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BR ITIBB IMI IU1 nil Ul)J ' I i : .-..!- TO IB lis- ) o ION eys .1 S I 1 r. f i o 0 Osr Job Is to Save Dollars Buy WarBondu Ivtry Pay Day VOL. XLVII NO. 301 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW (J - In' The 1. ' i News By FRANK JENKINS THIS is interesting news from Tunisia: Patton's Americans, pushing on BEYOND Maknassy, win control of the last MOUNTAIN RAM PARTS overlooking Rommel's es cape corridor along the sea. In other words, it's DOWNHILL from there on. FROM their newly-won high ground, American guns, firing at a range of 11 miles, knock out live axis planes grounded on the Mozzouna airfield (between the Americans and the sea) and prac- ically destroy the field itself. This gives you an idea of what possession of dominating heights means. AN interesting story comes from the Maknassy area. Forty Italians, coming forward to surrender to the Americans, arc FIRED ON immediately by a German unit on their right. Thai tells us quite a lot about the feel ing between the Germans and the Italians. In this area, a front line U. S. officer says, more than a thou sand Italians have been taken prisoner in three days, hut prac tically no Germans. Pay WE still speak of Italy as a member of the axis, but it Is 0 becoming increasingly apparent thai the Italians no longer have any stomach for this war. WE mustn't become too opti mistic about the prospects in Tunisia. Rommel is an experienc ed and able general, commanding a battle-hardened army that is amply supplied with all the weap ons necessary for modern war. Hut neither must we become unduly pessimistic because of the setback suffered by Montgomery at the point where he undertook to breach the Mareth line. This Mareth line assault was only ONE PART of his plan. At the same time, he sent a flanking column around the end of the Mareth fortifications and ? Patton's Americans struck from Gafsa (see map) toward the sea ) Qcoast in Rommel's rear with the idea oi cumng on ins leut-cii. The direct frontal attack on the Mareth line apparently failed (at least of immediate success) but the other two phases of his battle plan appear to be working out so far. That isn't a bad batting aver age. A MILITARY commentator in London, dispatches tell us, thinks we have no occasion for gloom. It took nine days, he says, to (Continued on page 2) Increased Natural Gas Flow From Exploration May Ultimately Grow To Volume Ample for All Roseburg A belief that he will soon have sufficient natural gas available to supply the city of Roseburg was expressed today by W. F. Kernin, local well driller, who for the past three years has at odd times been exploring for oil on the Preschern farm about five miles west of Roseburg. Mr. Kernin last night conducted a demonstration for James Mess and Wm. Adair, chamber of com merce officers, exhibiting a con siderable flow of gas which burn ed cleanly when ignited. He states that he has no measurement on the present flow of gas, but be lieves the well Is now producing about 30,000 cubic feet daily. Using a drilling outfit of his own design and manufacture. Mr. Kernin has drilled to a depth of 2.000 feet. He recently struck a formation of brittle shale, he re ports, and has penetrated about Meat, Butter Dole Program Ready for Consumers of U. S. Canned Fish, Fats, Edible Oils Included Red Stamps' Use Begin ' Next Week; Meat Quota Likely to Be Slashed WASHINGTON, March 27. (AP) For most Americans, to day marks the deadline for the purchase of meats and cheese except with ration coupons. And, beginning next week, red stamps from ration book No. 2 also will be required for the pur chase of canned fish, butter and other fats and oils, sales of which are presently frozen. Aimed to equalize distribution and along with price ceilings combat black markets, the gov ernment's ambitious new ration ing program for those products is scheduled to start Monday. A relatively few neighborhood stores will continue sales tomor row, but the great majority will stop regular transactions on ra tioned goods ai closing time to night. Some even planned to close to day because of lack of meat sup plies. John H. Kotal, executive secretary of the National Asso ciation of Retail Meat Dealers, said in Chicago that at least 30 per cent o that city's more than 6,000 markets would be closed during the day, while Cincinnati reports indicated a shutdown there might reach as high as 75 per cent. Weekly Dole 16 Points. In meat-starved "New York City, Mayor LaGuardia and the region al OPA jointly announced that an emergency shipment of 1,000,000 pounds of beef for home consum ers was being rushed to the city. Throughout the country, house wives studied the new ration list which includes all beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton, as well as cheese, canned fish, butter, margarine and lard. When sales of these goods are resumed Mon day, each person will be allowed to spend 10 points weekly. Most steaks, butter and cheese call for (Continued on page 6.) One Woman Accused Of Murdering Another TULSA, Okla., March 27. (AP) Mrs. Ella B. Howard, Fort Worth divorcee, pleaded innocent at her arraignment today on a charge of murder in the swank hotel room shooting of Mrs. T. Kiirl Simmons, widely known horsewoman. Preliminary hear ing was set for Wednesday. She was held without bond. Mrs. Howard, 44, prematurely gray and the mother of a son and daughter, was taken into custody Thursday night shortly after Mrs. Simmons was found dead in Mrs. Howard's room in the fash ionable Mayo hotel. 