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?7n in tnn n wratr nn an nrn n - 4t4t n nn nwrrsn-inw v. IniAn h ininn n rv(nAAnD 1 M Italian Chief; Messe, Also Ends Holdout . 1 UNH. If if Will IP: llf II I MM Csr Job Is to Save I T VOL. XLVIII NO. 30 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW Allied Prisoners Out, Axis Prisoners In ... , fj jar i mw".vv'. 1 . L iV.- U.U U k. T--rr TBI How the fortunes of war were reversed by the allied victory In Tunisia is shown in the above photos. At the top is a happy group of America n and British soldiers, coming ashore at Tunis after their release from an Italian prison ship. The flag is the French trl-color with the cross of Lorraine. Lower photo shows a line of axis prisoners, mostly Italians, marching to an Intern ment camp under the watchful eyes of two B ritish tommies. (Telephoto). . In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE fighting In Tunisia is all over but the shouting and the Germans seem to be doing most of that. They are shouting "Kamerad!" ANIEL De Luce, AP corre spondent with the British, says Hitler's famous shock troops have become a desperate rabble, running for their lives into the Cape Bon hills or surrendering. The completeness of the col lapse of these German divisions, he adds, rivals that of the Ita lians. DE Luce tells of meeting four German soldiers who said they had been sent to Africa from Russia last winter. They asked him to accept their sur render (which, as a non-combatant, he couldn't do). They went on until they found some one who could take them in. A British soldier, he relates, )was captured at night. In the morning his German captors gave him back his rifle and 200 of them surrendered to him. THE dispatches Indicate that there will be no Dunkerque. Our naval and air forces are too powerful. They're patrolling Cape Bon incessantly, smashing every boat that gets off the beach. Surrender seems to be all that is left for the doomed forces of the axis. THE German air force pulled out of Africa two days ago. They knew the battle was lost, Vind they're badly needed else where. There are well-founded reports of huge fires along Cape Bon axis equipment going up in smoke. The Germans left in Afri ca know they're licked and don't (Continued on page 2)' Ml i Roseburg Will Celebrate African Victory With Parade, Bond Rally African Victory day, proclaim ed by Governor Earl Snell for Wednesday, May 19, will be ob served in Roseburg with a patri otic parade and war bend rally, H. O. Pargeter, chairman of the county war savings staff, an nounced today. Complying with the suggestions of Governor Snell, preparations are being made all over the state to observe the day by a war bond selling campaign as the most effective means of indicating to the armed forces the general rejoicing over the North African victory, Pargeter said. "There is no better way in which to indicate our joy than by purchasing war bonds," the chairman said. "Our boys have Bombing of Oregon This Summer Is Predicted PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) Oregon will be bombed this sum mer, a joint meeting ot unei League of Oregon Cities and the! Oregon Finance Officers' associa tion was told last night. Major Joseph Hansel, civilian protection director for the OCD's northwest sector, said some American city will be attacked from the air before fall and Jer rold Owen, Oregon OCD coordi nator, said this state is "sure to be bombed this ummor." Hej urged periecuon oi civilian ae fense organizations to meet the threat. Earl Mallery, American Mu nicipal association executive di rector, told city councils to start now on post-war planning or other agencies would step in anI take jurisdiction locally. . t Sprague Named Oregon Head of U. S. War Fund SALEM, Ore.. May 13. 'API Former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, Salem publisher, was notified to day of his appointment as Ore gon chairman for the National War Fund, established at the re quest of President Roosevelt's war relief control board. ROSEBURG, VfcM Telenholo) proven their ability to win victor ies if they are given the materials with which to fight. Our job is to 'pass the ammunition' and the most effective way to do that is by buying war bonds. Local stores will be asked to close between the hours of 2 and 4 p. in. while patriotic, fraternal and civic organizations join in a parade, which will be followed im mediately . by a bond rally. Frank Ward has been appointed as gen eral chairman of parade arrange ments. The war bond sales for the month are being sponsored by the Eagles lodge, which will join with Mr. Ward in the arrange ments for the celebration. Gov. Snell Proclaims "African Victory Day" PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) Oreeon will observe "African vic tory day" next Wednesday by proclamation of Governor hneii, Inviting other states in the celebration of "the redemption of the first continent reclaimed from our enemies," the governor last night issued a proclamation which read in part: "Britain has rung its church bells and rejoiced throughout the land over the liberation. Russia and China have rejoiced. It is improper for America to leave to its comrades in arms the ob servance of