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j,ri' ifrt. i FGJHS PUP Our Job Is to Save Dollars Buy War Bond Iviry Pay Day VOL. XLVII NO. 251 OF ROSEBURG REV isonresswn, ; 'ong cProof Hold 1. 1 gro n Train Murder Robt. Folkes, Cook, Aged 20, Faces Charge Agitation Displayed by Suspect Immediately After Crime Related ALBANY, Ore., Jan. 28 -(AP) A heavy chain of cireumstan- ' ft'al evidence, coupled with a con cession in Los Angeles, brought a first degree murder charge ': against a negro dining car cook ' in the slaying of a navy bride aboard a fast train last Saturday, investigators disclosed today. District Attorney Harlow Woin rick filed the charge in justice court here yesterday against ;i Robert Folkes, 20, Los Angeles, second cook aboard I lie Southern ; Pacific's West Coast Limited. He is held in Los Angeles. It constituted the first impor tant break in the fantastic "murder on the mainline" death of Martha Virginia James, 21, j Norfolk, Va., bride of four months 4 of Ensign Richard F. James, also : ! nf Virginia. They were travelling I touth, had been separated by a '!. jam, and he was on a preceding "it train. ' The comely daughter of the Oid Colony was slashed across the i Qhroat while she lay in lower 13 ' of sleeper D as the Limited streaked through northern Ore goti toward California about -I a. m. ; In Los Angeles, Police Capt. ' Vei n Uasmussen said Folkes con fessed the killing -saying he used a cook's boning knife but later retracted. Deputy Sheriff Clay Kirk of Linn county, where the killing took place, is en route south to return Koikes. ' Faces Strong Evidence , Strongest evidence a g a i n s t Folkes was produced by Harold (Continued on page 6.) In the Day's News . By FRANK JENKINS SPHERE'S a thrilling tenseness I in the allied air these days. The Russians MAY be on the verge of reaching out to pluck Rostov. Big plans MAY be in the making to prevent Rommel from effecting a junction with the Ger mans in Tunis. MacArthur speaks of a new and promising land-air strategy that MAY supplant the slow and bloody island-to-island campaign against the Japs. FOR days there have been hints of a gathering of allied high ups in London to plan CO-ORDINATED blows against the enemy, hitting him on ALL fronts with carefully-timed precision. t HE German high command ad- "bridgehead" of Voronezh. The Russians have never admitted loss of Voronezh, but for months the Germans have kept alive in the minds of their people at home the idea that they hold it. FROM Stockholm come dis patches quoting editorials in the German newspapers remind ing the public grimly that a "lost war means a lost future," and adding that it was a "weakness on the home front" that forced the German armies to capitulate in 1918. Tho imnlinat inn nf I hocn flic. patches, of course, is that the K. ' ' . . German home front is getting 'diakv ROMMEL'S army is over the border into Tunisia and making such speed westward as (Continued on page 2) 1 Alleged Negro Slayer and His Chief Accuser At Top Robert Folkes, 20, negro dining car cook, facing a first degree murder charge at Albany, Ore., In the slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 21, in lower berth 13 of the Pullman of an S. P. train last Saturday morning. Suicide Attempt In Douglas County Jail Frustrated Apparently fearful of being returned to the Oregon State penitentiary, from which he recently was discharged after serving a sentence from Lane county, Eugene Martin Carnes, 21, of Eugene, at tempted suicide in the Doug las county jail last night, Sheriff Cliff Thornton report ed today. Prompt action by Jailer Wilson Hartshorn, aft-' er he had been aroused by prisoners, who discovered Carnes bleeding profusely from slashed wrists, saved the young man's life, the sheriff said. Carnes was unconscious from loss of blood and shock at the time his attempted suicide was discovered, the sheriff reported, but rallied after being treated by a physician. He was released from custody today alter pleading guilty to a charge of petty lar ceny, on which ho was given a suspended 30-day sentence. He had been accused of stealing gaso line and damaging gasoline pumping equipment near Drain. Thornton reported that a note addressed to the jailer was found in Carnes' bunk reading: "I can't stand another jolt at the pen. I have had too many tough breaks for one fellow. I think it's better this way." The note was signed "Rocky," the nickname by which Carnes was known. Pay-as-Go Tax Hearings Slated WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 f API House committee hearings will begin Tuesday on pay-as-you-go tax plans, separating this subject from the general tax problem in the hope of putting many income ia. payers on a current collection basis for at least a part of 1913. Chairman Doughton announced also that the ways and means committee would meet tomorrow to consider his bill to raise the national debt limit from S125, 000,000,000 to S210,000,000,000, and a favorable report was ex pected forthwith. The chairman said general tax matters. Including a presidential request for $16,000,000,000 reve nue in addition to the S35.0O0.0O0, 000 expected from present laws, probably would be considered I 'fr a pay-as-you-go measure was : put on the president s desk. Douphton and Senator George, chairman ol the senate finance committee, have jointly admon ished that any pay-as-you-go leg islation would not remove I lie necessity of taxpayers filing their returns by March IT), as re M .