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Berlin Also
Given Share
Of Bombing
Stettin, Rostock Chief
Targets of Raids, Which
Cost 31 British Planes
LONDON, April 21. (AP)
Heavy British bombers attacked
the German Baltic ports of
Stettin and Rostock last night
while speedy mosquito bombers
pounded Berlin in widespread
raids from which 31 planes are
missing, the air ministry an
nounced today.
The night's operations also in
cluded mine-laying in enemy
waters and sharp attacks by
bombers on enemy railways,
barges and coastal shipping, a
communique said.
The operations were favored by
good weather and the bombing at
I1 tacks on Stettin and Rostock
which were carried out by some
of the RAF's mightiest planes
were well concentrated, the air
minfstry said.
Rostock is the site of the Hein
kel and Neptuna works and the
communique said the port and the
Heinkol works were the specific
targets in last night's raid. The
last previous British raid on Ros
tock was April 26, 1942, when it
was bombed for the fourth night
in a row. At that time fires were
set that were seen . 250. miles
away and the center of the city
was reduced to a heap of ashes.
Stettin, which is the port for
Berlin, was last bombed by the
RAF September 30, 1941, and har
bor installations, an oil refinery
and factories were severely dam
' aged. The Red army air force
also raided Stettin, along with
Berlin, in August, 1941.
Communications Also Hit.
While the heavy bombers were
out against the Baltic ports and
Berlin lat night the eighth
night in a row that the RAF has
attacked the German-dominated
continent other planes hit hard
at German rail and water com
munications in France, Holland,
Belgium and northwestern Ger
many; and attacked shipping off
(Continued on page fi.)
In f he Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE news is in another of those
lulls that are inevitable in war
fare. In Africa, our side is getting
set for the final big push to
crowd the Germans off the tip of
the Tunisian hump. The fighting
ip Russia is still bogged down in
the mud.
Whatever may be brewing in
the Pacific hasn't yet come to a
boil.
IN the Mediterranean fighting,
the highlight at the moment is
the shooting down of German
cargo planes.
We got 58 of them Sunday and
ten more Monday morning.
Along with the C8 transports, 17
German fighters were shot down
making a total of 85 planes.
The dispatches, as is so often
the case, are a little hazy as to
the cost to us, but we seem to
have lost somewhere around 7 to
9 planes an extremely high ra
tio In our favor.
BRITISH military "quarters" In
O Cairo say these German trans
ports were carrying axis person
nel OUT of Africa. What kind of
personnel whether fighting men
or technicians isn't stated.
Cairo, however, says it is a
foretaste of what will happen If
Rommel tries a Dunkerque.
The smacking down of the
German cargo planes is described
as a "massacre."
OUR American General Spaatz
savs the allied air force has
won CLEAR-CUT SUPREMACY
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islands with what bombers we
have avoitoble; raid on 22-ship
convoy forced Japs to use new
supply route, but concentration
of ships agoin reported at Roboul
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AUSTRALIA
Cooktown
This southwest Pacific area is still a oritlcal war area despite allied victories in New Guinea
and the southern Solomons a few months ago. B Ig Jap raids on our bases have shown that the
enemy still has plenty of alrpower here and that allied raids have not been powerful enough to
knock out the foe's airfields. Allied airmen continue their attacks on Jap convoys north of New
Guinea, but the threat to Australia is emphasized by reports of concentration of Jap warships,
supply vessels and transports at Rabaul and Truk. In addition, the enemy is said to have 200,000
troops massed in this area.
Lumber Concern
Buys
U.S. Timber
On South Myrtle
The Climax Lumber company
has just completed negotiations
for 20,000,000 board feet of Ump
qua National forest timber to be
cut at the new mill being con
structed at Myrtle Creek. In mak
ing the announcement, Forest
Supervisor V. V. Harpham said
that the timber was sold to the
highest bidder for $3.20 per thou
sand feet for Douglas fir and
$6.20 for sugar and white pine.
The total estimated value is $62,
100.00 The timber to be cut is located
on the headwaters of South Myrt
le creek. The construction of five
miles of new road has already
been started by the Picco Log
ging company, which is moving
equipment irom its extensive
operations near Montesano, Wn.
