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' : MM Bflfe TEH fiHMS f ; ; . ; : ; ; -i - : i w It BACK UP YOUR BOYj Buy an Additional Bond Today VOL. XLVIII NO. 13 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW Execution of Tokyo Bombers Arouses Washington Demand for Retaliation; o Hitler Poison Gas Threat is Reported Destroy Jap Warlords Fliers Urged Those Responsible to Be Brought to Justice, U. S. Note to Tokyo Warns (By the Associated Press) A threat to execute every United States filer captured during a bombing of Japan was Implied In propaganda - broadcasts from Tokyo to day and It was said that Japan would "leave nothing undone to prevent a repeti tion of the allied air attack" upon the island empire last April. I "And by the way, don't for get Americans," said an English-language broadcast. "Make sure that every flier that comes this way has a special pass to hell and rest assured it's strictly a one way ticket." WASHINGTON, April 22.L (AP) A new and burning chal lenge for' revenge rode with America's air fighters in the Pa cific today- They were called on by their chief, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, to destroy the Japanese war lords who "have executed several of your brave comrades" in viola tion of what Arnold termed "every rule of military proce dure and every concept of human decency." President Roosevelt's announce ment late yesterday that some of the American flier? who helped (Continued on page 6.) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS YOU must have read the dis patch in this newspaper from an advanced U. S. base in the Andrcanofs. It tells a story of in telligent Jap planning and de termined achievement. Under our very noses, under cover of "the fog, the little yellow men have built a submarine base and an air base on American soil. WHY we've permitted it is known only to our higher command. We outsiders, lacking all the facts, are in no position to criticize intelligently and con structively.' We can only watch develop ments. . t, We can't help watching rather NERVOUSLY. TUESDAY was Hitler's birth- I day. The Berlin radio, paying a tribute to "our beloved fuehrer," was Interrupted by a ghost voice that rasped out: "The entire German nation curses today the hour that man was born. His henchmen have been in power too long. Germans, AWAKE! The time has come to finish with the nazl gang! Down with Hitler and his crew! On the day of his downfall, the war will be over." The "ghost" voice came through on the same wave length as the Berlin radio, and so couldn't be tuned, out or jam med. It looks like some rather clever allied propaganda work. rIETHER or not it Is really clever, of course, depends on how the German people take It. If they're as angry as we'd be If the Japs or the Germans perpe trated a similar trick on us, It will do more harm than good. But it IS true that the day of Hitler's birth was a BLACK day indeed for Germany. These world (Continued on page 2) . .. y . JLf THE'DOGaCOUNTY DAL? Allied Shipping Losses During 1942 ' Exceeds Construction; "Terrible" 4, Months Ahead, Senator Forecasts WASHINGTON, April 22. (API The Truman committee called today for "a scientific de termination of the number of men who can usefully be employ ed in the armed services" after disclosing that the allies lost 12,000,000 tons of shipping last year, or "somewhat more" than was built. Senator Brewster (R.. Me.) an active member of the senate group which is investigating the war program, estimated that sinkings over balanced United Nations construction by 2,000,000 tons in 1942. "I think we'll catch up by next fall but the next four months will be terrible," he predicted. "The enemy submarines will have more hours ot daylight in which to work." The committee characterized the losses as "heavy hut not dis, astrous" and asserted that "the submarine menace can and will be effectively met" through in creased cargo ship construction and by use of destroyer escorts, escort plane carriers, land-based anti-submarine planes and sub chasers. MacArthur Not to Retire From Field Upon Reaching 64 WASHINGTON, April 22. fAP) General Douglas MacAr thur will continue his services in the field after reaching retire ment age next January 26. Undersecretary of War Patter son, announcing this today, said the services of the southwest Pa cific commander have been of "the most extraordinary value to the country." MacArthur will be 64 next-January ,the age at which retirement from the armed forces ordinarily becomes effective. