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Ira finnp Inllllr mm r ..t r t jr - n4 uirvivnn; nr inrnpnni. m Off Australia Rescued After 36 Hours' Drifting on Rafts v0- v relief THE'DOUGLASXOrjNJY DAILY 1 InlU 'i Ill-Fared Centaur, En Route to New Guinea, Plainly Marked With Red Crosses and Brilliantly Lighted: Lone Woman Nurse Among Survivors Shows Heroism ALLIED HEAQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, May 18 (AP! The Australian hospital ship Centaur, brilliantly lighted and un mistakably marked, was torpedoed and sunk' in flames by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Australia last Friday with a loss of 299 lives. No warning whatever was given. The ship capsized and sank within three minutes. nurses, were saved. Forty-three of the crew of 73 and 245 Aus tralian and British medical staff men went down, most of them trapped on a lower deck of the blaiing ship. There were no Americans aboard. The ship, en route from Sidney to New Guinea, carried no patients. ' t, Survivors, crowded on make-shift rafts in waters swarming with sharks, were picked up 36 hours after the Centaur wenf down. . !fpay's fe:News '' UlTlli II, , By FRANK JENKINS THERE'S still (as this is writ ten) no news from Attu ul- hough the fight has now been Wi.n at least four days That makes it a safe bet it's quite a battle. that WHILE there's no news, there are HINTS. Navy Secretary Knox says it is "going satisfactorily." Knox knows what is happen ing. He couldn't very well say that if we were losing. ON the other side of The fence, Jap Former War Minister Araki is quoted by the Berlin ra dio as saying: "A setback there (at Attu) will only increase our strength. What fti'ver has happened in the Aleuti ans battle can in no wise effect the will to victory and the cer tainty of victory of the Japanese people." That sounds like an alibi. SINCE-we have to confine our selves to guessing, it's fairly safe to guess that our high com mand wouldn't have sent a boy to the mill out there in the far Aleutians. If we didn't go in with strength enough to finish itwe'd better not have started it. So let's assume (in our guess ing) that the force sent against Attu was big enough. AANG more guess: When (or if) the Japs found themselves outweighed t hey probably sent in reinforcements as they did in the Solomons. We can hardly expect them to give up Attu any more willingly than they gave up Guadalcanal. If a big battle is developing in the Aleutians, it will affect all other Pacific fronts. It might even affect Burma. THE war dispatches contain this sentence: "An atmosphenr or VIBRANT EXPECTANCY domi nates the whole war scene." Churchill, speaking in Wash ington, says the hour is approach ing when allied troops massed in Britain will assault the nazi strongholds. Red Star (Russian army news paper) says: "The hour is near Ing when great battles with big masses of troops participating, will break out again." DID you ever watch an old fashioned powder fuse sput tering slowly toward a big blast? That's the feeling one has in watching the news these days. BOMBING of Hitler's Europe goes on day and night the British carrying on by night and the Americans by day. Here are some interesting !ig ures: Hitler dropped 7.V)0 ton of f bombs on London in 94 raids in his great effort to knock England out of the war. In 48 HOURS, on Thursday and Friday, the British air force dumped 5.000 tons of bombs on Germany.' American bombing isn't count- (Continued on page 2) ' General Douglas MacArthur expressed deep revulsion at the "limitless savagery" of the sink ing. "The vessel was traveling un escorted and was fully illuminat ed and marked with the Red Cross and complying with all provisions of international law governing hospital ships in time of war," the announcement from his headquarters said. "The weather was clear and visibility was excellent," The torpedo hit at 4:10 a. m. while the ship was 40 miles off Brisbane and most of those aboard were asleep below decks. The huge Red Cross on its side Wake Island Bombed By U. S. Air Fleet WASHINGTON, May IS. (AP) Army bombers, ranging more than 1,000 miles from their base, attacked Japanese installations on Wake island Saturday, the navy reported today. The communique said that bad weather prevented obser vation of results. It added that U. S. planes were engag ed by 22 Japanese Zero fight ers of 0hieh two were defin itely destroyed and one addi tional was probably destroyed. had been newly repainted in Sid ney two days before and surviv ors said the vessel "was lit up to glory." It offered a perfect tar get for the murderous attack. Nurse Displays Heroism Sister Eleanor Savage of Sid ney was the one woman survivor. Despite a blow in the