E. W. Picco will have charge of
all logging and is also serving as
general manager of the Climax
Lumber ' company, which will
do the milling.
This sale brings the total value
of timber in "going" sales tn the
Umpqua National forest to more
than 500,000. dollars, Harp
ham stated. The counties will re
ceive a substantial portion of the
revenue because 25 per cent of
national forest receipts are paid
to the counties In lieu of taxes.
An additional 10 per cent is spent
for roads and trails within the
county.
Junior Forester Jack Smith has
been assigned to manage this sale
for the forest service. Part of the
area will be selectively cut and
part clear cut. It will all be man
aged as part of the South Ump
qua unit, where it is estimated
44.000,000 feet can be cut annual
ly on a sustained yield basis from
National forest land.
Hitler Buys War Bond
For Hitler's Birthday
FORT JACKSON. S. C.
April
21. (API Hitler bought a S1.000
wnr bond Tor Hitler's birthday.
The war bond belongs to Capt.
Paul Hitler of Brooklyn, N- Y.,
for 31 years a member, of Uncle
Sam's fighting forces a birthday
gift to Adolf Hitler.
Camacho Exchange Friendship Vows
Battled in Southwest
Miles
200
Kavieng Pacific Ocean
W-NEW IRELAND
RobauT-i .
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4
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1 00-plane Jap air raids on Port
Moresby, Milne Bay, Tulogi seen
as prelude to new Nip offensive
in this area. Oro Bay also heavily
hit but foe loses third or more
of attacking planes in each raid
Lower 13 Murder
Trial of Folkes
Is Given to Jury
ALBANY Ore., April 21 (AP)
Eight women and four men
jurors began life-or-death delibe
ration at 10:15 a. m.p today in
the first-degree murder trial of
Robert E. Lee Folkes, accused of
the fantastic "Lower 13" knife
slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia
James.
The jurors took the case with
Circuit Judge Lewelling's detail
ed instructions after hearing tes
timony and arguments for 13
days in the trial of the 20-year-old
negro second cook of a South
ern Pacific limited.
The state asks his death for
the throat slashing of the attrac
tive Norfolk- Va., bride of a navy
ensign who lay in berth lower 13
last January 23 as the train'1
roared past a village station near
here in the pre-dawn blackness.
The defense maintains Folkes
was in the dining car galley pre
paring breakfast at the time she
was knifed in the throat. She died
a few moments later in a pool of
her own blood in the aisle of the
sleeping car.
Judge Lcwelling told the Jury
it could return any one of four
verdicts: Guilty of murder in the
first-degree which automatically
calls for the death penalty if un
accompanied by a recommenda
tion for leniency; first degree
with a recommendation for life
imprisonment; second degree
wnicn carries mandatory life inv
prisonment; or acquittal.
If the Jurors found the evl
dence showed Folkes was Intoxf
cated at the time he made his
alleged confession of the crime,
Lewelllng said, this fact should
be considered although intoxica
tion does not make a confession
inadmissible as evidence unless
the person making the confession
has lost possession of his facul
ties. As to Intoxication at the time
of the crime, Lewelllng said that
if the Jurors ascertained that the
evidence showed Folkes was in
toxicated, this should be weighed.
But he stressed that intoxication
does not excuse a crime. ,
"Intoxication, In the main," he
said, "should be weighed In de
ciding the degree of guilt."
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1943.
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
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U. S. bombers make daily
raids on Jap bases in
Solomons; Munda hit by
more than 100 attacks
DtUUtl
Allied Bases
ffc Jap Bases
1 Jap Supply Route
S. F. Again Votes "No"
On Car System Purchase
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.
(AP) For the second time in
less than six months, San Fran
cisco voters have defeated a pro
posal to consolidate the city's
street railways by purchasing the
privately-owned Market street
system.
The total semi-official vote in
a special election yesterday was:
"yes, 53,441; no, 87,399."
The election was on a revenue
bond proposal to buy the Market
street system for $7,950,000- Spon
sors included Mayor Rossi and
the city board of supervisors.
A similar proposal lost last
November by a margin of 3,500
votes.
