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VOL. XLVIII NO. 35 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1943
VOL. XXXII NO.10 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
READING between the lines
(which is still all we can do)
there's apparently heavy fighting
on Attu, but we seem to have
the upper hand.
THE Japs are still our only
source of direct news and we
mustn't BELIEVE much that
comes from the Jap, for we know
it is Intended to mislead and con
fuse and NOT to inform.
A spokesman for the Jap army
says, we are landing a steady
stream of reinforcements on At
tu under naval and air bombard
ment. The landing operation, he
says, was a three-pronged affair,
with assaults on the south, east
and north sides of the island.
The main force, he says, camp
ashore on the south on the first
day (last Wednesday) and moved
Inland all day, but was driven
back to the beach that night.
There's a pitched battle on, he
lays, between the Japs and our
forces landing on the north side.
Our third force, attempting a
anding on the east, he adds, was
annihilated.
KEEP your fingers, your toes
and your feet crossed as you
read thesp reports especially the
one about annihilation of our
landing force on the east..
This, In particular, is intended
1o stir uneasiness in our minds
and sow suspicion of our govern
ment which, for security reasons,
is withholding details from us.
If the Jap can make us suspici
ous and resentful of our govern
ment, he will have gained a
point.
Keep that fact ALWAYS in
your mind.
PAY no attention to the Jap tale
that we are using poison gas.
It is absurd on its face, for in
a landing operation such as this
our troops are bound to be all
mixed up with the Japs and you
may be quite sure we're not go
ing to run the risk of gassing our
own men.
The Jap is peddling that yarn
for some wily purpose of his own
perhaps as a prelude to using
gas himself in hit-and-run attacks
on our coast cities.
OUR own army officers in
Washington tell us our forces
will be able to sweep the Japs
from Attu as soon as the weather
clears for combined sea-air-ground
operations.
Colonel Dupuy, speaking on an
army radio program on Sunday,
Continued on page 2)
Nazi Air Forces
Crippled by Reds
MOSCOW. May lD-(AP)
The Idling blows dealt German
air and supply bases dining the
past three weeks by soviet air
men were reflected today in a
frontline dispatch to Red Star,
army newspaper, which said:
"The Germans have begun to
shift their air forces from Cri
mean airdromes to reinforce
their exhausted airforces.."
There was no elaboration in
Red Star, hut the Russians an
nounced officially that they had
destroyed or damaged 930 enemy
planes in the week May 2 S. and
had destroyed 370 planes from
May 9 to Slay 15.
Northeast of Novorossisk in
the Kuban, where the Germans
have been counterattacking for
days in attempts to drive red
troops from the city's inner de
fenses, the nazis lost a hundred
dead in a futile attack last night.
Fighting continued in the lower
reaches of the Kuban river also,
where Germans in row boats at
tempted a crossing but Kt four
boats. References to the lower
reaches of the Kuban meant the
Russians were close to the Kerch
strait.
WM
Part of Foe's
Force Falls
Back to Sea
U. S. Soldiers Capture
Anti- Aircraft Guns, Use
Them Against Nipponr
WASHINGTON, May 30 (AP)
American pincers have closed
their trap around Japanese posi
tions on Attu island, the navy re
ported today, and at least a part
of the enemy troops are in re
treat toward a last ditch stand.
The navy communique said:
"During the morning of May
18, United States forces working
inland from Holtz bay on Attu
island were in possession of the
high ridge southeast of Holtz bay,
and United States troops from
the Massacre bay area were ad
vancing northward.
"During the day, the Massacre
bay force advanced up a pass to
ward the Holtz bay force, and ad
vance patrols from the two forces
joined.
"During the afternoon, the
pass was cleared of enemy troops
which withdrew toward Chicha
gof harbor, leaving only snipers
behind.
(Several 3-inch anti-aircraft
guns have been captured from
the enemy and are being used by
our troops."