this first decisive and absolute victory of the second world war." Job Freezing Plan Now In Effect in Oregon PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) The War- Manpower commis sion's labor stabilization plan. was effective throughout Oregon to day. Under the program, said Area Manpower Director L. C. Stoll, agricultural workers may shift jobs without obtaining certifi cates of availability, but if they desire non-farming Jobs "they must be cleared by the U. S, Em ployment service. OREGON, THURSDAY, Duisburg Blasted in Record RAF 1,500Tonsof Bombs Rained On Vital City Great Conflagrations, i Casualties Result; 34 Of Raid Fleet Downed LONDON, May 13. (API- British bombers delivered their heaviest attack of the war on Ger many last night, dropping more than 1,500 tons of bombs on the battered industrial center of Duls burg, it was announced today. . Thirty-four bombers were re ported lost in the raid the first great night attack on the reich since the smashing assault on Dortmund May 4. Allied raiders followed up this assault by streaming across the English channel this morning to smash at the coast of occupied France. The rumble of heavy ex plosions rolled back across the channel, and later twin-motored bombers came winging home un der a swarming escort of fighters. Duisburg, situated at the junc tion of the Rhine and Ruhr, is a vital transport and communica tions center in addition to being the site ot Important war indus tries. i r It was last bombed "the- night of April 26, when an RAF force unloaded 1,350 tons of high ex plosives on the city in one of the mightiest assaults undertaken by the RAF up to that time Nazi Admit Havoc (The German high command communique said explosives and incendiaries wrought extensive rlnmncre in some olaces ot west ern Germany, "particularly in the city areas of Duisburg." uroaa cast from Berlin and recorded by the Associated Press, it said the nmuilatlon suffered casualties.) An air ministry communique (Continued on page 6.) Revolt Against Nazi Rule Spreads LONDON, May 13- (AP) Re ports from the continent today said revolt was raging in occu pied Holland and had spread "like wildfire" across the border into Belgium, where there was a series of attacks on German troops, military establishments and communications. Reverberations of the allied victory in Africa were said to be shaking the whole of Hitler's Eu rope. Accounts of sabotage, armed clashes and general resistance poured in from Poland, Norway, Yugoslavia and Greece, but the Dutch and Belgians appeared to be giving nazi occupation forces the greatest trouble. There were indications in re ports reaching here that the Ger mans were sending additional troops into the low countries, but it was not clear whether this was in anticipation of an allied inva sion or to suppress rebellion. Eight Persons Face Various Charges Here Eight arrests, including four Juveniles, were reported by the state police here today-"Arthur H. Sandine, Paul H. DeLang and Edward Fitzhee, each 19 years of age, all from San Francisco, were arrested last night near Myrtle Creek following the theft of an automobile belonging to I. L. Thomson, Roseburg. Two Juveniles, from Tacoma, were arrested by ' Miss Agnes Pitch ford, county Juvenile officer and deputy sheriff, after they al legedly had abandoned a car re ported stolen at Yoncalla. Two Roseburg youths were in custody accused of stealing a coin box from the Umpqua hotel. Walter E.. Thackeray, 33, Myrtle Creek, was arrested on a -charge of altering a check. Bail was fixed in the sum of $500. - MAY 13, 1943. mack Japan Slated For Effective Parley at Washington, Hfalsey-M'Arthur Meet Presages Kayo Effort By the Associated Press) ' New allied-blows against Japan in the southwest Pacific and the India-Burma theater were sharp ly foreshadowed in a series of de velopments today The highlights: 1. At an advanced U. S. base in the south Pacific, it was officially disclosed that Admiral Halsey, the navy s fighting commander . in the South seas, had conferred with Gen. MacArthur in Austra lia and mapped plans for "utiliz ing the total means at their disposal."- 2.. Irt Washington, . imormca sources declared . the strategic possibilities of India as a base for ' major operations against Japan was apparently one of the main topics under discussion by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Also on the capital scene, In close touch with the allied lead er, "were Marshal Wavell, Ad miral Somme'r'vUle and" Air Chief Marshal Peirse. Observers pointed out that these three direct the only land, sea and air forces in position to open a route for heavy movement of supplies to embattled China via the long-closed Burma road. Quicker Aid For China With the re-opening of the Mediterranean, as a result of the allied conquest of north Africa, shlDnin? routes to India and thence to China will be shorten ed hv ADoroximately 5.000 miles, thus facilitating the delivery of (Continued on page 6.) Sugar Applicant Must Present Ration Book 1 Applications for sugar for can nins Duriuses should be accom panied by ration book No. 1 for all members oi tne iamny, oioiy lies, secretary, announced today. Aun'l ration forms now are avail able and the rationing board Is