t -f - "4Lm SRflAS fUl iru TO US I Control Won Of Last Chain Of Mountains British Less Fortunate On Mareth Line, Losing Ground to Rommel Ocr Job Is to Save Dollars Buy War Bond Evwy Pay Day m THE DOUGLASXOUNTY DAIL? VOL. XLVII NO. 299 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW '; In' Ine .v By FRANK JENKINS TUNlSIAJs the hot spot and, on the basis of early dispatches, is getting hotter by the minute. L JONTGOMERY hits Rommel at his strongest' point on the' French-built Mareth line as he did at El Alamein, 1500 miles back to the east. Mis attack, backed up by planes, tanks and self-propelled guns, is described by eye-witnesses as the "most concentrated ever witnessed." Ho then goes around the right end of the Mareth fortifications and drives a deep wedge toward Rommel's rear while at the same time our own Patton pushes from Sened to Maknassy, only 34 miles from the Mediterranean. The apparent purpose is to sew Rommel's forces up into several pockets, where they can he an nihilated. WATCH what will happen in this narrowing gap between the spearpoint of Patton's Amer ican column and the seashore. Rommel must either stand where he is and fight or run for it. If he runs, it must be through this narrowing gap. He will cer tainly fight hard to hold Patton back from closing the mouth of the sack. 'PREDICTIONS are unsafe especially when made by rank outsiders (such as this writer) who don't know all the facts. But at least we know that Mont gomery, after preparing long and carefully, seems to be hitting with everything he has. Every time he has done that in the past, some thing has had to give way. Until what has been started in Tunisia is finished, the news will be exciting. K ISKA bobs back into the news in a moderately big way. American planes, going over in six waves, bomb the Jap installa tions there for nine hours. Eu gene Burns, AP correspondent up there, says there were at least 72 of them and they drop demolition bombs, fragmentation bombs and (Continued on page 2) Ey Paul HENRY ADAMS, well known Myrtle Creek merchant, as he gazed admiringly at a passing parade. From his expression you might be justified in the assump tion that he was at some popular bathing beach, but not so; he was right in Myrtle Creek. Henry's father was the first white settler in southern Douglas county, and the old Adams place never has made any abstract eonv pany rich. 1 suspect that there are other old "donationers" in the k county which never have changed " hands if so, I would like to hear of them. Although it couldn't possibly be construed as being to hi? credit, I never pass through Myrtle Creek without stopping to i see Henry. He has a vast fund . of early reminiscences, a greater j fund than ever of good nature and, best of all perhaps, a con-1 tinning capacity for friendliness, j i While in Myrtle Creek I drop-1 ped in to see Guy Bates, at his Citizens State bank, to say hello. I was perfectly safe in doing so. I He's never too busy to say "hello" to anyone. Mrs. Bates was busy on a Red Cross assignment, but I saw her also for a few minutes long enough to discover the where- ebouts and the latest travelling? I of the Bates daughters, Marjone . "and Dorothy. j Dorothy now is Mrs. George Schweiger.- and her husband is j an officer in an anti-aircraft unit of the U. S. army, stationed at J Camp Davis, North Carolina. I :::::::: SAW ::::::::: CANNED FOOD VALUE POINTS TO DROP; (UOSEVELT NAMES NEW FOOD CZAR Him April amp Buying Opens New Table of Points to Be Issued Will Show Slashes on Many Items WASHINGTON, March 25. (API April's canned goods ra tion stamps became valid today, but housewives are expected to hold them for another week be cause of strong hints from OPA that their value will be increased next month. Future plans were kept secret, but top officials who refused to be quoted by name implied that some reduction in the point values of many types of processed fruits and vegetables could be ex peeled, etfeelivo April 1. (A further indication of this came from a statement of the American Institute of Food Dis tribution at New York that move ment to market of important canned vegetables had dropped GO to 95 per cent under point ra tioning. (Blaming newness of the sys tem and "unnecessarily high point values," the institute said in its canners market. report that "this fault (high point values) will be rjghted partly by reduc tion of several point values by April 1, and later by wholesale revision of these values on May 1.") April coupons were made valid on March 25 to help persons who come to the end of the month with insufficient March stamps to meet essential needs, or with (Continued on page 6.) Explosion at Ordnance Depot Kills Ten Men RAVENNA, 0., March 25 (AP) An ammunition explosion yesterday at the government's $7,000,000 portage ordnance depot killed ten workers and seriously injured two others, Col. Raymond A. Brown, commanding officer of the project, announced. Col. Brown said no information would be made public until an investigation has been conducted. He said the depot was continu ing operations with the normal complement of workers.