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI NEA, April 21. (AP) Ameri can reconnaissance pilots met with Increased Japanese aerial activity in the northeastern sec tor of General MacArthur's com mand today, and a lone Flying Fortress fought off two enemy fighters until one was shot down in flames. Both those Fortress pilots who spanned the Bismarck sea for a look at the' Japanese in Kavieng, New Ireland, as well as various points on New Britain and those who made the thousand-mile roundtrip to Wewak in northern New Guinea, reported enemy pa trols active throughout the area. General MacArthur warned re cently that the enemy is build ing up his aerial forces in the south west Pacific. ' WASHINGTON, April 22. (AP) A large force of army bombers, winning far north of Guadalcanal Island In the south Pacific, heavily damaged Japan ese installations on Nauru in the Gilbert islands, Wednesday, the navy said today, and destroyed at least five Zero fighters. AH American planes returned despite stiff enemy resistance from both anti aircraft and fight er planes. In the north Pacific army planes' bombed and strafed Jap installations on Klska ten times Tuesday, damaging the runway and camp area of that Aleutian island. The Aleutians air force has now hit Kiska 113 times this month. , Idaho Rancher Slain; Partner Faces Inquiry PAYETTE, Idaho, April 22. (AP) Tom Harris, prominent Payette rancher who was shot In his apartment Monday night, died and his partner, Earl Clark, was held today on an open charge ponding investigation. In cheerful contrast to the ac count of losses to enemy subma rines, the report praised the United States navy as "a fight ing force superior to all others" and disclosed that the quantity production Liberty cargo ships is being redesigned into a "Victory ship" with 50 per cent greater speed and larger carrying capacity. SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. (AP) Contracts for 357 mer chant ships, including 189 Victory ships, a new design, have been awarded Pacific coast ship yards, the maritime commission an nounced here yesterday. The other ships to be construct ed on the coast include 131 high speed tankers and 37 Liberties. Contracts for 112 other ships were awarded to yards in other parts of the country. The contracts are the first to be awarded for the new Victory design which will supplant the familiar Liberty snip as tne prm cipal emergency type. All of the new vessels will be completed by the end of 1944. Deluded Mother Kills 2 Children Commits Suicide SEATTLE, April 22. (AP) The deaths of a mother and two small children In their home here yesterday were attributed by the coroner to a double slay- ing and suicide by the woman while she apparently suffered from a strange obsession that she was not rearing the children properly. The victims were Mrs. Geral dine Lenore Frey, 24; John Frey, 4, and Linda Carol Frey, 17 months. The triple tragedy was discovered by the husband and lather, John L. Frey, upon re turn home last night. He is an assistant engineer in the office of the U. S. army engineer. Coroner Brill said a note was left, with the woman's signature: "To whom it may concern I alone am responsible for this. "She thought she wasn't rais ing our children right," the grief- stricken husband and father told officers. "She wouldn't give any reason and there really wasn't any. She wanted to. read all the books she could get on raising children, but it didn't seem to help any. I tried everything I could think of to get her out ot it. t The boy's body was found In a filled bathtub. , The baby girl's tnroat was slashed In her crib, Mrs. Frey's body was lying across a bed, wrists and throat slashed and a straight edge razor near by. Writer of Threats to Film Stars Faces Trial BOISE, Idaho. Anrll 22. (AP) Roger Dee Barker, 19-year-old Filer, Idaho, youth Indicted for sending extortion notes to movie stars, is en route to Los Angeles in custody or a federal officer. Barker was charged with send, ing the notes to Mickey Roonev, Deanna Durbin, Bette Davis and Rosalind Russell and also to Call fornla's former Governor Culbert Olson. Trial will be held In federal court In Los Angeles. Runaway Horses Deal Death to Their Owner. CALDWELL, Idaho, April 22 (AP) W. F. Patrick, farm?r near Parma, died in a Caldwell hos pital of injuries received Tues day when his team of horses ran away. - .- ' His physician reported Patrick was plowing In the field when the horses bolted, and he was struck In the chest by Jhe plow. share. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, Use Against Reds Planned; Britain Told Churchill Warns Berlin What to Expect If Gas Employed as Weapon LONDON, April 22 (API- Asserting it had received reports that 'Hitler is making prepara tions for using poison gas against the Russian front," the British government vowed today that any use of gas by either Germa ny or her satellites would bring immediate reprisals in kind against military objectives "throughout the whole expanse cjf Germany." The government s statement was issued by Prime Minister Churchill. The British Broadcasting com pany also quickly beamed broad casts to Germany, directly In forming the German people what they could expect if their leader orders the use of gas. The broad casts emphasized the united na tions' air superiority and quoted the prime minister's comment that "British resource and scale of delivery (of gas warfare facil ities; -. have greatly- increased since last year." Nazi's Cite Pledge The Berlin radio, replying to the British statement, quoted German foreign