Japs Face Annihilation
The main enemy position on
Attu island, Secretary Knox re
ported yesterday, is at t ho south
ern end of Holtz bay. A subordi
nate position is held by the Ja
panese at Chichagof harbor,
which lies to the northeast of the
Holtz bay position and between
five and ten miles away.
The junction of American for
ces in the heights southeast of
Holtz bay place the Japanese in
aposition where they are fighting
with their backs to sea and have
(Continued on page 6.)
House Sees Near
Fist Fight Over
Bribe Reference
WASHINGTON, May 19-(AP)
Rep. Gene Cox, fiery Georgian,
and Rep. Will Rogers, Jr., son of
the late humorist, nursed injur
ed feelings but no bruises to
day in calm contrast to their
quarrel on the house floor yester
day. Colleagues intervened yester
day to avert threatened fisticuffs
when Cox, walking over to where
Rogers was sitting, quoted him
as saying in a radio address that
he had accepted a bribe, and de
manded an apology.
Obviously angry, the Georgian
threw his arms around the Call
lornian's head while both were
still sealed. Other neat by repre
sentatives at this point stepped in
to hold both men by the arms
Cox. a few minutes later, left the
chamber.
Cox is 03 years old; Rogers is
31.
It appeared today that the ex
citement had died down. Cox de
clared that he was disposed to
let matters lie, leaving the next
move up to the Californian.
Rogers called the affair "just a
tempest in a teapot," said nothing
"more than words were exchang
ed," and served notice that he
would seek Cox out "in some calm
moment and iron it out in de-
I liberate fashion."
! The Californian lawmaker said
that he probably had written "at
one time or another" about Cox
in connection with a radio sta
! lion license, but denied that he
ever sai l the Georgian had taken
a bribe.
i A week ago, Clifford J. Durr. a
member of the Federal Communi
cations commission, filed a peti
tion in the house seeking dis-
I ounlifieatinn of Cox as a mem
ber and chairman of a s'c.-il
' committee investigating the FCC.
Durr said that Cox had received a
j ?2.5O0 check from an Albany, Ga.,
, radio station which was used to
purchase stock in the station.
"Paul Revere" of
Warning Service
To Speak Here
Sam Hr.yes, noted radio news
caster, being billed by the Fourth
Fighter command as the "Mod
ern Paul Revere." is to be a visitor
I in Rosebure Silildav. Haves is he-
ing flown to various Pacific coast
cities and towns to work on behalf
o," the Aircraft Winning service.
He will arrive here by army
plane and will speak at 2 p. m.
to women at the Roseburg filter
center.
He will address a public gath
ering at the courthouse square
at 3 p. m. A brief program of
music and other features will pro
cede his talk All Roseburg resi
dents and Aircraft Warning ser
vice workers and other interested
persons from all parts of the
county are invited to attend the
public, outdoor meeting.
Arrangements also nave been
made with Donn Radabaugh,
local theatre manager, for talks
by Mr. H,.yer. at the Indian thea
ter at 9:15 p. m. and Rose thea
ter at 9:30 p.m.
lie alsj will be heard in short
talks from the Roseburg radio
station. KRNR.
Grade 1 Passenger Car
Tire Reserve Exhausted
The Roseburg rationing board
has been notified by the district
office that the district reserve on
Grade I" passenger tires is ex
hausted and there is little pros
pect of receiving an addition to
the reserve from the regional of
fice or from Washington, D. C,
L. V. Hammock, chairman, re
ported today. Inasmuch as the
local quota on Grade I passenger
tires is now exhausted no relief
is in sight, no more certificates
can be issueu until a new allot
ment is received.
Car owners in need of tires
for passenger automobiles are
I advised by Mr, Hammock to make
application for Grade III tires
until such time as supplies of
Grade I tires again become avail
able. Guest Fatally Burned
At Oakridge Home
EUGENE, Ore., May 19. ( AP)
Emery Scales, 66, Willamette
City, died Sunday of burns suf
fered in a fire which destroyed
the home of Harold Hill at Oak
ridge. Scales was visiting at the
Hill homo when the fire occurred
Mill was severely burned attempt
ing to rescue his guest.