- Jenkins HMVH-UPVIlff to ah 1 I-.ni?r:tViiiK Marjorie is married to Wm. Berg, a captain In the MP's now stationed at Camp Riley, Kansas. I assume many of you remember that while in the university, Mar jorie could do things with a Springfield rifle which would cause any old contender at the national rifle shoots at Camp Perry to turn green with envy. I have in reserve a few more rambling remarks concerning Myrtle Creek which I will inflict on you at a later date you see, with no more gas available than most of us have, when we do light in a spot we try to make the most of it. So I hope to tell you nf a short (very short) trip Joe Led gerwood and I took the other day, and what we learned in the pr irress of our journey. .tnvs-l:pvifv l'ho Minimum Prices Set for Cabbage, Carrots, Beets for Canning; Wood Rationing in Western Oregon Unlikely CORVALLIS, Ore., March 25. ( AP) Three more Oregon vege tables came under the minimum price regulations today when the state USDA war board announc ed support prices for beets, cab bage and carrots for processing. Support prices for peas, corn, to matoes and snap beans had pre viously been announced. Prices Beets, $28, $21 and $12 per ton for grades 1, 2 and 3, re spectively; cabbage, $12 a ton, field run with culls out; carrots, $22 field run with culls out. Processors who pay at least these prices to growers will be eligible to participate in the gov ernment purchase program aim ed at keeping consumer prices in check while returning a fair price to growers, said R. B. Taylor, state war board head. Quotas Cancelled. County quotas on cream sep arators, power spray pumps, and rod weeders were cancelled to day under the machinery ration ing rules, A. L. Girod, chairman of I he USDA war hoard machin ery committee, announced. Farm ers will need purchase certifi cates, but machinery rationing committees may Issue these without regard to previous quo tas. Farmers must locale the equipment before obtaining the certificate, however. Increased amounts of Irriga tion equipment, farm pumps, windmills and domestic water systems are expected in Oregon following release of 70 to 100 per cent of 1013 production, Girod said. These are rationed but not under quotas. WOOD RATIONING NOT NEEDED IN WEST OREGON EUGENE, Ore., March 25. (AP) No rationing of wood for fuel will be undertaken in the fourth Oregon congressional dis trict until a survey of the need Reds Gain in 3 Areas, Halt Nazis In Donets Battle MOSCOW, March 25. (AP) The red army's dogged drive through slush, Ice and mud to ward Smolensk has made fresh headway In three directions and German attacks In an effort to control the northern Donets river valley are slackening after their setbacks at the hands of the soviet defenders, the Russians said today. The midday communique an nounced that additional villages were taken on the Smolensk front as soviet troops broke through the outlying defenses of the city. The Soviets' sharpest thrust ap peared to be north of Dukhov schino, which is 32 miles north east of the big German garrison city. The war bulletin said that in this sector the red army troops battled hand-to-hand with the Germans in an unidentified set tlement which had been heavily fortified, after hurling grenades to clear their path. South of this sector a Russian column was reported movnig to ward the district center of Doro gobuzh, 13 miles below the Mos cow - Vyazma - Smolensk railway and 50 miles cast of Smolensk. The battle to take the city, which lies in a swampy area cut by the Dnieper river and many small streams, was considered now only part of a large-scale offensive to control the upper Dnieper. Fierce counter attacks, with heavy concentrations of heavy artillery to back up their infan try, were being mounted by the Germans, a dispatch to Red Star, the army newspaper, said. In the battle for the upper Donets river valley, the Germans have been beaten back in every effort to establish bases on the eastern bank from Belgorod to Chuguev, and, smarting under blows which have caused terrific destruction to materiel and man power, have relaxed the Intensity of their assaults. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, has been made, Congressman Harris Ellsworth today wired H. J. Cox, secretary-manager of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association. "There Is no need for ration ing of wood for fuel in the west ern Oregon counties," H. J. Cox said. "There is a shortage of la bor and every householder should get his next year's supply of fuel as early as possible. But there is plenly of fuel." STEAK AT RESTAURANT NEEDS NO COUPON WASHINGTON, March 25. (AP) You won't have to give up a ration coupon when you order a steak at your favorite restau rantbut it will be rationed, too. Restaurants and other institu tional eating places will be limit ed to 75 per cent or less of the amount of meat, butter, cheese and similar products they used last December when the point ra tioning program goes Into effect Monday, the OPA says. Two mathematical methods will be used to determine the restaurant ration, OPA said. One is to cut 7 per cent off the num ber of persons served during De cember, and the other trims 25 per cent off the point values of products used. Whichever gives the smallest total