-.V- J I -Sri I. quired by present law. Anti-Racket Law Given Teeth in Bill Fine, Prison Prescribed For Labor Leaders for Trucking Interference WASHINGTON, Jan. 2R-(AP) The house judiciary committee approved legislation today to sub ject labor union leaders to penalties-heavy fines and imprisonment-provided by the 1934 anti racketeering act in cases in volving interferences with inter state commerce movement, such as blocking truck shipments. The committee's action in ex ecutive session was on a split vote, representatives Lane of Massachusetts and Celler of New York, democrats, opposing the bill, which was introduced bv Rep. Hobbs (D-Ala). The legislation would subject to a maximum penalty of twenty years imprisonment and a fine ot 510,000 anyone interfering with interstate ro'nmerce movements during wartime. Hobbs said it was aimed at practices of some labor union.; blocking truck shipments because union labor v, as not employed. No hearings were held on the legislation, which was vote"! out by the same committee during the last sess'oi. of congress alter extensive public hearings at which organised law spokesmen strongly opposed it. Bill's Need Disputed Lane said his objection was based on the contention there was no need for the bill since ex isting .state and federal legisla tion was adequate to meet the situation. Specifically, the bill provides that "any person or persons who shall, during the war in which the United Stales Is now engaged, knowingly and wilfully, by physi cal force or intimidation by threats of physical force, obstruct or retard, or aid in obstructing or retarding, or attempt to obstruct or retard, the orderly transporta tion of persons or property in in terstate or foreign commerce , "shall be subject to the penalties provided by the 1934 act." Committee members said the legislation grew out of inability ol the government to prosecute labor organizations under the anti-racketeering act for alleged interference with shipping in New York. STRIKES TIRE PUBLIC, DEAN MORSE ASSERTS DENVER, Jan. 28 (AP) "The public is tired of strikes (Continued on page 3.) U. S. Growers Protest Fruit From Argentina WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 ( AP) Fresh pears, plums and grapes, totalling 300 tons, will be import ed from Argentina in a shipment arriving early next month, Sena tor McNary of Oregon said yes terday. McN'ary said that in informing him of the expected shipment, Dr. W. Y. Elliott, chief of the stock pile and shipping branch of the WPB, said these and other future importations from the Argentine were in line with policies of for eign relations of the state depart ment. The senator said he had re ceived protests from western fruit growers contending that fruit (mm Arnrntina is not needed in this country and that shipping snouio oe saveu nn unuv imp", tant items. They also asserted dock labor and transportation facilities would be unnecessarily taxed by such importations, Mc Nary said. Storm Warnings for Oregon Coast Issued PORTLAND, Jan. 28 -(API-Storm warnings went up on the I coast today as the cold wave mat : claimed 11 lives In Oregon re- ceded. ! The warnings were hoisted by i order of the weather bureau I from the mouth of the Columbia river to Tatoosh island. Road conditions improved throughout the state with the , warmer weather and school re j sumed in Portland and many I other northern Oregon towns, although a few were ordered :o i remain closed until .Monday. THt OOUGL&SXOUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, Tax Asked On City-Owned Electricity Lane Delegation's Bill Affects Seven Systems Operated in Oregon SALEM, Ore., Jan. 28 (AP) Lane county's senate and house delegations announced today they are introducing a bill in the house to force municipal electric systems to pay property taxes on the same basis as privately-owned systems. The bill would have Its prin cipal effect on the city of Eu gene, which operates Hie largest municipally owned system In the state and whose electric rates are among the nation's lowest. It also would effect Forest Grove, McMinnville, Cascade Locks, Canby and Monmouth, all of which operate their own pow er systems. Rep. Earl Hill, Cushman, speaking in behalf of the Lane county delegation, said: "We believe In equitable taxes on all property. In order to be fair, all property