Fight Alongside U. S. Until Cities of
Japan are in Ashes Vowed by Churchill
WASHINGTON, May 19
(AP) Prime Minister Churchill
pledged toilay British participa
tion in ail eventual finish fight
until Japan's war industries and
cities are laid in ashes.
The British, Churchill said, will
be in there fighting "side by side
with you while there is breath in
our bodies and blood flows in our
veins."
When that finish fight will
come he did not specify, but his
ringing prophecy of utter de
struction of the enemy in the
Pacific, sounded to a joint session
of congress, went out over the air
waves to the world abroad ene
my and allied countries alike.
There was thunderous ap
plause from members of congress
and high officials of this and the
British governments.
Then, he disclosed, he and
President Roosevelt hope for a
meeting soon with Premier Sta
lin of Russia and Generallisimo
Chiang Kai-shek of China.
Air Blows Tell on Nazis
Churchill declared also that
Britain's air offensive is forcing
Germany to withdraw "more and
more" planes from the fighting
i fronts to "purely defensive" ifpo
j rations at the expense in loss of
aggression and initiative.
This, he said, will prove a
"major factor In bringing victory."
CIO
SE TRAP ON ATTU JAPS
Celebration
In Roseburg
Called Off
Public Interest Lacking
In Victory Day Plans,
Job Stoppages Opposed
All plans for the African Vic
tory day celebration, scheduled
in Roseburg for tnis atternoon,
were cancelled late Tuesday due
to a lack of general enthusiasm,
coupled with the fact that inter
ruption of food and other war
production might result. Aitnougn
arrangements had been made for
a parade and war bond selling
program, it was determined
Tuesday evening, following a se
ries of conferences, that public
interest did not justify the effort
and that resultant work stop
pages, even for a short period
should be avoided.
"A'survey by our committee in
dicates the general belief that
this is not the time for a victory
celebration," Frank Ward, pro
gram chairman, stated in ex
plaining the cancellation. "The
reaction we found to the gover
nor's plan for a state-wide ob
servance of the day, was that it
was ill-timed. IThis was partic
ularly true among farmers and
mill men.
Steady Work Preferred -
"The African achievement,
great as It was. still does not con
stitute final victory in the opin
ion of a great many persons we
contacted. We found that people
want to work hard with the pur
pose of taking care of their own
needs and the needs of their
brothers, sons and husbands
overseas and in the training
camps, and that they do not wel
come interruption.
"With these sentiments prevail
ing quite generally, it was our
opinion that the celebration
should be cancelled, even though
such action was taken at a very
late date.
"I desire personally to thank
each person and organization co
operating in the program plans.
I appreciate that many persons
have been inconvenienced and I
sincerely regret that fact. The
committee is grateful for the as
sistance of organizations and in
dividuals who had arranged to
participate."
Buy Bonds Instead, Urge
H. O. Pargeter, chairman of
the war savings staff for Doug-
( Continued on page 6.)
As for Japan's cities and war
industries, Churchill flatly declar
ed: "In ashes they must surely die
before peace comes to the world."
"I regard the bringing of im
mediate and effective aid to Chi
na," Churchill said, "as one of the
most urgent of our common
tasks."
He turned to a discussion of
the war in the Pacific soon after
beginning his extemporaneous re
marks, as if taking note of recent
speeches in the senate urging
that the war against Japan be
given precedence over the de
struction of Hitler and Mussolini
in Europe.
Recounting the loss of the
Dutch East Indies and of the Ma
layan peninsula and the great
British base at Singapore, Chur
chill said that "all this has to be
retrieved and much else has to
be repaid."
"Let no one suggest," the prime
minister said, that Britain has
not at least as great interest in
the Pacific war as the United !
States.