office circles as saying that Germany would stand by a pledge given last year that she would use poison gas only if her enemies used it first. The broadcast, recorded by the Asso ciated Press, said Berlin political circles termed Churchill's decla ration "provocative."' Britons began checking over their gas masks, , with which every resident of .Britain is equipped, after Herbert Morri son, minister of home security, cautioned them two days ago that the danger of the use of gas was not past. His warning fol lowed the assertion of Wing Commander E. J. Hudsoll, inspector-general of civil defense, that "if Hitler thought he could secure tactical surprise by using gas he certainly would." Churchill s statement said the reports of Germany's Intentions had come from several sources. A soviet official, meanwhile, de clared that "we have passed on to the British foreign office in formation that supplies of gas re cently have been reaching the German armies on the Russian front?' Mexicans to Fill Farm Jobs in Washington PORTLAND, Ore., April 22 (AP) Four hundred Mexican farm laborers are en route to the Yakima and Kennewick, Wash., areas. Three hundred have been as signed tentatively to work in sugar beet fields. The remainder would be sent to Kennewick to work In asparagus and early truck crops. If domestic labor is unavail able, additional Mexicans may be imported for other areas later. Experienced laborers among the Mexicans will be paid 60c an hour or $12 an acre and inexpe rienced workers will be paid 50c hourly. These wages will prevail until a public hearing Is held in Yakima May. 3. Twelve Men Perish in Crash of Army Plane EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 22 (AP) An army airplane crash ed and burned while making a landing at the Evansvllle munici pal airport shortly before last midnight and twelve men were killed, Major F. C. Dickson, army representative at the field, re ported. Army officers requested that names of the victims be withheld pending notification of their next of kin. APRIL 22, 1943 Draft Rules I E or Married en Stated Dependency or Reduced Income Will Not Defer Induction, Information i. ' ' ' " f SALEM, Ore., April 22.-MAP) Married men with children ac quired before Dec. 8, 1941, will be deferred temporarily, but all other men with dependents prob- ubly will enter the armed forces by next fall, unless they are de lerred for reasons other than de pendency, Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state selective service director, said today. ' "Oregon at the present time is Inducting only single men or men who acquired dependents after declaration of war, but this pool of men is near exhaustion and calls in the - next several months will include men with de pendents," Colonel Wooten said, j "It is not true that all single men will be inducted before any men with dependents are taken Some single men will continue to be deferred in class II-A and Class 1I-B so long as they are Ir replaceable in occupations es sential to the si pport of the war effort or necessary to war pro duction. This group of deferred single men is being kept as small as possible but cannot be elimin ated if Induction will dangerously iurtall activities essential to the war." Will Heed Hardships The colonel said the new clas sification, HI D, will give defer ment for registrants whose in duction would cause "extreme Hardship and privation- to men flfnpnflnnts. "Registrants cannot qualify for this classification merely because thoir induction would cause in convenience to their dependents or even a radical reduction In their income," he said. "Experi- nnr-e would ndlcate mat nui much more than six registrants tContlnued on page 6.) j Prices of Poultry Revised by OPA WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) OPA today revised (poul try prices throughout the country and announced "a campaign to smash the black market In poul try." The price order, effective im mediately, establishes uniform prices for each type of poultry and cut the current prices of drawn and quick-frozen eviscerat ed poultry by 1 to 10 cents per pound, but increased prices for quick-frozen eviscerated broilers and fryers by 11 to 2 cents per pound. The new prices were based on cost at country shipping points, replacing a former system based on cost of delivery to the buyer. Under the nld svstem. buyers of different cities could legally offer varying prices for the same poul try on the same farm, and offi cials said this encouraged black market activities. Although the new order direct ly affects only country prices, OPA determines wholesale and retail prices by percentage mark ups on the country price, and of ficials said both wholesale and retail prices will be expected to conform to the new country prices. Jury in Lower 13 Case Still Deliberating ALBANY, Ore., April 22. (AP) The fate of Robert E. Lee Folkes was locked up to day with eight women and four men considering a first degree murder charge against him in the lower 13 slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 