face which gave her a black eye, .she never complained and survivors said her fervent prayers did much to help keep up morale. It was only after the rescue that she men tioned a side injury. Doctors found three ribs broken. Sister Savage said she and her cabinmate were avankened by a terrific explosion. They ran to the door and looked into the pas sageway. The ship already was afire. Donning lifejackets over their pajamas, they leaped trom the ship together. The other (Continued on page 6.) Property Sales, Condemnations, 2 New Ordinances Occupy City Council Session The Roseburg city council at its regular meeting last night de voted nearly its entire session to consideration at property mat ters, Including condemnation hearings, fire protection measures and sale of real estate. Three properties, which had been advertised for condemna tion, were considered. Attorney R. L. Whipple appear ed on behalf of Lillie Goodman, owner of property on North Jackson street, and requested permission to make repairs to a building, which the city had or dered removed. The matter was continued until next meeting with the understanding that the fire commissioners would meet with the property owner and her attorney in the meantime and endeavor to work out a satisfac tory program. H. A. Canaday, administrator of the Lillie Moore estate, also requested additional time, stating that the property, which was deeded to the federal govern ment, is In such legal status that no funds are available for im provements. R. L. Baker and Jess Hicks ap peared and urged the council to proceed with the condemnation of a barn on the Woodruff estate on Winchester street. It was con tended that the barn constituted i not only a fire danger but was also unsanitary. Virgil Woodruff, one of the owners, announced willingness to remove the barn but asked permission to improve the adjoining residence. The re quest was referred to the fire commissioners who will en- VOL. XLVIII NO. 84 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW RAF Blasts Ruml Plan Given Third Jolt in House Proposed Conference on Senate Bill, Threatened With Veto, is Rejected WASHINGTON, May 18 (AP) Heeding the threat of a possible presidential veto, the house rejected for the third time today the senate approved skip-a-year income tax bill. The action, by roll call vote of 202 to 194, came on a mo tion to instruct its delegates to a joint house-senate conference committee to accept the senate measure. By its decision which opens up the possibility of a new stalemate the house stood pat on its own measure, the Robert-son-Forand bill which would abate a year's tax obligations for approximately 90 per cent of the nation's taxpayers. The vote, tolled off in a tense climax to the seasaw strugqle which has gripped congress for months, came after Speaker Rayburn predicted flatly that the modified skip-a-year plan, if passed, would be vetoed.- WASHINGTON, May 18 -(AP) llndaunted by the threat of pres idential veto, republicans mar shaled all their power today for a final house drive to send the senate-approved skip-a-year in come tax bill to the White House. Backing his party leaders in their battle against the legisla tion, President Roosevelt inform ed Capitol hill late yesterday that he could not acquiesce "in the elimination of a whole year's tax burden in the upper income groups during the war period." House Republican Leader Mart in, of Massachusetts, immediately charged tiie president was Inter fering with congress, and an nounced the executive's action would not deter republican p.u.is to press for final enactment io day of the modified Ruml plan. Speaker Rayburn, personally assuming leadership of the house democratic forces, claimed suffi cient strength for a third success ful stand against the republican- continued on page 6.) deavor to arrange with the own er for the repair of the residence to remove fire dangers. Chester Hamm appeared be fore the council and offered $100 for the Flook property on Parrott street, which the city has held through foreclosure for several j years. The city had been holding and outside property owners pro the property at $500. Hamm i vj(i0 that the fire department stated he would remove the in-lsnall respond with equipment in volved dilapidated building. His I the event of fire at any of the offer was accepted. protected properties. The city is The council placed a price of i $75 on an eight-foot strip from Lot fi. Block E, Laurelwood, the land being desired by W. H, Ma chen, who owns the adjoining property. Lot 1, Block 23, Waite's addi tion, was ordered sold to Carlos Page for $.300. Fire Protection Asked Requests were received from the Western Battery Separator ( company and Digbys