determines the establishment's allotment. Individual portions aren't re stricted yet, but the agriculture department is considering such a limitation. PORTLAND COMPELLED TO IMPORT SAWDUST PORTLAND, March 25. (AP) A sawdust "pool" arrangement under which the fuel will be im ported to Portland from mills as distant as Eugene and Lebanon was announced today by Roscoe Day, state fuel coordinator. Prices have been worked out wild OPA that are high enough to permit the mills to ship the sawdust here, he said. It will be sold here at SG.50 a unit. This is higher than the Portlnd mar ket, but will not change present retail price ceilings of local deal ers, Day said. Sawdust remains the most critical point in Portland's fuel problem, he said. Carnival Dated to Help Red Cross An Indoor carnival will be spon sored by the B. P. W. C. Satur day night, March 27, at 8 o'clock at the I. O. O. F. hall, to promote the sale of war bonds and stamps in the current monthly drive. The public has been invited to attend and admission charges will be a 25c defense stamp, which the pur chaser may keep. The Roseburg Municipal band will play and a largo number of special, surprise features, con sessions, sideshows and a cabaret will be offered. Mrs. Gene Mills, Mrs. E. High 'and Mrs. Mary Moore, assisted by B. P. W. C. members, are in charge. Organi zations assisting with the affair include: Bet a Sigma Phi sorority, Rotary, Odd Fellows, Rebckahs, Riversdale grange, Junior Wom an's club, Eagles and auxiliary and American legion and auxili ary. "Proselyting" Creates Strike at Shipyards BALTIMORE, March 25 (API Officials of the Marine and Ship building Workers of America (CIO) reported today that several thousand workers walked off their jobs at the big key highway ship repair yard of the Bethle hem Steel corporation. The union officials said the strike occurred after the company refused to discharge three men whom the iC'IO Organization charged were "proselyting" for an independent union. The MSWA holds a contract with Bethlehem for exclusive col lective bargaining rights. MARCH 25, 1943. C.C. Davis to Direct All t Distribution Action Follows Plea of OPA Head to Congress , To Reject Farm Bills WASHINGTON, March 25 (AP) President Roosevelt an nounced today the creation in the agriculture department of r i administration of food pro duction and distribution to be headed by Chester C. Davis, president of the Federal Re serve bank at St. Louis and former director o the agri cultural adjustment administra tion. . A White House statement said that "the administrator will have charge of what may be called the food production and distribution activities of (no department, In cluding (he agricultural adjust ment administration, the food dis tribution activities that were transferred to the department of agriculture by the war production board last December, and the re cruitment of farm labor recently transferred to the department by the war manpower commission." WASHINGTON, March 25. (AP) Price Administrator Brown urged congress today to reject the strongly-backed Bankhead and Pace farm bills, saying I hey would add more than $3,750,000, 000 lo consumers' budgets and destroy Ihe anil-inflation pro gram. Both bills have as their ulti mate end the increase of farm nicome but, Brown wrote congres sional leaders, I hey call for "so radical a change in the price of foods" ns U) mean "Ihe end of stabilization of prices" and the end of "(lie sliibllizatlon of wages as well." The price administrator's let ler wenl to Senator Lucas (D 111.), president pro tempore of the senate who promised "the stiffest kind of a fight" if farm bloc leaders insist on calling for n senate vole loday on the Pace bill to add farm labor costs to the crop parity formula. The house has approved Ihe Pace bill and both branches have approved the Bankhead hill, al though In somewhat different versions, to slipulale that govern ment benefit payments shall not be included In computing farm parity price ceilings. Taken together, Brown said, they would raise the retail price of food between 17 and 18 per cent, increase the annual food budget of consumers by three and three quarters billion dollars and cost of government an additional (Continued on page 6.) Roseburg Man on Ship That Sank Jap U-Boat Charles Dusseau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Dusseau, Rose burg, Is a member of the crew of the Portland-built Liberty ship, Edgar Allen Poe, which occupied a prominent place In the week's news as a result of Its gallant and successful battle with a Jap anese submarine. The ship, struck and badly damaged by a torpedo, fought, back and sank the sub marine. Although the freighter's engine room was flooded and lower decks lifted by the torpedo explosion, the ship was towed to port. The cargo was undamaged. Two crew members, the engineer and firemen, were killed. Mr. and Mrs. Dusseau have as yet re ceived no word from their son concerning the exciting action. Kaiser Workers Give $180,000 to Red Cross PORTLAND, Ore., March 23 (AP) Red Cross officials here announced today that so far the Kaiser shipyard employes here and at Vancouver had contributed more than $180,000 to the 1943 