CHINAy
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Tokyo Bombing Story Told by War Dept.;
Planes' 'Shangri-La' Was Carrier Hornet
WASHINGTON, April 21.-1
(AP) Tokyo could tremble again
today in memory of the bombs
which struck terror Into Japan's
vulnerable heart a year ago. I
For the War department prom
ised that those were just a gentle
prelude to the pounding to come,
and disclosed that the "Shangri
la" from which the bombers
struck was a ship at sea a float
ing base that could be multiplied
to maul the Isle of Nippon from
almost any direction.
Ripping away at last the mys
tery that had cloaked the Pacific
war's most thrilling aerial ex
ploit, the official story of the raid
disclosed:
That the base from which Maj.
Gen. James H. Doollttle's 16
bombers took off to blast war
plants In Tokyo and four other
Japanese cities was the aircraft
carrier Hornet, later lost in the
Pacific battle of Santa Cruz, Oc
tober 26.
That the Idea of the spectacu
lar attack a first installment on
Pearl Harbor debt was conceiv
ed In January, 1942, presumably
by Doollttle, and Intense training
In utmost secrecy preceded its
execution on April 18.
That the bombers took off from
the Hornet in rough weather 800
miles from the coast of Japan
and attacked at noon, whereas
the original plan had called for
BALI PORTS
Point Values
Slashed On
Frozen Foods
Reduction Also Decreed
For Soups; Blackeyed
Peas Off Ration List
; WASHINGTON, April 21
(AP) Blue ration coupons will
buy about twice as much frozen
fruits and vegetables and canned
and dehydrated soups starting
tomorrow. Dry blackeyed peas
will be ration-free.
A slash In the point values of
these goods was announced by
the OPA to prevent warm
weather spoilage and relieve a
clogging of storage space result
ing from slow sales.
It was the second major change
in coupon costs of rationed fruits
and vegetables, and came as the
OPA was considering an over
haul of some of Its' meat points,
Including possible reductions on
luncheon and other ham and an
Increase on beef Hamburger.
Those meat changes, if made,
probably will come at the end of
the month. '
. Faciers of frozen foods re
iVived what officials described as
obvious "point bargains," prima
rily to clear commercial refrig
erators of the remnants of last
year's pack and make way for
this year's. When the new crops
come out, they are likely to be
point-priced again at about the
old levels.
The one-pound size of frozen
fruit was cut from 13 to 6 points,
one-pound package of frozen
baked beans from 8 to 4 points,
and the customary 12-ounce size
of other frozen vegetables from a
6-10 point range to a flat rate of
4 points.
Soup Points Slashed
The customary 101-ounce can
(Continued on page 6.)
35 Belgian Fascists
Reported Slain in Paris
LONDON, April 21. (AP)
A Reuters dispatch from Zurich
Switzerland, reported today that
35 supporters of the Rcxlst (Bel
gian fascist) and Doriot move
ments and other extreme right
organizations were slain last
week in Paris. No details were
given.
them to take off only 400 miles
ou-snuie k -a-
All But One Crash
That not one of the planes
reached the Chinese landing
fields to which all had been sup
posed to go; the additional 400
mile flight to the Island and a
slorm encountered after leaving
it drained away their gasoline re
serves, forcing them to crash
all except the one that reached
Russia.
That of the 20 officers and men
on the flight, one was killed, two
are missing, eight are prisoners
or presumed to be prisoners of
Janan. five are internca in nus
sla, and 64, Including seven who
wore injured, got home through
China.
Some of the story of the raid
had been told before by Doollttle
and his men; the great disclosure
In the army's release last night
was that the bombers naa start
ed their bperatlon from the pitch
Ine deck of an aircraft carrier.
The secret was kept as long as
possible, the statement said, and
the Japanese, not being sure of
the attack's source whether Chi
na, or the Aleutians or an air
craft carrier "were forced to tie
up part of their military strength
during the crucial months."
Had to Change Plant
Identification of "Shangri-la"
as the carrier Hornet automatic-
VOL. XXXI NO.
Real Aim Of .
Meeting Not
Made Public
Mexican Riiler Travels
Into United States on
Return Visit With F. R.
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
ABOARD ROOSEVELT
TRAIN, April 21. (AP) The
conferences of state which Presi
dent Roosevelt and President
Avila Camacho begun in a gala
setting at Monterrey, Mexico last
night, continued north of the
border today.