Drive-in Market, both located outside the north city limits, for fire pro tection contracts. The council agreed to enter into an agree ment with the battery company contingent upon the company's providing adequate facilities for water supply. A similar contract will be made with Digbv's market, providing water facilities are provided, but Fire Chief Glenn Taylor inform ed the council he believed it ! would be advisable to contact ! other properly owners in that area in an el fort to include a lar-1 ger number of properties and thus permit Installation of need ed fire hydrants at small individ ual cost. Japs Putting Up Stubborn Attu Defense Americans' 2-Pronged Advance in Pineer Plan Faces Machine Gun Fire WASHINGTON, May 18. (AP) American forces have captured a ridge which ap parently is the main Japanese defense position on Attu is land, Secretary of the Navy Knox announced today. United States troops ad vancing north and south across the eastern neck of the Island, Knox said, have been brought very close to gether by this victory if they have not actually joined. The operation against the ridge apparently climaxes the first phase of the campaign for this island in the Aleutians and Knox reported that despite stub born resistance so far "our casual ties are much lighter than had been expected." . The army troops on the island, the secretary added, have the full support of warships standing off to sea and planes operating from American bases to I lie eastward whenever weather permits. WASHINGTON, May 18-(AP) United States troops have es tablished positions on Attu is land, ;the navy announced today, but Japanese entrenched along a rocky ridge are stubbornly oppos ing a two-pronged American ad vance, especially with machine gun fire. Issuing its first communique containing any details on the campaign to drive I he enemy from the western Aleutian is lands, starting with Attu, the navy also disclosed that the ori ginal landings a week ago were at two opposing nouns ai me eastern end of the island and that American forces apparently are attempting to close I lit gap with their moves inland. The landings were made under the cover of United States naval surface forces, which bombarded enemy installations in both areas, and United States army planes, which attacked enemy positions in the vicinity of Chichagof har bor, the navy communique said. Despite today s disclosure en stubborn enemy resistance and (Continued on page 6.) The contract between the Wat zig hatchery and the city was or dered cancelled because of failure of the property owner to install a hydrant or facilities for secur ing water for fire fighting pur poses. The contracts between the city to be reimbursed by payment of $25 for each call, plus an addi tional $25 if it is necessary to use water or chemicals to extinguish the blaze. The owner of the prop erly is required to provide water mains and hydrants. The city fire apparatus cannot be taken out side the city limits, except where such contracts exist, as insurance and accident comm-nsation are voided in other cases, War Bonds Bought The council instructed the city recorder to Invest S2500 from the fire equipment sinking fund and i $1750 from the swimming pool ; sinking fund in Series K war j bonds. I ,. , ! 1 ' . An amendment to the milk ordinance was placed on first and second readings. The j former ordinance placed milk i control under a hpalth officer. The amendment proposed in the 1 ordinance would transfer all du : ties of the health officer to the milk Inspector. An ordinance designating stop streets was passed as an emer gency measure. It was discover- (Continued on page 6.) ROSEBURS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1943. Sardinian Port of Alghero Coal Truce Extended To End of May Lewis Yields to Appeal Of Ickes but Continues To Ignore Labor Board WASHINGTON, May 18 (AP) The soft coal walkout scheduled for midnight has been averted by renewal of the truce until H)i' end of the month. As the deadline drew near for a work stoppage that threatened to cripple the nation's coal out put, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, an swered the appeal of Fuel Co ordinator Ickes by requesting the miners to continue work under the existing retroactive extension agreement until midnight May 31. Postponement of the coal crisis for another fortnight brought signs that a strong rivalry has sprung up over who should settle the wage dispute. The War Labor board, which yesterday charged Lewis with challenging the sovereignty of the United States in wartime and giving aid and comfort to the enemy, left no doubt that it still considered itself the only "agen cy of the government" authorized to handle the ease. Board Refuses