300 feet into this rock. During the last 200 feet, he states, the flow of natural gas has been in creasing very rapidly and he an ticipates the volume will increase still more as the hole is deepened. Kernin estimates that a flow of 500.000 cubic feet daily would be required to supply the city of Roseburg. The type of gas, he states, in dicates the presence of petro leum, and he plans to continue the drilling with the hope that he will reach oil in commercial quantities. He is conducting the explora tion independently utilizing time when he is not otherwise occu pied with commercial well drill ing. He is prepared to continue to much greater depth, having materials available, but Is some what hapdlcapped in securing tool steel. ROSEBURS, Named as Czar Of Food Program V Chester C. Davis, above, has been appointed by President Roosevelt as administrator of the new setup to direct food production and distribution in the department of agriculture. Davis, former director of the AAA, was called to his new job from the presidency of the Federal Reserve bank at St. 4-ouis. He takes ovr all top power in the national food pro gram formerly held by Secreta ry of Agriculture Wickard. Five Jap Bases Blasted by Allies ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 27. APL- Allied heavy bombers, striking powerfully al Japanese military installations on New Guinea, dropped 19 tons of bombs on the newly eonsirucled enemy base nt Wewak on the north coast last night and set two 500-pound bombs squarely on a 4,000-ton cargo vessel, an allied commu nique said today. The bombers were over We wak for three hours and at times dropped as low as 75 feet to put their bombs on the tar gets despite intense anti-aircraft fire, it was announced. The Ja panese shore Installations suffer ed heavily in the attack, the com munique said. Other allied bombers taking part in the rwoep over New Gui nea blasted at the Japanese foot holds at Finschhafen, Salamaua, Lao and Mubo. The? attack on Wow alt was deseuUvi as the greatest ever male by allied planer, on that port. The weight of the attack indi cated the importance placed by the allies on the new base which was the destination of a recent Japanese convoy from Rahaul, New Britain, attacked by allied planes. In the raid on Lae, the com munique said, enemy positions along Markham road were bomb ed and fires were started "which gradually merged into one large blaze visible 20 miles away." The allied planes made 14 passes over the Mubo positions and started more fires. The dock area at Finschhafen was the main target of the bombers. Junk Dealers Accused Of Price Top Violation PORTLAND, March 27. (AP) The OPA charged three Port land scrap metal dealers yester day with breaking price ceiling regulations. MacCormac Snow, OPA at torney, said the Alaska Junk com pany, the Zidell-Steinberg Ma chinery company.and the A. & A. Machinery company mixed in ferior metal with high grade scrap and sold it at excessive prices. He filed suits in federal dis trict court to restrain the com panies. No penalties were asked. tf THt DOUGLASTCOUNTY DAILY OREGON, SATURDAY, RAF Bombs Ruhr Center Of Duisburg Small Towns in Region Also Raided: Germans Report "Casualties" LONDON, March 27. (AP) A strong force of RAF bombers attacked Duisburg and other tar gets in the Ruhr last night, the air ministry communique said to day. Four bombers are missing. Aircraft of the fighter com mand were also on patrols during the night, the communique said. Two failed to return. The Berlin radio earlier ac knowledged that "high explosive and Incendiary bombs had in flicted casualties during raids on small towns In western Ger many." Meantime, it was reported au thoritatively, no enemy planes had been over Great Britain for 36 hours. It was the 57th raid of the war on Duisburg, one of the biggest railway junctions in the Ruhr and the largest inland port in Europe. The last attack was Dec. 20. Besides its importance as a railway and communication cen ter, Duisburg has a power sta tion, blast furnace, coke oven and airdrome targets. One of the largest railway bridges spanning the Rhine also is located there. The city, which is about 300 miles by air from England, has 440,000 population and is connect ed with Germany's North sea ports by canal. NEW YORK, March 27. (AP) A Swedish dispatch quoted by tho office of war information to dajf said 500 British agents and 500 Norwegians have been drop ped into Norway by parachute during the winter and that "there's an army of gliosis now in Norway which