fund. VOL. XXXI NO. Mine Cave-In Deals Damage To City Area School Building, Nearly Ninety Homes, Streets Torn at Pitrston, Pa. PITTSTON, Pa., March 25. (AP) The main movement of a destructive earth cracking mine subsidence stopped today after damaging between 80 and 90 homes, a $-100,000 high school building and streets, and caus ing damage running Into the thousands of dollars in this east ern Pennsylvania anthracite city of 18,000. Mine Inspector Daniel Connol ly Informed Mayor John J. Rellly of the stoppage after tour ing mine workings under the four-block affected area, where sections of earth had sunk throughout the night In one of the worst cave-Ins in the hard coal fields In years. The Inspec tor warned, however, that fur ther "pulls" could be expected. Mayor Reilly promptly sum moned city officials to a confer ence later In the day to launch an investigation. Panic spread among many resi dents when the earth began to rumble and crack about 7:30 last night over the No. B mine of the Pagnotti enterprises in the heart of the residential area. Yawning crevices opened in pavements and lawns. Holes 20 to 25 feel deep appeared in some sections. Homes were twisted, pluster cracked and windows broken. Approximately 50 school musi cians had just assembled In the three story, 4!)room high school In the midst of the affected area. They fled hurriedly when the floors began to crack. The in terior of the building was twist ed and officials feared one sec- (Continued on page 6.) Commission Fees "Shocking" Naval Sales Quiz Told WASHINGTON, March 25. (API-Robert E, Kline, counsel for the house naval committee, said today that "In spite of nil the fanfare, there still flourish ed In Washington and through out the country many sales agents" who are receiving amounts "so excessive that they will shod: the conscience, not only of this committee, but of congress and the American pub lie." As the committee opened n new Inquiry Into methods for curb ing profits of commission agents, Kline presented as his first wit ness, W. Lester Baker and his wife, Catherine. Kline said they operated as a partnership on a commission fee basis and that their gross earnings amounted to $2(iG,27(i in 1042. Outlining the evidence he said he would develop during the hear ings, the committee counsel as serted: "Perhaps there would be no need for legislation If the numer ous Washington representatives had taken fair warniii'? from the previous Hearings before this committee. Unfortunately, the contrary is true. "The appalling tiling is and this demonstrates the need for the legislation - so few of them have seen the handwriting on the wall. " hey have done little or lothlng ot their cwn vollllon to adjust the ?ltuu Iju." Nazis Fire on Italian Soldiers for Giving Up WITH THE UNITED STATES FORCES IN CENTRAL TUNIS IA, March 25 (AP)- Forty Ital ian soldiers who came forward to surrender to an American force near Maknassy yesterday were fired upon Immediately by a German unit on their right. "I am unable to tell you the result of this action or the num ber of prisoners taken by us from this group," an American officer said, "but I can say we ""ijM this firing on Italian troops by Germans as highly significant." In the past three days In the Maknassy El Guetar area, more than 1,000 Italians and only a few Germans have been captured in heavy fighting. 179 OF THE EVENING NEW9 Nazi Planes Attack Coast Of Scotland Region of England Also Suffers Blows; Four of Raiding Craft Downed LONDON, March 25 (API Scotland, untroubled by heavy German raids since the spring of 1941 and only once previously this year the target for a small-scale attack, felt the sting of German reprisal assaults early today when enemy bombers flew through se vere anti-aircraft lire, on the southeast coast and dropped In cendiary bombs inland. The last raid on Scotland was Feb. 19, when a few planes caused slight damage. British fighters and antiair craft defenses shot down lour ot an estimated 25 German planes that particpated In the attack of Scotland and a raid over north ern England that caused a small number ot casualties. This Increased German air force losses over Britain to 25 this month and more than 50 since January 1. Considerable damage was done to private dwellings in one north east English coastal town, but there were no casualties because occupants were In shelters. (The Berlin radio broadcast a high command communique an nouncing that the Germuns ralclofl the junction of Ashford in south ern England at daybreak yester day and made direct bomb hits on the railway station and supply stores. 