Stresses Need of Time
With America's high official
dom and dignitaries of her allies
sitting in with the house anil sen
ate in Joint session, Churchill was
making his first public appear
ance since his arrival more than
a week ago for war talks with
KRNR Power
Boost to Better
Night Reception
The News-Review radio station,
KRNR, received authority late
Tuesday to use 250 watts of pow
er for both day and night broad
casting. The station, under au
tlinriiy from the Federal Com
munications commission, has been
operating with 250 watts of pow
er during daytimes, but has been
required to reduce power to 100
watts at night.
The authority granted by the
commission makes the increase
in night power immediately ef
fective. Marshall Pengra, manager of
the station, points out that the in
crease in power will not increase
the effective operating distance,
but will provide better signal
strength and give increased sig
nal clarity within the area now
served. Listeners who have found
interference wilh the KRNR
signals at night, will, in most
cases, find reception considerably
improved as a result of the addi
tional power for night broadcast
hig, Pengra said.
The authorization is contingent
upon an increase in the height'uf
the station's antenna, but the
change will not be required until
materials become available.
Nazi Reprisals for Flood
May Fall on Jews
(-LONDON, May 19. (AP) Re
prisals against Jews "proportion
ate with the very great damage
and loss of life caused by the at
tack" are being demanded by the
Berlin press as a result of I he
RAF bombing of the Moehne and
Eder dams, Reuters dispatches
from Stockholm said today.
The dispatch said the demands
had given the German people as
a whole their first knowledge of
the vast destruction done to the
vital Ruhr valley industries
Reuters had said previously
that a German Jewish medical
specialist, a refugee from Ger
many, had suggested the idea for
the attacks.
Pond Dragged for Body
Of Missing Child
PORTLAND, May 19.-(AP)
Authorities continued to drag a
pond near the St. John's Woods
housing project for the ixmy oi
six-vearold Bernice Shaw. Her
parents, Mr- and Mrs. Lee Shaw,
reported her missing late yester
day and her clothing was found
on the bank. Two small boy play
mates told officers she was on a
raft in the pond when they left.
President Roosevelt.
He brought with him Marshal
Wavcll and nlher military lead
ers from the India theater, hut he
told his audience, he did not
bring them "merely to improve
the health and happiness of the
Mikado of Japan."
Thev were brought here, he
added, to thrash out all the points i
raised in a Pacific war and
there are many."
If all that is necessary to turn
the forces of the British in the
east upon Japan is an order, he
said, "then that order would be
given this afternoon.
But he added that such move
ments are governed by what Am
erican military leaders "call the
science of logistics"-- the art of
supplying military forces.
Churchill predicted a third and
supreme gamble by "Corporal
Hitler" to try to knock Russia
out.
Thereunon he said:
"He will not succeed."
The master minds in Berlin
and Rome, Churchill recounted,
lost an Investment of 950.000 sol
diers, 2,000.000 gross tons of
-hipping nd over 8.000 planes In
their attempt to hold Africa -an
attempt that wound up with the
allied victory In Tunisia.
One great dancer to the United
Nations, Churchill said in a so
lemn peroration, is "the undue
prolongation" of the war.
Nazis Get No
Respite From
Air Assaults
New Raid Launched as
Flood From Broken Dam
Continues Devastation
LONDON, May 19-(AP1 The
roar of a large formation of
planes over the English channel
this afternoon signalled the con
tinuation of the allied aerial war
on the nazis in Europe after a
night of light activity by the
RAF.
The strong force swept over
the straits in a southeasterly di
rection toward Boulogne and
Cap Gris Nez.
Flood waters from the rapidly
emptying Moehne and Eder res
ervoirs in Germany, breached in
Sunday night's spectacular aerial
mining, continued to spread dev
astation and paralysis in Germa
ny's Ruhr and Weser industrial
areas as the offensive entered its
eighth day of round-the-clock ac
tivity .
In a broadcast from London it
was reported that a mine drop
ped by the RAF in a large reser
voir six miles south of the Moeh
ne dam had started seepage
which threatened furlher dam
age. .