21, Norfolk, Va. The Jury deliberated a few minutes more than 13 hours yesterday, then was locked up for the night. Deliberations resumed around 9 a. m. The Jury filed out yesterday to ask Judge -Lewelllng the number of votes required on the different degrees of guilt. Lewelllng advised them an unanimous vote is necessary on a first-degree verdict while only 10 are required for con viction of second-degree murder. VOL. XXXI NO. Douglas Lags In Quota On War Bonds - More Than One Million Still Needed; Pacific Coast Area Far Behind . Douglas county is still far be hind Its quota of two and one half million dollars in the Second War Loan campaign, H. O. Par- geter, chairman of the war sav ings staff, reported today. Sales to date, he reports, approximate $1,400,000. "All of the largo purchases have been made and the remain der of our quota must come from individual purchases of E, F and G bonds and treasury certifi cates," Pargeter said. "The sale has been stepped up by the report of the details of the bombing of Japan, but sales to individuals still are lagging. If we are to maintain our unbroken quota record, the residents of Douglas county must increase their pur chases of bonds." The committee. Parppler slatoa is sponsoring a bond rally at Liienauie i-riuay night in connec tion with the program dedicating the nowlv constructed Airernfi Warning service observation tower. . Fullerton school has rallied to the cause of the Second War loan, It was reported today, and at the regular Wednesday sale of bonds and stamps the students tnis week invested $448.65. WEST COAST LAGGING IN DRIVE, TREASURY SAYS WASHINGTON, April 22, iaij) Bond sales In the treas ury's $13,000,000,000 second war loan amounted to $11,322,000,000 up to last night, Treasury Secre tary Morgenthau reported today, auuing inai ine west coast is lag' ging in the drive. Asserting that the 12th federal reserve district, with headquar ters at San Francisco, is "at the bottom of the barrel" In the cam paign, Morgenthau said this is peculiar because "the west coast Is closer to the front than any other part of America and always led the way heretofore. It has always felt the war more closely. PORTLAND, April 22 (AP) The state war bond staff urged Oregonlans to bear down today on small purchases In the Second War Loan campaign. The state's goal Is $100,000,000 this month. Of this banks are ex pected to buy $50,000,000 In bonds- E. S. Sammons, co-chairman of the finance committee, said the sum for private purchases was near $30,000,000. But he said the total Included a number of large subscriptions and said the re maining $20,000,000 would b; hard to get. Columbia, Willamette Nearing Flood Stage PORTLAND, Ore., April 22. (API The Columbia river, slight ly over flood stage of 15 feet now, will be up to 18 feet at Vancou ver, Wash., hy Sunday and will go even higher later, the weather bureau predicted today. The bureau also said Iho Wll lamctle river will reach flood stage of 18 feet in Portland Sat urday, submerging lower levels of several piers. The three Henry Kaiser ship yards In the area prepared to erect cofferdams around the ways In order to keep the high water from Interferring with work. Smaller shipyards said they would delay launchings If high water Interferes and would at tempt to outfit ships while they were still In the ways. . Loggers Return to Jobs In Response to Appeal PORTLAND, April 22. (AP) Many loggers who left the woods for other war Industries are returning In response to the War Manpower commission ap peal, the C. I. O. Lumber and Saw mill Workers union reported to day.- . Figures for this area were not available, but union officials used the term "considerable numbers" 303 OF THE EVENING NEWS R. H. S. Graduate Awarded Wings As Bombardier NewKtTkv Kncrtvlnt Richard D. Fies, above, whose mother, Mrs. C. O. Fles, resides at 1441 Riverside Drive, hat been commissioned a sec ond lieutenant, army air forces, and awarded the silver wings of an aerial bombardier upon graduation from the bombar dier school at Klrtland field, New Mexico. Lt. Fies is a graduate of Roaeburg high school, receiv ing his diploma with the class of 1938. While In school he was outstanding In tennis and football. Lieutenant Fles and hit wife will be located at Albuquerque, where he hat been assigned to duty as an Instructor. He has been In the army since March, 1942, having enlisted while em ployed with the Consolidated Freightways at the Seattle of fice. Nazis Keep Trying To Crack Red Line MOSCOW, April 22. (AP) The Germans kept up unceasing assaults In the Kuban valley of the Caucasus during the night trying with a great weight of men, tanks and planes to crack the Rod army lines from the southern shores of the sea of Azov to the Black sea at Novo- rosslsk. All their efforts failed, al though In some Instances groups of axis troops were able to reach the first lines of the Red army's defenses, only to be cut down by murderous machine-gun, rifle and mortar lire, and by Russian bayo nets in hand-to-hand fighting, the soviet Information