may one day suddenly grow up like mush rooms;" "They are living In secret places awaiting action," the dis patch said. Nazi occupation officials re cently intensified the search for the foreign agents after discovery that 8,000 pistols, 12,000 guns and 320 machine guns had disappear ed, it was said, and also that 17, 000 Norwegians were missing from the country. They were be lieved to have fled into Sweden. Store Heads Accused of Weights Law Violation SPOKANE. March 27. (API Nine managers of Spokane chain stores were arrested yes terday on warrants charging vio lation of the ordinance for fair weiehts and measures. D. R. Caldwell, of the city weights and measures division, obtained tne warrants. Ready to Roar Against Rommel's Forces This lineup of 4anks being now with allied forces on the assembly. MARCH 27, 1 943. Pursuers of Rommel Wary of Flowery tNEA Uaiiio-TelephQloJ These British Eighth Army sappers avoid pushing up daisies by searching through a flower field for hidden mines planted by Nazi Marshall Rommel's Afrika Korps in Tunisia, near Mede nlne, during the assault on the Mareth line. Photo radioed Cairo-New York. Mayor LaGuardia Slated For Service in Army WASHINGTON, March 27. (AP) Shephen Early, white house press secretary, said today that "all indications point to serv ice In the army "for Mayor Flo rello IiGuardia of New York City. Asked about published reports that the mayor might serve In some administrative capacity In north Africa or possibly Italy, when that country is occupied by the allies, the secretary told re porters he had seen those reports but "it has not been decided where he would serve, to my knowledge." LaGuardia was a filer in the fhst world war. Treasurer Convicted of Collecting Pay Rebates SEATTLE, March 27. (AP) A superior court jury last night convicted Carroll Carter, King county treasurer, on eight counts of collecting rebates on wages paid to employes of his office. Carter had testified the em ployes voluntarily collected the money to help him clear up S.1,500 of personal debts and hi' knew nothing of the plan until it was put Into effect. Each conviction Is punishable by a maximum of !)0 days in jail and a $250 fine. U. S. Troops Reported at British Red Sea Outpost LONDON, March 27. (AP) A German broadcast recorded by the Associated Press said today that a great number of United States troops had arrived In Aden, the British-garrison outpost across the mouth of the Red sea from Africa. The report had no confirmation from allied sources. readied for battle after arrival Tunisian front. Civilian dlesel VOL. XXXI NO. Wood Aplenty but Labor Lacking, Dealer Says PORTLAND, Ore., March 27.- -(AP) Clyde Marsh, president of the Oregon Fuel Merchants asso ciation, said today the state had plenty of wood fuel but that deal ers were experiencing difficulty supplying Portland. This because of the labor-scarcity In the wood yards and on the trucks. He said, however, there was no need of a firewood rationing pro gram. Rather the dealers want a survey to determine consumer needs. He protested OPA forms sent dealers to determine fuel conditions, saying they served only to make more work for small operators. Widow Tries Suicide In Three-Story Drop PORTLAND, March 27-(AP) Hospital attendants had little hope today for the recovery of Mrs. Grace Reid, about 50, Dur ham, Calif., who apparently slashed her wrists and leajied out of a third floor hotel room. She was found lying in the street a few moments before she was to have accompanied the body of her husband, Roy 13. Reid, to a cemetery. Sales Tax, Vets School Bills Given State Dept. SALEM, Ore., March 27. (AP) Governor Snell sent to the state department today two house bills. H. B. 2G8 and II. B. 400, one for a retail sales tax and the other for an educational pro gram for veterans of the present war, which were rererred to un people by the 1!)43 legislature. Referred bills require no action by the executive. at Oran, Algeria, may be In action engine experts supervise the tank 281 OF THE EVENING NEWS Death Reds Rout Nazis In Belgorod Area (By the Associated Press) Soviet dispatches declared to day that red army troops, seizing the initiative in the fierce battle around Belgorod, stormed Into German trenches during the night and routed the nu.is In hand-to-hand fighting. Field reports said the Germans were making u gigantic effort to score a major break-through southeast of Kharkov, throwing vast numbers of dive-bomliers, tanks, motorized troops and In fantry Into the assualt, but the Russians were holding at evei-y paint. I On the central (Moscow) front, the soviet command said Russian troops smashed deeper into the German defense zone on the out er approaches to Smolensk, over running more na.l strongpolnts as the red armies attacked from three directions. Dispatches said the campaign was being fought in the worst weather of the year for military operations, with the spring thaw flooding many battlegrounds. Police Heads Accused in Boston Gaming Round-Up BOSTON, March 27. (AP) Seven Boston police