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1 00,000 IK STATE Damage to Crops Ruhrp Millions; Civilians Jrook Join in Labor to (By fhe Associated Press) Spreading wafers from the rampaging Mississippi and Mis souri rivers brought added concern to southern Illinois and Mis souri today as other smaller streams in six midwest states rose relentlessly, causing further widespread destruction in the flood stricken lone. As the two big rivers Joined together early. today some 10 miles northwest of the normal confluence near Alton, III., the number of persons driven from their homes by the disastrous Hoods was close to 100,000 as estimated by Red Cross otti cials and other observers. Hundreds of civilian recruits including high school boys and Jgirls in some towns labored throughout the night in towns re garded as in imminent danger, aiding engineers and soldiers in the struggle to hold back the ilea uross otnciais rusned re lief to the stricken families and government engineers and sol diers aided civilians In evacuating homes in hundreds of (owns and cities and farms. The Red Cross office at St. Louis said that in Illinois, Mis souri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, more than 80,000 were homeless, while in Indiana official and un official ohscrvcrs estimated 12,- 000 were forced to flee their homes by the floods. The num ber left homeless in Kansas, the sixth slate affected by the flood, was not calculated. Crop Damages Enormous. While thousands of farm lands were inundated in the six states and damage to crops was estimat ed at millions of dollars, there was a degree of optimism con corning the crop situation ex I Old Man River Can't J Fleece These Tenants DANVILLE, 111., May 21. (AP) An aged couple in the flooded area, sitting on boxes on their porch to stay dry, re fused evacuation assistance by flood workers. They wouldn't leave, they said, because their rent was paid up. pressed by crops experts in Chi cago. They said the most serious as pect of the flood situation as il Applied to the nation's food sup ply concerned corn, planting of which has been delayed by the floods. But, they said, it was considered possible that this loss of time would be made up by fcwarm, sunny weather during the summer. A loss of between 5 and 15 per cent of the oats crop in some stales was indicated, the experts said, but they added that winter wheat in much of the southwest had not been touched by rain. Levees Collapse. Late last night the Missouri liver broke through weakened points along the channel and rushed northward across country in eastern St. Charles county (Mo.) to meet the overflow of the Mississippi near West Alton, Mo. Every levee was out along a 7!milo stretch from Augusta to St. Charles, which was con sidered in immediate danger. )At St. Louis, Lt. Col. W. F. Lawlor of the army engineers' of fice revised the previous crest for (Continued on page 6.) Plan to Cancel A,B,C,Gas Ration Spurned by OPA WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) The OPA has rejected a pro posal from the Agriculture de partment lo cancel temporarily ail A, B and C ralion coupons along part of the Atlantic sea honrd, to meet the gasoline short age emergency- "As far as OPA is concerned, io curtailment or elimination of A, B or C rations now is contem plated," an OPA spokesman said today. He indicated that OPA would depend on curtailment of T ra tions, used by taxis, trucks and other commercial vehicles, and on the eastern pleasure driving ban to ride out the period of emer gency. The Agriculture department proposal prompted by a food production crisis caused by the stoppage of tractors in the north eastern states envisaged no cur tailment of allotments to farm ers or non-highway users of gaso line. OPA's counterargument was that some B and C rations are fcfully as essential as commercial 'and industrial rations. Pleasure driving on supple mentary B and C rations was tabooed for the nation about two weeks ago by a terse official re minder that it never had been legal. Motoring for fun was flat ly banned for all drivers in more than a dozen eastern states yesterday. Save Tow, O surging waters. Expiration Date Of 3 Blue Stamps Extended 1 Week WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) To avert an end-of-the-month buying rush, the OPA today ex tended for one week the expira tion date of blue stamps G. H and J In war ration book No. 2. Previously scheduled to expire May 31, the three processed food stamps will be good through Juno 7. OPA at the same time made the next three sets of blue stamps K. L and M good beginning Monday, May 24, and extended their expiration date from the end of June to July 7. Blue stamps G, II and J, which have been valid through May, and K, L and M therefore will all be valid during a two-week overlap period from May 24 to June1 7. OPA pointed out, however, that sugar and coffee stamps will' ex pire May 30 and 31, respectively, and cautioned shoppers against waiting to spend their stamps un til May 31 Memorial day when stores will be closed. Milk Data Committee To Visit OPA Office The commilteo recently appoint ed by Governor Snell to collect data on milk production costs to support a demand for increased prices on butterfat will go to San