing agencies, un der sponsorship of the Roseburg Rotary club for the second week of January, amounted to $37,024, H. O. Pargeter, chairman of the county war savings staff, report ed today. Coupled with sales of more than $31,000 for the first week of the month, the total' for the two weeks period is in excess of $08,000, Mr. Pargeter stated. However, the county's quota for January is $130,000, and sustain ed effort will be required to reach the goal. The chairman urges that all persons engaged in filling stamp liooks make extra endeavor to complete the month and ex change the books for bonds, early next week, if possible, as stamp sales are not counted until they have been exchanged for bonds. 23 Barracks Buildings Destroyed by Flames COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 21 (AP) Fire destroyed 23 barracks buildings today In an internment camp adjoining Camp Carson, army training camp. Army officers in charge said no one was injured. Firemen from Colorado Springs prevented the blaze from reach ing warehouses, but were unable to check the blaze before the bar racks were destroyed. Cause of the fire and damage estimates were not made by. camp officials.