should contrib ute to the cost of government. Peoples utility districts, rural electrification projects and pri vate companies all contribute their share, so we feel that the city systems also should." Hill said that inasmuch as one of the main arguments against municipal ownership is that city systems don't pay their share of the tax burden, cities can squelch tliis argument by paying their share. The bill to make corporation Income taxes apply to .utilities, which Governor Snell hopes will enable old age pension Increases to $40 monthly, exempts munici pal systems, but applies to PUD's. Snell's legal adviser, Wilber Henderson, said he believes it is unconstitutional to levy any tax against municipal systems. Would Abolish Milk Rule Sen. Mahoney, Portland, had the senate table his bill to trans fer the functions of the milk control board to the department of agriculture. Governor Snell Is for the bill, but Mahoney now plans to introduce a new bill which would abolish milk control entirely. The senate agricultural com mittee Introduced a bill to re quire that all poisons bear the skull and cross-bones label, and lhat arsenic compounds be col ored pink and fluorides colored blue. The bill is the outgrowth of the sodium fluoride poisonings at (Continued on page 6.) Defense Attitude of By Tojo in Speaking (By the Associated Press) Coolly ignoring the fact that the Mikado's Invasion armies were now on the defensive on three fronts Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Burma Premier Gen. Tojo of Japan boasted to day that the Japanese armed forces had laid the foundation for "certain victory" over the allies. The premier, addressing parlia ment In Tokyo, asserted lhal Japan's position both for offense and defense had broil completed by the establishment of outlying bases and by the conquest of vast natural resources. "Of course," he added, "it will require great efforts on our part to make these resources demon strate their real wealth and pow er." Other Far Pacific develop ments: Aleutian islands A navy bulle tin reported that two Japanese float-type planes failed to inflict damage in an attack on U. S. ships "operating to the Westward of our positions" in the Aleu tians. The American ships were pre sumably on patrol, scouting ;or any reinforcements or supplies en route to the Japanese on Kis ka Island, in the westernmost Aleutians. Solomons - The navy also re ported that U. S. army troops on Guadalcanal Island "continued to advance to the west despite stiff enemy resistance." Forty Japanese were killed and five prisoners taken, the navy said. Burma- British headquarters JANUARY 28, 1943. Split in Nazi Forces Aim in North Africa Allies Begin Drive to Prevent Junction of Rommel and Von Arnim LONDON, Jan. 28 -(API An American attempt to drive a wedge between the converging armies of Marshal Rommel and Col. Gen. Von Arnim in central Tunisia was suggested by axis reports today as the allied air arms resumed lethal sweeps from the North African battle lines to Italy. . The Vichy radio said last night 'that the United Suites forces originally concentrated on Tebes sa, Algeria, 150 miles southwest of Tunis, had begun an offen sive. A Berlin military spokesman was quoted by the German railio this morning as saying the Am ericans were "planning a major offensive." Presumably such a drive would be toward the r;ulf of Gahes, a relatively vulnerable sector on the line of Rommel's retreat. The British eighth army con tinued its drive toward Tunisia and Its patrols were reported In contact Willi the enemy in the Sabratha area, 41 miles west of Tripoli and less than (0 miles from the Tunislan-Trlpolitanlan frontier. Italian Destroyer Blasted British, French and American air forces made a series of at tacks on nazl ground forces, blasted anew at the Uizerte naval bsi'o and bombed two Italian do 'stroyers 100 miles off Tunis, leav ing one burning and In a sinking condition, a spokesman announc ed at allied headquarters in North Africa. American B-2! Mllehell bomb ers, escorted by P-38 Lightnings, attacked the destroyers and scor ed two direct lilts on the one, the spokesman said. He reported that the stern of the other was probably damaged by four near misses. The RAF and 12th U. S. all force cooperating in sweeps with fighters and light bombers, (shoot ing up and bombing nazi trans port over a wide area. "Rain again limited ground troops in Tunisia to patrol action. The Italians said that "enemy armored cars were repulsed by artillery fire." British observers whd have been speculating on the likeli hood of an American drive to keep the Rommel and Von Ar nim forces apart pointed out that (Continued on page 6.) Jap Forces Ignored of "Certain Victory" reported that RAF bombers struck new "softening up" blows against Japanese positions on Akyab island and along the Ma yu peninsula above Akyab. Jap Losses Greater Australia- Gen. MacArthur an