(It .was Indicated that frantic
efforts were being made by Ger
man engineers to halt the seep
age before the heavy weight of
water ploughed through the in
cipent break).
Transport System Blasted
Overnight targets of long-range
British fighters and bombers in
cluded a score of rail and water
objectives on the strained axis
transport system, the air minis
try news service said. The forays
were aimed at St. Fenger, Port
Fraton, Saumur, Angers, Nantes
and other points In occupied ter
ritory. Barges were shot up near
Los Andelys on the Seine.
One Canadian pilot reported he
hit five trains in a four-hour
period.
News of I he Sunday night dam
bursting exploit, however, con
tinued to make the headlines as
examination of reconnaissance
pictures taken yesterday showed
floodtides rushing through the
middle Ruhr toward Duisburg
and beyond Kassel in the Weser
valley.
Berlin admitted heavy civilian
losses but declared damage "can
bo repaired partly in a short
time."
Enemy raiders struck at Lon
don last night for the third suc
cessive night, giving the capital
(Continued on page 6.)
Extortion Charge
Hits Labor Heads
NEW YORK, May 19. - AP)
District Attorney Hogan announc
ed today the indictment of Joseph
S. Fay, international vice-president
of the Union of Operating
Engineers, AI'L, and James Bove,
international vice-president of the
Hod Carriers' union, AFL, on
charges of extorting more than
So(Ki,()00 from construction syndi
cates building the S.i00,()00,00()
Delware cqueduct project
The two men were charged al
so with a conspiracy to extort
S703.00O from firms operating In
New York and several upstate
counties.
In the indictment, containing
one count charging conspiracy
and six counts charging extor
tion. Fay ami Bove were accused
of demanding that companies
seeking construction contracts
either pay them certain sums of
money or that wages higher than
the then-prevailing rates be paid
union men.
The Indictment alleged that
Fay and Bove promised that no
labor difficulties would develop
if they were paid the designated
sums and charged they threaten
ed that if they were not paid,
laborers would not be sent on the
obs. The extortion, it was charg
ed, started In 19:t(i.
Commisioned in
Marines' Reserve
Charles E. (Chub) Church,
above, son of Major and Mrs.
H. C. Church of Roseburg, was
graduated recently from the
naval air training center at
Corpus Chrlstl, Texas, and was
commissioned a second lieuten
ant In the U. S. marine corps
reserve. A graduate of Rose
burg high school, he was a stu
dent at University of Oregon
and a member of Sigma Delta
Psi fraternity. His father Is
chemical warfare officer at
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Membership Pins
Given Local Vets
Twenty-five year membership
pins were awarded 41 members
of Umpqua post of the American
Legion at a post meeting held
last night. Approximately 60
legionaires lire to receive the
pins, hut not nil were present at
last night's meeting when thd'
presentations were made by
Hugh Bowman, state commander.
A report was received from the
state service officer, Tom Col
lins, Portland, who outlined the
work being done by his depart
ment. Erwin Short, local chief of po
lice, was nominated for the of
fice of post commander of the
business session. Roy Young was
nominated vice-commander; Earl
C. Plummet-, adjutant; E. A. Post,
finance officer; Sig Felt and Joe
Pounds, executive committeemen.
Nominations will be continued
at the next regular meeting of
the post.
Refreshments were served at
the conclusion of the" business
meeing.
Flying Fortress Hero
Ex-Roseburg Resident
The recent Associated Press
dispatch regarding Captain John
Barlow Harding, 22 year-old Fly
ing Fortress pilot, now vacation
ing for l.r days in Portland, is of
special interest here, as he made
his home hero with his parents,
the late C. B. Harding, and Mrs.
Harding, the latter now a resi
dent of Portland. His father was
an engineer here or several
years for the Kendall timber in
terests. They later moveil to
Klamath Falls, where John was
graduates f:om high school.