11 said last night's raids were against "strategically-Important targets" on the Fifth ol Forth und on the British north east coast ). The heaviest enemy raid yester day was on n town In southeast England where at least 12 were killed. Additional victims were being dug out of the debris. LONDON, March 25-(AP) Prime Minister Churchill declared today that the united nations "have afloat substantially larger fleets than they had at the worst moment In the U-boat war and (Continued on page 6.) Allied Bombers Give Japanese No Respite in Raids ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 25 (AP) General McArthur's "flying ar tillery" made 44 bombing and strafing runs over Japanese lines at Mubo yesterday, firing 30,000 rounds from cannons and ma chineguns Into enemy positions guarding the approaches to the Japanese New Guinea base at Saiamuua, ullled headquarters announced today. Other allied planes carried out day and night attacks on far flung enemy bases In the islands above Australia, scoring hits on shipping and airdrome areas, and one bomber on a reconnaissance mission shot two Japanese fight er planes out of the air in a duel over Wawak, New Guinea, a com munique declared. The enemy's planes also were In the sky before daylight yes terday, raiding allied buses at Oro bay and Milne bay in New Guinea with little effect, It was said. In the air duel over Wewak three Japanese fighter planes challenged a Flying Fortress which wllhln five minutes shot the tall o(f one, causing it to crash Into the side of a mountain; sent the second into a smoking dive; and forced the third to quit the combat, dispatches from the allies base said. NEW YORK, March 2S-IAP) The Japanese have selected a motion picture of their sneak attack on Pearl Heritor as the best film of 1912, the Tokyo radio said today In a broadcast report ed by the OWI. "This piece of work," the broad cast was quoted as saying "has been chosen for its merits in re vealing to the people the defined reason which lies behind the suc cesses of the warriors who have gone through an unending and constant training which has brought them to In? one and Incomparable." ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IM NORTH AFRICA, March 25 (AP) United States troops re pulsed heavy nazl attacks in tho Gafsa sector and made local gains) In the Maknassy area of the cen , tral Tunisian front while the bat tic of the Mareth line dwindled to) artillery duelling after lour days) of bitter lighting, It was announce ed today. Military quarters said Btrong resistance and rigorous counter attacks by Marshal Rommel's) forces prevented further major1 allied gains lor the time being and, in some cases, wiped out ad. vances achieved a lew days ear. lier. Advices Irom the southern Tun islan front late last night worn that German counterattacks had largely wiped out the advances! made by the British eighth army In driving a wedge Into the upper1 end of the Mareth line. In sight ot the battling ground troops, British and American light bombers hammered import, ant axis armored positions neap the town ol Mareth. In the communique today thero was no mention ol the task lorco which Hanked Rommel's positions and was last reported eight mllea from El Hamma, axis air base at the rear of the fortifications and 20 miles west of Gabes. Air Forces Strafe Axis Field dispatches said United States troops won control ol tha last mountain chain overlooking the coastal plain and axis supply routes between Maknassy and the gulf of Gabes after beating back! axis armored forces In the region, of El Guetar, Itself 12 miles south east of Gafsa on the road to Ga bes. , American air forces bombed axis troops and Installations al most continuously In support o( the forces of both Lieut. Gen. Pat ton in the Gafsa sector and Gen. Montgomery In the south. -v.-,: Flying fortresses launched a heavy attack on Fprryvllle, near Bizcrte, which is now one of the main Tunisian ports ol entry lor. axis supplies. , Observers said heavy damage was done to the docks and bomb-set lires sent flames 500,leet Into the air. . : Three merchant vessels were believed to have been hit. An RAF nllnt. one of the osnnt-t mnrla t. ' of British Spitfires and American i-ignining lighters, said the bomb ing was the most accurate he had ever seen. , Allied bombers knocked out ten axis tanks in forays over the Mareth line positions at the other end of the front, dispatches Irom Cairo said. Plunes attacked Rommel's for mations south of El Hamma, hit ting tanks, armored cars, gun car riers and trucks. (Presumably these had been marshaled to chal lenge the allied threat to El Ham ma from the south). In the Gafsa area German (Continued on page 6.) Forquer Fined $50 for Cruelty to Animals A fine ol $50 and a jail sen tence of 30 days was the penalty Imposed In the local justice court today by Judge Thomas Hartficl on Stitcher Forquer, Edenbower resident, arrested Tuesday at Bridge, Coos county, on a Doug las county warrant charging cruelty to animals. Forquer en tered a plea of guilty to the com plaint. The Jail sentence was or dered suspended in the event of payment of the fine and ho was today endeavoring to secure the amount ot money necessary to obtain his release from the coun ty Jail. Ex-Mayor, in Prison for Murder, Asks for Pardon BOISE, March 25 (AP) Dun can McD. Johnson, former may or of Twin Falls serving life for murder, yesterday asked the Ida ho pardon board for clemency. Johnson was convicted ol slay ing George L. Olson, Salt Lake City Jewelry salesman, In 1938. Levity pact flan t By L. F. Relzarateln Advocates of a lonqt work wek to cure absenteeism, as an alternative to enforcacj mili tary service, from which fur loughs are fw and far between, probably subscribe to the phil osophy that "half a loaf is bet rer than none." I