Francisco May 27 to report find ings directly to the regional of fice of the OPA, Harry Pinniger, chairman, announced today. The committee which represents, pro ducers, distributors and con sumers, has been spending the past two months collecting data covering all phases of the indus try. The report has been compiled and the committee has been au thorized by the governor to con tact the OPA directly, Pinniger stated. The San Francisco office of the OPA has been given au thority from Washington, D. C, to make any adjustments found necessary in the dairy industry, Pinniger said. Nazis Fail in Lunge to Break Novorossisk Trap (By the Associated Press) The rod army's siege of Novo rossisk, German-held naval fort ress on the Black sea, was mark ed by furious nazi assaults at tempting to break out of the ring, but the Russians today declared they had beaten off four German infantry regiments amid savage hand-to-hand fighting with bare fists, bayonets and point-blank pistol fire. The Russian command said warships and planes of the soviet fieet sank six troop-jammed Ger man barges in waters off the Cau casus. ANKARA, Turkey, May 21. (API Travelers recently return ed from Europe reported today there are Indications the Germans may forgo their expected Russian offensive this summer in order to keep large reserves of men and equipment ready for quick move ment to the west or south In event of an allied invasion. Chrysler Units' Strike Mounts to 27,500 Men DETROIT, May 21. (API Employes of a sixth war plant of Chrysler corporation joined in a United Automobile Workers (CIO I strike move today as re gional War Labor board officials entered a conference with man agement and union executives The walkout of day shift work ers in the bomber plant of the Chrysler DeSoto division brought the number of strikers and other idle employes in the corporation's war factories to nearly 27.500. Workers walked out In protest over what UAWCIO President R. J. Thomas described as "legiti mate and serious grievances." Thomas said, however, the strikes were not authorized. VOL. XLVIII NO. 37 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW 1 AK A RAF Deals New Blows To Nazi Areas Retaliatory Attempt On London Fails; Huge Sardinia Dam Bombed LONDON, May 21. (AP) Separate forces of U. S. Flying Fortresses struck ruin ous new daylight blows to day at the U-boat yards of Wilhelmshaven and Emden, smashing through heavy fighter opposition which brought down 10 of the bomb ers, the Eighth U. S. A. A. F. announced. (By the Associated Press) A sleep-torturing "war of nerves" between London and Berlin, involving total popula tions of 13,000,000, appeared un der way today in a new phase of the great air struggle over Eu rope. For the second successive night the fifth time since May 13 speedy RAF Mosquito bombers jabbed at Berlin, while London underwent its fifth straight after-dark alarm. No bombs fell on the British capital, however, and the Ger man high command reported on ly "ineffective nuisance attacks" over the reich without mention ing the thrust at Berlin. Other RAF bombers, carrying the allied aerial offensive against the continent into its ninth night in a row, struck at nazi war foun dries, trains, barges, canal jet ties and motor transport in oc cupied France and Germany and laid mines in enemy waters. Among the targets announced by the British air ministry were the German U-boat base at Bre men and the munitions center of Essen, home of the giant Krupps works. Another Dam Blasted A Reuters dispatch at London said today allied air raiders scor ed direct hits yesterday on a dam in central Sardinia, recalling the RAF breaching on Germany's (Continued on page 6.) Scenes in Flood-Swept Midwestern Region '.h.A ltleaholo) Civilians and soldiers are shown in the top photo filling sandbags In an effort to save the levees of the White and Wabash rivers in Indiana, one of the states in the grip of one of the most costly series of floods In American history. An army amphibious jeep is pictured In the lower photo in rescue service near Fort Harrison, Ind. Also aboard the Jeep were chickens and two pigs- m Gets Assignment To Active Duty At U. S. Air Base Thomas Marshall, above, son of Dr. and Mrs. George W. Marshall of Roseburg, was graduated May 10 from Univer sity of Chicago, with the de gree of ' meterological en gineer, and was commissioned as a-, second lieutenant in the . arm) air forces. He has been assigned to active duty at the Lake Charles, La., army air base. Graduated from Rose burg high school in 1939, he attended Oregon State col lege for three years prior to enlistment in the army. Falling Tree Kills Woman Aiding Husband ( OREGON CITY, Ore., May 21 (AP) A f)0-foot alder tree she was helping her husband fell yesterday struck and killed Mrs. Marian Miller, 30, wife of John E. Miller, Oswego- The husband said his wife became confused when the tree began to fall and ran into Us path. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Neff of Salem. hiriiiii wuWw ww THU DOUGLASTCOUNTY daily ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1943. MM Tussle Over Taxes Fails Of Agreement Veto Threat to Ruml Plan Stirs Discord in House-Senate Parley " WASHINGTON, May 21. (API - The possibility of a presi dential veto of any current tax collection legislation which abates a full year's liability plagued sen ate and house conferees today, and they broke up into separate groups after a stormy, hour-long session. The president's letter to Chair man George of the senate finance committee and Doughton of the house ways and means commit tee, in which Mr. Roosevelt in veighed against what he termed the senate bills "unjust and dis criminatory enrichment' of thou sands of taxpayers in the upper Income groups," was read to the? grout) as they disputed the amount of lax cancellation that should be authorized in Inslilut inn a pay-as-you-go system. The president's attitude was re ported to have prompted an asset' Hon by Senator Clark, champion ot the modified - Ruml "skip-a year" plan, that Hie conferees op parently have the alternative oj' agreeing on someining ivir. noosc velt would sign or permit to be come law without a veto or of abandoning their efforts to ob tain a bill this year. It Is obvious, Clark was report ed to have told the group, that no tax measure could he passed over a veto. Senator Vandenberg was re ported to have complained that I lie treasury and t he president were attempting to put support ers of the full year's abatement plan in the light of seeking to aid the rich. Rep. Disney, a member of tin house group, told reporters after the joint session broke up that I the group had confined itself to discussion, without approaching a decision on any point. 1 hey scheduled another mooting later (Continued on page 6.) fit i'i LAST- DUTCH Tokyo Reports Death in Action of Adni. Yemamoto, Who Once Boasted Of Dictating Peace at White House NEW YORK, May 21 (AP) Tile Tokyo radio announced to day that Admiral Isoroku Yama- moto, commander in .chief of the combined Japanese fleet, who boasted lie would dictate peace terms in the While House, was killed "on the very front lines of the south" while directing operations against allied naval forces from an airplane. The emotional Japanese broad, casts on the admiral's .death did not disclose exactly where. Yama moto met his death, but said it occurred in April while he was "engaged in combat with the ene my." Presumably the "very front lines on the south" referred to the waters north of Australia, in the New Guinea or Solomon is lands area where there have been frequent naval encounters. Yamamolo was possessed of a consuming hatred of the United States, acquired in his youth when his father told him of the "barbarians" who had come in their black ships, broken down the. doors of Japan, threatened Hie son of heaven, trampled ujion ancient customs, demanded in demnities . . ." A Domei dispatch broadcast by Auto Blows Kill Three in Oregon ST. HELENS, Ore., May 21. (AP) An automobile failed to make a turn at an intersection early today and plunged into a ravine, killing Mrs. Buck Usher, 30, a passenger. A second pas senger, Mrs. Arthur Pierce, suf fered a broken arm. The driver, Roy A. Warren, Portland, was un injured. McMINNVlLLE, Ore., May 21. (AP) Patsy Lewis, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lewis of McMlnnville, died last night of injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile. Sheriff Manning said the girl dashed into the patli of a ear driven by Chester Simerly, 54 McMlnnville contractor. PORTLAND, May 21. (API- John Pelrusick, 03, University of Portland night watchman, was fa tally injured today by nn auto mobile. Sailors Smash Speech Plan of CiO Organizer GROTON, Conn., May 21 (AP) Submarine sailors tossed a pub- lie address system microphone over a fence yesterday at the Electric Boat company, tore down union signs, stamped on union buttons and smashed a table dur- ng a CIO organizer's attempt to speak to a crowd at the subma rine building plant. Officer it. T. Perry of the Gro- ton police, who was present, said the sai(ors charged that Maurice Miller, the organizer, had refer red to them during his remarks is "$;)0a-monlh punks" hut that Miller hail denied using the phrase. Perry said that police were called to the scene four times. Pearl Harbor-Smashed Destroyer Back on Duty VALLEJO, Calif., May 21.-- (AP)- The destroyer Downes. mortally wounded at Pearl Har bor, has been reincarnated. Into a sleek new body navy re pairmen placed vital organs of the old ship that was shattered Dec. 7, 1911. Yesterday the new Downes was launched and she held not only the spirit of the old destroyer but 30 per cent of the old ship's com plex machinery her turbines, propeller shafts, and much op erating equipment. All this had been removed from the shattered hull at Pearl Har bor and shipped to Mare Island navy yard. VOL. XXXII NO. F. R. Uses One Word in lYamamoto Comment WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP) Here Is President Roosevelt's comment, which he authorized for direct quotation, on the reported death of Ja panese Admiral Yamamoto. "Gosh!" Yamamoto has been credited with inflicting .more hurt to the armed forces of the United States than any other enemy commander in our history. He was Japan's foremost naval leader. He is believed to be the highest ranking comman Jer of any of the belligerents lo die in action In this war. the Tokyo radio after Pearl Har bor quoted him as writing: "Any time war breaks