nounced that allied casualties in the Papuan campaign in New Guinea, where a l.r,U00-man Jap anese army had been exterminat ed, amounted to less than half the enemy's losses. Gen. MacArthur said allied figures included the sick as well as the killed and wounded. Many American and Australian troops were stricken wilh fever during the fighting In swamps and jun gles. "Probably no campaign in hisJ toiy against a thoroughly pre pared and trained army produced such complete and decisive re sults wilh a lower expenditure of life and resources," Gen. Mac Arthur said. With the New Guinea land front quiet, allied warplanes :e newed the assault on Japanese bases in the south seas, blasting at Lac, Salamaua and Finsch hafen, In New Guinea, and rang ing far out to attack the enemy airdrome at Gasmata, New Bri tain, and targets on Kai and A roe islands. On the China war front, a Chinese army spokesman report ed that Generalissimo Chiang I Kai-Shek's forces had cleared out all Japanese troops who had pen etrated the southwest China province of Yunnan around Ta lo, near the border of the Shan states. VOL. XXXI NO. Russian Tentacles a KHARKOV ... j.. - i , mn . . w V jSALSK Ilirto vffiPiIg KHORrokJr'l.rGlln. RASNO0ARj' ARMAvnjJ "TS'Vorohllonli V- .MAIKOP i0"'9'l' X CAUCASUS Thrusting unchecked all along the Ukraine-Caucasus front, Russian troops are on the outskirts of several nazl strongholds, fall of which might crumble the whole southern German flank. Map shows progress of soviet drives from December starting points Indicated by hammer-sickle emblems. Major objectives of the Russians are Rostov, nazls' main supply baso at the head of the Sea of Azov, and Kharkov, oapltal of the grain-rich Ukraine province and known from Its importance as a manufacturing cen ter' as the "Pittsburgh" of Russia. . . .. i ..-,),. . Nazi Captives of Reds Rap Hitler For "Desertion" MOSCOW, Jan. 28 ( AP) The Russians continued (he merciless extermination of the doomed Germans before Slalingrad to day, quoting prisoners as de nouncing Illller and officers who "ran away and left us," and wi dened the Caucasus front west ward by capturing two cities close to the Maikop oil fields. (The Germans announced a new retreat west of Voronezh to a shortened line. The communi que said their Stalingrad forces shattered new attacks.) Pravda reported CO German aviators were captured near Sta lingrad when the red army was driving the foe from behind into the cily. They were caught throwing gasoline on their planes when tin? sovlets captured the last German airdrome. The loss of 18 more tanks In the last 12 hours greatly weakened the Ger mans near the center of the Vol ga city. One captured pilot said (he German fliers came only recent ly from Sicily. The news of this advance, ty ing in with other successes re ported In the Caucasus which would help encircle the Maikop oil area, came as the Russians pushed another spearhead into the are bristling against Rostov and as fresh reports came of Hie surrender of thousands ol cold, war-weary axis troops on Mhcr fronls. Forced Labor Service Increased by Germany LONDON, Jan. 2.8-(AP) Compulsory labor service for all German men from 10 lo 03 and women from 17 to 4!i was decreed today by the German government, according to an announcement broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by the Associated Press. The decree required till persons affected to register at local labor ol flees. The London authorities said this represented labor mobiliza tion on an unprecedented scale. In a preamble to the decree, Adolf Hitler's labor commission er, Frit z Sauckel, warned the German people, already under heavy pressure lo produce for war needs, that they must devote their "energies solely to fighting and working for the community and thus make possible the earliest attainment of final Vic lory." 231 OF THE EVENING NEWS Reach for Nazis Ruuion ThrutH I I Noil-H.ld Arta OKy Polntt R tak.n hw Ruitian Nat1 SOVIET F. R. Expresses Fresh Confidence In U.S. Victory ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 28-(AP) - Lieut. General Elsenhower an nounced today receipt of a mes sage Irom President Roosevelt declaring he was returning from North Africa to the United Slates with renewed confidence that American soldiers "shall be victorious." The message, addressed to Am erican soldiers In North Africa by the commander In chief, said: "My brief visit in North Africa has given me increased assur ance and a deeper feeling of pride in the leaders and men of the American armed forces. "The officers and men who landed with the Initial assault those who are now carrying on at the front In Tunisia, and those who are training themselves for future combat are deserving of the highest commendation. I could not but note your alertness, your smartness and tile pride you lake In yourself and your splendid equipment. I return to the United States with renewed confidence that the Am erican soldiers, equipped with the best equipment the world can produce, led by men who have proved themselves in battle, and all Imbued with the will to win, shall be victorious. "Officers and men of the arm ed forces in Norlli Africa 1 commend you." Losses Compared At the war department, Sec retary Slimson commented on "the continued good news from the Imtllf fronts" and said also lhat in the last 11 months of 1042 army fliers shot down or probably destroyed 1,.'