Camacho was returning the only
official visit ever made deep into
his country by an American presi
dent but security reasons for
bade the immediate announce
ment of details.
The two continental leaders de
livered radio addresses at Mon
terrey without disclosing in any
manne the real reason for their
dramatic meeting.
They spoke, instead, of differ
ences between their two govern
ments which already have been
solved, of a joint solidarity in
arms' in a world at war, and of
.the values, now and for the fu
ture, of the good neighbor policy.
They dealt strictly in generali
ties and words of friendship and
Mr. Roosevelt promised that "the
government of the United States
and my countrymen are ready to
help" Mexico toward greater
progress toward "the greatest
possible measure of security and
opportunity " He referred to the
issue now apparently dead, cre
ated by Mexican expropriation of
American-owned oil lands.
Exploitation Jabbed
Mr. Roosevelt declared with
studied emphasis:
"We recognize a mutual Inter
dependence of our joint resources.
We know that Mexico's resources
will be developed for the common
good of humanity. We know that
the day of the exploitation of the
resources and the people of one
country for the benefit of any
group in another country is def
initely over." -
A few minutes before, Camacho
had said, in a counciliatory vein,
that "neither your excellency nor
I believe in negative memories.
Camacho stressed the "solldarl-
(Contlnued on page 6.)
allv unfolded Incidents of courage
and heroism nereuimic iuUUt..
the secrecy policy. Foremost am
ong these was the dramatic de
csion by Doolittle and his men to
risk the action despite a drastic
change in plans.
This decision was forced by
the fact as the naval task force
organized around the Hornet ap
proached Japan it was sighted by
an enemy patrol ship. Skippered
by Admiral William F. Halsey,
Jr., now supreme commander in
the south Pacific, the task force
had already avoided one Japanese
vessel and was trying to avoid
another when it was seen by the
third.
That ship was quickly sunk
but it was feared that it might
have radioed a warning to Tokyo
a fear which later was proved
unfounded by the complete sur
prise of the attack. But the raid
ers had to plan for the worst and
act accordingly. It meant depart
ing 10 hours and 400 miles ahead
of schedule; each man knew that
his chances of surviving were
thereby decreased.
Heavy Damage Inflicted
It was noon with a bright sun
shining when the squadron dron
ed In at wave-top level over the
coast of Japan.
Lt. Travis Hoover of Arling
ton, Calif., led one flight over
(Continued on page 6.)
302 OF THE EVENING NEW8
Hitler! Jackals
Battle 'Dunkirk1
Arnlm, second Infloommand to
Marshal Rommel 'of pocketed
axis fores In Tunisia, battling
the allied onslaught aiming at
total annihilation. . , ,
Lower photo German Field
Marshal Hugo Sperrle, report
ed sent to southern Italy, along
with" 2,000 planes, In an at
tempt to keep open a ferry
route for the axis from Tunisia
to Italian ports.
Bombing of Japs On
Kislta Island Continues
WASHINGTON, ! April 21
(AP) War planes of the Aleu
tians command bombed and
strafed Japanese positions on Kis
ka island In 15 record-breaking
raids Monday, the navy reported
today, scoring numerous hits on
important Installations and start
ing fires.
In the South Pacific, a commu
nique said, heavy bombers struck
at the big army base at Kiska on
Bougainville Island in the north
western Solomons. Another wave
of bombers attacked shipping at
Tonolel harbor, also on Bougain
ville, damaging one freighter and
making several near hits on an
other. Since the beginning of the
aerial offensive to smash Japan
ese installations on Kiska the
Aleutians' command has raided
that place 137 times.
There still was no evidence
from the navy, however, bearing
on the effectiveness of these as
saults in demolishing Japanese
installations and delaying or pre
venting the enemy from turning
the Island into an air base.
Reinforced Naiis Fail
To Drive Back Russians
MOSCOW, April 21. (AP) A
violent struggle for an important
height marked the mounting bat
tle In the Kuban delta above No
vorossisk today a the Germans
threw In more troops In an at
tempt to regain lost positions, but
nowhere did they succeed In gain
ing any ground, the Russians re
ported today.