requesting that persons desiring sugar for use in canning apply as soon as possible In order to prevent a last-minute congestion. In every case where applica tion is made, the family sugar ration books must be submitted together with the special applica tion form, filled but completely, the secretary stated. It is desirable, If possible, to make applications by mail, in which case the board will return ration books within 48 hours af ter the time they are received. Black Widow Spider Puts Man in Hospital EUGENE, Ore., May 13. (AP) E. J. Collins, Eugenean who was bitten by what hospital at fondants said was probably a black widow spider, was consid erably improved today, although still confined to the hospital. Collins suffered the bite about a week ago, and became serious ly ill, physicians at one time fear ing that the bite would prove fatal. The Eugenean did not see the Insect, which bit him as he was carrying an armload of wood, but he suffered all the symptons commonly Identified with spider poisoning. F. R. Asks 400 Million Fund for War Housing WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP) President Roosevelt asked con gress today for another $400,000, 000 for war housing. He said that publicly-financed war housing construction is es sential to meet a portion of the needs of 1,100.000 workers migrat ing to war centers during the fiscal year starting July l. VOL. XXXil N0.11 on Flood's Toll In Oklahoma, Arkansas Big River Crest Highest in 110 Years; 28 Persons Known Dead or Missing FORT SMITH, Ark., Hay 13 AP The wgorst Arkansas river flood in history gushed down the lower valley today, topping or smashing levees and flooding ad ditional thousands of acres after cresting here at 41.7 feet 3.7 feet higher than the record stage which had stood 110 years. - Receding here almost as rapid ly as it had risen, the river left In its wake six known dead,, 22 missing, hundreds homeless and untold property damage In Okla homa as it pushed its burden in to Arkansas. Seven of the miss ing were Camp Gruber, Okla., soldiers who were engaged . In rescue work. Downstream, the U. S. engin eers abandoned hope, with one exception, of saving any main line levees between here and Lit tle Rock. They turned their at tention to saving dikes below Lit tle Rock on the Arkansas and to battling - the rampaging - White dnd'St. Francis Tl vers In eastern Arkansas.. Relief agencies, whose rescue operations were overshadowed by the spectacular work of Camp Gruber and Camp Chaffee sol diers, expressed belief that all valley dwellers now had been brought to safety. Two Cities Awash Fort Smith and Camp Chaffee were cut off from their principal sources of water with only six (Continued on page 6.) Bishop Collins Denny, Unification Foe, Dies RICHMOND, Va., May 13. (AP) Collins Denny, 89-year-old retired bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and a militant foe of the unification of that church with other branches of Methodism, died at his home here yesterday. After the unifi cation had been accomplished In 1938 and 1939, Denny Insisted that he was still a member of the Southern Methodist church and Uiat he would not be a member of the unified church. He retired from active work In 1934 after 24 years as a bishop and a total of 54 years service to the church. . He left a Baltimore law office to become a circuit rider. Copco Appeals From Power Board's Rulings SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (AP) The federal circuit court of appeals was asked yesterday by the California Oregon Power company to set aside parts of federal power commission ml lngs which tend to bring about lower consumer rates. One PFC order requires that "the company credit to surplus an item of $630,237 which the company contends Is a cost item. Another ruling directs the company to pay off within a 10 year period an account of $28, 684 for "electric plant acquisition adjustment. U. S. War Expenditures Pass 7 Billion Mark WASHINGTON, May 13-(AP) War expenditures reached a new high Of 57.290,000,000 in April the War Production board re ported today. This brought war expenditures since July, 1942, to $94,900,000, 000. April expenditures exceeded those in March by $178,000,000 or three per cent. The figures include expend!! ures by the treasury, reconstruc tion finance corporation and RFC subsidiaries for all war pur poses. OF THE EVENING NEW8 Germany Led Americans In Final Smash Commander of the American forcet'that shattered axis re sistance In Tunisia was MaJ. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, above, an Infantry expert. He succeed ed Lleut.