!19 enemy aircraft, against a loss of 309. Stlmson disclosed that Amer ican casualties to date In Tuni sia totaled 22(! men listed as missing who have been reported taken prisoner, 211 reported killed, .').)2 wounded and another 280 listed as missing. Top Milk Prices Set For 4 Oregon Counties PORTLAND, Jan. 28-(AP) The state OPA has set milk coil ing prices for Coos and Josephine counties at 11 cents a quart wholesale and 13 rents retail, and for Grant and Wheeler coun ties at 10 and 12 cents. T-v irw ,. , i mIu. II Bombs Deal Ruin to Rhine industry City Attack Follows One by U. S. Force: Nazis Hit Back at English Town LONDON. .Tun 9SiDLTl, P.AF hit the German city of Dues seldorf with several hundred tona r eXnlOSiVPC ant (nranllnr.tr :nTibs last night during the fourth allied aerial hlnu nf (h,. German war machine in two nights and a day, It was an. nounced today. "Prelimlnarv rnnnrle rt loot- night's raid on the Rhineland by Lancasters and Hallfaxes show several hundred tons of high ex plosives and incendiary bombs were dropped on Duesseldorf in 20 minutes," an authoritative statement said. "Heavy cloud made It difficult to assess the result, but the glare of fierce fires was seen and the attack is believed to have been very effective." London commentnfnra pvnresa. od belief that great damage was caused by the swltt and searing saturation raid. Follows American Blow The air ministry had reported lhat six bombers were., missing from a heavy attack on Industrial objectives in the Rhineland, which continued a cycle of raids featured by the first U. S. air force assault on the Reich and the first bombing of Copenhagen. Duesseldorf, a center ot trans port and heavy industry in north west Germany, is 160 miles south west of the Wllhelmshaven naval base which, with Emden, was heavily pounded yesterday by United States bombers. The German high command, in a communique broadcast from Berlin, sought to discount the ef fect of the American blows. It de dared that "a daylight attempt under the cover of cloud to bomb targets at Helgoland bay was foiled by fighters and defenses." Striking back by daylight, Ger man filers attacked a southeast coast town of England this morn Ing, "Inflicting considerable dam age and some casualties. Italy, Sicily Blasted From the landing fields of both Tunisia and Tripolltania allied planes roared to the attack today. A United States communique Issued In Cairo said that "during the night ot Jan, 20-27 Liberator (Continued on page 6.) Proposed Game Refuge Arouses Douglas Protest A vigorous protest was being lodged wilh Douglas county legis lators today against House Bill No. 150, which would create a game refuge In the Esmond lake area in western Douglas and Lane counties, according to Fred Wright, editor of the Port Ump qua Courier, published at Reeds port. The protest Is being mado by the residents of the lower Umpqua district, but Roseburg in terests are being requested to Join, Editor Wright reports. The bill, Introduced by Rep resentatives Earl Hill of Lane county, C. C. Hill and Robert Gilo of Douglas county, and Sen ator Thomas Parkinson ot Doug las county would set aside an area roughly bounded by the SI uslaw river, Elk creek, the Ump qua river and the north fork ot Smith river, an area approximate ly 18 miles square. The law would make it unlaw ful to hunt wild birds or animals within the area. Killing of preda tory or fur-bearing animals would be authorized only hy per mit. A penalty of a fine of $100 or three months' Imprisonment would be provided. Would Shelter Varmints The area proposed to be set aside for a game refuge, Editor Wright reports, is one of the principal recreational districts for the residents of the lower Umpqua district. It also is a sec tion harboring many predatory animals, particularly cougars, and If hunting Is not permitted, it is feared predatory animal de struction to surrounding agricul tural areas would be greatly in creased. Letters urging the county dele gation in the state legislature to withdraw support for the meas ure were forwarded today by Mayor W. F. Harris, representing the city of Roseburg, and by the Roseburg chamber of commerce. It is pointed out that the game refuge is almost entirely In Doug las county, with only a small proportion in Lane eounty, and that the matter should be very thoroughly studied and desires ot the residents of that area consid. ered before final action is taken,