bureau's com munique said. In one sector the Germans were reported to have lost up wards of 1,700 men in the last 48 hours. The German force, meanwhile, was being engaged in some of the vast intensive air battles of the campaign as Russian fighter planes met strong attempts to dive-bomb the Red army's ground troops Into submission. The two-day score of plane de struction in this sector was re ported as 83 to 42 In the Rus sians' favor, and the Red army's aviation was Increasing the num ber of its altacks on enemy ground troops. Tax Showdown Slated After Easter Recess WASHINGTON, April 22. (AP) The house voted today for an Easter recess until May 3, and Speaker Rayburn (D-, Tex.) an nounced the body would have a final showdown on that date on pay-as-you-go taxation, with an other vote on a modified Ruml plan to skip an Income tax year. Senate concurrence in the re cess resolution was required and, according to house leaders, would be forthcoming. Ex-Governor Dickinson Of Michigan Passes CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 22. (AP) Former Governor Luren D. Dickson died today at his farm home near here at the age of 84 years. He had suffered a heart attack yesterday. Smashed Foe Leaves Ruins Of 27Tanks Cream of German Army Used in Futile Try to ' Ease Pincer Pressure ALLIED HEADQUARTERS TfJ NORTH AFRICA, April 22 (AP) British infantrymen, tanks and artillery have beaten back three major thrusts by : axis , ground troops seeking to ease the pressure upon their Tunisian de fense lines, inflicting losses' which included destruction of 27 tanks and capture of 500 Ger mans In the MedJez-el-Bab sector alone,' it was announced today. , Fresh British gains on the southern front were, declared firmly held. Between 60 and 80 tanks and at least five battalions of Ger man infantry (perhaps 3,000 men) struck by moonlight Tues day night at the positions of Lieut. Gen. Anderson's First ar my In the mountainous area of MedJez-el-Bab, itself 35 miles southwest of Tunis. The assault forces, described here as some of the best of Mar shal Rommel's men in Africa, were met by heavy fire. They suffered considerable casualties and the survivors were withdraw ing at dawn, a communique said. Among the 27 wrecked tanks they left behind were two of the 60-ton Mark VI Tigers.' VC Gen. Montgomery's Eighth ar my massed artillery batteries to beat off two counterattacks against Its new lines anchored ,, in the region of Takrouna, five mUes northwest of Enfidavllle, and In the area of the DJebel Garcl, 10 miles inland from the. coast with a heavy loss to the axis. . Axle Use Craok Troops ' f General 5 Montgomery's men,, who face 10 miles of extremely difficult hill country In their latest push toward Tunis, have already driven through . three miles which had once bristled with nazl defenses. , Observers said the axis forces were striking with' all possible strength in an effort to slow their progress, regardless of the cost in troops and material. " - The German command included units of the Hermann Goering Jaeger regiment and the Goering Grenadiers in the attack on the First army and they struck on an eight-mile front. Tank forces which had previously seen action in the battles of Fondouk, Kasse rine Pass and Maknassy were thrown into the fray. , Air Forces Post Successes. American manned Spitfires frustrated an attempt by Messer schmitts to bomb allied troops east of Medjez-El-Bab. iThe nazi planes were forced to Jettison their explosives and two Focke Wulf 190's which Joined in the subsequent battle were shot down. Both French and United States troops have been carrying out ac tive and penetrating patrols on sectors of the Tunisian front as signed them, It was added. Relatively bad flying weather restricted aerial operations, but a number of bombing and machine gunning sweeps were carried out by allied squadrons over Tunisia, and Malta-based Spitfires knock ed down four more Junker-52 transports. Ten enemy aircraft were destroyed during the day by the north African squadrons, while four allied planes failed to return from all operations. .- ' American and British-manned (Continued on page 6.) Jail Terms Given Two , On Vagrancy Charges Floyd Allen, 24, and Robert A. Morgan, 21, transients, were held in custody today, following arrest by the state police last night on charges of vagrancy. The men were sentenced to 30 days each In. jail following pleas of guilty In the justice court today. During the period of their sentence In vestigation will be made to de termine whether they are wanted elsewhere, State Police Sergeant Paul Morgan reported. The two men reportedly were attempting to halt cars south of Myrtle Creek last night and were reported to the police by motorists who fear- . ed attempts at hold up, the police sergeant reported. Fortunately for the mental calibre of the U. S. armed farces, draft ages have been r vised upward. A downward re vision Into the adolescent group would have eatraht a 1A o bureaucrats directing the ',w effort. Levity pactant By L. F. Relnnftela -1 feJ5 ft-