-Qen. Patton, specialist In tank operations, whose units were unable to maneuver In the mountainous terrain where the finlthlnft blows of the allies were delivered. Russian Blows At Nazis Intensified MOSCOW, May 13 (AP) The Soviet's large-scale air. war against nazi communication cen ters and troop and transport col umns has reached its hignest in tensity, and the Russians declar ed today It was Interfering seri ously with ambitious German of fensive clans. Day and night blows continued uoon the enemy's traffic, concen trations on the southern end of the central front, the vital area which includes the cities of Br! ansk and Orel, southwest of Moscow. The Germans were trying to move tremendous quantities of tanks, guns, munitions and rein forcements to these salients, and the Russian airmen were seeing that the material did not get there. In the ground fighting the so viet communique said red army troops had captured a "height of great tactical Importance" In the Donets river valley near Llsicn ansk, about 125 miles southeast of Kharkov, killing more than than 1.000 Germans and captur ing about 1,000 men and great stores of military equipment. A German counterattack - out side Novorossisk was reported to have been thrown back as soviet artillery continued to pound at nazi positions defending the Black sea port. The communique said 600 or more Germans were killed yesterday In the contlnu Ing battle. Artillery duels wore reported raging on the Leningrad and Ka llnln fronts and west of Rostov, German-Born Tacoman May Lose Citizenship TACOMA, May 13. (API Henry G. Relnsch, German-born Tacoma lumberman, voiced praise nt the Gorman economic system after a trip to his native land in 1935, Martin L. Sorber, Tacoma lumber broker, testified yesterday In the denaturalization case against Relnsch being tried in federal court here. I. P.. Ijiwrence. Tacoma. tcstl fi,.H ihnt he had attended several .cilverchlrt meetlnes. one of them at Reinsch's home, and that Relnsch had Joined in tne gen pr;il discussion. r.nv Hnrtle. Lebanon. Ore., said he heard Relnsch make the state ment, before .the United States entered the war, that he hoped Germany would aeicat cngiana ( ; r) lJi I Prisoner Total Nears - -175,000; Russia Joins In Praise of Victory By WILLIAM KING ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 13. (AP)1 Allied mopping up parties hunt ed the last ragged remnants ot Hitler's African armies in Tuni sia today to round out a victory which Gen. Alexander said waa "one ot the most complete and de-. dsive In history." A military spokesman estimat ed that the prisoners would total "near 175,000" when the last or ' the holdout detachments were -rounded up in the offensive. ' launched May 5. All organized resistance had ended. The allied air force, with nor more targets in north Africa, ' moved its aerial offensive across the Mediterranean German and Italian armies were crushed and their comman- -;' der in chief, Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim, was among the 150,000 captives already counted. Among these was Gen. Giovan ni Messe whom the Rome radio identified as a marshal and com- - mandcr of the Italian first army. Messe was one of the last to hold out in the southern pocket. Called upon to yield, he refused to surrender to any but his old opponents In the British Eighth, army. That formality was ar ranged. It was reported here, but not confirmed, that one of the sons- in-law of King Vittorlo Emanuele of Italy was fighting under Messe and surrendered wlth'him. (The Italian high command an- nounced today that the Italian First army, headed by Messe, ceased fighting this morning by order of Premier Mussolini. The communique, broadcast from Rome and recorded by the Asso ciated Press, said that to this army "fell the honor of the last axis resistance on African soil.") Von Arnim .Obstinate- ' --" -, Xieut. Gen. - Anderson of the. British First army received von Arnim yesterday In his head quarters tent after the German, , refusing to accept terms of un conditional surrender, was driven nearly 100 miles by automobile for an Interview. . Illustrating the allied domi nance, the Briton told war cor respondents: 1 "The situation is such that If von Arnim won't sign the terms, It won't matter any how." . Von Arnim was cornered by the Fourth Indian division mid way between Tunis and Enfida- vUIe and on the approaches to the Cap Bon peninsula. He sent out envoys under a white flag anil then surrendered, but declined to sign the terms. These were that the enemy cease destruction of war mate rial, turn over weapons undam aged, reveal details of mine fields and assist in clearing them. The small pockets of enemy sol diers who fought on either had not heard about the general de bacle or preferred to remain in action despite the surrender ot . (Continued on page 6.) ill Slates Talk to Congress WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP) . Prime Minister Churchill of Brit ain will address the American congress next Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. PWT. Speaker Rayburn of the house Invited him this morning, he ao cepted, and Rayburn returned to the capltol to arrange a joint senate-house session. The White House said, mean while, that a radio address Chur chill has scheduled for tomorrow1 (noon PWT) will be almost en tirely for home consumption in England. American networks will carry the address if they wish. Whether Churchill's speech to congress will be broadcast is up to Rayburn. What the theme of It will be and whether it will give any clues to reasons for the current Roosevelt-Churchill meeting, the White House did not say. evity pact flant By U r. RMatnstta The popl of Italy, already short of food beeauM of Mm prosmet antona, Hi em of a Oor nwn army, face further heavy deprivation. H trior has Marshal Gearing, 250 Km. avoirdupois, to direct Ittrty'l defento.