out between Ja pan and the United States, I shall not be content merely to cap ture Guam and the Philippines and occupy Hawaii and San Francisco. I am looking forward to dictating peace to the United States in the White House at Washington." Yamamoto spoke English flu ently. , U. S. Buying Eggs, Limiting Storage SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (AP) The .Food Distribution ad ministration began egg purchases yesterday under an amended war food order designed to as sure sufficient egg supplies for the armed forces, essential civi lian needs and wartime require ments for dried whole eggs. The order lightening reserva tion and non-storage provisions on shell eggs was necessitated by the movement of unusual quantities of shell eggs into stor age for speculative purposes, the PDA said. Current civilian needs and re quirements for egg-breakage and drying have been reduced by this abnormal "intostorage" move ment, it was said. The order stated that no eggs may move into storage after May 20. Provisions also require that all shell eggs In cold storage on May 20 be reserved for govern ment agencies and may be offer ed to them at no more than the ceiling prices. Wage Increase Looms For Cannery Workers SEATTLE, May 21. (AP) A 10-cent hourly pay Increase for (0,00() cannery workers in Wash ington and Oregon, granted by the regional War Labor board, is virtually certain of approval by the national board, Dr. George 13 Noble, regional board chair man, said last night. Dr. Noble said he had been in formed by top officials of the na tional board that "this Important case has the green light" because of the urgency of assuring a record pack of fruits and vege tables this year. The descisinn covers 10,000 workers In Washington and near ly 20,000 in Oregon. Accused Negro Kills Self to Avoid Arrest TUI.LAI IOMA, Tenn., May 21. - (AP) A Negro, Identified by police as George (Slim) Johnson, cafe operator sought in the rape slaying of a pretty 10-year-old army officer's wife, shot and fatally wounded himself 111 Nash ville yesterday when police there sought to arrest him The Negro was sought in con nection with the slaying of Mrs. Norma Fayc Seoggin, of Des Moines, Iowa, whose body, with two bullet wounds in the breast and her head beaten, was found under a brush heap near here yes terday. 18 OF THE EVENING NEWS Island's Fall To U.S. Looms At Any Hour Victory to Be Followed By Blockade of Larger Nippon Base on Kiska WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) The navy reported today that operations on Atlu island in the north Pacific are continuing with the latest reports Indicating that the Japanese are making a last stand in a bottled-up position at Chichagof harbor, on the island's northeastern extremity. Previously authorities said the fall of Attu, westernmost of the Aleutians, could come in a mat ter of hours and was definitely expected within the next day or so at the latest. (The Vichy radio In a broadcast recorded in London said today that "the Japanese have begun lo evacuate Attu." This had no confirmation.) The Japanese have been under attack since yesterday by troops and warships, and, weather per mitting, by bombers also. Their situation was considered hopeless. Kiska Next Target In the circumstances the Japan ese base on Kiska could only look forward to the same fate, al though it may befall them much more slowly and only after the noose ot blockading ships and planes has been drawn tight around the bleak and barren American island they have held since last June. Kiska Is 172 nautical miles southeast of Attu and G3 miles northwest of the American base on Amcliitka. With Attu in Ameri can hands and American planes operating from the field which the Japanese had partly complet ed there, Kiska will be caught between two hostile bastions. At present Kiska is much more tContinued on page 6.) Half of U.S. Air Force on Duty In Pacific, F.R. Says WASHINGTON, Mdy 21 (AP) President Roosevelt disclosed to day that the British-American chiefs of staff would submit some preliminary recommendations to night to him and Prime Minister Churchill and he said probably final decisions on them would be made next week. At the same time, the chief ex ecutive said It is absolutely true that a large majority of Ameri can forces outside the United Slates are in the Pacific. The British prime minister had mentioned that in a speech to congress Wednesday, and the president said it Is particularly true of the army and navy. About half of our air force Is In the Pa cific, he asserted. Speaking of the maritime pro gram, Mr. Roosevelt said that ship construction Is going ahead exceedingly well, with the build ing exceeding sinkings and total output Well ahead of what any one expected a year ago. Mr Roosevelt reiterated the al lies' unconditional surrender stand when asked whether any consideration Is being given to the political future of Italy. He did not elaborate on that point. evity pact jant By L. F. Relunitola In an effort to minimiie the extent of flood damage dealt to Germany by - bomb-shattered dams, Hitler s publicity jackal, Herr Goebbels, will probably advise the world that the nazis are getting along "swimming ly." After so much water, how ever, the nails seem to need mor-ale.