Later he attended Pacific univer
sity and U. of O. He has seen com
bat service in Greenland, Iceland,
Holland, Belgium, France, Italy,
Sicily and North Africa and has
been shot down once, He is a
grandson of Robert Nelson, who
resides on Wharlon avenue In
Roseburg.
Rome to be Bombed if
Necessary, Britain Told
LONDON, May 19 (AP)-The
RAF would "not hesitate to bimb
Rome if the course of the war
should render such action hripful
and convenient," Capt. Sir Harold
Balfour, under secretary of stale
and air, told the house of com
mons today.
His statement followed a re
port from Italy printed in Lon
don newspapers that the RAF had
dropped leaflets over Rome say
Ing the Eternal City was on the
RAF's bombing list.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19
(AP) Additional troops were
ordered Into flood-washed
areas of Indiana today as a
third of the state struggled '
against the highest waters in
three decades. A n o t h e r
drowning was reported
bringing the Indiana death
list to five.
At least 10,000 persons
were homeless in 20 coun
ties. Lodge halls, schools,
churches and other buildings
were converted Into dormi
tories for them. Damage to
, crops and. property mounted. '
Three hundred military police
were sent to the flood-isolated
city of Peru, in north-central In
diana; 400 to Torre Haute, where
4,000 persons were evacuated last
night after the breaking of a
levee, and 200 to Washington, .
Ind., where other levees were
threatened.
(By the Associated Press)
Thousands of families have
left their homes In scattered sec
tions of .several midwest and
southwest states as surging
waters from rivers and streams
Inundated sections of some cities
and flooded farm and river bot
tom lands.
At least seven persons were
dead. Four drowned in Indiana
and three deaths were reported
in Missouri. Damage to crops and
properly was heavy, although no
official estimates were given as
the floods struck Indiana, Mis
souri, Illinois, Arkansas and Okla
homa. In Indiana, where at least one'
third of the state was gripped by
the worst flood In 30 years, some
10,000 persons were homeless in
20 counties. The main highways
of flood were the Wabash, White
and Mississonewa rivers but hun
dreds of other streams overflow
ed and plagued wide sections.
New Missouri High Looms .. .. , .
The coast guard and army have
evacuated hundreds of families
in St. Charles, Mo., where ob
servers estimate the Missouri
river stage will reach 36.3 feet
before Saturday, the highest
since 1903 and sufficient to in
undate 90,000 acres. Some army
engineers expected the crest to
exceed the 1844 record of 40.1 ft.
Special highway trailers were
to bring lifeboats from Lake Mi
chigan and army engineers in
creased river patrols 50 per cent,
to 250 men.
Col. Malcolm Elliott of the ar
my engineers predicted "a ma
jor Jlood In the lower Missouri
basin."
Slate guard troops were sent
out in Indiana and Missouri. At
(Continued on page 6.)
F. R. Gets Sarcastic On
Newsmen's Privileges
WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP)
Reporters, discussing restric
tions placed on newsmen cover
ing the Hot Springs, Va., food
conference, drew from President
Roosevelt yesterday the remark
that newsmen next will be asking
to watch him to take a bath.
Mr. Roosevelt at first told his
press conference he had no re
action to the discussion, except
from a reputable and experienced
newspaperman, not a member of
the While House Correspondents'
association, who thought it would
be nice to have a tier of 20 bench
es erected In the cabinet room so
the press could sit in on cabinet
sessions.
He added he went that person
one heller with a suggestion for
another tier in his own office.
Then, as reporters asked
"what's wrong with that?" and
"how soon can we expect it?" Mr.
Roosevelt made the remark about
bathing.
Gordon Holbrook Gets
Forestry School Award
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 19
(AP) Among 5 forestry school
awards announced at Oregon
Stale college was Gordon Hol
brook, Roseburg, cruise award
for outstanding work on the
school of forestry yearbook.
evity pact ant
By L. r. Relumtsla
Here's hoping that the eala
miry dealt to the German peo
pie by the RAP blasting of Ruhr
valley dams reached superlative
proportions the destruction of
all their tomato plants.