officials, In cluding Commissioner Joseph F, Tlmuliy and Superintendent Ed ward W. Fallon, were indicted to day by a special Suffolk county grand jury on charges of con splracy to permit the operation of gaming houses and the regis tration of bets. Tlmulty appeared before the jury yesterday as did Dr. Harry J. Sagansky, now serving a pris on sentence for operating a $90, 000,000 pool. Besides Tlmulty ond Fallon those named in the indictment which was reported to Chief Justice John P. Higglns, were: Deputy Superintendent James R. Claflin, Deputy Superinlen dent John M. Anderson, Captain John A. Dorsey, Captain Edward J. Keating and Sergeant Arthur Eunson, Arranged before Chief Justice Higglns, all the men pleaded In nocent, and were released on $2.fKK) bonds euch for trial on Monday. Roosevelt Asks U. S. Observe Army Day to WASHINGTON, March 27. (AP)--President Roosevelt today proclaimed Tuesday, April 6, as army day and asked the Ameri can people to reflect on ways and means of Increasing the flow ol supplies to American soldiers on the world battlufronts. He asked the state governors to Issue proclamations appropri ate to the day. He also request ed that on that day, "while in tensifying the war effort in fac rories, fit:kls, mines, transporta tion lliier and ports, the Ameri can people reflect uxn the sol diers whose very lives they hold in trust and upon ways and means of Increasing the flow of supplies to them and of maintain ing in this nation a country worthy of their sacrifice and fit for Inch- return. Prisoner Take Heavy in Two Days Battle American Forces Also Make Gains in Plan to Entrap Rommel Army ; (By the Associated Press) . Allied headquarters announced today that Gen. Montgomery's British 8th army delivered a suc cessful attack on the Mareth line - In Tunisia yesterday and said op erations were "proceeding ac cording to plan in spite of stlfC resistance." The official war bulletin Indi cated that Montgomery's forces were surging deeper Into the 40- mile long defense works. In northern Tunisia, the com. munloue sold. Lieut. Gen. Ander. " son's British 1st army stabbed.', out in a series of "reconnaissance ; in lorce operations against axis lines before the j Tunls Bizerto r zone. i . Monteomerv's advance in the ' assault on the Mareth line was1 the second announced by allied j-' ; headquarters in two days, ana a communique said "many prison.;.'' ers were taken." ; . The German high command : said the allies made fresh attacks' on a heavy scale, both In tho Mareth area and farther north, but asserted the thrusts were beat en off after heavy fighting. Frontline dispatches said Brit ish 8th army troops were advanc ing under a hail of artillery fire, picking their way through mircv, fields and scoimlng Kommcrs lormlduble ari.iy of plllbo.i de fenses. Heavy ralni ngaln fell over tho southern and central fronts, h'impering operations. U. 8. Army Also Gains . The communique said there were only "local" actions in the El Guetar and Maknassy sectors, while axis broadcasts admitted Unit U. S. troops under Lieut. : Gen. Patton were making pro gress In both regions in their synchronized drives toward the sea. Montgomery's smash Into the , Mareth works, centering on the ; bloody "devil's cauldron" salient,' was in its seventh day and the Germans themselves conceded . that Marshal Rommel had fallen back on the defensive after his mid-week counter attacks. The nazi-controlled Paris radio said Rommel's troops were en- (Continued on page 6.) Father ignores Tiny Son in Court; Judge Shows Ire DHTROIT, Murch 27. (API Scene: Courtroom. Principal characters: Three-year-old boy and father, 24 but let them remain anonymous here. - At sight of his father, in the prisoner's box, the boy shouted and ran from his mother's side. ' He stood in front of his father, but there was no sign from the latter. Not even a nod. His father was talking to the "other woman." The boy waited. Still no sign. He climbed the rail into the box, tugged at his father's sleeve. No response. A court attache, who looked like he was all tightened up, took the boy back to his mother. But a moment before the judge called the case, the boy ran again to his father. He fingered the crease in the man's trousers, wailed vainly for a word or a smile. The judge gave the father 90 days for desertion, then exclaim ed: "Get him out of this court, room!" , ' Missing Army Plane Sought Near Portland PORTLAND, Ore., March 27. (API Army airmen searched to day for a twin-motored pursuit ship missing on a routine flight in the Portland area. The plane became separated from others In Its echelon yes terday. The Portland air base , said radio contact with the pilot was lost at 4:30 p. m., when the ship had about two hours' gaso line supply left. The air base said the plane was believed down within a ra dius of 100 miles north of Port land. evity pact flan t By L. F. Raizantteln Surrtndtrlnq In Tunisia at vary opportunity, and usually without a fight, Mussolini's "valiant warriors" may bo op-' proprlaUly dubbfrd QUITallons, -i