A dispatch to Red Star, the
army newspaper, said that artil
lery action has increased and
there are more and more bomb
ings by the German air force op
erating In strength from the
waters of the Black sea north
ward to the Sea of Azov.
. Pravda, communist party news
paper, printed a front line dis
patch which said Rumanian
troops were In the fight but that
war prisoners complained the
Germans had abandoned them.
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Battle Sees Repulse of
Four Counterassaults
Launched by Rommel
(By the Associated1 Press) ; '
Allied headquarters announced
today that British 8tb army
troops had captured Enfidaville,
coastal anchor of Marshal Rom
mel s mountain defense zone, and
beat off four axis counter attacks
in heavy fighting. ; -
Enfidaville lies about 50 miles
south of Tunis, the capital.
aii initial objectives have been
captured," said a bulletin "from
Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters-
Tignting continues.
Simultaneously, British 1 s r
army troops attacking within 30
miles of Tunis on the western
flank scored "a small local ad
vance in the Mcdjez-El-Bab sec
tor, the communique said. '
While allied ground troops
surged into apparently full-scale,
offensive, united nations war-
planes stepped up their paralyz
ing assaults on the axis and re
corded a three-day total of 151
enemy planes destroyed.
British Lunge At Night
Dispatches said Gen. Montgom
ery's 8th army veterans launch
ed their newest offensive in
bright moonlight at 11 p. mi
Monday, after tremendous artil
lery barrage, and stormed af
least three miles into Rommel'8
"coffin comer" defenses in the
Initial attack. t
Italian headquarters said the
preliminary bombardment was of
exceptional Intensity, indicating
tnat it rivalled If not surpassed
the 500-gun barrage which pre
luded Montgomery's break
through the Wadi El Akarit on
the road to Sfax.
Montgomery's victorious troops
broke a week-old lull with their
typical dash, sweeping over hills
alive with bursting shells from
axis artillery and mortars to
reach the top of Takrouna
heights, five miles west of En-
fluavllle,: while another column
seized the, 1,200-foot Djepcl Garcl
on the left flank. . J .j, '
in me sKies, amea iners snot
down 27 more planes yesterday.
Gen. Elsenhower's headquarters
said, and it was disclosed that VI
(Continued on page 6.)
U. S. Sub Bags 13 Jap
Ships in Two Prowls
PEARL HARBOR, April 21.
(AP) The submarine Wahoo
has returned from its second ad
venture In enemy waters with
another eight ships sunk for a
total of 13 in two successive pa
trols. Naval officials said the eight
bagged In the second patrol was
a record number for a single pa
trol, but Lieut. Commander Dud-
of the Wahoo, described the ex
ploit as "Just cut and dried sink
ing of ships."
"It was Just sight, track, shoot
and sink," said the 36-year-old
Miami, Fla., officer.
Besides the eight ships, to
talling 37,000 tons, the Wahoo
damaged a ninth and wrecked a
trawler and two sampams. The
sinkings all were achieved with-"
in one week's time. For the two
patrols, the first In January, the
total tonnage sunk was 69,000. '
Poisoner of One of Six
Husbands Given Pardon
BOISE, Idaho, April 21. (AP)
The last strings that attached
Mrs. Lyda Southard, convicted
poison slayer of the fourth of her
six husbands, to the Idaho prison,
were severed today.
The state pardons board made
final a conditional pardon grant
ed Mrs. Southard 18 months ago.
The middle-aged woman hus
spent her free months quietly on
her sister's farm at Nyssa, Ore.
Mrs. Southard's prison career
Included an escape over the walls
and freedom for 30 months dur
ing which she married a sixth
time. Husband No. 6 obtained an
annulment after her arrest.
She was convicted of poisoning
Edward Meyer, No. 4, at Twin
Falls, In 1921- Her first three hus
bands also died while she was
married to them. No. 5 obtained
a divorce after she was arrested.
New that Hitter's birthday
has betn duly cti-MAY-ttd by
the nails, It will ba Mussolini's
turn In July, and we fancy that
the Italian acclaim will hardly
sound Ilk this:
"He-ll Duct."
Levity fact Jan
By L. r. Reixtiutila