to Yield From highly-placed sources come reports that Ickes had pre pared a formula which he believ ed would be acceptable to bolh sides, and was ready to propose it, providing Hie board would let him step in. But the board was said to be sticking to the stand expressed by Wayne Morse, a public representative, who said "the operation of the mines un der the custody of the Depart ment of the Interior, through its chief, Mr. Ickes, does not have any bearing upon the dispute." Morse, in outlining the WLB's position an outline later sub scribed to by other members said the board takes the view that "we must retain jurisdiction over all disputes, because obvi ously when exception is made in this case, we cannot in good faith say to other labor unions and oilier groups of employes who have performed their patriolic (Continued on page 6.) British Bombing Draws Nazi Raids On London, Wales LONDON, May 18 (AP) British bombers, returning again last night to the air offensive on Europe, attacked targets in south ern Germany, fighters swept northern France and Belgium, and coastal aircraft damaged five ships in an enemy convoy, it was announced officially to day. The coaslal planes attacked a convoy off the Dutch coast which was initially attacked by Beau fighters yesterday. Two of the supply ships in a convoy of eight merchantmen and three escort vessels were left sinking and I were seen to be abandoned by i their crews, It was stated. I Axis radios op the continent I began going from the air this j morning, indicating that allied lair raiders were continuing to blast European strongholds by daylight. The targets In Germany were not immediately named. The new attacks were a continuation of the smashing allied aerial offen sive of the night before in which two of Germany's largest dams were breached and devastating floods loosed, and the daylight attack of U. S. bomlicrs yesterday ,r:tncf IrtHont Unwl,,?,,, V boat base of Keroman. During the night, enemy planes again struck at London. At least ten persons were known to have been killed. A Welsh town, Identified by the German radio as Cardiff, underwent one I of the worst raids since 1941. By noon the bodies of several dead had been recovered, and rescuers said It was believed that at least 20 still were hurled In wreckage. Nazis Fortify for 'NEA Tehpholo) -This picture of the nazi "Atlantic wall," taken by one. of Hcrr Goebbel's photographers and published to boost the morale of the Germans who fear an allied invasidn, shows nazi soldiers carrying mining equipment through anti-tank fortifications and mine fields. The "wall" is supposed to extend 5000 miles along the channel and Atlantic coastB of Europe. Death, Ruin Ride On Indiana Flood INDIANAPOLIS, May 18 (AP) One of the worst floods since 11)1 3 tore through central and northern Indiana today. At least four lives have been lost in the raging torrents. More than 500 families have been moved from flooded . homes in Marlon, Frankfort, Wabash, In dianapolis and other places. Flood waters surged over thou sands of acres of lowlands, dam aging early-planted farm crops. Numerous Victory gardens have been washed away. Nine blocks of sandbagged levee and the Charles Mills dam at Marion held hack the swollen Misslssenewa river. Three hun dred families in the area were evacuated. Police at Frankfort moved 150 families from their homes al though the city isn't even near a river. A drainage ditch running through part of the town could not cope with the heavy flow of water. The Wabash river at Wabash reached nine feet over flood stage and was still rising. Seventy-five homes were cleared thero. A bridge was torn loose at Lo gansport. A dam on Big Eagle creek gave way northwest of In dianapolis and war plant workers living west or the city were told to Slav home until the waters had subsided. The local weather bureau warn ed residents along the lower Wabash and the west fork of White river to expect rapid ris ing of the streams with serious floods. Salem Council Again Spurns Pinball Plan SALEM, Ore.. May 18. (APi - Salem city council, by a vote ol eight to six, Monday night defeat ed for the second lime in less than three years a lax measure designed to legalize within city limits the operation of game de vices, Including certain types of pinballs. Golf Course Clubhouse Destroyed by Fire PORTLAND, Ore., May 18 (AP)- The Peninsula golf course clubhouse was destroyed last night by fire of undetermined origin nt a loss, estimated by the management, of $15,000 to $20, 000. No one wan in the building at i he time. VOL. XXXII NO. Invasion Reds Hurl Back New Nazi Attacks MOSCOW, May 18. (AP) The Kuban front flared into ac tion again today when German troops stole through tile forest ed hills and sprang upon the Rus sians in a violent effort to regain important positions lost weeks ago. Latest Russian reports said that German infanlry which attacked several limes supported by tanks, planes and artillery, was thrown back each time with heavy losses. The German counter attacks are aimed at driving the Russians back from the inner positions of the Black sea port of Novorosslsk. In the air attacks, the nazis lost 27 planes during a two-day raid on the Schlgry district north east of Kharkov, it was reported. Military observers considered the attaoks may indicate a possible point where the Germans intend to loose an offensive. Processed Food Point Values Hold in May WASHINGTON, May 18 (AP) Present point values of pro cessed foods will remain unchang ed throughout May. In announcing this last night, the OPA said the program now has "settled down to an even keel," making mill-month chang es -such as were made in March and April unnecessary. OPA coupled its announcement of no point value changes with an appeal to consumers lo shop early In the month, early In the week and early in the day In order to i educe store congestion. Sugar Stamp 13 Valid For 5 Pounds June 1 PORTLAND, May 1H. (API Sugar stamp 13 in war ration hook No. 1 will become valid on June 1 and will be good for five IKiunds of sugar through Aug. 15, the district OPA announced lo ciay. Stamp 12 expires on May 31. Ex-Mayor of Salem Is Reported Missing SALEM, Ore., May 18. (AP) No trace of P. M. Gregory, for mer mayor of Salem, had been found this morning after he left his home here expecting to be gone an hour or two, city Police Sergeant Wintersteen said. Greg ory, In ill health tor several years, was reportedly somewhat Improv ed recently.. 15 OF THE EVENING NEWS Bombs, Fire Deal Havoc To Buildings Machinegunning Adds to Heavy Toll; 4 German Planes Downed at Sea ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, May 18 (AP) Carrying on an unrelenting at tack on Italy's Mediterranean Is lands, Wellingtons of the RAF bombed the airfield and port of Alghero on the west coast of Sardinia last night. -..,' Bomb bursts were seen in the town and port areas and one largo tire in the center of the town appeared to be spreading beyond control, pilots said. The Wellingtons topped oft their raid by machine-gunning the targets from low altitude. Bright moonlight which made it possible for the Wellingtons to conduct a raid under conditions almost as good as daylight on the outskirts of Rome the night be fore, again aided the bomoers and they did some of their straf-. ing from as low as 200 feet. One pilot had to steer sharply to avoid a church tteeple, he said. Photographs taken during the Flying Fortress attack on Caglia ri, Sardinia, on May 13, showed the freight yards, gasworks, the oil storage area and dock instal lations smashed up, air spokes men said. Transports Destroyed ' "" In routine patrols, the only other activity reported by today's communique, a single Beauflgh ter encountered two Junkers transports yesterday off the coast of Sardinia and shot down both of them. None of the occu pants of the big transports was seen to escape as they plunged into the sea. In another encounter a Beau fighter knocked down a Helnkel and a Junkers Sunday night. The attack was so fierce and sudden thut other German planes began shooting at one another, the pi lot reported. No allied aircraft were lost in (Continued on page 6.) Howard Hughes Escapes Death In Lake Mead Crash BOULDER CITY, Nev., May 18. (AP) Howard Hughes, wealthy aircraft designer and manufacturer, escaped with minor head bruises yesterday when a twin-engine amphibian Diane he was nilofinfr rr.-itind and sank In Lake Mead, drowning a federal aeronautics inspector. Carried to the bottom of the broad, deep artificial lake, site of Boulder dam, was the body of W. M- Cllno of Santa Monica, Calif., civil aeronautics administrator in spector. Escaping from the craft with Hughes were flight mechanic Richard Felt of Burhank, Calif.; Co-Pilot Charles Walter von Rosenberg of North Hollywood, Calif., and C. E. Blandford, aero nautical engineer from Santa Monica. Fell, suffering serious head in juries , and von Rosenberg, with two broken vertebrae, were brought to a hospital here. Bland lord was not seriously hurt. Glenn E. Oderkirke, executive assistant of the Hughes aircraft company, said the accident oc cuned during an apparent at tempt to alight on the water, hai a mile from shore. Wrctchtd old Italy. About all she ha loft art th memory of a beautiful friendship with Adolf Hitler, a navy relegated to the status of an ornament and the blood-stained dagger with which she stabbed Prance In' the back. levity pact flant By L. r. Ralzuutla